Influenza a.k.a Common Cold

[Ellen Banks]

At this point her coldness was such that Ellen would be more then happy to rub hand full of dirt if it meant that it would kill the chill that had made its home inside her bones. Hot Chocolate sounded like just the ticket that she needed. She was always tempted by the allure of a rich hot chocolate on a cold frosty day, but really she doubted that anyone could resist a warm drink on a day like today “Like I said, if you insist, I certainly won’t tell you no.

Yeah, the odds of Ellen turning down a gift were quite remote to say the very least, still she was flattered and a little surprised that Roxanna had gotten her a gift, Ellen had since given up on the idea that people would get her anything for the season which was fine. Clearly after what she had been up to this year a lump of cole was all that she deserved, but Roxanna were certainly full of surprises “ I knew Santa neglected to check that list…”



“And I won’t recover wearing clothes flooded totally with snow either” Ellen stated her nose snuffed and red and still quite uncomfortable giving Roxanna a look that seemed to say Well whose fault is it I’m like this?

“Well if it’s all the same to you I’m going to take a long hot shower and them get wrapped in my dressing gown. I refuse to open gifts cold and wet” Ellen nodded already moving towards the bathroom with gusto “Don’t wait up”

[Roxana Strix]

“Alright.” Roxana responded back simply, leaving the subject then. Ellen was not going to object so Roxana was not going to worry about it too much. She already had the water for hot chocolate heating up and had already grabbed a hold of the gifts and set them on the table. She didn’t know if Elsa would like them, she figured the other girl would but sometimes she misunderstood what people actually liked and didn’t. It was hard to fully understand someone’s likes just by watching them, sure if gave you a lot to go off of, but words with the action really reflected what someone liked.

Rox had spent enough time actually talking to Ellen and Ellen making it relatively clear what she liked so Roxana felt a little more confident in her gifts. Still, information collecting was really not Roxana’s strong point but that was the main focus of this job so she was giving it her best and trying to improve that skill. Roxana looked at Ellen when she brought up Santa, figuring it was more of out of jest and not that Ellen actually believed in Santa Clause or anything like that. Then Ellen was getting up and planning on going to shower, ignoring Rox’s offered out blanket and already moving to do what she said she was going to do.

She didn’t react to the look and just moved to stand near the stove as she could see the steam already starting to come through the end of the tea pot. “Enjoy your shower.” Roxana said simply, turning the stove off just as the tea pot was about to start screaming. She was going to bring up that Ellen took too long the water would get cold but it would be easy enough to warm it up. Since Ellen told her to not wait up, Roxana went ahead and made her own hot chocolate. Once it was done, she dropped in a few mini marshmallows and grabbed a seat on one of the couched in the common area.

Roxana then pulled out one of her sketch books and started to drawn with her left hand. Her right hand was dominate but she had learned how to use both especially well but did always need to make sure she used her left hand once in a while to keep in good practice. A simple sketch while drinking hot chocolate was perfect for such a little task.

[Ellen Banks]

“Enjoy your shower” Oh believe you me. Ellen intended to enjoyer her shower. After all what was better then on a cold freezing day then a night warm shower. It was shaping up to be quite a pleasant afternoon. A nice warm shower, a fluffy dressing grown awaiting her not to mention a fresh cup of hot chocolate to go along with it.. Really, what more could Ellen have asked for?

She shut the door behind her and quickly disrobed herself out of her sopping wet and cold clothes gratefully to get out of them and into the shower and sighed in relief as the hot water hit her cold body making her feel ten times better almost instantly causing her to sigh in relief gently working out the chill in her bones spreading the water around as much as she could

She almost didn’t want to leave...

But eventually Ellen managed to force herself to turn the shower head off moving to get out of the shower but the floor was quite slippery indeed and her foot couldn’t get a grip on the ground so she couldn’t help but stumble and land on the floor with a thud

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana lost track of time as she sketched away with her left hand. She had managed to work out an image of a snowman with snowballs flying in the background. She really did enjoy the snow and she missed it back at home. Still, she had a little fun throwing a few snowballs at Ellen, earlier and she figured that would be enough to satisfy the urge to play in the snow. Rox was not all that pleased with how the sketch turned out but that just told her she needed to practice more on her left hand.

He hot chocolate was already gone and she had enjoyed it. She would have gotten another mug of it, but she was forced on her sketch and was relaxing. All up until she heard the load thud. Her mind didn’t even take the time to think what had caused the sound or if Ellen was alright or not. The thud was load and it triggers something in Roxana, something that had her dropping her sketch book and jumping over the back of the couch. She was already rushing into Ellen, bedroom, and into her bathroom in what seemed like mere seconds.

“Ellen, are you alright?” Roxana asked, a hint of panic in her voice as she entered the bathroom. He eyes looking around the bathroom to make sure there was no intruder, or blood, or anything that looked like it had hurt Ellen. He mind did start to click that it seemed like Ellen had just slipped when she was getting out of the shower. With that in mind…now Roxana felt her face growing a little warm at seeing Ellen naked on the floor. She was already looking away, reaching for a towel and offering it out to Ellen to take and cover herself. “Are you alright?” Roxana asked, as she calmed down a little.

[Ellen Banks]

Well, she was certainly was glad that no one was around to see that, No one looked dignified when they were sprawled out on the wet and damp floor but fortunately the only thing that Ellen had hurt in her fall was her pride. Well she should be thankful for that .

She was just getting to her feet when the door busted open causing Ellen to jump in fright instantly moving to cover herself up when Roxanna busted into the room as if she expected Ellen to be covered in blood the moment she was out of her eyeline.

“What the hell are you doing!” Ellen screeched at the fact that Roxanna had so readily invaded her privacy in such a way. And she taught Frank had issues with privacy…

Ellen in one fluid movement grabbed the towel and moved to cover herself up giving Roxanna a disapproving look“Unless you think there’s a would be assassin hiding in the bath I suggest you leave right now”

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana didn't know what she expected to see. She figured she would see Ellen either in a towel or not a towel or in some state of pain. She just kind of panicked. She had made a promise to Ellen that she would make sure no one would hurt the girl and she didn't even take a second to consider that Ellen probably just had a simple slip. Now that she was in the bathroom and that was very clear she was already getting ready to leave. She could feel that her face was a little warm, which was very odd but she didn't think on it too much.

"Apologies." Roxana said simply, avoiding looking at Elsa as she held out the towel for the other girl to take. She waited for Ellen to grab the towel before she stood up and started to turn to leave the bathroom. She didn't see the disapproving look but she could feel it, which just made her feel all the more worse. She didn't like that look, she hated it. Not that she was going to say anything about it as she didn't hesitate to leave the bathroom and close the door behind her. Rox said nothing more as she left Ellen's room and went back out into the common area.

She then took the time to clean up her hot chocolate but left it out there along with Ellen's gifts. There was no real need for her to be out there while Ellen opened the gifts and that was why she instead picked the two boxes up and set them on Ellen's bed. When she completed that, she picked up her sketch book and headed to her own room, closing the door behind her.