Stubborn as a Mule

Mia came into the living room. Duo was asleep on the couch. She frowned slightly. She had tried to get him to see Sally yesterday, but he'd been stubborn about it. Not surprising... She didn't exactly like doctor's visits either... but sometimes you had to go.

"Duo."

"Uh-huh..." He didn't move.

"Come on... Get up."

"Do I hafta?"

"Yes." She sighed. "Here... put this on your ankle." He looked at her for a moment. She was holding an ice pack. Duo sighed. His ankle had swollen up badly from the fall. He frowned as he sat up. He was still stiff. He'd banged himself up pretty bad, the worst of it being his ankle, but his ribs and knee were pretty sore, too. Mia reached over and helped him sit up. "You really should go see Sally if you're still in so much pain."

"It's not really that, Mia," he said. "I'm just stiff."

"You could barely walk on that leg this morning," she reminded him. "It's better to go and be told there's nothing to worry about than to make an injury worse by not getting proper treatment."

"Like you enjoy going to the doctor's?" Duo countered. Mia leveled a glare at him and dropped the ice pack in his lap. "GYAH!! That's cold!!" he squeaked.

"I know," she said and walked away. He clutched at the ice pack, shivering slightly, and reached down to put it on his ankle. He winced.

"Is everything okay?" Quatre asked as Mia came back into the kitchen.

"Fine," she said sharply. Quatre frowned, as did Sage and Rowen.

"Guess not," Rowen said quietly as Mia stomped her way back down into the basement to finish her laundry.