"Oh, crap!!" He thought as he groggily woke up. "I thought it was just a cold, but now I feel REALLY terrible; must be a particularly vicious Flu." Wobbly, he tried to get to his feet and realized that he was as weak as a kitten. He dragged himself to the bathroom to take a hot shower to see if it would make him feel any better. 5 minutes later, he felt worse.
He could feel that he had a fever and yet he was shivering. He was way out, up the coast, far from the nearest Hospital or Doctor.
Being out here seemed like such a good idea; relax, maybe write more of his new novel. Now he was screwed; getting weaker and sicker by the minute, he wondered what the best course of action was.
Way up in the middle of the Lost Coast of Mendocino was no place to be when illness hit; maybe he could call 911 and get an Ambulance up there? Naaaah. What if he only had a minor fever? Then he'd look like an idiot, and it would be prohibitively expensive. He could try calling his friends in San Francisco, but it would take them hours to get up there.
Then it hit him. His Sister was in Santa Rosa, studying to be a Doctor, he hadn't seen her in years; maybe he could get her to come out and tend to him. He was 12 years older than her, and they hadn't had much time together at home before he left at 23 years old, but he remembered her as a bright and precocious, pretty, and wiser than most girls her age. The last time he had seen her was as a slightly awkward 19-year -old; not filled out yet and a bit gangly. He slowly dialed her number.
"Sis, it's your brother."
"Darling! It's great to hear your voice. I've missed you terribly! To what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Hmm. I hate to bother you, I'm sure you're busy, but I'm stuck here in Mendocino, and I feel TERRIBLE. I think I have some horrendous Far Eastern Flu crap. Is there any chance that you could pop in and see me, maybe look after me for a day or two until I feel well enough to get to a Doctor or Hospital?"
"Sweetie, ABSOLUTELY!! I would LOVE to see you, even in your presently weakened state. Luckily I have a few days off work and no plans. I'll see you in a few hours."
She was excited. Like most younger sisters, she had always worshipped her older brother from afar; he always seemed to be doing interesting things. She couldn't follow him because she was too young. He had been off on various adventures around the World, and she always missed his protective presence, especially since their Father had left them alone when she was only four years old. He was the de-facto Man of the house.
She remembered inviting a couple of her Girlfriends over to her house where they would secretly spy on her older brother. Shadowing him, watching him eat his lunch, splitting some firewood for their stove; stripping off his T-shirt, swinging the ax with powerful strokes. Her friends giggled and made comments about his abs, and about how powerful he looked.
Strangely, those comments made her jealous. He was HER brother; he belonged to HER. SHE was the one that loved and adored him, even if he hardly seemed to notice HER very much; and she didn't want anyone else to have him!
She rolled up to the door of the pretty little rental cottage on the beach. She hadn't had time to change out of her Doctor's uniform; the usual white coat yes, but beneath she always made an effort to retain her femininity. A crisp white blouse with a slightly plunging neckline, a businesslike grey wool skirt, a pair of sheer black stockings and a pair of over the top black pumps with a 4" heel. Underneath it all, some La Perla lingerie that was her little secret. She wanted to impress him, especially since she was all grown up now; no longer his "little" sister.
She knocked on the door. She heard some clumsy movements and a couple of crashes. Someone said "OW!!" a couple of times, and in due course, the door opened up. He looked like crap she realized; pale, sweating, shaking and rubbing his shin.
"YOU, mister, straight back to bed!! you look like death warmed Over!!"
She gently guided him towards his rumpled bed and helped him lie down.
"Ok. Let me take your temperature."
She pulled out her Doctor's bag of tricks and grabbed a thermometer.
"Come on, open wide and put this under your tongue."
She was horrified when she took it out.
"103 degrees!! You are sick, what other symptoms are you having? I need to know, otherwise I HAVE to get you to a Hospital."
"Well, it's nothing. really."
"Come on. Spit it out. WHAT'S nothing really?"
"It's embarrassing; I can't tell you."
"For God's sake, I'm a Doctor and your Sister, Of COURSE, you can tell me!"
"I can't; I just can't."
"If you don't tell me, I SWEAR I will pull down your undies and give you a SERIOUS spanking, I MEAN it!!"
Looking at her face, her brows knitted together in frustration, her lips drawn tight in disapproval, he realized that she was serious!! He kept his gaze on her, and it registered that he really hadn't taken a good look at her since she came in the door. She had changed a great deal in the last 11 years; no longer the gawky 19-year-old. Here was a Woman, not a girl. Tall, probably 5'9" or 5'10" in height. Her hair was not quite blond, not quite brunette, but somewhere in between; huge green eyes, gorgeous long lashes and a beautiful kissable set of lips.
"Whoa there buddy," he thought to himself, "that's your SISTER there." Maybe the meds he had found in the bathroom cabinet were making him slightly loopy, he thought.
"Come on, what on EARTH could you be too embarrassed to tell me?" she said in an exasperated tone of voice.
"Oh, for God's sake, I can't go to the bathroom. I've tried and tried, but nothing; THERE, are you happy now?"
"Sweetie, that's not good; how many days?"
"Four"