"Maura!" Jane yelled in a whining voice. "Why has it been so long?!" She continued.

Maura pursed her and sighed, as only a mother could, and said, "It's only been a day, silly."

"Why does it feel like there's a waterfall coming out of my nose?" She continued to whine. Jane would never want to put someone out by asking for their help, but she also wasn't one to go quietly or without complaints.

"The phlegm is a good thing. It is working to clear out anything unwanted," she remarked clinically.

"Can you tell the snot that it's unwanted then?" She exclaimed childishly.

Maura just smiled. "Have you been taking the anti-biotics the doctor gave you?"

"Yes," she groaned unhappily.

"And have you been using the moisturiser on your nose so it doesn't get too sore?"

"Yes…" she huffed.

Maura smiled to herself, genuinely wanting to comfort her friend but couldn't figure out how.

Changing her tone, Jane asked in her nicest way, "Hey Maur… Can we watch Rush Hour?"

"I don't think I have that," she said a little disappointed. Perking up rather quickly as she realised that this could be something she could do for her, she said, "Oh wait! I can go to the video store." She smiled contently.

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"You brought coffee too!" She said, thankfully.

"I thought a cup from Boston Joe's might make you feel a little less sick." She said smiling.

Jane smiled back. "Thank you…"

"Although, statistically, it's not really likely to do anything other than change the colour of your mucus."

"Well, when it does, I'll make sure to show you," she joked.

"Actually, when I was a child, I had a cold and was given anti-biotics. When I blew my nose, the mucus that was excreted was a bright orange colour. I found it so fascinating and had to show my mother. As you could imagine, Constance wasn't entirely thrilled that I felt the need to show her." She laughed.

"Now, I want orange snot!" She too joined in the laughter.

That wasn't going to be the end but, for now, apparently it is.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the story.

Again, apologies for any mistakes. I'll fix them later on.

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