Alyssa had been feeling under the weather since her little trip to Missouri with Derek and River, her throat had been feeling a bit prickly and her nose had been acting up. Then there was the cough and the just not being able to get comfortable. It had taken awhile but the full on cold had finally hit her. Normally she could handle being sick but she couldn't take any time after after her screw up with the meeting, Addison was being particularly demanding as of late and Alyssa just didn't have it in her to ask for any days off after causing such trouble. She hated causing anyone any kind of trouble. That was one of the reasons she hadn't wanted River to know she was ill, hadn't accepted any of his dinner invitations by coming up with things at work that were unavoidable or family dinners that he wouldn't want to attend just yet.
Not to mention she couldn't get how he'd acted when his own sister was sick out of her head now that she might actually need him.
Hearing the knock on the door followed by the womans declaration of who it was Alyssa groaned, her body aching, and got up out of the bed, pulling the blanket around her shoulders as she did. The girl would admit that she looked terrible, you could tell that she was ill, but that wasn't going to stop her from trying to be dependent, she hadn't asked for anyone to bring her anything, Scarlett had offered and Alyssa had even told her it wasn't needed so she was still trying to be dependent in her mind.
Eventually making it to the door (her sore muscles made it hard to walk fast), she pulled it open, leaning against it as she did. Before she could so anything she turned her head to face her shoulder and couched one of those loud raspy coughs that you could tell hurt just with the sound alone.