Disclaimer: I don't own RHPS. Such a depressing fact. I really should be working on my other story... I'm just so full of ideas that I can't stand it. Reviews would be lovely, I know I have a lot that I can improve on, so don't be afraid to tell me what I can do better!

"It's so nice of you, Ansie." Columbia murmured, grinning at the blonde who'd came for her. "To take me in after my boyfriends' died." She drew out the s, making Laura unsure if she was teasing her or had seriously had multiple male friends.

"Columbia," she began uncomfortably. "I'm not real sure if you just said Ansie or Auntie. I'm not your aunt; I'm your first cousin. And if it was the other, well, I'd like it if you called me Laura…Nurse Ansalong works too, I guess."

The red-head responded by biting her lip. Laura didn't know much about her at this point; just that she'd had unfortunate accident with a laser. What strange person would be pointing a laser at herself? But she was in Denton working as a model when they'd brought in some doctors from Europe, and she'd been told to act like a nurse. Who better to play nurse with than what used to be her favorite cousin?

Of course, she had the sneaking suspicion that Columbia had probably been doing drugs since those days. It wasn't something she wanted to think about really, or the fact that her cousin seemed to have a couple of boyfriends that died. That seemed a little disturbing.

"Where are we going?" Collie asked, looking up at her 'first cousin' with wide and strangely innocent eyes. This lady looked more like a long lost twin than anything. Maybe if she dyed her hair blonde and let it grow out, they could look the same. That would require her to put on that weird nurse outfit, though. Columbia would take her tap shoes and sequined clothing any day of the week.

"We're gonna be on a TV show! They call it Dentonvale. If I can fix you, maybe you can be a nurse with me cusie." She seemed extremely animated about this topic that the former groupie really had no interest in.

Shrugging, all she could do was murmur, "I can't call you Ansie, but you can call me cusie? It's about ten times worse." At this, she got up and began to walk off. "And there is no-thing. I repeat—nothing wrong with me. My parents were always convinced I was gonna get a STD or something crazy like that." Surprisingly, she never had.

"Well, Dentonvale is always hiring." Laura called after her, speed-walking to catch up. Flipping around, Columbia's green eyes gave her a quick once over. "You can be a nurse like me."

"How are you a nurse, exactly? Don't you have to go to school for that?" she asked quietly. "And was your voice always so high? Sometimes I can barely catch what you're saying."

Like her voice isn't high too, was the first thing that crossed Ansie's mind. And don't start calling yourself Ansie…

Ignoring her cousin's questions, she led her to one of the many dull white rooms that Dentonvale had available. "How about you sit down, and, uh," she dug through her pockets until she found a small container of white pills, "take this!"

Before Columbia had a chance, about three pills were in her mouth. Swallowing, her newly painted baby pink lips turned downward into a pout. "What the hell were those? Were you trying to choke me, little-miss-fake-nurse Ansalong?"

Laura had panicked, it was true. Making a mental note to never, ever, ever stuff pills into Collie's mouth again, she read the container that was still in her left hand. "Uh, seda…" Realizing they said 'sedatives', she quickly improvised with, "never mind, just something to make you better."

"One question," the girl in front of her growled. "Do you think I'm five and can't tell what you were about to say? God, you must think I'm a real dumbass if y—" With that, the newly christened Nurse Ansalong wrote a quick note on where to find her for Columbia whenever she woke up. Slumped on the bed, she threw a blanket over her and waved as if she would notice.

Gently tiptoeing away, Laura resolved to try to mend the relationship she'd shared with Collie such a long time ago. It wasn't going to happen quite so easily now, though.