After school, I sadly trudged off to Caduceus USA, already in uniform from yesterday. I didn't take it off... Nasty, I know.

"Hera." Amanda walked over to me sternly, and put her hands on her hips when she was close enough. "You didn't look good at school today, and you don't look good now. You need to- blah blah, blah blah blah, blah."

Yeah, I wasn't listening. I was too busy staring at her hair- It was raven black, looked like a sheep, and she always kept it in two, high buns.

"Did you hear me, Hera?"

"Your hair looks nice today..." I commented.

Leslie walked up behind Amanda with Lilac. "Hera, you don't look so good.. In a sad way, I mean."

"I can't stay here much longer. I'm going to be put in the Foster Care System starting tomorrow."

My friends and Leslie gasped.

"I'm... I'm sorry to hear that.."

"Yeah. I've already heard that the place I'm going doesn't even have any volunteer programs." I picked up my pack and went around them, walking away.

"Wait!" Leslie called.

I stopped and spun around.

"...I'll be your guardian, Hera."

I blinked, in some sort of awe. "..W-What? What did you say Nurse Leslie- ..I mean Nurse Sears?"

She smiled and walked over to me. "You can come live with me at my apartment. It will be fun! Would you like that?"

I nodded. "I would like that very much.." I told her, tears forming in my eyes. I think a few tears were in her eyes, too. We hugged, and Amanda and Lilac just looked at us in awe.

"I wonder if I can get Nurse Thompson to adopt me.." Lilac whispered to Amanda.

"Let's get to work, ladies!" Leslie said as soon as we finished hugging. "Dr. Chase has some dirty needles he needs disposed of, can you go get them and bring them to me, please?"

We nodded. "Yes, ma'am!" We said in unison, and ran off to go find which ER Dr. Chase was in. We found him disposing of his gloves in a trash can.

"Dr. Chase?" I asked from the doorway.

He looked up. "Oh! Hey, Candy Stripers! Wasn't that hilarious yesterday?" He broke into a laugh.

Lilac giggled. "It was!"

"We were wondering where your nasty syringes were." I tried to say casually.

He paused for a moment.

"The dirty ones." Amanda corrected me.

"Oh! Yes, they're in the red box over there."

"Thanks." Lilac smiled.

I walked over with my girls in tow. I reached up and tried prying the box off of the wall. "Urrgh.. Oof!" I fell backwards as I got the box off of the floor.

"You okay over there?" Dr. Chase asked as he organized some bottles of stabilizer and serums.

"Yes." I answered as Lilac and Amanda sat me up.

I felt a sharp pain in my back.

Urg...

Trembling, I reached behind me and pulled something out of me: One of the dirty syringes. I swore to god I nearly fainted right there I was so scared.

"H-Hera?" Lilac whispered.

"I-I'm sure its fine... It didn't peirce my skin directly... My clothes-"

"You girls still here?" Dr. Chase asked.

"Sorry, Doctor. We were just going." Lilac hauled me up with her super-beast strength and took the box from me while Amanda dropped the syringe in.

We walked back to Leslie, but it seemed like an hour went by. "Here, Nurse." Lilac handed it to her.

"Good work, ladies! Say, while I work on your paperwork so you can move in with me, Hera, I need you three to do some tasks for me."

"Yes, Nurse Sears?" We asked in unison.

"Lilac, I need you to go find Dr. Chase and make sure he hasn't gotten his foot stuck in the waste basket again, I haven't seen him in awhile!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" She ran off.

"Amanda, I need you to go pick up the trash in the childrens' wing!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" She ran off in a different direction.

"Hera, I need you to go check up on the patient in room 403." She smiled at me sweetly.

"Oh, really? Thank you, Nurse Sears!"

"I figured you'd need something to cheer you up while I work on your paperwork. Go have fun!"

"I will, Ma'am!" I skipped off to go find the room. The patient in there was Eric Sullans, my boyfriend. He was my age, went to my school, everything. He'd been hospitalized six months ago because of troubles with his Pancreas, and that was how we got to know each other better.

I pushed open to the door in his room. "Eric!" I smiled.

"Hera!" He brightened up. "Oh, you beautiful girl! Come over here!"

I did so and he leaned over to hug me.

"Do you need anything? Drink? Fluff your pillow?" I offered.

"Oh no, Hera. I'm just glad I got to see you one last time in that outfit."

"...What do you mean?" I sounded worried.

"I'm being released soon, that's all!" He looked at me strangely.

"Oh, thank god!" I put my hand to my chest. "You had me worried!

"Come look at my collection, Hera." He reached over to a nightstand and pulled off a scrapbook. He collected Postage stamps.

I sat over on the edge of the bed and looked as he flipped to the newest pages. "Oh, Eric! It's us!"

He smiled. "I'm glad you like it, Hera."

I smiled. "I love you, Eric."

"I-" Eric began coughing before he could finished. I grabbed a glass of water off of his nightstand and handed it to him.

Lilac appeared in the hallway. "Nurse Sears is ready for you now!"

"Already?" I asked. "Well.. Okay. Good bye, Eric. I love you."

"Bye, Hera." He waved.

"It's all set up, Hera." Leslie told me. "All we have to do now is pick up your stuff."

"I'm really glad we're doing this, Nurse Sears. I-"

"Dr. Stiles! Come quick!" I turned to see Angie wailing and searching for Derek! The patient in room 403's condition has gotten worse- He has symptons of GUILT! We'll have to operate right away!"

"ERIC?" I screamed. "HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY! I WAS JUST THERE! I-" Before I could run over to Angie, Leslie grabbed and hugged me, not letting me go as tears streamed down my cheeks.