"Okay, hold still." Roxy says teasingly as he reached for the needles.

The memory exams were done, all the questions were asked and it was official that you were almost completely blank. You lay patiently on the hospital bed and bit your bottom lip nervously.

"Please don't..." You gulp.

"They're not even that bad," Roxy rolled her pink eyes and leaned forward with the needle poised.

You shook your head quickly. "No no, please...they make me way uncomfortable."

"Why?" Roxy frowned slightly in mid action.

"My last shot wasn't a good first impression." You half frown and add, "plus they hurt."

"It's here to fight against the flu, and all that sickness junk." Roxy says with a smile.

"I don't even know what that is, but I can fight for myself," you defend and struggle to move away.

"You're too stiff, relax so I can insert this baby." Roxy said.

You stiffen your arms stubbornly. "No!"

"Oh come on-"

Before Roxy could whine anymore, the door creaked open loudly. Roxy withdrew the needle from your sight and looked back.

"John's finally here," Terezi said at the open door's entrance.

"You still owe me twenty," John grumbled next to her with his arms crossed.

"Yeah yeah twenty earth dollars this and that." Terezi babbled.

"So what do you have to say to me?" John cut off coldly.

"I'm sorry for attacking you. That was unreasonable," you say sincerely.

John's expression softened slightly. He kept his arms crossed. "I'm sorry too. I should've been the one out there apologizing instead of Terezi that day. I was just so stupid to let myself be caught in that, I knew how you felt."

You nods and look into John's eyes. You almost feel warm and fuzzy inside when a sharp point hits your arm and you squeak and recoil.

"Ow!" You whine.

"Sorry!" Roxy giggles and put the used needle away. "It was only one, don't complain!"

John walked over and sat on your hospital bed's edge. "You look stupid in those restraints..."

"So comforting," you retort sarcastically.

"Roxy, can we get rid of these?" John says and taps the straps.

"Oh uh..." Roxy pauses and shrugs. "I dunno...ask somebody who's in charge."

"That reminds me; how in the world did you of all people, the alcoholic, get in as a nurse?" John asks bewildered.

"Oh!" Roxy giggles a bit. "I have to be sober of course, but honestly I did this for myself. It forces me to stay away from the toxic crap."

"So you're attempting to quit drinking?" John asks with a smile. "That's awesome, Roxy!"

"Yeah, Dirk is proud...well Jane and Jake are too but ya know- ok go get some help for your friend." Roxy says.

"Right," John snapped his fingers and got up and left with Terezi Roxy soon followed behind them.

You sat in the bed alone. You looked down at your sleeve which had a small hole in it now. Stupid shots are ruining your long sleeves! A tad bit of red dripped from the hole.

"Blood..?" You whisper.

You remember this from when Eridan nailed your face with a door. You think blood is bad, from everybody's reactions.

You narrow your eyes at it and think as a memory scratches at your thoughts impatiently. You remember hating blood for some reason. Maybe your past experiences involved a lot of it, and you just learned to hate it. Did you hate it because you constantly lost it, or did you cause it?

"We're back!" Roxy chimes and stepped in with a sway.

"Yeah..." John eyes Roxy unevenly.

"I'm so exci-" Roxy hiccups. "Ted."

"She got to take her break, so she busted out all the drinks she could," John explains.

"Yeah and he wouldn't let me have any." Terezi hisses.

"Trust me. It's not fun," John says probably for the tenth time.

"So do you have a nurse to get me out or what?" You ask.

"Oh, yeah we got her. She's coming," John assures.

A woman with short black hair and glasses walked in and patted Roxy's shoulder as she hiccuped. Roxy smiled with her tipsy expression as she nurse moved on to you.

"Here we go," The nurse unfastens your restraints little by little.

"Freedom," you exhale with relief as the straps leave.

"Yeah, I doubt you'll really be free.." She mumbles and straightened her self back up.

You sit up a little too eagerly and stretch a bit. The two nurses leave you and your friends alone.

"Oof..." You stretch your arms past their capacity and whine. "So when are we leaving?"

"Right now, I'm sick of this place." Terezi scoffs.

"You're telling me," you roll your eyes and stand.

"We can go, I checked you out while we were getting Roxy a drink," John says with a tiny shrug.

"Sweet lets go now!" You race out the door and John catches you by the sleeve at the exit.

"What, lets go!" You moan.

"We're going to meet someone first." John says.

"Who?" You ask brashly.

"Karkat," John smiles.