Update tiem! I liked this one. I was donating plasma, which takes like an hour, and I got bored of playing sudoku on my ipod touch so I whipped out a notebook and wrote this instead :3 Good thing the easiest vein for the nurse to put the needle into is on my non-dominant arm, or I wouldn't have even been able to read myself whatever my left hand managed to conjure up and call writing xD

~*~Colin's fourth memory, entitled Distraction~*~

I hate it when the doctor has to draw blood for tests. I don't like the pain, the slight achy sucking feeling of the needle, the bruising afterwards. I don't like seeing my blood. I always have to sit down to do it or I pass out, and I always have my eyes squeezed shut while he does it. One arm stretched out for the needle, the other clutching the arm of the chair I'm in or, if the chair has no arms, the leg of my pants until the cloth wrinkles with my sweat. I always shake. I'm always queasy when it's done. This time, though, was the first time Tory's been in the room when I had to have blood drawn, and I was intending to squeeze the crap out of his hand while the doctor did the deed. I didn't expect, however, for Tory to press me down to sit in the chair, go around behind it, and bend over, wrapping one arm around my chest. The other hand he used to tilt my chin up before covering my eyes so I couldn't see the syringe fill up. Just before the doctor shoved the needle into my arm, Tory pressed his lips and tongue to mine. I barely noticed the needle at all. When we broke apart, the doctor was the one who looked queasy while he marked the time and date on the blood vial. Tory put a band-aid on the needle prick, and then I got up and hugged him tight, smiling into his neck. Tory has become an official part of my blood-drawing process now, and it barely even bothers me anymore. I mean, I'll take Tory without needles over Tory with needles any day, but I'll take Tory no matter what.

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A/N: I tend to find that the less you think about it, the less it hurts. I used to be terrified of needles. But then I had to get rabies shots in order to work in the bat lab, and they had to draw blood to make I was immune, and I just kind of got over it. Plus they pay me for donating plasma, and twenty dollars for an hour plus helping people who need plasma seems like a good way to get easy money xD

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