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Meghan sat there as a nurse cleaned her arm so that they could take blood. The exam actually wasn't that bad. She didn't feel completely humiliated and Dr. Stephens turned out to be quite hilarious. They had decided that Meghan could benefit from anti-depressants and that taking vitamins everyday would also help. But now Meghan was sitting here gripping the arm of the chair so hard that her whole hand turned white. She was trying not to think about the fact that a needle was going to be going into her arm any moment now. Alex was watching Meghan carefully and noticed that she tensed up when the nurse came at her with the needle. Then just before the nurse could stab her Meghan jumped out of the chair, "No!" she exclaimed.
"Meghan?" Alex asked as she reached out to try to comfort the girl.
"No, I don't do needles." She explained.
"Ok, I know I don't do needles either, but why don't you sit back down and I'll hold your hand and I won't let you see the needle." Alex said smiling hoping that it would reassure Meghan.
Meghan sat back down and Alex did her best to position herself so that she could force Meghan to look at her instead of the nurse who was holding a needle. After a few minutes the nurse said she was done and left the room. Meghan then realized she was holding her breath and decided now was a good time to breath.
"Can we go home now?" She asked Alex. She was still completely exhausted.
"Yeah, let's go." Alex said.
The two women arrived home about 45 minutes later. "I'm going to go take a shower." Meghan announced as they were walking in to the apartment. As Alex headed to her bedroom to change into some more comfortable clothes her phone rang and she was surprised to see that it was a text from Olivia.
'Hey my love. I'm not sure when I'll be home. Dickie is still missing. Love You!'
Alex quickly responded, 'K, Meghan's appointment went as well as can be expected. Love you too.' Alex then changed into some clothes and went to make dinner for her and Meghan. Not that she was too sure that Meghan would eat, but she was at least going to make the offer. She decided she wasn't really in the mood to cook and so she settled for some Velveeta. Soon after the pasta was finished Meghan came out dressed in one of Olivia NYPD issued t-shirts.
"Hey, you hungry?" Alex asked when she noticed her niece's presence.
"No not really." Meghan responded and sat down at the table. "When can we go see Kayley again?"
"Well if you want we can go see her tomorrow when you get out of school." Alex suggested.
"Yeah ok, I guess that sounds good." They sat in silence while Alex ate her dinner. "I'm really tired." Meghan proclaimed as she lay her head on top of the table.
"Well… I don't think Liv will be coming home tonight if you want to sleep in the bed."
"Ok sure." Meghan responded semi-enthusiastically. "Alex are you going to get me a new bed when we move?"
"Yeah that was the plan."
"When will we be moving?"
"Pretty soon, next weekend I think."
"Ok good. I'm going to go to bed." Meghan said as she got up and headed down to the bedroom.
Alex cleaned up the mess she had made and then decided that it would be good if she turned in early for the night. When she got to bedroom she smiled to herself because Meghan was already asleep curled up in a little ball almost exactly in the middle of the bed. Then tears started to form in Alex's eyes. She remembered that her sister used to sleep like that all curled up. Sometimes Meghan would do things and Alex would think that her sister had come back from the dead. Alex laid down and Meghan began to stir. She looked at Alex with very sleepy eyes. "Shhh, go back to sleep." Alex assured her, then pulled Meghan close to her. Meghan relaxed into the embrace and quickly fell back asleep.
At 2:17 in the morning Alex phone rang and it was Olivia calling.
"Hello?"
"Hey you need to get down here now."
"Why?"
"There is something you need to see."
"Ok what about Meghan?"
"Ask Mrs. Flay to look in on her and leave her a note or something."
"Ok see you in a bit."
Alex then hung up the phone and jumped out of bed quickly putting on the clothes she had taken off just hours ago. She left Meghan a note explaining where she was and where to go if she needed anything. Then she left the apartment and walked next door. She hesitated and then knocked on the door.
"Hello dear." A sweet old lady answered the door.
"Hi Mrs. Flay I have to go in and I was wonder if you could keep an eye on my niece, Meghan."
"Of course dear."
"Thank you, here is a key." Alex said handing Mrs. Flay the key. Alex then headed for the precinct this couldn't be good.
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