Drift POV
Jayce wanted to see Jamie when Jamie woke up.
"Can you take this out?" She asked, pointing to the feeding tube.
I did as she asked though she didn't like that she threw up as I took it out. Seeing Jamie fall back on the bed scares Jayce.
"Will you relax?" Crosshairs asks. Jayce got up and left the room.
"What did you do?" Jamie asked as I helped her sit up.
"Nothing."
Jamie gets out of bed and leaves the room.
"You will not stop her?"
"No, I know where she's going, and maybe Jayce needs talk to her to start healing. I know the risk we're taking. Our luck with keeping this secret is going to run out eventually," I sighed before getting off the bed and leaving the room.

Jamie POV
Jayce is sitting on her bed, crying.
"Get out," she sobbed before I could say anything. I sat next to her, "no, Jamie, leave," she urges, fear in her voice
Something is wrong if she thinks she'll attack me as she did to J.R.
"Get her out of here," Jayce tells Drift.
Shit, now she sounds like she's in pain.
Jayce ignores I'm still here and lays down on her side, putting pressure on her abdomen.
"Let me help you."
"Get her out, now," Crosshairs demands. Drift picks me up and carries me out. Crosshairs wastes no time closing the door once we leave.
"Something is wrong," I fight Drift to put me down.
"Stop!"
I cause him to fall to the floor, but he still kept his grip on me. Using one hand, he moved himself to the wall before hugging me.
"What happened?" Hound asked.
"She's panicking about Jayce."
I'm s little pissed Drift didn't stop Hound from going into the room.
Jayce's energy is normal. What the fuck is going on?

Jayce POV
"You know you could have lied?" Crosshairs asks.
I know what he's thinking.
"No, that wouldn't work. Don't you know that only lasts a few days? Plus, this hurts a lot more."
"What?!"
Crosshairs lays me in my back, moves my hands, and lifts my shirt.
"It's the same problem; the heat patch isn't working."
I let him feel my abdomen anyway.
"You sure?"
I rolled back to my side.
Hound comes in and tells Crosshairs Jamie is panicking.
"You stay here," Crosshairs says and leaves the room.
"Are you lying about the cause of your pain?"
"Any other cause would be deadly if left untreated. What would be the point of Ignoring the pain if it's a serious problem?"
I wait a few minutes before sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to ignore the pain.
"Oh yeah, not obvious at all. Wait here."
Hound leaves the room, in time to not see me throw up. This is a reason why I need to go home.

J.R. POV
Waking up in the medbay alone again. I see Cade put me on strong medication. It's going to suck when the medication wears off. There's still pain, but I can ignore it as I sit up. I won't be able to get upstairs with this IV pole.
"What are you doing?" Hound asks.
"I'm just going to the couch to watch T.V."
Hound has me wait for him to grab heat patches for Jayce before helping me to the couch before going upstairs.

Drift and Jamie come down ten minutes later. I'm happy she woke up. She said nothing about my ribs, but I can tell she feels bad she didn't completely heal them.

Three hours later

Jayce POV
Before we go to bed, Jamie wants to try to heal J.R.'s ribs. She thinks I'm going upstairs, but I want to listen to the conversation. Jamie left the door open enough that not only can I hear the conversation, but I can see what's going on.
Jamie tried to heal J.R. for ten minutes before stopping.
"I can't heal them," she said in a sad tone before crying.
"It's ok, Jamie," J.R. assures her.
"No, it's not. I know how much pain you'll be in."
J.R. pulls Jamie onto the bed next to her and lets her cry.
I'm having a hard time not crying myself. I didn't know the others were around until Crosshairs picks me up and walks towards the stairs. The others were around the medbay door, also not liking this, knowing how much pain J.R. will be in and how distraught Jamie is.

I let myself cry once we're in my room.
This is all my fault. How much more are they going to let Jamie and J.R. go through to try to help me?
Crosshairs had me lay on the bed next to him.
I moved to my side and put my arm around him. He put an arm around me but said nothing. Not like saying anything helps.

six hours later

Crosshairs had fallen asleep next to me. By now, the pain medication J.R. is on would have worn off. I better start another infusion before she wakes up in pain. J.R. wasn't in the medbay.

I knocked on the bathroom door before opening the door, immediately hearing crying. I'm too late, the infusion finished, but J.R. won't let herself pee the bed no matter how much pain she's in.
"Don't touch me, it hurts so bad," J.R. sobs.
"You can't stay here," I tell her as I remove the IV line from her cathheter, "one...two...three."
Wow, the scream from J.R. as I picked her up. Glad Jamie's door is closed and that the doors are metal. I left the door to my room open, which is a good thing right now. Not even ten seconds after J.R. screamed, Crosshairs is downstairs. He takes the IV pole as I carry J.R. back to the medbay. Laying her on the bed is just as painful for J.R. as being picked up.

"Shh, it's ok," Crosshairs tried to comfort her as I prepped another infusion. Drift walks in as I hang the bag and connect the tube to J.R.'s IV. J.R. is still crying from pain. I know she wants Crosshairs to hold her, but she'd be in more pain as he moves her. I moved the chair to the other side of the bed, sat down, and took her hand.
"I'm sorry."
Though she probably can't hear me.
"You can't stay here," Drift says, standing beside me.
"Yes, I can, and I am."
The two mechs look at each other. I swear it's like they're talking to each other, but I don't hear them. That's impossible while they're using their holoforms. They're also not split spark twins.
"Fine, at least lay on the bed so you can sleep when she finally falls asleep."
I did as he wanted, though I suspect he'll take me to my room when I fall asleep. He helped Crosshairs try to calm J.R., but I doubt she will stop crying until she falls asleep or the pain medication kicks in.
"It hurts so bad," she sobs.
"I know, the medicine should kick in soon," Crosshairs tells her while holding her hand and stroking her forehead. Drift is still standing on the other side of the bed, holding her other hand. I could leave the room, and they wouldn't know, but I can't leave her.
Five minutes pass before J.R. stops crying, but tears still roll down her face, and she's still in a lot of pain. I can't watch this for six weeks. It might be longer since she has four broken ribs. Another twenty minutes pass before J.R. is asleep.
"All right, Jayce, she's asleep. Now off to bed," Drift says. Guess he changed his mind about letting me stay here.

Drift POV
I was going to let Jayce sleep in the medbay, but I think we need to talk again. Maybe we need to repeat ourselves every couple of hours.
"...I know the risk I'm taking that Jamie might find out and how distraught she'll be. I hate seeing my girl distraught, but she'd be the same if you left. You know Jamie would tell you to stay, we'll get through this," I finished.
"No, I hurt J.R., I'm getting worse."
I get her to lie on the bed, and she cries herself to sleep.