Disclaimer: HE'S MINE I TELL YOU!!! HE'S MINE! AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT
THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT!!! Okay, so he's not mine... but I can pretend... that's
what an imagination is for, right? RIGHT? Okay... good.
Falagad: Thanks for reviewing... as it so happens, you're the only one this time.
^^^ And to all the rest of my readers: thanks for reading even if you didn't review... hint hint okay... on with the story.
The next morning, Alyssa woke up and looked around. There was no sign of last night's visitor. For a moment, she wondered if it had just been a dream, but when she looked down at the floor beside her bed, she saw the shattered remains of her water glass.
It hadn't been a dream. She smiled to herself... perhaps he would come back again tonight.
Just then, a nurse entered the room. She didn't even bother looking at Alyssa – instead getting right to work at changing IV s and recording information on her clipboard.
Alyssa smiled sweetly. "Good morning."
The nurse turned, as if noticing her patient for the first time.
"Oh, good morning. You must be..." She looked at her clipboard. "Alyssa?"
Alyssa nodded. The nurse continued.
"So you're here for surgery? What kind of problems have you been having?"
Alyssa sighed... she never liked explaining her problems to people... they always got so sympathetic – but it was only a mask that they put on to make themselves feel better.
"They found a tumor at the base of my skull... they're supposed to do a surgery to remove it."
The nurse looked at her sympathetically and shook her head.
"Then you'll be having Dr. Stegman operating on you most likely."
"Is that a bad thing?"
The nurse shuffled and glanced about uncomfortably... obviously looking for a way to avoid the question. Just then, she noticed the broken glass on the floor.
"When did this happen?"
Alyssa thought about it for a moment, then shrugged and replied sheepishly.
"I must have knocked it over in my sleep." She lied. "I move around a lot."
The nurse nodded and walked off to find a broom, muttering something under her breath. Alyssa watched her go, preparing herself for a long day.
Falagad: Thanks for reviewing... as it so happens, you're the only one this time.
^^^ And to all the rest of my readers: thanks for reading even if you didn't review... hint hint okay... on with the story.
The next morning, Alyssa woke up and looked around. There was no sign of last night's visitor. For a moment, she wondered if it had just been a dream, but when she looked down at the floor beside her bed, she saw the shattered remains of her water glass.
It hadn't been a dream. She smiled to herself... perhaps he would come back again tonight.
Just then, a nurse entered the room. She didn't even bother looking at Alyssa – instead getting right to work at changing IV s and recording information on her clipboard.
Alyssa smiled sweetly. "Good morning."
The nurse turned, as if noticing her patient for the first time.
"Oh, good morning. You must be..." She looked at her clipboard. "Alyssa?"
Alyssa nodded. The nurse continued.
"So you're here for surgery? What kind of problems have you been having?"
Alyssa sighed... she never liked explaining her problems to people... they always got so sympathetic – but it was only a mask that they put on to make themselves feel better.
"They found a tumor at the base of my skull... they're supposed to do a surgery to remove it."
The nurse looked at her sympathetically and shook her head.
"Then you'll be having Dr. Stegman operating on you most likely."
"Is that a bad thing?"
The nurse shuffled and glanced about uncomfortably... obviously looking for a way to avoid the question. Just then, she noticed the broken glass on the floor.
"When did this happen?"
Alyssa thought about it for a moment, then shrugged and replied sheepishly.
"I must have knocked it over in my sleep." She lied. "I move around a lot."
The nurse nodded and walked off to find a broom, muttering something under her breath. Alyssa watched her go, preparing herself for a long day.