Chapter 145

"Really, Kris, I can make it. It's just a bad ache and I've had them before learning to fly. Just ask Tom. Maybe he'll give me a good rub down and then I'll go to sleep and when we wake up we can get this over with and you'll never have to hurt again," wished Krystal.

"Then go do it now, Tom, I'm fine...and AJ needs to hold me anyway...the old man needs some sleep."

Tom grinned and said, "Yeah, he is older than I am..."

"Oooooh how much older is he, Tom?"

"Seven months if I remember right!" Tom laughed.

Krista giggled at that, "I love you, Albert, even if you are old. Krys is older than me too!"

"NOT THAT MUCH OLDER! I'm what three minutes older than you? Gee you'd think I was years," said Krystal, raising her head just a bit.

"Lies! It was twelve minutes! Mom said so! Geesh I guess she's getting forgetful in her old age too!"

Between the interruptions from the nurses and the pain, the night seemed to last forever. All too soon morning arrived along with all the hustle and bustle of the shift change of nurses.

Big Bertha came in bright and early that morning flipping on the lights, and saying, "Alright men
out of the room. Time to prep the ladies. I have to shave them and put in a catheter so they won't be up and running around today. The little ladies are supposed to be laying with their head flat on the bed when they return from the operating room. So clear it out. You can come back in when I'm done."

"Hey if anyone is shaving my privates, other than me, I vote for Albert!" Krista declared.

"Sorry, Ms. Kennex but you don't get a vote, so gentlemen please leave the room or I'll have a guard come and escort you out," grinned Big Bertha.

"I knew she was hot for my body! Krystal, protect me!"

With a laugh and a shake of his head Tom got up and got ready to leave. He knew when to take orders...even if he didn't like them. "I'll be back in as soon as she lets me, darling!" he kissed Krystal and left the room.

"Give me a minute to get the razors ladies and I'll be right back," snickered Big Bertha.

"Alright ladies, which one of you is first," Bertha asked armed with razor and soap when she returned.

"Don't suppose we could get away with letting her do you twice?" Krista asked her sister.

"Nope, no way," grinned Krystal. "I am being nice by having the surgery for you, so you go first."

"No, you go first, you're older! And, nurse, she was the one that pinched you! You should use a very cold razor on her!"

"You two act like a couple of children and should be ashamed of yourselves. I'll start with you," replied Big Bertha pointing at Krista. "Pull up you gown and lay still."

"Whew, there for a minute I thought she was looking at me," sighed Krystal. "Have fun, Kris. Let me know how it feels."

"Oh I bet we each get the experience twice!" Krista smirked...and making a face at the nurse did as she was told.

"I just bet that both of you were a joy to your parents," smiled Big Bertha as she shaved Krista then reaching for the catheter. "Now just be still...there now you'll feel uncomfortable for a little while.
You'll feel like you have to urinate and have a full feeling, but it'll go away if you relax."

"See that wasn't anything, Kris. Didn't take any time at all. Bet if I had my watch and could have timed her it would have been under five minutes," smiled Krystal.

"Shame you don't, because you're next, Mrs. Boone," grinned Big Bertha.

When she was finally finished and had left the room, Krystal moaned, "I bet that woman is kin to Hitler. I think I'll have the Navy check into her background. She'd be great at torture."

"I want my man back!" Krista called loud enough for the two men waiting in the hall to hear.

"Darlin', was it bad?" he asked. "Did the big, bad woman hurt you?"

"I don't know about Krista, but she gouged the hell out of me!" sniffed Krystal. "And in a very tender place on my body."

To be continued…