Hey everyone! Hope you're having a good day. I don't know what inspired me to write this, but I did. Tell me what you think, and thank you for reading,

-Aislin

She opened the door quickly as always. "Help," he whispered to her in pain. He was beaten to a pulp. His eye was swelling and there was blood coming off his chest.

"Oh my god," she gasped pulling him inside, "Where were you? What were you doing?"

"Can I be treated first?" He begged.

"Yeah, yeah, sure, yeah," she said quickly. She led him to a chair and quickly pushed him into it.

"I've had this dream before," he slurred sarcastically.

"Yeah, Yeah," She replied. "I have to grab my med kit. I'll be back in a minute. Don't die," She warned.

"Why do you even have a full blown medkit?" he asked her as she worked on him. "You aren't a doctor. You don't get injured that often. There's no reason you should have one."

"Why are you sitting in my apartment needing it?" She countered.

"It was stupid," He started.

"Were you gambling?" She demanded. He looked up at her catching her gaze. He took her face in his hands.

"Hey," He whispered, "No. I wouldn't do that anymore."

"How can I be sure?" She asked rubbing her eyes quickly. She didn't want him gambling. Though she didn't usually let her emotions get the better of her, but something about the idea of Toby getting hurt gambling made her want to cry. There must be something wrong with her, no one made her cry.

"You can always trust me," He promised.

"I don't-" She started. "I don't trust people easily, if you break my trust, I... I don't know what will hap-"

"I won't," He guaranteed. "You don't need to worry." She nodded tensely and went back to work. "So why do you have the medkit?"

"What actually happened then?" She countered quickly.

"I was mugged. I was walking up here to come and see you, and I just got attacked. I didn't have any money, so I tried to run, but they caught up to me. And by then they didn't want money. So they taught me my lesson. Tell me about the medkit?" He asked.

"Why did you want to come and see me?" She asked back.

"Can't a good guy come and see his girlfriend when he wants to?" He countered. She raised an eyebrow, "Alright, I admit I had an ulterior motive. I have nothing to eat at my place, so I thought I would drag you out to get a bite to eat."

"You would've called," She pointed out.

"But I lost my phone," He informed her.

"Very convenient."

"Yes, very. The medkit?"

"It's just for emergencies," She admitted.

"Well I didn't think you were going to use it for non emergencies," he told her sarcastically.

"Shush, do you want to know or not?" She threatened.

"Proceed," He invited.

"Well when I was in the foster care system, my families weren't always spectacular, and often times there were other foster children there. And some of these families would beat their children. I was lucky most of the time, you know I'm pretty good at hiding." She paused for a minute. She sighed and continue, "But, at every house we had a system. There was always a medkit somewhere in the house, and the second sibling would always help the one who got hurt. You had to always be prepared, and you couldn't let anyone die. I guess old habits die hard. I don't really ever need the medkit, excluding tonight, but I don't know. I still feel like I need it."

"I'm glad you have the medkit," He admitted. "Well, I mean I'm not happy that you had to go through foster care, but if you didn't have this..."

"If I didn't go through foster care, you might have never met me," She told him. "It was hard and it sucked, but at least I'm here," Happy smiled. "Alright, I'm done."

"Thanks Nurse Happy. I'd be nothing without you," he said grinning.

"I know."

"Can I stay here?" He asked. She looked up confused at him. "Can I stay here tonight? I don't want to leave. We could order a pizza."

"You can stay," She gave in. "Go order us a pizza. I'll put the medkit away," She instructed.

He went home before they came into work the following morning, but two weeks later she was still thinking about it. She was alone in her workshop working. As she worked she thought about everything in her life. She didn't want her life to change. She wanted everything to stay exactly as it was.

She looked around the room at all her projects, and most of her possessions. She didn't want to lose anything of the things around her. That's when she spotted it, the tiny box with a red bow on it.

She walked over and tossed the box around in her hands. It made no sound. She undid the bow on the top of the box, and began to unwrap it. Inside was a tiny charm of a medkit. She smiled at the engraving on the back, So you're always ready for an emergency. She added it to her bracelet, and went back to her day.