Her neck felt stiff; it felt like she had been sleeping in a terrible position for days. Spencer groggily opened her eyes and attempted to rub the aching spot. “Ow!” She yelped out, a shooting pain flew through her left side. Her eyes were alert now as she watched a strange woman decked out in white come in through the door with a clipboard. “Good evening Ms. Carlin, how are you feeling tonight?”

“I’m in pain…how long have I been here?”

“Well, let me just check your i.v. here,” the nurse says cheerfully as she adjusts the dosage, “you should be feeling better in a little bit. Now then, can I ask you some questions?”

“Why not.”

“Do you know where you are?”

“The hospital I’m guessing.”

“Yup, St. Joe’s. What’s your name?”

“Spencer. Spencer Carlin.”

“Good, do you know your birthday?”

“March 18^th.” The nurse smiled as she wrote down some notes, “well, my name is Jackie, I’m the attending nurse, so if you need anything let me know. You went through quite the ordeal now didn’t you,” she stated apologetically, “now that you’re awake I’ll have the doctor come up and explain everything ok?” Her voice noticeably trying to brighten.

Spencer just nodded as she stared at the nurse. “Well, I’ll leave the two of you alone; Dr. Roberts will be here in a little bit.” Spencer lay in her bed confused as she watched the nurse walk out, ‘the two of us?’. The beat up blonde slowly turned her head and to the right of her, curled up in a chair was Ashley, lightly snoring away. Spencer smirked a little as she whispered, “Ashley…hey Ashley, wake up.” The brunette slowly started to stir awake, but got up quickly when she saw that Spencer had woken up. “Oh my god, I thought I lost you Spence,” Ashley cried out as she stared sadly into the other’s eyes, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” “Shh,” Spencer cooed, “it’s ok now, it wasn’t your fault, I’m ok, and soon enough I’ll be out of here and Aiden will be long gone.”

Spencer tried to smile at Ashley as she tried to decipher what was going on in her eyes; all Ashley could do was shake her head, “no Spence, it’s not going to be that easy.”