“So my family was on the slopes for about an hour…” the nurse droned on and on about some vacation she’d just got back from but Spencer wasn’t paying attention. It seemed that every nurse or doctor that entered her room hated silence, just because she refused to hold a decent conversation with any of them they had to go on and on about their families, patients and holidays. It was ridiculous; she wanted to strangle the next person who thought she was a listening dummy.

Spencer glanced up and smiled shyly, the nurse was really pretty. Long blond hair with brown streaks and gorgeous brown eyes, shaking her head to get the indecent thoughts from her mind, I have a husband for God sakes, she chided. As the nurse finished drawling the blood Spencer sat forward picking up her cup with the good hand taking a small sip. A voice cleared in the door way making her turn as soon as the figure was in her sights she lost all feeling in her body, muscles that she thought she had no longer existed as the cup slipped from her fingers, drifting in slow motion to the floor where the liquid contents spilled out.

“I see your still a total klutz,” the voice growled making Spencer shake quietly in her bed unable to run from the woman. Their eyes locked in a heated battle of wills that Spencer knew she couldn’t win as her will had been broken and beaten down so far that she no longer could use it so she was the first to drop her eyes guiltily to the blanket over her legs and she swore she felt amusement in the woman’s stare.

“Don’t worry Miss. I’ll have it cleaned up for you,” the nurse smiled warmly as she pulled some paper towels out of her uniform pocket and began to wipe up the spilled water as if it happened all the time. Spencer hadn’t felt this guilty for a while the last time had to be when her big brother Clay had called to wish her a happy birthday….

Spencer sighed as she entered her room, plopping down on the bed not caring that she was still in her cheer leading practice uniform. The day wore on and not one of her friends remembered it was her birthday until she reminded them not subtly either. The group she hung with made her feel like she was losing her brain cells day by day, even her teachers were getting upset with her lack of concentration in the class room.