"what time is it?" I asked with a groggy voice

"about ten at night" she said rubbing my back

"I’m so fucking tired" I said resting myself on my elbow on the bed so I could talk to her

"yeah me too…" she replied smiling then she got up and walked into the bathroom to take off her work clothes

"did you work the ER today?" I asked her

"no thank god…they put me in rounds for my post op. patients" she told me starting to brush her teeth "I did have a girl today who fell out of a tree" she told me removing the brush from her mouth

"hm…that’s exciting" I told her cringing

"yeah, turns out, she crapped in a bucket for months…"

"in a bucket?" I asked confused

"yeah, she was a tree hugger and lived up in this tree for six weeks until they tore it down with her still in it…and she would crap in this bucket, then lower it down on a rope and her friend would come and clean it out and fill it with food then send it back up…" she explained

"now that’s friendship" I said making her laugh a little

"you know…" she started coming to sit in bed the across from me "…as doctors we’re taught for years how not to care for patients, we’re actually taught everyday how to care less and less" she explained "but I care like crazy…I can’t be around someone and not know who they are, then I wonder who I’m helping and why, you think the same way with your music and I love that about you." she told me and I smiled "you wonder who you’re music is getting to, which is why you do so many signing and you’re not afraid to get your picture taken…that’s rare, and I could never stop caring about that or respecting that" she finished

"this is a lot like our first night together…" I told her hinting at the fact that the first night we spent together of course involved sex, but after that, we stayed up all night talking to each other and it was that night that I realized I loved her.

"yeah I know" she replied smiling "I know this can get old and annoying, but I do love you" she added