“Quiet,” she admonished me gently, but she was laughing. “Drink your coffee so you can get some sleep. You’re tired, and you can’t be completely better yet. Speaking of that, I’m gonna go get your prescription ready in a little while.”

“Right, thanks,” I told her, feeling pretty stupid. I was supposed to take it twice a day, and while I’d taken it that morning before going to the hospital, I would have forgotten my night dose completely if Shane hadn’t brought it up.

“It’s no problem,” she assured me. I nodded and sipped my coffee, beginning to feel a little bit better. Not good, exactly, but a little bit more relaxed. I was grateful that they wanted to stay again tonight. I probably could have made it by myself, but it was nice to have the company.

“Do you two have to go home to get some clothes or anything?” I asked, suddenly remembering that they didn’t have clothes here. I should have thought of that before, but my mind wasn’t exactly in the right place for thinking about daily stuff like clothes.

“I brought some over earlier today,” Shane told me with a shrug. “I figured we’d be back tonight so I decided it’d be better to be safe than sorry. Don’t worry about it.”

“Okay,” I whispered, suddenly starting to feel just how tired I actually was. My eyelids were getting heavy, and Jenny saw it.

“I think we should probably turn in,” she suggested. “We’ll have to be up pretty early anyway.”

I was going to ask why until I remembered that the physical therapist was coming to check in with Alice the next day.  We hadn’t talked about it, but they knew I would want to be there for it. I appreciated it. My brain wasn’t really working too well at that point in time. “Yeah, we probably should,” I agreed.

I saw them exchange a look, and then Shane told me to go get ready for bed and she’d bring in my medication in a bit. I thanked her and was walking drowsily to the bedroom when I remembered that they were staying the night with me. I turned and walked back to the living room, where Jenny had moved to the sofa and put her arm around Shane. They were talking quietly, but they stopped as soon as I stepped back into the room.