Then I get your gab with your clothes. You were one big mess when I got you home.? ?Thanks, Donna, I owe you.? ?No, you hire me, rememb...r. You say you hire me.? Her fingers were beginning to have a very real effect on his head, his neck. ?Smartest thing I ever did.? ?Yes, you smart sailor boy, Doc.? She pulled down the sheet and began to work on his back, along his spine. She took his hands and put them under his head, and straightened his legs. Then she. A male nurse came in her room, "Hello Elyse, how are you feeling this morning?" Weird, how do you cope with..."The nurse smiled. Elyse thought, 'He has a nice smile. No! What am I doing, don't look at men that way.'He said, "Changing Gender? It isn't so bad I think. There are some things that I have to get used to though. Do you need some help getting out of bed?"Elyse nodded and soon was on her way to the toilet with the help of the male nurse whose name tag read Fuller. Elyse reached it not a. His gaze was intent as if he meant to catch every expression on her face. ‘We don’t have to do this right now if you’re too tired.’ Postponing meant living another day in uncertainty. No thanks. She set the phone back on its base. Simon would have to wait. ‘I’m okay…I just need to ice my shoulder,’ she said on her way to the fridge to get the icepack. She emptied the uncapped bottle of its last pain pill before reaching for a glass. ‘Did you want anything?’ ‘No, I’m good.’ Dodger skipped at. He stared at me for a second, "It would mean a lot to me." his answered sent my heart on a rampage. Thumping loudly in my ears. I stared at him almost unaware that I heard him correctly. "Are you just saying that?" I asked awaiting his answer, watching him carefully. He shook his head "as long as you don't expect me to change" I looked at him confused "I don't want you to change, your perfect the way you are" He smiled lightly grabbing my face in the warm palms of his hands, pulling me forwards.