Shit, Hospital ... time to get out (o2a)

[Jessie Blair]

Jessie nods with her head and reach for the jacket that Shelby has offered her not too long ago. She puts it on, so that only her ass was flashing through her hospital shirt. JB opens the door and steps out of the car, she put her finger on the lock and push it down before she close the door. That’s the good thing about old cars, they are easily to lock and you don’t have to wait that everybody is out of the car before you can lock a door.

Thanks again for the help. I really don’t know how I can repay you for this favour. I mean, helping somebody escape is not actually something that you do … just like that. Oh, and I am sure that the couch will be good to sleep at, I am very tired and I think if its an “L” shape or an “I” shape doesn’t matters for me right now.

[Shelby Danes]

"Don't worry about it, I'll do anything for a friend." She then leads Jessie to her apartment. It was only on the third floor of the medium-sized apartment complex, so it wasn't much of an adventure. They then reached the door to her apartment, and she unlocked it, and invited her inside.


Shelby switched on the light. The apartment wasn't brand-new, but it had that two-week old "fresh-paint" smell. There were two windows in the living room, and one in the small kitchen. The living and kitchen were practically the same room, only 3/4 of the room had a rug, which, seemingly was the only indication that there even was a kitchen, if you ignored the sink, the refrigerator, the stove, and the dining table. All the boxes Shelby mentioned were all in unique places in the room, one was even serving as a "coffee table," or as Shelby liked to call it, "the foot rest." She had an average TV, which the sectional couch seemed to gravitate around. In fact, the couch looked to be the most expensive piece of furniture in the room. The apartment wasn't a mess, but you could tell Shelby was still in the process of putting everything together.


"The bathroom is just over there," Shelby pointed to her left, "Feel free to take a shower at any time you want." She began to walk towards her room, which was on the opposite side of the bathroom. "Now, a queen needs her beauty rest, so I'm going to hit the sack. Feel free to watch television, I got cable, so there's bound to be something on. If you're hungry, there's leftover pizza in the fridge, the microwave shouldn't be hard too find."

She then opened the door to her room, "Enjoy yourself," she lastly stated, giving Jessie a friendly smile, "If you need anything, just wake me up, I'll go fix it."

[Jessie Blair]

Thanks …

Jessie says as she starts to walk over to the couch. She slips out of the jacket and lays it over the edge of a nearby chair. The hospital dress follows afterwards, standing now completely nude in the living room of Shelby, Jessie takes the blanket that is laying on the couch in her hands. She carefully place it on the couch, before she crawls under the blanket to lay down. Her head was still hurting … something that happens when she doesn’t take her medicine … or better said some painkillers. Sweat is appearing on her forehead as she tries to fight the headache … but to her luck, darkness awaits her once again as she pass out once more … falling in a long and deep sleep.

[Jessie Blair]

At night …

Loud moans could be heard in the apartment from Shelby Steele … but it was not that type of moans that are coming from an … interesting night, but rather type of moans that are coming when somebody has an nightmare. The person in question, who has a nightmare is nobody else as the woman who has just escaped the clutches of nurses and doctors at the local hospital here in Chicago.

Jessie is rolling from one side of the couch to the other, sweat has appeared on her skin, the blanket is sticking at her body … The nightmare … or better said the nightmares that Jessie had in the last couple of weeks have increased its intensity … the fear … the pain and everything that happens during this nightmares … is just a sign that Jessie is not in such a good condition as she wants to make the world believe that she is. The moans of her change to screams as she is waving her head around in a wildly way …

Ahhhhh ….

[Shelby Danes]

As Shelby was sleeping, someone knocks on the wall near Shelby's bed, trying to wake her up. "Wha--wha?" she says to herself as her neighbor was seemingly getting fed up with Jessie's moaning. "SETTLE DOWN IN THERE" the neighbor yells from the other side of her bedroom wall. Shelby waits a moment to wonder what the hell the neighbor is referring too, as she begins to notice Jessie's moaning herself.

"What in the world?" she asks as she tiredly gets out of bed, and heads to the living room. The room was pitch black, so she turned on the light. Jessie was seemingly flailing around like a dead fish as Shelby quickly went to her aid, trying to wake her up. "Jessie, Jessie, Jessie." She loudly says, while nudging her shoulders.

[Jessie Blair]

No No NOOOOOO

From one second to the other, Jessie opens her eyes. She sat up very fast ... her hair was so wet as if she just took a shower, the blanket wasn’t in a better condition … her breath is going pretty fast and her hands are shaking … She looks around, scared like a child …It takes her a few minutes before she is able to recognize where she is and who the person is who has just woke her up, who has saved her from the nightmare.

[Shelby Danes]

Shelby places her hand on Jessie's shoulders, and takes a knee on the floor, trying to settle her down, "It's okay, it's okay," she said in a motherly tone, while grabbing another blanket from the opposite side of the couch and placing it near her, "What happened Jessie?" She asks as she looks at the sweaty mess Jessie seemed to have made on the couch, "Here, let me get you something to put on."

She pulls a nearby box labeled "huge t-shirts" near her, and pulls one out. It was a hockey jersey, nearly as big as a small blanket. She puts on it on Jessie's lap, before standing back up, and sitting on the couch next to Jessie, facing her. "Tell me Jessie, what's wrong?" Shelby was tired, her eyes had bags under them, but she would do anything to help out the person in front of her.

[Jessie Blair]

I am fine ... just the usual nightmares that are haunting me.

Jessie slips in the big t-shirt, looks kind of funny … cause it is really large and covers everything. She swallows hard as she face Shelby again after she put on the shirt. You could clearly see that Shelby wants to know the truth and not some stories she has made up. JB shakes her head and stares down at the floor.

I mean I am ok. Its just so that I can’t do anything against it. My whole fucking life is just a mess. 3 weeks ago my girlfriend left me … disappeared without telling my … and now my health problems get even more serious from week to week. I mean I have just passed out twice this week … normally it was maybe just once a month or even less. But … its getting worse, I am sweating all night long, have nightmares … my hand is shaking when I try to hold it still. Its just … why this shit happened to me?

[Shelby Danes]

Shelby gave Jessie her friendly face, Jessie seemed to be going through a really tough time in her life, needless to say, Shelby had a time where it seemed everything was falling apart in front of her. She scoots herself closer to Jessie, ignoring the mess on the couch. "I've gone through a similar time in my life Jessie," she begins in a soft tone, "Just two years ago, my boyfriend left me, without giving me any type of warning. He just stopped calling, stopped coming over. He never even said good bye. It broke me Jessie, I didn't know what to do, he was the only friend I had. My career was going nowhere it seemed, I didn't want to called a failure by my family up north, I wanted to make a name for myself, going home a mess wasn't an option, but I seemed to be tumbling down this downward spiral of bad luck. I started doing unimaginable things Jessie." She then paused, took a breath and continued, "Jessie, I was always on the road, I didn't have a stable litter of friends to be around, or a friend for matter. I didn't know who to turn too, so I started drinking, and drinking...and drinking. Hell, I was twenty-five, twenty-six years old, I figured I still had a life in front me. I figured I would be out of this spiral during some point of my life. That wasn't the case."

Shelby than stood up, and headed towards the kitchen, "I'll get us some water." She went to her cupboard, grabbed two cups, and filled them with water with the sink. When she was finished, she walked back to the couch, and handed Jessie the glass of water.

"The truth is Jessie, we need people we can turn too when we're in trouble. My family soon found out about my drinking problem, and they began to monitor all I did. They wouldn't let me leave my old apartment without one of my brothers following me. Granted, I only lived six hours away from them at this time, so the fact that they found out, and they fact that we forced themselves on me was only eventually going to happen."

She took a sip of her water and continued, "They helped me Jessie, even though I hated it and I felt like all my independence was gone, they helped me pull my life back together. Maybe you need someone to help you. Maybe you need someone you can talk too without feeling judged. Maybe you need someone who will be willing to try and pull you through this. Maybe all this passing out is just all in your head Jessie. Perhaps you just need to let yourself a relax a bit, and give yourself a break from your 'destiny.'"

After giving Jessie a pat on the shoulder, she stood up and gave her a smile, "You're welcome to stay as long as you wish Jessie. Remember, the character you play on television, doesn't have to be the character you play in real-life. If you need a friend, I'm always going to be here, getting this place put together, and hoping that one day I can just sit some place, and not have to worry about things. Then again, worries just seem to be a part of life."

Shelby then chugged the rest of her water, and put the glass in the sink. "Just don't put to much pressure on yourself. You'll just get headaches. Relax Jessie."

[Jessie Blair]

Jessie looks down at the glass with water that she is holding in her hands…

You know, maybe you are right, maybe talking will help me a bit, even when I doubt it. I mean, I have gone through a lot in my life, a lot of bullshit and most of the times it has hurt me as much as my friends and the people who were close to me at this time. It is just really hard for me at the moment. I mean, I have or maybe I had a girlfriend … and she should be on my side to help me in this difficult time of my life. Support me, help me and look after me. It is not easy for me to be alone … damn it. You know how this is? I wake up in the morning, my body covered in sweat … my hands are shaking and when I turn to the side nobody is there … just an empty bed.

On the other side I also know that there is nothing that can help me to solve my problem as there is nothing that can help me. Its to late for that … maybe a deal with the devil might help me but as that is just a fictional character it is not possible either. I just don’t know what to do. ..

[Shelby Danes]

"We never know what to do Jessie." Shelby responded while walking back to the living room, "We all go through life not knowing what's going to happen, we all just assume." She then finds her place back on the couch, and sits down, "There's always something someone can do to help Jessie. I'm not religious, I don't necessarily believe that there's a God, but I've learned that there's always someone that's going to be there to help you. It's never too late Jessie, unless of course the hypothetical bus leaves right when you get the hypothetical bus stop."

She softly laughs at her little joke, "If you want, you can sleep with me in my bed tonight, just think of it like a sleepover if you want. If you feel the urge of a headache coming on, just wake me up, and I'll try to settle you down, okay?" She places her hand on her shoulder, and gives her a smile, "I'm going to head to bed, the door's going to be open. If you don't feel like sleeping alone tonight, just sneak in. I don't mind. It'll be nice to have a little company for once."

She then gets up, and starts heading towards her bedroom door.

[Jessie Blair]

Jessie nods with hear head and slowly raise to her feet’s.

I think I will take the offer. I don’t want to be alone again tonight … just need a shoulder to lean on, somebody who take care of me, even when its just for this night. If it is ok for you and you … don’t … you know … feel a bit scared cause I am a lesbian. …

[Shelby Danes]

"I don't mind at all Jessie," Shelby responded, turning around so she could face her, "We're all people, no point to judge someone on what they prefer sexually." She then turned back around, and headed inside her bedroom. Compared to the living room, everything seemed to be nice and in order, with the exception of a few boxes near the door, and window. "Well, let's go to sleep, yes? We've had quite the night."

[Jessie Blair]

Sounds like a plan.

Jessie follows Shelby in her bedroom. It was a really nice room, nice decorated … not so bad after all. JB walks over to the bed and raise the blanket a bit to slip under it to lay down in the bed. She place one of her hands under the pillow and look up to Shelby. Jessie nods with her head and smiles.

Sleep well Shelby and thanks for everything.

Jessie says and close her eyes, a few seconds later she has fallen asleep.

[Shelby Danes]

"Don't mention it." Shelby softly replies as she gets under the covers as well. She had the quite the day, it was nice to know she could it end it without a worry. "Good night." She then leans over and turns off the lamp. She falls asleep moments later.