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[gottaknockhard]

[Truth be told, Spike had woken up some time ago. He doesn't open his eyes or lift himself from the clinic bed, just listens to the people moving around him until he gets a better sense of why he's here. At least until he has an opening to slip out while they aren't paying attention. It was just a small coma, nothing that unusual really, and definitely nothing to make a scene about.

Besides, it seems weirdly crowded today. He figures that'll make it easier for him to disappear; which is exactly what he's attempting once the footsteps and chatter move away from him. (Whether or not he'll be successful when he hasn't used his legs in a few days is another story. He'll deal with it when he has to.)

Sometime later, there's a voice coming through the journal of someone trying to sort out which parts of his fuzzy memory are a dream and which parts he should feel responsible for.]

Sounds like it blew over anyway. What was --

[--his sentence clips off. All his thoughts and intentions hit a brick wall the second he catches a glimpse at another patient, lying in a neighboring bed, perfectly still except for the subtle rise and fall of her chest. (He keeps watching until he can be sure.) Julia...

That's one way to jolt someone awake.]


ooc: Open over the journal/in the clinic (because of course he was going to wind up there...) Posting just before work, so replies may be a little delayed. :)

Comments

Not... very...

[jammin_with_ed]

uuuuuuuh-huh!

[She smiles, happy to have been of assistance]

/nudges it along

[gottaknockhard]

[He'd like to smile too, but he can't seem to rise about miserable at the moment. So he slouches back on the bed with that stupid lost look in his eyes he gets now and then.]

Thanks for telling me. [It comes out a little delayed, but at least he says it for once.]

[jammin_with_ed]

Yooouuu're welcome! [She hops up to sit on the foot of the bed]

Yoouu should have had Edward protect you!

[gottaknockhard]

[He smiles, just barely. Spike still doesn't know why she sticks around sometimes.]

Looks that way.

[jammin_with_ed]

[Because SOMEONE'S gotta keep you out of trouble, Spike.]

Edward's glad you're awake.

[gottaknockhard]

[This is a big task for you, Ed.]

You can't sleep forever.

[jammin_with_ed]

[She's a cowgirl. She can handle it. She looks over at Julia.]

Nope nope.

[gottaknockhard]

[And there goes that smile. Of course Julia would be hit harder than he was.]

I'm surprised they didn't kick me out of here sooner.

[jammin_with_ed]

[She frowns] But how could they kick you out? You were sleeeeeeping.

[gottaknockhard]

[Well that's a good point. He's probably a pain to move.]

No insurance. [He's joking, but really he's not sure how they run a clinic without getting paid to begin with.]

[jammin_with_ed]

[She giggles]

Do you want Edward to briiiiiiing you anything?

SOMEHOW I MISSED THIS;; I'm sorry

[gottaknockhard]

[Cigarettes... No, that'd probably be harder for Ed to sneak in.]

I'm not sick.

HOW DARE YOU! /hugs ilu bb. :D

[jammin_with_ed]

[She giggles, dropping into her spooky voice.]

No, you were poisoned by a mysteeeeerious space creatuuuuuure!

Sobbing;; ily too

[gottaknockhard]

[That's way too deja vu... Except he never had to go to a hospital the last time.]

Right. Just like before.

[jammin_with_ed]

Uuuh-huh! But you got beeeeeetter!

[gottaknockhard]

That's usually how it goes. [He's always been unfairly lucky about that. Most of the time.]