"They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep"
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"You know-" Zoe knew that she was going to get no sleep. She groaned from just how tired she was after being woken up at four in the morning, "When I agreed to you doing this whole vigilante thing... I don't remember agreeing on being your nurse."
"Mm-" Rhea was currently laid out on the couch while Zoe put pain patches on Rhea's back. "I didn't think that the one dude robbing the store would turn into four. They had the jump on me and got in a few punches."
"And almost fucking stabbed you." Zoe slapped her palm over where the bandaid was making Rhea groan, "I am not equipped to be your nurse. I had to walk down to the convenience store to get half of these things. Pain patches... how did you know these exist?"
"Benicia." Rhea answered as she got up and put her tank top back on, "Uh, her dad used to have her put these on his back. She used them before a few times too, so I just knew that it'll work."
"Why don't we just tell Benicia then?" Zoe dropped down on the sofa beside Rhea, "She's the nurse out of the three of us. She can patch you up when you get hurt."
"I..." Rhea paused as she got comfortable on the couch, "I'm not ready to tell her just yet... I think she has a lot on her mind and I don't want to overwhelm her with a bunch. Plus... powers, come on, that's insane. I'll tell her when I'm ready to. I promise I'll tell her."
Zoe sighed, "Fine. I think we should say something, but it's your secret to tell and not my own."
"I appreciate that you're willing to let me do it on my terms." Rhea sank further on the couch, propping her feet up on the coffee table, "I think I might need to renew my gym membership."
Zoe chortled at this, "If that's the case, let me join."
"Yeah, we can work out together." Rhea shot a large grin at her, "Is it obvious on my face that I was beat around a bit?"
"Uh... you've got a bruise forming on your jaw but other than that no." Zoe answered truthfully, "It'll make sense if you say you stopped a bar fight."
"Matt and Foggy would definitely try and get a name from anyone if that's the case." Rhea grabbed the throw blanket and covered herself with it, "I could honestly say I got mugged."
"Or... you-uh-" Zoe puffed her cheeks in thought as she glanced away for a moment, "Oh! You could say that you tripped and when you fell you hit like... the edge of coffee table..."
"Awesome." Rhea covered her face with her arm, "I'm going to pass out now. You should try and fall asleep again. I know you probably need to hit the office today."
"Yeah." Zoe pushed herself off of the couch and walked around the coffee table, "Goodnight... or morning. Whatever you want to call it. I sleep."
"You sleep." Rhea mumbled in response.
***
Benicia turned her head at the sound of Karen hitting the copier. "Karen-"
"No!" Karen was growing even more frustrated, "Oh, my God. You don't make sense."
