Chapter 17: 

“How’s our patient doing?” Madison asks a few hours later as she walks through Mina’s front door. 

“Still asleep” JC replies, pointing to Mina next him on the couch. She was still out. “I need to change her gauze cause its been a few hours but last time I checked it, she bit me cause she thought it was funny” 

Madison laughs, setting her stuff down in the kitchen. 

“So Alex sent her flowers huh?” JC asks randomly. Madison pauses before answering

“Josh… you and I both know that Alex didn’t send her flowers” 

“What gave it away?”

“NSYNC lyrics, really?” Madi chuckles. 

“She wouldn’t know them” 

“Good point. But yeah, she’s clueless. I didn’t have the heart to tell her the truth, probably because you should tell her yourself” 

“I can’t tell her how I feel. She’s with him and I’m not going to be the reason they break up” 

“Just give her time. She just needs to accept her feelings” Madison explains as JC nods his head in acknowledgement. 

Mina starts to stir on the couch. “Madi? You’re here?” she mumbles, sleepily. 

“Hey there sleepyhead! Feel any better?” JC asks

“Josh! You’re still here?” Mina stammers, fully waking up

“Yeah I uh.. Just got here. Josh was still playing Doctor Chasez” Madison states as JC chuckles at the nickname. 

“Oh. Thanks for looking out for me today. Sorry if I was a handful” Mina apologizes

“You were fine, even though you did bite me… but only that once” JC tells her. Mina turns red. 

“I bit you? Shit. I’m sorry” 

“It’s okay. It was kind of funny actually” JC says, standing up “Well Madison is here now um, I’ll just see myself out. Don’t forget to drink lots of water, if you’re ready to eat- soft foods only- those are in the kitchen and your pain medication is here on the coffee table” he adds. 

Mina stands up and gives him a big hug. “I know I wasn’t the most grateful this morning but thank you. I appreciate it!” she explains, walking him to the door. 

“You okay there Min?” Madi asks as they both return to the couch. 

“Yeah… I just feel like I said something stupid but I can’t remember... I think I may have asked Josh to sing to me?” she says, trying to work it out in her head

“Sing to you? Did he?” her best friend laughs

“I can’t remember… I feel like if he did, I would remember” Mina laughs with her. 

“You want me to change your gauze? Please don’t bite me” Madison chuckles, passing the clean gauze over to Mina. 

“Oh hush! I was drugged up... Apparently I thought it was funny. I got it. Wanna pick a movie? I’ll be right back” Mina stands up and heads to her bathroom to get herself cleaned up.