“Good morning Sam. How are you feeling today?” Dr. Campbell asked me soon after entering the room.

“I’m feeling pretty well, doc. I can’t wait to go home though.”

“You’ll be going home very soon, but before I wanted to talk to you for a minute.” He said looking serious.

“Is there something wrong?” I asked him.

“I think I owe you an apology.”

“What for? All you did was help me out.” I said confused.

“Sam, in my haste to help you I wasn’t as careful as I should and because of that you almost died. I should have made more tests and take things slowly.”

“Are you saying things would end up differently? And I mean about the final result having to make the decision I did.”

“I don’t think so. It would probably take a few days, maybe a couple weeks longer.”

“And I would be torturing myself all that time. I like to think you save me from a lot of pain.”

“Thank you Sam. You are an amazing person and I can see why my daughter like you so much.”

I blushed at that comment. ‘Does he know about us? Of course he knows dummy.’

“I also talked to the hospital administration about what happened and they asked me to talk to you and your mother about a settlement to avoid legal action of your part.”

“But we don’t plan on doing that.” Mom said.

“I know, and you know. But the higher ups don’t know about it.” He said with a smirk.

“The hospital offered to waive all its fees from your time here and also offered to cover any future procedure and medical bills referent to your transition.” He told us.

“Didn’t you risk losing your job talking to them?” She asked him.

“I did, but I had to make things right. If I lost my job here to make things right it would be worth it. The higher ups will keep a closer eye on me though after this stunt though.”

“We appreciate what you did, but you didn’t have to.” Mom said.

“Yes I did.” He simply said.

“Thank you Dr. Campbell.” I told him.

“You are welcome, Sam. I also set up an appointment for you with an endocrinologist here at the hospital tomorrow morning at 10:00.”

“Great, I’m just leaving the hospital to get back the very next day.”

“Well, we could keep you overnight if you want.” He said jokingly

“No thank you. I want to go home.” I said.

When we got home, I left the car and walked carefully inside as I was still somewhat sore down there. ‘Great, NOW I get a macho cowboy walk.’ I thought to myself and giggled.

I sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV. ‘Yuck, daytime soap opera. How people watch these things.’ I thought and zapped around the channels looking for something interesting to watch. I ended up watching the Discovery Channel as nothing else seemed to hold my attention.

At noon mom called me to lunch and after eating I went upstairs to use the computer a little and rest.

I think I ended up falling asleep because when I came to, Jess and Steph were there walking me up.

“Hi.” I said and yawned.

“Hi, beautifull.” Jess said and kissed me gently on the lips.

“Get a room you two.” Steph said and giggled.

I looked around and said. “I think we did.” and that set us all off.

“How is school?” I asked them.

“Its boring without you there.” Jess said and Steph nodded.

“Yeah, the bullies must be really missing me.”

“No you silly, we missed you, and apparently a few other people did too.”

“Who? It’s not like I have any other friends there.”

“A couple girls from our homeroom asked if you are okay.” Jess said.

“Huh?” I asked confused.

“It seems some of the girls got worried that you didn’t go to school since Monday and they asked us about you.” Steph said.

“That’s good I guess.” I said.

“Jess, do you know what your father did?” I asked her.

“You mean talk to the hospital administration?” She asked me.

“Yes, I still don’t believe he put his job on the line like that.”

“He was feeling pretty guilty about what happened. He wanted to do something to help you out. He said it wouldn’t be fair for your mother to pay the hospital bills for his mistake.”

“I guess we ended up more than that. The hospital offered to pay for all medical costs related to the transition.” I told them

“That’s great.” Jess and Steph said in stereo.

“Okay, you two are doing that a lot now.”

“Doing what?” They said doing it again.

“Talking like that, you two look like twin sisters doing that.”

“I guess we did hit off pretty well, didn’t we?” Steph asked.

“Yes we did.” Jess agreed.

“What are you doing tomorrow, Sam?” Jess asked me.

“I have an appointment with an endocrinologist at the hospital tomorrow at ten, but nothing after that. I think I’ll stay home as I’m still a bit sore.”

“Can we come around tomorrow then?” Steph said.

“Of course you can. Are you planning something?”

“Hmmm... no?” Steph said trying to look innocent. I look at Jess and she had the same look.

‘Oh, god they planning something. What they up to?’