Tenacious Sky

"He twisted his ankle playing basketball," Leo explained carefully. She took off my shoe to examine my ankle before putting a cold compress around it.

"Luckily, it looks like it's just a sprain," she finally diagnosed. 

"Ice it every night and keep it wrapped in the ace bandage I'm about to give you to reduce the swelling.  You should be able to walk out of here and return to normal activities in a week," she instructed. Great, more time before being coached by Race Imboden. She offered me a pain killer before going back to her office.

"Thank you Nurse Jackie," Leo called after her. I sighed as I stared at my ice covered ankle.

"Just my luck," I muttered to myself.

"When you go to practice tomorrow, make sure you tell your coach, in detail, why you're hurt. The coaches are all pretty close and Ryker will get his punishment through his sport as well," Leo said. I simply nodded. This sucked.

shook my

he said before he left. I sighed before I leaned back on my hands. Nurse Jackie came

Leo takes care of you. In all the years I've known that kid, he's never shown interest in his

"We're just roommates," I said quickly.

you're wearing, it's easy to see that you have an hourglass shape. Your hips are wider than your waist. You don't have a chest, at all. For the guys here, they at least have pecks. You're completely flat. On top of that, your breathing is a little staggered. You haven't adjusted yourself once," she said as

androgynous," I tried to excuse myself. She reached down and lifted the hem of my shirt. I tried to stop her but it was too late. She already

for that long. Why do you think we did away with steel-boned corsets? Women were breaking their ribs,"

That's all," I admitted. She sighed and pinched

knows about you?" She asked. I nodded. She sighed again