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of the nurses. She was a large
stumpy woman with a face that could scare any child. This
horrifying woman was having difficulty finding a vain
in this poor woman’s arm. I could tell the woman was in pain but
the nurse did not care and told the poor woman to shut up. How can
any nurse act like that, it was horrible to watch. Luckily Kate was
on the same ward and saw how she was butchering this poor woman’s
arm and took over and she did it in seconds.
    “ You finished?” Kate asked.
    It took me a moment to finally respond to
her. I looked down and saw that I was just playing with the half
melted ice cream. I stared down into the creamy pot, as if it
contained an answer to all my problems. It didn’t.
    “ Yeah, sorry.” I said as I passed her
the ice cream and the other rubbish to her. As I did our hands
touched and I felt my stomach turn. Fearing the worst, I knew what
would happen. I watched her face closely for the rapid change in
her personality, fearing the animalistic lust that I could inflict
onto people. A few seconds past, and nothing happened.
    “ Are you going to let go?” Kate
asked.
    I sat there with my hands gripped onto Kate’s
hands, nothing at all. Releasing my grip, I touched her upper arm.
Again I waited for her to change.
    “ What are you doing?” Kate confusedly
asked.
    I took my hands off Kate with surprise. “Just
seeing if you’re cold that’s all.” I lied.
    Kate threw a puzzled look my way and left the
car. I watched her walk to the outside bin. What the hell? Had my
curse somehow disappeared? No, I don’t think it’s that easy. But it
works on others. Something wasn’t right here. Anyone who touched me
went crazy, but not her. Kate jumped back into the car and wiped
her hands with a napkin.
    “ I think I overdid it.” She said while
rubbing her stomach.
    Kate put the key into the car and it roared
to life. She pulled out of the car park and turned down the same
road we came from. The drive home was quite fast and not a word was
said.
    I must have freaked Kate
out. I thought.
    She parked the car right outside the house, I
was about to get out the car when Kate tugged at my school blazer.
I turned to face her and she had a worried look on her face.
    “ Please look after yourself and you’re
Dad.” She politely asked. Why was everyone freaking out over
me?
    Kate brushed some hair from my forehead and
kissed it gently. The kiss was warm and loving.
    We both stepped out of the car and entered
the house to see my Dad sitting on the sofa with what looked like a
hot cup of tea.
    “ Did you have fun girls?” He
asked.
    “ I think she did, Ellie did pig out
though.” laughed Kate.
    “ Hey!” I said. Kate gave me a playful
nudge. “You’re the one who ordered the ice cream, not
me.”
    “ Yeah, yeah. Anyway I’m off” she said
jingling her keys. Kate came over and gave me another kiss and a
big hug.
    Before Kate left the house she turned and
gave me a wink and then she was gone.
    “ So what did you girls talk about
then?” He asked.
    I knew he was asking for me to spill all but
there was nothing to tell really. “I thought you would have waited
a while, before asking,” I said. “But nothing really, just girl
talk.”
    I climbed the stairs and changed into my lazy
clothes. “Ah that’s feels better.” I said aloud.
    I decided to join my Dad downstairs to watch
TV, he held out a freshly made hot cup of tea. Taking the mug off
him, I settled down in the comfy arm chair. Slowly I sipped the tea
hoping not to burn my mouth. Dad sat on the sofa next to me and we
both watched TV together. Nothing really good was on at the late
afternoon. I liked it when all the dramas came on at night, but
some of them were kinda’ gruesome. I took another sip and felt the
warmth soothing tea hit my stomach.
    “ So how’s work Dad?” I failed at small
talk.
    He laughed softly. “It’s not bad but it’s a
bit tiring.”
    When he said that, I then noticed the dark
circles forming under