Sapphire's POV

After one week of bed rest, I finally get to leave this wretched, uncomfortable bed. The doctor isn't here and Aukland is asleep. I woke up from the steering pain in my side. There is a massive, purple and blue bruise from Mistress.

I look over at David to see his perfect face. 'No, Sapphire you can't jeopardize Aimee or your safety for some soldier you barely know. Snap out of it,' I mentally scold myself. Auckland starts to stir. His eyes slowly open revealing his beautiful brown eyes. They locked into me the as soon as he was fully awake.

"You've had a rough week haven't you? Ready for therapy? I'll just call the doctor and have him-"

I cut him off,"We need to talk. I don't know if you think we have something between us, but I can't like you. I have to focus of me and Aimee."

The look of pain in his eyes is evident. I am telling him I don't love him after he confessed his love for me. He breaths is sharp, ragged breaths. "Look, Sapphire. You are different. You aren't a heartless shell. You have feelings and compassion. I told you I loved you because I wanted to make sure you were actually capable of feeling things. It's easy to see. I know about you, and I'm trying to help you hide it. There are no romantic feelings between us, just friendship."

"That's such a relief. I didn't know how you were going to take that," I breath.

"Now, I'll call the doctor and have him take you to physical therapy." Aukland calls the doctor.

After the doctor shows up, he takes me into a room where we are by ourselves. Aukland wasn't even allowed in here. "Ms. Sapphire, you were assaulted by another Programmed. Am I correct?" Politely, I nod my head. "Where are you currently hurting the most, and on a scale of one to ten how bad is it?"

"My side is where the pain is the strongest. It is a five, roughly." The doctor scribbles some things down on his clipboard and started toward the door.

"Oh, I'm Doctor Brown by the way," he adds before bolting out the door. I take this time to soak in my surroundings. His door is adorned with a standard titanium knob. The room painted a calming light blue. Doctor Brown's desk is very organized. His papers are all in nice little stacks.

The slight sound of the turning door knob catches my attention. Through the door bursts a tall, bleach blonde woman wearing a white lab coat, black pants, and a floral patterned shirt. "Hello, you must be Sapphire!" The woman said at a startling volume and pitch. I stood and snapped my hand to my head in a salute. The woman looked confused. "Oh, uh, at ease?" she says as if she were asking a question.

As I go to sit down, her shrill voice cuts through the air like daggers. "I'm Doctor Novak. When we are alone, you can call me Doctor Cassie."

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright, I suppose we should get started. Doctor Brown told me you're side hurt the most. Which one?" I lift my shirt to reveal part of the massive bruise on my right side. "Oh."

"Follow me," Doctor Novak commands. She leads me to a large room in a part of the Training House I didn't know existed. The room has a pool, a small gym, and a weird contraption in one corner that I'm not sure what it does. "This is the room we will be using to help you get better. Lets start with the pool. Get in a just tread water."

AN- One question. What fandoms do you guys belong to? Also, I'm so sorry for this taking so long. Alright. Bye.