<span style="font-family:Fredericka the Great"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">~A MONTH LATER~<br/>
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The first thing she was aware of when her eyes opened, was that she was in a hospital bed. The bright lights nearly blinded her. Her back ached fiercely, and every other part of her body felt like it hadn't been used in ages. She turned her head to the side and noticed that she was in a hospital, just like she had suspected. The door to her room was open, and people, mainly staff and possibly people visiting family members, passed by, but she couldn't hear any of it. <br/>
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She turned her head to the other side and saw that Gibbs was asleep in the chair by her bed. One of his hands held hers, and she took a moment to enjoy the gesture, knowing it was a rare thing for him to let his guard down. When several minutes had passed, she cleared her throat to try and wake him, and was stunned to find out that she couldn't hear herself do the action. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(77, 255, 166)">Not sure what else to do, she squeezed his hand that was in hers and then said his name. <br/>
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"Gibbs." Again, she couldn't even hear herself say his name, and wondered if she was just hoarse from a lack of using her voice. But apparently he had heard her, for his eyes flew open and their eyes locked a moment later. When he immediately started talking, she still didn't hear anything. All she could do was watch his lips move, and so she shook her head, and squeezed his hand once more to get his attention. She could see that he was still talking, but couldn't hear him.<br/>
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 "Stop talking," She said to him firmly, but not rudely. "I need you to get one of the doctors. I can't hear a damn thing.." The brunette wasn't surprised to see him push the call button and watched his lips as they moved, and she knew that he had alerted the hospital staff to the fact she was awake.</span></span></span>