The tour around their compound was wonderful. Brook was itching to help out in the greenhouse, and she'd told Carver so. She also wanted to help with the animals as much as she could. She would have too much free time on her hands otherwise.<br/><br/>Brett calling her 'Dr. Harlem' had her wanting to take the wildflowers she had gathered and thwap him over his head. She was sure she could reach up that high. He had his work cut out for him, him and Jenna both. All of those boxes that would soon be put into a structure seemed like a monumental undertaking.<br/><br/>The dinner that had been prepared for them was mouthwatering. She grinned at Jenna when Jenna mentioned that neither of their cooking would be giving the group this fine of a meal. That was the truth. She hoped she didn't burn too many dinners in the future.<br/><br/>Brook piped up without thinking when Jenna mentioned that they should try to sleep through the night. “If you have trouble sleeping, I have something that should help. Its herbal and non habit forming.” At least the extra thick curtains in the bedroom would make it dark enough so they wouldn't be reminded of the sun being up.<br/><br/>She made note that Jenna wanted that coffee, and was already making plans to spending a good bit of tomorrow on unpacking and setting the cabin up. It was the least she could do.  And some  people were very frightening to face when they didn't have their morning cup of coffee.<br/><br/>Brook ate the delicious dinner and listened as Jenna told a bit about herself. The part where she mentioned the divorce was enough to let Brook know how horrible that must have been. She had work colleagues that had gone through a divorce and were devastated afterwards.<br/><br/>She set down her fork and knife after Jenna finished, and decided to get her part of the dinner over with.<br/><br/>“I grew up in Phoenix. My parents are both good people, but they spent so much of my youth working menial jobs at places like dry cleaners and Chinese restaurants that I swore I wanted more time in my future to live. I didn't want to spend every moment working.”<br/><br/>She gave a wry smile. “It didn't work out as I intended. When I became a doctor, I wanted to travel. I joined the the World Health Organization. It took me all over the world. I saw a lot of amazing things, and I saw a lot of things I wish I could forget. I dedicated myself completely to my profession to the point of having no social life at all.”<br/><br/>Brook took a sip of the wine she let Brett chose for her. “Things became bad overseas, and so I returned home and took up working at Huntington Hospital in New York. It was still me working all the time. That is why I grabbed on to this opportunity. I'll have time to be me, and not spend every moment taking care of patients, since I doubt any of you will injure yourselves too badly. Its nice out here. Its quiet and peaceful, and being trapped with three others forces me to work on my sadly lacking social skills.”