Tabitha “How was your shift? You've been busy the last two nights,” I said, eyeing Hayden across from me as he shoveled food in his mouth. Hayden worked around the clock on Wednesday and Thursday. I knew him being an ER doctor, he would have crazy hours. On Monday we really got to know each other as I helped him unpack. On Tuesday, he worked until four in the afternoon, and then we watched a movie in the theater room, but I could see he was so tired. I tried to leave him at his door when we were done, but he asked me to come into his room so we could keep talking. We talked about everything under the sun. I was fascinated about him becoming a doctor and all the hard work that went into it. He told me he was an only child, and I told him I was the youngest of six. I told him how my

