"No, thanks. I'm really fine. It's been elevated all day and the nurse said it's okay to carry on as normally as possible at least a bit. It doesn't hurt too badly right now." Gabby smiled. She wasn't lying, not really. It didn't hurt too badly comparatively, but it didn't feel good, either. "I'll ice it down and prop up on some pillows once I head back to my dorm."
"Exactly. Apparently bullet holes, even small ones, are serious business," she said, a bit of mischief in her tone. "But if I was still in Boston, I know Danny--he's... well, I guess he was my partner-- would be teasing me for getting shot up before him when he's been with the bureau for going on twenty years." You know, if he didn't run screaming from the snake lady.