On a 7-9, Julie will tell you about her and Cara if you kiss her

"Go to sleep," Julie tells Cara, who is stirring on the next bed. "Go to sleep, sweetheart."

"Tell me, Julie," you say. "About you and Cara." You squeeze Julie's hand comfortingly. Her other hand is immobilized along with her arm and shoulder.

Julie looks up at you. "Do you really care?" she asks.

You nod. "You're one of my best nurses, Julie," you say. "Of course I want to help you."

"That's not what I meant," Julie says. "I meant, are you a lesbian too?"

Your breath catches. "That's silly," you say. "I'm married and I love my husband."

"So do I," Julie says. "I also love women."

Your face turns warm.

"If you kiss me, I'll tell you about me and Cara," Julie says.

A long moment passes. You're her supervisor. You're not a lesbian. You love your husband. You look down at Julie Paul in the hospital bed, your face glowing with heat.

"Nurse Paul..." you say.

"Kiss me, Gloria," she says.

You bend over. Her lips are a little dry. She slips her hand out from yours and holds you round the back of your head.

It's a long kiss. You breathe deeper and faster, and so does Julie. Your nipples stiffen and you feel moisture between your legs.

"Gloria, you're a lesbian," Julie says.

You have nothing to say. You certainly weren't one last week. What had happened?

"We met at Brenda's," Julie says. "Brenda was having a welcome party for the new group of volunteers. She had managed to get college girls on the pre-nursing track to volunteer. I mean, you know, we usually fill out our volunteers with high schoolers, but Brenda seemed to have some good connections at her old school, through her sorority, Lambda Gamma Rho."

You nod.

Julie continues, "Nothing happened at the party, I mean, Brenda introduced us because Cara had a lot of questions. So while Brenda and the other girls were drinking and socializing, Cara and I talked about the hospital and the routines on the various wards. She'd already been volunteering at the student clinic at school. It got late and the party was winding down. The other hospital staff had left. The new volunteers were all sleeping over at Brenda's place. Some of them had changed into pajamas and things. I went to use the bathroom, and when I came back through the living room, I saw Brenda watching two of the college girls make out together on the couch. Brenda asked if I wanted to stay."

"To stay?" you say.

Julie shakes her head. She clears her throat. "I said no, I had a shift in the morning. Brenda suggested that I should take Cara with me, so she I could take her to the hospital to get an early start on volunteering."

You squeeze Julie's hand. "Did you?"

"I did. My husband was away that night, so I had her take his side of the bed," Julie says.

You look in Julie's eyes.

"Cara asked me the next morning," Julie says. "I said yes. We've been lovers ever since."

You nod. "Are you having an affair with anyone else at the hospital?" you say. "Last year, I recall...Lorelei Prowse?"

"You knew?" Julie says.

You nod.

Julie says, "I've only had contract nurses as girlfriends," she says. "Nobody on permanent staff. And since I met Cara, nobody else. Except Brenda."

"How did you get in the accident?" you ask. Julie's a collarbone and broken arm case, while Cara is suffering from a concussion.

"I don't know," Julie says. "We'd stopped the same place before, more than once. Maybe we were in too much of a hurry and I didn't set the brake securely. But one moment, I was, well, or rather Cara was..." her voice trails off. "Cara had her head between my legs."

You nod. Your face feels warm, and your heart beats faster.

"And then suddenly the car is running down the side of the hill faster and faster, and then we hit a bump and we were rolling. Fortunately I could call in the emergency," Julie says.

You may take +1 Forward vs. Brenda Box, the volunteer coordinator.

What's your next move?

• Try to get to the bottom of things. Stalk Brenda Box. Roll Cool (+1) (+0 Cool, +1 Forward).
• Get Cara's story. She's in the next bed. Roll +Cool(+0) to use Truth. (No +1 forward since you used "Tell Her" on Julie and not "Truth")
• Make Julie Beg? Here and now probably isn't a good time for sex, but maybe she'll promise something later if you agree not to discipline her publicly. Roll +Hot(+2) (+1 Hot, +1 Lesbian) to Make Julie Beg.
• Something else?