This is my first fan fiction so I hope you enjoy.
If do not own any of the Recess characters.
Prologue
She looked out the window watching as the vaguely familiar sites rushed past the taxi window.
The taxi stopped at a traffic light in front of Kelso's. She looked into the window at the booth she and her friends used to occupy when they had hung out after school. She could see a group of kids gathered around eating ice cream, joking around, laughing not a care in the world. The taxi began to move again and she kept her eyes on the kids until the taxi turned the corner.
So much had changed in the last 6 years, sure some things looked familiar but other things were brand new. New buildings stood in once empty lots; the small theater that she and the gang had gone to was still there but had expanded.
Her home which she had once known better than anything had changed but then again so had she.
She turned her face away from the window and looked nervously down at her hands.
Maybe this hadn't been such a good idea, maybe she wasn't ready yet….
"Miss, we're here" The cab driver broke her out of her spell.
Glancing up she looked at the tall building taking a deep breath she paid for the ride and grabbed her suitcase.
"Thank you" she replied as she stepped out of the taxi and stood in front of the hospital.
Walking briskly and with a purpose she moved towards the elevator ignoring the odd looks people were giving her as she rolled her suit case behind her. The elevator opened as she arrived and a boy her age got off looked at her for a moment then continued on. There was something about him that rang a bell in her mind. Light brown curly hair, pale, bad posture…. That thought clicked her mind into place. It was Randall.
She let out a small laugh as elevator doors closed shut ignoring the fact that everyone on the elevator now thought she was nuts. He hadn't recognized her maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.
Getting off at the appropriate floor she started towards the nurse's desk to ask which room she was suppose to go too.
"Ashley? Is that you?" A male voice that she had come to know very well sounded out behind her.
Turning she grinned at the old man standing before her and hugged him.
"How's she doing" her voice trembles a bit as she asked the question that had been plaguing her since he had called days before.
"I told you she would be fine, you know what a battle axe she is. Something like this isn't going to keep her down. But obviously you need to see for yourself" He reached over and grabbed her bag and walked into one of the many rooms.
"Hank, I though you were getting something to eat" she hears come out of the room and walks slowly into the doorway.
"Why do you have a suitca…..Spinelli….." Spinelli's eyes search over the woman lying in the bed taking in everything as quickly as she could.
Finally Spinelli looks into the older woman eyes and smiles.
"Hi Muriel"