Summary: Lu and Jonas have been together for six months but are not married or engaged yet. However, Lu stays at his house most of the time because Marc is in college and not living at home. Marc has been in college in Arizona for three months but he comes home every chance he gets to see his girlfriend Samantha. Jonas is caught in the middle of a legal battle concerning his company and is being watched continuously by the FBI to insure he doesn't flee the country. All of his accounts have been frozen. He and Lu are depending on Lu's income to take care of the bills for a while until he is cleared. Lu and Dylan get along most of the time and Dylan's daughter Araya is constantly going to Lu for advice on everything. Lana is her usual self, nosy, outspoken, and very observant, giving advice whenever she can. Peter and Kayla are together and happy and Kayla is still living with Lana. That about sums up what you need to know. Please read and respond with any questions and please tell me what you think! I need reviews!
Chapter One: Stress
Jonas Ray's house: 6:15 am
Beep beep beep…Lu rolled over and turned off the alarm clock by the bed. 6:15, she had slept throughher alarm for 15 minutes.
"Hmm, that never happens," she said to herself as she yawned and climbed out of bed. She felt terrible. Her whole body ached and
even though she had fell asleep at eight o'clock last night, she felt like she had barely slept at all. She also had a headache and was a little
hungry but nothing sounded good. Chalking it all up to being stressed out about Jonas's situation, Lu settled for a bottle of water and a
hot shower before work.
Lu parked her car and seen Dr.Dylan West headed toward the RWHC. "Hey West, wait up." "Hey Lu, your looking a little tired this
morning. Everything okay with Jonas?" Dylan asked concerned. "Yea, I mean no change. Ya know, you would thing with the kind of
connections and the amount of information the feds are capable of getting a hold of, they could work a little faster to get somthin done,"
Lu said angrily. "Hey don't worry too much, everything will be fine in time," Dylan smiled as he tried to comfort Lu. "Oh, now your
trying to rhyme? You better keep your day job," Lu responded sarcastically as they walked through the RWHC doors.
"Hey kid, you look like…tired. You look tired," Lana said as she seen Lu and Dylan walking toward her desk. "Thanks for not
saying crap Lana. I feel like…tired too. I just, can't seem to get enough sleep here lately. And tonight I have all night clinic that I am
looking forward to." Lu spoke very sarcastically to Lana. "Well kid, maybe you should close up tonight and get some rest. You know,
you have to take care of yourself before you can take care of your patients." "Lana, you know I can't close the clinic tonight. There are
too many women that are depending on me to be here," Lu stubbornly pointed out. "Well I suppose I can stay and help so maybe you
can get a little bit of rest." Lu put her hand on Lana's shoulder, "You are such a good friend but really Lana, I'm fine" "Your not fine,
your stubborn," Lana mumbled just loud enough for Lu to make out. Lu shot her a look before she went into her office to check her
schedule. As she looked over her patients she noticed Samantha had an appointment at 3:30. Samantha had been dating Lu's son Marc
for about three months. Samantha was a senior in high school and Marc was a freshman in college. Lu really liked Samantha. She had a
good head on her shoulders. She studied hard, and she had told Lu that she wanted to help people like Lu did someday.
As 2:00 rolled around Lu was setting in her office trying to catch up on some paperwork. She was so tired it was hard to keep her
eyes focused. The next thing she knew Lana was tapping her on the shoulder telling her it was almost 3:00. "What, what happened?" Lu
asked as she raised her head up off her desk. "You fell asleep kid. How much sleep did you say you got last night?" Lana asked as she
felt Lu's forehead to see is she felt warm. " About ten hours I'm fine Lana, really," Lu said as she pushed Lana's head away. "I believe
you may be running a bit of a fever. Why don't you let Dr. West check you out just to be sure your not coming down with something.
Come on Lu, just humor me, please," Lana pleaded. "No, no, no. Lana, I'm fine. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to prepare for my
next patient."
At 3:25 Samantha Barnes walked into the RWHC. "Hey Lana, is Lu around?" "Yea, she said to send you into her exam room. She is
either in there waiting for you or she will be in in a few minutes," Lana answered. As soon as Samantha walked into the exam room Lana
seen Lu and Dylan coming down the hall with coffee. As Lu got to Lana's desk she handed her one of the coffees in her hand and took
a drink of the other. "Hey, I hope that coffee does a better job of waking you up than my jokes did," Dylan said as he headed toward
his office. "Me to," Lu responded laughing. "Lu, Marc's girl is waiting in your exam room," Lana told her. "Thanks Lana," Lu said as
she walked toward the exam room. She took a deep breath trying to calm her stomach, and then walked in the door to see Samantha
waiting patiently.