The One Who Knows
A/N:This is a fic set after the episode Danger Zone,which has yet to air so it will contain spoilers. I had to write this after seeing the promo on youtube. For the fans in Canada(and no I don't live in Canada) the episode comes on this Sunday at 8:00 pm. For fans in America,I usually am able to watch these episodes that aren't out yet in the US---online. Usually youtube,megaupload,or zshare has them out by Monday or sometimes late Sunday night.
For the third night since that gunman had walked into The Dot,Holly J Sinclaire awakened,screaming bloody murder as her face became soaked with tears. She'd been having nightmares ever since that night and she was so tired of it. So tired of feeling afraid of falling asleep because of what might happen. She climbed out of bed and walked into her bathroom,turning on the light. She turned on the sink and cupped her hands to splash cold water on her face. Then,she lifted her head to look in the mirror at her reflection. She was pale and her hair was a complete and utter mess,there were dark circles under her blue eyes from a lack of sleep. She groaned and raised her arm to grab a bottle of sleeping pills from inside the medicine cabinet above her head. Opening the lid,she poured a few pills into the palm of one small hand and swallowed them with a glass of water.
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Spinner Mason was sitting up in his hospital bed when Holly J walked into the room. He sat down the magazine he'd been reading--Sports Illustrated no doubt--on the stand beside the bed and then he smiled at the strawberry blonde. He studied her closely. "Holly J,hey. I didn't expect to see you here so early." He commented lightly.
She looked down and let her hair mask her face,not wanting to be seen. She knew he would know immediatly that she hadn't been sleeping. "Spin.. hey." She let a ghost of a smile trace her lips before she looked back down. "I brought you a few things." She said quickly as she handed him a brown paper bag.
A wide grin stretched across of his face as he grabbed the bag from her small hands,pratically tearing it open. "Alright! Spray cheese,french fries,a burger,and Pepsi!" He said pumping his fist. He caught her eye. "You Sinclaire,are a savior!" He enthused as he stuffed about six fries into his mouth at once.
Holly J shook her head with a real,honest to goodness laugh. It was strange to hear it spill from her lips. She hadn't laughed in a long time. "I'm no savior. I just know that hospital food sucks. Plus you were a stupid hero a few nights ago--which,might I add is why you are stuck here in the hospital!"
The smile fell off Spinner's face just as the smile fell off Holly J's.
They were saved from speaking when the door opened and Jane walked in,smiling.
Holly jumped up immediatly,feeling uncomfortable. "I'll be back later. I have to go to work." She leaned down a little to wrap her arms around him in a hug,being careful of his side where he had been shot by the gunman while trying to wrestle the gun from his hand. She pressed her lips to his cheek leaving a rosy pink stain on his skin from her lip gloss. Then she hurried out the door,muttering a goodbye under her breath to Jane as she brushed past her.
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Jane waited until the door closed before she sauntered over to the bed---an odd move for her and sat down in the same spot that Holly J had occupied minutes before. She licked two fingers and moved them to wipe the shiny gloss from her boyfriend's cheek. "You and Holly J are awfully friendly." She commented,eyes roaming over the articles of food that Holly J had given Spinner.
Spinner looked at his girlfriend. "Holly J and I are friends Jane. We went through something that..that I don't think many people can understand. We were friends before but now we have a bond." He told her reaching for her hand and bringing it to her lips to kiss her knuckles.
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Holly J's hand shook as she poured black coffee into Jay's cup. His eyes immediatly filled with concern for his friend when he saw her shaking hand. He gently grasped her wrist to get her attention on him. "Hey." He crooned softly. "You okay?"
She tried to smile but failed,the pot slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor,black coffee spilling all over the clean floor. She bent to pic up the broken pieces of the pot only to cut her hand. "Damn it!" She hissed as she noticed her hand was bleeding.
"Okay...you aren't fine." Jay said as he stood immediatly,calling another worker over to clean up the mess. "You probably need stitches." He murmured as he observed her hand.
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They arrived at the hospital fifteen minutes later and Holly J was led into an exam room.
Jay walked down the long hallway of the hospital and into Spinner's room.
His friend looked up from his bed and smiled. "Dude. Hey!" He said.
"Hi Spinner." Jay sighed,wondering if he should tell him about Holly J.
"What's wrong?" Spinner asked seriously,narrowing his brown eyes.
"It's Holly J. I don't think that she is dealing well with...what happened. Today at the Dot her hand was shaking so bad that she dropped a coffee pot full of hot coffee and cut her hand on the glass. That's why I am here. I had to pratically force her to come with me so that she could get her hand checked out. It was a deep cut so she probably needs stitches." Jay told his friend.
Spinner didn't speak,feeling overwhelmed with guilt for not noticing that something was wrong with his friend. He should've known. She'd watched him get shot and had seen the gunman bleed to death from killing himself. He vowed that he would talk to her about it when she came to visit him later.
Next/last part:Holly J finds comfort with Spinner,Holly J confesses and Spolly kiss. Spinner breaks up with Jane.