Even Angels Fall: Chapter 1
Rachel Berry was not your typical nurse because she didn't act at all like an adult. She would gossip with her patients about the latest celebrity hook ups and even the hook ups of her floor of 6 McCormick at Lima Heights Medical Hospital. Her tiny stature and frolicking trot only added to the illusion that she was a child. But in fact, Rachel used her outward childishness as a tool to not get too close to the patients. She knew the fates of most of these people.
"Rach! I'm taking my break and then clocking out. Bed 1 in 6090 has been buzzing for you. If Tina comes in while you're in there- Just head home after, okay? It's getting late."
"Thanks, Lauren. I think I might."
Rachel skips towards the room at the end of the hall, closest to the elevator. Preparing herself, she knocks and peers in to find the concerned blue eyes of her favorite patient.
"Hey, girlie! What's up?"
"Mercedes got out again. I tried to yell, but my throat's a little sore from-"
"No, I know. I don't get why she runs away when she could just discharge herself. Don't worry. I'll get her."
The young woman watches as Rachel canters out of the room and into the nurse's hall with a smug grin on her face. She loves helping the staff; they've already done so much for her. As she turns her head to try and get some rest, her eye catches on the elevator doors, which just so happen to open. From them emerges the most beautiful creature she's ever seen. Even while wearing her scrubs, sneakers, and glasses, she feels sweat leave her brow and her heart beat in her throat. Her ravenblack hair flows in waves down her back and over her shoulders, those big brown eyes pour into her own blue ones, her cheek bones sit high and proud, and her oh-so-kissable-lips demand attention. Wow. She's gorgeous. Why has she never been here before? The girl thinks. I've got to see her again. Just once. That's all, I swear. As the beauteous being passes, the girl tries to catch her breath and make herself look presentable, just in case she comes back.
She waits impatiently for a long few minutes, and comes to the conclusion that the lovely woman was not here for her. Her heart now seems to sag in her chest and her pout pulls into full view. As she sinks further into her bed, her purple bandana slips forward and down her forehead, covering the tops of her eyes. What do I need to do to see her again?
Her eyes are closed in concentration when she hears two pairs of footsteps and some hushed whispers right outside her room.
"So the patient's in stage 4? Are we just making her comfortable, then?"
"That's what I've been trying to do, but she seems insistent on continuing treatment. I don't see how we'll be able to bring her back from this, but if she gets a kick out of chemo, who am I to tell her no, right?"
"I'm sure if I was in her position, I'd want to do everything possible, too."
"We'll try. That's all I've promised her and it's all I can do. Don't get your hopes up on this one, Santana."
"Yes, Doctor Fabray. Understood."
She could hear the classic click to the pumps of Doctor Fabray walking out of the room. I know she doesn't believe in me, but if we just try ONE MORE TIME, maybe I'll get better. Maybe I'd dance again. We have to try. She pauses as she hears the squeak from the sneakers of this 'Santana' coming closer to her. Santana must be changing the names of the tech and nurse shifts on the dry-erase board because the squeaking stops. The girl peers from under her bandana to find a pair of sneakers in her bottom right peripheral vision, but not just any pair of sneakers. IT'S HER!
The girl pushes back the bandana and shoots up straight as a pin to see the beautiful woman stretching on her tip toes to change the names for her, but the bed creak as she sits up. Santana quickly spins on her heels to see what the commotion was about when their eyes meet and the world falls silent.
"Hi." whispers the girl; suddenly feeling smaller and in need of oxygen.
"H-hey. I'm S-Santana, I-I. I'll be your technician tonight." Well, at least she wasn't the only one that seems out of breath.
"I'm Brittany."
"Y-yeah."
