Just a small semi-fluffy drabble about Jill, who I love! This is my first attempt at writing Royal Pains ff, so no flames please!
Jill's trip to Uruguay has left her numb, void of feeling. But she's going back anyway. No matter how much she wants to stay in the Hamptons (With Hank, a voice in the back of her mind says), she knows that there's more to her life than just being a hospital administrator.
You might not guess it from her calm, put together appearance, but she had a fierce sense of adventure. And something in her wanted to help those people. That winter she had seen the difference she could make. And she wanted to help.
So yeah, maybe she was a little bit in love with Hank. Fine. Maybe she was a lot in love with him. Maybe she regretted every second she wasn't with him.
When she came back to the Hamptons that summer, she had two goals: Find her permanent replacement, and somehow cut ties with Hank. But with each passing day, she found it harder and harder to do both.
She loved her job. She loved Hamptons Heritage, and all of the colorful characters there. She loved her office with it's glass walls, so everyone could see in (and she could see them all). She loved seeing her patients in the street, and knowing that it was her people who had allowed them to get better, to live normally again.
But most of all, she loved Hank. She loved how he could always make her feel better, and his smile, and when he took her to go see a patient. She loved watching his and Evan's playful banter. Everything about him.
She tried to persuade herself that there would be other jobs, other loves, other homes than the Hamptons. But with each day that drew her nearer to the date of her departure, she grew less and less sure that going back was the thing to do.
Finally the morning dawned, cold and rainy. She got into the cab and looked at the for-sale sign in her yard forlornly.
She sat in the backseat of the cab as it pulled out of town. She waved goodbye as it slipped out of sight. A single raindrop slid down the window, mirroring the single tear that slid down her cheek.
Ooohhh...too much angst at the end. But please review anyway!
S