Author's note: Sorry the last chapter was so short. Hopefully they will be longer after this.
Disclaimer: I don't own ER or its characters in any way, shape or form. But if I did, THAT WOULD ROCK!
"You know me?" A confused Ray said softly. Neela looked at Ray with the same expression he gave her. How could this random child know him? He looked closely at her features searching for any sign of familiarity.
"Ray, it's me! Don't you remember?"
"Oh my gosh….. Leah?" Now Neela gave him an even weirder look.
"You know her?"
"Yes Ray! It's Leah, your cousin!" Neela was appalled.
"Neela can you go get a nurse and dry gown for Leah?" Neela didn't particularly want to leave due to her confusion, but she did what Ray asked.
"Leah, how on earth did you get here? Don't you live in Springfield with Aunt Carla and her new husband? And why were you out in the pouring rain? You could have frozen out there if you hadn't found the hospital." Ray was almost as confused as Neela had been. It had been about a year since he had seen Leah or Carla, his father's sister.
Silently, Leah's tears began to fall again. "What's wrong? Does your wrist hurt? We need to get an X-ray of that…"
"No. I mean, it does hurt, but that's not why. Mom's new husband Lance, isn't, well, he…." She coughed through her wet, red misery. "He doesn't really like me all that much."
At that moment Neela and Connie came through the doors followed by Kovac. "Is this the girl who slipped running in here?" he inquired.
"This is her. And apparently she's Ray's cousin as well."
"Why was she out in the rain on the streets of Chicago? Never mind, we can ask questions later. She needs to be taken up to Radiology for an X-ray of her wrist, correct?" Kovac asked, directing his question to Ray.
"Yeah. But what were you saying about Lance, Leah?"
"Nothing. Really Ray. It was nothing."