John woke up feeling wetness on his face. He at first thought that it was sweat but he discovered that it had been tears. Whatever dream he had been having had caused him to cry while he had been asleep. His alarm was going off, so he reached over to turn it off. John groaned, he had to get up or else he was going to risk being late. He finally got up and took a shower, brushed his teeth and shaved. After he was done in the bathroom he walked into his bedroom with just a towel around his waist. He got dressed in dress slacks and a nice shirt. He didn't have to work today, he was just going to meet the director and get a tour and job duties for the ER.
He walked outside and across the street he saw four kids playing in the backyard. One of the younger kids decided that going out of the open gate would be a great adventure. John stopped at his car, which he had parked in the street the night before, and watched the little auburn hair kid. As John watched the kid as he stepped off the curb into the street, a car turned the corner. It wasn't going fast, but the driver hadn't seen the child walk into the street. "Shit," John muttered and before he knew it he was across the street on the sidewalk with a little boy in his arms. The other kids started yelling for Randy and he came running out. He saw John walking up to the yard and went to meet him. "What happened?" he asked taking the little boy out of John's arms. Alanna looked at her dad and said, "This man saved Dameon, dad. We were all playing and I didn't notice that he had gone. I'm sorry." "It's ok, Al. At least he's safe now. I don't know how I would've explained to his dad if anything had happened though. Thank you John," Randy said. John smiled and said, "No problem. Just glad I was there to help. Well, I have to go and get to the hospital before I'm late," he said walking away and he heard Randy say, "Thanks again John."
John made it to the hospital on time and managed to find the director's office. He knocked on the door and heard a "Come in" from inside. He walked inside and saw a man looking at paper work sitting behind a desk. Without looking up from the paperwork he nodded to the seat on the other side of the desk and said, "Please take a seat. This should only take one more minute." John sat down and studied the man in front of him. He had long blond hair pulled back in a pony tail and looked to be slightly bigger built than John. John thought that he also looked young to be director of a hospital; in fact John would be surprised if the man was over 42 years old. In exactly one minute the man put his paperwork down and gave John his full attention. He smiled and held out his hand saying, "Hello, I'm the Director of Fairview Hospital, Dr. Helmsley. You must be Dr. John Cena. I just finished reading the file on you. You have quite an impressive resume; I can see why you're superiors' spoke so highly of you." John smiled and shook Dr. Helmsley's hand, "Thank you, but to me it's all part of my job." "Well that's good to here. There is one thing that concerns me though, John. It's about what happened right before you arrived."
John looked surprised and said, "It won't affect my job. I'm a firm believer in keeping professional and personal separate, so there's no problem and there won't be." Dr. Helmsley smiled, "Good that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Now let's go for a walk and I'll show you around." They walked out of the office and Dr. Helmsley showed him the break room, dressing room, cafeteria and finally the ER. "Now the only thing to discuss is what shift you want," Dr. Helsmley said. "I prefer the morning," John said somewhat sadly thinking of that night. "Done, you'll start tomorrow," he said shaking John's hand again and turning to go back to his office. Dr. Helmsley suddenly stopped and turned towards John again saying, "John, you have my condolences." John nodded and said, "Thank you and walked to his car.
John got to his car and sighed. He still had to go shopping and he was getting hungry, he decided to head to the store first. While he was there he got some beer, coffee, sugar, cream, fruit, meats, bread, milk, lunch meats, eggs and mustard. He headed to the local drive thru and got a hamburger, fries and a coke. When he arrived back home he put everything away and sat down to eat. It was so quiet in the house and was so empty. He missed the patter of little feet and being welcomed home by Evan. He missed the loud kid programs on television, tripping over toys and just the noise of living. He looked around and realized that he really hadn't decorated, but most of the things he would've decorated with held memories. Memories that he didn't know if he could handle right now, so forgetting boxes left unpacked, he went upstairs to bed. So when he got upstairs he undressed and took a shower. He leaned his forehead against the shower wall as the water cascaded down his body and silently cried.
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