"Okay, sweetie, that's all we have to do. You're done for the day. Don't put any pressure on that foot, okay?" Nurse McCall said sweetly.
"Oh trust me, he won't," Jess said sternly, glaring at Nick from where he lay on the hospital bed.
"Just checking to make sure he knows that," Melissa McCall said with a genuine smile.
They had driven Nick to the nearest hospital in Beacon Hills where they were ushered into a room by one of the nicest people they had ever met. Melissa McCall was the nurse on duty when Nick was admitted and she was like their mother. She had given each of them candy and had even humored Winston by letting him play with her stethoscope.
"So are you folks new here? Did you just move here?"
"Oh God no and we never plan to…No offense, Melissa," Schmidt said with clear disdain for the town.
Melissa chuckled.
"Oh lord knows what it must be like for you city people. So are you visiting relatives here in Beacon Hills? What are your families' names? I might know them."
"Oh no, we're just vacationing here. None of us are even from California," Jess explained.
Melissa laughed but abruptly stopped after she saw how serious the group looked.
"Oh you're serious? You're vacationing? Here?" She asked in astonishment.
"Well yeah, I mean, we all live in California and we wanted to vacation somewhere in state and cheap and well we found a cute cabin here," Jess said.
"You mean a shitty cabin? No offense to you, Melissa, you're gorgeous, it's this place that's a dump," Schmidt said without a second thought.
"Can't have sunshine without a little rain," Winston sang.
Melissa looked at them in disbelief because wow.
"What? What is it?" Nick asked, noticing her peculiar expression.
"No, it's nothing-just…Did you guys even research this place before you rented here?" Melissa asked cautiously.
"No...Why? What's wrong with this place?" Winston asked suspiciously.
"Nothing! Ha-ha why would you think that? I'm just thinking, if you had just done some research, you could've probably gotten a better price for another cabin," Melissa said in a rush as she checked over Nick's chart so as not to have to look at any of them in the eye.
A knock was heard and a young nurse by the named Rory came in.
"Melissa, your son's here to see you," Rory said in a hurried English accent.
"Right, well I've got to go do that, you guys just stay here. I'll be really quick and get Doctor Dorian to sign your release form," she said in a hurry as she took Nick's chart and headed out.
Rory left with her.
"Did anyone else find that weird?" Winston asked.
"A little but it's probably nothing," Nick answered.
"God I love her. Why can't everyone be like Melissa McCall? What a queen," Schmidt said as he looked at the door forlornly.
"I know right? What a babe," Jess said.