Chapter 4 is finally here! sorry it took so long...I was tired as hell yesterday...I´m still kinda off...
enjoy.
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She approached Morris carefully, a smile on her face. She was hoping that Morris wouldn't realize what her intentions were. She watched him write quickly, but didn't interrupted at all.
"Do you need anything or do you just love watching me write?" He smiled.
She was about you give him a nice answer but stopped. She had to try and be nice to him. She was, after all, trying to ask him a favor.
"Actually, I need a favor," she said. Morris frowned.
"Ask Lockheart."
"You don't even know what it is!" she protested. Apparently it worked, because Morris left his chart aside letting her know she had his attention.
"Fine, spill it out."
She smiled. "Well, I haven't take my vacations yet, so I was wondering-"
He was shaking his head and walking away, before she could finish. She followed close, almost running behind him since he made no intention of stopping.
"There's no way in hell I'm gonna let you take vacation now."
"Why not?" she protested.
"Why not?!" he laughed. Neela stared at him, confused. Suddenly he stopped laughing and walking. "Look around you. We´re stuck, I can´t allow another resident to go away."
She looked around them. The ER never looked so crowded before; it was scary to see how everybody was running everywhere. They could barely stay still without being pushed by someone in the way.
"It's only for a few days. There´s something I need to take care of."
She didn't know if it was thee way she begged or maybe something on her face, but seconds later Morris was nodding.
"Thank you. I´ll be back in a few days."
She ran towards the doctor's lounge and crashed into Abby on the way. She stopped her, before she walked away running again.
"Where are you going?" Abby said, smiling at her friend´s sudden mood.
"To buy a plane ticket." She smiled, as she grabbed a few things from her locker
"A plane ticket to where?"
"Baton Rouge." She smiled again.
"Wow," was all Abby managed to say. "Are you sure you wanna do this?"
"Of course, I´ll just be gone for a couple of days," she said, but seeing as Abby seemed uneasy with her answer, she tried again. "Abby, I haven't seen Ray in months. I miss him. I wanna see him again and talk like old times."
"Why don't you call him, then?"
"Because I'm tired of phone calls! I wanna make sure he's okay."
"And I'm sure he is, Neela," Abby whispered, walking toward her. "But it's not necessary for you to travel all the way down to Louisiana to find out."
"Abby," she whispered. "I need to do this, please. I would like your support."
Abby smiled sweetly and hugged her, patting her back softly. "Of course you have my support, that´s what friends are for," she said. "But you have to promise me you won't do anything stupid." By stupid, she meant leaving without saying a word or make decisions without asking a second opinion.
"I won't." They were just words. Neela knew she couldn't promise anything to her, not since she was so desperate to see Ray and not to mention to follow Benjamin's advice.
TBC
