Ch.7

J.D. sighed as he walked into the doors of Sacred Heart two days later he had called in sick the day before. Despite how well everyone seemed take his story he was still afraid that things would be different and awkward around his friends now. He was hoping that he still had friends sure Carla had been supportive but Turk didn't say much about the entire story and Elliot even less. And then there was Dr. Cox and Jordan.

"Yo Brittney, nice of you to actually show up today."

Nice to know some things never change.

"I-I was, you know, sick yesterday."

"I'm sure you were. Listen Newbie the she-devil wanted me to make sure that you know that you now have a standing invitation to dinner."

"What? Why?" J.D. didn't understand. Dr. Cox actually invited him into his home for dinner, whenever he wanted, as often as he wanted, under Jordan's orders. Yeah things are defiantly going to be awkward for a while.

"Well I don't know Newbie. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you are the boy we tried to adopted and have been constantly wondering if you were even alive. And Jordan, for some reason doesn't want to lose you again now that we found you or something. And now that I have said that I'll see you later Hailey." Dr. Cox left J.D. slightly stunned, but eventually the young doctor just shrugged and made his way toward the nurse's station.


It was several hours later that he was paged down to the nurse's station of all places. When he got there he saw two police officers in full uniform talking to Carla. He immediately went to his friend and stood beside her. "Hey Carla, what's going on?"

"Are you John Dorian," one of the officers asked.

"Yes, what do you need?"

"I am Officer Goodman and this is my partner Officer Hill. Do you know someone by the name of Raina Hatch?"

"Yes, what is this about?" By now Turk and Dr. Cox had come to the nurse's station and were eaves dropping on the conversation taking place between J.D. and the two officers.

"Well, a few days ago she stopped at a gas station at around eleven o'clock at night while there was a robbery in progress. When she walked into the store they shot her."

"Oh my gosh, is she alright," he asked clearly concerned for his friend.

"Wait a second why are you here telling him this shouldn't you be talking to the girl's family," Dr. Cox cut in.

"He is listed as her next of kin," Officer Goodman took a deep breath and turned back to J.D. "She never stood a chance, it was a head shot. I'm sorry for your loss." With that said the two officers headed out the doors without turning back.

J.D. stood in shock for a few minutes unaware that Carla was trying to get his attention. All he could see think about was Raina. The first time they met, the goofy stunts she would pull, the stupid fight they had, and the trouble she would drag him in and out of. Until finally Dr. Cox slapped him lightly in the face asking if he was alright. He gave a small smile, his mind briefly telling him that he was going into shock before everything went black.

When he came to he looked up in a hospital bed and a worried Turk watching him. "Are you alright man?"

"Yeah, one of the best friends I ever had died and didn't even get a cake," he joked lightly.

"I'll have Carla make you one if it'll help you feel better V-bear."

"Thanks C-bear but that's okay. How long was I out?"

"Like thirty minutes. You sure you're okay?"

"No, not really, I will be though, hopefully."

Hearing his friend admit that he was not okay sent a wave of protectiveness through Turk that he had never really felt before. 'I'm counting you to watch out for him.' Raina's words rang through his head as he watched his friend.

"You wanna talk about it."

"I always knew that I would live longer than her." J.D. seemed to be talking to himself now. "I mean she just always went looking for trouble." The young Doctor turned towards his friend. "Did you know I once tried to commit suicide?"

Turk was surprised by this news and slightly scared that his friend would bring it up now. "She caught me with a gun in my mouth ready to blow my brains out. Normally you try to talk people down right? Not Rain she looked took one look at me and the next then I knew the gun was on the floor and I was in a head lock with her yelling at me. 'you think this will make things easier? Are you that much of a coward? I thought you were better than that.' That's what she said to me. It always stuck. 'I thought you were better than that.' It was the first time anybody acknowledged that I could be good, better than what I felt that others had made me."

"Y-you know that she wouldn't want you to kill yourself over her right?"

J.D. looked surprised that Turk would say something like that until he looked at his best friend and saw how scared he was. He smiled reassuringly. "No worries C-bear I'm not going to do anything stupid like that. I have you and everybody else now. Besides if I did Raina would just find a way to come back, bring me back and then kill me again. It just hurts you know."

Turk smiled in relief that his friend wasn't thinking about killing himself but the strange protectiveness he felt didn't go away. It actually seemed to grow stronger as he looked at his friend, in a hospital bed looking so depressed. He looked down into his hands at the white envelope. He had been bringing it to J.D. before he passed out. "Here, Raina wanted me to give this to you."

"When did-?"

"The other night after everybody left, I went for a walk and-"

"She found you. Yeah that sounds like her." He opened the envelope and pulled out a letter.

Hey Snook,

If you're reading this then your friend is a good little messenger boy, you should give him a tip. Anyways I'm probably dead right now, or at least hurt. I gave the whole you'll know when the time is right speech to your friend when I gave this to him. Don't be too sad Johnny I'm always in your heart or something cheesy like that. Listen to your friends and let them help you and be sure to spend more time with Dr. Cox and his family. You can be stubborn sometimes and this time or any of the others coming up is not the time you need your family.

Well I want you to take care of my baby and make sure she finds a good home with someone that will appreciate her. And everything that I have, except the money, is going to you. The money is going to go towards your hospital.

I love you J.D. stay happy.

Love,

Raina


Well that's the end... for now... there will be a sequal soon and it will be full of action... hopefully....