Enjoy, CB.
Quickly Santana whips on her clean green scrub top, balling up her soiled scrubs and throwing them in the hamper, grabbing her hair tie she tugs her hair out from inside her top and pulls it into a sloppy bun a top of her head.
Flicking her eyes to the mirror in her cubby Santana gives herself a quick once over readying herself to leave, not being able to not try and look nice for Brittany she quickly swipes up her lip gloss and applies a layer.
Satisfied she smooth's out the front of her top and hurries out the attending lounge, heading to the elevators. Frustrated Santana repeatedly hits the call button, not arriving quickly enough she rips open the stairwell door and rushes down the stairs.
Reaching the bottom level she pauses before the doors to the ER, takes a breath, puts on her best 'attending in charge' face and enters.
Janie was sat up on the bed, the permanent pout that had been stuck on since arriving was really upsetting, Brittany shot a glance a Janie's arm which she was holding awkwardly against her chest, squeezing her eyes shut she flung her head back and prayed to whoever would listen.
Mike & Tina were on their way, Tina freaked out, Mike tried to play the calm understanding guy but she could hear the worry in his tone. That hurt.
She broke their baby-girl.
Worst auntie ever.
Opening her eyes she looked at the only other person in the room, he introduced himself as Dr Simmons, Brittany recognised him as the intern Santana didn't like yesterday.
He was acting super weird, he had literally not taken his eyes of Janie, if he wasn't fluffing up her pillow or topping up her barely touched water he was watching the girl like a hawk.
Brittany is pretty sure Santana had something to do with the attitude because he was a lot more normal before he came back from talking with her.
Dr Simmons caught Brittany's eye but quickly dropped her gaze before looking towards the door again, he was also doing that a lot.
Something caught Brittany's attention, she looked through the blinds and could see Santana strolling in, emitting power and confidence with her walk, completely owning the place. She brushed of a Doctor who approached her quickly but paused when another stopped to talk, Santana quickly picked up something and lifted it to the light, Brittany wasn't sure but it looked like it could be an x-ray, Santana reached up and pointed something out before shoving the file back in the doctors arms and walking to the ER desk.
Brittany could see her talk with the nurse on the desk when her head was suddenly glancing over her shoulder straight into the room, locking eyes with Brittany, a smile appearing in her eyes, she nodded to the nurse before briskly walking over to the room.
Brittany could see Santana pause and take a breath, Brittany took one of her own before the door was opening and Santana was in the room.
"Out"
Dr Simmons didn't hesitate before he was out and the door was closing gently behind. Brittany saw Santana relax and drop her tough act. She was just Santana now.
Just Santana.
"Janie" the softness in Santana tone caught Brittany by surprise, Santana only having eyes for the little girl in the room, cooing softly and sitting next to Janie on the bed.
Janie who had been a trooper up until this point now decided to burst into tears and tuck herself into Santana side, awkwardly holding on with one arm, face buried in her chest.
Santana gently stroked Janie hair and rubbed her back up and down as she quietly whispered to the little girl.
Brittany smiled down at the sight, Santana looked up at Brittany, a soft smile on her face, "are you okay?" she mouthed over to Brittany.
Brittany nodded in response, shuffling closer to the others, resting her hand on Janie's back, over Santana's.
Santana's smile widened at the gesture, her dimples appearing.
The women let Janie cry it out against Santana, after a couple of minutes the little girl pulled herself away keeping her head down, fiddling with a stray thread on her shorts.
Santana pulled her hand from underneath Brittany's and lifted Janie's head lightly with both hands cupping under her jaw, smiling down at the girl she carefully wiped all of her tears away and bopped her on the nose.
"Hey titch" she whispered softly.
"Hi" Janie was being too cute right now and Brittany couldn't help but quietly chuckle even though she knew she was the cause of it all.
"Can I have a look at your arm sweetie?"
Janie just awkwardly lifted her arm towards Santana, Santana slipped off the bed and pulled a stool right next to Janie as she gently looked over the arm, holding it as if were a piece of glass about to break.
With sharp eyes she examined the arm, carefully not to bend or make Janie uncomfortable in any way, no sooner had she started looking at the arm she was resting it gently back on the bed.
"Looks like you've got a pretty badass break their Janie"
Janie's pout had re-appeared, Brittany started rubbing circles gently on her back.
"Okay"
Santana grinned and shook her head at the little girl, she was being adorable.
"Okay" she agreed, "so we're going to have to take an X-ray"
Janie looked at Brittany confused, smiling down at the girl she nodded and brushed Janie's hair out of her face.
"X-ray?"
"You're going to love it Janie, its super cool, we're going to be able to look straight through you to your bones. How awesome is that?"
Janie scrunched up her nose, "Like a super power?"
"Totally like a super power uh-huh" Santana agreed nodding along, pausing Santana cast a critical eye all over Janie now, noting all of the scrapes and grazes from her fall, noting particularly the small gash on her eyebrow, having been hidden by Janie's hair before.
"Janie, is it okay if I just quickly look over your other scrapes?"
"Yeah"
Santana glanced at Brittany and could tell it was her doctor gaze not her Santana gaze.
"Erm, Brittany I'm sorry to have to ask you this but you're going to have to step out the room while I examine Janie, you're not a parent or legal guardian" sensing Santana didn't really want to have had to say that Brittany just stood up.
"I'm going to call your mommy and daddy okay Janie, see how far away they are okay" Janie just nodded, curling back into herself.
Santana surprised Brittany by standing with her and escorting her to the door, pausing by the frame and tugged on Brittany's jumper.
"Sorry about that, I know Tina & Mike would be cool with it but I-"
"Its fine Santana" Brittany cut her off, "I'll give them a call and an update and go get some coffee"
Sighing Santana snapped her fingers at a passing inter, "hey, page Dr Danes for me, get him down here now and call up x-ray and let them know I'm coming" the intern scurried off as Santana glared after him.
"That was mean"
Turning her head round to Brittany Santana laughed.
"No, I'm firm with them, keep them on a tight leash, if you give them enough rope they'll hang themselves"
Brittany lifted her eyebrow at the comment.
Raising her hands Santana laughed out "figure of speech", still not quite believing Santana Brittany looked over her shoulder at the retreating intern, "honest" Santana pulled her back. "If you want coffee head across the street to the Starbucks, honestly the crap in this hospital shouldn't be even called coffee"
Holding Santana gaze Brittany nodded, "thanks" turning to leave Brittany felt another tug on her jumper before she was pulled into a strong embrace, melting into the contact Brittany clung back, not realising she needed this.
Santana turned her head, her breath catching Brittany's ear, "it's not your fault", pulling Santana tighter Brittany held on for a moment longer before releasing the other woman and stepping back, nodding her head as she tucked her hair behind her ear.
Santana pattered her on the arm before turning and heading back into the examination room, closing the door and blinds behind her.
Brittany watched her go, staring at the closed door for a moment before pulling out her cell phone, walking toward the exit as she called Mike.
Mike came bustling through the ER, frantically looking round for his child and wife, having dropped Tina off while he paid for the parking, not seeing them he briskly walked towards the desk tapping the desk twice to gain the attention of the nurse.
"Sorry, erm, I'm looking for Janie Chang, Dr Lopez was looking after her, I don't know, I just-"
The nurse cut him off, a tired frown on her face, "yes, yes, Miss Chang is in examination room 3, you're wife and Dr Lopez are in there" she pointed off towards the left hand corner before turning back to the chart she was previously looking at.
Not bothering to say thank you Mike was already striding towards the room and heading through the door.
Neither Tina nor Santana were in the room.
Mike found Janie, Brittany and a Doctor Mike has never met but recognises as the doctor with the son at the picnic yesterday.
"Erm"
The doctor had a needle very close to his daughter head.
Brittany whipped her head over to Mike, smiling sadly as she did, the doctor didn't seem bothered by the intrusion and kept on with task, which now looked like stiches. Janie was sitting patiently, fiddling with a stethoscope in her lap.
"Mike"
Mike turned around and saw Santana and Tina in the doorway, glancing back at his daughter he stepped out of the room, noting Brittany following them out.
"She's fine, she has a greenstick fracture, these are very common in children due to the softness of their bones, she'll have to have a cast but apart from that she's fine. She's got some bumps and bruises that I've seen do and Dr Danes is just giving her 2 stiches on her eyebrow, she's been a real sport"
Nodding along Mike took in all the information, trying to look back in the room but realising the blinds were drawn.
"Okay"
"Mike, I'm so sorry, I just took my eyes of her for a second and she was up the tree like a monkey, I didn't mean for her to-"
"Brittany" Tina's firm tone broke through Brittany's fumbling, "we've talked about this, its fine, Janie is fine, everything's fine"
Nodding along with his wife Mike turned to Brittany, rubbing his hand behind his neck his neck, "Tina's right Britt, it's okay"
Tucking her bottom lip in Brittany scuffed her foot on the floor looking down.
The door opened and Dr Danes stepped out
"All done Lopez"
"That had better not leave a scar Danes, I wouldn't have" Santana threatened.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, look I'll see you later because I'm now late for my Tympanoplasty surgery, which I should be doing not stitching up little girls, you know, like an intern" Danes pushed past Santana heading towards the rear doors.
"Hey Danes" he paused and looked back, waiting. "Thanks, I owe you one", glancing at Brittany, Mike, and Tina he shot Lopez a look before pushing through the doors.
"daaaddd" Janie's whine through the door caught their attention, grabbing Tina's hand he pulled open the door and walked in, Brittany and Santana catching him call out 'J-bird' before the door closed behind them.
Brittany could hear Santana shuffle behind her, speaking softly by Brittany's ear, "I was so worried early" puzzled Brittany glanced down to her left, "when Dr Simmons came and told me your were in the ER, I just-, I was really worried for a second"
Not wanting to think about that too much Brittany asked her own question, "Why didn't you do the stiches? You said it yourself you wouldn't leave a scar, so why get Dr Danes to do it?"
"Danes won't leave a scar, he works in plastics, it's his job not to leave scars, don't tell him I said this cause boy he does not need an ego boost but he's probably better than me at them"
"Yeah okay I get that, but why didn't you do it"
Santana sighed again, she does that a lot.
"I got Danes to do the stiches because yes he will do a dam good job and I just know Janie will come out looking prettier than she already is but also, well, I don't want Janie to associate me with pain okay? I don't want to give her stiches and have her flinch at me every time I go and brush some hair our her face okay? I don't want that" Brittany's pretty sure she just melted at that comment, Santana really was something amazing.
Not giving Brittany a chance to respond Santana carefully walked around and opened the door to a smiling Janie, Mike and Tina cuddling her from both sides.
Clapping her hands together Santana headed to the cupboards smiling over at Janie.
"So Janie, I have a really important question right now"
Intrigued Brittany leaned against the door frame,
Santana narrowed her eyes a Janie before asking, "What is your favourite colour?"
Puzzled Janie looked over at her Mum and Dad in turn, nodding her head encouragingly Tina smiled at Janie.
Hesitantly "Green"
"Alright then"
Brittany smiled as she saw Santana stand up and reach towards the green plaster wrap. So cute.