Riley was STILL biting his nails and bouncing his knee, by the time the doctor came back into the waiting area.
"Riley?" the doctor asks.
Riley was immediately pulled out of his thoughts.
"Yeah?" he says stopping all of his motions and looks up at the doctor.
"Would you come with me please?" the doctor asks nodding in the direction Bianca went.
"Uh, sure," Riley says getting up from the chair he was in and walking up to the doctor.
"I'm Dr. House, Riley. Relax...you look a bit tense. Bianca's all right," Dr. House reassures Riley, shaking his hand.
"Oh, I wasn't worried. I was just thinking...you see, we've been through a lot in the past few weeks," Riley starts to explain as they walk down the hall.
"Really? Just the 2 of you?" Dr. House asks with a smug smirk.
"No. There were many other people involved also. Oh, you didn't happen to see her knee and shoulder did you?" Riley asks stopping in the middle of the hall.
"No. Why? Should I have?" Dr. House looks confused.
"Not necessarily. I guess she would have said something..." Riley trails off.
Dr. House gives a skeptical look, but doesn't force the matter and continues to walk the few more feet to the room.
Bianca was sitting on the hard, cold table in exam 2, staring at the medical cabinet in the corner and the many posters that lined the walls, when the door suddenly opens, startling her.
Dr. House was the one who opened the door, but Riley was the one to burst in and goes directly over to Bianca. He gives her a hug that practically knocks her over.
Bianca laughs and throws her arms around his neck, hugging him back. She places a kiss on his cheek as well.
"Jeez, Riley it was only a few minutes. You're acting as like we've been apart for years," Bianca whispers to him.
Riley shrugs and grabs onto Bianca's hand, giving it a light squeeze.
Bianca takes a glance over to Dr. House and notices that he is grinning at the 2 of them. Her cheeks go slightly pink.
Riley looks in the direction Bianca was looking and he goes slightly pink in the cheeks as well.
Dr. House was just about to leave the exam room, when a nurse comes in with the radiology results.
"Dr. House, here are the results," the nurse says and leaves the room.
"Well, shall we take a look at these?" he asks Riley and Bianca.
"Sure," says Bianca.
Dr. House walks over to the X-ray viewer and puts an X-ray up.
Riley cringes at the way the bone in Bianca's ankle is broken.
"Oh that's just lovely," Bianca mumbles sarcastically, squinting at the X-ray.
Riley takes a sideways glance at her, smirking.
"We're going to have to align the bones and cast it in place. And to be completely honest, it's gonna hurt," Dr. House says.
"Again, oh joy," she says, dramatically rolling her eyes.
"Yes, well, would you like to get it over with?" Dr. House asks.
"I guess," Bianca says, worry clearly written on her face.
The nurse, who called Bianca 'dear' and brought the X-rays to Dr. House, comes back in the room with another nurse and things to set and cast Bianca's ankle. Bianca is told to sit back on the table so her foot was sitting on the top.
The 'dear' nurse helps Dr. House with the ankle/leg areas.
"Nurse, could you get her arms?" Dr. House asks the other nurse.
Bianca quickly grabs on to Riley's hand and doesn't let go.
"Just the one arm then," Dr. House corrects himself, noticing that Bianca wasn't going to let Riley leave, "Okay, on 3 I'm going to put your ankle back into place. Ready?"
Bianca nods and squeezes Riley's hand for dear life. She leans back against the table and stares at the ceiling.
"Here we go...1...2...3," Dr. House counts and quickly turns Bianca's ankle back into place.
Bianca's eyes grow wide and she lets out a groan of pain, but no screams. The nurses let go of Bianca, but Riley keeps a hold of her hand. Bianca starts breathing heavily as she looks down at her ankle. It seems to look all right.
"You all right?" Dr. House asks looking up at her.
"Yeah...I think so," she replies letting go of Riley's hand and propping herself up on her elbows.
The nurses put a plaster cast on Bianca's ankle.
"What color would you like the cast to be, dear?" the 'dear' nurse asks Bianca.
"I get to choose?" Bianca retorts.
"Of course," the 'dear' nurse smiles.
"Well, in that case...do you have neon green?" Bianca asks.
"Sure," the other nurse says and bustles around getting the neon green casting material.
The nurses (and Dr. House) place the casting on her leg. The cast goes from her knee to just behind her toes.
Riley and Bianca soon leave the hospital (Dr. House and the nurses giving Bianca plenty of tips on how to take care of the cast and such); Bianca's ankle is now encased in a neon green cast. She hobbles out of the hospital bay doors on crutches and Riley brings the van around so she doesn't have to hop too far.
Once back at Riley's apartment, Bianca tries to maneuver the stairs on crutches, while Riley brings a few boxes up to the apartment at the same time.
Bianca wanted to help, but Riley told her to sit in the apartment while he got Owen to help again. She felt bad about having some guy she never met carry her things up to the apartment.
Owen is about the same height as Ben. He has the whole surfer dude look going for him, with light brown hair and gray, soulful eyes. He wears casual dress, yet it's a sophisticated look.
While the guys were bringing up her boxes, she went digging through one of the boxes and found a pair of sweatpants and a tank top. She found the bathroom and changed into the comfortable clothes.
Once the last of the boxes were brought up, Riley and Owen were sweating profusely and partially out of breath.
A/N: I'll have more soon...
On an extra note: I have another National Treasure fict up (if anyone hasn't noticed). It's (dare I say) Ian centered, but it's fun none the less...