Leah looked down at her scrubs, debating if she should change before she went up to see Roxanna. Sacha passed her by, a soft grin on his lips, and she felt herself return the expression quickly, meeting his eyes steadily. "Heading up to see your sister?"

"That's the plan, yeah. I just don't know if I should go up like this, or change into my street clothes."

"I'd change. You always feel more like yourself in your own clothes," he replied, giving her a small wink. A little giggle escaped her lips as she nodded. "I'm heading up to see Jac myself, to see how she's recovering. From what I hear, she is terrorizing the staff."

"Do you blame her? She's used to being the one in charge!"

Sacha nodded as he walked with her over to the locker room. "Yes. Well. I'll leave you to it. Wish me luck?"

"You said yourself, she's your best friend. There's no need for any luck there." Looking both ways down the hall, she made certain that no staff was milling about before leaning in and pecking his cheek softly. "You're lucky you're cute," she said in a rush before slipping behind the door, listening to him chuckle as he moved along down the hall. Shaking her head a little at her boldness, Leah went over to her locker, quickly unlocking it before stripping off the used scrubs and tossing them in the bin before shimmying into her street clothes.

Once she was dressed, Leah grabbed her purse and made her way over to the lift, tapping her foot somewhat impatiently as she waited. Finally, the doors slid open, and she was surprised to see that there was someone already on it, and that it was Connie Beauchamp. Her heart started to pound in her chest as she pressed the button for her floor, and of course, Connie seemed to be able to hear her heart, as a small smirk spread across her face. "Heading up to see your sister?"

"Yeah. She's finally awake, and talking. Henrik spends a lot of time with her, more than I can, but I try to get as much in as I can. I mean, we've just found each other, so I would spend every waking moment up there if I could." Connie nodded, and Leah let out a long breath before clearing her throat a little. "And what brings you out of the ED?"

"I need to meet with Henrik, actually. I'll try to keep him out of your hair for a little while so that you can spend quality time with Roxanna."

She nodded dumbly, grateful for the consideration. "Did you know her?"

"Only by reputation. My colleague, Elle, was acquainted with her, as the few times we had to call for a neuro consult I was occupied elsewhere." She nodded, trying to think of some way to continue the conversation, but the doors sliding open on her floor meant that there was no more time to talk. Awkwardly, she waved at Connie before escaping the lift, burying her face in her hand as soon as the doors closed once more.

"You are so fucking extra, Leah," she muttered before savagely carding her fingers through her hair. "It's not like she'd even look twice at you. Healthy attractions need to be your focus," she said as she strode down the hall, turning into Roxanna's room whilst she was still talking to herself.

"You sound like me."

Startled, she looked up into her sister's eyes, delighted to see that she was sitting up and looking a good deal better than she had the day before. It was only after she had taken in the sight for a few seconds that she realized she had not been very careful with her speech. "You talk to yourself, too?" she asked as she took a seat in what she already thought of as her chair.

"I do, it helps me process my thoughts. But who are you attracted to here?"

Leah blushed as her shoulders scrunched up around her ears. "Connie Beauchamp. I know, you don't even need to say it, it's completely ridiculous and inappropriate, but she's really hot!"

Roxanna giggled as she shook her head. "You'd have competition, anyway. From what I recall, the few times that I was down in the ED, she only had eyes for one of her colleagues. Though said colleague seems to be absolutely clueless, and I wasn't able to clue her in before my accident."

"I see," she responded quickly, smiling at her sister. "Well, a girl can always dream, right? And it doesn't really matter how much I'm attracted to her, I have the feeling that I'm not going to end up with her anyway. Not when things seem to be moving ahead quite nicely with…"

She trailed off as she realized what she had been about to reveal, not certain that she wanted it to be known outside of the two of them just yet. "Who am I going to tell? Henrik?"

"True, yeah. Okay, so, I didn't expect to like Sacha, let me tell you. But there was just something about him that seemed to call to my soul while we were rescuing you, and now I may be counting down the days until I rotate to a different ward so that we can properly see each other? That was the ultimatum I laid down, was that stupid?"

"No, because technically he is your boss, and you should in no way step out with your boss." Roxanna's face relaxed into a soft smile. "But at least you know that there is something to look forward to. Sometimes the wait makes the end that much sweeter."

"Like for you and Henrik?" she asked before she thought better of it.

Roxanna blushed deeply as she looked away from Leah into her lap. "I want to say no, but I know he cares for me so deeply. I think I might love him, but there were things that John said to me, while I was locked in, that I can't get out of my head. There were things he did that I can't forget."

Leah shuddered as she leaned forward and took hold of Roxanna's hand, threading their fingers together as she tried to think of a way to comfort her sister. "What did he do to you?" she asked, feeling a deep anger start to grow in her breast as she thought about John.

"He didn't rape me, so thank God for that, but he kissed me a lot, touched me every time that Essie wasn't in the room with me. He told me that he loved me more than Henrik ever could, and the only way he could have both our love was to keep us separated." Tears started to pour down Roxanna's cheeks, and Leah got out of her chair, breaking germ protocol to sit on her sister's bed and wrap her in a tight hug as she sobbed. "And now, I don't know what the truth is any longer. I was kept a prisoner in my own brain for so long, and this all seems so strange and sharp to me. You're the only softness I know I can trust, even though we've just met."

"You're my sister, Roxanna. You can always trust me." Roxanna nodded a little as she hugged her back, continuing to cry on her shoulder as Leah murmured soothingly in her ear.