Part 2 jus 4 u.
dIsClAiMeR: sigh I dont own you. I dont own them. I dont own the creatures in my head. OK?? ok.
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"Well, he couldnt die..... could he?"
The red-lipped receptionist didnt look up from the harlequin romance she was reading, "Im not a doctor hun." she responded boringly. Niles looked down at her nametag.
"Thanks anyway, Jenny." he sighed, leaving the white desk for the long, sterile corridor. It was chilly in the hospital. Almost unbearably chilly. "And everything is white." he thought, "Everything. Its so cold." The smell of Pine-Sol and antibacterial soap was begining to sting his nose. He stopped walking and sneezed loudly.
"Dammit." he muttered under his breath. Niles looked around, fearful and yet, hopeful, that he would soon find his brother's room.
He was standing right in front of it.
His hand reached for the freezing steel, but he retracted it at the last minute.
"Do I really want to go in there?" he thought sadly, "Do I really want to know whats behind there?"
"I have to."
His hand finnaly reached the cold metal, and gave it a sharp downward twist while shoving open the door. He closed his eyes and stepped meakly into the small, white room. Then he took a deep breath and opened them. He was assaulted by the coldness of the small room, the same brutal, white, uncaring feeling the whole hospital gave him. He shivered as his eyes wandered around, studying his surroundings.
Finnaly, they came to rest on the pale, thin figure lying lifelessly in the hospital bed. There were so many tubes and wires connected to him, Niles could barely identify his own brother. The only sign of life was the consistent beeping of the heart monitor and the barely audible sound of uneasy breathing from under the oxygen mask.
"They said if he wakes up, he has a good chance." he heard a woman speaking slowly to someone from the other side of the room.
"Daphne!" Thought Niles exitedly, "Daphne, thank god your here! I cant do this alone."
"Daphne?!" he called. She looked up slowly.
"Niles?" she responded before jumping out of her chair to embrace him. It was then he noticed the other woman. She had her head in her hands, and was sobbing pitifully.
"Roz?" he said softly, "Oh god Roz, Im so sorry."
She didnt look up.
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"Niles?" said Roz as she dragged the man out into the hallway, "I need to talk to you."
They stopped in front of a vending machine.
"Yes Roz?"
Roz looked more nevous than Niles had ever seen her before. Her palms were sweaty, her face was pale and tear streaked, and she was breathing heavily.
"Niles.........I think im in love with Frasier."
Niles looked at her, "What?!"
She nodded, "Yes. And if he dies before I can tell him, I........I........dont know what Ill do...." with that she burst into tears and launched herself into Niles' arms instinctivley.
Niles stared at her blankly, "But..... theres no way........ Are you sure this cant be just a reaction to everything thats happening so suddenly.... I mean, really Roz, Frasier and you?"
"Niles, I am positive," she sobbed, "You knew that you loved Daphne the first day you saw her! With me its different. It took me a long time to figure out my feelings for Frasier......but now I know....." she looked up at him and cried softly, "But its still love, Niles, no matter what..... Besides, how much do you and Daph have in common?"
Niles studied her for a minute. She was right. No matter how you fall in love with someone, its still love. And it will work out if you make it work, just like with him and Daphne. But everything was happening so fast.......
"Roz?" he lifted her chin up slowly, "Itll be fine. Everything will be fine....... Frasier.....well, he'll be fine too. Just wait and see. Everything will go back to normal soon."
But thats what they said when his mother was in the hospital, "She'll be fine, everything will be fine. Everything will go back to normal, just wait and see."
And he waited, and he saw, but Hester Crane was not fine, she died. And things did not go back to normal. He still missed her. Sometimes it felt like a chunk of him was missing too, buried in the ground with his mother's body. Cold, pale, thin, and dead. Now it seemed that the same thing was happening with his brother. Niles wanted to belive that he would be ok, everything would be ok. But in the back of his mind, he felt that it wouldnt be fine, nothing would be. His mother's death rang loud and clear in his very thoughts. It was a memory he had pushed back into the far corners of his mind, and left there, hopefully forever. But it was resurfacing again. The waiting, the fear, the loneliness and feeling of abandonment were becoming fresh again.
Roz nodded and turned to go back into Frasier's room.
dIsClAiMeR: sigh I dont own you. I dont own them. I dont own the creatures in my head. OK?? ok.
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"Well, he couldnt die..... could he?"
The red-lipped receptionist didnt look up from the harlequin romance she was reading, "Im not a doctor hun." she responded boringly. Niles looked down at her nametag.
"Thanks anyway, Jenny." he sighed, leaving the white desk for the long, sterile corridor. It was chilly in the hospital. Almost unbearably chilly. "And everything is white." he thought, "Everything. Its so cold." The smell of Pine-Sol and antibacterial soap was begining to sting his nose. He stopped walking and sneezed loudly.
"Dammit." he muttered under his breath. Niles looked around, fearful and yet, hopeful, that he would soon find his brother's room.
He was standing right in front of it.
His hand reached for the freezing steel, but he retracted it at the last minute.
"Do I really want to go in there?" he thought sadly, "Do I really want to know whats behind there?"
"I have to."
His hand finnaly reached the cold metal, and gave it a sharp downward twist while shoving open the door. He closed his eyes and stepped meakly into the small, white room. Then he took a deep breath and opened them. He was assaulted by the coldness of the small room, the same brutal, white, uncaring feeling the whole hospital gave him. He shivered as his eyes wandered around, studying his surroundings.
Finnaly, they came to rest on the pale, thin figure lying lifelessly in the hospital bed. There were so many tubes and wires connected to him, Niles could barely identify his own brother. The only sign of life was the consistent beeping of the heart monitor and the barely audible sound of uneasy breathing from under the oxygen mask.
"They said if he wakes up, he has a good chance." he heard a woman speaking slowly to someone from the other side of the room.
"Daphne!" Thought Niles exitedly, "Daphne, thank god your here! I cant do this alone."
"Daphne?!" he called. She looked up slowly.
"Niles?" she responded before jumping out of her chair to embrace him. It was then he noticed the other woman. She had her head in her hands, and was sobbing pitifully.
"Roz?" he said softly, "Oh god Roz, Im so sorry."
She didnt look up.
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"Niles?" said Roz as she dragged the man out into the hallway, "I need to talk to you."
They stopped in front of a vending machine.
"Yes Roz?"
Roz looked more nevous than Niles had ever seen her before. Her palms were sweaty, her face was pale and tear streaked, and she was breathing heavily.
"Niles.........I think im in love with Frasier."
Niles looked at her, "What?!"
She nodded, "Yes. And if he dies before I can tell him, I........I........dont know what Ill do...." with that she burst into tears and launched herself into Niles' arms instinctivley.
Niles stared at her blankly, "But..... theres no way........ Are you sure this cant be just a reaction to everything thats happening so suddenly.... I mean, really Roz, Frasier and you?"
"Niles, I am positive," she sobbed, "You knew that you loved Daphne the first day you saw her! With me its different. It took me a long time to figure out my feelings for Frasier......but now I know....." she looked up at him and cried softly, "But its still love, Niles, no matter what..... Besides, how much do you and Daph have in common?"
Niles studied her for a minute. She was right. No matter how you fall in love with someone, its still love. And it will work out if you make it work, just like with him and Daphne. But everything was happening so fast.......
"Roz?" he lifted her chin up slowly, "Itll be fine. Everything will be fine....... Frasier.....well, he'll be fine too. Just wait and see. Everything will go back to normal soon."
But thats what they said when his mother was in the hospital, "She'll be fine, everything will be fine. Everything will go back to normal, just wait and see."
And he waited, and he saw, but Hester Crane was not fine, she died. And things did not go back to normal. He still missed her. Sometimes it felt like a chunk of him was missing too, buried in the ground with his mother's body. Cold, pale, thin, and dead. Now it seemed that the same thing was happening with his brother. Niles wanted to belive that he would be ok, everything would be ok. But in the back of his mind, he felt that it wouldnt be fine, nothing would be. His mother's death rang loud and clear in his very thoughts. It was a memory he had pushed back into the far corners of his mind, and left there, hopefully forever. But it was resurfacing again. The waiting, the fear, the loneliness and feeling of abandonment were becoming fresh again.
Roz nodded and turned to go back into Frasier's room.