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Nurses are busy women. Some nurses are busier than others, and a particular threesome at st. Helens was most definitely the busiest of all, in the gossiping area that is. Right now, a meeting was being held in the hospital's cafeteria, over a cup of coffee and some scones.
"My, have you heard the latest? Dr. Baker is adopting. And moving to the country."
"Oh, but he's so old. Fifty something. A little baby?"
"No. Remember the little boy with the amnesia, whom everyone called seven?"
"No way. He's adopting little seven?"
"In fact, no one ever came to get the boy, so he would have been sent to an orphanage anyway. Our dr. Baker and his wife jumped to and adopted him. "
"Yeah, I heard about that. And apparently dr. Baker got accepted a position as a local doctor in some dreary little country village. I don't even remember the name, but he's already handed in his resignation, leaving at the end of the month. I heard him talking to Abe, and seven will come to live with dr. Baker and his wife just before they move, in a month or so."
"Wow. I'm so happy for Jacob. He was always so good with children, I always found it a shame he never had any."
Two faces turned sharply toward her.
"You are on first name basis with dr. Baker? Since when?"
The nurse blushed.
"He invited me to dinner once, he's quite nice really."
The others gasped.
"You think you could get him to put in a good word for me? I really need a promotion now, and everyone would be awed if dr. Baker complimented me."
"Wha-what? I'm not sure.."
Her friend quickly cut her off.
"Try or I'll tell everyone what you did then Loretta." She said with a meaningful stare.
"That's unfair. I can't just walk up to dr. Baker and ask him to promote you." Loretta squeaked.
"And why can't you do that, my dear Loretta?"
All three nurses squealed and turned around. A grinning man was standing over them, dressed in a casual suit with a coat on his arm.
"Dr. Baker" They said simultaneously.
"I just dropped to say good-bye to everyone. You probably know where I'm going." He said and smiled knowingly.
"I'll see you around someday again. You'll come to visit Lory? Your mother has the address, but I doubt you will have a hard time finding the doctor in Godric's Hollow, as there will be only one." He turned away and added. "I heard they were looking for someone to replace old Mrs. Marigold. I think they would be glad to get someone with the right experience."He winked and walked away, grinning.
An hour later he was sitting with his wife in a small dusty office, only steps away from having a little child of their own. The social worker prattled on and on about what they should have in mind. He already knew all of it. She said the same things every time they came here. At first she had been sceptical on having them adopt at their age, but suddenly she had changed her mind and claimed she would do everything in her power to get them a child. Her efforts had paid off, now all they had to do was sign a few papers and the child would be theirs to take home. It was a sooner than he had expected, but he was glad. No doubt the old doctor didn't mind if they came a few weeks early. Suddenly a thing Eva, the social worker, said caught his attention. A name. They couldn't go on calling him lad and little. He turned to his wife.
"Sue, what are we going to call him? I just didn't think of that."
His wife smiled warmly.
"I know you didn't, so I took the liberty and found a name for him. How about Brandon? It's a pretty name don't you think, and I always wanted to give that name to my child."
Jacob nodded, then turned to Eva, who was watching them, smiling.
"Alright then. I will put that name down then. You just sign here, and here, and then there. I'm going to call the children's home, and tell them you will be coming to fetch him later today." She stood up and walked out of the office. Jacob nodded and smiled at his wife, who was diligently signing her name on papers after he handed them to her. When she was finished she stacked them neatly and put them on the middle of Eva's desk and turned to him, beaming.
"We are finally going to have a child. Who's going to grow up in a healthy environment and be happy. A little child." She whispered and her eyes shone as tears started to trickle down her cheeks.
He swept her in a hug and held her close. He shared her feelings, he wanted to weep as well. How long they had waited, and now it was finally happening. They straightened themselves out as Eve came bustling back into the room. She smiled and gathered the papers up in her arms.
"This seems all in order. Here, I'll write down the address and you can go and fetch little Brandon immediately. Congratulations." Eve's smiled widened even more, and she looked triumphant.
Jacob returned her smile.
"Thank you, you don't know how much this means to us."
Eve just smiled more, and after making some small talk, the Bakers left her office. Just when they closed the door they heard a phone ring and someone answer.
"Yes Annalise, they just left. Dinner with you and Abe tonight? Of course, wouldn't miss a chance to meet my sister and her most adorable son."
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They had both been silent on the drive to the children's home. They were hesitant in their anticipation when they walked through the yellow front doors of the orphanage. They stood in the hallway for a little while, not sure on where to go. Their dilemma was quickly solved when a young woman in torn jeans came walking.
"Hello there. You must be the Bakers, right? I'm Alice, nice to meet you." She held her hand out to them and they shook it.
"I've just spoken with the social worker, and everything is in order. Just come with me and you can get your child." She smiled genially and turned to walk up some stairs. They followed her, and finally stopped outside a large blue door with a flying bird painted on it.
"This is the room, he's alone now. Everything has been taken care off, you can go home with him when you want. Best wishes." The girl scooted off, and left them alone.
"Sue, you go first." Jacob said to his wife, who nodded and opened the door slowly.
The room was painted in a warm yellow, and there were three beds in there. Some toys were neatly stacked in the corner. Jacob felt his heart tighten as he saw the, no his little boy sitting on the edge on one of the beds, watching them with large eyes.
"Hello" he whispered. "Alice said I was going to get a new mommy and daddy today. Are you my mommy and daddy now?"
Sue sniffled and bent down to hug the child.
"Yes. If you want us to be, we will be your new mommy and daddy." She said to the wide-eyed child.
"I don't have to stay here then? The kids don't like me. The boys who sleep here say I should go away." He said dejectedly.
"No, we are going to live in a beautiful house, and you can have your own room, and make new friends, and everyone will like you." Sue said and held him closer.
The boy smiled happily at the thought.
"Me and Sue, your mommy, wanted to give you a name, as you don't have one anymore." Jacob said as he bent down to be on eye-level with the child.
"But I already have a name." He said and frowned. "Allan and Jack said my name was jackass. They are the boys who sleep here." He explained.
"That's not a name. It's a bad thing to say." Jacob told him.
"Oh, what did you want to be my name?"
"Me and mommy were thinking Brandon. Do you like it?"
"Brandon... I want my name to be like yours too."
"You mean Baker?" He nodded eagerly. "All right. Let's go home then Brandon Baker." Jacob said and hugged his wife and son.
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Quite hurried, but things will hopefully start going up soon. Next chapter the will go home, hopefully up soon, or I won't have the time, as I'm starting exams may 3rd , I think I'll try to study some. Then the school will be finished, and some partying will have to be done, so maybe three weeks... I'll try to make the next chapter extra long.
Thanks for the name suggestions Launigsiae and Siripiritus, I'm still not sure on the name, but we'll come up with something. Thanks Morgana and Quacjen and Unzum (I'll take you up on your offer for the next, 'k).
Nurses are busy women. Some nurses are busier than others, and a particular threesome at st. Helens was most definitely the busiest of all, in the gossiping area that is. Right now, a meeting was being held in the hospital's cafeteria, over a cup of coffee and some scones.
"My, have you heard the latest? Dr. Baker is adopting. And moving to the country."
"Oh, but he's so old. Fifty something. A little baby?"
"No. Remember the little boy with the amnesia, whom everyone called seven?"
"No way. He's adopting little seven?"
"In fact, no one ever came to get the boy, so he would have been sent to an orphanage anyway. Our dr. Baker and his wife jumped to and adopted him. "
"Yeah, I heard about that. And apparently dr. Baker got accepted a position as a local doctor in some dreary little country village. I don't even remember the name, but he's already handed in his resignation, leaving at the end of the month. I heard him talking to Abe, and seven will come to live with dr. Baker and his wife just before they move, in a month or so."
"Wow. I'm so happy for Jacob. He was always so good with children, I always found it a shame he never had any."
Two faces turned sharply toward her.
"You are on first name basis with dr. Baker? Since when?"
The nurse blushed.
"He invited me to dinner once, he's quite nice really."
The others gasped.
"You think you could get him to put in a good word for me? I really need a promotion now, and everyone would be awed if dr. Baker complimented me."
"Wha-what? I'm not sure.."
Her friend quickly cut her off.
"Try or I'll tell everyone what you did then Loretta." She said with a meaningful stare.
"That's unfair. I can't just walk up to dr. Baker and ask him to promote you." Loretta squeaked.
"And why can't you do that, my dear Loretta?"
All three nurses squealed and turned around. A grinning man was standing over them, dressed in a casual suit with a coat on his arm.
"Dr. Baker" They said simultaneously.
"I just dropped to say good-bye to everyone. You probably know where I'm going." He said and smiled knowingly.
"I'll see you around someday again. You'll come to visit Lory? Your mother has the address, but I doubt you will have a hard time finding the doctor in Godric's Hollow, as there will be only one." He turned away and added. "I heard they were looking for someone to replace old Mrs. Marigold. I think they would be glad to get someone with the right experience."He winked and walked away, grinning.
An hour later he was sitting with his wife in a small dusty office, only steps away from having a little child of their own. The social worker prattled on and on about what they should have in mind. He already knew all of it. She said the same things every time they came here. At first she had been sceptical on having them adopt at their age, but suddenly she had changed her mind and claimed she would do everything in her power to get them a child. Her efforts had paid off, now all they had to do was sign a few papers and the child would be theirs to take home. It was a sooner than he had expected, but he was glad. No doubt the old doctor didn't mind if they came a few weeks early. Suddenly a thing Eva, the social worker, said caught his attention. A name. They couldn't go on calling him lad and little. He turned to his wife.
"Sue, what are we going to call him? I just didn't think of that."
His wife smiled warmly.
"I know you didn't, so I took the liberty and found a name for him. How about Brandon? It's a pretty name don't you think, and I always wanted to give that name to my child."
Jacob nodded, then turned to Eva, who was watching them, smiling.
"Alright then. I will put that name down then. You just sign here, and here, and then there. I'm going to call the children's home, and tell them you will be coming to fetch him later today." She stood up and walked out of the office. Jacob nodded and smiled at his wife, who was diligently signing her name on papers after he handed them to her. When she was finished she stacked them neatly and put them on the middle of Eva's desk and turned to him, beaming.
"We are finally going to have a child. Who's going to grow up in a healthy environment and be happy. A little child." She whispered and her eyes shone as tears started to trickle down her cheeks.
He swept her in a hug and held her close. He shared her feelings, he wanted to weep as well. How long they had waited, and now it was finally happening. They straightened themselves out as Eve came bustling back into the room. She smiled and gathered the papers up in her arms.
"This seems all in order. Here, I'll write down the address and you can go and fetch little Brandon immediately. Congratulations." Eve's smiled widened even more, and she looked triumphant.
Jacob returned her smile.
"Thank you, you don't know how much this means to us."
Eve just smiled more, and after making some small talk, the Bakers left her office. Just when they closed the door they heard a phone ring and someone answer.
"Yes Annalise, they just left. Dinner with you and Abe tonight? Of course, wouldn't miss a chance to meet my sister and her most adorable son."
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They had both been silent on the drive to the children's home. They were hesitant in their anticipation when they walked through the yellow front doors of the orphanage. They stood in the hallway for a little while, not sure on where to go. Their dilemma was quickly solved when a young woman in torn jeans came walking.
"Hello there. You must be the Bakers, right? I'm Alice, nice to meet you." She held her hand out to them and they shook it.
"I've just spoken with the social worker, and everything is in order. Just come with me and you can get your child." She smiled genially and turned to walk up some stairs. They followed her, and finally stopped outside a large blue door with a flying bird painted on it.
"This is the room, he's alone now. Everything has been taken care off, you can go home with him when you want. Best wishes." The girl scooted off, and left them alone.
"Sue, you go first." Jacob said to his wife, who nodded and opened the door slowly.
The room was painted in a warm yellow, and there were three beds in there. Some toys were neatly stacked in the corner. Jacob felt his heart tighten as he saw the, no his little boy sitting on the edge on one of the beds, watching them with large eyes.
"Hello" he whispered. "Alice said I was going to get a new mommy and daddy today. Are you my mommy and daddy now?"
Sue sniffled and bent down to hug the child.
"Yes. If you want us to be, we will be your new mommy and daddy." She said to the wide-eyed child.
"I don't have to stay here then? The kids don't like me. The boys who sleep here say I should go away." He said dejectedly.
"No, we are going to live in a beautiful house, and you can have your own room, and make new friends, and everyone will like you." Sue said and held him closer.
The boy smiled happily at the thought.
"Me and Sue, your mommy, wanted to give you a name, as you don't have one anymore." Jacob said as he bent down to be on eye-level with the child.
"But I already have a name." He said and frowned. "Allan and Jack said my name was jackass. They are the boys who sleep here." He explained.
"That's not a name. It's a bad thing to say." Jacob told him.
"Oh, what did you want to be my name?"
"Me and mommy were thinking Brandon. Do you like it?"
"Brandon... I want my name to be like yours too."
"You mean Baker?" He nodded eagerly. "All right. Let's go home then Brandon Baker." Jacob said and hugged his wife and son.
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Quite hurried, but things will hopefully start going up soon. Next chapter the will go home, hopefully up soon, or I won't have the time, as I'm starting exams may 3rd , I think I'll try to study some. Then the school will be finished, and some partying will have to be done, so maybe three weeks... I'll try to make the next chapter extra long.
Thanks for the name suggestions Launigsiae and Siripiritus, I'm still not sure on the name, but we'll come up with something. Thanks Morgana and Quacjen and Unzum (I'll take you up on your offer for the next, 'k).