As the night drones on, Victoria stares out the window, thinking. She's still doing that when Steven enters to pick her up, "Victoria!"
She's startled but slowly turns around, "How are you, Stevie?"
Brian is still out of it, "Hey!"
"That's Brian."
"I see." Steven smiles over at him. "How are you?"
"Oh fine." He smiles stupidly.
"And Chris is over there." Victoria points over to the pouting, stubborn Jericho.
"Have we met?" Steven smirks.
"Get bent."
"How charming." Steven tries not to laugh.
Brian turns on the TV, "I'm fine, everybody's fine!" A family sitcom plays in the background.
Victoria hesitates and turns from Brian watching TV, "I'm... not alright, Steven."
"The doctor said you're fine, Vic. I'll take care of you." He hugs her. "Poor girl."
"There's something I've been meaning to tell you." As soon as Victoria speaks up, Brian and Chris whirl around. Brian turns off the tv.
"What is it?" Steven asks, concerned.
"My sister's not pregnant."
"Oh." Steven doesn't know what to say. "That's a shame."
"And my stomach problems...." Victoria hesitates and Steven feels his rising. "Weren't from food poisoning."
"So you weren't here getting your stomach pumped..."
"Right." Victoria looks up at him, he knows. "I had an abortion." Chris and Brian are frozen watching this soap opera dramatic scene. Brian eats some popcorn as Chris is zoned out into it. Victoria looks up. "I'm sorry Steven."
Steven is silent for a moment, "Oh, Victoria." He hugs her tightly and she tries not to cry. "It's ok, it's really alright."
"I'm just sorry I didn't tell you."
"No, I understand." Steven looks at her in her eyes. "Victoria, I love you. I want you to be able to trust me with these things. Do you understand?" Victoria sniffs and nods. "There you go. Now come on, let's get you outta here."
"Ok." Victoria gets out of the bed, wearing her street cloths. Steven gets her bag and leaves. Victoria follows but turns back to see Chris and Brian still staring. "Thanks you guys."
The boys snap out of the daze and Chris looks up at her, "Are you sure you're ready to leave?"
"Yea. I think I'm ready to return to house shows with Steven."
"You don't have to."
"I have to."
"Can't you stay?" Brian asks.
"I can't. Steven needs me." Victoria looks over at Chris. "I'll see you Monday then, hu."
They exchange an understanding look, "Wait, I'd like to give you something."
"No, please." Victoria smiles as he stands up. "It's not that jar that they put your...."
"No, no!" Chris laughs. "I pray to god they throw it out down a garbage disposal." Chris smiles and speaks softly. "Here." He kisses her gently on the cheek. "To remember me by." She blushes.
"But we'll see each other in the waiting room, won't we? It's always such a long wait."
"Isn't it?" Brian smirks, he is standing, he hugs her, she returns it.
Chris sighs, "It's a long wait, yea." He looks up at her.
"Victoria!" Steven's voice is heard from down the hall.
"Coming!" She turns back to the boys and smiles. "Wait for me." They nod.
Victoria turns and leaves. Brian and Chris stand there and then turn to each other. Brian smiles and extends his hand. Chris pauses for a moment but then grins, they shake hands and hold tight. An orderly comes into clean Victoria's bed to ready it for the next time. Danielle enters the room and smiles. Chris and Brian nod as she goes to continue their rounds. They return to their beds and lie back down as midnight ensues. Chris coughed quietly into his sheets as Brian resumed watching TV.
She's startled but slowly turns around, "How are you, Stevie?"
Brian is still out of it, "Hey!"
"That's Brian."
"I see." Steven smiles over at him. "How are you?"
"Oh fine." He smiles stupidly.
"And Chris is over there." Victoria points over to the pouting, stubborn Jericho.
"Have we met?" Steven smirks.
"Get bent."
"How charming." Steven tries not to laugh.
Brian turns on the TV, "I'm fine, everybody's fine!" A family sitcom plays in the background.
Victoria hesitates and turns from Brian watching TV, "I'm... not alright, Steven."
"The doctor said you're fine, Vic. I'll take care of you." He hugs her. "Poor girl."
"There's something I've been meaning to tell you." As soon as Victoria speaks up, Brian and Chris whirl around. Brian turns off the tv.
"What is it?" Steven asks, concerned.
"My sister's not pregnant."
"Oh." Steven doesn't know what to say. "That's a shame."
"And my stomach problems...." Victoria hesitates and Steven feels his rising. "Weren't from food poisoning."
"So you weren't here getting your stomach pumped..."
"Right." Victoria looks up at him, he knows. "I had an abortion." Chris and Brian are frozen watching this soap opera dramatic scene. Brian eats some popcorn as Chris is zoned out into it. Victoria looks up. "I'm sorry Steven."
Steven is silent for a moment, "Oh, Victoria." He hugs her tightly and she tries not to cry. "It's ok, it's really alright."
"I'm just sorry I didn't tell you."
"No, I understand." Steven looks at her in her eyes. "Victoria, I love you. I want you to be able to trust me with these things. Do you understand?" Victoria sniffs and nods. "There you go. Now come on, let's get you outta here."
"Ok." Victoria gets out of the bed, wearing her street cloths. Steven gets her bag and leaves. Victoria follows but turns back to see Chris and Brian still staring. "Thanks you guys."
The boys snap out of the daze and Chris looks up at her, "Are you sure you're ready to leave?"
"Yea. I think I'm ready to return to house shows with Steven."
"You don't have to."
"I have to."
"Can't you stay?" Brian asks.
"I can't. Steven needs me." Victoria looks over at Chris. "I'll see you Monday then, hu."
They exchange an understanding look, "Wait, I'd like to give you something."
"No, please." Victoria smiles as he stands up. "It's not that jar that they put your...."
"No, no!" Chris laughs. "I pray to god they throw it out down a garbage disposal." Chris smiles and speaks softly. "Here." He kisses her gently on the cheek. "To remember me by." She blushes.
"But we'll see each other in the waiting room, won't we? It's always such a long wait."
"Isn't it?" Brian smirks, he is standing, he hugs her, she returns it.
Chris sighs, "It's a long wait, yea." He looks up at her.
"Victoria!" Steven's voice is heard from down the hall.
"Coming!" She turns back to the boys and smiles. "Wait for me." They nod.
Victoria turns and leaves. Brian and Chris stand there and then turn to each other. Brian smiles and extends his hand. Chris pauses for a moment but then grins, they shake hands and hold tight. An orderly comes into clean Victoria's bed to ready it for the next time. Danielle enters the room and smiles. Chris and Brian nod as she goes to continue their rounds. They return to their beds and lie back down as midnight ensues. Chris coughed quietly into his sheets as Brian resumed watching TV.