Chapter Five: The Day
Before
Its been a quiet two days since the Monday that Amy first came in. Well here it is Thursday afternoon thought Belinda. So far Landon had not talked about her much since that day. They talked about everything but her, Part of it was her fault because she still felt uncomfortable with it.
One thing that really bothered her was the fact that even after Landon had found about Amy he still insisted that he wanted her here. She thought that Landon would change his mind about having her here but he didnt and she began to think of the reasons why, none of which were very pleasant to her.
What was he thinking thought Belinda, I mean I've been pretty much out of it since that day I saw her but Landon acts as if its nothing to him. Could it be that hes attracted to her. She thought it could be a possibility but it would be for all the wrong reasons.
Well enough about Landon and Amy thought Belinda she had other things to think about, her patients for example and she had a very important appointment to keep. Ever since her early days at medical school she made it a practice of spending one day a week for at least an hour doing something very important.
She stood outside a door and braced herself for what was about to happen. She took a deep breathe and opened the door to a childrens playroom. Inside were seven children playing. When she went to the childrens playroom she was there not as a doctor but as a friend and just played with them, it helped form a trusting bond with the children she treated. It reminded her that the patients she was treating were still children.
As soon as the children saw her they all walked up to her as she hugged each and everyone of them. The last one she hugged was a little girl about seven years old.named Melanie. She had the disease longer than the others and her prognosis was not good. In fact she was to meet with her parents later on friday when she got the final test results from the lab back but She already knew, knew what the test results would show. As she hugged her Belinda held her tightly her eyes closed feeling a immense sadness engulfing her as she knew she could not save her.
As they stopped hugging each other Belinda asked " So how it going Melanie, Are you doing allright? " Im doing fine" she said " Come look what I drew for you " she said half pulling her to the art table. On the table sat a drawing of a little girl holding the hand of a woman with a doctors stethoscope encircled by a heart. " Do you like it " asked Melanie. " I Love it, Thank you so much I will aways cherish it " she said.
Turning her attention to the other children she said " How would you like me to read you all a story? " " Yes " they all said in unison. "Okay then" As she went to a chair and sat down as the children gathered around her.
As she sat there reading to them she saw Landon watching her from the window, something he had never done before She purposely avoided looking directly at him as she wondered what was he doing here. As she glanced sideways at him he had an amused look on his face and he was actually smiling at her as he watched.
For some reason the sight of Landon smiling at here made her feel kind of flustered and she felt like she was blushing. Knock it off Belinda she thought to herself your not in high school anymore hoping Landon didn't notice.
Still the sight of Landon smiling at her made her feel special, almost like he was proud of her in all that she accomplished and Belinda was proud of Landon too. For some reason she thought back to when she first noticed Landon Carter and realized she wanted him. Of course that was all in the past she thought.
Things were different between them, they were the best of friends. They had been through college together, medical school, internship and residency, then setting up this medical practice. They went through god times, bad times but she, Landon and Eric had always been there for each other.
She wondered what her life would have been like if she had not known Landon and through him getting to know Jamie better.
Its been a quiet two days since the Monday that Amy first came in. Well here it is Thursday afternoon thought Belinda. So far Landon had not talked about her much since that day. They talked about everything but her, Part of it was her fault because she still felt uncomfortable with it.
One thing that really bothered her was the fact that even after Landon had found about Amy he still insisted that he wanted her here. She thought that Landon would change his mind about having her here but he didnt and she began to think of the reasons why, none of which were very pleasant to her.
What was he thinking thought Belinda, I mean I've been pretty much out of it since that day I saw her but Landon acts as if its nothing to him. Could it be that hes attracted to her. She thought it could be a possibility but it would be for all the wrong reasons.
Well enough about Landon and Amy thought Belinda she had other things to think about, her patients for example and she had a very important appointment to keep. Ever since her early days at medical school she made it a practice of spending one day a week for at least an hour doing something very important.
She stood outside a door and braced herself for what was about to happen. She took a deep breathe and opened the door to a childrens playroom. Inside were seven children playing. When she went to the childrens playroom she was there not as a doctor but as a friend and just played with them, it helped form a trusting bond with the children she treated. It reminded her that the patients she was treating were still children.
As soon as the children saw her they all walked up to her as she hugged each and everyone of them. The last one she hugged was a little girl about seven years old.named Melanie. She had the disease longer than the others and her prognosis was not good. In fact she was to meet with her parents later on friday when she got the final test results from the lab back but She already knew, knew what the test results would show. As she hugged her Belinda held her tightly her eyes closed feeling a immense sadness engulfing her as she knew she could not save her.
As they stopped hugging each other Belinda asked " So how it going Melanie, Are you doing allright? " Im doing fine" she said " Come look what I drew for you " she said half pulling her to the art table. On the table sat a drawing of a little girl holding the hand of a woman with a doctors stethoscope encircled by a heart. " Do you like it " asked Melanie. " I Love it, Thank you so much I will aways cherish it " she said.
Turning her attention to the other children she said " How would you like me to read you all a story? " " Yes " they all said in unison. "Okay then" As she went to a chair and sat down as the children gathered around her.
As she sat there reading to them she saw Landon watching her from the window, something he had never done before She purposely avoided looking directly at him as she wondered what was he doing here. As she glanced sideways at him he had an amused look on his face and he was actually smiling at her as he watched.
For some reason the sight of Landon smiling at here made her feel kind of flustered and she felt like she was blushing. Knock it off Belinda she thought to herself your not in high school anymore hoping Landon didn't notice.
Still the sight of Landon smiling at her made her feel special, almost like he was proud of her in all that she accomplished and Belinda was proud of Landon too. For some reason she thought back to when she first noticed Landon Carter and realized she wanted him. Of course that was all in the past she thought.
Things were different between them, they were the best of friends. They had been through college together, medical school, internship and residency, then setting up this medical practice. They went through god times, bad times but she, Landon and Eric had always been there for each other.
She wondered what her life would have been like if she had not known Landon and through him getting to know Jamie better.
