Chapter 18: Dreams Are What The Soul Is Made Of
When Sue arrived the rest of the team was sitting doing paperwork, or more accurately, staring at the paperwork on their desks wishing that it would just burst into flames and disappear. Their greetings were friendly and showed their boredom. They spent at least half an hour supposedly greeting her with chit chat about the weather, Jack, Tara's new fuzzy pen, Myles' flowers, and, believe it or not, even nail polish. The day couldn't have gone any slower. Lucy got a call just about quitting time, telling her that Jack had been moved into a regular room. When they finally got off work they all headed straight to the hospital. When they got off at Jack's new floor, they ran into Jack's doctor.
"Jack's doing much better now." He said, making it obvious that he was talking to anyone but Sue, even though she knew what he was saying. Then he turned to her. "I'm sure that Mr. Hudson will be very glad to see you." He used the same tone and exaggerated slowness that he had before. Before they could do anything, Sue grabbed both Bobby and Dimitrius by the arm and started pulling them towards Jack's room. They had no choice but to follow.
"Myles." She called warningly over her shoulder as she dragged a rather peeved Bobby and disgusted Dimitrius off. Myles was planning on ignoring her, but both Tara and Lucy grabbed him and forced him down the hall too. The meeting with Jack was one filled with relief, but quite a bit of tension. When they finally left, after being kicked out by a nurse, they all headed home to get a good nights rest before another day.
Sue lay in her bed for a while, thinking about the day. She had been on an emotional roller coaster the last few days and would be glad when it was over. She tried to keep her mind off the thoughts of what she might have been doing now if Jack hadn't revived. She fell into a fitful sleep, filled with a jumble of images. The only ones that would remain in the morning were those of Jack. She vowed that she'd tell him how she felt about him when she went to see him.
Bobby lay in his bed, thinking about that doctor and how much he'd love to just smash his face in and give him a true piece of his mind. He knew that there was no way that he'd get away with that though, so he just tried to come up with a plan about how to get to the hospital without Sue stopping them. He finally fell asleep and dreamed about using the doctor as a punching bag. Strangely enough, in his dream, the doctor was actually in the shape of a punching bag.
Levi on the other hand fell asleep almost immediately and dreamed normal happy doggie dreams, glad that Sue was back with him where she belonged.