Rated: PG-13
Description: It's the middle of a humdrum day, in a humdrum week, in a humdrum month in a humdrum year…and something totally unexpected happens.
Chapter 2: Lilly's POVLilly was on her way back from lunch when everyone heard the scream coming from Autopsy 1. She ran to the entrance to the room but a throng of people gathered at the door thwarted her efforts of finding out what the commotion was about. Even worse, Nigel was directly in front of her, making it impossible to get a decent. Finally, she gathered the strength to push Nigel through the door and into the room. Dr. Macy was right behind her being that he's the "Big Chief".
When they entered the room, an unconscious Bug was lying on the floor, spread eagle. On the table, there was this morning's DB, who didn't exactly seem to be dead at this point in time. She was sitting on the table, holding the blanket up with a terrified look on the exquisite looking woman's face.
Of course the men went to assist the woman first without even a second thought towards poor Bug's unconscious body, as they stepped over his limbs. Lilly went over to Bug straight away. He must have passed out when the woman awakened from the dead (any sane person would).
She supported his head with her left hand, while placing a vial of spearmint oil from her purse underneath his nose. After a few seconds of inhaling the scent, he stirred back into consciousness. Bug smiled at Lilly dreamily, but Lilly supposed, it was just due to the fall.
After a few minutes of keeping Bug comfortable, Woody entered the morgue with an entourage of EMTs. Lilly was sure that five ambulances weren't needed for a possible concussion and whatever was wrong with the young lady.
As they were loading Bug onto the ambulance, Lilly's watch beeped with the signal that her shift was over. Being that she had no other pressing engagements, Lilly decided it would be polite to visit him and wish him well now that their date would apparently have to be canceled.
The nurse at the front desk directed Lilly to Bug's room on level five after trying to pronounce his last name for about 10 minutes. Being that the elevator was broken, it was quite a chore to walk up that many flights of stairs and Lilly wondered how they got the stretchers up this many stairs.
When Lilly arrived at Bug's room that more directly resembled a utility closet due to the crampdness and lack of windows. What even perplexed Lilly more, was the fact that Bug wasn't even in his room! That was strange, his bed looked as if it hadn't even been touched. Lilly went looking for him in the ward.
She finally found him five rooms later talking to a woman. "Wait a minute", Lilly thought. Bug was sitting at the end of the former DB's bed. They looked cozy together, so Lilly didn't want to bother them.
Of course Lilly was hurt, but she wasn't surprised. "What would any attractive guy with a doctorate want with a lowly grief councilor. She meant to tiptoe out of the hallway without getting of Bug's attention in the process, but she spun around and walked straight into a defibrillator. Lilly heard Bug exiting the room to see what the commotion was, so she sprinted out of the hospital and back to her car.
She felt too downhearted to start her car and pull out of the parking lot, so she just sat in her car with her head on the wheel, sobbing noisily. Her sobs were broken though, at the sound of a delicate knocking at the passenger side window. It took a few moments for Lilly to comprehend that it was Bug supplying the sound.
Against her better judgement, Lilly reached over and unlocked the car door. Bug entered the car and rested a pithy hand on the back of Lily's trembling head. She tried to control her crying, but it was arduous. "Why were you skulking around up there?" Bug asked.
Lilly's mood turned from sadness to fury literally instantly. She turned her head in his direction, but rather than screeching at him, she realized that he really hadn't done anything wrong. Him asking her out for drinks after work hadn't designated them as a couple. "I thought you may have had a concussion, so I wanted to check how you were doing…" she said calmly. She was dying to tell him the whole reason why she ran, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.
"Yeah, they want to keep me overnight for observation and Miss. Yaunovitch was only a couple of rooms down and I wanted to know how someone could be perceived dead for 36 hours, then spontaneously come back to life", he explained. This was little comfort for Lilly, being it was obvious to her that he had feelings for Miss. Yaunovitch.
Then it dawned on Bug. "Lilly, I wasn't flirting with her if that's what you mean, I like you", he said by putting emphasis on the last word. "I just was curious, that's all", he added. Lilly wasn't sure why she had over reacted like that.
"Bug, its not your fault, there must be something wrong with my hormones, we're just friends, there was no logic in my outburst", Lilly said, hoping she didn't scare him away.
"Well, hopefully one day soon, we'll be more than just friends", he reassured her by placing a hand on her left shoulder and pulling her closer. She rested peacefully with her head on his shoulder, inhaling his scent of Old Spice and sweat when it dawned on her.
"Bug, aren't you supposed to be IN the hospital?" she asked more as a reminder, than a question. He looked at his watch, then planted a soft kiss on the top of her hand, before bounding out the door and dashed off back into the hospital.
Lilly was left by herself, in the car, but now in a much content mood.
Tbc- Well, I hoped you all liked this chapter. I'm sorry if it was hard to follow due to the fact that this chapter was taken in Lilly's point of view. I hadn't decided to do my story this way until after I was finished the first chapter, and posted it. I'm sorry if it was hard to follow. Well, I hope you liked this chapter, and stay tuned for the next.