Finally getting two free seconds to herself, Lu looked at her watch. It was about 6:00 in the morning. She'd been awake and treating patients for almost 24 hours now. She went to check on Andy.
When she got to the door, she opened it quietly in case Andy was still asleep. There, on Andy's bed, were Andy and Lana. Andy was asleep with her head in Lana's lap and Lana was stroking Andy's hair in a motherly kind of way.
Not wanting to interrupt, Lu tried to slip back out and close the door.
"Hey Lu." Lana didn't even have to look up to know Lu was in the doorway.
Caught, Lu walked into the room and closed the door. "Hey Lana. How is she?"
Lana's eyes glossed over as she looked down at Andy. "The poor thing cried herself to sleep after an hour."
A pained look crossed Lu's face as she realized what a toll this was taking on Andy. Lu decided to bring up the rape kit. "We should probably do a rape kit on her really soon if we expect to find any evidence."
Lana just nodded as if she'd been thinking about the same thing. "I'll wake her up." Lu nodded and left to find a rape counselor to be in the room when Lu performed the exam.
After finishing the exam, Lu went to file a police report. After doing that, she went back to see how Andy was holding up.
"Jessie, I'm sure Lizzy didn't mean to-"
Lu pushed the door open and heard Andy's voice.
"Look Jessie, I'll buy you a new one when you come back. I understand- I can't do anything right now Jess, I'm sorry." Andy sighed and turned her cell phone off.
"What's wrong with Jessie?" Andy jumped at Lu's voice. Apparently she had no idea that she'd been standing there. "Sorry."
"It's okay." Andy put her hand on her forehead. Lu had prescribed her some painkillers so that she was able to sit up without all the pain. Right now her upper body was propped up on a bunch of pillows.
"How are you holding up?" Lu leaned against the wall, keeping her distance from Andy so as not to make her uncomfortable.
"I'm just great." Andy said, sarcasm dripping off every word.
"Anything I can do for you?"
"No." Andy ran her fingers through her hair. "Unless you can turn back time."
"Sorry." Lu stood next to Andy's bed. "That's not one of my superpowers."
Andy didn't even bother to smile at Lu's joke.
"Andy," Lu sat down in a chair next to the bed, "you know I'm here for you right? If you want to talk or something…"
"Yeah." Andy looked at her. "I know."
Feeling a little put off, Lu changed the subject. "I filed a police report. They should be coming soon to talk to you."
"Okay."
Since Lu got the impression of a cold shoulder, which she took no offense to giving Andy's situation, and she decided to leave.
"Lu?" Andy sat up straight.
"Yeah?" Lu turned around.
"I'm sorry." Tears brimmed at the corner of her eyes. "I don't mean to be so rude, I just…"
"No Andy." Lu dismissed the thought with a wave of her hand. She headed back towards Andy. "Believe me, I understand completely."
Andy gave Lu a puzzled look. "Are you saying that you were-"
"Raped," Lu said as-a-matter-of-factly. "See," she smiled, "you're not so special." She gave a small smile.
"I guess not." Andy studied Lu.
"What?"
"Who was it?"
"The newly appointed chief surgeon here."
"When was it?"
"A couple years before you came here."
"Oh."
"Why?"
"You just don't look like it affected you at all."
"Believe me, it did. I'm just now starting to get over it."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I remember the first couple days afterwards, it was interesting."
"What'd you do?"
"I spray painted 'rapist' on the guy's big expensive car, I made a huge scene in front of the waiting room, I nearly lost my job, and I almost moved out of my crappy apartment into another crappy apartment the next building over."
"Sounds pretty Lu-ish." Lu laughed while Andy smiled for the first time that night.
