Later, at the hospital. Margaret is laying in a hospital bed. She has tears leaking out the sides of her eyes.
Winters: Hey, Larson, you okay?
Larson: I'm doing okay, sir.
Winters: You took quite a hit.
Larson: Yeah...
Doc: Winters, can I talk to you for a minute in private?
Winters: Sure Doc.
They go over to the side. Caroline sees them talking and they both keep glancing back over at Larson. She starts getting worried.
Doc: She's got blood poisoning too. People don't usually make it through that.
Meanwhile, Luz & Bull come over to see Larson.
Luz: Hey, how ya doin'?
Larson: I'm doin' okay.
Luz: Well, hang in there. You got hit pretty bad...
Bull: Come on, George. You're probably scarin' the shit outta her...
Luz: I'm just tryin' ta help... Listen, Larson, thanks for takin' the hit. Everyone here thinks you're a hero since you blew up that Tiger when you were shooting...
Larson: I appreciate it.
Luz: Well, hang in there.
Larson: Thanks, George.
Back to the Doc/Winters conversation...
Winters: So what are we gonna do?
Doc: Well, we can do a lot a things. We can ship her bag to England, where she has no family, and hope she recovers in that piece of shit they call a hospital. Or we can keep her here since we're not movin' out for a few days and hope she makes it...
Winters: I think we should keep her here.
Doc: You sure, sir?
Winters: Yes. She's a tough girl, I think she can make it through this.
Doc: Okay, sir.
Caroline goes over to see Blithe.
Leevy: Hey Blithe. How ya doin?
He obviously can't respond to any of her questions, but he just stares straight ahead. She knows he can hear her, though.
Leevy: You took quite a hit. You glad to be going home?
She pauses after each statement.
Leevy: I want to tell you something.
She takes his hand in hers.
Leevy: Ever since I first saw you in London...I started to like you. At first it was just a childish crush...but after all we've been through, it developed into something deeper.
Blithe squeezed her hand so she knows he understands. She begins to cry and then she lays her head down on him. He rubs her hand with his fingers.
Back to Doc/Winters. Luz comes up to Doc.
Luz: So, hey Doc, you gonna send her home?
Doc: Apparently not.
Luz: Who the hell said that?
Doc: Winters said we're gonna keep her here and hope she gets better. Otherwise send her back to that piece of shit over there they call a hospital.
Luz: Well, don't she got family back home?
Doc: No. Neither do Leevy or Cartwright.
Luz: Oh...God...
Later Luz decides to talk to Leevy because she seemed the strongest out of the three.
Luz: Hey, Leevy, can I talk to you 'bout somethin'?
Leevy: Uh...sure, Luz. Whattaya wanna talk about?
Luz: Um...Doc told me earlier 'bout your situation. Not havin' parents an' all.
Leevy: Yeah. Me and Anne and Maggie, plus Olivia sniff used to live in an orphanage in London. One hell of a place that was. Hundred kids crammed into a three family hosue.
Luz: Hell.
Leevy: Talk about it. Anyway, one day Via came home saying she had seen a poster that they needed more nurses at the hospital. We wanted to go somewhere. Anywhere but where we were.
Luz: So you volunteered to work at the hospital. So, where's Olivia then?
Leevy: she starts crying Two weeks ago, me and Anne and Maggie and Via were out walking around when the sirens went off. We all ran for cover...and she was right there... by this point she is crying so much she can't contain herself or speak
Luz: My God, I'm sorry.
Leevy: What am I gonna do, though? My best friend is probably going to die, my other best friend is dead, and my other best friend just got shot in the neck by a freakin' sniper!
Luz and Leevy embrace.
Luz: I'm sure everything's gonna turn out just fine...
He pats her back.
Leevy: I always try to be strong because Anne and Maggie always needed my support...and now I have nobody to be strong for. Not even myself.
Luz: They're gonna make it through this, okay? Olivia's in a better place now. Maggie and Blithe are strong, they're gonna make it, too.
Caroline sniffs and nods.
Luz: Believe me when I say everything's gonna be okay, alright?
She nods again.
Luz: You gonna be okay?
She nods again.
Luz: Let's get you to bed. You've had a long day.
At this point she starts to like him. She liked him earlier for his humor, now for his sympathy, regret, kindness and understanding.
Nick, if you read this, I would like to say the same for you.