Rape Kit

Lu has been working longer hours at the clinic and trying to

get lost in her work so living in Rapeland won't be so extreme.

When Lu goes to see Marska she surprises Corina by asking

Corina to join her. Dana is trying to cope with her demanding

work load as well as not know where she stands with Nick.

--Dana's place--

(She is listening to Faith Evans and thinking.)

Intro - Chorus
Is it too soon to love you
Why do I believe it's perfect
Could it be I'm scared to take a chance
Think that we are moving too fast
And I don't know where we stand (I don't know where we stand)

Faith
Today you said some things to me
That made it plain for me to see
And now I do believe
That there's a chance for you and me
Elated I would be
If it became reality
I'll put away my fears
Cause only fait brought us here

Chorus
Is it too soon to love you
When i just meet you the other day
Why do believe it's perfect
Enspired by all the things you say
Could it be I'm scared to take a chance
Think that we are moving fast
And I don't know where we stand (I don't know where we stand)

Faith
It's just a few days but I'm open wide
Or maybe I should take my time
I think where moving fast but I want you bad
My mind is telling me one thing
But my body says another
I wanna be your lover

Chorus
Is it too soon to love you
When I just met you the other day
Why do I believe it's perfect

Enspired by all the things you say
Could it be I'm scared to take a chance
Think that we are moving to fast
And I don't know where we stand (I don't know where we stand)

Faith
It's hard to figure out
In the back of my mind there's so much doubt
Why do I look for clues
When there's no reason to question you
It's only natural
I Just gotta wait and see
Will we ever be
Will we ever be

Chorus
Tell me if it's too soon to love
When i just met you the other day
Could it be that I'm scared to take a chance
Deep inside I don't know where we stand

Is it too soon to love you
When I just met you the other day
Why do I believe it's perfect
Enspired by all the things you say
Could it be I'm scared to take a chance
Think that we are moving fast
And I don't know where we stand (I don't know where we stand)
Is it too soon to love you
Why do I believe it's perfect
Could it be I'm scared to take a chance
And I don't know where we stand (I don't know where we stand)

(Dana's phone message on Nick's machine)

"Nick it's Dana I was just calling you to say don't call me, don't page me, don't write me, don't try to talk to me at work,

you made your choice so live with it I still love you, but I'm done with you. You quit on me, you quit on us.

So what do you expect me to do Nick? I have to go, good bye Nick."

(Dana writes a letter to Nick)

Dear Nick,

Since your not around for me to tell you face to face

I'm writing you this letter and this is what I have to say.

Who do you think you are? In one breath you tell me

you love me, you want to marry me, you don't want

kids though; and in the same breath you are messing

around behind my back with one of my best friends.

Why did you think you had to lie? You should of told

me Nick if you thought things weren't working out.

Instead you lied to me and played with my emotions.

So I'm sitting here at heartbreak hotel incarnet. All I

really wanted was some of your time. Now I don't want

anything from you Nick. Don't try to contact me there's

nothing to say because it's to late. Don't worry about

me I'm no longer any of your concern and I have Lu,

Lana, and Peter to watch out for me. She was my

best friend Nick why? I can't believe it. How could you?

Why Nick? Why? Good bye Nick, have a nice life.

Dana

--Dana calls Peter and invites him over so she can talk to him.--

"Thanks for coming over so late Peter."

"What's wrong Dana?"

"When Nick and I went to the concert with Lu and Mickey something happened."

"Oh my goodness what happened Dana? Are you okay?"

"I will be, Nick was messing around my one of my now ex best friends."

"Wait til I see him tomorrow."

"Peter just stay out of it I know you and Nick are sort of friends."

"Not now we're not."

"Peter would you stay the rest of the night with me?"

"Sure."

-- Lu's apartment--

"Marc are you going to your dad's tomorrow?"

"I don't know I want to hang out with Mickey."

"Not your mom huh?"

"Well..."

"I was kidding Marc."

(Mickey comes in the living room from the kitchen)

"I'll make us some stir fry for supper if that's okay?"

"Sure I just want food."

"Yeah Mic stir fry sounds good."

"Another late supper."

"Stir fry doesn't take long mom it's fine."

"Mickey I got that Tyrese cd for you, the one with Lately."

"Shh... you know that's your mom's favorite song Marc."

"Marc go get a quick shower after supper you need to get to bed."

"Okay mom."

-- The next day at the RWHC--

"Lana go check on Dana for me, just me the up date huh?"

"Yeah."

"Lu, can I talk to you in your office for a sec?"

"What's up?"

"I know what's going on with Dana but if I tell you you have to swear I didn't."

"Tell me already."

"She's having problems with Nick."

"Still? He needs to leave her alone."

"I'm going to talk to him if he doesn't."

"Me too."

(Lana walks in Dana's office)

"Good morning!"

"Hi there Lana!"

"Everything okay this morning?"

"Yeah fine."

"Alright."

-- Things are slow, just paper work until two hours later in Lu's exam room.--

"Hi I'm Lu!"

"Janeal Smalls."

"What brought you in here this morning Janeal?"

"Wanted to switch doctors is all, I need to talk to you about that."

"Oh, what?"

"I moved here, I can't say from where Lu."

"Alright, well is anything physically bothering you? Or do you just need a new doc and someone to talk too?"

"Both."

"Let's see what's going on with ya phsically and meanwhile talk to me."

"I just needed a change, a new place to start over. Lu about three years ago I was sexually assaulted."

"You don't have to explain anything to me Janeal, don't say anything you don't wanna say okay?"

"Well you are my doctor so you needed to know."

"Looks to me like you have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and RTS (rape trauma syndrome)."

"Huh?"

"Don't worry it's something I can give you meds for, but I would like you to talk to Lana my receptionist. If you want."

"Thanks yeah I can't afford a therapist Lu I'll see her on the way out."

"Also I have free counseling that I do."

"Okay."

"It's free and it's here at the clinic. You can come on saturday morning around ten oclock."

"I'll be here."

"No one ever told you what was going on with you before Janeal?"

"Nope, she even knew what was going on too."

"I'll take care of you okay."

"Thanks Lu."

PAGING DOCTOR STOWE AND DOCTOR DELGADO TO THE ER , DOCTOR STOWE DOCTOR DELGADO ER STAT

-- ER --

(Lu) "What do we have?"

(Paramedics) "Domestic violence case mother beaten up, raped. Toddlers cuts and bruises."

(Paramedics) "Female, hispanic, early twenties, suggested broken ribs."

(Dana) "Children?"

(Paramedics) "Age around eighteen months and three years old."

(Dana) "Any identification on the vics?"

(Lu) "No need they are my patients Candee Price and her children Faithlynn and Julia."

"Lu I'll get the kids cleaned up if you want to take Candee."

"Yeah."

"Dana are you sure your okay?"

"Fine I just need some air."

"I can get someone else to take care of the kids if you need to go?"

"Yeah I better, I'll come by your place later."

--The clinic after hours--

(A mother and older sister bring the little girl in for a treatment, she has CF cystic fibrosis.)

"Please help, someone get help!" (Claire, mother)

"Lu someone please get Lu!" (Aisha, older daughter)

"What's wrong Claire, Aisha?"

"It's Natalie Lu, she's having a bad spell again."

"I need to examine her, Nat, Nat, Nat..."

"Unresponsive, female, twelve years old, african american, names Natalie."

"Okay Lu lets get her on a breathing machine and then a treatment, we'll see how she's doing after that."

"Lu..."

"Claire you can come up but take Aisha to the-"

"No Lu I want to be with my sister."

"Okay, right, sure, fine. Let's roll."

"Natalie can you hear me? Look if you can hear me I need you open your eyes. Can you open your eyes for me Nat?"

"She opened her eyes, that's a good sign Claire."

"Oh, thank God."

"Mama is Nat going to be okay?"

"I don't know sweetheart, I don't know."

(Five hours later)

"Claire I have Natalie stable, she's resting you can stay with her but don't wake her."

"Of course not Lu my baby needs her sleep."

"I'm going to call it a night, I start my shift in two hours."

"Thanks Lu."

"I'll be in to check on here later I promise."

--Later that morning at the clinic--

"Claire Nat looks better, maybe it was just a bad spell."

"Thank you."

"Let's not get excited I want her to stay here for a few days to see how she's doing."

"Alright."