Uncle Lester's Princess
By jerseygirlinoxford (sue)
This is a follow up to Daddy's Little Girl. And this is written for Kym because she needs a little happy right now. This is a Gabby story.
Part Three
The ER at St. Francis was hopping. The waiting room was full, and there were two ambulances parked at the entrance. Great, Lester groaned to himself. This was going to be an all-nighter. He didn't mind it for himself; he was more concerned about Gabby. His stomach was in knots listening to her crying softly. It was killing him that she was in pain, and there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it. Getting stuck in Mayor McCheese, getting his hair pulled, and getting his balls stomped on didn't matter. It was all about Gabby right now.
They only had to wait 15 minutes before the triage nurse called them back. "Manoso?" Lester carried her into the little exam room.
"We think she has an ear infection," Lester explained. Gabby nodded in agreement. "Kym told me to give her Motrin. Her temp was 104." The nurse rechecked her temperature. It had come down to 102.
"I'm going to give her some Tylenol now as well. We're very busy tonight, Mr. Manoso…."
"Santos. I'm her uncle," Lester corrected.
"If you'll have a seat in the waiting room, we'll call you back as soon as we can," the triage nurse told them. Shit. If he thought the Booger lady and her mutant kid were bad, the rejects in the waiting room made them look like beauty pageant contestants. Lester just guided her head down on his shoulder and paced the room.
"Les?" He turned around to see Kym in the doorway. Thank God. She smiled and waved them over. "Come on…I held a spot for you." He knew Kym would make sure Gabby was taken care of. Man, he loved this woman.
"Thanks Kym. I don't know what I would have done without your help," Lester told her. She rubbed Gabby's back.
"Hi Gabs," she said softly. "I hear you don't feel good." Gabby nodded.
"I have a tummy ache here," she pitifully replied pointing to her right ear. Kym wiped her tears away.
"I know. We'll make you feel better."
"Her temp is down to 102. The nurse gave her some Tylenol when we got here. Is that safe?" Kym smiled and nodded. She led them to a room at the back of the Pediatric area of the ER. "I guess it pays to know someone here."
"As you can see, we're slammed tonight. I'll have the doctor see her as soon as he's done with his patient." She looked back at Gabby. She reached out to Kym to give her a kiss and a hug.
"I missed you, Kymme." I missed her too, Princess, Lester silently agreed. There was a rocking chair next to the stretcher. Lester scooped Gabby in his arms and got comfortable in the rocker. Kym gave them a finger wave and disappeared. "I love you, Uncle Lester." He kissed her forehead.
"I love you, too, Princess." She sneezed. "God Bless you." There was a box of tissues on the bedside table, and he cleaned her nose.
"Thank you." Maybe it was his imagination, but she seemed to be a little more relaxed. Hopefully, the medicine was kicking in. About thirty minutes later, Gabby was almost back to her normal self. She had a fine sheen of sweat over her body as the fever broke. Lester found a Dr. Seuss book and began to read to her to kill the time.
Exactly one hour after arriving at the ER, a doctor finally came in to see Gabby. He was short, weasely looking, with buck teeth. "I'm Dr. Dick." Gabby gasped and looked up at Lester wide eyed.
"Uncle Lester! His name is a bad word!" Lester worked hard to keep a straight face. The doctor furrowed his brow.
"Uh…she picked up on some….slang. I'm sure you're used to that," Lester tried to explain. The doctor didn't seem to understand.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He looked at the chart. "This is Gabriella Manoso?" Gabby and Lester nodded. "She's here for fever and possible ear infection?" They nodded again. At least I know this dill hole can read. "Has anyone rechecked her temp?"
"Not since we got back here." The doctor got an ear thermometer and jammed it into Gabby's right ear. Gabby cried out and smacked it away.
"OW!" Lester forced himself to remain calm.
"You need to hold her still so I can complete this exam. We're very busy tonight," the doctor sighed.
"You just shoved that in her bad ear, Dick," Lester growled.
"Oh…I'm sorry Abby," he apologized.
"My name is Gabby, Dr Bad Word!" Gabby insisted pointing a finger into his face. Gabby stopped and studied his face. She looked up at Lester. "Uncle Lester….Dr. Bad Word has teeth like Bugs Bunny." The more Lester tried not to laugh, the harder his body shook. "Do you like carrots, Dr. Bad Word? Eh…what's up, Doc?" Then, she started to giggle. That was all it took. Not only was the sound of her laughing music to his ears, but it meant she was feeling better. Thank god for that. It killed him to see her sick.
"Yeah, Princess. He's got some set of choppers on him," Lester agreed. Dr Dick did not seem to have a sense of humor. Come on…he grew up with the last name Dick. One would have thought he would have learned to laugh at himself. Guess not. He's giving us death glare. "Here….give me that thing." Lester put hand out for the thermometer. Dr Dick looked like he was thinking about refusing but changed his mind and put it in Lester's expectant hand. He took Gabby's temperature. It was 99. He felt the rest of the tension drain from his body. He handed it back.
"Good. Her fever broke. Okay Abby…."
"Gabby!" Lester and Gabby corrected him in unison.
"Right….Gabby," Dr Dick agreed. "I'm going to exam her now." He took the otoscope from its holder and grabbed a tongue depressor from his pocket. "I want to look at your throat, Gabby. Open up and say….AH." She did as he was asked.
"AAAAHHHH." Dr Dick must have inserted the tongue depressor a bit too far. Gabby gagged then vomited on Dr. Dick's black clogs.
"Oh shit!" Dr. Dick called out. Gabby started to cry.
"I throwed up!" she whined. "And he said a bad word." Lester held her close and rubbed her back.
"It's okay, Princess. You only throwed up on Dr Dick," Lester reassured her.
"How are things going?" Kym asked from the doorway. Dr Dick stepped back.
"Nurse….I need to you clean this mess up," he ordered Kym. Lester's jaw tightened. That little punk! Kym didn't seem phased. She reached behind her and tossed him a towel.
"Here," she told him flatly. "I'm a nurse. I'm not your maid. You made her gag. You clean it up. You feel better Gabs?"
"Uh huh," she responded. "Kymme…Dr Bad Word has funny teeth like Bugs Bunny." Gabby scrunched up her little face and stuck her top teeth out. Kym covered her mouth as she snorted. Dr Dick wiped his clogs with the towel. Then, he placed it over the little puddle on the floor.
"Okay. I need you to hold her still while I check her ears," he told Lester. He picked up the otoscope again but Gabby shrank back. Kym bent over and explained what the doctor was going to do.
"It's okay, Gabs. Bugs Bunny is just gonna use his flashlight and look in your good ear first. Then he's gonna look in the ear where you have your tummy ache. Then, he's gonna give you some medicine to make you feel better." Lester angled his head around Gabby's and cut his eyes down to get a better look down Kym's scrub top. God, I miss her hooters….I mean breasts, he sighed to himself. He looked up when he realized Kym stopped talking and met her eyes. He gave her a sheepish grin. Kym smiled and shook her head as she stepped back to allow the doctor access to Gabby. Damn…when am I going to learn, he scolded himself. He was never going to win her back at the rate he was going.
Dr. Dick leaned forward again, and Gabby sneezed in his face. "Argh!" Kym turned away to hide her laughter. Lester half stifled a snort while he reached for another tissue.
"You're 'aposta say…God Bless you, Dr Bad Word!" Gabby yelled shaking a finger at him.
"God Bless you, Abby," the doctor replied as he wiped the snot off his face.
"Gabby!" they all responded in unison. Lester was really beginning to lose his patience with this jerk.
"Dick….you're starting to get on my nerves," Lester growled. "First, get her name right. It's Gabby. Real simple. Call her Abby again and we'll have a private discussion about that in the parking lot. Second, if you hurt her when you stick that thing in her ear, what I do to you will be nothing compared to what her father will do to you. And finally….if I find out you asked Kym to clean up one of your messes again, I'll let Gabby stomp your walnuts with her Reeboks….get it?" Dr Dick blanched.
"He gots walnuts, Uncle Lester?" Gabby asked in astonishment. "Can I have some?" She hopped up in his lap. Lester's balls were safe. Gabby had relocated them somewhere up by his spleen. Lester repositioned her so the doctor could check her ears.
"G-g-got it," he shakily replied. He situated himself back on the stool and leaned forward again. Gabby pulled back and turned her head. She pinched her nose and turned to Lester.
"Pee-Ewe! Uncle Lester….Dr Bad Word's mouth smells like the bathroom after Uncle Tank reads his newspaper in there!" Lester and Kym burst out laughing. Dr Dick huffed and dropped his face into his hands. Once again, Gabby was right. This moron's breath would knock a buzzard off a shit wagon. But it was the accurate Tank description that got him. When they saw Tank headed for the bathroom with a newspaper under his arm, it was time to vacate the premises. Kym stepped out for a second and returned with a bottle of Scope.
"You're breath is a little ripe," Kym laughed. Dr Dick turned red but stepped to the sink to rinse his mouth. He got back on the stool and resumed his exam. He took extra care when examining her right ear.
"It's an ear infection alright. Her ear drum is red and inflamed. We'll give her a dose of augmentin tonight and a prescription to fill. I just have to run this by the attending." He scribbled an order for the medication for Kym then took the chart to the other doctor to review. Kym took the order and went to get the medicine. She came right back with the antibiotic and some juice for Gabby.
"Juice! YEA!" Gabby cheered. She took the medication from Kym without any problems and happily accepted the juice.
"You working all night?" Lester asked. Kym shook her head.
"No. Actually, I 'm done when I finish up with Gabby. I was just covering a hole in the shift." Lester raised his eyebrows.
"Um…I was wondering….." Lester began. Kym sat on the stretcher. "I was wondering if you wouldn't mind coming back to my apartment with us." Now Kym raised her eyebrows.
"Yeah, Kymme. You gots to come home with us. We have popcorn and movies and balloons! And you can help us find Uncle Lester's contract." Lester grimaced and tried to change the subject.
"What if she gets another fever? I don't know what to do. I mean…you really helped us out tonight. Look…I'll sleep on the couch, and you and Gabby can take my bed. Please, Kym," he begged. She looked back and forth at their faces. Gabby's lower lip protruded. Lester caught that out of the corner of his eye. Yeah Princess, lay it on thick! Kym rolled her eyes.
"Alright," she sighed. Lester's heart cheered as Gabby clapped. Hey, it was a start. If he had to play the Gabby card to get her back in his life, oh well….shit happens. He was a desperate man.
At that time, the phone rang. Ranger. Lester filled him in and let him talk to Gabby so he could see she was okay.
"We're not able to dock yet. There was some FBI bust that went down, and we're stuck on the boat," Ranger explained. "I wanted to see if it was anything series because I would have called in a helicopter to take us home." Ranger would have done it too, Lester silently agreed. He let Gabby talk to Steph. The fact that Gabby was her old talkative self probably put them both at ease. "I don't know when we're going to get home."
"Don't worry about it. Kym's gonna stay with us tonight. Gabby will have her own private nurse. I'll bring her up first thing in the morning." Lester put away his phone and looked up to see Kym staring intently at him. "What?"
"You really surprised me tonight, Les," she said. Gabby squirmed to get down off his lap to go look at the toy chest in the corner. "I have to be honest with you. I didn't think you were capable of being a responsible adult. You took excellent care of Gabby."
"Did you think I wouldn't?" Damn…did she have that low opinion of me?
"You couldn't see me, but I watched you with her. It was all about her. The way you held her to comfort her. You read to her because you know she likes that. I'm really impressed." She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. "And I found it sexy as hell." Oh hell yeah!
"Uncle Lester?"
"Yeah, Princess."
"Where are Dr Bad Word's walnuts? Ain't he gonna share with me?"
Kym got the discharge paperwork together for Lester to sign. The headed for the exit. There was a huge commotion at the ambulance doors. An EMS crew wheeled in a couple that were stuck together. As they got closer, they could see that it was the Morellis. Kathy was on all fours with Joe kneeling behind her. "Damn it, Joe! I told you to use more lube with that cock ring! Now we're stuck!"
Gabby turned to Lester, giggled, then she exclaimed, "Cock-a-doodle-doo! Right Uncle Lester?" Lester threw his head back and howled. Oh my God! Kym had tears in her eyes.
"I love you, Princess!" He hugged her and kissed her forehead. "Let's go home."
TBC
Okay. This was going to be the final part, but Kym and Lester still need a HEA. One more part. Plus, we need to see Steph and Ranger's reaction to Lester's babysitting skills. And finally….Kathy. I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. Costco had nothing to do with this but I thought Kym would like it.
