The Doctor and the Rockstar
Once again Dani took a deep breath as she got out of the car with her sister, and niece. And once again they were at the hospital, this time it was so Izzy could go through another round of chemo, and afterwards they would all meet with Doctor Lopez and Doctor Daniels about the test results and the surgery.
Dani still hated coming into the hospital but Izzy really wanted her to come, and used her best pouty face to rope her aunt into coming, of course Dani couldn't say no. It also helped that part of Dani really wanted to see Doctor Santana Lopez again.
It had been three days since she did the testing and Santana apologized for the coffee shop incident, and ever since then Dani couldn't stop thinking about her, and how she really wanted to get to know the tall, beautiful, smart, sexy, Latina better.
Dani lasted all of ten minutes sitting in a chair next to Izzy who was hooked up to the chemo machine while her sister read a book and Izzy took a nap. Quietly telling her sister she was going to the cafeteria for a while Dani hurriedly left the room. She couldn't stand to see Izzy like that, there was no way she could have made it the entire four hours, she wasn't sure how Lacey managed to do it three days a week.
Once inside the cafeteria Dani got a bagel with cream cheese and a large coffee, after getting her food she looked around the large area, it was still early afternoon and there were a lot of people in the cafeteria. She was moving towards a table by the windows that looked outside into a garden when she noticed Santana sitting by herself at one of the tables eating what looked like her lunch, while she looked at something on her tablet. With a small smile Dani moved towards her.
"Hello Doctor Lopez" she said stopping in front of the table.
Lifting her head from her tablet Santana instantly smiled when she recognized the blue haired girl "Hello, Dani, and please call me Santana" Santana said.
"Okay Santana, mind if I join you?" Dani asked motioning towards the empty chair on the other side of the table facing Santana.
Sitting up more in her chair Santana waved her hands towards the chair "No, go ahead, I could use the company actually" she said closing whatever she was looking at on her tablet and closing the cover over it. "I find Facebook to be extremely boring, if it wasn't for my friend Rachel I wouldn't even have one" she said with a laugh.
Laughing Dani took a seat "I actually use social media quite a bit, helps me connect to people" Dani said still not wanting Santana to know she was actually a famous musician with over 23 million followers on Twitter.
Santana shook her head "All this social media stuff gives me a headache, I'm not even sure what Twitter or any of that stuff is" she said with a laugh.
Dani smiled as she sipped her coffee "Aren't you supposed to be like super smart being a doctor and all?" she asked teasingly.
Santana smiled "When it comes to the human body yes I am really smart, and I know how to work technology I spend most of my day on a computer updating charts or on my tablet looking at new articles. But social media and all its drama gives me a headache".
"That makes sense I guess" Dani said taking a bite of her bagel.
"So I'm guessing that you came with Izzy and Lacey today for Izzy's chemo treatment, and you couldn't handle seeing Izzy like that, so you escaped here to the cafeteria. Am I right?" Santana asked softly her eyes never leaving Dani's face.
Dani smiled sheepishly "Yeah your right".
Reaching across the table Santana set her hand on top to Dani's hand "You shouldn't feel bad about leaving the room, it took me a long time to be able to get used to being in the chemo room, and seeing kids and even adults like that" Santana said softly.
"It's just so hard to see her like that, hooked up to a machine bigger then she is with tubes coming out of her every which way. She's only six she shouldn't be going through that at all. When I was six I didn't even know what cancer or chemo was" Dani said shaking her head, her hand unconsciously turning over so she could intertwine her and Santana's fingers.
"I completely understand, it's hard to see any kid like that but Izzy's a fighter, it's going to be okay" Santana said her stomach twisting with nerves when Dani intertwined their hands.
Looking into Santana's brown eyes Dani searched them for any doubt "Do you really think so?"
Santana smiled squeezing her hand "I'll be honest she's going to have a tough road ahead of her, but we've been doing monthly test's to make sure the chemo hasn't spread and it hasn't, were going to keep doing the test for both the cancer and to make sure the kidney is still working. But I think she's going to pull through this just fine, and live a happy normal life".
Dani smiled making the nerves in Santana's stomach a whole lot worse "You're right, everything's going to be fine, she's going to pull through this and live the life she deserves to have, the life my sister and I never had".
Santana frowned "Rough childhood?" she asked.
Dani snorted "More like religious over bearing, judgmental, homophobic filled parent's childhood" she said darkly.
Santana laughed nervously not really sure what to say to that "Sorry as you can tell I'm not the biggest fan of my parents" Dani said.
"It's okay, you don't have to explain yourself" Santana said finally pulling her hand away from Dani's and instantly the contact, so she could look at her watch "I really hate to cut this short but my lunch is almost over, and I have to get back to doing rounds".
"Oh, no, uhh that's fine, I should probably get back to Izzy and Lacey anyways" Dani said gathering up her stuff to throw away.
"Umm, if you want to you can join me with my rounds, the kids love meeting knew people, it really brightens up their day and their spirits" Santana asked sincerely a slightly nervous smile on her face.
Dani smiled "I can join you? You won't get in trouble or anything?" she asked.
Santana shook her head "No it's fine I promise. So what do you say?" Santana asked really hoping that Dani would agree, she really wanted to get to know the blue haired girl.
"I'd love to join you, see what it's like to be a doctor for a couple hours, sounds like fun. Plus I love kids, and usually they love me" Dani said standing up from the table.
Santana smiled gathering all her stuff "Okay, I just have to put my tablet away and we can start" Santana said leading them towards the garbage cans before going towards the elevator so they could go to her office.
After putting her stuff in her office, Santana lead Dani to the children's ward. "Just as a warning some of the kids are in a lot worse shape than others, and some have been here a very long time, and actually have their own rooms which are decorated and everything. Just try not to let your shock or fear show, they just want to be treated like a normal child, which is something I strive to do every day" Santana said holding open the door for her.
Dani smiled "I've been to Africa and seen dyeing, starving, completely alone children, trust me Doctor Lopez I can handle this".
"I've always wanted to go to Africa and be a volunteer doctor there, it's actually one of the many things on my bucket list" Santana said "Ready?" she asked.
Dani nodded her head, following the taller Latina through the door, for the next fifteen minutes Dani followed Santana to all of the children's rooms, talking with the kids while Santana did different kinds of check-ups on them. The kids loved asking about Dani's blue hair, and her tattoos which were visible with her short sleeved ACDC t-shirt on.
"Alright so I'm going to warn you about you this next teenager, she's like any normal teenage girl, extremely hormonal, but it's even worse with all the chemo and drugs she's on, but deep down she's a real sweet heart" Santana said stopping in front of a closed door, where Dani could hear the faint sound of familiar music "And of course she listens to loud music, but at least it's actually good music" she said opening the door with a large smile.
At hearing the familiar music Dani recognized it as her own; it was one of her singles from her newest album and freshly finished tour Neon Lights. Following Santana into the room she looked around to see different pictures, posters, and notebook paper covering the wall, there was even an acoustic guitar on a stand near the bed. It looked like a normal teenage girls bedroom except for the hospital bed, and all the different machines. Stopping at the foot of the bed Dani smiled as she watched Santana try and get the girl to turn down the music so they could talk. But nothing was working; Santana looked at Dani giving her a sheepish smile, which caused the girl to realize that someone else was in the room. Smiling softly Dani waved at the young girl, immediately realizing that the girl would recognize her and make it known to Santana that she was actually a very famous musician.
Slowly the girl pressed pause on her phone as her eyes widened in shock and disbelief and her jaw dropped open. At seeing the girls reaction Santana frowned looking at a sheepish Dani.
"Oh my god, your…you…your Dani Torrez" the girl said "Ahhhhh, your Dani Torrez" she shrieked in an ear piercing yell making Santana and Dani both wince.
Recovering from the ear piercing yell quickly Dani smiled at the younger girl "Yeah that's me, and what's your name?" she asked.
"Callie, my name is Callie" Callie said nervously.
Still smiling Dani walked over to the other side of the bed, Santana's eyes flickering between the posters on the walls and Dani's face, recognition finally coming to the Doctor.
"It's very nice to meet you Callie, I wish it could have been on different circumstances but from what I can tell your making the best of your situation" Dani said softly "This is an awesome guitar, it actually reminds me of the very first one I got" she said looking at the acoustic guitar.
Callie smiled "I know that's why I got it, I've seen pictures of your guitar and wanted one just like it, I have a private teacher that comes in and teaches me to play if I'm having a good day. Would …..would you sign it?" Callie asked.
"I would love to sign it for you Callie" Dani said taking the marker Callie handed her, lifting the guitar off the stand Dani laid it on the bed "Keep fighting, you're a Warrior. Love Dani Torrez".
"Oh my gosh thank you so so so so much. Doctor Santana where in the world did you meet Dani Torrez, and why haven't you brought her to see me sooner?" Callie asked looking at Santana who had finally put the pieces together in her head.
Looking up at a smiling Dani she laughed "I just meet her a couple of days ago myself Callie, and I didn't realize until just now how famous she actually was" Santana explained.
"What, do you live under a rock or something Doctor Santana?" Callie asked amazed that the Doctor didn't immediately know who Dani really was when they first meet.
"Well if you ask my friend Rachel, she'll tell you yes that I do live under a rock" Santana said with a laugh, causing both Dani and Callie to laugh as well.
"Rachel is the short one right, the one on Broadway?" Callie asked after having met many of Santana's friends who occasionally came to the hospital to see exactly why Santana practically lived there.
Santana laughed nodding her head "Yeah that's her".
"Would you mind taking a picture with me?" Callie asked nervously "I mean you don't have to or anything, but it's been my dream forever to meet you. I uhh I was actually going to use my Make a Wish to hopefully meet you" Callie said nervously rambling.
Dani smiled softly setting her hand on the younger girls arm "I would love to take tons of selfies with you Callie. I mean seriously I'm like the queen of selfies on Twitter, as my biggest fan you should know that".
Callie laughed "Yeah you kind of do take a lot of selfies, which are always amazing by the way".
Dani laughed sitting down on the bed next to Callie and pulling out her phone as Callie picked up hers "Well thank you I actually try very hard for those selfies to look so amazing, okay ready?" she asked holding up her phone.
"Oh my gosh this amazing, okay now one on mine, you don't mind me posting this online do you?" Callie asked.
Dani shook her head running her hand through her head "Of course not Callie" she said looking up at Santana who was leaning against the wall next to them with her arms crossed over her chest and a smile on her face.
After taking ten different pictures on both Dani and Callie's phone, the two girls convinced Santana to take a couple with them.
"That was amazing thank you so much" Callie said as she and Santana got ready to leave.
"You're welcome, next time I stop by I want to hear you play that guitar" Dani said with a smile.
"Oh my gosh yes okay" Callie said excitedly.
"Alright Callie we'll see you later, we really need to finish rounds" Santana said pulling Dani out fo the excited teenagers room.
"Bye Dani, Bye Doctor Santana" Callie called after them.
Dani laughed "Well that was fun".
Santana shook her head "Yeah I guess it was. Even if you kind of did forget to mention that fact that you're actually a very famous musician" Santana said with a smirk.
Dani laughed nervously "I was going to tell you eventually. But it was nice to meet someone who didn't know who I was right assay, to talk to someone who didn't constantly ask me questions about being famous or if I could set up a meeting with some other famous person".
Santana smiled gently setting her hand on Dani's arm to stop her nervous ramble "You don't have to explain yourself Dani, I'm not mad I'm just teasing you".
"Oh okay. So umm can I ask what exactly Callie has, or is that private?" Dani asked really wanting to know why the teenage girl had the option to use her Make a Wish.
"I'm not supposed to share patient information but Callie has Leukemia, has since she was five years old. But that's all I can really say without Callie telling me it's okay to share the information" Santana said "But I uhh really need to finish the rest of my rounds, do you want to join me still?"
Dani smiled putting her arm through Santana's "Lead the way Doctor Lopez" she said with a large smile.