I was walking into the hospital for my shift. When one of the nurses from the morning shift, stops me. I could tell right away from her body language, something was wrong. What else was more than obvious, to me that alone. Was that, I wasn't going to like what she was going to say.
"You know your patient in room 304?" she says hesitantly.
"Yeah?" I say confused.
"Apparently you're not allowed in his room." she explains.
"Since when?" I shout, and then I clamp my hand over my mouth.
"I don't know, some guy in a suit showed up. He asked to see our security tapes. When they saw you go into that patient's room. They demanded, you not be allowed to do that anymore." She says as she shrugs.
"Well to hell with that." I say annoyed. "I have never been kicked out of a patient's room before. Normally they're always asking for me to visit them." I continue to say, I was still annoyed.
"Well he was asking for you." She points out.
"Well according to you… there's nothing I can do, now can I?" I say as I sigh annoyed.
"We both know that won't stop you." She says with a slight smile on her face.
I just roll my eyes and a little, she has a point.
"Excuse me ladies." I hear a familiar voice say, getting our attention.
"Yes?" My fellow nurse asks.
"Oh, hi." The young man says, when he sees me.
"Hi honey." I say as I give him a warm smile.
"Do you mind if I talk to her alone?" he asks politely.
"Not at all." My fellow nurse says as she smiles. She then leaves the two of us to talk.
"How can I help you honey?" I ask as I step closer to him.
"I thought I would introduce myself first, ma'am." He says a bit nervously.
"Alright." I say as I smile.
"My name is Steve." He says as he extends his hand to me.
"Nice to meet you Steve." I say as I smile.
"Nice to meet you as well." He says as he smiles and I shake his hand.
"So what can I help you with?" I ask as both our hands drop to our sides.
"I was wondering, why I couldn't see my friend." Steve says confused.
"They won't let you in either?" I ask confused.
"No ma'am. No one is allowed in his room." Steve says in a heartbreaking tone.
"Do you know who authorized it?" I ask curious.
"I might ma'am, but I can't say who." Steve says as he rubs the back of his neck.
"That's alright. Let me just see what I can do." I say as I see a doctor pass us in the hall.
Steve nods and I wander off to talk to the doctor.
I follow the doctor, all the way down the hall to his office. I watch him walk into his office, and sit down at his desk. He sat down to look over the papers, he is holding. Not wanting to just walk in rudely. I stand outside of his office, and I knock on the door frame.
"Come in." he says not looking up from his papers.
"Doctor McIntyre." I say as I step into his office.
He looks up from his papers. "Yes?" he says waiting for me to go on.
"I was wondering, about the patient in room 304…" I say as I hesitate.
"I'm sure as you already know…" Doctor McIntyre says as he sighs. "No one is allowed to see him." he continues, as he takes off the glasses he is wearing.
"Yes sir, that's why I was asking." I say as I step closer to his desk.
"I'm sorry, but, I can't tell you." Doctor McIntyre says as he shakes his head.
"Oh, well… thank you anyway." I say as I frown, and then I walk out of his room.
I walk back down the hall to where I had left Steve. But all that I find, is an empty hallway.
"Where did he go?" I ask myself. I turn around in a full 360. To see if there was anyone I could talk to.
I happen to see a nurse in the hall across from me. I haven't seen her before… but I figure I could ask her anyway.
"Excuse me!" I say as I start walking up to the redheaded nurse.
She looks up at me, from the notebook she was scribbling in. As I got closer to her, she tucks it under her left arm. "Yes?" she asks with a slight smile.
I stop dead in my tracks and look her over. She doesn't look like someone, who would pick nursing as a job. The supposed role, seems convincing from the clothes alone. But her in general, something is off.
"I'm sorry, but are you new here?" I ask right off the bat.
"Yes, this is my first day." she says as she nods.
"What was your previous job?" I ask as I look at her funny.
"What do you mean?" she asks confused.
"I'm sorry, but, you don't seem like the nurse type is all." I say as I shrug.
"Well my last job, was too physically demanding." She says as she chuckles.
"Right…" I say as I nod.
"Was there, something you wanted to ask me?" she asks getting the conversation back on track.
"Yes, there was… but it's not important now." I say as I smile and then I turn around to leave.
"If you still wanted to ask, you can." She says as she tries stopping me.
"That's okay, thanks anyway." I say as I look at her over my shoulder. I now decide to walk away, from her in the other direction.
Things have never been this confusing before. I mean… unless you consider, all the mysterious code blues we get from time to time. This is far from a code blue situation, however.
So many things, were swimming around in my head. What had I done wrong? Is something wrong with James? Did they move him out of the hospital? Was that website, something I wasn't supposed to find? Why wouldn't they let Steve see his friend?
With all those questions going around in my head. I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking. Of course no one ever does, not until they walk into a brick wall. Well, not literally a brick wall. More like, someone buff enough to feel like one.
"Oh! I am so sorry!" I say as I bounce off of another body.
"It's alright." I hear him say as he chuckles.
I can feel a blush building, on my cheeks as I look up at him. "Normally I pay more attention." I say as I smile up at him.
"I've had those days." He says as he smiles.
"You seem like a kind man." I say as I feel the strength, of his genuine smile. Making me want to keep smiling.
"Why thank you." He says as he smiles a little bigger.
"Can I help you with anything? I mean to make up for walking into you." I ask as I try to avoid, a nurse rushing down the hall.
"I hope so." He says as he sighs.
I can't help but look at him confused.
"I'm looking for my friend. We both came in here together. He wanted to see a friend of his. He visits him every day, or at last he tries to." He explains.
"Is his name Steve?" I ask, sensing I may know who he means.
"Real tall guy, total ladies' man, shy, sensitive, puppy dog eyes." he says as he describes him.
"One in the same." I say as I nod.
"Do you know where he went?" he asks.
"I was looking for him too. So I'm sorry I don't know." I say as I shake my head.
"Maybe we can look together. Spare each other another run in." he says as he winks jokingly at me.
"Sounds good." I say as I giggle.
"My names Sam by the way." He says as he extends his hand to me.
"Nice to meet you Sam." I say as I shake his hand.
Sam let's go of my hand. Like a true gentlemen, he does a 'ladies first' gesture. Before the two of us start walking down the hall.
"Can I ask you something?" I ask as Sam follows behind me, down the hall.
"Sure." Sam says as he nods.
"Do you know anything, about James Barnes?" I ask curious.
"Not really." Sam says as he shakes his head.
"Alright… I was hoping that you, could tell me something about him." I say as I shrug.
"All I really know is, that he's Steve's longtime friend. The two are thick as thieves. He calls him Bucky though." Sam explains.
"I had heard him call James, Bucky. When I first met Steve." I say as I nod in understanding.
"From what I understand, when Steve talks about Bucky. Bucky was Steve's protector. He would die for Steve. Steve would do the same for Bucky too." Sam says as he looks up at me.
"Wow, that's a strong bond." I say as I smile a little.
"A never ending bond." Sam says as he nods.
"Excuse me, but you two can't come down this way." A man in a suit says stopping Sam and I.
"What?" I say confused.
"This part of the hospital, is being shut down for right now." The man explains.
"But, how do we get to all the patients down here?" I ask angrily.
"We had them moved, to different rooms." He says as he shrugs.
"Oh this is perfect!" I shout. I storm off down the hall, to find the man responsible.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Sam says as he grabs my arm, and he stops me.
"What?" I snap, as I'm forced to face Sam again.
"What's going on?" Sam asks confused.
"I don't know, but I am going to find out!" I say annoyed.
"Does this have anything, to do with Bucky?" Sam asks.
"From what I know, yes and no." I say as I shrug.
Sam looks at me confused.
"Look, just let me get to the bottom of this." I say as I sigh.
"Good luck." Sam says, as he lets me.
Once Sam no longer has me in his grip. I go back to storming off down the hall.
As I continue to storm off down the hall. I find another man in a suit.
"You!" I shout at the man.
He turns and he looks around confused. Then he looks at me.
"Yes you!" I say as I point to him, and I walk over to him. "I want answers, and if you don't tell me… so help me-" I say as I start to feel my blood boil.
"Miss please. I have more important things to attend to." He says shrugging me off.
"Not right now, you don't!" I shout at him as I grab his arm.
He swipes my hand off his suit coat arm and he smooths the fabric.
"What is going on, with the patient in room 304? Why isn't anyone allowed to see him?" I ask angrily.
"Are you the nurse, who went to speak with him last night?" the man asks.
"Yes." I say as my anger disappears, and I look at him confused.
"Miss please come with me." He says as he grabs my arm.
"Don't touch me!" I start shouting at him, as he drags me down the hall.
"We just need to ask you a few questions." He says in a rather, unnervingly calm voice.
"Who is this we?" I ask confused, as I try to wiggle free from his grip. The suit grips my arm a little tighter, and he drags me down to the security office.
"Get off me!" I yell as I jerk my arm free. As soon as we walk into the office.
"Is this the nurse we were looking for?" another suit asks, from across the table in front of me.
"Yes sir." The other suit says as he nods.
"Please, have a seat." The man across the table, instructs me to do.
"I'd rather stand." I say stubbornly.
"I think, you would be more comfortable. If you took a seat." He says as he pushes the chair out, in front of me.
I look over my shoulder at muscles, and I decide to take the seat.
"What do you want?" I ask as I sit down.
"First off, my name is agent Coulson." He says introducing himself.
I just shrug, his name meant nothing to me.
"I was wondering, what the patient in room 304. Had said to you the other night." Coulson says as he looks up at me.
"Nothing." I say as I shake my head.
"You were in his room, for an awfully long time for nothing." Coulson points out.
"If you're looking for some sort of secret, I don't have one." I say as I sigh.
"Just tell me what he said." Coulson says as he shrugs.
"Fine… all he said was, no one has ever been that kind to him before. Happy now?" I say as I cross my arms in front of myself.
Coulson seems to study my face for a while to see if I'm telling the truth or not.
"Alright, that's all I need." Coulson says as he smiles.
"What?" I say confused.
"You may go now." Coulson says as he waves me off.
I look at muscles and he steps aside, so I can see the door.
"That's it?" I say confused.
"Yes." Coulson says as he nods.
I get up from the table. Never taking my eyes off of Coulson, as I walk out of the room.
"That was weird." I say to myself as I try to shake it off. I try to continue on with my shift. In the back of my mind, I really wish I could see James. But I will have to follow the rules… just this one time, even if it kills me.