"Hey. Can we talk?" Jill inquired after she had arrived at the hospital. She had driven his car and given Jody a lift after she had refused to go in the ambulance, due to her claustrophobia. Thankfully mom and son were doing good and now both Hank and Jill were free to talk.
Hank signed off on the chart in hand and gave it back to the nurse behind the desk. "Sure. Is the boy's uncle on his way?"
Jill nodded as they walked down the hall together. "Finally got a hold of him. He was near the back of the restaurant, so it blocked out a lot of the noise of the sirens and what was going on in the elevator."
"Makes sense."
"Hank, I've been thinking about coming back to the Hamptons. Maybe not straight away, but being stuck in that elevator made me realize all the things I've left behind. "Before I got on that plane, I took a pregnancy test."
"Pregnancy test? Why didn't you tell me this?"
"This is going to sound strange—the night after I was supposed to leave, I found a pregnancy test on the floor behind my toilet. I don't know how it got there, so I turned it in my hands." She held her hands out like she was holding a box. "I felt off, so thought it couldn't hurt."
"But it was negative."
"Yeah." She stated quietly. "Guess it was all the stress of moving so quickly. You'd think I would be used to all that by now."
"Sometimes life has the better way of getting to us." He paused as a doctor passed by them. "You're sure you want to come back."
"I want things to be different."
Hank nodded in understanding as another person passed by them with wonder. "Jill Casey." The woman greeted her as she took a second glance. She was 5 '6, had short blonde hair and was dressed in dark blue scrubs.
"Zoey, hi."
"Hi. Are you back? I thought you were in Africa."
"I came back for my brother's wedding." Jill told her as Zoey sat down beside her.
"Okay. So when are you leaving?"
"In a couple days."
"Oh well, if you're not too busy I would like us to get together."
"Yeah." Jill reached into her purse to grab her phone so she could check her calendar. "Looks like I'm free tomorrow. I know that's soon."
"No. I actually have tomorrow off, so I will see about getting a couple other gals together and will let you know. You have the same phone number as before?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Okay." Zoey rested her hand on Jill's knee as she scooted towards the edge of the chair. "Then I will let you know after my shift in a couple hours."
"Sounds good."
"Alright, I will talk to you soon then." Her pager went off as she stood up. "There's never a dull moment in this place. It's definitely not the same without you."
"I'm not sure that's true."
Zoey gave her a look like she didn't believe what she was saying. "Okay well, I will talk to you soon."
"Bye." Jill waved and disappeared down the hall.
"Girl's night. Sounds like fun." Hank joked, looking at his phone. "I have to go check up on another patient. Do you want me to drop you off at your sister's house on my way back?"
"Actually I was thinking about joining you for one last case before I have to go back to Africa."
"You're sure? After everything that's happened tonight."
"I could use a friend after what happened tonight. I'll give my sister a call and let her know that I'm going to be late." Grabbing her phone, she made the call and they were on their way with a new future in mind.
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