Avery ran frantically through the doors of Royal Hope Hospital, stopping when she saw the girl sitting at the front desk. She cleared her throat, "Excuse me." The lady held up a finger without glancing up from the torn magazine. Time passed slowly for Avery, what seemed like forever to her was only five minutes in reality. She looked at her watch with a raised brow, "Oh come on! By the looks of it, you've read that damn thing more than once. Now you either help me or I wring you by that scrawny neck of yours!" she snapped.
The young English girl glanced with shock written all across her face, "What can I do for you?" she asked annoyed.
"I need to know what room May Somers is in, please." Avery rolled her eyes as the women began biting her nails and spitting the regards on the floor.
"What was the name?" she asked around her finger.
Avery sighed pressing her lips together "You know if you sought out profession help for that nasty little habit of yours, you'd have time to listen to me the first time." She leaned forward slamming her hand on the counter top, "Now, take your dirty finger out of your mouth, and open your ears. Can you please tell me where May Somers is?"
The girl sat up straighter in her chair, offended. She began to type something in to the computer system before she spoke, "She's in cardiology on the sixth floor, room 323."
Avery gave a fake smile, "Thank you!"
As she waited for an elevator she rummaged through her purse. The doors slid open with a ding sounding its arrival as she found what she was looking for. Avery played with the black phone as she made her way to the sixth floor. She stopped dead in her tracks when she reached the door way to May's room, a feeling that she couldn't explains swept over her at the sight of the blue trench coat. She was frozen in her spot when she heard a man's voice, "I Just got off the phone with Kyra; hopefully she will be able to track her down."
"Leave it to me to bring the two of you together again on my death bed." She heard a raspy women's voice followed by a low laugh; May.
"Now you stop that." He said sternly, "You are not dying."
"Oh my dear boy, we both know the truth. And the truth is that every story has an ending and this my dear, is the end of my story. And what a beautiful story it has been. I would not change a thing."
Blue trench coat didn't say anything, he just down and held her hand, kissing it gently every now and again. Avery leaned against the door frame taking in what she had just heard. Slowly she gathered the broken pieces of her heart with a smile and walked into the room. She saw the pale skinny old women laying there in the bed with her eyes closed. Avery hesitated but spoke softly, "May?"
The old women and Blue trench coat both looked up, she avoided the burning eyes of the man and bent down to kiss May on the cheek "Kyra found you alright, then?"
Avery nodded, "Yes Ma'am. I've been in London on business, so I was close by when she called." She wiped the tear that slid down her cheek.
"You mean to tell me you were in London, and you weren't going to stop and say a quick hello to this old woman?"
"May, please." Avery rolled her eyes with a smile, "You know I would have stopped by before I went back to the states. But you had to go and land yourself in this god forsaken place."
Avery stole a quick glance of Blue trench coat out of the corner of her eye, she noticed his smile didn't reach his eyes, and it wasn't his famous toothy grin. He kissed May's hand and stood up, "Well, I think I will leave you two lovely ladies to talk alone."
When Avery looked at him she noticed his eyes were on her, she nodded with a soft smile. She watched him walk out of the room before she walked over to the seat he had just occupied. She stared at a smudge on the window "May…"
May patted Avery's hand, "Now, now darling. I know what you are going to say, and you don't need to. Having you in my life has been some of the best seventy five years I could ask for. You were the closest thing to family I had." May sniffled, "Now my beautiful girl, I'm leaving him to you when you both need someone, now more than ever." Avery smiled softly but didn't say anything. May closed her eyes, "And now, what I need more than ever is for you to get out." She smiled a small smile, "I need to get my beauty rest."
Avery let a small chuckle escape, "Yes Ma'am" She gave May a quick kiss as she snored softly. As Avery waited for the elevator she could feel someone's eyes burning into her back, "You may want to take a picture, it lasts longer" She heard his heart felt laugh as the elevator dinged, indicating it's arrival to their floor. "It's good to see you, Jack." she said softly as she pressed herself into the corner.
Blue trench coat pressed the first floor button, "Let me buy you a coffee, Averyanna." He said with a smile. He pressed himself closer to Avery as the elevator stopped on the fourth floor to let people on.
"Alright." She nodded. Avery pushed her way through the semi-crowded elevator as the doors opened, "But I can't stay long. I have somewhere I have to be before May wakes up."