Finding Love (GxG) -completed-

Chapter 25- When It Rains...

We enter the conference room we meet in and sit down for our break. We both brought coffee and granola bars to tide us over until we got home. Luckily, the instructor and Kristoff were in the room, because I really was not in a talkative mood right now. Seeing as Kam isn’t at work right now, it might be a good time to text her.

Eli: FYI- haven’t had a chance to talk about this yet, but last Friday night, there was a note on my truck that said “STAY AWAY FROM KAMERON OR ELSE!”. I didn’t think much of it until today a chick from the lab drew on my patient and then hand delivered normal results. My patient was asleep and I was in the doorway with no one around ready to leave for lunch. She handed me the paper lab printout and then asked if I was your friend. I nodded and she said, “Stay away from her or else!” She then walked away. Am I missing something here? Who is this chick?

Nurse Kameron: OMG.. did she really? (Scared emoji) I dated Ashley, but we have been broken up for months. We broke up because she is a player and I’m not. I didn’t appreciate being one of many she was supposedly dating exclusively. 

Eli: You're sure it’s been months? She doesn’t seem to know that. Look Kam, I like you, but don’t want to cause you any problems. 

Nurse Kameron: Oh El, you could never cause me problems! (Heart emoji) I like you too. I found out after I broke up with her she is less than mentally stable. I’m shocked because she literally hasn’t talked to me in months. Of course I haven’t dated since she hurt me either. I’m sorry El. Please don’t let her scare you away. I’ll talk to her if you want me to? 

Eli: No, giving her attention might encourage her. Can we ignore it and hope she goes away? 

Nurse Kameron: Ill do whatever you want if it means you’ll go out with me again? (Kissy face emoji)

Eli: Lol I’d love to go out with you again. When and where?

Nurse Kameron: Meet me at my place at 5:00PM Friday evening? I’ll drive this time.

Eli: Sounds good. I’ll see you then. 

Eli felt better now, put her phone away and looked up at the others in the room while unwrapping her granola bar. She smiled at Gwyn. Gwyn mouthed, “You okay?”

Elise nodded and smiled a genuine smile this time. After giving Gwyn a thumbs up, Gwyn finally seemed to believe her and smile back.  They finished their break and headed back to the ICU floor. 

Jeremiah was just arriving back as well, so they checked Hazel’s vital signs and checked IV pumps and amounts together. Jeremiah was actually a very good nurse once she got over being intimidated by his size. Elise had learned a couple things from him already about placing IVs and maintenance to help the site last longer. Unfortunately IV experience was limited as a student, so Elise soaked up all the information she can get to help improve her skills. At the tail end of a mini assessment, Hazel’s son and daughter in law arrived and said more family was on the way. As Elise had suspected, Hazel was the matriarch of a very rich family, as evidenced by the Armani suit her son was wearing with Italian leather shoes. The daughter in law was wearing an embellished brand called Tom Ford, whoever that was. She certainly recognized the red bottoms on the heels though as another expensive brand name… Christian Louboutin was what Andrea said if she wasn’t mistaken. She only remembered because she thought the red soles were so unusual. Not that she would ever own a pair; if she did, she would likely be too afraid to wear them. If she accidentally scratched them, she may cry. 

Snapped from her day dreaming about the fashion statement these people were making, she heard Hazel say, “oh my child, you made it.”

Elise looked up and her jaw about hit the floor as she saw none other than Kenny Kowalski giving Hazel a big hug. No way could this be the grandson Hazel spent all morning telling her about. All of a sudden Elise began to feel warm, sweat broke out on her brow, and her breathing had sped up. Elise realized if she didn’t leave the room, she was going to have her first panic attack since before she left for college. Elise turned to Jeremiah who was looking at her with a worried expression on his face, and mumbled, “excuse me please?”