Mephistophelily
Crazy is...
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(A closed thread for Sylnaeve and Myself)
It was nearing 1 pm. Andi had originally hated the later lunch hour, finding the cafeteria of the hospital to be rather low on anything interesting by the time everyone else had plowed through. Still, working at Saint Thomas Medical Center was an absolute blessing for the 21 year old, gaining a slot as a nurse's aide as she made her way through college. Her current rounds in the elderly wing were getting a bit tedious, though. There were only so many times she could hear Mister Reynoldo's story about the train that took him to the wrong state, Missus Ward asking 'How's your father?' like they knew each other.
With a sigh, she simply got a few bags of chips and colas from the vending machine, making her way to the waiting room that overlooked the atrium. A quiet little spot, a place she'd met a few interesting people. Tommy, the little boy who came in to see his dad overcoming cancer surgery. Eric, the football player needing physical therapy.
And Wendy.
She'd been coming in for awhile now, someone Andi struck up a random conversation with about the heavy rainstorm happening one afternoon. They'd talked a number of times now, Andi coming to realize there was a pattern to these stops. She'd asked about it, but Wendy didn't seem to want to talk about it. Simply that it was a medical condition that was being looked into. Andi certainly didn't want to pry, so she left it alone. Still, the thought of something wrong with her new friend lingered far too often.
She glanced at the big black clock as she entered the open space, noticing that she was actually earlier than usual. It was one of Wendy's days. She'd be here soon.
A light smile came to her lips, setting the spare snacks in the chair beside her before peering out the window. The cherry blossoms were coming in. How pretty...
She unclipped her ID badge from her scrubs, playing with the clasp before glancing down at it and making a face. Andrea Cooper in big bolded print and her own horrid attempt at a smile. They refused to let her put "Andi"... and refused twice as much on retaking the photo.
1:15.
She hoped Wendy liked a snack too.
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Ignore the piercings in the pic. Not part of Andi's wardrobe.