Leave the Lights On

Chapter 21

"C'mon," you tell the dog as he's about to pull you past your building. The doorman smiles at you as he opens the door and you smile back, "Thanks."

"Pretty soon you'll be able to put a saddle on him and ride him around the block," the doorman chuckles.

"I can't wait," you call over your shoulder. Logan knows exactly where to go and sits down in front of the elevator, waiting. You still don't know about his name, but after seeing five minutes of the X-Men movie, Summer named him Logan.

When the doors open, you and Logan get inside. You wonder if you can teach him how to press the button for your floor.

When you open the door your mom stands up from the couch, "Where have you been? We're going to be late."

You let Logan off of his leash and kicks off your sneakers, "I know. I didn't see what time it was. My boss gave me a surgery at the last minute," you eye her. "And if I don't walk Logan before we leave, he'll make a mess. I'm going to take a quick shower."

"I didn't think that the OR would be backed up," your mom raises her hands. "But you know how slow Dr. Nash moves."

"Then stop scheduling him before me," you call peeling your shirt off as you walk to your bedroom. You yell out of the door as you pull off your pants, "Summer! Are you ready?!"

"Almost!" she calls back.

"I had to schedule him before you," your mom says in the doorway of your bedroom.

"You're the chief of surgery," you huff at her, "You don't have to do anything you don't want."

"I can't show favorites," she says, leaning on the door.

You pull your hair out of the ponytail, "You can show favorites to the best ortho surgeon in Chicago." You shoot her a playful smile.

She smiles at you. It's a proud smile and she nods, "I guess I can." She pushes off the doorframe, "Hurry, the Pierces will be here any minute. We're meeting Quinn and Rachel there?"

"Yeah, their flight from La Guardia was delayed so they're coming straight from the airport," you say and walk into the bathroom.

After a really quick shower and the fastest hairstyle of your life, you slip on your dress and pick up your shoes as you walk out of the bedroom. You smile when you find The Pierces sitting on the couch. Summer is sitting in the armchair in her pretty dress that she picked out just for tonight.

"You look stunning," Mr. Pierce says to you and gives you a hug.

You smile and accept the hug, "Thank you. You look pretty great too."

"Can we go now?" Summer asks from her place on the couch.

"Yes," you nod, "Just let me grab my clutch." You run into your room and transfer your necessities into your clutch before meeting everyone at the door.

The theatre is more beautiful than you imagined it and everyone is dressed so elegantly. You can feel your hands shaking as they hold onto your clutch.

"Hey," you hear Rachel say. You turn around and her face goes from a smile to a frown, "Are you okay?"

"I'm just nervous," you tap your clutch and see Quinn standing behind Rachel.

Quinn chuckles, "I'm sure you'll do fine."

"I'm not doing anything," you narrow your eyes at her, but she just laughs.

"It's very endearing how worked up you are," Rachel says as she hugs you and then moves on to the rest of your family.

Quinn touches your shoulder, "Are you going to be okay?"