The Anatomy of You & I

Chapter 2

Jilliane

After making a report on Harry's case, I went out to do my usual coffee rounds. There was this coffee shop open for 24 hours and the usual people hanging around here were nurses, doctors, students from around the area, and wasted kids who just got out of a party and looking for caffeiene to prevent the hangover when they wake up.

The street wasn't busy at all, with a only a few cars and bicycles just around the area. The sidewalk was completely peaceful, just a few people from the night shift going to work and a few homeless here and there. And when I entered the coffee shop, the strong aroma of ground coffee beans immediately hit me. There were a few occupied tables and a few people chattering at past 2 am. There were only the faint sound of the coffee machine working and the sound of the people sharing their adventures.

I walked up to the counter while getting a few bills from my pocket.

"Hello, good morning! What can I get for you today?" The barista said with complete enthusiasm and a wide grin on her face. Wow, I wish I had that kind of energy at 2 am.

"Um, I think I'll just have a large Cafe Americano, a large Cappuccino, and a large Brewed Coffee." I said, I might as well order for Norma and Dr. Patterson.

"Okay! Coming right up!" She said, still illuminating the same kind of energy. I think she drank like 3 cans of red bull.

So while waiting for my coffee, I logged in on my Facebook through my phone. I saw posts of my old friends from the UK getting all wasted and high, my relatives giving me flood likes from all my pictures, them commenting on every single photo on how much I've grown in the past years, and bla bla. My news feed also contained very interesting stuff like my great aunt and great uncle fighting on a facebook status and actually talking about being divorced. There was also a nude picture of my Aunt Pearl, and mind you, she's already 65 and I didn't need to see that. And the funny thing was, her husband was commenting on the photo as if they were sexting and I swear, it was creeping me out and I didn't really need to see that. There was also an article about One Direction and how they sold out last night's show in a matter of minutes. Wow, that's kind of, pretty amazing.

"Take-out for Jill!" The overly-chirpy barista chimed, making me pocket my phone and rush to the counter to pick up my order. I took mine out and stirred two packets of brown sugar in it. No creamer, just how I like it. I wave goodbye smile as she did the same. I got out of the shop and proceeded back to the hospital while drinking my cuppa and savoring the crisp cold August morning air.

I downed about 3/4 of my drink by the time I reached the ER doors. I was greeted by the guard-on-duty and some of the nurses working at the same shift as I am.

I gulped down the remains of my caffeine-induced drink and threw it in the nearest bin. I reached the nurse's station and luckily, both Nurse Norma and Dr. Patterson were inside and chatting about something I didn't know.

"Hey guys, I bought you some coffee." I said, smiling. I laid down the drinks on the counter and they literally swiped the drink and took a huge gulp.

"Aaahh. This tastes really good. Thank you, sweetheart. You are such a nice young lady." Norma said and smiled sweetly at me, taking another sip from her drink afterwards.

"I can't even thank you enough for this drink, Jill. My body's been itching for caffiene since midnight. And don't forget, hun. Harry's going in for X-Ray in 10 minutes." Dr. Patterson said.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I'm gonna go check on him and get him ready for X-Ray." I said and smiled as I walked away from them. I then walked the short journey to Harry's cubicle. I opened the curtain and found him still lying on his bed while scrolling up and down his phone. When he saw me, he put down his phone and smiled tiredly.