Waiting For The End | Maya Bishop

001 | Reuniting

Lucia hoisted her bagpack onto her shoulder, and just got out of rehab for the 3rd time and was heading home to Seattle. She had moved away to become a doctor after the second time she was in rehab but the hospital she worked at fired her, she wasn't high or using when she was on shift but she did go off the rails, she didn't realise her drugs were in her bag and they fell out, she did a drug test to prove she wasn't using on shift but they fired her. She had been admitted  into a mental health hospital too, that was after her rehab stay, she discharged herself and immediately got on a coach to Seattle, didn't need to be there; did she?

Lucia stepped off the coach at the bus station, she grabbed her suitcase which had been shoved in with the other passengers luggage. Once she had her things she made her way towards the restroom, she had been sat on the same bus for the last 24 hour, actually it was a lot longer since the coach had broke down. It was late, a small yawn escaped her lips as she entered the bathrooms, she didn't know what she was going to do now. She hadn't planned where she was staying.

"Maybe I should go to station 19, maybe Andy is working today" Lucia mumbled to herself as she locked herself in the bathroom and did what she had to do. She knew her dad would be there too and she knew she was the disappointment, compared to Andy Lucia was the mistake, Pruitt never actually said it in that many words but she could tell. She knew she wasn't planned and that lead to all her struggles. The young adult splashed some water onto her face after washing her hands. She then checked the map app on her phone, she wanted, station 19 was a 20 minute walk from the bus station and Lucia knew it was stupid to walk their but she didn't have any money for a cab.

Being in Seattle was different than what it was when she was last there. She felt different, she was jobless and had nowhere to stay, she wasn't going to hold her breath and hope her father would let her stay, of course she loved him, she always would; he was her father after all. Lucia slipped her phone into her back pocket, unlocked the toilet door and left to make her way to the fire station.

The closer Lucia got to station 19 her heart began to race, she was panicking about possibly reuniting with her older sister and her father; mentally she was trying to think of somewhere to stay. Before she knew it Lucia was stood outside the station she grew up around, she couldn't move, it was like she had froze, memories playing in her mind of her childhood, her mom, her sister; everything played in her mind.

After a few moments Lucia took a deep breath placed her hand on her suitcase handle and made her way towards the double doors which she pulled open with her free hand and made her way inside. By the desk a blonde woman sat on the phone. This place was kind of a bad place for her, it was where she first overdosed at 14 years old, where she almost died from that overdose. As Lucia made her way through the second set of doors she glanced around, her heart seemed to be racing inside her. She knew she was safe but the memories of her stupidity and addiction tried to take over her, she was 4 months 4 days clean now but now she had entered the fire house the urge had came back to her stronger than before. The blonde woman looked up as she finished on the phone and the two woman locked eyes for a brief moment.

"Can I help you?" The blonde firefighter asked Lucia, she recognised Lucia from photos Andy had.

"I'm looking for my sister Andrea." Lucia said pinching herself to stop herself from drifting to the dark place in her mind.

"Come with me, she's in the beanery" The blonde woman told Lucia who nodded.

"I'm Maya Bishop by the way" the blonde woman introduced herself to the younger woman.

"Luci" Lucia answered, she often went by luci rather than Lucia. She pushed her long handle down and carried her suitcase up the stairs as she followed Maya upstairs. Maya hoped Andy was still in the beanery but knew she could be anywhere. They went through some doors and Andy had immediately saw Lucia walking behind Maya. The older sister almost practically ran over to the younger sister and wrapped her arms around her.