Obsessed with Her

One- Calli

This is the first time I've been I the same city for
more than a year. For as long as I can remember I
moved every year if not twice. Being in college is
different, not only am I going to one school the for
the second year, but I am living by myself.

My father, god bless him, moved four months ago,
so now I have the apartment all to myself. It felt
so weird to watch him pack and leave without me.
Thank god I took that internship at Dr. Evens
office last spring, if not I'm not sure how I would
make ends meet.

Sometimes I question if my career choice was a
good one or not. I was ten when I decided to
become a nurse, because being a doctor just didn't
seem like it was hands on enough for me. My
decision didn't come from watching a movie or
just choosing what everyone else in the class
chose, it came from experience. Watching my
mother lay in a hospital bed and slowly die was
what did it for me. Mrs. Ramos was my greatest
inspiration, she was my mothers nurse for the
short period of time my mother was there. It all
happened so fast that it is hard to explain.

Working with Dr. Evens has showed me time
and time again why I am here, why I have
chosen this path. Being able to help patients
before, during and after treatments makes it all worth it.

"Everything is looking great Mrs. Smith. All of
your levels are normal, and you're getting
stronger each visit. Are you still having
numbness in your fingers?" I asked.

"I still drop stuff all the time, but I did that
before the chemo, so nothing new." She said
with a smile.

"Well, I hope it's not dinner you are dropping
and just those pesky junk mail pieces that
where your neighbors." Remembering her
telling me about her neighbor's mail that would
continue to show up in her mail slot.

"Definitely not dinner!" She said quickly "But
that damn neighbor of mine finally moved out a
month ago and I haven't seen that kind of mail
since. Thank the good lord that man isn't
around anymore. I swear he was dropping his
mail in my box on purpose."

"Why would he do that?"

"You're not the young dear, so I'll tell it like it is.
He wanted a piece of this fine meat, why else
would he do such a thing? "

"Oh," I said my face turning red and trying to
figure out how to get off of this subject we were
just on.

"Well, aren't you just as red as a strawberry.
Calli when you get to my age the filter goes to.
No point in trying to sugar coat anything. I wish
I had dropped the filter sooner; life would have
been way more interesting.

"How so, if you don't mind me asking?" The way
she said it made me intrigued.

"Well even before I thought I was going to die I
stopped avoiding people's reactions. After I
was diagnosed, I told my quilters club ladies
that if I died making one more pinwheel quilt, I
would haunt all of them. We are now currently
working on something I'm sure we will never be
able to sell, but the conversations at the
meetups have been way more fun."

"Why wouldn't you be able to sell the quilt you
are working on?" intrigued.

"Because it's a quilt with dicks, handcuffs, and
whips on it." She said as if we were having a
normal conversation.

I choked on my own sylvia. Having a coughing
fit until I could breathe again.

"You know that was Mary's reaction to expect
her dentures went flying across the room. I'm
pretty sure Elain almost had a heart attack.
Lisa, Marie, Agnus, and Betty where either
asleep and didn't hear or didn't have their
hearing aids up so I had to repeat it. Now
Grettle looked as giddy as a schoolgirl clapping
in the corner."