Best Friends with Benefits

chapter 8: Doctors McKinley

Miracle looked back at her friend. She smiled. "Don't vorry, he is von of the guards, he von't hurt us he kind of knows me," she said, quietly. She followed the guard.

He took them into the station and headed for the office. After all there were two doctors in the station. He knocked on the door.

A woman in a white coat and red hair in a bun answered the office door. "What is it, Neil?" she asked. LP looked up at the woman and raised an eyebrow at her. She looked a lot like Magenta, but didn't sound like her very much. LP looked from her to Miracle with bewilderment.

"Hello..." LP said in an awkwardly shy voice. "I'm... Little Precious..." LP then looked down with extreme shyness. She grabbed Miracle's arm as if Miracle had superpowers when it came to her approaching to people and greeting them politely. "Miracle, I'm scared..." LP whispered as she looked as if she were about to have a nervous breakdown.

Miracle looked at the woman and her eyebrows raised a little. She gently patted LP's hand "It's alright LP..." 

Neil, the guard, nodded at the woman. "Dr Nation, this is Miracle Majors and her friend... I brought them in as it looks like Miracle's nose is broken," he said, whispering the last part. He then smiled at the girls. "She'll look after you, sorry I must get back to my post." He walked off.

Nation looked at both the girls and then smiled. "Come in darlings, me and my brother can check you over" she says, stepping aside to let LP and Miracle in. LP bit her fingertips as she followed Miracle inside with her head swinging all around with wonder and curiosity.

There was a bald man behind a desk, writing in an open black book in an outfit similar to Dr. Nation's. He also had on glasses that looked like goggles and magnified his icy blue eyes. He looked up with a creepy smile. "Ah, good day, I am Cosmo McKinley... I see you met my sister... how may I be of service to you?" Cosmo greeted, his voice harboring an exotic accent and tone.

Miracle looked almost incredulously at him. She couldn't get over how similar these two were to her parents, though really different at the same time.

Nation smiled at her brother and then looked at the girls with a look that was both comforting and a little strange. "Mrs. Major's daughter Miracle seems to have broken her nose, could you fix it, brother?" she asked. She then smiled to LP. "How about we go and get you a nice cup of tea?" 

"Umm... okay..." LP said in a shallow voice, looking up at the unfamiliar woman.

"Come with me, Miracle, I'll cater to your wound." Cosmo took Miracle's hand and led her to get first aid.

Miracle blinked but followed him. He did have a hold of her hand. She glanced back at LP giving a small smile.

Nation took LP to a kitchen. "How do you take your tea?" she asks softly, seeing LP's nervousness.

"Iced please... but with a straw if it's cold.. I'm s-sensitive..." LP replied, her voice rattling in her voice box.

Miracle looked at Cosmo and blushed slightly. His ice blue eyes would have to focus on her to look over her nose.

Nation nodded. "Okay, darling," she says and goes to make the tea. "You're friend will be fine, my brother is quite good with first aid and medicine." She secretly was thinking over whether she had something to help LP not be so nervous any more.

LP smiled, but still felt terrified of being separated from Miracle.

"Here, hold this," Cosmo handed some sheets of toilet paper for Miracle to avoid further bleeding. "You don't feel faint now, do you? Do you see any colorful spots before your eyes or anything?"

"To be honest I think I'm still running on some adrenaline," she says quietly, holding the tissue to her nose gently.

Nation handed the iced tea to LP. "Here you are" she says and sat on a chair near LP. "Don't worry when my brother is done your friend will be able to join us," she tells her. She smiled "Anyway tell me why you and your friend were coming here" she says, wanting to find out. Her voice was gentle and sounded merely curious.

LP sipped her tea as she followed the mysterious woman. "My name is Little Precious... I live in a castle in the middle of a forest..." LP shuffled her feet nervously and looked around nervously, unsure what to say next. "I live with my father, he's a scientist."

Nation smiled. "That sounds nice," she says. She sipped her own tea "Well, I'm Nation McKinley and I'm a doctor, and I live here, and how about I take you on a tour of the TV station when Miracle is done?"

"Okay, Dr. McKinley." LP sounded a bit more confident.

Nation nodded and sipped at her tea again. She smiled kindly at LP. Another woman came in, looking quite bubbly. "Hi Nation, Ricky is with a patient and told me to get drinks!" she chirped.

LP smiled at Nation and sat closer beside her as she felt more comfortable around her.

Nation looked quickly at LP with a sweet smile she then looked back at the girl. "Just remember you shouldn't drink soda around the patients, Laura." she reminded her.

The girl, Laura, nodded and picked up a couple of bottles of water. "Thanks for reminding me, Nation" she says cheerfully. She offered LP a bright smile before bouncing off.

Nation chuckled slightly as Laura left. "That was nurse Laura Ansalong, the man she talked about is called Ricky you'll meet him when we give you a tour when your friend is done being tended to." she explained. She did make a mental note to keep her away from Bert. He would be a little too much for the girl straight off.

"She reminds me of my Aunt Columbia." LP replied with a smile. "Thank you for letting us in, Dr. McKinley."

Nation tilted her head a little. "Two bubbly people? I don't think I could stand it," she says, giving a smile to show her amusement. "And please call me Nation." she tells LP, something about LP made her act a bit motherly more so than she would usually do.

LP smiled and hugged Nation's legs like a young child would do to her mother.

Nation patted her hair lightly and finished her tea. She smiled and then looked up as Cosmo and Miracle arrived. "Hello, you two." she saw the blush on Miracle's cheeks. Her eyes started to twinkle with amusement a little. "Little Precious, dear drink your tea your friend and my brother are back." 

LP didn't speak, she only drank from her glass. "Hey Miracle..." she said softly with a smile.

Miracle smiled back at LP after finishing off her sandwich. "Hey LP!" she replies and then looks wondering where to sit.

Nation winked at her brother and looked at Miracle. "Would you like a drink dear?" she asks her.

"No, thank you though." Miracle replied.

"You'll both be fine, how would you like a tour of our fine studio, hmm?" Cosmo smiled proudly, yet eerily. Something about his smile looked as if he were secretly plotting against someone. His mouth said nothing, but his inner mind said something.

"That sounds like fun, you up for that Miracle?" LP asked, sounding more vocal now.

Miracle nodded smiling at LP. "Yes." she said, happily.

Nation stood up and took the empty glasses to put them in the sink. "Well let's go" she says with a kind smile. Cosmo led the way. LP turned to Miracle, a little unsure, but the blonde girl grabbed her hand without warning and dragged her out of the room.

"What was in that chicken sandwich?" LP asked, startled by her friend's direct approach very suddenly.

Miracle smiled as she followed behind Cosmo. "Chicken and Cheese." she requested.

Nation followed behind the group and raised an eyebrow. She still had a kind smile on her face though a bit more amusement was now in it.