Then I Saw Your Face

Linda

I watched as he walked out of my life. Unless the cute cop got shot again, I'd never see him... I had no idea how wrong I was. I would be seeing a lot of the cop, I just didn't know it yet.
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I sighed as I twirled my spaghetti around my fork, chin in my hand. For some reason, this Sunday dinner was lonelier than the others. I wasn't very hungry as I stared into the nothingness of the white wall. Danny was so cute, I just wanted to stare at him for all eternity. My mouth started to water, just thinking about him. I closed my eyes, trying to banish his face out of my mind. Not being able to, I sighed and stood up. Finding a Tupperware container, I returned to the table, dumping the uneaten spaghetti into the plastic. I sealed the container and stuck it in the fridge.
Walking into the living area, I grabbed the remote from atop the tv and turned on a romance movie. My mind started substituting the characters for myself and the cute cop. I turned the movie off when my breathing became heavier and my face grew hot. This was not good....
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I was glad when my alarm went off, because I had been tossing and turning, trying to get Danny out of my head. Every time I closed my eyes, he was there, smiling at me. His smile melted my heart, and sent heat straight to the pit of my stomach.
I was kind of glad Monday morning was hectic at the ER, that way, I wouldn't have time to think about the cop that was shot. One emergency after the other had all the nurses and doctors scrambling around. It was everything from appendicitis to heart attacks. New mothers came in with babies that had fevers, car crash victims were being fixed up, food poisoning was being treated.
Around lunch time, I finally got a break. I decided to got to the little convenience store a few blocks down. It wasn't a long walk, and the whether was nice, so I didn't mind. The blue sky was beautiful and clear with white, puffy clouds. I loved days like this- sunshine, low humidity, blue skies.... on days like today, I liked to grab Tina and another one of my best friends and eat up on the roof.
When I returned to the hospital, I was told someone was looking for me. Lunch in hand, I headed towards the cafeteria where my visitor was. I wondered who it could be... it wouldn't be anybody I was friends with- they all had jobs and were working. And the rape victim was in her room.... I really needed to visit her. I went over possible visitors in my head again and again until I ended up in the cafeteria. I glanced around, not seeing anything except someone who did not look like a staff member sitting at the far end of the room. I decided that was the visitor. As I drew closer, my eyes got wider. It couldn't be the person I was secretly hoping it would be.
Taking a deep breath, I walked up to him. "Hi."