As You Wish, Doctor

Jonathan's POV

Jonathan's POV

Crap.  What am I going to do?  Jonathan was stuck.  He just finished another shift at the hospital.  It’s been a week since hearing about the death of the twins’ parents, and he still didn’t know what was going to happen to them.  All he knew was that he had to fight to keep them in this hospital.  He checked his watch: 7:00 a.m.  Great.  Another 20 hours gone.  I guess it just goes with the job, but still…Jonathan knew that he was getting on in years, granted he wasn’t even 30 yet, but he knew that he wouldn’t be able to keep up the constant hours of work for much longer.  Maybe, I should ask for some time off soon…but what would I do? 

Jonathan grabbed his jacket, and was almost out of the front door, when he heard his phone start to ring.  He pulled his Galaxy S4 out of his pocket and checked to see who was calling him at this hour.  When he saw the name flashing on his screen, he quickly answered, “Bailey…what are you doing calling at this hour?”

“Sorry, I just assumed that you would be awake at this time.  So what’s up?”

“Working, nothing different from when you called last week.  How’s school?”

“New York University is so cool!  I love school!  It’s going great, and I totally love all my classes!  Have I mentioned that I love this school?”

“You may have forgotten to mention it.  Why are you calling?  You only ever call me monthly, and if you call in between you need money.  So how much do you need and for what?”

“Actually big brother.  I don’t need any money this time.  I’m actually coming home for the weekend.  I’m coming in on Friday morning, and I was just wondering if you would pick me up from the bus station.”

That caught Jonathan by surprise.  “You’re coming home for the weekend?  Is Thomas coming with you?” he asked his younger sister. 

“I asked him, he said that he has too much homework piled up, so he can’t make it down.  But he is definitely coming home in two weeks to visit.  So can you pick me up?”

“Of course, you know that I can.  Just email me the details and I’ll pick you up.”

“Thanks!  You’re the best big bro in the world, did you know that? 

“Yes.  I do know that.  You don’t need to point out the obvious.”

“Okay!  I gotta go to class, but I’ll see you in a couple of days!”  The line went dead.

Jonathan placed his phone back into his pocket.  He would never admit it to anybody, but he was very excited to see his little sister, even with the problem of the twins hanging in the air.  He practically raised his younger siblings since they were born when he was a 15 year old back home in Germany.  He allowed himself a small smile as he walked back to his apartment. 

A couple of days passed, and Jonathan found himself waiting in his car at Union Station waiting for the bus from New York to show up.  Bailey had written in an email that her bus should show up around 8:00 a.m. shortly after his shift ended, which worked out perfectly for him. 

He found himself humming along to the song on the rock station that was set to his car radio.  Whenever people asked him what his favorite genre of music was, he challenged them to guess.  Everybody always guessed classical music.  They were always shocked to learn that while he doesn’t really hate it, classical just wasn’t his thing.  The song “Everybody’s Fool” by Evanescence started to play, and Jonathan found himself getting excited.  This has been his favorite song that has played on the station by far.  Amy Lee sang the lyrics for the song so powerfully, that he couldn’t help but get lost in the song.