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Nurse a Broken Heart (Nickky and Chuckeles)

Nicoletta

Super-Earth
Joined
Aug 10, 2012
Laying in the ambulance Rea was barely conscious. The last completely lucid thought that she had was of her boyfriends fingers closing over her neck. The ambulance lurched, and she could feel them moving the board that she was strapped down to. By the gasps they made the young girl knew that it wasn't good. She was barely eighteen and this had been her fifth time to this same hospital. They all knew her here, and knew what was going on. She would never admit to it though, never bring the man she loved so dearly into jail. It was little things that set him into the rages that ended in her hear death so many times.

The stretcher was taken into the operating room and she could feel the metal rings being taken from her face. Angel bites, a septum, tongue, and very minor gauges. They were all put into a plastic bag and thrust aside. Next came her tattered and bloody clothing. They cut what was remaining away, leaving it on a pile on the floor. Now came the hard part, bringing her small body back together.

"What in the hell happened this time?" The doctors voice was loud, and extremely deep. He sounded as if he would be a good baritone singer, or maybe it was just Rea's mind playing tricks on her. "Stabbed near the stomach area twice, several bruising to the neck area, broken ankle, two bruised ribs on the left side, and just scattered bruising." The next voice was high pitched, definitely that of a young women, more of a soprano voice that you would love to hear sing you to sleep. Rea could feel the sharp pinches of a needle going through her naked flesh. Had they already cleaned her up? They must be stitching now. "Wow, worst out of five. Wonder when she'll wise up and leave the bastard she's with."

It wasn't the first time Rea had heard such things. More often than not everyone who had seen her while she was at the hospital insisted that she leave him. It wasn't so simple though. When she was with him it felt like someone was catching her body on fire, leaving her breathless and wanting more of the intoxicating warmth. When she was apart from him though, Rea felt like she was drowning in her own sorrow. She didn't really remember much after that, they must have put her under to fix her broken ankle.

When Rea woke she was laying in a bed under a heated blanket. Oh, they took note last time that she was anemic. Thank god for the hospital. There was a small glass of water next to her bed, and oh yes her rings. Once her face was put back together and the gleaming metal was in tact she began to asses herself. Her hair felt odd and stringy. Hmmm, probably a mixture of her blood and sweat. Hopefully they would let her shower. When it was clean, Rea's hair was a mixture of strawberries and dirt. Not the best combination, but it came out beautifully. Her eyes were large, and the color of a frozen over lake in winter time.

There were several IVs hooked up to a bag dripping no doubt morphine.
In the gown she was wearing two of her six tattoos were visible. On her left wrist were the words 'never give in' and on her ankle was a broken heart, shattered by a razor blade. On her hips were two sparrows, making up two tattoos separately. The other two here a cross down her back, barbed wire wrapping around it, and music notes running up her rib cage. Rea loved decorating her body in art work. She was rather thin. Not so thin that people would think she was malnourished, but her pale flesh was wrapped tightly around her bones. Ribs and hip bones visible, but not extremely prominent.
 
Alex Dean had been working at this hospital for only a few weeks, but he had already proven his skills in several different cases. He is a tall man standing just over six feet tall. His hair is light blonde and matches the color of his goatee that he keeps neatly trimmed and short. While he wasnt supposed to work this particular night he had volunteered since he was new to this town and wanted to throw himself into his job, instead of sitting at home. Glancing up at the door he frowns as he hears the sirens approaching the ER, it had been a slow night till now.

His voice was indeed a deep baritone as he begins ordering the necessary steps to save the girl on the table beneath him. A deep frown slips across his features as he sees how much damage has been done. Despite his time in town, this wasn't the first time that he had seen the girl laying on a bed in the ER. It takes him several hours of work to make sure she is put back together. He ends up putting a piece of metal in her ankle to help the bone heal properly. Once finished he sighs softly as he lets his nurse sew everything up that is left.

Once cleaned up he returns to his office to begin writing out his report on how the surgery went. Losing track of time he looks up when the nurse knocks on his door. "She's awake doctor if you want to see her." Nodding his thanks he stands up and goes to her room knocking on the door before he enters. His eyes showing the care he dealt to all of his patients were a light green color. "Well its good to see you awake, Miss Rea. How are you feeling right now?" He moves to sit down beside her bed pulling out his pen.
 
Soon after Rea woke she saw the same doctor that usually worked on her, sitting in the chair beside her bed. It was always the same routine with them. Hello, how are you, leave your boyfriend, that sort of thing. It never really failed, either. "Hey doctor....." for some reason she couldn't remember his name. It didn't really faze her though, Rea had never been good with names. "Doctor. I'm feeling like I just got ran over by a car, anything you can do about that?" Her whole body did in fact ache. Not enough to put her in tears, but enough to where that it was extremely uncomfortable to even move at this point.

The one thing that she liked about this doctor was he always came in to see his patients himself. Most doctors that she met lately didn't even bother. That was mostly due to the fact though that they were disgusted that she didn't leave her boyfriend. Some had even refused to treat her, saying that she was taking up other peoples time who actually needed and wanted their help.
 
Alex smiles at her when she speaks to him. "The name is Alex Rea,and in a sense Rea, Ive seen crash patients not be hurting as badly as you do." He moves around the bed adjusting her morphine drip to increase slightly. "This is the fifth time Ive seen you in the last few weeks." Pulling up a chair beside her, he flips open the charts starting to read over her injuries that have been patched up before. "Your ankle was broken pretty badly, I had to put a plate in there to make sure it would heal properly." Shaking his head slightly he seems to be abit taken back by the damage this young woman has sustained.

Closing the charts for a moment his eyes glance towards the door for a moment. "Rea...how long are you going to keep this up? Your body can only take so much, not matter how willing your spirit is." Standing slowly he moves to stand closer to her, allowing him to drop his voice slightly. "He stabbed you this time, it could have killed you."
 
She gave a sigh of appreciation when the morphine dripping into her body was increased, causing some of the more painful areas to numb. "A plate? Is it over going to be taken out?" She stopped listening to him a moment so she could imagine a metal plate up against her bones. It made her shudder, but she looked back up at it again. Okay, here it came. The why are you with him speech. She could tell by the way he was looking at her, like he was trying to figure out what to say.

"I know that you don't understand, none of you do." The way he was no, made her want to lean up and close the few inches that separated them. "I love him, even if he fancies using me as a punching bag. Most of the time, it's something I've done to cause the anger in the first place." Rea knew that was no excuse, but it was the best she could come up with at the moment.
 
Staying close to the bed he sighs softly at hearing her words. "The plate will stay in as long as its needed. I would recommend keeping it in for at least six months." His voice is alittle louder as a nurse walks by, letting her hear his talk of the plate. A few of the nurses would think he was wasting his time with her, but he had to try and get through to her. "You also have some stitches that we will remove in a few weeks." Sighing softly he makes another note in her charts before setting them down. Moving to pull up a chair beside her bed he touches her hand slightly.

Once he is seated his voice drops slightly to keep the conversation just between them. "What did you do this time to anger him?" His eyes are soft and filled with sympathy as he settles in to listen to her. "Rea Im concerned that one of these times you are going to set him off and I wont be able to fix you."
 
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