
Putting The Broken Pieces Back Together (Doctor Mechanic ft. Jamie)
"Room 5, broken arm."
The woman sighs as she accepts the chart and tries to fight back her yawn; it's her turn to work the pit and she hates it. All she does is set broken bones and stitch up cuts, and she can't deny it gets a bit tedious after a while. The woman tilts her head and gives a breath of relief as her neck cracks and releases the tension from her body before she turns into the room and stops short at the sight before her.
A small child, no older than five, sits on the table with a stream of tears that fall down his cheeks while a woman hovers close to him. The little boy clutches his left arm to his chest as his lower lip trembles every few seconds. She manages to shake off the shock as she clears her throat and watches as brown eyes jump to look at her and she can't help but chuckle at the excitement that shines through the child's expression.
"Pretty doctor lady!" Jamie chirps even though tears sparkle in his eyes.
The woman blinks as she looks at the pair, "Well, hello there. What's going on?"
"I jumped off my bed even though mami says I'm not 'posed to and I hurted my arm." Jamie sighs as he pouts and glances down at the limb he cradles to his chest. "Auntie O cried more than I did."
Octavia huffs as she folds her arms over her chest and shoots her godson a glare that holds no venom before she rolls her eyes, "I only cried because the sight of your arm made me want to throw up."
"Well," The doctor jumps in as she moves towards the table and smiles softly as she reaches out to touch Jamie's arm while Octavia hesitantly moves to sit in a nearby chair as she observes the pair. "How about I take a look at it and we'll see what we can do about it? I'll make it feel better."
"I want my mami first." Jamie whispered as he pulls his arm away.
"Well, how about I take a look at it why we wait for your mom?" The woman offers with a kind smile and Jamie hesitates a beat for he finally gives a small nod. "I'm Doctor Griffin, by the way. What's your name?"
"James Campbell Reyes." The boy murmurs as he bites his lower lip. "But everyone calls me Jamie."
Dr. Griffin nods and laughs softly, "Fair enough. Everyone calls me Abby."
"Are you gonna have to cut off my arm?" Jamie demands with a scowl as he looks at the woman who raises her eyebrows in surprise. "Uncle Belly says that sometimes doctor's cut off your arms even you get a bad owie."
"Little dude, what have your mom and I said about listening to Uncle Bellamy?" Octavia demands as she shifts in her chair and watches as Jamie gives a shrug. "We've told you not to listen to him, he likes to tell stories."
Abby slides a small glance towards the young woman, "Are you his mom as well?"
"No! That's Auntie O!" Jamie giggles before he squeaks as Abby shifts his arm in a certain way and all at once his smile becomes a pained grimace. "That hurt! Doctors aren't 'posed to hurt people, 'memeber?"
"I'm sorry, buddy." Abby frowns as she releases his arm and glances between the child and Octavia. "I think we're going to have to take some pretty pictures of your bones, see what's causing the pain."
"Okay." Octavia nods as she watches Abby step away from the table for a moment.
"Jamie!" Raven exclaims as she rushes into the room with a smear of grease on her cheek and her purse barely hanging on her arm. "Adios mio, mijo. I am so sorry that it took me so long to get here, baby."
Abby feels her heart warm as she watches the woman rush towards her son and carefully brush soft locks from his forehead before she presses a small kiss there. Jamie sniffles as he curls himself into Raven's arms and Abby wishes she didn't have to pull them apart. She waits a moment longer before she clears her throat and a smile of amusement appears on her face when brown eyes snap to her and widen.
"Pretty doctor lady?" Raven mumbles, surprise in her voice. "Wow. Hi."
"Hello there. Mrs. Reyes?" Abby guesses with an arch of an eyebrow. "I'm Doctor Griffin."
"Miss Reyes. Or Raven." The brunette corrects as she looks down at her son who pushes his nose further into his mother's shoulder while he sniffles every few seconds. "Um, is he going to be okay? Is it broken?"
Abby gives a short nod, "It is. I just want to get a few x-rays first."
"O-Okay." Raven whispers as she licks her lips nervously. "Can I go with him?"
"If you'd like." Abby replies.
Raven looks to Octavia for a quick moment, "I'll be back?"
"I'm going to go call Bell and mom." Octavia offers as she pulls her phone from her purse.
Raven doesn't respond or offer anything to the brunette who vanishes quickly and Abby leads the pair down a long, cold hallway. Jamie holds onto his mother's hand and cradles his hurt arm to his chest as he flashes glances around the open space. Eventually they reach a smaller section and Abby waves over a kind looking man who approaches with a soft smile and looks to Jamie with a look of pity.
"Broken arm?" The doctor asks with a sad half-smile.
"Uh huh. I jumped off my bed." Jamie mumbles. "Are you gonna take pictures of me?"
"I am." The man nods as he looks up at Raven and offers her his hand. "I'm Dr. Jackson."
"Raven." The brunette replies as she gives his hand a firm shake. "This is my son, Jamie."
"Well, Jamie," Jackson begins as he nods his heads towards a door behind him. "How about you and I go into that room and I set you up so we can take some super cool pictures of your bones to show to your mom?"
Jamie pauses and looks up at Raven, "You come too?"
"I can't, baby," Raven sighs as she squats before the five-year-old and wipes away his tears of fear that slowly leak down his face. "But I'm going to be right out here waiting for you, okay? I won't leave."
"Not even to go potty?" Jamie demands.
Raven quickly shakes her head, "Not even to go potty."
Jamie finally gives a twitch of a smile and puckers his lips till Raven gives him a quick kiss and stands to ruffle his dirty blonde hair. The five-year-old gives an audible swallow as Jackson begins to move towards the room and his little Converse shoes squeak on the tiles as he walks forward with a hesitance to his step, his tiny hand reaches out to latch onto the sleeve of Jackson's lab coat.
"We'll wait out here." Abby smiles.
Raven watches as Jackson leads Jamie into another room and she bites her lip nervously as the little boy sends her a small glance over his shoulder. Abby watches the woman, sees the way she chews at her lower lip and fiddles with the little beaded bracelet around her wrist while she stares at the door. She wants to comfort her, to offer her some type of words that will soothe her worry, but everything in her head is jumbled so she just bites her tongue instead.
"I adopted him when he was a year old."
Abby looks up in surprise at the woman's voice, "Oh?"
"Yeah." Raven chuckles, the disbelief clear in her voice. "I just...I realized I wanted to be a mom and adoption was something I wanted to do and when he came into my life everything changed. He changed me."
"Kids will do that." Abby agrees with a soft laugh as looks down at the watch on her wrist and thinks of her daughter who bought it for her last year. "My life had so much more meaning when my daughter was born."
"He's the best thing that's ever happened to me." Raven sighs as she crosses her arms over her chest. "I think about life before him and it just seems...pointless. I don't know, it just felt like life wasn't complete until he came along."
Abby looks at the woman and can see the pure love and devotion that shines in brown orbs and it causes her heart to flutter as she awkwardly clears her throat. Jackson finishes with Jamie only moments later and Abby releases a sharp breath of relief as the man leads Jamie back towards Raven who is quick to scoop the child into her arms. Abby quietly dismisses them back to Jamie's hospital room and she watches as the woman walks away with Jamie balanced on her hip as she talks quietly to the boy who gives short nods and hums out answers.
"She's cute." Jackson smirks.
Abby gives an unconscious nod, "Absolutely beautiful."
She regrets the words as soon as they leave her mouth and she pinches her lips into a thin line as she hears Jackson's snort of amusement. Abby waits impatiently for Jackson to hand over Jamie's x-rays and she snatches them from the laughing man and gives him a soft shove before she observes the clean fracture in the child's elbow. By the time she gets back to Jamie's room, the child looks halfway towards sleep as he sits in Raven's lap while she runs her fingers through his long locks. The door clicks shut behind her and she glances around to notice that it's just the mother and son in the room and she clears her throat to catch their attention and waits for two pairs of brown eyes to snap towards her, one full of questions and the other pain.
"The x-rays show that he fractured his elbow," Abby begins as she moves to pin the x-rays up before she flicks on the light and listens to Jamie's exhale of surprise at the sight. "We'll do a long arm cast and get him on some pain meds and he should be good to go."
Jamie yawns and looks up at his mother, "Is that my bones?"
"It is, mijo. They're super cool bones." Raven chuckles as she presses a kiss to his head and looks at him with soft eyes. "Did you understand what Dr. Griffin said? You're going to have a cast on your arm for a few weeks, JimJam."
"Is it going to hurt?" Jamie asks in a low whisper.
"Not as much as it does now." Raven assures him as she shifts him on her lap and allows him to rest on the cot. "How about I go get you some chips and juice why Dr. Griffin sets you up with your cast? Sound good?"
Jamie hesitates and then nods, "Okay. Come back soon?"
"You won't even notice I'm gone." Raven whispers as she presses a kiss to his head.
The process is quick and Abby can't help but feel a little relived by how easy Jamie is when it comes to everything. He eagerly picks out the brightest color he can find and she sets to making the fiberglass shell while he watches her with wide eyes and winces in pain. The only sound in the room is his soft sniffles and the ticking of the clock and she glances up every few seconds to make sure he's okay.
The pair is silent as Abby begins to carefully wrap the lime green tape around Jamie's arm and he watches with rapt attention as she works. His tiny fingers wiggle every few seconds in protest to the tightness around the break and she can already tell that Raven has a long fight ahead of her concerning this cast. Abby finishes moments later and smiles at Jamie as the child weighs the cast for a moment and blows out a breath strong enough to bounce the blonde hairs on his forehead.
"I can't skate with this." Jamie whines.
"No, I don't think skating would be a good idea." Abby chuckles as she looks up at the boy from her stool. "And when you shower or go anywhere that might have water, you'll have to wrap your cast with a plastic bag."
"No bath time?" Jamie demands with wide eyes.
"You can take a bath," Abby assures him with a soft laugh. "You just can't get your cast wet."
"What happens if I have an itchy?" Jamie asks as he arches an eyebrow and shoots the cast a quick glare. "I don't wanna have a cast no more. I can't swim or skate and if I have a itchy then I can't itch it."
Abby laughs as she shakes her head in amusement, "I won't be able to take it off for a while, buddy. It needs to heal and it needs to stay like this for you to get better. You wanna know the best part of having a cast?"
Jamie brightens as his eyes widen, "What?"
"You get to have all of your friends and family sign it and draw super cool pictures on it. It'll be lots of fun." Abby grins as she moves to grab a sling. "And you get to wear this whenever you feel like your cast is too heavy."
"Will you sign my cast?" Jamie whispers as he stares up at Abby. "And put your number."
Abby blinks in surprise at the request, "What?"
"Put your number." Jamie grins as he wiggles his eyebrows in a way that Octavia had taught him months ago. "Mami thinks you're super pretty and smart and Auntie O says grown ups go on dates so you should go on a date with my mami."
"Jamie," Abby begins as gives a soft laugh. "I think your mother is beautiful as well and you are such a sweet boy, but I don't think it would be right for me to write my number down. I will, however, sign your cast."
Jamie huffs and rolls his eyes, "Fine."
"Was that an eye roll I just detected?" Raven demands as she walks towards the pair with a bag of chips and a bottle of apple juice. "Didn't I tell you that if you did that then your eyes would roll out of your head?"
"Mami, I want to go home." Jamie pouts. "I want a cuddle samwhich with Auntie O and you."
"That sounds like the perfect evening." Raven laughs as she moves to scoop her son into her arms before she looks to Abby with a soft expression. "Thank you so much for taking such good care of him, I really appreciate it."
"It's my job." Abby shrugs with a grin. "But I'm happy to help."
Abby stares at Raven and she hates the way her heart skips a beat and the way she feels breathless for a moment. She hasn't felt this way since the last time she laid eyes on her husband, right before his accident. The thought causes her to sober as she quickly looks away from the younger woman who shuffles the five-year-old on her hip while Jamie tucks himself into her neck with a soft sigh.
"I'll see you in six weeks then." Abby nods.
Raven blinks and gives a hard swallow, "Six weeks."
Abby shifts uncomfortably at how hard it is for her to watch Raven walk away. She pushes it away though, tucks it into the corner of her heart to store it away for a time when she can really think about it. After a moment, she realizes Raven is gone and all that lingers is the slight smell of grease and playdough and she sighs as she lifts Jamie's chart towards her face and smacks herself in the forehead a few times.
"She's half you age, Abby," The woman mumbles. "Don't even think about it."
So she doesn't.
Or at least she likes to think she doesn't.
(Six weeks later, she asks Raven out for coffee.)
Jamie Verse:This Drabble, This Drabble, Raven's Snapchats, Octavia's Snapchats, Clarke's Snapchats, Abby's Snapchats, andBellamy's Snapchats.