“Hello. I think we just spoke on the phone.. you let me in.. the door?” Randy looked at the nurse, expecting her to speak. “I’m sorry, did I turn the wrong way? I was certain she said turn left..”
“Sorry, I must have been daydreaming.” Oh for fuck’s sake, did I just say I was daydreaming? Pull your head out of your ass Jenna. “I meant I must have been zoning. I’m Jenna, it’s nice to meet you officer.” She held out her hand.
Randy smiled and took her hand. “It’s nice to meet you Jenna. Please call me Randy, not officer.”
They both turned as two nurses rounded the corner, arguing with each other. The blonde with short wild hair was telling the dark haired nurse “How would I know what he wants with me? I haven’t sexually harassed anyone since I grabbed your ass earlier to…” They both abruptly stopped when they saw the female officer standing there with Jenna.
The dark haired nurse looked at the blonde one and just shook her head, rolling her eyes as if to say “Should be fun explaining that comment.”
Jenna tried to contain her sarcastic comments and said instead “Shawn, Rebecca, this is Officer Cash. I mean, this is Randy. She’s a friend of Stacy’s and she worked the accident last night. She stopped in to check on the baby.”
Shawn’s gaze went from the officer’s face to Rebecca’s face and then on to Jenna’s as if to say “This is the lesbian friend?” Jenna raised her eyebrows in response, smiling sweetly.
“I’m sorry; did I come at a bad time?” Randy asked, watching the interaction between them all. Why do I feel like I’m missing something here?
Shawn stepped forward quickly. “No, I’m sorry. Your timing is fine, mine however; isn’t. I promise I wasn’t truly harassing this lady.” She smiled sweetly at Rebecca. “I’m Shawn; it’s nice to meet you.” She shook Randy’s hand. “And this lovely creature here is my partner, Rebecca.” Rebecca shook Randy’s hand also and shot Shawn a dirty look. Yeah you better remember who makes you scream with pleasure. She’s definitely gorgeous. She makes me look like a wallflower in comparison and a huge one at that. She reached out for Shawn’s hand in an uncharacteristic show of insecurity.
Jenna casually leaned against the nurses station, making it look like she was looking on her phone but she was actually snapping pictures so that she could show Sam when she got home. She almost dropped her phone when Randy turned and looked at her. “It’s nice to meet all of you. Thank you for helping me out. I wanted to find out if there is anything I can do for him. I understand that his mother didn’t have any family.”
“I can take you over to see him. If I go with you, the NICU nurses should be fine. We’ll just explain who you are and why you’re here. Of course, it helps that you’re in uniform too.” Jenna said. And it gives me an excuse to see him too before I go home.
Randy looked a little confused. She didn’t mind Jenna showing her, but she expected to rely on Stacy’s sister to get her in to see the baby. “I don’t want to take up your time. I guess I was hoping to use the sister card and see if Shawn could get me in because I’m a friend of Stacy’s.”
“What am I? Chopped liver?” Jenna said slightly annoyed. “I guess sister-in-laws don’t rate as highly Rebecca. We better go on about our business.”
“Okay, I feel like I’m the only one wearing pants to Prom. What is going on here?” Randy said feeling very off-balance. She looked at Shawn. “I thought you said that Rebecca was your partner?” She looked at Jenna. “So how does that make you a sister-in-law?” Stacy has never mentioned a brother?
“What the hell is wrong with my sister? I’m sorry she didn’t give you the low down on our family? Yes, I’m Shawn and this is my partner Rebecca. In case you haven’t noticed, that makes us gay and we have twins in the oven.” Pointing at Jenna she said “And Jenna is our sister-in-law. She is our sister Sam’s partner. They have a little boy that is a year old, his name is Jackson. Now that we have that out of the way, is there a problem?” She said defensively. Rebecca put her hand gently on Shawn’s arm, a quiet warning to calm down.
“No, no problem. I was just confused because Stacy didn’t mention that Sam was gay also. She let it slide that you guys were pregnant. It doesn’t matter, I was just lost. I didn’t mean to offend any of you; in case your radar is broken I’m gay too.” Randy said trying to diffuse the tension.
“We know!” All three answered in unison and then laughed.
“Why do I feel like I’m in a bad comedy skit?” Randy said laughing.
Jenna spoke up, putting the officer out of her discomfort. “Come on gaymo, let’s go see the baby.”
Randy followed, shaking her head and laughing. And I thought it was bad trying to deal with one Evans sister.
****
Driving home that evening, Rebecca was quiet. Shawn reached over and took her hand. “Are you tired honey?”
“Hmm?” Rebecca said distractedly.
Shawn glanced sideways at her and noticed she was staring out the window. “I asked if you are tired. You’re awfully quiet. Are you not feeling well?”
Rebecca was quiet and didn’t answer. Shawn pulled into their garage and shut the engine off. “Honey, what is it? Are you having any pain?” She got out of the car and walked around, quickly opening the passenger door. She saw tears in Rebecca’s eyes and her heart constricted. Reaching out to wipe the tears she asked “Becca? Baby, what is it?”
Rebecca started sobbing and wrapped her arms around Shawn. “I’m okay.” She said
