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_ Close Enough: Chapter 2 - Pain Killers _

I feel as if my job doesn't help anybody sometimes. Being a male nurse is one of the most looked down upon jobs I have ever heard of. Everyone sees it as being one of the gayest things anyone could ever be. If I was straight I would probably be more offended by it. I guess I fit the stereotype this time.

Things haven't been exactly awesome recently. I just moved to Elimix a couple of moths ago after my old town in Alaska had some serious weather problems. This wouldn't usually effect my family because we have lived there for a few generations, but this time it effected us financially. Our houses started to sink into the ground and all the pipes froze up and broke. Our whole town was placed on a very bad location on top of deep freeze soil, and we were all forced to move. My parents found a job in Elimix, and I sadly didn't have enough money to move out, so I just came along with them.

My best friend, Eric, and his family came with us thankfully. It would be very lonely without someone else to talk to. He is usually preoccupied because he is taking difficult classes his senior year for some stupid reason. His girlfriend Riley and her family decided to move here too only because Riley would have thrown a fit not being able to see Eric anymore, but I guess it's pretty understandable.

A couple of weeks ago Eric started to act very strange around me. He stutters and makes excuses not to hang out. Last night I caught him in the middle of a bar fight with some poor fox kid. Well, at least I think it was a fox. He was blue and had cute yellow patterns on his fur. I can't remember him very well, but I do remember that smile he had on when I saw him prance through the door of the club. He straight up ran right into me, and right behind him was Eric with a bloody muzzle. Eric was about to murder that guy for some reason, and still wont tell me what started the fight.

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Another shift at the hospital cheers me up. I make people feel better, and I help people. I know a few people who have their job for the money, but the only reason I have this job is to help as much as I am. What is life if you don't use it for good.

I was sent by Dr.Williams to go up to the children's pediatrician rooms to help some of the kids while he attends to some of the more serious patients. A child was just ran over and a lot of the doctors are caring for her, so they need the nurses to help out minor scratches and colds for now.

As I walk through the halls I wave to some of the women nurses who just look at me and smile. "Hello ladies!" I cheer and give a warm smile. They look at each other and start giggling and blushing. I guess they are just shy. Bunny nurses can be that way.

I feel something crash into me hard. "Uff!" I groan and nearly fall over. I was ran over by a supply cart in the stomach by someone who was apparently in a hurry. I look up and see it was the only other male nurse in the hospital. He was a very short corgi-husky mix named Elliot. He had one of the most irritated faces I have ever seen.

"Damn it!" he yelled. "Sorry Eli, but I am in a huge hurry. You should pay attention to what's going on around you and less on the bunnies." He said with bitterness nodding his head to the noisy giggling bunnies. He was a very cynical person, but today I could tell that he was having an extremely bad day. I nodded with a sorry expression and he continued on down the hall.

I look at the clip-board and see I am supposed to go to room 7 on the bottom floor. I rushed down there as fast as I could without crashing into another doctor or nurse. As I got to the room I check the name on the board by the door. "Shane Cadwell" I mumble to myself. That is a pretty cool last name I think to myself.

My phone started to ring. I never get any calls from anyone, especially not at work. I quickly take out my phone hoping none of the other nurses see me. 'Eric Lakuna' Was plastered on the top of my phone with a small picture of him and Riley hugging and smiling. Why would Eric be calling me? Now of all times? I couldn't pick it up now, I thought as I press the ignore button on my phone. After I gather myself up again I enter the small children room.

To my surprise I walk in and see the a light blue guy who looked nothing like the child I thought he would be. Not many older teens are sent to the children rooms, but I guess all the other rooms are filled up. This night was pretty crowded. "Hello Mr.Cadwell. Your doctor can't be with you today, so I am here to tend to your issue. What would be the problem today sir?" I ask in a concerned tone.

After about a second, the guy looked up, and I see it's the fox that got in the fight with Eric last night. He had a large dark spot on his head that I'm guessing Eric made. "What..." he mumbled under his breath as he stared at me with his big green eyes. I looked at his amazed expression and smiled.

"Well Mr.Cadwell, looks like a little one too many last night cause some problems didn't it?" I tried to tease. He looked at me blankly for a couple of seconds more and jumped up onto his feet. He swayed a little bit, then nearly fell to the floor. I ran up to him and caught him in mid fall. "Geez pup, be a little more careful. Are you alright?" I groaned, picking him up.

As soon as he was up a fire lit in his eyes. "You!" He gasped and jumped a couple of feet away from me. He surprised me by his speed. "It was NOT me who started that fight! It was your crazy-psychotic wolf friend!" He yelled defensively . He had a lot deeper of a voice then I thought he would. If he had longer hair, I could have sworn he was a girl. A very cute, but flat-chested girl I might add.

"I'm sorry. I was just teasing." I said walking closer to him lifting my hands up as if to show I wasn't armed. He raised an eyebrow at me. I continued "Eric hasn't been in the best state of mind recently, I don't know what is wrong with him.". He seemed to calm down, because he sat down again and rubbed his hands over his eyes.

"It doesn't matter" He sighed. "He got me good, but at least I was able to get away after I scratched him." he suddenly sounded tired. I lifted up my clip-board as if I were going to write some notes. He looked at me pitifully "Can ya help me make my head feel better? Today has been the second worst day of my life." he said pointing at the massive bruise.

I put down my keyboard and went to go take a closer look at the dark spot. "Well, it looks like you could have punctured your brain. Have you been getting headaches and dizziness?" I asked. He looked at me with fear in his eyes and gasped. I started laughing loudly knowing I scared him. "I'm just joking Mr.Cadwell, it's just a bad bruise in the wrong spot." I continued laughing.

He looked up at me smirking "That wasn't funny-" he looked down at my chest "Ellie." and he started laughing furiously. I looked down and saw my name tag marked Ellie.. "Such a manly name!" he teased.

I jumped up and scowled. "Dear god, please just call me Eli. My parents are jack asses and gave me the worst name ever... Shane." I said looking back down at him. He was chuckling and rubbing his for-head. I leaned down to I was closer to his bruise. "I would recommend just some pain medication for that. You are pretty lucky that It isn't worst. Eric can be a little savage." I said at almost a whisper.

He looked up slowly with a questioning look in his eyes "Is Eric your boyfriend?" he whispered. I was very shocked by that question that I yelped and gave a little laugh at the same time. He suddenly realized the kind of question he just asked me and jumped a little "Oh I'm sorry, that just kind of slipped out, ya know?" he said, starting to shake a little. I started to laugh wildly and placed my paw on his shoulder, getting a small 'Mmm' Come from him.

"Don't worry about it. I am not dating him , he's just my best friend. We grew up together in Alaska." I told him smiling. This guy was very cute, but I don't understand why I felt so close to him to the point where I'm acting so informal with him. "Him and his girlfriend are very inseparable, and I don't really think he's my type anyways." I said somewhat mumbling towards the end. I started to feel a little uncomfortable saying all this and him just... staring at me with his green beauties.

He shook as if he was coming out of a trance. "Why would I worry about it?! And Alaska .. Wow . That's far away!" He said defensively, shuffling around a bit. He suddenly stopped and clenched his for-head. "Erg-!" he yelled grinding his teeth. "Damn this just hurts more and more by the minute!" He said leaning side to side. I got closer to him and held onto his shoulder. 'I should help him' was all I could think, but I didn't know how to help.

He stopped and locked eyes with me again, and I just realized how close I got to him. Nearly two inches away from touching muzzles. "Yeah" I mumble "Alaska is pretty far...." I don't know what happened. It was as if he was hypnotizing me with his eyes. As if he has casted some sort of spell that made me feel suddenly dumb-struck. I leaned in a little bit, felling the need to feel his lips on mine.

Suddenly he jumps up again and cringes from pain. I moved back a little, but he grabbed my wrist and looked at me with a grin and painful tears in his eyes. "It's not as bad as you think." he tried to tell me in a reassured tone, and I stood up and shook my head in disbelief. I was blushing slightly and saw he was flushed. I was wondering if it was from me, or his pain.

I walked to the cabinet above the doctors desk and used a key to unlock the door. Winking at him, I whispered "I'll get you those pain killers now." . He nodded and waited for me to return. I fumbled through the bottles for a couple of minutes and brought back some high dose pain relievers. "This will help." I said bending over and giving him a few of the pills with some water. He had no problem swallowing it down.

"Well Shane, I'll talk to the doctor and get you some pain killers to take home. Is there anything else I can help you with?" I said winking at him. He looked down and I saw tears well up in his eyes. "Whoa, what's wrong?" I said suddenly. This guy and his sudden emotions was so new to me.

"My sister... got ran over..." he breathed. He started to nearly hyperventilate. My mind suddenly flashed to the girl I saw coming into the hospital, her body was broken and there was lots of blood staining the green sheets of the Emergency room. She is a cute kid, and when I first saw her enter it broke my heart. I have only been working here for a short while and haven't seen anything that bad happen to a child in my life. I know one of the bunnies told me that she would live a couple of hours ago, but I couldn't help but worry. All the doctors have been centered on her, with Elliot as the main nurse on that job.

"Oh.." I mumbled. "I'm very sorry." I didn't know what else to say. I took a seat next to him on the crunchy paper bed. He continued to stare at the floor and breath heavily. I put my arm around him not knowing what to do. "Here, Here..." I said patting him on the back. My phone started to ring again. "Eric...." I said and Shane looked at me.

"I should go now." He said and got up. Again I pressed ignore on my phone. For some reason I felt that if he left, something terrible would happen. I don't even know this guy, and him and my best friend hate each other or something since last night. I feel like my heart is going crazy and I needed this guy.

"Wait!" I nearly yelled as he walked towards the door. I grabbed his shoulder lightly and he turned around dramatically as if we were in some over exaggerated soap opera. I didn't know what to say, so I just looked at him with pleading eyes. He touched my paw that was on his shoulder, and stroked my fingers. I came closer to him and slowly put my other paw on his waist. "I'll get you the pain killers... or something..." I said dumbly.

Shane chuckled a little, knowing what I meant. He took the paw that was on his shoulder and placed it on his cheek. I felt his baby blue fur that felt so soft to the touch. "That would be nice..." he whispered and kissed me lightly. I didn't know what to do. This was all happening so fast in one of the strangest places possible. He chuckled again "I'll see you later?" he asked me with loving, pleading eyes.

I nodded and he gave me his number. Wow.. Was the only thing that came to my head as he left. I was left staring at the door he just walked out of. My phone started ringing again. "GODDAMIT." I groan loudly and answer my phone. "Whaaaaaaaat?!" I yell into my phone, knowing Eric would most likely laugh at my misfortune. All I could hear on the other end was loud breathing and growling. My heart dropped and got caught in my throat. "What's wrong bro?" I asked cautiously.

There was another deep growl and then it got quiet. Eric started Whimpering and sniffling. "Eli?" he asked sounding heart-broken.

"Eric? What happened? You sound terrible." I pressed onto him. I started to seriously worry.

I heard another whimper. "It's Riley..". He paused again and made another growling noise. "It was always Riley." He was now full on growling and I heard a crash in the background. "She dumped me the other day, and I don't know what to do. I can't live knowing what I know. Things ended badly..." He said becoming quiet again.

I was completely taken aback. Those two were perfect together. I don't understand what could have happened to make them even.. Well., Argue. Sure Eric can be an ass sometimes, but he loved her, and she loved him that was clear. "Hold on Eric. Shit.. How did this even happen?" I asked running my paw through my fur and down my neck. So much has happened today. What could have possible caused this.

"It... It' hard to explain....So hard.." He said in between sniffles. In all my time of knowing Eric, which is, FOREVER! I have never heard him or seen him cry before. He was a tough guy. He was the tough guy who would beat up the people who would pick on the little guys. We were the macho team. Even I cried sometimes, but he never did in front of me.

"Hey.. Calm down okay? After work ill come over and see you." I claimed trying to make him feel better. "You can tell me everything once I get there." I declared. He whimpered again and I heard his harsh breathing stop.

"I- I can't tell you..." he said sadly. "I just can't... I'll talk to you later Ellie. Bye" There was a click on the other end. He hung up on me. I dropped my hand away from my ear and thought to myself 'what the hell is going on with everyone'.

I slowly walk out of the room and was approached by one of the bunnies. "Dr.Williams says you are free to go after you help out Elliot." I groaned.

"Dear god do I get to leave when Elliot tells me to?" I asked slumping down about to explode with confusion and frustration. The bunny nodded. "Great. What can Elliot need me for. Besides getting the medication on the top shelves..." I groan and the bunny giggled and walked away promptly. After getting the nearest doctor to sign for Shane's prescription, I made my way upstairs to find Elliot.

After asking multiple bunnies, Skunks, Otters, and Cats, I found Elliot in the 3rd floor supply room. He was sitting and reading some home living magazine looking extremely bored. When he saw me he dropped the magazine and hopped up out of his chair. "Ah, Eli, You're here. Good" He rambled. I nodded and gave him a questionable look. He walked to the other side of the room 'Yes, well, I will let you leave after you help me here for a second. First of all..." He said and pointed to the top of one of the shelves. "Can you get me all the Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, and Ativan?" I nod and chuckle as I reach up to grab all the medication.

"Whoa, hey isn't this all the anxiety medication?" I ask recognizing the names.

Elliot nodded. "Yes, Dr.Williams wants it moved to the 2nd floor storage.". I handed him the Medication and he put it onto his supply cart. "We are very busy tonight, good thing you get to leave early...." He said somewhat irritated as he started pushing his cart again "You're welcome." He looked back and gave me a small smirk.

"Thanks.." I said as I watched him push away outside into the hall. "Wait! Um.. Elliot?" I asked somewhat nervously. He looked around at me not moving his body with a blank poker face. "Do you- Like- Believe in love at first sight?" I asked rubbing my hands together nervously.

He turned all the way to face me with a disgusted face. "Please tell me you don't love me..." He groaned with murder in his voice. I hopped up and started waving my hands wildly.

"No no no no!!! I don't! I didn't mean it like that!" I said laughing and trying to smile and make this a little less awkward. He kept looking at me as if I was the biggest idiot ever. Then he turned around to continue.

"Love is different for everyone. If you fell in love with one glance, who knows. It's whatever you think it is." He grumbled as he squeaked away with his cart.

I stop and stand there alone and contemplative. I pull out the small piece of paper that Shane gave earlier. 'Shane :) - 555-0122' I read it. Over and over I read it until I was sure it was true. I put the paper back into my pocket. "555-0122.....555-0122." I mumble over and over to myself as I leave the large white building.

Getting into my old red truck I try to get myself together. I need to go see Eric. I start my car and pull out of the massive parking lot. "555-0122....555-0122" I say to myself with a huge dumb grin on my face as I find myself outside Eric's small house. "555-0122'

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So there you guys go :) theres chapter 2. Its been a long time since chapter 1... sorry ive been seriously lagging on everything. :) please comment. I know its not the best and i can always improve! enjoy it ^^ i hope i can please! Tell me what you like or dislike . Ill be working on chapter 3 next weekend i promise!!