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True Love
Part Two
“Ms. Jones, it looks like you can go home tomorrow. Nurse Crowell is on her way up with the blood work cart, to do a few more test before you’re discharged,” Matt explained as he flipped through her chart.
Nadine walked into the room pushing a cart full of needles and tubes. She caught a whiff of his cologne as she walked past; reminding her of the cologne her father wore. She couldn’t help but smile as she moved to Maxie’s bedside.
“Nurse I’ll leave you to take care of this,” Matt informed her as he looked down at his peeper.
“Yes Doctor,” she replied turning back to the cart. She slipped on the latex gloves and wondered why he had refused to look at her. It had been two days since their almost kiss, so he shouldn’t be nervous or embarrassed around her. But he was. He had been clicking his pen like crazy in her presence, since that night.
“The Jackal is in need of some nourishment, so I’ll leave Maximista in the Noble Nurse Nadine’s capable hands,” Spinelli said, leaning down to give Maxie a soft kiss on her pale cheek.
Nadine smiled as she prepared the needle.
“Hungry my foot, you just don’t want be around needles,” Maxie teased.
“Would the Mouthy One like anything,” he asked, giving her a bright smile.
“Yes, pick me up the latest issue of Cosmo.”
“Will do,” he replied before he walked out of the room.
“Spinelli is a good man,” Nadine stated as she began drawing the needed blood from Maxie’s arm.
“He is,” she agreed. “Tell me something Nadine, when did you develop feelings for Matt?”
“Excuse me?” Nadine was in shock. She wasn’t that obvious, was she?
“You heard me.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Nadine said, throwing her gloves and needle into the trash can.
“Nadine, you’re not the best job at hiding it.”
“And you did,” she snapped.
“I never tried to hind my feelings for Spinelli,” Maxie replied, glaring at her.
“Please Maxie, you told everyone that there was NOTHING going on between the two of you, but everyone could see that there was.”
“We’re not talking about me, we’re talking about you.”
Defeated, Nadine collapsed onto the bed beside Maxie. “Alright, so there may be something there on my part, but what am I supposed to do about it? He’s not the easiest man to talk to you know.”
“He’s an asshole,” Maxie added.
Nadine looked at her and smile. “You’re right, he can be, but I think he’s a good man.”
“If you say so. When did your feelings change? You were against him doing Spin’s surgery.”
“That’s when I saw a glimpse of the good man that he tries to keep hidden. He did everything he could to save Spinelli and he did. Spinelli would’ve died if Matt hadn’t done the surgery” she explained.
“But didn’t your relationship with Nikolas take off after that?”
“It did,” Nadine paused. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” she said, looking at her hands in her lap.
“Because I’m the only one here and I want to know. That may be the busy body side of me, rearing its ugly head and Spin would tell me that it’s none of my business, but I can’t help it,” Maxie replied, sitting up in the bed.
“Alright, but you have to promise me you won’t tell Leyla. She’d be very upset that I didn’t tell her first.”
Maxie rolled her eyes. “Please, I never talk to her and I don’t care to.”
Nadine briefly wondered about the obvious dislike Maxie had for Leyla, but she decided to ignore it for the time being. “After I realized that there may be hope for Matt, Nikolas decided to FINALLY take things further, which is what I thought I wanted. So we had this wonderful night of love making and the next morning Alfred, his butler, comes in with breakfast and they talked business like I wasn’t even in the room. I mean I was lying there butt naked beneath the sheets and Nikolas acted like it was nothing.” Nadine paused when Maxie started laughing. “What’s so funny?”
“I’m sorry, but you said ‘butt naked’ and I just had to laugh. I can’t believe he allowed Alfred to come in. I mean, I’m not a modest person, but that is a little rude, especially for mister etiquette himself.”
“I thought so too,” she agreed.
“Well how was it?” Maxie asked, scooting closet to her.
Nadine couldn’t help but blush. “It was nice, but he was being way too polite. Not that I’m that experienced, but come on who asks ‘is this comfortable for you’ during sex? I kind of takes a little of the spontaneity out of it, don’t you think?”
Maxie chuckled. “Well Spinelli was very thoughtful and considerate our first time, but I think his face would turn a thousand shades of red if he asked a question like that. As matter of fact, he could barely talk at all that night,” she said with a fond smile.
“Really, you and Spinelli slept together before you were ‘together’?
“Yes, but again, we were talking about you.”
Nadine smiled at the slight blush on Maxie’s face. “I’ll let it slide for now. Anyway, that’s when I realized that it was my little girl fantasies of being with an honest to goodness prince, and that it really wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Plus I realized that I…”
“Wasn’t Emily,” Maxie finished.
“Yeah. How pathetic is that, being jealous of a dead woman?” Nadine asked, wringing her hands in her lap. “I want a man who will love me the way Nikolas loved Emily, the way Spinelli loves you.”
“And you think Matt is that man?” Maxie asked with tears in her eyes.
“I’m not sure, but that’s a chance I’ll have to take,” she replied as she stood up. “You’re a very lucky woman, you know that?”
“I know which is why I’m going to give some advice. You need to tell him how you feel as soon as possible, because every minute of the day is filled with uncertainty.”
“That’s a very Spinelli thing to say,” Nadine laughed as she pushed the cart towards the door.
“He wrote the ‘every minute’ part in the journal he gave me for my birthday,” Maxie explained with a smile.
“Well, I guess I need to get these down to the lab. I’ll talk to you later.” Nadine walked out the room as quick as possible. She had to drop the cart off at the lab and find Matt as soon as possible. She knew she’d be an old maid if she waited on him to make the first move. She was on a mission. Matthew Hunter would be hers before this night was over.
TBC
Part Two
“Ms. Jones, it looks like you can go home tomorrow. Nurse Crowell is on her way up with the blood work cart, to do a few more test before you’re discharged,” Matt explained as he flipped through her chart.
Nadine walked into the room pushing a cart full of needles and tubes. She caught a whiff of his cologne as she walked past; reminding her of the cologne her father wore. She couldn’t help but smile as she moved to Maxie’s bedside.
“Nurse I’ll leave you to take care of this,” Matt informed her as he looked down at his peeper.
“Yes Doctor,” she replied turning back to the cart. She slipped on the latex gloves and wondered why he had refused to look at her. It had been two days since their almost kiss, so he shouldn’t be nervous or embarrassed around her. But he was. He had been clicking his pen like crazy in her presence, since that night.
“The Jackal is in need of some nourishment, so I’ll leave Maximista in the Noble Nurse Nadine’s capable hands,” Spinelli said, leaning down to give Maxie a soft kiss on her pale cheek.
Nadine smiled as she prepared the needle.
“Hungry my foot, you just don’t want be around needles,” Maxie teased.
“Would the Mouthy One like anything,” he asked, giving her a bright smile.
“Yes, pick me up the latest issue of Cosmo.”
“Will do,” he replied before he walked out of the room.
“Spinelli is a good man,” Nadine stated as she began drawing the needed blood from Maxie’s arm.
“He is,” she agreed. “Tell me something Nadine, when did you develop feelings for Matt?”
“Excuse me?” Nadine was in shock. She wasn’t that obvious, was she?
“You heard me.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Nadine said, throwing her gloves and needle into the trash can.
“Nadine, you’re not the best job at hiding it.”
“And you did,” she snapped.
“I never tried to hind my feelings for Spinelli,” Maxie replied, glaring at her.
“Please Maxie, you told everyone that there was NOTHING going on between the two of you, but everyone could see that there was.”
“We’re not talking about me, we’re talking about you.”
Defeated, Nadine collapsed onto the bed beside Maxie. “Alright, so there may be something there on my part, but what am I supposed to do about it? He’s not the easiest man to talk to you know.”
“He’s an asshole,” Maxie added.
Nadine looked at her and smile. “You’re right, he can be, but I think he’s a good man.”
“If you say so. When did your feelings change? You were against him doing Spin’s surgery.”
“That’s when I saw a glimpse of the good man that he tries to keep hidden. He did everything he could to save Spinelli and he did. Spinelli would’ve died if Matt hadn’t done the surgery” she explained.
“But didn’t your relationship with Nikolas take off after that?”
“It did,” Nadine paused. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” she said, looking at her hands in her lap.
“Because I’m the only one here and I want to know. That may be the busy body side of me, rearing its ugly head and Spin would tell me that it’s none of my business, but I can’t help it,” Maxie replied, sitting up in the bed.
“Alright, but you have to promise me you won’t tell Leyla. She’d be very upset that I didn’t tell her first.”
Maxie rolled her eyes. “Please, I never talk to her and I don’t care to.”
Nadine briefly wondered about the obvious dislike Maxie had for Leyla, but she decided to ignore it for the time being. “After I realized that there may be hope for Matt, Nikolas decided to FINALLY take things further, which is what I thought I wanted. So we had this wonderful night of love making and the next morning Alfred, his butler, comes in with breakfast and they talked business like I wasn’t even in the room. I mean I was lying there butt naked beneath the sheets and Nikolas acted like it was nothing.” Nadine paused when Maxie started laughing. “What’s so funny?”
“I’m sorry, but you said ‘butt naked’ and I just had to laugh. I can’t believe he allowed Alfred to come in. I mean, I’m not a modest person, but that is a little rude, especially for mister etiquette himself.”
“I thought so too,” she agreed.
“Well how was it?” Maxie asked, scooting closet to her.
Nadine couldn’t help but blush. “It was nice, but he was being way too polite. Not that I’m that experienced, but come on who asks ‘is this comfortable for you’ during sex? I kind of takes a little of the spontaneity out of it, don’t you think?”
Maxie chuckled. “Well Spinelli was very thoughtful and considerate our first time, but I think his face would turn a thousand shades of red if he asked a question like that. As matter of fact, he could barely talk at all that night,” she said with a fond smile.
“Really, you and Spinelli slept together before you were ‘together’?
“Yes, but again, we were talking about you.”
Nadine smiled at the slight blush on Maxie’s face. “I’ll let it slide for now. Anyway, that’s when I realized that it was my little girl fantasies of being with an honest to goodness prince, and that it really wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Plus I realized that I…”
“Wasn’t Emily,” Maxie finished.
“Yeah. How pathetic is that, being jealous of a dead woman?” Nadine asked, wringing her hands in her lap. “I want a man who will love me the way Nikolas loved Emily, the way Spinelli loves you.”
“And you think Matt is that man?” Maxie asked with tears in her eyes.
“I’m not sure, but that’s a chance I’ll have to take,” she replied as she stood up. “You’re a very lucky woman, you know that?”
“I know which is why I’m going to give some advice. You need to tell him how you feel as soon as possible, because every minute of the day is filled with uncertainty.”
“That’s a very Spinelli thing to say,” Nadine laughed as she pushed the cart towards the door.
“He wrote the ‘every minute’ part in the journal he gave me for my birthday,” Maxie explained with a smile.
“Well, I guess I need to get these down to the lab. I’ll talk to you later.” Nadine walked out the room as quick as possible. She had to drop the cart off at the lab and find Matt as soon as possible. She knew she’d be an old maid if she waited on him to make the first move. She was on a mission. Matthew Hunter would be hers before this night was over.
TBC