Application for Carla Espinosa (Scrubs)

[carlaespinosa]

((OOC: Application done with the permission of the Scrubs-muns. Carla is taken from just after the canon events of 'My Nightingale' (S2, ep 2), though she's been at Sacred Heart for the time that the HH Scrubs chars have been gone. Enjoy!))

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"Damn straight, Todd, you're going to keep walking. My ass is not for you, and I sure as

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[hellminxmel]

Maia's happy. When Maia's happy, she does the walk that looks like she's coming on to everything within a fifty-foot distance with a pulse. Sometimes without; not that she's into sexing up corpses, more that most demons don't bleed.

She flicks over the application with sharp, red fingernails, tapping each answer like it's done her a personal wrong. Eventually she looks up from the paper, an eyebrow raised.

'Fifteen cents and you play a mean game of Scrabble. I thought you said you weren't useless.'

[carlaespinosa]

One eyebrow slid up and Carla put a hand on her hip. "Oh, I'm sorry," she said in that falsely cheerful tone that said she was anything but. "Here I thought that busting my ass day in and day out to pull patients back from the brink of death, not to mention stroking every doctor and administrator in a five mile radius' ego and cleaning up after everyone elses' messes would qualify me as falling firmly in the 'not useless' category. I guess I misunderstood. That must be reserved for skinny, spoiled white girls with bad dye jobs who cut themselves because the world is just so hard and listen to Britney because she feels their pain."

Bitch, it was on. It was on and hoppin'.

"My bad."

[hellminxmel]

'No, those girls are pretty much useless too,' Maia says airily. Well, not strictly true. They're awesome for using and discarding for messy means, almost like disposable nappies. 'Bit less annoying than sanctimonious women who think the world should revolve around what they do for a living.'

'I'm being serious. What the Hell can you do here? And, more to the point, do you really think you'll get anywhere with those bribes? Come on, can't you read. The stuff you offer doesn't have to belong to you, and everyone here's materialistic. You're going to have to step up your game...'

Who the fuck says 'My bad' anymore? Maia looks impassively at Carla, lips pursed, eyes travelling slowly from her neck to her shoes, as if she's purposely avoiding looking at the state of her hair.

[carlaespinosa]

Oh, it was time to take this bitch down. "First of all, when you do a single thing in your day that doesn't revolve around your mirror, stuffing your bra, or trying to convince yourself that yes, he really is into you, you can talk to me, comprende? I spend my entire day in the hospital, taking care of people. Then I go home and I take care of my mom or I take care of my boyfriend or my friends or one of a thousand other things. My life is more than my job, and the world doesn't revolve around me. So you can just climb the hell off of your high horse and don't you dare judge me, you pale ass bitch."

Blowing out a breath, muttering a steady stream of insults in Spanish, Carla crossed her arms. "And second, I didn't exactly ask to show up in your raggedy ass castle. So either be satisfied with what I've got, or I'll be happy to offer a complimentary stick-from-ass-dectamy. You could use it."

[chaotic_miles]

Miles liked strong, independent women. And his impression of Carla after reading the app was definitely positive.
However, all he could think to say was, "So... you know Dr. Cox? I'm told he's the best doctor the world has ever experienced."

[carlaespinosa]

At that, Carla broke out into laughter. "Yeah, he'd certainly like you to think so." Grinning, she shook her head. "I'm surprised he can fit through doors his ego is so massive. Really, it's a concern. I stay up at night."

[chaotic_miles]

She had a nice laugh, Miles decided. He grinned along with her. "Oh, I see. Well, I've never met the man personally, just heard the hype and wanted to know if there was anything to it before I put my life in his hands."

[carlaespinosa]

"Oh, you totally should put your life in his hands," Carla assured the young man. "He really is amazing. But he just knows it, which makes him insufferable." Her eyes studied him quickly, with the professional compassion of a nurse. The man was a dwarf, obviously, but she assumed he had a fixable medical condition he wanted advice on. Perhaps that had been a limp she'd noticed? "Do you mind if I ask why you want to see him?"

[coxinsox]

The list of people that Cox actually wanted to see at Hogwarts was very, very small, and Carla was right up at the top of it. The number one spot was permanently reserved for Ben Sullivan (the life-threatening disease gave him a leg up) and number two was always going to be Hugh Jackman (so he could punch him in the face), but Carla was definitely a close third.

Damned if he was going to actually show that he was glowingly happy about this development, though. He folded his arms, cocked his head to the side, and put on a scowl. "We-heeeeell, it's about damn ti~me you got here," he drawled. "Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting for you to show up?"

[carlaespinosa]

Oh my God, it was actually Cox. She'd thought people had been kidding. Smirking a little, not quite able to hide the happy gleam in her eyes at seeing him - hey, it'd been a long time - she simply raised her eyebrow. "Oh, I'm sorry. Here I was busy cleaning up the mess that happens when every freaking doctor on a ward takes off for what I come to find out is Club Med for Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Didn't know you had a secret longing for sawing girls in half." She laughed. "Wait, no, I take that back. Makes perfect sense."

Hesitating a half a second, Carla then walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him in a tight, brief hug. The moment was almost immediately broken by her pulling back and slugging him in the arm. "Jerk. Do you have any idea how boring it is without you around for entertainment?"

[coxinsox]

Cox had a few weaknesses, little-known but easily exploited, and the grumbly facade broke as soon as Carla hugged him. Not that hugs were a weakness of his. He hated hugging. It was more of a 'people he actually liked' thing. His scowl became a huge, toothy grin; he returned the hug with a laugh. "Yeah, I do," he snickered, rubbing his arm. "And you punch like a girl, by the way."

"Now come on, stop making out like your life is so hard back there." He clucked derisively. "I mean, I realize that my absence i~s a major blow, but I honestly think not having to put up with Barbie and Skipper must be almost enough to make up for the loss."

[carlaespinosa]

"Hey, I punch fierce. Don't mess with me." But she was grinning, obviously thrilled he was there. Honest to God, she'd been at a loss without him. When you saw someone every day for a good eight years, they became a part of your routine. Without Cox there to help her mock people and laugh with and argue with, it just wasn't the same. "Oh, my life is one big jar of puppies and sunshine without you," she hastened to assure him. "But I'm quickly running out of gossip without the train wreck of your dating life. Or JD's constant crises. Or Elliot's...well, Elliotness. I'm telling you. Lonely and bleak."

Oh, speaking of. "Oh, my God, did you know Bambi has himself a boyfriend? I met him - he voted me in to some kind of claw. I don't know, he said something about a bar. But, seriously!" She laughed, shaking her head. "I don't know whether to be disturbed or vindicated."

[nicknamegirl]

Scrabble? Lola grinned.

"Scrabble sounds like fun," she commented brightly. "Tell you what, I'll vote you somewhere nice if you promise to invite me over for a game some day. I'll bring the hot chocolate."

[carlaespinosa]

"You're on," Carla grinned. "But I warn you, I'm competitive." Understatement of the year, but hey, what was the fun if you couldn't totally kick ass?

[nicknamegirl]

Lola smiled. "I'm not. We should get along fine. I'm Lola." She held out her hand. "Lola Sanchez, but you can call me Lollie."

Everyone Lola liked was allowed to call her Lollie, and she liked Carla. They were nearly in the same business. Okay, so Lola was an angel, but hey, technicalities...

[carlaespinosa]

She shook Lola's hand. "Carla. Nice to meet you, Lollie. So, are...you a witch, too?" Dear God, she could not believe she was seriously asking that question.

((Reposted for typing error. >>))

[dr_fraiser]

For once Janet didn't pounce on the fact that the new applicant was in a health-related career. "You like Scrabble? I'll take that bribe, if you don't mind. I haven't played a good game of Scrabble in... well, years if you're going to be technical about it."

[carlaespinosa]

Heh, that was one popular bribe item. "Absolutely. Name the time and place. Can't beat a little Scrabble competitiveness." She held out her hand. "Carla."

[dr_fraiser]

"Whenever you're settled in. Since you're a nurse, you'll probably end up in Ravenclaw. All us doctor-y types end up there, and I don't see why a nurse like you wouldn't." She shook Carla's hand, smiling warmly. "Janet Fraiser."

[carlaespinosa]

"Dr. Frasier," Carla nodded. "And if the doctors are all in this claw place, then God knows they need the nurses there. Doctors are helpless without us." It was said with a smile - hey, anyone who worked at a hospital knew that the nurses were the real ground force there. Doctors read charts and made diagnosis, but Carla was the one who knew their names, who kept meds and treatments organized and administrated properly, and who made sure the ward ran smoothly. Any doctor who denied this one simple fact had their head way too far up their own ass.