Smashed, Wrecked, Gone

Call me Andrea. If you're looking for lessons they're on hold, if you're looking for my moms you can call them.

[andreadelucabishop]

"No," Andrea shook her head, glaring at her manager. "No, that's not what happened. What happened is that the guy was a prick who just couldn't believe anything that a woman told him. I said a hundred times the scope he was trying to buy wasn't going to fit his gun, and he bought it to spite me. So if I was you, I'd tell him we won't accept a return on the grounds of being a pig. But what do I know?" She caught sight of a familiar face coming through the front door and smiled, excusing herself.

Her lingering aches were worse than usual and she used a cane as she walked, but all in all she felt like she made quick enough progress. "Hey, Carlin. You so bored that you're visiting me at work now?"

@carlindb

[drjavery]

Jackson let out a laugh at this. "Looks like you know exactly how to get what you want from people. Good skill to have. You should thank your moms for it sometime." Jackson laughed loudly at that last part. "Yeah, definitely have to sit on a pillow. Or else have someone I trust drive me so I could lay on my stomach in the backseat."

[andreadelucabishop]

"It's the second best thing I got, behind these impeccable looks," Andrea grinned. It always felt like a win when she could make other people laugh, and she'd definitely done that much. "Oh, that's a better idea. Like when kids used to sleep laid across the back seat, back in the dark ages before we figured out that was a terrible idea."

[presleyxshepherd]

Presley laughed softly at the other's words, appreciating the joke and the comments about her abilities. It was always nice when people were honest about their capacity. "Honestly, I don't mind the quality at all. What I really need is the ability to remember the damn lines that just keep changing." She said, frustration clear in her tone. "But if you have...literally anything better to do I wouldn't blame you."

[andreadelucabishop]

Andrea was, as she'd said, not an actor. She hadn't even been a good liar or storyteller as a kid. But she could see the frustration in the other woman's face and wanted to help if she could. "I'm just killing time before PT, so please - let's do this. You'll have these lines nailed before I leave, I guarantee it."

[drjavery]

"And a smart briber at that," Jackson added with a chuckle. "Probably not the first, you're right, but it'd still be embarrassing." His eyes grew wide at her next statement. "I would never be that stupid, and if I ever was, I would probably drive myself to a town two states over just so there was never any chance anybody here would find out about it." Nobody else would ever need to know about those sort of details, not that it would ever happen.

[andreadelucabishop]

"Mommas didn't raise no fool," Andrea grinned. "When you're trying to get Carina Deluca's permission to do something you don't start with the big score, you go with the little things and work up." She laughed softly at his reaction, and his solution. "That actually sounds like a good idea, but I bet it'd be a super uncomfortable drive. You'd have to sit on a pillow or something."

[alis0ngruber]

"I've probably done that enough for one day," the blonde admits, her head shaking at herself before she smiled at the young girl. She'd exhaled before shaking her head, "no, I'm good. . it's just adult stuff." As if Andrea wasn't one at this point.

[andreadelucabishop]

"Ugh, adult stuff," Andrea smiled. "There's really nothing worse than that, is there? Tell you what - Mama always said it was bad form to leave a crying woman alone, so why don't I buy you a coffee to help deal with your adult stuff?"

[drjavery]

"That's gotta be the cheapest bribe ever, so consider it a deal," he said with a laugh. "As far as I can tell, everything is still in working order. Which is good. It'd be extremely embarrassing if I had to go to the emergency room of the hospital I worked in for something as inane as falling while walking up the stairs."

[andreadelucabishop]

"I don't like to set my prices too high, if you do that then people stop bribing you." Andrea fell into step beside him with a smile. "That would suck, but I'd bet dollars to donuts you wouldn't be the first. If nothing else you could comfort yourself knowing that you're not one of those guys who shows up to the emergency room telling the doctor you "accidentally" sat on something that ended up in your butt." Being a doctor's child had meant hearing all sorts of stories.

[ellisheps]

Ellis immediately looked at the woman and felt horrible. "I'm so so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going. Do you need help or, tylenol or anything? Seriously, I'm so sorry." Her mouth got away from her and she was pretty sure she'd just apologized about 3 times and it still didn't feel right. "You can hit me if you want?"

[andreadelucabishop]

Andrea snorted softly and shook her head. "I don't want to hit you. But I appreciate the offer all the same. If you can just give me a hand over to the chair there next to the pharmacy, that'd be great." It was more of a concession than she'd make for most people, but the collision had hurt and she needed to sit.

[drjavery]

Jackson accepted the help getting back up, other hand firmly placed on the railing next to him. Thankfully, the hospital was rather quiet with it being late at night, so he didn't have to worry about too many people seeing him nearly face plant on the stairwell. "Yep, I managed to come out unscathed. Physically, anyway. Not sure how I would have survived if more people had witnessed that near miss." It would have been embarrassing as all get out. "Thanks, by the way. For the help, and for not mentioning this to anyone."

[andreadelucabishop]

Andrea wasn't exactly qualified to know if he'd actually hurt himself or not, but at a quick glance he did seem to look fine. "Fortunately for your pride, it was only me and I'm easily bribed with something sweet from the caf not to say anything," she joked. "You're welcome, though, seriously. Just wanted to make sure you hadn't broken anything."

[alis0ngruber]

"Sorry, sorry. ." A quizzical look appeared on the older womans face and her tears were gone as soon as they'd come. "What's up? Do you need something?"

[andreadelucabishop]

"Hey, you don't need to apologize to me - feel your feelings, all that stuff my therapist likes to tell me. No, I was just waiting for Mom to get out of her meeting before I go and bother her. Do..you need something?"

[camirobbintorres]

"honestly, if i'm going to listen to people's problems all day long i should've become a thearpist. who knew being a bartender was like that but with worse pay and then having to clean up after drunk crying people." cami shook her head, as she wiped down the bar in front of her and smiled. "what can i get you?"

[andreadelucabishop]

"To be fair, I don't usually tip my therapist. I do, though, tip my bartenders," Andrea laughed. "I would love if you could set me up three shots of tequila, actually. I promise to leave before I'm drunk and crying."

[drjavery]

He was almost out of the hospital doors when Jackson realized he'd left his car keys back in his locker. He was pretty sure he'd forget his head if it wasn't attached to his shoulders. Letting out a soft sigh, not relishing having to walk all the way back to the locker room to grab his stuff when all he wanted to do was head home, he wasn't paying much attention as he made his way up the stairs when he missed one and nearly fell. Looking around, he spotted someone nearby and his cheeks started to turn pink. "Well, that could have ended a whole lot worse. Think we can keep this embarrassing moment to ourselves?"

[andreadelucabishop]

Andrea winced, moving back down the stairs as quickly as she could manage to reach his side and offer a hand. "I'm certainly not going to tell anyone. You alright, though? That looked like it had the potential to hurt like hell." She'd fallen going up the stairs at home as a child and driven the wind completely out of herself, leaving her gasping for air, and that had terrified her back in the day. He was talking, so that hadn't happened, but she still wanted to make sure nothing more than his pride was injured.

[presleyxshepherd]

Presley rubbed at her face in frustration, looking over all of the changes that that had been made to the script that they'd been working on for the past month. She didn't understand how it had taken this long for the director to decide that they weren't happy with everything, but it was more than a little frustrating. Hearing the sound of someone walking toward her, she looked up from the pieces of paper in her hands and forced a weak smile. "Any chance you might be willing to help a girl run some lines?"

[andreadelucabishop]

"I should warn you that I act about as well as I tap dance, which is to say I don't. But if you don't care about the quality of the line reading, then I'm happy to do a nicely wooden performance for you. Your call, though, I won't blame you if you pass."

[dramberk]

Amber stood in line in the cafeteria, a banana and ham sandwich in hand before she stepped up to pay, making sure to grab the bag of taki's beside the register before paying and making her way toward one of the tables. "This seat taken?"

[andreadelucabishop]

"It is, but I'll sell it for the low price of one of your takis," Andrea joked. "No, please - sit. I'm just about done with my mystery meat sandwich anyway, so I won't be in your way for too long."

[ellisheps]

Ellis stood in the middle of the Target aisle, basket on the ground in front of her as she stared at her options. She often ended up here when she needed to relieve stress or in this case, when she needed to go shopping. Grabbing the bottle of gummy vitamins, she tossed them in the basket, standing up straight before going to move on before fully slamming into someone else. "Oh my god, I am so sorry, are you okay?"

[andreadelucabishop]

Between the sudden impact and the way it had come from behind her, Andrea had no time to brace herself. She stumbled, hard, and the lingering pain she usually dealt with flared brightly up her side. "Fuck!" she hissed, grabbing the closest shelf to keep from toppling over. "It's fine, don't worry about it."

[alis0ngruber]

Tearing up? Her? Absolutely not, okay -- maybe. It'd been her thing for years, it wasn't going to change now, but she shook her head anyway at the quizzical gaze of the other, "no, don't start. I'm not crying, not even a little bit. There's something in my eye. ." a beat passes and then a huff, "shut up."

[andreadelucabishop]

Putting her hands up defensively, Andrea shook her head. "Didn't say a word. Just asked if you were all right, is all. And given how efficiently you bit my head off, I'm guessing you're doing just fine," she teased. "Consider the subject dropped."

[carinad]

"That's because you've never asked," she pointed out. "It may not be their regular job description but I'm sure they'd rather do that than some of the scut the other attendings will give them. Would you rather clean a poopy sheet, or go get someone a bear from the gift shop?" she asked. Carina grinned. "I would hope nobody would do that to their child, but you never know." Gesturing to the same chair, she nodded. "No, no, sit, please. I've always got time for you, bambina."

[andreadelucabishop]

"When you put it that way, it actually makes a lot of sense," Andrea admitted. Personally she hated doing any kind of laundry, never mind laundry that had been soiled like that. "I'd definitely choose the teddy bear shopping if it were me." She shrugged playfully. "In a world where people name their kid Apple, I don't think I'd discount anything."

With a slightly relieved sigh she slid into the chair and relaxed. She'd been sore all day, so the chance to sit down was a welcome one. "How's your day been, aside from the elevator twins?"

[carinad]

"No, that's when you get your partner to do it, and if you don't have one, you tell me what you want so I can make the interns do it," she told her. "È stupido. There's no excuse." Catina looked at her daughter curiously. "Like what?"

[andreadelucabishop]

"To be fair, even I didn't know the interns would do that and I'm around here all the time. But I get your point." Put on the spot, Andrea laughed. "Well now I've lost them. But I don't know, call one Up and the other one Down. Open and Close. Roof and Basement." She gestured to a chair a few steps away. "Is it okay if I sit, or are you in the middle of anything?"