"Hey, Kayla?" Quin said from the doorway to the media room. "Can you grab me"-he looked at a sheet of paper to his hands-"Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers and Peter Pan?"
"Sure," she said and went to the movies lined up neatly on the shelves. She scanned the spines of the movie cases and found the Scooby-Doo one quickly. Peeter Pan was a harder find-it was all the way on the bottom shelf next to the Flinstones movie.
Movies in hand, Kayla went to West Two and found Quin in room 412 with the new patient staying overnight after surgery.
"Boo Brothers right here," Quin said, turning on the TV.
The little boy, Seth, clenched his hands into fists and waved them about in the air excitedly. "I love this movie," he said. "It's my favorite," he said to Kayla.
"Oh yeah?" She handed the case to Quin, and he put the tape into the VHS player.
Seth hit the button on the bed to bring his head up. "Yeah. This is the funniest Scooby-Doo one."
"I think so, too." Kayla said.
Quin hit the play button and a movie preview came on. "My favorite Scooby-Doo," he said, "is the one with Johnny Bravo."
Seth laughed. "Oh yeah! Johnny is such a dork."
Quin nodded emphatically. "Right on, dude." He dimmed the overhead lights. "Enjoy your movie. If you need anything else, let us know."
"Okay," Seth said, snuggling into his blanket.
In the hallway, Kayla turned to Quin. "You watch Scooby-Doo?"
He cleared his throat. "Well...you know...Scooby is pretty cool."
Kayla grinned.
They passed out the other movie and officially ended their shift.
"Want to grab something to eat with me in the cafeteria?" Quin asked after they'd punched out.
"Umm..."
She was rather hungry. And she'd been planning on getting something anyway. She'd talked to Hobbs earlier on her break in hope of making dinner plans with him, but he had already agreed to go to the movies with Michael.
"Sure," she said to Quin. "I'm starving."
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The cafeteria at Children's Hospital had the best salad bar ever. Kayla hadn't checked it out before, instead going with something quicker like a pre-made sandwich.
She'd gotten a Styrofoam container full of lettuce, grilled chicken pieces, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, and croutons. And they had their own brand of ranch dressing that-as Kayla might of put it-made it awesome.
Quin had gotten a club sandwich and now sat across from Kayla in one of the booths along the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the back side of the cafeteria. The sky was dusky outside and smoke-gray clouds covered the sun, turning it into a white glowing orb off in the distance.
Kayla took a bite of salad, then a drink from her Orange soda.
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