Title: Manhattan from the sky (credit to Celine <3)
Girlies in the story: Moosh (Hilarie Burton), падуб, holly, холли (Candice Accola), пиво, эль, эля (Michelle Williams), Rachel (Nina Dobrev), Laura (Cobie Smulders) & Margot (Ashley Benson)
Other characters (the men, basically): Zayn Malik, Bryan Greenberg, Josh Holloway, Keegan Allen, Ed Westwick, Christian Bale, Milo Ventimiglia & Corey Monteith
- I would just like to point out that even though the male characters are "the actors", in a way, they're not the actors in this fic, they're just men who look like them and are them, but.. they're not famous. Ok? Get it? :D
- If Ты have any Вопросы (I Любовь REVIEWS, SO PLEASE COMMENT), ask me. And if Ты wanna bash, that's ok, too. Trust me, guys, this is not my best fic. But hey, I had to try :) And I think that of this fic I'll Опубликовать at least.. 2-3 еще chapters. We'll see. But I have it all planned until the end now, so it shouldn't be too long.
- And about the titles, got no idea. For this fic I just use whichever song that was playing on Youtube for me whenevr I was picking the title, so.. :P Dedicated work, I know XD

Chapter 1; I see signs now all the time

There was a huge building in the middle of Manhattan in New York. In the building there was an apartment. It had six bedrooms, and it was еще like a studio, because it was so wide and elegant and all the things Ты could hope for in a home. But as Moosh stared at the view from the front door, she was frowning, and hoping she hadn’t just bought the house.
See, Moosh came from a wealthy family from California, but she had decided to start her own life in New York and become a psychologist. She had done the studies, and she had got a job at a great company. But she had refused to take any of her parents’ money with her. She had a car, and she had her luggage. But there was no way she would afford to play monthly rent for the place.
Ты would probably ask why Moosh bought such a huge house for only herself at such huge prize. Well, ever since she was a kid, she had wanted to live in Manhattan. And climb on Mount Everest, but that was a whole other story. So, as Moosh looked at the prizes of the places in Manhattan, she had realized that this huge apartment was basically the cheapest. The owner apparently couldn’t find anyone for the place, so the rent wasn’t even as high as with some penthouse places for four people. So Moosh took it. And now the horrible realization came to her. She had to find roommates.
So then Moosh put up an add on the internet.
“A 25-year old girl looking for five roommates. Six bedroom apartment in Manhattan. Preferably girls. Tidy, quiet, not annoying. Mentally sane. No late-night visits from multiple boyfriends.”
After an application like that, Moosh was surprised how quickly she got the responds.
She ended up with five girls, who all seemed reasonably sane.
And soon enough all those girls were standing in the so-far empty apartment.
Moosh eyed the girls. So far they’d сказал(-а) nothing to each other.
The one at the end of the row had dark, curly hair, and she was looking at the apartment pretty suspiciously. Probably thinking that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to Переместить in with total strangers.
The Далее one had dark hair as well, and she was a bit taller. She was texting on her phone, and then сказал(-а) something Moosh couldn’t hear to the girl at the end of the row, who nodded.
The one Далее to her had blonde hair, and a sweet smile. She looked excited and happy to find a good apartment.
And the Далее one had blond-ish hair, and she was looking around the house, apparently finding many flaws in it, for she was frowning much like Moosh had when she’d first entered the apartment.
And the last one was actually Moosh’s old high school friend. Her name was Holly, and she had blond hair, just like Moosh did. She smiled at Moosh, and сказал(-а) quietly: “Nice place.”
Moosh just smiled. She used to be pretty close to Holly, but they drifted apart during last год of high school. Moosh hadn’t realized that it would be this Holly.
“So, do we just pick our own bedrooms?” the one at the end with dark hair asked.
“Yeah, sure”, Moosh smiled, and with that all the girls left the room, leaving Moosh just standing there.

The one with the dark curly hair pulled the other one with dark hair through the apartment, and they picked bedrooms that were Далее to each other.
“I have a better view”, the curly girl, Rachel, said, as the other one entered her room.
“Yes, but I bought a new bed, and it’s bigger than yours”, Laura сказал(-а) as she sat on her bed.
Rachel chuckled and walked from the window. “Remind me why I asked Ты to Переместить here with me.”
“Because your old apartment building burnt down”, Laura chuckled.
“Stupid kids playing with matches”, Rachel groaned. “It was a good apartment, and it was close to the hospital.”
“Speaking of”, Laura сказал(-а) and took one of Rachel’s hats from on вверх of her bags and put it on her head. “Aren’t Ты finished with your internship today?”
“Yes”, Rachel smirked. “I finally become a resident.”
“I have no idea why Ты want to be a surgeon, but if that’s what makes Ты happy..”, Laura сказал(-а) and laid on the bed.
Rachel nodded. “Milo’s going to come over today.”
“Oh”, Laura suddenly jumped up, and Rachel watched her suspiciously. “I mean, cool.”
“I’m gonna stop by at the hospital soon”, Rachel сказал(-а) as she got up. “You keep him company until I get back.”
“Su-sure”, Laura hoped she wasn’t blushing.
Rachel turned back to her at the door. “Do Ты want to go and look for a Космос for the record label tomorrow?”
“Oh, it’s not going to happen”, Laura сказал(-а) quietly.
“What are Ты talking about?” Rachel groaned. “Of course it is. Ты will become the Музыка producer you’ve always wanted to be, and I’ll become the neurosurgeon I’ve always wanted to be. This is it. We’re both in New York. Our dreams are finally happening.”
“Yeah, you’re right”, Laura smiled as she got up, too. “I needed that.”
“Yes, Ты did”, Rachel smirked, and they walked out the room together.

Margot chose the room closest to the front door. It was partly because it was the first one she noticed and partly because she knew that due to her work, she’d always get Главная really late.
She put on her Чтение glasses and put her blonde hair on a ponytail.
“Okay, I can work with this”, she looked around the room. It was a lot bigger than the one in her old, crappy apartment. But the rent was split, and it was almost the same amount as in the old place, so it was a good investment.

There was a knock on her door, and as she looked up, the girl with the blond-ish hair smiled a little.
“Can I borrow a pen?” she asked. “My bags are all messed up, and I just had an inspiration.”
“Oh, sure”, Margot сказал(-а) and took a pen out of her pocket. “I always carry one around anyway. I’m a waitress.”
The girl nodded, and took out her small notepad and wrote something on it.
“Are Ты a writer?” Margot asked.
“Gosh, no. A fashion designer. Ale”, пиво, эль, эля offered her hand, and Margot shook it. “Margot.”
“So, Ты won’t be a waitress forever, will you?” пиво, эль, эля asked as she looked around the room.
“No, I want to be a… singer. But I need to get a lot of money first”, Margot said.
“Sounds good”, пиво, эль, эля said. “Are you, though?”
“Huh?”
“Any good?” пиво, эль, эля asked.
“I’m not gonna sing right now”, Margot сказал(-а) awkwardly.
“No, that’s fine. We’ll have a karaoke night sometime, and then Ты can sing”, пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) and left the room.

Moosh stared from across the hallway as падуб, holly, холли unpacked. She hadn’t talked to her in so long, and now it just felt awkward. But she had to be polite.
“Hi”, she entered the room carefully, and падуб, holly, холли smiled.
“Nice place, indeed. I like the room. How did Ты scoop this baby?” падуб, holly, холли asked as she looked around the room.
“Oh, just luck, I guess”, Moosh сказал(-а) and stayed at the doorway. “So… what do Ты do these days?”
“I’m a kindergarten teacher”, падуб, holly, холли said. “How about you?”
“I’m a psychologist”, Moosh said.
“Oh, really?” падуб, holly, холли smirked. “I always figured you’d become like a lawyer или something.”
“Why?”
“Because Ты were kind of smart and serious in high school”, падуб, holly, холли said.
“Right”, Moosh said, not wanting to ask why.
падуб, holly, холли chuckled and threw Moosh a Конфеты bar. “Are Ты nervous about people living in your house?”
“It’s not really my house”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she opened the Конфеты bar. “Thanks.”
“You’re welcome. When do Ты have to get up for work?”
“Around 7 am. You?”
“6 am. I always have to go and prepare everything before the kids arrive”, падуб, holly, холли said. “But I Любовь it.”
“That Rachel girl is a doctor. Ты know what that means.”
“Oh, my God. Early stumbling through the corridors”, падуб, holly, холли groaned.
“And Margot is a waitress.”
“Late stumbling through the corridors.”
“Right”, Moosh chuckled, and they both laughed.

After they were all done with their unpacking, they all went about their business. Margot started to prepare for work, падуб, holly, холли locked up in her room to read a book, Moosh turned on the TV, пиво, эль, эля called her Друзья about the latest parties, Laura listened to Музыка and Rachel took a душ and got dressed for work.
“I thought doctors go to work in the morning”, пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) as Rachel rushed towards the front door.
“I was paged. And we don’t always.. It’s my last день of being an intern”, Rachel explained as she put on her куртка and smiled awkwardly.
“She becomes a resident today”, Laura сказал(-а) proudly from the couch. She had her earphones on, and she was eyeing the TV with Moosh.
“Awesome. Whatever that means”, Margot said.
“It means I get my own interns”, Rachel said, checked her pager and opened the door. “Laura, if Milo shows up, keep him company. I won’t be too late”, and then she was out the door.
“Who’s Milo?” пиво, эль, эля turned to Laura.
“Her boyfriend.”
“Oh, is he hot?” падуб, holly, холли asked.
“Your first question?” Moosh smirked.
“As always.”
“He is hot”, Laura сказал(-а) thoughtfully, playing with her iPod.
The other girls exchanged meaningful looks, but Laura didn’t notice.
“I better be off, too”, Margot сказал(-а) as she got up. “I have to go and help open the bar.”
“We should totally come and have a drink there sometime”, падуб, holly, холли said.
“Yeah, do that. I could use a little cheering up. The place is so moody”, Margot сказал(-а) as she, like Rachel before her, grabbed her куртка and put it on.
“We will, soon, then”, Moosh said. “Have fun!”
“If I only could”, Margot chuckled and walked out the door.
пиво, эль, эля grabbed her phone as she got a text, and Moosh stared at her excited expression. “Someone Ты like?”
“Sort of”, пиво, эль, эля said. “See, I’m working for this fashion agency. I barely do anything, just fetch them coffee. It’s my way to work myself up to the system. Anyway, there’s this absolutely gorgeous model there, and we’ve been flirting, and he’s just really exciting.”
Moosh nodded. “Is he hot?”
“He’s a model. Of course he is”, пиво, эль, эля chuckled like it was a fact.
“Okay. How did Ты end up in this apartment anyway?” Moosh continued.
“Well, I used to live with my parents, but figured it was time to fly out of the nest”, пиво, эль, эля said. “Actually, they did, when they gave me an ultimatum. Finally Переместить out или they’ll withdraw all my money. But no matter, I wanted to leave anyway.”
“My mother didn’t want me to leave”, падуб, holly, холли said. “But I found a good place to work, and I wanted a good apartment to go with it. And I had one. But that was with my boyfriend, and when we broke up, he got to keep the place. He was kind of a jerk.”
They all turned to Laura, but as she took her earphones off, she merely said: “Rachel asked me to Переместить with her.”
“So Ты had no proper reason to Переместить in with four strangers and Dr. Resident?”, пиво, эль, эля asked.
“Well, I wanted to… I kind of.. I would like to start my own record label. And New York seems the appropriate place to do it”, Laura said.
“That’s awesome!” Moosh smirked.
“Yeah, if only could pull it off. At the moment I’m working as a book editor. It’s fun, but it’s not for me”, Laura сказал(-а) and turned to the TV, gesturing that her part of the conversation was over.
“I think Ты should do it. Then Ты could make an album with Margot”, пиво, эль, эля said. “It would be awesome.”
“Yeah”, Laura сказал(-а) thoughtfully, and after a few минуты there was a knock on the door that made Laura jump up, but падуб, holly, холли beat her to the door.
There was a good-looking guy with dark hair at the door, and as he spotted Laura from the doorway, he smiled. “So this is the place, huh?”
“Yeah. Guys, this is Milo”, Laura сказал(-а) as she walked to him. падуб, holly, холли stepped from the door to let him in.
“Nice place”, Milo said. “So, where is Rachel?”
“Uh…”
“Why do I even ask?” Milo groaned. “You know, it’s lucky I see her once a месяц these days.”
“It’s very time-consuming”, Laura said. “Being a doctor.”
“That’s what she says”, Milo сказал(-а) and turned to the other girls. “Hi. I’m Rachel’s boyfriend who she rarely remembers.”
“Hi”, they all said.
“Don’t say that”, Laura sighed, but she couldn’t help but to feel a little happy inside that he felt that way. And right after that she felt sick with herself.
“I thought Ты сказал(-а) there were four others. I count three”, Milo said. “What were the names… Margot, Moosh, пиво, эль, эля and something..”
“Holly”, падуб, holly, холли snapped. “My name is the most common and that’s the one Ты forget?”
“Well, maybe that’s why I forgot it”, Milo said. There was something very I-don’t-give-a-crap-what-the-world-thinks-about-me about him. He was definitely someone you’d label as a “bad boy”.
“We’re Moosh, пиво, эль, эля and Holly. Margot is working”, Moosh said.
“Looks like my girlfriend is not the only one”, Milo muttered and turned to Laura.
“Please give her a break. She’ll be Главная soon. She becomes a resident today”, she said.
“As if I know what that means”, Milo snapped.
“It means she gets her own interns”, Moosh, падуб, holly, холли and пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) almost at the same time.
Milo raised his eyebrows, and then followed Laura to her room.

Margot was cleaning the counter ready for drinks. The bar was open, but it usually took at least 15 минуты for the first costumers to come. The bar was dark and moody, like Margot had said, but there was also a small stage with a dim spot light. Margot had often dreamed about standing there and singing, but she was too scared. What if she’d mess up?”
“I think it’s going to rain tonight”, she was torn from her thoughts when her Избранное costumer – who also happened to be extremely cute – walked in.
“Hey, Corey. What can I get you?” Margot smiled.
“Let’s start with a beer”, Corey сказал(-а) as he sat opposite of her on the other side of the counter. “You look tired.”
“Moving day”, Margot сказал(-а) as she handed him his beer. “I found a great place. Only problem is that I have to share it with five other girls.”
“That is a place I would not mind visiting”, Corey chuckled as he took a sip of his drink.
Margot playfully his hit arm with the rag and then smiled. “They seem nice, but I don’t know. I’m a very private person.”
“And yet Ты want to be a singer, howling your deep thoughts for the whole world to hear”, Corey said.
“I guess I’m just so messed up, then”, Margot chuckled.
“Nah, I believe nothing’s too broken”, Corey сказал(-а) and took another sip. “But seriously, can I come and see your place sometime?”
Margot was a bit taken back by that request, but smiled and said: “I think that can be arranged.”
“Good”, Corey smiled, and suddenly Margot was sure she could find material for lyrics of at least ten songs.

It was almost midnight when Rachel stepped out of the hospital. She had helped out at the ER, and afterwards she’d had to take a shower. And now she was supposed to go home. She groaned, putting her hair up on a lazy bun and looked around. She knew Milo’d still be there, but she thought, hating herself, that she really didn’t want to go spend any time with him after such an exhausting day. And he wouldn’t even be happy for her, she was sure.
Rachel spotted the bar across the улица, уличный where the doctors usually went to drink after a long day. Why couldn’t she be one of those doctors?
She entered the bar. It was quite clean for a bar, but as dark as bars usually were. She’d only gone there once before, after her first день of internship. She’d gotten completely wasted, and she had sworn that was the first and last time that’d ever happen. Gladly Laura had been there with her to drive her home.
Rachel stood on a bar стул and buried her head in her hands. She groaned, just because she was so tired. She had her car-and house keys on her hands, and she accidentally dropped them to the floor.
Before she could Переместить to pick them up, someone else already had. As she looked up, she was facing a very good-looking man, who smiled at her and handed her the keys.
“Thanks”, she сказал(-а) rather quietly, and kept staring as he sat on the стул Далее to hers.
“I’ve had days like that”, he said.
“Days like what?” Rachel asked, but to her shame, she was еще focusing on his eyes and his great, brown hair. She always noticed hair first in men. Some small conscience reminded her that Milo had good hair as well, but she didn’t even hear it.
“Exhausting days at the hospital”, the man smiled.
“How did Ты know I was a doctor?” Rachel asked in confusion.
“Your exhaustion, the fact that there’s a hospital right across from here and the fact that Ты still have your ID in your hand”, he сказал(-а) and gestured at the ID card Rachel had in her other hand.
“Oh”, she chuckled. “Wow, I’m very impressive today.”
The man merely smiled and turned towards the bar.
Rachel wasn’t good at small talk, especially not with good-looking men, so she just went with what she knew. “Are Ты a doctor, too?”
“Yes. But I’m just passing by here”, he said.
“Yeah, I would probably have noticed Ты at the hospital”, Rachel blurted out, and regretted doing so immediately. She didn’t know if it was flirting, but if it was, she had to stop it immediately. But he seemed merely pleasant. He didn’t seem interested in getting in her pants. And why would be, the small voice in her head reminded Rachel.
“I’m Christian”, the man smiled.
“Oh? I’m an atheist, but I guess-“, she paused as he spotted him staring at her. “Oh, Ты meant your name, right? Christian?”
“Yes”, Christian said. “But that was a new one”, he laughed.
Rachel laughed awkwardly, trying to hide her embarrassment and the extended her hand, saying: “Rachel.”
“Nice to meet you, Rachel”, Christian smiled. “So, what line of doctor are you?”
“I’m an intern… Actually, I’m a resident now. Surgery”, Rachel said.
Christian nodded. “So am I. A surgeon, I mean:”
Rachel chuckled. “I figured.”
“Why?”
“Because Ты have good hair”, Rachel сказал(-а) simply and turned to her drink that she’d ordered at a point she couldn’t even remember.
“That’s your reason?” Christian asked in disbelief, but his expression was merely amused.
“Yes”, Rachel smirked. “Surgeons have good hair.”
Christian laughed, and then said: “Congratulations, by the way.”
“For what?”
“Didn’t Ты say Ты just became a resident?”
Rachel couldn’t help smiling proudly as she said: “Yes. I think you’re the only one who’s going to congratulate me about that.”
And at that moment Rachel didn’t even remember she had thought of going Главная at one point.

Margot watched as people after people climbed on the little stage, drunk, tipsy или sober, and sang. Either horrible, decently или well. But after every performance Margot felt envy towards the singer. They had the guts to just go out there and do it.
“Go and sing”, she turned to look at Corey. After two hours he was still sitting there, talking to her, but he’d changed from пиво to whiskey a while ago.
“Do I need to call Ты a cab again?” Margot changed the subject, eyeing Corey as he tried to keep still.
“No”, he shook his head. “It’s not еще than like 5 blocks.”
“Then Ты should get going before having another drink”, Margot said.
“I am fine”, Corey сказал(-а) simply. “I’ll tell Ты what. I won’t have another drink if Ты go out there and sing.”
Margot just stared at him, which caused Corey to nod and say: “Just as well. Another one, then.”

It was about 2 am when Rachel finally stepped in the apartment, and after she’d closed the door after her, she was surprised to see someone still awake. Milo and Laura.
“Oh”, she merely said. They stared at her from the couch, and as Laura looked just relieved she was back, Milo looked angry.
“You’ll be Главная soon, huh?” he asked quietly.
“I’m sorry”, Rachel buried her head in her hands as she moved towards them. “I Остаться в живых track of time.”
“I called Jenny. They сказал(-а) Ты left the hospital around midnight”, Laura сказал(-а) quietly.
“I… went to have a drink at the bar”, Rachel said.
“You don’t drink. And especially not alone”, Milo сказал(-а) as he stood up, and it was clear Laura was trying to make herself as invisible as possible, moving further into the couch. “You were alone, weren’t you?”
Rachel paused. Nothing had happened between her and Christian, obviously. But she didn’t feel any need to mention him to Milo. “Yes, of course. I’m sorry.”
“You could have called”, Milo sighed as he walked towards the door.
“Are Ты seriously walking out on another conversation, again?” Rachel asked as she watched him.
“This wouldn’t be a conversation. It would just be another fight, and to be honest, Rachel, I have better things to do”, and with that Milo slammed the door closed behind him.
Rachel sighed, and turned to Laura.
“Congratulations”, she said.
“Thanks”, Rachel сказал(-а) as she sat Далее to Laura on the couch. “I wasn’t alone”, she сказал(-а) after a small quiet moment.
Laura’s eyes widened as she turned to look at her. “Did you-“
“Of course I didn’t cheat on Milo. Why would anyone want to sleep with me, anyway?” Rachel snapped. “I just met this guy and we talked. He was gorgeous, and he’s a doctor, too. But it’s not really about him, it’s… He… I felt еще free talking to him than I ever did with Milo.”
Laura nodded.
Rachel sighed and closed her eyes. “Rough day.”
Laura leaned her head against Rachel’s shoulder and asked: “What was his name?”
“Christian”, Rachel сказал(-а) quietly.

The Далее morning the first alarm clock to go off was Rachel’s. But she only had to get in at 7 that morning, so as she, after her shower, walked into the kitchen, she saw падуб, holly, холли standing there, waiting for coffee to be ready.
“Hi”, Rachel сказал(-а) as she sat down at the table.
“Hi. You’re up late. I imagined you’d already rushed out the door to go save lives”, падуб, holly, холли said, pouring coffee to two cups and handed one to Rachel as she sat down as well.
“I get to go in later today. I was on call for 72 hours this week”, Rachel yawned.
“This is later?”
“For me”, she nodded. “Besides, I stayed up pretty late last night.”
“Yes, your boyfriend was a hottie”, падуб, holly, холли nodded knowingly, taking a sip from her drink.
“No, I wasn’t with Milo”, Rachel muttered, in her thoughts. “I wasn’t with anyone.”
падуб, holly, холли chuckled, and then got up. “I better get at it. I have to go pick up my friend on the way to the kindergarten. And I promised to bring in doughnuts today.”
“You’re welcome to bring some Главная when Ты get back”, Rachel сказал(-а) as падуб, holly, холли finished her coffee and moved towards the TV area. There weren’t really separate rooms in the apartment, except for the obvious like the bedrooms and the bathrooms.
“I just might. Have fun saving lives”, падуб, holly, холли сказал(-а) and rushed out the door.
“You, too”, Rachel muttered, and only after a moment she realized that what she’d сказал(-а) had made no sense.

At 8.15 Moosh entered her workplace. She was working at a pretty private practice with stuff like massage, healing with herbs and of course therapy. She loved her job, and she had become attached to her patients.
“Morning. Ты have a new case”, the secretary сказал(-а) and handed Moosh a file and a coffee as soon as she was at her reach.
“Thanks, Gretchen”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she took the coffee and examined the file as she entered her office and closed the door.
A 24-year old man named Zayn Malik. That was Moosh’s new patient. “Let’s see”, she muttered as she eyed the file.
He had depression, and after he’d Остаться в живых his job and his girlfriend all in one week, his parents, who he no longer lived with, had decided to get him some help.
“Well, let’s see if we can make Ты un-depressed”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she drew a smiley face Далее to Zayn’s name. She did that with every new case to bring luck.

“Doughnuts. For me?” Bryan, Holly’s co-worker and friend, he taught the opposite class at the kindergarten, asked as he got in the car. падуб, holly, холли had always thought he was really cute with his smile and his messy brown hair, but she’s never thought of him that way.
“No way”, падуб, holly, холли сказал(-а) as she grabbed the box and put it on her lap. “It’s for the kids.”
“You’re like the best teacher ever, bringing treats to the kids every day. Last week, when one of my students fell and hit his leg, all I had to give him was my half-eaten Конфеты bar”, Bryan said.
“Always be prepared”, падуб, holly, холли smirked as she drove towards the kindergarten.
“But that is why I have you”, Bryan said. “How was the new place?”
“It was pretty good, actually. The girls seem cool, and the place is so beautiful. Ты have to come and see it.”
“I will, I will. Tomorrow?”
“Sure thing.”
падуб, holly, холли smiled at him, and then focused on driving.

пиво, эль, эля was at the fashion agency. She was just done getting coffee for basically the entire crew, and then it was her Избранное time of the day. She got to get the measurements of the models, and help the designers in any way they wanted. That was when пиво, эль, эля felt closest to the fashion world.
“Keegan”, she paused, the measure tape in her hand, as she reached the first model.
“Ale, hi. Yes, I’m back. They want me as a part of their new catalogue”, Keegan Allen, the model who пиво, эль, эля had told the girls about just the день before, smiled. He was very handsome with his well-kept brown hair and charming smile.
“Oh, right, hi”, пиво, эль, эля snapped out of it and moved closer to him.
“You never answered my text last night. The party was great”, Keegan сказал(-а) as пиво, эль, эля started Письмо down his measurements.
“Sorry, I was still unpacking”, пиво, эль, эля said. That wasn’t really true. She was sure she could have made time to go to a party, but she really didn’t want to see him at another girls arm, as she always did when she came to his parties.
“It’s fine. I’m having another one this weekend”, Keegan said. “You should come.”
“Maybe I will”, пиво, эль, эля said, avoiding looking him in the eye.
“Good”, she missed the fact that Keegan smiled brightly at her, but it was just a part of his charm, it was rarely ever genuine.
“Hold still”, пиво, эль, эля muttered, and continued to do her job.

When Laura woke up, it was almost noon. She was supposed to have lunch with Rachel at the hospital at one. She jumped up and rushed to take a shower. When she got out and got dressed, she opened her laptop to check for new emails. She worked with the scripts she got at home, so she rarely ever had to get up early или actually go to the agency.
Далее thing she did, as she did every morning, was check her messages. And indeed, there was one.
“Hey, it’s me”, she heard Milo’s voice that made her сердце skip a beat. “Can Ты tell Rachel that I’m sorry? I was a jerk, as I always am, but Ты know it wasn’t all my fault. Anyway, let’s meet for ужин tonight.”
Laura groaned as she hit redial. Of course Milo didn’t answer. He was probably still asleep.
“Yes, I will tell Rachel that you’re sorry, but Ты know what? I’m pretty sure she’d prefer hearing it from you. And so would I, to be honest”
She felt pretty good about what she’d just done, but secretly she wished Milo’d never hear that message.

“What Ты need to know about being an intern is this: Wherever I go, Ты go. You’re not surgeons, not yet”, Rachel was walking along the hospital with her four new interns. She felt so professional. “And Ты never will be, if Ты start to do a one-man show. Just follow me. And as for patient care-“, she heard two of the interns, the girl ones, whispering, and she slowly turned to them.
“Would Ты like to repeat what I just said?” Rachel asked calmly. She couldn’t understand girls like that. They had gone to medical school, and now they were interns. It was a lot of work, and for what? To giggle at work?
“Sorry, Dr. Bennett”, one of the girls tried to put on a straight face. “We just heard about the new attending.”
“What new attending?” Rachel asked with a bored expression. She hadn’t heard anything, so it was probably just a rumor.
“That new attending”, the girls pointed past her, and as she turned around, she paused. And then her eyes widened. In front of her, talking to the chief of surgery was Christian. Yes, he looked еще professional in the light of the hospital and with his пальто on, but there he was. With his great, great hair.
“Oh, no way”, she whispered.
“I know. I thought that all attendings would be hot, like in Grey’s Anatomy, but from what I’ve heard, he’s the only one”, the other girl said.
“Indeed he is”, Rachel muttered to herself, and without thinking, started walking up to him as the chief walked off. Of course the interns followed, but she didn’t even notice.
“Dr. Bale, is it?” Rachel сказал(-а) in an amused tone, and as he turned to look at her, his eyes widened as well.
“Oh, hi”, he smiled.
“Just passing by?” Rachel asked, trying not to sound insulted that he hadn’t shared his whole personal life with her, a complete stranger.
“Well, I didn’t want to brag или anything. Last night was about Ты becoming a resident. And are these your minions?” Christian nodded at the interns, but Rachel’s raised eyebrows forced him to turn back to her.
“Uh, yes… Well, did Ты know you’re the hospital's new McDreamy?”
“A what?” Christian asked, but that’s all he had time for as Rachel walked past him with the interns.
“Do Ты know him?” one of the girl interns smirked.
“New rule: shut up.”

Margot had a terrible headache. It wasn’t that uncommon for her. It had been a late night at the bar; she had got Главная at around 5 thirty, and immediately just fallen on the постель, кровати and straight to sleep.
She knew the house must be empty. Everyone was at work, for sure, but then she suddenly heard talk from the kitchen.
“Please don’t be a psychopath”, she muttered as she got up and walked to the kitchen. And what she saw there was Laura talking on the phone, Письмо something on something that looked like manuscript.
When she noticed Margot, she waved, and turned back to the script.
Margot sat down at the таблица and put on her glasses, picking up the morning paper, and started to read.
After a while Laura stopped talking, put down the phone and turned to Margot. “Sorry, did I wake you?”
“No”, Margot yawned. “I just don’t get much sleep with the job.”
“Maybe it’s not the best temporary job”, Laura said.
“Maybe not, but it’s what I’ve got, and it’s fine for now”, Margot shook her shoulders.
Laura nodded. “I work from home. But I have to go now, lunch with Rachel.”
“Oh, tell her I say hi”, Margot сказал(-а) as she placed her head on the таблица and closed her eyes.
Laura chuckled and left.

She reached the hospital, and as soon as she got in, Rachel walked up to her and grabbed her arm. “He works here.”
“Who?”
“The guy I told Ты about”, Rachel whispered.
“Oh, Christian?” Laura looked around, but Rachel groaned and said: “He’s not here now”, she continued as they started to head for the dining area. “But he’s the new attending.”
“Ooh”, Laura smirked.
Rachel shushed her, and then they reached the dining area. Rachel opened the door, and looked around suspiciously before sitting opposite of Laura at a table.
“Why are Ты so shocked? It’s not like anything happened between Ты two”, Laura said. “Should we go get the food?”
“It’s not about that nothing happened”, Rachel сказал(-а) simply. “It’s that I liked him.”
“Like liked him, liked him?” Laura asked.
“I don’t know”, Rachel groaned. “Maybe it was just that things aren’t working with me and Milo, and-“
“He told me to tell Ты that he’s sorry about last night”, Laura сказал(-а) quickly.
Rachel rolled her eyes. “He hasn’t once apologized to me in person.”
Laura sighed, and сказал(-а) carefully: “Maybe Ты two should end things, if it isn’t working out.”
Rachel looked at her for a moment, and Laura was afraid she’d realize why she was asking for such a thing, but then she said: “Maybe you’re right. I mean, we have been dating since we were like 18. I think it’s time to let it go.”
Laura tried to act sad. And she was sad, for Rachel. But she had had a huge thing for Milo ever since she’d met him. Actually, not right from the moment, because she’d met him by pushing him out of a tree, but soon afterwards.
“I’ll talk to him tonight”, Rachel said, and got up to get their foods.
And even if Laura would have done a good deed, she felt bad.

Moosh was sitting on her chair, watching Zayn as he sat on the couch. He’d сказал(-а) nothing after he’d showed up, except introduced himself.
“You know, Zayn, talking is a big part of therapy”, Moosh said.
“Studies say that just sitting in therapy helps”, Zayn muttered.
“Well, then imagine what talking would do”, Moosh smirked, but Zayn responded to the sentence in no way.
Moosh pondered on the Далее sentence before saying: “Life hasn’t really been giving Ты a break lately, am I right?”
Zayn sighed, and muttered: “No, it hasn’t.”
“Why don’t Ты start with telling me what happened?” Moosh asked, smiling confidently, and leaned back on the chair, waiting.
Maybe Zayn was a difficult case, but she’d seen much worse.

“And remember, kids, never ever eat rocks. Don’t listen to what the other kids say. They do not make Ты taller. Okay?” падуб, holly, холли finished the lesson with a different kind of lesson, like she did every day.
Then the колокол, колокольчик, белл rang and the kids went out to play for recess. And as they did, Bryan walked into the classroom and said: “Wow, tough lesson. Very exhausting. A doughnut would definitely give me my energy back”, and before he could keep going with the act, падуб, holly, холли handed him a doughnut, and saying thank you, Bryan took a bite.
“What did Ты learn about?”
“About how Spider-Man does not lose his powers if he takes his outfit off”, Bryan said, his mouth full.
падуб, holly, холли groaned. “When do Ты teach them something they can work with?”
“I do it all the time”, Bryan said. “You tell them not to eat rocks. I tell them things I see as important. Yeah”, Bryan said, and walked out of the classroom. “And rocks do make Ты taller!”
“They do not”, падуб, holly, холли shouted after him, just smiled after she knew he couldn’t see anymore.

пиво, эль, эля was out to eat late lunch. It had taken quite a while to get all Keegan’s measurements, and then she’d had to do the same with four other models. She ran to her Избранное coffee Магазин where they sold awesome bagels.
“Thank you”, she shouted, out the door, bagel in hand, after she’d done her shopping, and just as she did so, she ran into someone and they both fell down.
“Oh, I’m sorry!” пиво, эль, эля looked up from her bagel to see a young, handsome man staring at her. He was apparently the one she’d knocked down. She’d been too busy protecting her bagel.
“No, I’m sorry”, пиво, эль, эля said, slightly bewildered as she got up.
The man got up as well, and smiled. “Is your lunch okay?”
“It’ll live”, пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) before taking a bite.
The man laughed. “Well, I’m glad you’re okay”, and then he started to walk off, but пиво, эль, эля shouted after him: “What’s your name?”
“Ed”, he turned back to her. “Yours?”
“Ale. Hey, Ed, the least I can do is make up for making Ты fall flat on your ass. So, want to go to ужин tonight?” This was what пиво, эль, эля was good at. Making plans, moving forwards, flirting. But she wasn’t good at being played around, like with Keegan.
“Sure”, Ed said, walking back to her, looking a bit stunned. “Can I call you?”
“Now Ты can”, пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) as she took out her pen and wrote her number on the palm of his hand.
“Thanks”, Ed smiled, and watched as she walked away, eating her bagel.

“How about this one?”, Rachel asked. She and Laura were standing in an empty studio apartment that could, with a lot of work, be turned into an actual recording studio.
“Kind of small”, Laura said.
“But cheap”, Rachel said.
“I don’t know...”
“Oh, come on. I know you’re stalling because you’re scared. But we’ve already been to five other places, and I have to get back to the hospital really soon”, Rachel said. “I’m going to buy this for you.”
“What? No!” Laura gasped.
“Consider it an investment for your future”, Rachel said, and walked up to the woman who made the deals for the houses, and Laura just stared at her. Sure, Rachel had еще money than she did, she had a bigger trust fund than she did, but this was too much.
“You’ll pay me back”, Rachel сказал(-а) as she walked to Laura after making the deal.
A voice in Laura’s head encouraged her to speak. To tell Rachel that she had feelings for Milo, and that because she did, there was no way Rachel had to pay for her studio. But she couldn’t say anything.
“What is it?” Rachel snapped Laura out of her thoughts when they were already in the cab that was driving Rachel back to the hospital, and then Laura back to the apartment.
“I just… This is too much”, Laura сказал(-а) quietly.
“Relax. I just made an offer. I can withdraw it, if Ты like”, Rachel said. “But I just want Ты to have your dreams come true.”
Laura smiled. “Thank you.”
“You are welcome”, Rachel nodded. “By the way, there is a ball at the hospital in a few days. Ты have to come with me.”
“Why won’t Ты go with Milo?” Laura asked.
“Because he’d just ruin it for me. And maybe he has a reason. He never liked the fact that I wanted to be a doctor”, Rachel said. “And besides, I left him a message. I’m going to break up with him tonight.”
“Tonight?” Laura asked. “Really?”
“Yes, doing it. And it’s for the best, I’m sure he’ll agree.”
“I’m going to have ужин with him… Should I bring him Главная after we’re done?”
“No, I think I’ll still be here, so actually could Ты stop by here after you’re done? I’m sure it’ll be a very peaceful break-up”, Rachel сказал(-а) and got out the car as it stopped in front of the hospital. “See Ты later.”
“Bye”, Laura smiled and watched Rachel run back into the hospital, and then her phone rang.
“Hey”, she said, and her сердце skipped a beat when she heard Milo’s voice say Эй, back.
“So, are we on for tonight?” Laura asked.
“Yeah, sure. At eight?”
“Seven”, Laura said. “And can we stop by at the hospital afterwards? Rachel has something to tell you.”
“Like what?” Milo sounded annoyed.
“Uuh… Something to suggest, еще like. I think so. Like a proposal. Not that kind of proposal, but a suggestion, and I… I don’t know. Can we just do it?”
“Fine, fine. See Ты at seven”, and then Milo hung up.
“A suggestion?” Laura mocked herself quietly. “What am I, an idiot?”

Margot was watching TV at the empty apartment. Nothing was really on, except reruns of shows. Which suited her just fine.
She looked up as she heard the door open, and smiled as падуб, holly, холли walked in.
“Did Ты have a nice day?”
“It was fine”, падуб, holly, холли сказал(-а) plainly and sat Далее to her. “Anything interesting on?”
“Not really”, Margot сказал(-а) as she switched the channels.
“So, tell me, Margot. How is your Любовь life?” падуб, holly, холли asked lazily, putting her feet on the coffee table.
Margot raised her eyebrows. “I don’t have a Любовь life.”
“Sure Ты do. Everyone does.”
“Well…”, Margot sighed, and then said: “There is this guy who always comes to the bar, he’s pretty cute.”
“Uh-huh. Name?”
“Corey”, Margot felt herself blush. “But he doesn’t see me like that.”
“How do Ты know?” падуб, holly, холли asked. “Why don’t Ты ask him out and find out?”
“No”, Margot сказал(-а) firmly. “He’d just turn me down.”
“Tell Ты what. I’ll come to the bar with Ты tonight. And I’ll watch him from far; find out if he’s into you. And if he is, Ты ask him out. If he isn’t, then Ты have my permission to stay away.”
“What, Ты being a spy at my workplace, spying on the guy I like? I barely know you”, Margot chuckled.
“Yeah, but how will Ты ever know me if Ты don’t try?” падуб, holly, холли smirked. “Are Ты i?”
Margot thought for a moment, and then nodded. “Yes.”

Rachel just entered the ER when she paused. There was someone familiar there, and when she noticed her, she smirked and waved.
“Hi”, Rachel сказал(-а) as she walked to Moosh. “What are Ты doing here?”
“I cut my arm”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she showed Rachel the wound on her palm.
“Oh my God”, Rachel gasped. It wasn’t that deep, but it definitely needed stitches.
“I was playing around with the letter-opener”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she watched Rachel get out the stuff to clean the wound with.
“Don’t do that anymore”, Rachel said.
“So this is where Ты work?”
“Well, I am here and I am at work, so I guess”, Rachel muttered as she focused on the wound.
“It’s nice. Hey, just a question?”
“What?”
“Who is that hot guy walking towards you?”
Rachel turned around just in time to stop herself from bumping into Christian. He smiled, and then said: “Hi. Are Ты free in an hour?”
“I guess”, Rachel said, and she desperately tried to be able to focus on Moosh’s wound, but it seemed almost impossible.
Moosh was looking from Christian to Rachel in an intrigued matter.
“I have a surgery where I remove a pen from a man’s brain”, Christian said.
“Oh, my God!” Moosh gasped, and they both turned to look at her, but she just smirked and gestured for them to go on.
“Anyway, would Ты like to scrub in?” Christian turned back to Rachel.
“To make up for lying?” Rachel chuckled.
“I was not lying”, Christian сказал(-а) calmly. “I just didn’t mention the details.”
“Sure, sure. And sure. Neurosurgery is what interests me, anyway”, Rachel сказал(-а) and turned back to Moosh.
“I know”, Christian said, and before Rachel could say anything else, he walked off.
“Oh, my God. Please tell me that was your секунда boyfriend, because if it wasn’t, that was practically cheating”, Moosh said.
“What are Ты talking about?” Rachel snapped and got out the equipment for the stitches. “You need a few stitches.”
“I mean, seriously. I could like sense that Ты were into him. That’s how into him Ты were. And it’s not like Ты were flying solo there. And he asked Ты to scrub in, that’s so-“
“Ordinary in the surgery world”, Rachel muttered. “Don’t make this into a big deal.”
“If I tell Ты a secret, will Ты tell me if Ты like him?” Moosh smirked.
“No.”
“Come on, don’t be a spoil sport. Please”, Moosh tried to do the щенок eyes, but Rachel just focused on the hand. “Please?”
“Fine, if it’ll make Ты shut up”, she said, but Rachel couldn’t help smiling a bit.
“Well, every time when my patients say nothing interesting”, Moosh said. “I draw on the notepad while they think I’m writing.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Now, tell me. Do Ты like him?”
Rachel sighed. “I don’t know. I guess. I don’t know him that well yet. But when we talked yesterday, it was like… much better than anything I’ve ever had with Milo. And of course I feel awfully guilty about that, but I am going to break up with him today.”
“Because of McDreamy?”
“No. Do Ты watch that show, too?”
“Who doesn’t?” Moosh groaned dismissively. “Then why?”
“Because we just don’t work out. He doesn’t Любовь me and I don’t Любовь him”, Rachel shook her shoulders.
“How tragic. Ты should consider therapy”, Moosh сказал(-а) casually.
“And Ты should consider letting someone else open your letters”, Rachel сказал(-а) and showed Moosh her stitched hand. “All done.”
“Thank you”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she got up.
“Hey”, she turned back to Rachel, who smiled in amusement. “Was it true what Ты сказал(-а) about the notepad?”
“Of course not”, Moosh said. “What kind of a therapist do Ты think I am?” she chuckled and walked away.

пиво, эль, эля was smiling as she entered the apartment. She noticed падуб, holly, холли and Margot by the кухня table, eating pizza, and she joined them. “Hi.”
“Hey. We’re trying out the пицца places in the area. This is yummy”, падуб, holly, холли said, her mouth full.
“Awesome, I only ate a bagel for lunch”, пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) and took a slice for herself, but before she could take a bite, Laura had walked into the apartment and taken a slice for herself.
“Four down, two to go”, падуб, holly, холли said.
“We’re the lucky ones who get out early”, Laura said.
“Actually, Ты are. I’m going to work soon”, Margot said.
“And I’m coming with”, падуб, holly, холли smirked.
“And I have to get ready for ужин with Milo”, Laura said, but kept eating her slice.
“Is he like your boyfriend?” пиво, эль, эля asked.
“What?”
“You seem to spend еще time with him than Rachel does”, Margot said. “So пиво, эль, эля has a point.”
Laura avoided their gazes as she said: “No way. Milo is Rachel’s boyfriend.”
“Not for long, I think”, падуб, holly, холли said. “What with the way Ты two are hanging out.”
“Yeah”, Margot and пиво, эль, эля agreed.
“Come on, guys. Rachel is my best friend, I would never go for her boyfriend”, Laura said.
“Maybe not intentionally”, пиво, эль, эля said.
Laura sighed, and turned to the pizza.

Moosh never went back to the office after her trip to the hospital. Since the practice was private, the hours were flexible. She had gone shopping for new stuff for the apartment, and now she was heading back to the apartment.
As she reached the floor where their apartment was, she spotted someone by the door, but whoever it was, he hadn’t gathered up the courage to knock on the door yet.
“Can I help you?” Moosh asked.
“Oh, hi. Are Ты living here?” the man asked. He sounded southern. He had messy sandy blond hair, and a kind of I-don’t-care-what-people-think look about him.
“Yes. With five other girls. I assume you’re here for one of them”, Moosh said.
“Is a girl named падуб, holly, холли one of your roommates?”
“Yes, she is, actually. Who are you?”
“I’m her boyfriend. Well, ex-boyfriend”, the man said. “Josh.”
“Nice to meet you”, Moosh сказал(-а) as she opened the door. “She’s all yours.”
“Thank you”, Josh walked into the apartment, followed by Moosh. As she closed the door behind her, she saw падуб, holly, холли staring at Josh like he was a ghost.
“I’m just going to go unpack in the кухня или something”, Moosh сказал(-а) and slipped past them to the кухня area. Not too close to actually be in the middle of the moment, and not too far to lose hearing and visual contact.
She joined the rest of the girls, except Rachel, who were all ready to know what the fuzz was about.
“John”, падуб, holly, холли сказал(-а) plainly. “How did Ты find out where I lived?”
“I called your mom and dad”, Josh сказал(-а) awkwardly. “Nice place.”
“Yeah, a lot nicer than the one Ты kicked me out from”, падуб, holly, холли snapped.
“I… It’s not as simple as that”, Josh tried, but падуб, holly, холли moved away from him, further towards the кухня area.
“I don’t care. And in fact, I don’t have time. I’m going out to a bar with my friend Margot here. So why don’t Ты come back like... never?”
“Holly-“
“Out.”
Josh paused, and watched as падуб, holly, холли just stared at him firmly.
“Okay”, he said, and moved to the door. “But I am sorry.”
“Go”, падуб, holly, холли hissed, and then Josh was out.
“Are Ты okay?” the girls asked quietly, but падуб, holly, холли just walked into her bedroom and closed the door behind her.

“Why didn’t Ты tell me Ты were a neurosurgeon?” Rachel asked as she and Christian were scrubbing out. The surgery had been a success.
“I told you, I didn’t want to brag или seem like I was trying to steal the spotlight”, Christian said.
Rachel smiled. “Why is it that Ты make everything sound sound considerate and sweet?”
“Because I’m a superhero”, Christian smirked and crossed his arms after he washed and dried them, watching Rachel.
“What?” she asked as she turned to him, hands washed and dried as well.
“You don’t like me very much, do you?” Christian chuckled.
Rachel chuckled as well and crossed her arms just like he did. “I like you.”
Christian smiled. “Okay, fine. But really, don’t worry, I didn’t ask Ты to scrub in to start anything with you. I’m not like that.”
Rachel blushed slightly. “I didn’t think so.”
“I know, but your friend probably did”, Christian сказал(-а) as he started heading for the door.
“What friend?”
“The one who Ты were talking to about me at the ER”, Christian smiled and walked out the room.
Rachel was about to say something, but he was already gone. How much had Christian heard, anyway?

Laura was getting ready for dinner. She was nervous. Not really of the dinner, but what would happen afterwards when she’d drive Milo to the hospital. Maybe after Rachel and Milo would be broken up, she could confess her feelings for him. Just maybe.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and after checking how she looked one еще time through the mirror, she ran to the door.
“Hi”, she smiled as she opened the door. Milo was standing there, and he smiled back.
“Hi”, he сказал(-а) back. “Are Ты ready?”
“Yes”, Laura said, and they walked out of the apartment.

“Holly?” Margot knocked on Holly’s bedroom door, but she didn’t have time to do anything else, when падуб, holly, холли already marched out the room. “What? I’m ready. Let’s go.”
"Okay, here we are, the hospital. Yay", Laura сказал(-а) nervously as she stopped the car in front of the hospital.
"What is with you?" Milo turned to look at her. "You were weird all night."
"Nothing. Let's just go", Laura muttered and basically pushed Milo out of the car, following him.
"Oh, you're coming, too?"
"Yes", Laura said, and Milo rolled his eyes as they entered the hospital, and Rachel was there waiting for them, fully clothed, obviously ready to go home.
"So today Ты get off early?" Milo asked sarcastically.
Rachel tilted her head a little, but didn't answer.
"Come on, let's go", Milo said.
"We need to talk", Rachel said.
Milo paused for a moment, and then turned from Rachel to Laura. "Oh, no way."
"Milo", Rachel groaned. "Come on", she gestured for him to follow her further into the hall, and he did. Laura just stood there, waiting for it to be over.
"I don't know", Rachel сказал(-а) slowly, turning to look at Milo seriously. "If I need to spell this out to you, или if Ты already know what I'm going at."
"Enlighten me", Milo said.
"It's over", Rachel said. "You must know it's over, too."
Milo hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You're breaking up with me." It wasn't a question.
"I'd rather we call it an agreement", Rachel сказал(-а) quietly.
"Wow, you've never broken up with anyone before, have you?"
"No. Because you're the only person I've ever been with."
"And Ты regret that?"
"Yes. Don't you?" Rachel asked in disbelief.
Milo couldn't help but to turn at Laura quickly before turning back to Rachel. "Rachel-"
"You don't need to explain anything. Ты don't need- Let's just quit this", Rachel сказал(-а) in a tired voice.
"Rachel", she suddenly heard a voice, and she and Milo both turned to look at Christian, who was standing a bit further away, still in his hospital clothes.
Rachel turned back to Milo, and sighed as she saw his expression. "No, don't cause a scene-"
"So that's why you're breaking up with me? I mean, it's obvious. Why else would Ты break up with me unless Ты had someone waiting in line? Ты can't stand to be alone."
"There is no one else", Rachel snapped. "And if there would be, I'd tell you. Ты can call me anything Ты want, but Ты don't get to call me a liar."
Milo gave Christian one еще look, and turned to Rachel. "So you're not.."
"No", Rachel said.
"And Ты don't have feelings for anyone else?"
"Just go away, Milo", Rachel said. "It's not like Ты don't want to be done with this as much as me."
"You're right", Milo nodded and started to back away.
"We can still be frie-"
"Yeah, we can't", Milo snorted, and walked off, past Laura, too, straight out of the hospital.
Rachel looked at Laura before walking right past Christian back towards the hospital area.
"Hey", Christian followed her. "I'm sorry, I was just going to-"
"I'm not mad at you", Rachel muttered. "But I did just break up with my boyfriend, so I'm not exactly a луч, рэй of sunshine."
"Are Ты ever?" Christian smiled a little, and Rachel turned to look at him. "I'll see Ты around", and then she turned around, heading for the exit of the hospital as well.

"I bloody hate my life", падуб, holly, холли muttered as she was sitting on the other side of the counter as Margot was pouring drinks on the other side.
"Referring to the guy who stopped by?" Margot asked.
"Yes", падуб, holly, холли sighed.
"Are Ты going to tell what happened between Ты two, then?"
"No", падуб, holly, холли muttered, gazing at her half-finished drink. "He just broke my heart."
Margot was about to say something when she suddenly noticed that Corey entered the bar.
"I mean, I did nothing wrong! Yes, I украл, палантин his car, but I gave it back, damn it. And it was only after he had cheated on me!" падуб, holly, холли busted out. Apparently she didn't really hold her liquor well.
"Yeah, sure", Margot said, but she had her eyes on Corey, who smirked, and came to sit Далее to Holly, eyes on Margot. "Hi."
"Hi", Margot smirked.
"Is this the guy Ты love?" падуб, holly, холли asked loudly, and Margot sighed, closing her eyes.
Corey just chuckled. "Is this your friend?"
"Holly, Corey. Corey, Holly..", Margot sighed. This was not how it was supposed to go. падуб, holly, холли was supposed to be her back-up, not a drunken idiot friend.
"Hi", падуб, holly, холли said. "My ex-boyfriend is in town, and you'll never guess-"
"Holly!" Margot snapped. "Would Ты like to go sit at a booth?"
"Not really", падуб, holly, холли shook her head, and took another sip from her drink.
Margot sighed, and just turned to serve other costumers.

Rachel got Главная to find Laura standing in the hall, but Rachel сказал(-а) nothing, just closed the door behind her.
"Are Ты okay?"
"I'm fine", Rachel shook her shoulders. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because Ты just broke up with your long-term boyfriend", Laura said.
Rachel let out a laugh, and when she turned to Laura, she was surprised to see her look scared.
"What?"
"How can Ты be laughing?"
"Because the relationship was a pain. He was a pain. And I was a pain. We were a disaster. I'm glad it's over. I don't need anyone in my life who's always going to bring me down", Rachel said. "He's out of my life."
Laura smiled awkwardly. "What about me?"
"What?" Rachel asked in confusion.
"He's not out of my life."
"I know."
"And I'm your best friend. So you're going to see him again."
"I know-"
"And some of us still like Milo, so it would be nice if Ты wouldn't insult him so much!" Laura busted out and walked past Rachel and straight out of the apartment.
"What?" Rachel didn't have time to respond in any way before she had the front door slammed shut in front of her face.
She groaned and turned around, walking towards the кухня to find пиво, эль, эля there, staring at her phone.
"What are Ты doing?"
"I'm supposed to go out tonight with this guy. He сказал(-а) he'd call me. He.. hasn't", пиво, эль, эля muttered.
"Why don't Ты call him?"
пиво, эль, эля turned to look at Rachel with shock. "Ok, first of all: The girl never calls the guy for the first date. And секунда of all: I don't have his number", she sighed out the last part.
"I called Milo for our first date", Rachel shook her shoulders.
"And look just how well that turned out."
"Gosh, you're right. And what the hell am I gonna do now? No one else is ever going to дата me", Rachel sighed and got out a Ben & Jerry cookie dough ice cream from the freezer.
"Not if Ты keep eating like that."
"Shut up", Rachel groaned and stuffed a spoonfull of ice cream in her mouth just in time to see Moosh walk in with a smile on her face.
"What's up?" пиво, эль, эля asked.
"Oh, nothing. I brought chinese", Moosh сказал(-а) as she walked into the kitchen.
"Yay!"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and they all looked confused. "Are we expecting someone?"
"Not that I know of", Moosh сказал(-а) and walked to the door, and as she opened it, she let out an actual scream and then half-closed the door and ran back to the кухня area.
"McDreamy is here."
"What?" Rachel's eyes widened as she ran to the door.
"Who's McDreamy?" пиво, эль, эля asked.
"Her new boyfriend."
"Hey", Rachel сказал(-а) as she reached the door. And indeed, there he was. Christian. He looked kind of confused, maybe because of Moosh's scream, but smiled anyway as he saw her.
"Hey. I hope Ты don't mind I stopped by, I got your address from Jenny. I just wanted to make sure Ты were ok."
Rachel's сердце melted. No one, absolutely no one, had ever done that for her before. Actually been so polite and considerate.
"That's.. Wow, that's really nice of you", she was feeling kind of awkward with Moosh and пиво, эль, эля staring at them, but she smiled anyway as she looked at him. "Thank you."
"Are you?"
"What?"
"Ok?"
"Oh, I..", Rachel started to stammer. Was she ok? "I guess I am. It was long coming, our break up. Not a surprise."
"He seemed surprised", Christian said, but then shook his head. "No, it's none of my business. I'm sorry. Here", he handed a bag of Пончики for her, which she took in amazement.
"When I'm sad, my sister always brings me donuts", he explained.
"Thank you", Rachel smiled wide and then only realized to ask: "Do Ты want to come in?"
"No, I have to get back to the hospital, but.. I know this sounds really lame, but.. I'm here if Ты need me."
"You know what?" Rachel paused. "No, it did still sound lame. Thanks, though", she chuckled. "I'll see Ты later."
Christian gave her one last smile before she closed the door after her and turned back to Moosh and Ale, who were both looking at her, eyes wide.
"Yeah, I don't think you're going to have to worry about the no-boyfriend thing", пиво, эль, эля smirked.
"Agreed."
"Shut up", Rachel muttered as she took one of the Пончики and took a bite as she laid the bag on the кухня table.
They all turned their heads towards the enterance as they heard a loud bang, which came from Margot, who had pushed the door open, supporting Holly, who just looked tired. No, wait? Was she laughing?
"When Ты two get married, can I please, pretty please, be at the wedding?" she giggled as Margot basically threw her on the диван, мягкий уголок and grabbed one of the Пончики from Rachel's bag.
"What's going on?" Moosh asked in confusion.
"That girl was supposed to come and be a support, to check if Corey likes me, and Ты know what she did? Drowned her own worries. In tequila."
"Tequila", падуб, holly, холли let out another laugh and laid her head on the couch.
пиво, эль, эля looked amused. "I'm so not like that when I'm drunk."
"I am", Rachel chuckled. "You'll try again tomorrow. We can all come!"
"No! No one is coming anymore!" Margot shouted out. "Corey left almost immediately after падуб, holly, холли got... out of control. Ты embarrased me!" she snapped at Holly, who just waved her hand dismissively.
"Hey, the hangover she's going to have tomorrow will be punishment enough", Moosh pointed out, and пиво, эль, эля and Rachel nodded.
"I guess my дата is not going to call me", пиво, эль, эля muttered and smashed her phone (no, not that hard) on the table, and Moosh raised her eyebrows.
"Didn't Ты have a thing going on with the model?"
"Yeah, but this is a different guy."
падуб, holly, холли let out a lot louder laugh this time, and they all turned to look at her.
"You have two boyfriends!"
"You know, I don't usually feel like this, but with Holly, I like her better when she's sober", пиво, эль, эля сказал(-а) and walked out of the kitchen, most likely towards her room.
Rachel considered having a talk with Laura, who'd been locked up in her room all night ever since her weird act, but she was too tired.
"I'm turning in", she сказал(-а) and with that left Moosh, Margot and падуб, holly, холли alone.
"I'm sleeping here!" падуб, holly, холли shouted, meaning the couch, and no one was arguing.
"This is going well, isn't it, us living together?" Moosh tried to smile, but Margot just grunted and went off to sleep.
"Yeah, I think so, too!" Moosh smiled to herself and took another donut.

The Далее morning Moosh and Rachel were the first ones up, and Rachel was already half out of the apartment when Moosh entered the general area.
"Hey, Ты off already? It's 6 am", she asked.
"Yeah, well.. Yeah. Bye", Rachel said, and with that she was gone.
"I wish I had a hot boyfriend to see at work", Moosh сказал(-а) to herself again and started to make coffee. She would leave the pot on, so everyone could drink whenever they woke up.

"How are Ты feeling today?" Moosh asked as she was sitting opposite of Zayn Malik again. He had a morning session.
"The same as last time", he сказал(-а) with boredom.
"You didn't really tell me how Ты were feeling last time."
"Guess."
"No, enlighten me", Moosh encouraged.
Zayn сказал(-а) nothing, just scoffed a little.
"Ok, hey", Moosh said. "How about I tell Ты something about myself, and maybe you'll feel like sharing afterwards?"
"Depends. Do Ты use this method on everyone?" Zayn asked suspiciously.
"Gosh no. Do Ты think I want every old granpa knowing every weird detail about me?" Moosh smirked, and she even saw a small smile on Zayn's lips as he nodded and said: "Go for it."
"Well, five girls moved in with me just the other day. I have five roommates. It's crazy. I'm not even sure if I like them. I think I do, but I don't know.. And then there's the fact that I'm single, and almost all of the others aren't. The girls, they're gorgeous, smart, they have awesome lives and most of them have even еще gorgeous boyfriends. I admit it, Zayn, I'm a bit scared. I'm stuck. When was the last time I had a boyfriend? I can't even remember. It could be because I'm a therapist, some people find that intimidating, или it could be because I'm not pretty enough, или interesting enough..."
Moosh just kept babbling for a while, until she finally stopped, and by the time she did, there was a real smile on Zayn's lips.
"What?" Moosh asked.
"I think you're the one in need of therapy", he smiled widely, and Moosh snorted.
"No, I'd know if I needed therapy."
"Whatever Ты say."
"So.. Can Ты tell me something about yourself now, then?" Moosh asked, hoping that this thing would work.
"On one condition."
"Name it", Moosh had heard countless ones.
"If you'll go on a дата with me."
Ok, this one was new.
"Excuse me?" Moosh raised her eyebrows.
"Or, is it against the rules или something?" Zayn asked quickly.
"You know, it probably is-"
"But Ты сказал(-а) Ты were lonely."
"That wasn't exactly what I said-"
"If you'll go on a дата with me, I'll tell Ты my whole life story. How does that sound?"
Moosh considered this. What was there to lose? She'd talked to his parents on the phone. He didn't seem like a guy who came from a serial killer family. Plus, she thought he was really hot.
"Uh, ok", she сказал(-а) finally. "Fine, I'll go on a дата with you. When?"
"Tonight", Zayn said. "Do Ты want me to pick Ты up?"
"We can meet here", Moosh watched in amazement as Zayn got up and walked towards the door.
"Awesome. I'll pick Ты up here at 7. See Ты later, doc."
"Well, look at that", Moosh chuckled after Zayn closed the door after him.