Stuck in you

Mendes' eyes suddenly lit up. He put the iPad aside, leaned forward towards Rachel's ear and whispered, "Rachel, I want to tell you something. I saw Lucas kiss a girl."

The smile on Rachel's face suddenly faded away. She was stunned with what she heard and then turned to Mendes. "Did you see who it was that he kissed?"

"A beautiful girl."

Mendes rolled his fingers as he tried to describe the girl with his hands. "She has such big lovely eyes! She is fair-skinned, and they kissed each other on the corridor! And then she hugged him tightly!"

Rachel's face became a little blushed, and she quickly reached out and covered his lips. "Okay, I understand now. But, you can't tell anyone else about this, okay?"

"Why?" Mendes asked in an almost muffled voice since she had her hand on his lips.

Rachel didn't know how to explain it to a kid, but she felt annoyed by Lucas' thoughtlessness. 'How could he do it in front of a kid?' she thought.

"If someone else finds out, they will laugh at Lucas. It needs to be kept a secret. So, don't tell anyone else, understand?"

Mendes nodded. "It's our secret?"

"Yes, you're right."

"Okay!" He suddenly clenched his fist and looked excited all of a sudden. "Our secret! And no one else can be told."

The excitement in Mendes' face made Rachel feel a little awkward.

The boy was so excited as if he had found something extremely valuable.

'So, Lucas has a girlfriend?' Rachel wondered to herself.

Mendes suddenly leaned to her as she thought about it some more. "Will you kiss someone too?"

Rachel felt a rush of blood to her ears and cheeks when she heard Mendes' question. "You little brat," she snapped.

But Mendes merely winked at her innocently. His face looked as if he was offering to give her some of his candies.

The idea lingered long in Rachel's mind and it made her speechless for a long time. How could a boy ask such a question at his age?

The mix of innocence and seriousness in the boy's expression made Rachel feel embarrassed. She suddenly raised her hand to cover her face when an image suddenly crossed her mind. An image that she knew she should not imagine.

She couldn't understand why the image of Jack suddenly filled her mind. She cleared her throat to help ease her embarrassment. She felt lucky that a child could not yet identify the expression of embarrassment that was obvious on her face.

talk about it anymore, okay? No one will want to be friends with you if you keep

to show that he understood what she said. He was still young enough that it was a simple thing to coax him into following her words. When he saw the serious expression on Rachel's face, he quickly realized that it must be something that kids were not allowed to

could really be tricky to deal with kids

to change the topic. "You can sit here and watch cartoons while

then took a bite from his

tell her whenever you go

about to raise his hand to swear that he would never leave without letting the nurse know, but he suddenly remembered the visit he

quickly turned to her and

home," Rachel answered as she shook her head

He thought for a moment and asked,

suddenly remembered that Jack asked him

he referred to Jack and it made her smile as

then thought for a while and his expression changed as if he just thought of an excellent idea. "Can I

in her office for an old phone that she seldom used anymore. She then

understood how to use the cellphone. There was no other applications installed on the phone so it was safe enough for a child to use. So, she decided to give the phone to him as

and was about to call

few minutes later, a patient with heart disease

her. The nurse called her attention immediately. "Rachel, Kevin

the critical condition of the patient and they could lose

scrubbed her hands, sanitized them and put on the operating robe, gloves and mask.

spoke like there was no age gap between them.

make a child happy across a considerable distance through a phone call. When they have almost finished talking, he suddenly had an idea. "Someone is

"Who is that?"

"Jack."

in his hand and lifted his hand to his ear. There was a puzzled look on his face as

and whispered, "Please talk to him. I need to

father had been talking to Mendes and was even

rapidly. Kevin's face became more desperate with each passing second. Sweat started to

he dizzily worked on stabilizing the patient. A nurse greeted

himself down a little and got back to the

as he finished speaking, a confident female voice answered back at him. "Here!

sigh of relief. He started to visibly relax as Rachel walked to his side. But he did not stop focusing on what he was doing. His voice sounded a little nervous.

time. But they knew that it was a critical time and the patient would be better off if they wouldn't let the grim situation weaken

She frowned and said in a