Nurse Jackie stood in the middle of the hallway awaiting the rest of the patients to file into the Cafeteria. She didn't notice that Greyson had already entered the Cafeteria and so she was unaware that he had left his scrubs in his room. As the twins passed her, late as always, they didn't have their night clothes either. A tiny flare of anger welled up inside her. She dropped the bag of laundry at her feet and with a heavy sigh, undid her ponytail, letting her long chesnutt tresses fall to her shoulders. She threaded her fingers through her hair and collected it back up into a ponytail before wrapping the scrunchie back around it and pulling it tight. She often messed with her hair when she was feeling antsy or angry and this time was no different. Picking the laundry bag back up, she followed the twins to the Cafeteria and stopped in the doorway, counting the patients to see if they were all there. They were. Walking to an empty space of countertop, she placed the laundry bag ontop of it and began to count the scrubs one-by-one. "Damnit, I should have used gloves. I forgot about 'freak-boy's' nasty pants." She held her breath as she sorted through the bag and counted a total of 9 sets of clothes. She tried to remember who all gave her their clothes and came to the relization that Greyson was the only one she didn't see walk passed her. "He must have left them...Well I'm not going to get them, he is..." She straightened back up and took a rather large breath of fresh air, trying to calm her anger, before approaching Greyson at his table.
"Ahem..." she coughed, waiting for him to look up at her. "I see you forgot your laundry. I'm not your maid. I'm not going to pick it up for you. You know you're supposed to bring it out with you in the morning. This isn't a new rule. After you're done eating, go and get your scrubs and bring them to the Nurses Station, please. I expect you'll remember that next time, hmm?" She placed her hand on his shoulder and gave it a not-so-pleasant squeeze. "Enjoy your breakfast."
By the time she had finished sorting through the laundry and talking to Greyson, Alvah, Minsu, Gabe, and Aaron had slipped out of the Cafeteria unnoticed. What she did notice, however, was the splatter of a tray of food being pushed off of the table by Jasmine, followed by Freya shoving her from behind. With a twinkle in her eye, Nurse Jackie headed toward the girls, her bright blue eyes darkening with each second. She reached Freya first before Jasmine had a chance to respond and grabbed Freya by the arm, just above her elbow. Her grip was firm and unyielding and she used this grip to force Freya into the nearest chair.
"Sit down, NOW!" She stood over her and inbetween her and Jasmine, with her back to Jasmine as she spoke.
"I don't tolerate little girls who can't control themselves. Now take a breather and calm down."
She turned to face the food counter and yelled over to Sam. "Hey Sam. Can you clean this up for me? Seems someone has decided to make a mess out of your food." Sam responded with a nod and went to retrieve a small hand brush and a dust pan along with a damp rag to wipe up the drink.
Turning back to Freya, she placed her palm on the table in front of her and leaned down until she was eye level with her. "We're not going to have any more problems now, are we?" Her angled eyebrows gave away her emotion. Her voice was laced with disdain, as if she were talking to a three year old child. Not waiting for an answer, she moved aside to let Sam clean up the food on the floor and what remained of the food on the chair Freya was sitting in. Jackie turned to Jasmine and placed her hand on her shoulder from behind, whispering in her ear, "Don't even think about retaliating. I may not be physically in the room with you all the time, but there are cameras everywhere and I've got Staff available to take care of you if need be." All the while she whispered, a thin-lipped grin was plastered to her face. Deciding she was done here, she stepped back to the doorway of the Cafeteria and turned aroud to face everyone still present.
"Ok everyone. I think breakfast was eventfull enough for today. If you're not finished eating by now, please finish quickly and head to the Day Room. I'll be there shortly to hand out cigarettes to those that have asked me. You can take a drink with you if you'd like."
As she headed to the Nurses Station, Kyle approached her:
"Excuse me, Nurse Jackie? As you probably remember, I did a number on my face earlier. well, now the pain is really starting to kick in. is there any way I could get aspirin, or something to that effect?"
The anger in her subsided enough that she could reply to him in a cool and collected manor. "Let me talk with Dr. Raven about what I can give you. It looks like you pissed off a bouncer at a club, if you ask me." She smiled a genuine smile at him and almost felt a bit of sympathy for the poor guy. "Maybe I can get ya something a little stronger than an asprin," she said with a wink. "I'll see what I can do. Go ahead and head to the Day Room and I'll be there in a little bit. I've got some stuff I have to take care of first but I won't forget about ya."
After she finished speaking with Kyle, she entered the Nurses Station and picked up a phone to call the Security Room, which was held in another part of the hospital. She talked a little bit with James, in a hushed voice, before hanging up the receiver and then picking it back up to call Dr. Raven about Kyle's nose. She talked with him at length and then hung up the phone before collecting a pack of cigarettes from the dispenser and heading to meet the patients in the Day Room.