Dancing Queen

"Recklessness and some mild stupidity aren't always the worst attributes in these jobs," Amelia shrugged, winking at Andy. "Not the worst, for the ones who are smart enough to use it wisely. But also a fatal flaw." Taking on her final thoughts, she spoke with a confident nod, "unclear about which path this kid's taking, though."

Andy couldn't argue with Amelia. There was some level of recklessness required in order to continuously put your life on the line and run into burning buildings with an inability to fully know what was going on inside. "I know that I can't argue with you there. But he's so new. Right now is the time to listen and learn so that his recklessness doesn't end up in tragedy for himself or the rest of his team who try to help him." She was sure he had just been trying to prove himself, but in trying to do so he'd done the exact opposite. "Your day going any better than mine is?"

elena smiled and let out a sigh when the captian said she was okay. "oh wow, well i hope he's doing okay. i can check on his status if you like?" elena questioned, scrolling through her tablet.

"If there's any information you might be able to glean, I'd definitely appreciate it. I've been sitting out here for a while. It's making me a little nervous." She hated sitting in hospitals for longer than necessary and this was painful.

"If I find any more of them while I'm in the fridge I'm throwing them out," she said as she got up to rummage through it. "Ooh, bacon," Liliana said, grinning as she pulled it out. "What about some good 'ol BLTs?" she asked. "Those are easy enough and they ingredients look fresh," she said.

She laughed softly at her daughter's words and then nodded her head in approval; no one needed to be eating the food that Jack had...attempted to make. "BLTs sound great right now, Mija. And with Jack not cooking, nothing could be better." She winked at her daughter. "What's on your agenda the rest of the day?"

Jackson offered up a small smile to her, nodding along to her statement. "Yeah, as soon as there's anything worthwhile they'll be out here. We take all our surgeries seriously, but especially when it's a first responder on the table." There was almost an unspoken agreement there, given how closely they worked together at times. "Just a bunch of surgeries almost back-to-back, and it's almost time for me to go home. Just gotta do one last set of rounds before I go, but I need a break so I figure I can keep you company while you wait, if you'd like."

She nodded her head. She knew those words to be true. She had seen it in action for many people that she'd cared about throughout her life; had seen it for herself when she'd been the one in need of surgery. "I have no doubts in the capabilities of the doctors who work in this hospital. You've all completed...incredible tasks in the name of keeping people alive." She nodded in understanding at back-to-back surgeries. Sometimes her own day was a back-to-back of disasters that left her exhausted. "Well, I'm not going to say no to company as long as you're not in a rush to go."

"I know, it should not be this hard," she said, shaking her head. "What do you have in the cupboards and fridge? I can make us some better sandwiches so that we don't have to risk food poisoning," Lili said, taking the drink from her mother's hand.

"We just did a grocery run yesterday, so we should be fully stocked up. Though depending on how many of these sandwiches he made we may be in trouble." She mused, shaking her head. It was a wonder that he'd made it this far. She loved the man, but he was something else entirely.

Elena saw Andy sitting in the waiting room, as she scaned the ER seeing how many potential patients they had waiting. "Hey, what are you doing here? Are you okay?" The brunette scanned the captain from head to toe, not seeing any visible injuries on her which she was relived.

"Oh, hey. Yeah, I'm totally okay. Not a scratch on me." She said with a smile, though she appreciated the concern she could see on the other woman's face and in her voice. "I'm here for one of my team. A new guy decided to try and show off and ended up here. Going to have to have quite the discussion with him once he's cleared."

"Oh, hey," Amelia echoed, laughing softly. Amelia stuck her hands into the pockets of her labcoat, "kid's fine." Nothing amused Amelia more than when a paitent insisted on a neuro consult, especially when their head wasn't injured. "You let all the new ones walk tightropes? That some kind of initiation?"

Andy let out a relieved breath when Amelia expressed that the rookie was doing okay. She'd been quite worried given just how much of a rookie he was that he would be out for good with the injury that he'd sustained. She turned to look at the woman and narrowed her eyes before laughing. "No, we do not normally let rookies act in the way he did. He was...reckless."

Amber smiled appreciatively at the woman before taking a seat and beginning to peel her banana. She looked at the woman's uniform and she looked a little familiar. "Are you one of the firefighters?" They had done something with Cam's school and he hadn't stopped talking about all things fire safety. Even had them change the batteries just in case they were bad or unchanged.

She perked up a little bit when she was asked if she was a firefighter. Even after the career that she'd had so far, it was still nice to be recognized for her work. She loved what she did and was proud of everything that she, and her team, was able to accomplish. "I am, yes. Captain Herrera at your service."

"You here waiting for news on the firefighter that was brought in earlier?" Jackson asked, moving to take a seat next to Andy. While he hadn't been on the case himself, he'd heard about it - apparently it had been pretty nasty. "I think they're still trying to make sure there's not extensive damage. If you want I can go get an actual update for you." He was almost off duty, thankfully, but didn't mind staying a little late to get her information.

She nodded her head in response to the question. She figured that it was more of a rhetorical question than anything given that he knew what it was like for a captain when one of their team members got injured. She nudged her arm against his own when he sat down next to her, grateful for the update as small as it was. "I'm sure someone will come out and let me know when they have anything substantial to give me. They all know me pretty well around here at this point." She said with a laugh. "Is your day going better than mine?"

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?"

Andy had come by the hospital after one of the latest scenes that they'd been on and had chosen to simply grab some food at the hospital cafeteria instead of waiting for when she got back to the fire station. At someone's voice, she glanced up and looked around the quite full cafeteria before gesturing at the seat. "By all means."

closed for @captandyherrera Sitting at the table in the firehouse, Lili decided to join her mother for lunch. She knew her mother was busy, but she had always liked going there to hang out. "Mama, did you let Uncle Jack make these sandwiches?" she asked. "Because they taste like shit," Liliana stated, peering between the pieces of bread for a moment.

Andy glanced at her daughter from the fridge where she'd moved to grab them each a drink. She sighed heavily. "I don't understand how this man is unable to make a simple sandwich. You put ingredients between two slices of bread, how is that a challenge?" She nearly whined, moving to the table and handing her daughter a drink before taking a seat and looking at the sandwich more closely.