Da Nada...

That seemed to be the theme for today.
Da Nada ( no proublem)
That, and no news is good news.
That was what everyone said to me and my bunch of misfits ( i.e Coleman, Witter, Scott and Hayle)



I was pacing in Scotts office, well more like limping back and forth in Scotts office.
Her work as a parralegal meant she had to handle this. The law suit against her wack job husband.

Yeah, as it turns out Aaden woke up crying that morning and his father couldn't calm him, so what does he do?
Make funny faces?
Offer to read his son a book?
Just sit and rock him for a while?
NO! He takes him out in the drive way and runs over him with a car!!!
Nearly killing him, there isn't a word nasty enough to discribe him.
yeah, I was fuming...I swear Scott could see smoke comming out of my ears while I pased her office like a caged tiger.
Angry and ready to pounce, mame and kill my target.



She sat behind her desk and the pile of papers on this case. She was looking at the medical report given by me, Coleman and Greg. We all took shifts in watching him within the first 24 hours to make sure he stayed stable after the corrective surgery was done.

No one told me what they had to do to save my little five year old miracle, but they let me take part in the recovery process, for his benifit mostly. So for that, I was greatful. My god son felt more comfortable with me around and not a bunch of strangers, which is normal for any kid. That was what made Hayle change his mid and let me take part in this mess after all.

My pasing continued, from the big book case on the left side of her room, to the door on the right side. I looked from Scott to the floor.

Her long blonde hair was thrown up in a messy pony tail, which was odd for her, she always looked neat as a pin. Aside from the time she spent in the hosptial at my bed side.
She rubbed at her temples as she continued to read the endless pages of the four medical reports. Everything about her screamed frazled and stressed. I've never seen her look so haggered in my life.
Finally she has accpected the fact she's human, and can't have everything be perfect all the time. The last month has been a big doce of reality for her, but even I have to admit, no parent diservese this.

"For Gods sake Shannon!" She shouted, throwing her papers down to her desk. "Would you stop that! Your driving me nuts, stay still will you?" she put her face in her hands.

I stopped my constant moving about and froze in the center of the room.
"You know, I'd hate to say I told you so.."
"Then dont!" She cut me off, glaring at me with watery brown eyes.
"I warned you from the start he was no good." I said and began to walk towards her desk, my voice rising as I finished scolding her. "I told you he'd end up hurting you, which he did. I told you he was in know way a good father, which he just proved he isn't. Why didn't you listen to me?!" My hands slammed down on the desk for emphsis.

"Damn it! Brennan, shut up! You don't think I don't know this is all my fault! I could have prevented this, and yes, once again you were right! Congradulations!" She was almost in tears as she yelled at me.
Right away I felt bad about what I said, but I knew she needed to know what I thought. Even if right now she doesn't think she does...she'll be glad eventually that i told her the reality behind this little situation. But I could see how much this hurt her, so I thought maybe I could soften the blow a bit.

"You know, Scott this isn't something I wanted to be right about. I wanted you to be happy, I wanted Aaden to have a mom and dad that love him. I didn't want Aaden to suffer the abuse I did. Thats why I told you all along he was a horribal choice. I'm just sorry it took this mess for you to see I was right." She ducked her head, and started to cry.

I sighed and limped over to her and gradded a chair. I turned hers around so she was facing me and I sat down in front of her. I took both her hands and she looked at me. Tears stained her cheeks, she looked so broken and fragile, I could honestly feel her pain. I sallowed down hard, trying to choke back the tears I felt rising in me and I continued.

"But, thankfully Aaden has something I didn't. He has you, you protect him, guide him and love him. You can shelter him from his father. This was not your fault. You were with me that night, you had nothing to do with this. Aaden has at least one parent who would die for him, I had two parents who wanted nothing to do with me. You're a good mom, the only thing you did wrong was fall in love with an ass hole. And as they say, love is blind. I tried to open your eyes, but I knew you'd see in time what I saw. I'm just sorry it took this for it to become clear."

She sniffled and looked up at me. Suddenly there was a tiny smile on her face and she quitely laughed. "You're full of it, Brennan. I know deep down you can pin some of this on me. Hell, even I know that you are right, I exposed me son to someone unfit to be around children."

I shook my head, I knew she was going to pin the blame on herself some more. Yeah, she's right, some of this is her doing. But she doesn't need to face that now..I jsut wanted to be sure she aware of this. Mainly because Gerogeson (her boss and lawyer) would throw that in her face as well. I thought it should be me to say it first.
"Da Nada. You had no way of knowing he could do this. You never saw him hit Aaden, so you had no reason to assume this could happen. As far as the law is conerned at least."
She glared at me now, she let go of my hands and rolled her chair back a bit. "Thats all we've heard all day. No problem and no news is good news. When is this going to become an issue."
I sighed. "For you, it wont be a proublem. YOU DID NOTHIGN WRONG!"



I got up and walked to to the door. Before I opend it I said over my shoulder " I'm going to back to the QE2 (Queen Elizibeth's second hosptial), if you need me call my office."

When I got back to the QE2 I went into my office and found Coleman and Witter leaning on my desk talking.
Coleman nodded at me. "How is she?"
I limped into my office, shaking my head. "She's hurt. Blames herself, thinks it's all her fault."
Greg looked at me, his gaze fixed on my face. "And how are you doing?" His soft voice erked me. Why am I getting concern, nothing bad happend to me.
I gave him a puzzled look. "I'm fine."
His steel blue eyes drilled into mine. "You were crying."

Coleman laughed. "Brennan, no way. Does she even know how to cry?"
I glared at him. "Shut up Keegan" was my brilliant retort.
He went from smug to shocked in 0-60.

Greg pushed himself up from my desk and warpped me in his arms. He held me close, stroking my hair. For a moment I was surpised, we never acted like this at work, ever. It was like a rule with us. After a moment all the angry and hurt feelings I felt washed away and all I could feel was the safty and happiness that came from beging held by him. I embraced him back and we scilently held each other.

After a while I heard Coleman clear his throat as he tried to sneek by us and get out of my office. I pulled away from Greg just enough to look Coleman in the eyes.
He sighed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn;t have made a joke. I've never heard you call me by my first name before." His sheepish grin made it hard to be angry.
"Da Nada" was all I said. He left my office with a grin and for now there is nothing else that can be done by the rest of us.