(Picture of Clark)

Chapter 8

OH MY GOD. I slapped the Prince of England.

I looked around. Anywhere else, but not to those eyes. I didn't even noticed when the guy from the hallway left. Then I remembered that last time we met, he was acting like a jerk. It wasn't my fault that our first meeting was unpleasant.

"Well, if you would have acted properly, I wouldn't have got to slap you in first place. Your Highness I suppose?" He raised his eyebrows amused.

"And as I explained to you before, it wasn't me."  I looked at him with doubt and crossed my arms on my chest.

"You slapped Prince Henry Dr. Cruz?" Clark asked me. I totally forgot that we had a company.

"She didn't mean it mate." He looked down at Clark.

"Hi Clark. How are you feeling today?"  I asked him sweetly. I didn't like to admit such things, but he was my favorite patient. Probably because of his long stay at the hospital.

"Good." he flashed his little smile at me.

"How about we forget our first meeting and start again? Like it never happened?" Prince Henry said to me. I narrowed my eyes at him and I was thinking about it. He was just being polite. Ok then if he will behave, I will behave too. I am not going to cause any trouble. Especially with the Prince. It's not likely I would meet him again.

"I am Henry." He offered me a hand for a handshake and I took it. I felt an electric wave spread through my whole body as our hands touched and I shivered.

"I am Eva."  I said a little bit shaken by the feeling I just experienced.

"Hey Prince Henry, this is the Lois I was talking you about." Clark said to him.

"Oh really? This is her?" he pointed at me. Well I think you chosed well." He turned to him.

"Thank you. She will give me a new heart because mine doesn't work well." he said to him and I smiled. That reminded me why I was actually standing there.

"Speaking of your heart, I will just help Dr. Simmons with it. " I started to explain and looked at Henry. "He is Cardiologist and I will be performing the surgery with him. You wanted to know more details about it, Your highness?" I asked him.

"Yes. I wanted to know more about it but please call me Henry." he said charmingly. 

"Ok, Henry." I said hesitantly.

"Why don't we sit down?" he pointed at the sofa. As we sat down, Clark came up with his superhero figures and started to put them on the sofa next to Henry.

"Hey mate. Who do you have here?" Henry asked him excitedly. He looked like he was genuinely interested in his little friends and turned himself into a little boy for a while.

"This is spiderman, this is batman and he has a partner whose name is Robin and this is superman. He is my favorite." They were chatting about the dolls for a while than Clark went to the bathroom.

"So about that surgery." I started. He looked at me with those blue eyes. Why was he sitting so close to me? Isn't it a little bit hot in here? Ok calm down Eva. Calm down.

"The problem with his surgery is, that we can't find suitable heart for him. He is on a waiting list  pretty high, but because of his age and his blood type -" I was explaining to him while I was trying to compose myself.

"Blood type?" he looked at me concerned.

"Yes. Clark's blood type is O negative which is really rare. And find a heart that could fit him is making it even harder."

"How can I help?" he scowled.

"I was thinking if maybe he could get onto a list in other countries in Europe than only in UK there would be a bigger possibility that we will find him a suitable heart." I explained to him.

"Ok. I will make sure he will get onto that list. And I heard that his parents are in a bad financial situation because of the bills. I asked our charity to pay the bills for the hospital. So they can spend more time with him and not at work." That man surprised me more and more. He didn't behave like the type of man who would touch someone's butt without permission. Maybe he was telling the truth.

"That would be really nice of you. They are a really good people and Clark misses them a lot." I said to him. 

"Does he has to be still in the hospital?" he asked me.

"Yes. Usually we let our patients wait for their transplant at home if they are physically capable but Clark often gets an epileptic seizures and that is hard for his heart so he has to stay here for observation."  Clark came out from his bathroom with his cape.

"Oh. Superman." Henry smiled at him and nurse came into the room.

"Hi Clark. It is time for your medication." She smiled at him and shyly looked at Henry. "Good morning, Your Highness" she said and starred at him for a while. Well I wasn't surprised at that anymore. Everyone talking about him and wanting to see him. It was a really good sight I must admit.

 "Good morning Dr. Cruz." she finally realized that I was there too.

"Morning." I greeted her back.

 "I need to give Clark his infusion." she said. She pointed at a tray she was holding.

"No. I want Lois to give it to me." he said.

"Lois?" The nurse asked confused.

"Well that would be me I suppose." I pointed with my thumb at myself and Clark nodded. "It's ok Becky, I will take care of it." I told her. "All right Dr. Cruz." She hesitated for a second as she looked like she wanted something but then she handed me the infusion and left. I walked to the bed and Clark followed me.

"Clark will you show Prince Henry how brave you are when we are giving you your medication?" I asked him.

"Yes, I will." He sat down on the bed and stretched out his hand.

"Gently please." he said to me with serious face as he always does. I couldn't hold my laugh.

"Like always." I replied as we repeated our routine. After I gave Clark his infusion the guy from the hallway came into the room.

"Your Highness if you want to visit another patients you should probably go because in an hour we have to be in the church."

"I don't think I will attend the church today Charles."

"But I don't think it will be possible. The journalists are aware of your attendance to accompany your father and grandfather. Your brother with his wife will be there too. And they saw you here already so there would be no excuse to not attend..." Charles was rambling and looking at him with panic in his face. He looked like he would get a heart attack if he wouldn't go.

"All right. All right Charles. Calm down. I guess I will have to go." he sighed and Charles relieved again left the room.

"All right mate." he turned to look at Clark who was now lying on the bed. "I will have to go now. It was really nice meeting you. Hopefully you will have a new heart soon."

"Yeah, that would be great. Will you come to visit me sometime?" Clark asked him as he was sad that he was leaving.

"Sure. Why not?" I looked at him. He shouldn't be giving such promises when he will not keep them.

"Great." he light up.

"Well I have to go too. Clark the nurse will come to check on you after a while ok?"

"Ok." I stroked his hair and went to the door.

"Eva wait." Did he just said my name? He pulled me into a corner so Clark wouldn't hear us. I was looking at him little surprised. He opened his mouth but hesitated.

"I just wanted to thank you for informing me about Clark's condition and that I will make sure that he will get into that list." he said in one breath.

"You don't have to thank me for that. I actually thank you for helping him. Good bye."  

"Bye." I turned and went to the hallway as I released a breath I didn't even knew I was holding.

Well, that was an interesting start for the day. The rest of the day fled quiet quickly. Everyone was asking me about the Prince, how he was, what were we talking about and other stuff. The only respond from me they got was that he was kind and they should concentrate on their work and not gossip. Even George stopped by and wanted to know everything. Well he was the only one I told about our first unpleasant encounter. He was laughing at me like crazy, because he couldn't understand how come I didn't recognized the most popular man in the UK.   

When after 8 p.m. I finally walked out the hospital exit, the fresh air breezed my hair and I closed my eyes to savor the moment. Wow. That was a really long and interesting day. I took a deep breath and started to walk to the underground which was two streets from the hospital as I always did. But after a while of walking I felt an unpleasant feeling, that somebody was watching me. I slowly and inconspicuously looked behind me. The street was empty with few cars parked there. No I must be delusional. But in that moment I heard car engine to start and it started slowly driving behind me. I quickened my walk. The car behind me quickened too. The black SUV with tinted windows pulled over right in front of me. Oh my god. He must have found me. I should run but I couldn't move. I looked terrified as the door of the back of the SUV started to open.

"Hello Eva. Do you want a ride?" relieve and surprise spread through me as a familiar face showed up out of the car. And it was no other than Prince Henry.

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