A Birth day

Ruby listened to the all talk when Angus said they had arrived she looked to Marcus as he changed Angus clothing , now she saw a business man in front of her and understood why he had been chased by other women. but she didn't get a chance to say anything as Marcus changed her clothes too and spoke to her. " okay" she said with a nod as she, walking over with a slight wobble Sat down on a stool . "like this?" she enquired as she sat down on a stool just as he had told her how to.

She stood ack up and looked at Marcus " okay got it i'm after Robert and we don't get out out until you say its clear." she repeated to him so he'd know she had heard him. Hearing the kettle she stood back up and walked to the kettle taking it off the biol and leaving it to one side.

"Forget the kettle, Ruby," Marcus rolled his eyes as Robert got into the car, and Angus stood waiting on her. "Tara can get her own kettle. We have to go. Get in the car--now." 

After Ruby got in, Angus got in, and lastly, Marcus got in. It was not easy for Carlo to drive the long limousine on some of Italy's narrow, winding roads, but he made it look easy. It was about a twenty minute drive to the muggle hospital, and when they arrived, Marcus got out and met a security officer who seemed very surprised to see a limosine pulling up. Marcus spoke a moment with the officer, and then, he got out some muggle money out of his wallet and paid the officer before returning to the car. He told Carlo that it would be fine to park the limo here for the moment.

He gave Angus the gesture that it was fine to get out. Angus got out and, following what he knew to be procedure, he stepped out of the way for Marcus to hold out his hand to help Ruby out of the car if she needed it. Robert followed Ruby out, and Marcus shut the car door. Carlo locked the car, and Angus led the way inside and to the woman at the front desk. 

Angus introduced himself, in Italian, and he showed her his muggle ID to prove he was a Donohue. That seemed to rattle the little brunette, and she picked up the phone and called someone. In a couple minutes, a dark haired man in glasses and wearing a white coat came out. 

In Italian, he said he did not expect to see a man like Angus Donohue there. Angus explained Rosaria worked for the family, and he introduced Robert as a specialist from England. Robert took over at that point and introduced himself as an orthopedic surgeon who had been enlisted by the family to take charge of Rosaria's care and was intending to transfer her to England for specialized treatment. He showed the doctor his muggle credentials, and the doctor motioned for them to follow. 

"I'll go talk with him," Robert told them. "Why don't you lot go see Rosaria, and I'll meet you there in just a little bit?"

"If you're sure," Angus said.

"Absolutely. This is routine. I've got this part. Go reassure Rosaria that we've got this well in hand now," Robert told them, and he left with the doctor. Carlo led the way to take them upstairs to Rosaria's room, explaining she was very heavily drugged with muggle drugs and was not liable to be awake much or understand much.

Ruby did exactly as Marcus said leaving the kettle and heading for the car. Once inside she sat as he had told her to and waited just enjoying the scenery as they drove down the Italian roadways. All too soon they arrived and she waited for Marcus to get out once he indicated it was safe she took his hand to help her stand up after the ride and nodded to him before following Angus inside she tried not to smirk as the girl at the desk looked rattled at his credentials.

She stayed at Angus side as they walked threw the corridors then stopped as Robert spoke to them. Ruby heard Angus and nodded " that would be perfect2 she said softly as she saw Robert and the doctor leave . walking to Rosaria's room she waited as the door was opened and she walked in once the door was shut she walke dover to Rosaria and gently gave her a hug " when you do something you so it right" she said softly to her with a smile as she sat down beside her by the bed.

Angus let Ruby do the talking because Rosaria was so upset by the fall, her leg, and the physical pain. She did not like muggle hospitals one little bit, and for her, it was much like allowing her to be treated by cavemen. She didn't like the smell, and she didn't like the muggles. She wanted to go home. 

Angus told her quietly that he'd brought her someone much more to her liking. She did seem to understand that here they didn't dare speak about wizardry and magic. Having interacted for decades and decades with muggles, the Donohues talked about 'personal preferences' as opposed to using any sort of words that had anything to do with magic. Angus realized he had not explained this to Ruby since they'd never run into it before, but he believed she would pick up on what he was doing.

Angus explained he was working on getting her transferred to a specialist that he preferred and was going to be taking her and Carlo to England. She started fussing about the muggles' plans to cut off her leg and send her to live with muggles. She was upset about Carlo and how upset he was too, and about the family reunion in 10 days, and a hundred other worries. Angus calmed her, telling her that he would take care of everything, that no one was going to take her leg, and that the only place she would be going was with family, not with strangers. Rosaria chattered nonstop to Ruby, wanting Ruby to make a long, written list of things that needed taken care of. 

"There will be a pad of paper and a pen in the drawer of her nightstand," Marcus told Ruby quietly. "You might want to make the list to soothe her.

Ruby heard Angus and Marcus and got the gist of what they were doing and spoke softly to Rosaria that it was okay and that their specialist Robert was with them talking to the doctor as they were talking to her. Hearing her start making a list she nodded and looked to Marcus as he spoke to her . Smiling she opened the draw and took out the pad and pen and began writing the list. " we'll sort it out." she said smiling a she wrote another addition to the list.

As she spoke Ruby caught she was worried about her losing her leg and shook he head smiling " no one is taking your leg" she said softly and calmly to her down so she could rest.

Marcus was keeping an eye on the hallway and the room both, and he nudged Angus silently and whispered in Angus's ear. Angus touched Ruby on the shoulder and gestured that he was stepping out into the hall for a moment. 

A man in a rather cheap and somewhat ill fitting off-the-rack suit was approaching, and he already had an attitude, Angus could tell. Angus was already not in the mood to placate the muggles. He waited for the man to get to them. The man started on a rant in a very quiet voice so others would not overhear,  launching a very hostile tirade about how he didn't care who Angus was, Angus had no right to come into the hospital like he owned the place and start making demands. He continued to rant about how all rich people ever cared about was themselves, wanting whatever they wanted at any time of the day or night, and he said he had no use whatsoever for people like Angus.

Angus waited til he was finished, not saying a syllable. Then he looked at him and told him that, since the man had no use for the Donohue family, Angus was officially withdrawing the money that was due to build and fund the hospital's new pediatric wing and that the family was sure they could find another hospital that was interested providing lifesaving care to children. The man looked at Angus, all the color draining from his face, and he tried to reach out to grab Angus's arm, to keep the discussion going, to backtrack and try to save the donation money.  But Marcus stepped in firmly and made sure that the man never got a chance to touch Angus. Angus simply turned and went back into Rosaria's room, leaving Marcus to get rid of the man.

"Sorry about that," Angus told Ruby softly. "He is the administrator of the hospital. I'm sure he's going to be due to have quite an unpleasant conversation with the hospitals' board of directors tomorrow."

Ruby listened to Rosaria then felt Angus place his hand on her shoulder glancing up she nodded to him and continued to write what Rosaria wanted on the pan she could now hear voices outside and talking in Italian she could tell one was Angus and Marcus but the other she didn't know.

When they returned and Angus told her she sighed and nodded " thought as much" she said handing Marcus the list she had Rosaria had complied for later that day and the gathering of the family. " most of this is easy to gather and make " she said as she smiled down to Rosaria hoping Robert would return with good news for her.

It wasn't much longer when Robert returned, and there were a couple of nurses and an orderly with him. The orderly had a wheelchair with an elevated leg rest. 

"We'll be ready to go in a moment," Robert said. "Ruby, would you please gather up all of Rosaria's things? I'm told there's a large plastic bag in the bottom section of the nightstand for you to put her belongings in. We're not going to bother dressing her. We're going to use the gown she has on, and we're going to wrap a couple of blankets over her. I told the doctor that would be sufficient for our purposes. So you can also pack the clothes she came here in. The rest of you, if you would just wait out in the hallway so we can get Rosaria moved to the wheelchair. Then Carlo and I will go with the staff to get her into the car. Marcus will bring you and Angus downstairs when you're ready to go. I th the less fuss, the better for her right now."

Ruby saw Robert and the orderly return and she nodded at him asking her to pack Rosaria's things. Kneeling down she pulled the bag out of the cupboard and began placing Rosaria's things into it, finding her clothes she folded them and placed them into the bag . Once she was sure nothing remained she placed the bag on the back of the wheel chair. She looked around and saw two blankets laid on a chair.Picking them up she stood holding them ready to place over Rosaria once she was in the chair but stepped back to let the orderly and Marcus if he was needed help her into it.

Once she was in the chair Ruby opened the blankets and placed them over her legs and tucked it gently around her broken ne ." I got everything " she said to Robert.

Robert moved one of the blankets to wrap around Rosaria's shoulders to keep her from feeling undressed. 

"Well done, Ruby," Robert said. "You might make a good nurse yet. Why don't you walk with Carlo and me? Rosaria seems to appreciate your being here. I'm sure the medications she's been given leaves her feeling quite muddled and anxious, so it might help if you were closer to her on our way out. Let's go home." The orderly and the nurses went along to the limosine, and Robert and Carlo walked beside Rosaria so she could see, even in her drugged state, that they weren't leaving her here.

Marcus and Angus walked behind, and for the first time, Angus noticed the younger nurses staring at him and whispering to each other and then giggling.

"Why are they staring?" he asked Marcus very quietly. "Do tell me my zipper isn't loose or something."

"No, it isn't," Marcus laughed, amused. "I can hear them. It's a celebrity thing because of how much the locals know about the Donohue family. They know exactly who you are, and they're a trifle behind on the times. They believe you are a handsome, young, single multimillionaire. Ignore them. in your position, neither you or Ruby need to respond to that. Just keep moving. Stay focused on why you're here, and we'll soon be out of here and back to more comfortable surroundings."

"You too, Ruby," Robert said quietly. "Stay poised and focused. They're just daydreaming. Let them go."