The Doctor and the Rockstar

Taking a deep breath Dani Torrez stepped out of her sister and brother in-laws car. She hated hospitals, and anything to do with them, especially when the reason she was here was because of her six year old niece. Isabelle Danielle Frances or Izzy for short was Dani's six year old niece, who had a cancerous tumor on her left kidney; she had been visiting doctors and doing chemo for the past two years. But today they were finally going to start the process of getting both her Dani ready for a transplant. After much testing the doctors figured out that Dani is the only person who matches Izzy's blood type, and Dani quickly agreed to donate one of her kidney's, but they had to wait until Izzy was stable and past the age of six, and once Dani was done with her world tour and could take time off from her career to heal and make sure everything is okay with both herself and with Izzy.

"Well if it isn't Miss Izzy, how are you doing today sweetie?" An older African American woman asked with a large smile on her face.

Izzy smiled widly "Good, Auntie D got me a new wig see?" Izzy replied pointing at the blue wig Dani had bought her last week to match Dani's freshly died blue hair. Dani often dyed her hair different colors, sometimes very dramatic colors like the blue, and every time she did so she bought Izzy a new wig, so they could match.

"Well my gosh I guess she did, and I must say you're looking very pretty Miss Izzy, even if it is a very bright color" the woman said as she moved around the corner carrying some folders and a clip board in her hand, smiling at Dani she introduced herself "I'm Nurse Kathy, and I'm guessing your Anutie D, I've heard a lot about you" she said with a large friendly smile.

Dani smiled "Yeah that's me, but you can call me Dani" she said running her hand through her blue hair nervously.

Nurse Kathy laughed "How are you doing today Matt, Lacey?" she asked looking at Dani's older sister and brother in-law, as they followed Izzy to the private hospital room. Izzy has spent so much time in the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital that she could easily find her way around the place by herself.

"Were okay, Izzy's had a good today" Lacey said smiling at her daughter as she bounced into the room.

"That's good, today's tests should be nothing but a breeze for her, and for you as well Dani, they're all pretty simple and very un-abrasive" Nurse Kathy said with a smile as she helped Izzy climb on top of the hospital bed. "Doctor Lopez and I will be doing the tests today, I'll be doing Miss Izzy's here, and Doctor Lopez will be doing yours Dani. Doctor Daniels is in an emergency surgery so he won't be able to make it today" Nurse Kathy said as she moved towards the door after putting the files on the end of the bed.

"That's fine with me" Dani said with a nervous smile.

"Well you know where everything is Miss Izzy, Doctor Lopez will be here shortly, and I know she's very excited to see you" Nurse Kathy said winking at Izzy, who giggled.

"So what is this Doctor Lopez like?" Dani asked smiling at her niece.

"She's amazing; she's super fun and nice. She brings me ice cream whenever I have to stay the night here even though she's not supposed to. And she plays games with me, and Kyle" Izzy said excitedly.

Dani smiled "Doctor Lopez is one of the youngest and best doctors in the Children's Hospital, she's been caring for Izzy since day one, she really cares about her, actually all of her patients, she treats them like kids, not patients, she brings movies and treats and books into the great room for the kids, everyone here loves her" Lacey said with smile.

"I can tell" Dani said with a laugh.

"Is that my favorite kid in here?" A soft, teasing, feminine voice said as a dark haired woman poked her head in the door with a large smile.

"Yes it is Santana" Izzy said happily a large smile on her face as well.

The woman entered the room wearing, dark blue scrubs with a white coat over them, and a stethoscope hanging around her neck. Her long black hair was hanging loosely down her back, and she had the prettiest brown eyes and most luscious looking lips Dani had ever seen. But as she looked closely at her face Dani realized she had already meet this woman before.

Instantly frowning Dani thought about the day they met.

Dani had back in New York for a week spending all her time with Izzy and her sister Lacey. She was on their way to their house when she decided to stop and get a coffee for her and her sister and a treat for Izzy. Pushing the door open Dani looked down at the text message her sister had just sent her, when she bumped into someone.

Instantly looking up in alarm Dani saw a beautiful black haired Latina standing in front of her wearing green scrubs like she worked as a nurse or something, but the part that wasn't supposed to be there was the now huge coffee stain on the front of her chest.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention…" Dani said starting to apologize, but the Latina cut her off with an angry glare.

"Of course you weren't fucking paying attention, otherwise my incredibly hot coffee would not be burning my god damn skin" the woman yelled.

Dani glared at her, the apology that Dani wanted to say instantly leaving her tongue "There's no reason to yell, I'm trying to apologize to you, but your too much of a bitch to realize that, and instead embarrass the both of us and make a total jack ass of yourself by yelling at me" Dani yelled back.

"How about I spill your incredibly hot coffee down the front of you and see how you handle it, and I dare you call me a bitch one more time and see what happens" The Latina said stepping closer to Dani the glare only intensifying as she stared at Dani.

Dani shook her head stepping back "Whatever, your obviously to into yourself to actually see that I tried to apologize and pay for the spilt coffee and your ruined scrubs, but apparently your to self-centered".

The Latina stood up straighter her eyes scanning the coffee shop, finally realizing that everyone was staring at them, shaking her head she pushed past Dani and rushed out of the coffee shop. Taking a deep breath to calm her own anger Dani ignored the stares and moved towards the counter to order her coffee and treats.

Dani's glare towards the Latina only darkened as she watched her interact with her niece, acting completely different from the person Dani had met in the coffee shop.

"So I'm guessing you're the famous Auntie D that Izzy talks non-stop about?" the Latina said looking at Dani with a soft smile.

"Yes, you can call me Dani" she said harshly earning a questioning look from her sister.

But the Latina didn't seem to mind Dani's attitude "It's nice to finally meet you, I'm Doctor Lopez, you can call me Santana though. Nurse Kathy will do all your tests in here Izzy, while Dani and I are next door doing hers, and then we'll all go to x-ray department to do those. But I promise everything will be a piece of cake Izzy, you're the strongest kid I've ever meet, so I know you'll do just fine" Santana said winking at the little girl.

"Do I get a reward if I stay strong the entire time?" Izzy asked.

Santana laughed "Don't you always. Of course you will, I'm thinking some double scoop ice cream should do the trick, how does that sound sweetie?"

Izzy smiled "That sounds perfect Santana" she beamed.

Santana smiled "Alright then, let's get started so we can have that ice cream. Dani if you'd follow me we can go ahead and started" she said moving towards the door.

With her glare still in place Dani stood up, kissing the top of Izzy's head and giving her a small smile Dani followed the Latina doctor out of the room and into the room next door.

"You can go ahead and have a seat on the bed, you won't need to put on a gown just yet, but if you'd take off your jacket that'd be very helpful" Santana said nicely as she moved towards the already prepped tray and started getting everything ready. "First I'll have you go into the bathroom and do a urine sample for me, and then when you come back I'm going to start the…." But Dani cut her off.

"You don't remember me do you?" Dani asked harshly from the bed her jacket on the chair next to it.

Turnign around to face the blue haired woman Santana frowned as she looked at her "I'm sorry, but I don't recognize you" she said honestly.

Dani laughed harshly as she ran her right hand through her hair revealing the bird tattoo on her right arm "Of course you wouldn't remember the person you screamed at in a coffee shop" she mumbled.

Santana's eyes widened when she saw the tattoo, now she knew what the girl was talking about "Of my god, you're the girl from the coffee shop" she said shocked "I am so so sorry, I….I shouldn't have screamed at you like that, it was an accident, I'm so sorry" Santana apologized.

"I've seriously never been so embarrassed in my life" Dani said still glaring at the doctor.

Santana looked down at her feet "I know and I really am sorry. Normally I never would have reacted like that but I had just finished a fourteen hour shift here at the hospital and was exhausted, and I was returning for another six hour shift I wasn't in the best of moods" Santana explained.

"Doesn't give you the right to lash out on someone like that" Dani said her voice a little softer then it was before as she stood up "So where's the cup for the urine sample?" she asked.

"Oh yeah here, and here's some gloves if you want I know how disgusting peeing in a cup is, you can leave the cup on the counter when you're done" Santana said handing her a clear cup with a white lid, her name already written on top and a pair of purple gloves.

Nodding her head Dani went into the bathroom to do her business, while Santana stayed outside to get everything ready for the blood test and to think of a way to continue to apologize to Dani. She felt awful for the way she reacted in the coffee shop and wanted Dani to understand she usually wasn't like that, but she had, had a truly awful day at work.

A couple minutes later Dani came out of the bathroom and moved back towards the bed, sitting on the edge with her feet touching the ground.

"I know you probably don't want to hear this, but I have to explain myself for what happened that day" Santana said turning around to look at the shorter girl again. "Like I said before I had just finished a fourteen hour shift and had to return to the hospital for another six hours, and on top of that one of my long term patients had died a couple hours before that" Santana explained her voice breaking at the last part.

Dani looked up from her boots to see that the dark haired Latina had un-shed tears in her eyes "I…That…I'm sorry" Dani said awkwardly not knowing what to say.

Santana smiled sadly "It's okay, he had been fighting the cancer since he was born and nothing seemed to be working…I…" shaking her head Santana looked at Dani "I am sincerely sorry for how I acted at the coffee shop, you didn't deserve for me to yell at you like that, bad day or not" Santana said sincerely.

Dani gave her a soft smile "It's okay I completely understand why you freaked out like you did, you had a rough day I get it now. And I'm sorry about your patient, I can tell from the way my sister and Izzy talk and from what I've seen so far that you really care about your patients".

"My patients mean everything to me" Santana said sincerely "But uhh anyways we need to do the blood test next" Santana said pulling the tray towards the bed as Dani moved to put her feet on the bed. "You're not afraid of needles are you?"

"Obviously not" Dani said lifting her arms to show the different tattoos covering them and her hands.

Santana laughed "Stupid question, alright so I'm going to have to take a couple different vial's worth of blood, but it should be quick and relatively painless".

"How old are you?" Dani asked looking at the taller Latina, the woman was obviously older than her, but to be one of the top doctors around she seemed pretty young.

"I'm 28 actually" Santana said with a soft smile "You're going to feel a small poke" she said pressing the needle into Dani's arm making the blue haired girl to wince slightly.

"Isn't that pretty young to be a top doctor in a hospital?" Dani asked.

Santana shrugged "What can I say I'm just really smart" Dani rolled her eyes causing Santana to laugh "No your right it is pretty young but I busted my ass off through medical school and my residency to get here, and I wouldn't say I'm one of the top doctors here, there are plenty who know so much more than I do, I still go to them for some things, they help me a lot. So what exactly is it that you do? Izzy's never given me a straight answer" Santana asked.

Dani smiled it was nice to have someone who didn't recognize her immediately; someone who actually had to ask what she did for a living was a refreshing change.

"I'm a musician" Dani answered simply, not wanting to give too much of herself away unless the Latina asked.

"Wow that's pretty cool, that probably explains why Izzy loves music so much. She's always listening to some really popular girl that I can never remember the name of" Santana said pulling the needle out of Dani's arm and placing a cotton ball in its place.

"You don't listen to music very much?" Dani asked.

Santana shook her head "I used to, but no so much anymore, if I'm not here at the hospital I'm usually researching something at home or with friends. My friends tell me I practically live here, which I guess is true".

Sitting up in the bed Dani ran her hand through her hair "So what test is next?"

"X-rays. Which I will not be able to attend with you after all" she said looking at the time on the clock "Kathy will take you and Izzy there, I have to meet with my other patients. But I'll be seeing you in a week or so to talk about the test results and we'll talk some more about the transplant" Santana said taking off her gloves and throwing them away "It was nice to formally meet you Dani" she said with a soft smile.

Dani smiled standing up "It was nice to formally meet you as well Santana".

Nodding her head Santana left the room, Dani waiting a couple seconds to get her thoughts under control before joining her niece next door. When she'd fist saw the taller Latina she instantly disliked her because of the coffee shop incident, but now that she'd actually talked to Santana and she apologized for what happened Dani couldn't help the butterflies that grew in her stomach whenever Santana smiled at her or laughed.

Shaking her head Dani pushed all thoughts of Doctor Santana Lopez out of her mind as she made her way next door, her thoughts only revolving on Izzy and how she prayed to every God out there that her niece pulled through everything okay.

Hey guys, no idea where this idea came from but I really liked it and have been working on it all week trying to perfect it, but just because I'm writing this one doesn't mean I've forgotten about What Really Matters, I'm still working on it. Anyways I hope you guys like this new story. Read and review please I really wanna know what you guys thought!