(Please read the authors note)

'This city's gonna break my heart, this city's gonna love me then leave me alone.'

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I STARED at him in annoyance and slight shock. "What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here."

The words tumbled out of my mouth in a haste manner, leaving a small stutter which just added to my annoyance. I had never seen Alejandro this close before and I couldn't help but tremble, though I tried not to show it. He was intimidating to say the least.

Despite not wanting to admit it. The man in front of me was stunning. His hair was the darkest shade of brown and was tousled messily around his head, leaving a few strands to fall into his view ever so often. Large amounts of tattoos could be seen from under the sleeves of his orange attire, uncountable amounts. You almost couldn't see the illustrations because they were so beautifully cluttered, which, I guess, adds to the mystery of it all.

"Are you just going to stand there, admire my beauty, and let me bleed to death?"

I was snapped out of my thoughts when he spoke and naturally rolled my eyes in spite of being a small bit scared at the lack of security around me, if he wanted to, he could take advantage of me. I could only hope he wouldn't.

You're in prison, Amelie, it isn't everyday they get to be alone with a woman. My conscience reminded me.

I was not to give him the satisfaction of seeing my fear so instead I just scurried into my office and waited for him to follow me in. His heavy footsteps echoing around us. He sat himself on the bed behind me and spoke.

"Merda. This hurts. Are you gonna do something or just stand there? " I turned around to face him and scoffed. "If you're gonna speak to me like that, you can bleed out for all I care."

I shuddered at the icy cold glare he gave me and gulped, standing my ground. He cursed once more in his native language and decided to hold his tongue or risk staying in pain forever.

My hands gathered all the necessary materials in silence and I sat next to him. He towered over me and I felt slightly overwhelmed, but remained stoic nonetheless.

"Lift up your arm please." I instructed, wincing at the large gash in his skin. I applied the needed amount of Neosporin to prevent an infection as well as keep the wound moist. My eyes curiously glanced up to his and noticed the bored look in his expression, not showcasing the sting from the gel I had used.

After allowing that to dry for a few minutes, I wrapped a large bandage around him and sighed, clasping my hands together. "All done." Without another word, he got up and advanced towards me, causing me to shrink back and close my eyes.

"Calm down. He whispered. "I was not raised to put my hands on a woman." He grabbed his shirt from behind me and silently left the small room, without as much as a thank you. I was left frazzled and well, surprised at his tone, but thought nothing of it.

After all, he was a ruthless killer.

I looked at the watch on my wrist and sighed. Only twelve minutes until my break is over. With my phone now in my hands, I carefully made my way back to the cafeteria and sat down next to my friend. "Is everything okay?" Anastasia asked curiously, "You've been gone for almost thirty minutes." I smiled and sat next to her, letting her know why I took so long.

She gasped and laid her perfectly manicured hand on my shoulder. "He didn't hurt you or anything right? I swear to God I'll—" I cut her off before she could finish her sentence. "He didn't, don't worry." With a hesitant look in her eyes, she changed the subject to a lighter topic.

But I had trouble focusing on the words she spoke, instead, a brown-eyed mysterious man clouded my mind.

And lord knows he wasn't supposed to.

I let out a loud yawn and smiled tiredly, it was time for me to leave this dreadful place and go back home, not without making a pit stop first.

"Are you all packed up?" Ana asked me, slinging her bag over her shoulder. "Yeah, just let me change out of this really quick and then we can leave." I turned around and advanced into the bathroom stall, getting out of the sweaty nurse uniform and into the outfit I had arrived in this morning.

"Do you need a ride home?" I asked her, knowing she usually walked the distance here. She nodded gratefully and we got into my car. We made small talk for a while until deciding on getting a coffee and maybe something to eat.

The warm air inside my favourite Café contrasted to the air outside. I shimmied out of my coat and slung it on the back of the chair. Ralph walked up to our table and the old man gave me a large smile. "What can I get for you two beautiful ladies." We place your orders and watch as he scurries away.

"So." The clearing of a throat forces me to turn to Ana and look at her expectantly. "I have something to tell you. And don't be mad okay?" I rolled my eyes and looked at her with my 'what did you do now' face. "I may or may not have hooked up with Grayson this afternoon." She smiled sheepishly and I gasped, causing almost everyone to look our way. After the embarrassment had diminished, I widened my eyes at her. "No fucking way. Really?" Grayson was one of the security guards that stood outside Anastasia's door for most of the day. I wasn't that surprised, she's been checking him out for the longest time. As long as it wasn't a serial killer. "That's great! Was he good?" I asked slyly, smiling at the blush that rose on her cheeks.

"He really was. And don't even get me started on his di-" I cringe and wave my hand to stop her from corrupting me further. "Stop right there please." I fake gag. Our laughter dies down for a bit and I stare at the now gloomy look that took over her carefree expression.

I reached over and grabbed her hand with mine. "Are you okay?" my voice came out soft and questioning. "I just feel weird, it's been a while since I was last with a guy, I'm being dumb don't mind me." Before I could object and get her to talk more, she changed the subject.

"So, you and Alejandro huh?" I almost spat out my warm coffee at the mere suggestion that anything happened between us. "Ana, I love you, but I will not hesitate to smash your face into this chocolate cake."

She held her hands up in surrender and smirked. "I mean, you were gone for a long time and he is pretty hot."

I instantly shut her down. "I would never do that, plus, we have strict rules about having relationships with the inmates, you know that."

"Yes, but, rules can be broken." She winked, taking a bite of the brownie in front of her.

The night continued with us discussing over irrelevant topics until we decided to leave. I dropped her home and made a promise to see her tomorrow.

I opened the door to my apartment and was met with an unexpectedly empty space. I walked into the kitchen and read the note left by Zara on the fridge. 'be right back, dick appointment' I laughed at the winking face scribbled on the paper and threw it in the bin. My roommate is, and always has been a hit with both men and woman. Luckily she knew me enough to take her business elsewhere so I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

I took a much needed shower and relished in the feeling of the hot water cascading over my tense body, instantly relaxing me. The view of New York City made me feel at ease and calm. I felt lucky to be wake up and fall asleep to an amazingly beautiful view like this one.

My sheets were pulled to the top of my neck and I cuddled into them, almost immediately putting me to sleep.

Only for me to dream of a certain person I should never have been thinking about.

"How does this work anyway?" I asked, turning to look at my friend.

We stood in a hall filled with most of the other nurses and staff, waiting to hear the announcement from Jonah. Today we would be beginning our Physical Examination gym program and I couldn't be more nervous to spend a large amount of time with someone like Alejandro. He was a godly sight, but dangerous and I knew it.

"Okay can everyone please look this way?" the mild chatter came to a stop and before my question could be answered, Jonah began to speak.

"Today marks the first day of our P.E training program. We do this every year, this time it will be a bit more different. We want to make sure everyone is comfortable with this and if anyone feels as if they aren't, don't hesitate to let us know now."

I pondered raising my hand, but decided against it as no one else seemed bothered. As he said, something similar had happened the previous year so it couldn't be that bad. Just suck it up Amelie.

"Great. Now that that's out of the way. The task is simple. You'll have a day to day training session with your assigned inmate. That'll consist of physiotherapy, water and land sports, weight lifting, and etcetera. At the end of it all we'll have our stats for everyone's physical attributes. If anything is added on or changed I'll be sure to let you all know. Understood?"

We all mumbled in agreement and I sighed, not looking forward to this at all.

"We'll set up a quick and safe meeting with you and the person you were assigned with. There will security guards all around the area so if you begin to feel unsafe, speak up. But we can assure you, everything has been handled and we have made sure no one will be endangered."

He gets off the table he was stood on and everyone commences with the preparations, they too seemed to have dreaded the upcoming event but I brushed it off. "You look frazzled. It won't be that bad A." I smile at Ana and nod.

Maybe she's right.

How bad could it be?

A/N:

I'm so sorry this took so long. I felt very pressurized with this story because I know NOTHING about prison or about being a NURSE in PRISON or just in general.

I love the thought behind this story and I will 100% be continuing. Just very slowly. Please dont give up on this book just yet. I have big plans for it I just struggle to put them on paper.

Please also keep in mind, I do all the research I can but half the stuff I put in here PROBABLY is to kind for real life prison so please bare with me. It cant all be violence and hate. We wont have an epic story between our two mains :)

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