Carter and a developer discuss the future blue prints of a possible HIV clinic. Carter seems impressed until she mentions that there will be a fast food restaurant occupying the space next to the clinic. Donald Anspaugh approaches to ask him what he thinks. Carter takes him aside and voices his displease of what might be next to the clinic. Donald expresses that it took a lot for him to get other sponsors to help fund the clinic, but Carter tells him in not so many words to try harder. Twelve year old, Victor Hopkins is brought in for a gunshot wound to the groin. Pratt and Sam take him to the trauma room to treat him, but while en route Pratt asks who shot him. Victor tells them that no one did and the gun just went off. Sam questions if he was holding the gun but he tells them that he had it in his pocket and it just went off. Pratt asks him why he was carrying the gun and the boy tells him that he was just protecting himself. Neela phones Gallant’s cell phone and leaves a message to call her when he can. Abby comes into the lounge while Neela is hanging up and tells her that she ran away from Mr. Kirkendall. Neela mumbles that he can wait. Abby says she heard Gallant was in Chicago and asks her if she had heard from him. Neela lies terribly and says she has, but Abby calls her on it saying that she never mentioned it. They talk together about the reason Neela seems so upset. Abby tells her that her and Michael were very close and that it shouldn’t be a surprise that Neela still has feelings for him. Gallant sits in a cab that is sitting just outside the home of the soldier that died right before he left Iraq. He gets out and walks to the door and rings the doorbell. A little girl peaks through the window and he spots her. Pratt continues to work on Victor. He notices a scar on the boy’s stomach and asks what happened there. Victor tells him that he got into an accident at school the year before. Sam asks if he was shot and he tells her that it was some kid from school and that he wasn’t very popular. Victor’s mom comes in and asks what happened. Pratt tells her that Victor was holding a 9mm gun in his pocket and if she knew about it. She tells him no and that forces Pratt to call her bluff. The mother looks at her son and tells him again that she taught him how to keep the safety on. Susan stops Neela at admit to ask her about Gallant and she can only answer no and runs away. Sam asks Susan to sign off on some pain medication. Susan takes the chart and signs it while Sam tells her that it was her mother that gave Victor the gun. Susan tells her to call Social Services and kindly tells her that she had a phone call from a man that sounded slightly agitated. She tells her that Frank took a similar call from a man the day before. Sam tells her some mock story to stop her from asking questions, and tells her she will take care of it. Sam walks over to the rack and files a chart, while Luka asks her what is going on. At first trying to dodge the question, Luka asks her again and she tells him that nothing is wrong. Slightly frustrated with her lack of communication he tries to walk away but Sam stops him and asks him to join her for some coffee. Neela asks Mr. Kirkendall if he has been taking the ibuprofen and resting. He tells her he has and that he’s been trying to rest. She asks if he understands that what he has could take weeks to heal and he tells her he does. She then questions why he keeps coming back and he tells her that he believes in her and that he knows that she can fix him. Feeding into his words she surrenders and tells him that they will do a full exam. He takes off his jacket and untucks his dress shirt to expose a blue body suit. Slightly annoyed already by having to see Mr. Kirkendall again she states that she will step out and let him undress. She pulls the curtain across and stands there for mere seconds before he tells her that he can’t do it. She pulls the curtain back again and he begins to explain the reason behind the body suit. Neela expresses her sympathy, but Kirkendall assumes that she must think he is crazy. Neela denies it and states that she can do the exam over his clothes. Sam tells Luka that she wasn’t sure what the calls were for until Alex told her about the letter he sent their son. Luka states that he must be in Chicago and Sam agrees hesitantly. He asks her what she wants to do and she tells him that she won’t run away this time. She tells him not to worry about it, that it is her problem. He looks at her and changes that to ‘their’ problem. Carter steps into Victor’s trauma room and asks Pratt to present. Ray adds that a social work consult has been called also because it was Victor’s gun that went off in his own pocket. The mother tells them that her son is too good for his own good and tells Victor to explain what happened to him the previous summer. Victor tells them that a kid from his school shot him because of a comment he said. Carter asks him if the kid shot him at school and he tells them it happened while he was walking home from school. Sam comes in with the films on where the bullet landed and they tell Victor that he needs surgery. Neela presents her cases to Luka while Carter rushes in to ask if the rumor is true that Gallant is back. Neela tries desperately to stay focused on what she was trying to say but it doesn’t work. Neela makes her way out to the lunch wagon and makes an order to a coffee and doughnut. As she waits she looks over her shoulder and sees Gallant approaching her. She runs over and jumps into his arms and embraces him hard.