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Miles is looking at the shift list for the week when he notices that next to his name as the on call doctor for the afternoon is Trevelyan as the nurse. His brain ticks over this for a few minutes before deciding that he really should help his friend out. Thomas has been miserable since whatever happened that evening and Miles doesn't think that the discovery that it was him who took Kitty to the town unchaperoned helped. Miles may seem like an indifferent annoying man but he does actually care about Thomas, especially when he's been in such a foul mood lately that remaining in a tent with him is beginning to strain even Miles' incredibly relaxed nerves. Somehow he needs to frame it so that Thomas doesn't realise until it's too late.

The evening before the great switch, Miles begins complaining of symptoms that Thomas can't ignore. A few minutes later, yowling in protest, Miles is sat on a camp stool being used as a pin cushion. The things he does for his friend never cease to amaze him. The thing is that the mercury injection doesn't exactly make you feel good and Miles knows that Thomas will feel guilty for inflicting that on him. So it's almost certain that Thomas will offer half-heartedly to cover Miles' shift and Miles will of course accept, leading Thomas to think he is feeling much worse than he is.

That afternoon, everything is in place, Miles is curled up on his camp bed wishing he'd thought of another way of achieving his plan and Thomas is complaining that Miles wasn't supposed to accept and it's all his own fault anyway, Thomas warned him that he'd come back from town needing treatment.

The mercury reaction is unpleasant but passes fairly quickly, leaving Miles feeling lightheaded and hoping that at least Thomas got something pleasant out of the afternoon. His hopes are dashed when Thomas comes back grumbling about the silly VAD who wouldn't stop wittering about her soldier boyfriend and 'did he have a girlfriend?'

Miles decides to avoid interfering further; someone is clearly working against him.

(2)

Flora's new found love has made her, she thinks, especially sensitive to others in the same situation. Now that she, newly kissed, is in love, she can see all the signs that she couldn't before. Sister Livesey is clearly pining for her fiancé and Rosalie has obviously never been in love, she is quite the blushing innocent when faced with even the slightest hint of nudity. Kitty is a puzzle though. On the one hand she seems removed from the world of flirtation but on the other, her eyes stray often to the handsome Captain Gillan and Flora has noticed him glancing back in the same manner.

Flora's happiness needs to be shared, she wants Kitty to be as happy as she is and surely an afternoon spent in the company of the handsome doctor will help her on her way. To be sure, he's not the kind of man she could fall in love with but now she's got Charlie, she doesn't need to think like that.

Flora eagerly scans the shift lists for the next week, hoping for an opportunity to put her plan to work and arranges to swap shifts with two other nurses so that when she swaps with Kitty, Kitty will end up on Captain Gillan's afternoon. It's genius. She on the other hand will be working with Captain Hesketh-Thorne which isn't a hardship in itself.

Imagine Flora's disappointment when she goes to her shift and instead of the dashing Miles, she encounters the grumpy Captain Gillan. She doesn't know what's happened but all she can think is that all her scheming was for nothing and it was very inconsiderate of Miles to be ill. She just hopes that when Captain Gillan spends time with Kitty and they fall in love, he will be nicer to her than he was to Flora because he told her to shut up no less than ten times which was very rude.

Hello my lovelies, thank you so much for your reviews, it's really helped me keep writing other stuff for you! In case you didn't realise, this is a sort of 5+1 fic though some parts are longer than others so I've made it into (I think) 4 chapters? It's all written so keep an eye out for the updates, most likely one each day.

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