Summary:

Ami is not exactly who anyone would call pretty, and her love life is just about non-existent. But, Ami's life is about to be turned upside down when she finds herself sent back to the time of the Vikings. Can a pair of green eyes break Ami out of her shell or will she go crazy first?

hey guys, this is my first story so please review and tell me what you think. i hate prologues, don't worry the rest of the story will be better. also most of the story will be from ami's point of view, the prologue is just wierd because its the prologue.

Prologue:

"I guess this is as good as it's going to get." A pair of blue eyes stared back at her as she glanced at herself in the mirror for about the fiftieth time that morning. This seemed to have become a habit of her's since she was transferred to a new hospital. At first she wasn't too thrilled about having to drive a good twenty minutes extra than she did for the previous hospital she worked at, but that was until she saw him. He was Darien Shields, one of the many doctors that worked at the hospital, but boy did he stand out. I mean of course he would stand out with his unruly, but adorable midnight black hair and ocean blue eyes that just enhanced the gorgeousness that was him. His skin is tanned to perfection and with the body of a Greek god; he definitely attracted attention, to say the least. Just about every day some woman would walk into the hospital swearing that she was having palpitations, except she refused to have any doctor examine her, all except Darien. As soon as Darien arrived the woman was oh so quick in taking off her shirt so that he could examine her. But, it wasn't just patients that sought out Darien's attention, both the nurses and the female doctors made sure that they wore makeup and short yet not too short skirts every day. And Ami is sorry to say that she is one of them. Ami never use to buy makeup, but after she saw him she made it a point to make a stop at Sephora that weekend. Once there she proceeded to buy everything in the store and it mom. She still doesn't know how to put on half of what she bought.

Ami let out a frustrated groan as she tried to do something, anything with her short black hair that interestingly enough looked blue at times. Her eyes landed on the clock lying on the floor where she threw it that morning, and they widened in equal amounts of surprise and horror. "Oh shit I'm late." Risking one more critical glance in the mirror, what she saw there made her want to cry. Looking back at her was a slightly overweight woman with now tearing blue eyes, covered by a pair of thick glasses, and with hair Snow White short. The reflection wasn't ugly, but it was also a far cry from pretty. Ami shook her head to clear her thoughts and threw up her hands in submission, albeit an agitated submission.

When Ami entered the hospital an hour later she was ready to kill someone. Not only had she been stuck in traffic for twenty minutes, but she had been forced to watch the people in front of her make-out. Well, she wasn't exactly forced but the view on either side of her was no better. It seems like everyone but her had someone. It never use to bother Ami before, at a young age Ami had resigned herself to the fact that the opposite sex just never seemed to be interested in her. But, the fact of the matter is that now Ami is twenty six and she is still and probably will forever be a virgin. It has gotten so bad that her friend, Mina offered to hire a gigolo, and she (mortified as she is to admit it) had actually considered it. Ami has had a couple of boyfriends, a couple meaning two, but they were nothing serious. In fact, the only reason they went out with her was because they thought she might be easy to get into bed. Ami was never really that interested in guys, until Darien. But Darien didn't seem to even know that she existed, let alone that she worked at the same hospital as him. Every day she would pray that he would see the light and come over and talk to her, but every day she was disappointed.

For the rest of the day Ami went through her rounds half angry and half dejected. But as the end of the day approached she started to feel the giddiness that overtook her at the end of every day, she would get to see him. Caught up in her own thoughts she didn't notice when someone snuck up behind her and practically knocked her down with a hug from behind.

"Serena what are you doing here?" she asked the initial surprise not totally erased from her eyes.

"Well Ames me and the girls haven't see you lately so I stopped by to see if you wanted to go out to dinner."

A light came into Ami's eyes as she smiled and replied, "Sure, just let me finish up a couple of things here and I'll be right with you."

"Hey Ami." That voice. Blushing Ami turned around to stare into the face, well the chest of, Darien Shields himself. He knows my name. He knows my name. Darien Shields know my name.

"Well aren't you going to introduce me to your friend Ami?"

Such a sexy voice. What did he say? Friend, what is a friend again. Oh that must be this girl standing next to me.

"Oh, this is….." Oh crap what's her name?...what's my name?... such pretty eyes, pretty face…nice lips…I wonder what they would feel like….

"My name is Serena, and you are?" That's her name…Serena…why is she looking at me like that?…oh my God do I have food on my face….this is just great Darien finally talks to me and now I have food on my face…I need a mirror…must find a mirror…but he is so cute I don't want to leave him…he talked to me….wait he's not talking to me anymore….why is he looking at her like that….what the hell is going on?

"Is that alright Ames?" Coming back to reality Ami was face to face with a blond woman giving her the best puppy dog face she could manage.

"What?"

"Darien just asked me out to dinner. I was just asking if I could take you out to dinner tomorrow night instead. Or maybe you could come with us…."

Darien asked her out…. DARIEN ASKED HER OUT….no it's not fucking okay…."Of course it's okay Serena. I just remembered that I have work to do tonight anyway so I would have been able to go to dinner anyway."

Jumping up and down and then lauching at Ami, Serena squealed, "Thank you Ami you're the best." Leaning in closer to Ami's ear Serena whispered, "He's cute isn't he?"

"Yea," was all Ami could manage. Grabbing Darien by the arm Serena then proceeded to drag him toward the exit, skipping the whole way.

Shit.