Chapter One: The Return to Work
"Lily!" Robyn cheered enthusiastically, rushing up to the junior doctor. "Hey, you're back," she added and patted Lily on the shoulder gently. "Are you feeling better?" Lily smiled politely at her colleague and nodded, adjusting her glasses slightly. "Nice of Connie to give you a few days off, eh? Did you get plenty of rest?"
"Yes, thank you," Lily said and pushed past Robyn, heading straight into the ED.
"Hey Lily," Rita greeted her, when she walked in. "It's good to have you back Darling."
"I was only off for a couple of days," Lily said. "Only because Mrs Beauchamp instructed me to."
"I know," she sighed and nodded. "Let's hope you ripped up that resignation letter."
"I did that as soon as I got home," Lily told her. "Right. What do you want me to do first?"
"Well, we have quite a major casualty coming in. There was a huge crash on the A45 of about thirty people. A school bus was involved and..." She looked up to notice Lily staring blankly on the floor, paying no attention to what she was saying. "Lily...Are you okay?"
"Fine," the girl clearly lied and looked up. "I'm fine."
"Right, well if you could maybe take care of some of the minor injuries down here with Robyn," Rita told her. "Have you spoken to Connie yet?"
"I haven't seen her yet," Lily said. "I'll try and catch her later." She glanced over at the entrance and saw Dixie and Iain making their way in, pushing the stretchers. "Okay, so what have we got here?" Lily said, heading straight over.
"Lily," Iain said, half surprised. "First day back and you're jumping straight into work? I'd be resting with a cup of tea."
"I was off for two days," Lily reminded him sharply. "What have we got?"
"Well...This is Rochelle," Dixie said. "She's fourteen. She was on the bus when it crashed. She has a broken arm and a few cuts on her head. She is also complaining of pain in her left leg."
"Okay. Get her up on the bed and we'll have a look," Lily ordered as Robyn and Rita came over to help out. "Hi Rochelle," Lily started speaking to the patient as they got her up on the bed. "My name's Lily."
"Her bedside manner has become loads better," Robyn whispered to Lily. "Compared to when she started here."
"I heard that," Lily snapped as she examined the patient. "Okay. Your arm certainly looks broken but we will do an x ray on that just to make sure. If there are no other problems, you should be able to go home today."
"My leg," Rochelle whimpered. "My leg hurts."
"Don't worry, we'll check that over for you," Rita said calmly. Rita was about to ask for something from Lily, when the curtain was pulled across and Connie walked in.
"I heard you were back," Connie said to Lily. "When you have a moment, come to my office." Lily nodded faintly as Connie walked out and closed the curtain again.
"We can deal with things here," Rita offered, gesturing to Robyn. "Go and speak to her."
"Are you sure?" Lily asked and Rita and Robyn both nodded in unison. "Okay. I'll be back." Lily left them to it and left to go to Connie's office. She was already sat in there at her desk, looking through a pile of papers.
"That was fast," Connie said, looking her up and down.
"Rita is um...taking care of the patient," Lily stuttered nervously and went to stand in front of Connie's desk. "Can I help you?"
"Are you feeling any better than before?" Connie asked and Lily nodded. "Did you get plenty of rest like I instructed?" She nodded again. "Well, it's good to have you back on board and I'm hoping that we won't see any more fainting on patients from you."
Lily shook her head. "You won't," she said. "I...I promise you."
"You can go now," Connie said, managing a small smile. Lily nodded thankfully at her and left the office, rubbing at her head as she went.
Hope you liked the first chapter guys. I love Lily and after last weeks episode, thought it'd be a good idea to have a storyline where maybe it isn't just stress. Maybe she is actually ill with something. Let me know what you think :)