This story's sort of a side sequel to one of my stories but I'm going to write it so you don't have to read the other one beforehand, however if you want to feel free. It's called The Werewolf.

Prologue

"Damm" I sighed as the coffee machine ate my last fifty pence.

I had been on shift since six am and the tiredness was getting to me, unfortunately somewhere someone had decided not to give me a break and give me that glorious liquid filled of caffeine which is named coffee.

I kicked the machine in an effort to make it work but an effort which left me bouncing up and down on one foot whilst saying 'ow'.

"Want a hand?"

I glanced up and immediately froze. The guy stood in front of me was the hottest of the fittest and unfortunately I had just made a fool out of myself. I quickly placed my foot back down on the floor then attempted to straighten out my nurse outfit. My attempt at looking casual failed as a blush took over my cheeks.

"Erm… no. I'll be fine. There's nothing that can be done-"

I stopped midsentence as the man hit the machine which made the machine instantly pour out coffee. Perhaps I was wrong.

"Thank you! You're my hero! You'll never know how much I needed that!"

I picked up my now full coffee cup before taking a sip. Mr Hot was stood in front of me with a full on grin at my behaviour.

"So? What's your name?"

After all my behaviour he actually wanted to talk to me? Wow.

"Sara, yours?"

"Leo"

Curiosity got the best of me as I wondered what he was doing here at the hospital. Everyday people would come in with various injuries and illnesses which I always found interesting to figure out.

"So… what's your injury?"

He opened his mouth and the laugh which left him vibrated around the room, echoing across the walls. It was a laugh which made people stop their conversations and turn to him mid-sentence wondering what the racket was. It made me smile. He wiped some hair away from his face which had obscured his sight before he answered me.

"I turned away for five seconds and the girl I was babysitting decided to attempt to climb a tree which she fell off and broke her arm. Let's just say that my friend's none too pleased with my babysitting skills".

"Ouch. Painful." I couldn't see any little girl here though. "You've left the girl by herself?"

"Nah. My friend's with her now." He shot me a cheeky grin. "This may be my last words before he kills me!"

I flashed him a smile before stopping myself. I had never been shy but I wasn't outgoing either. Meeting new people was always a situation I found difficult and which brought out my quiet side. Once I knew the person better I would be more outgoing however with Leo I was acting quite confident straight away?

"No wonder. I would if my kid hurt them self when you were keeping an eye on them!"

"Well, she's not his… but yeah"

I paused to take a sip of coffee before glancing at the time. I should have been back five minutes ago which I would have been if not for the stupid coffee machine. I took a step away from Leo reluctantly not wishing to resume my ward duties.

"I better be getting back…"

I motioned with my hand in the direction I was going to go in and paused before starting to drag my feet away from him. I had barely taken a step however when a warm arm grabbed my arm holding me back. A smile covered my features. I was wishing he would try and stop me.

"Erm… please can I have your num-?"

It suddenly struck me, Mr Hot's (otherwise known as Leo) hand was a lot hotter then it should have been.

"Are you alright?"

I placed my hand on his forehead realising he was not just hot but scolding. His temperature's so high he probably has a fever and if it gets even higher it means he could get brain damage.

"I'm getting a doctor, you're burning up!"

I turned away from him urgently scanning the hospital corridor for a doctor.

"Wait! No! Erm… It's my natural temperature. I just run high…"

Leo was stood awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck. I didn't believe he 'just run high' there was something else to it. However I had enough experience to know that getting him a doctor when he didn't want one would not push him into telling me what was going on. I decided to take the risk and not get a doctor, if he didn't want one then that was it.

"Honest…"

I opened my mouth to utter a cocky reply but was interrupted by the ward sister who chose that moment to walk past.

"Nurse Pig! You should have been back on the ward ten minutes ago!"

The ward sister had taken a dislike to me since I caught her once with her skirt tucked into her knickers. Since then she's always been on my back for every little thing, but my job means to much to me that I didn't want to risk complaining and losing it. Plus she was right, I should have been back on the ward ten minutes ago. Leo was very distracting…

"Sorry. I'm on my way."

She glared at me, giving me a look which made me want to cower. Believe me if you could see the glare she was giving me, you would want to cower.

"Fine. But I'm going to put you on over time for tonight!"

And then, before I could protest she walked off. Over time? Just because I was slightly late, now that was harsh.

I glanced up to see Leo practically doubled over, face red with the effort of trying to hold in his chuckles. Jokingly I put my hands on my hips and sent him a fake glare.

"What's funny?"

He looked at me with a full out grin on his face before answering me.

"Your last name's pig?"

Now I understood what he was getting at. I sighed before rolling my eyes.

"Yesss" I dragged on my 's'. "And before you start, I've heard all the jokes so you've got nowhere to go with that one!"

He glanced up at my raised brow before his chuckles subsided and a dreamy look took over his face.

"Bet you can't wait to get married…"

"What!" My eyebrows shot up into my hair line in surprise.

"I said, I bet you can't-"

My impatience made me interrupt him.

"Yeah but why? I mean it's a random thing to say".

He laughed at my reaction to marriage.

"Well when one gets married the lady normally takes the man's name. Don't you want to get married?"

Ok so here I was. Stood talking to a stranger about my insecurities about marriage? Ah well… here goes.

"To be honest. Nope. Relationships always seem to work better without the whole marriage thing. I mean my brother's have both been married and it's never lasted. Neither did my parents marriage." I glanced up at him searching for a subject change. "Have you got any siblings?"

The smile fell from his face and I immediately regretted asking that question. However I was still curious to the answer,.

"Yeah. I've got a sister called Marie. She's… indisposed at the moment though. You?"

He stood with his eyes staring at the floor as if lost in thought.

"If you want to talk about it then, well. Yeah, there are four of us. I've got two brothers and a sister. We've sort of lost touch mostly though, since we're all at different places in the world…"

He glanced up at me, a sad smile on his face as he nodded his head. Asking about siblings had been a great mood killer. Great change of topic Sara!

"I should really get going before I get extra extra overtime!"

I made a motion to go.

"Wait! I mean. Can I have your number?" I shot him a curios look. "To talk maybe?"

"Yeah ok." I wouldn't mind meeting up with Leo again at some point. "Have you got a pen?"
"Here" I took the offered pen off Leo before scribbling my number on his hand.

"Sara! If you're not back in five minutes then the yeti said she's gonna add to your over time!"

I turned my head to see my friend Kyla heading towards us. She stopped when she saw Leo and let her eyes wander over his body. She stood with her mouth wide open, gawping at Leo. I nudged her quickly.

"Quit it. You're drooling" I whispered.

She rolled her eyes but quickly snapped her jaw shut, I turned back to Leo who was chuckling to himself. No? He couldn't have heard me could he?

"Well. I better get going. That or buy tonnes of coffee." I smiled at my lame joke. "Feel free to call me!" Please do…

"Yeah, think I will!" My heart soared so high I thought it was going to come out of my mouth. "Bye Sara!" I couldn't help but grin foolishly at the way he said my name.

Kyla personally had to grab my hand and drag me away from him otherwise I would have stayed and just grinned. I was ripped out of my daze however when the coffee cup was ripped out my hand and placed in the bin.

"What was that for?"

I quickly washed my hands while pulling a face at Kyla.

"It was cold!" She explained before opening the door to the ward.

Must have been talking longer then I thought… I wondered to myself before quickly following her through.