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Tess stopped outside the ED; she took a deep breath and felt great. She didn't have to worry about her relationship with Fletch anymore because she knew they decided to be friends. As she walked in she saw a fairly calm and quiet ED. Noel was stood at reception sorting out some files and Louise was taking some details from a patient.
'Morning Tess' Noel called from reception
'Hi Noel. Quiet today isn't it?' Tess replied as she walked up to him
'Yep, but you know what they say Tess; it's the calm before the storm'
'You don't really believe that stuff do you?'
'Oh you have to Tess; it's all true you know'
'Whatever you say Noel' Tess said as she walked in the direction of her office. As she entered she put her bag on the floor and took her jacket of and put it on the back of her chair. She changed into her scrubs before sitting down at her desk and checking her emails. As she flicked through the junk mail she came across an email that she didn't recognise. She opened it to see a photo of Sam's friend, his wife and his daughter. She smiled at the picture as she remembered switching her blood with his so he could keep his daughter. Underneath the picture it read 'Hi Mrs Bateman, I know I haven't spoken to you in a long time so I wanted to ask if we could meet up. Today at 5:00 would be good, I could come to the ED and we can go and see my daughter. Thank you.' Her first thought was 'Mrs Bateman - you couldn't be more wrong'. She replied saying that that would be fine as her shift finished at 5:00 so it would be okay for her.
She walked out of her office and towards the staff room. As she entered she went and boiled the kettle, and took out her mug. As she looked at it she remembered how proud she felt when she received it. It read 'world's best mum'. She poured the water into the mug and added the coffee and stirred it around and around. She was lost in the moment but snapped out of it when she heard...
'It's true you know' Fletch said leaning against the door frame. She turned around slowly and saw that one person whose voice she could recognise anywhere.
'What is?' She replied confused
'World's best mum.' He said simply walking closer to her, 'you are the world's best mum'
'Fletch...' She started
'Yeah... I know.' He said sadly. 'So, when does your shift start?' He replied softly
Tess looked at her watch and replied with, 'In about 2 minutes. What about you?'
'We're on the same shift... Remember?' he smiled at how forgetful she could be sometimes
'What..? Why are you smiling?' Tess asked confused but smiling
'...You would forget your head if it wasn't screwed on' he laughed
'You sound just like John' she laughed but then her face saddened
'Tess' Fletch said and moved closer and touched her arm. 'Are you okay? And who is John?'
'Yes, yes. I'm fine' she replied quickly, pulling her arm away from him before smiling again and saying, 'Everyone called him Abs, after asbestos. I'll tell you about him later but now we have work to do' she said as she walked out of the staff room with Fletch hot on her heels.
