I am in Holby which is just outside London. I was sent here for work experience. My boarding school believes in independent living for our week of work experience but it's not particularly independent- students are staying in hotels. Holby city hospital is my placement, in the emergency department, I have been ensured it will not be dull. The taxi has just dropped me off, the entrance is not fully restored from the helicopter crash, although it was 11 months ago. I was told to check in at reception and ask for Jacob masters.
"Hello, I'm Dana Beauchamp, from Stowe School, here for work experience."
"I'm Jack, sorry you caught me a bit off guard, Beauchamp did you say?"
"Yes?"
He looks confused, "have I come to the wrong place?" Knowing me I have come to the completely wrong hospital.
"Oh no don't worry, It's just you have the same name as our clinical lead. Are you by any chance related?"
"No, not that I know of."
"Ah well. Just a coincidence then, I'll go and fetch Staff nurse Masters for you."
How odd, She could be a relative, I only really know my Dad and his parents passed away when i was little. My mum left my dad and I around then also.
"Sorry are you Dana? I'm staff nurse Masters."
"Yes, yes I am, It's good to meet you. According to my research you are a bit of a hero around here, did you not save that little girl from the helicopter crash?"
"Yes I did, frankly the clinical lead would go spare if I indulged heroics, to a little girl. So let's get acquainted, since I will be acquainting you with your future. I am Jacob Masters, and I am a nurse here at Holby ED, I grew up in London, my girlfriend is the infamous Connie beauchamp, and the little girl I saved is almost like a daughter to me. How about you?"
"My name is Dana Beauchamp, my Dad is a cardiothoracic surgeon in China, so i go to boarding school in london and have done since i was 4 and a half. I aspire to be a doctor or a nurse when I am older."
"Your mum in China to?"
"I don't know she left me when I was little, I don't really remember her but she was a cardiothoracic surgeon like my Dad."
"I'm sorry she left you."
"I don't really mind I have never really known any different."
"How often do you see your dad?"
"Not often, I stay at the school in holiday's apart from summer, as the school closes, That's when I go to China but He is usually working so sometimes I don't even see him then. Although it's not terrible, I enjoy the independence."
