Sabrina knew you shouldn't have favourite patients, and although she would never treat any patient differently or favour them to another, Mr Terrine would always be pretty special to her. He always knew how to make her laugh and he always seemed to look on the bright side of things even though hospitals could be a pretty depressing place to be. Which was why she was saddened to see his name when checking in the folder who her next patient was, "Something wrong Sabrina?" asked Elizabeth as she worked on the computer at the nurse's station. "Oh no, its nothing. Mr Terrine is back in that's all. I thought he was doing so well." She replied dissapointedly, Elizabeth walked over and put her arm on Sabrina's back, "I know he's got a bit of a soft spot for you Nurse Santiago, we don't want Patrick getting jealous do we now." Sabrina walked off laughing to go check on Mr Terrine.
She opened the door "Good Morning Mr Terrine, how are you feeling today?" She tried to be cheerful, but she couldn't help but notice that he looked a lot frailer than last time he was in, "All the better for seeing you Nurse Santiago." They laughed and joked together as Sabrina went about checking his vitals, he'd been having lots of migraines so was readmitted as he was living at home on his own. Sabrina was just finishing checking his blood pressure when Patrick walked in, smiling at each other, when all Sabrina wanted to do was run and rip that lab coat right off him. She'd spent the night at his place last night, where they'd made love until the early hours. Sabrina had to rush off to work a couple of hours before Patrick took Emma to school, so she hadn't really seen him that morning. "Mr Terrine, how are you?" Patrick asked walking over to the bed, he couldn't help glancing over at Sabrina, she was so beautiful, especially as she took Mr Terrine's blood pressure, so caring and gentle with patients as she removed the blood pressure cuff. "I'm alright Doc. Nurse Santiago here has taken good care of me."
Patrick smiled, that sounded like his Sabrina. "I bet she has... What's the verdict then?" He asked turning to Sabrina, who handed him Mr Terrine's file. When their hands brushed against each others it was as if a little spark ignited between them, Sabrina knew he felt it too, as much as they always tried to maintain professionalism in front of the patients there was no hiding their love for one and other.
"All vitals are OK,except his blood pressure's a little high." Mr Terrine couldn't help but notice the look in Patrick's eye, the way Sabrina smiled when talking to Dr Drake and the way they just seemed to light up in each others presence. There was no mistaking it, something had changed between them since he'd last been in hospital. "So Doc, you took my advice then I see? You finally told her how you feel then?" Patrick stuttered, no quite knowing what to say. He pulled Sabrina into his side, surprising her so that she blushed. "I sure did Mr Terrine, we're finally together and couldn't be happier. So Nurse Santiago, is off-limits OK, you're just going to have to choose one-off the other nurses to have your fling with." He said proudly as he laughed along with Mr Terrine, Sabrina just stood there shocked by what he had said, she must have missed something between the two of them. "OK Mr Terrine, you get some rest and I'll be back to check on you later." Sabrina turned to walk out of the door and Patrick followed, "Hey Doc...?" Patrick turned back, "Is that Nurse Webber single?" He couldn't help but laugh,
"I'll put in a good word for you, now get some rest!"
Patrick followed Sabrina back to the Nurse's Station, he linked his hands around her middle as she tried to sort through some filing. "So what was all that about in there then?"
"Ah it's nothing"
"Well it must have been something."
"Mr Terrine, just helped me to clarify a few things, that's all."
"What type of..." She was interrupted by Patrick's pager going off.
"I've got to take this, I'll see you later. I love you,"he kissed her lips firmly." With that he was gone, leaving Sabrina to get on with the rest of her shift.
