Dixie was in her office, watching the clock ticking by it was soon coming to 9am, and the new paramedic was supposed to start half an hour ago. She sighed to herself, trying to think of when she was going to turn up, if she was going to turn up?
The door knocked, and she stood up crossing her arms, hoping it would be the new paramedic, but much to her disappointment it was only Jeff.
"You alright there princes, not looking too happy"
"No, no I am not too happy, she was supposed to start half an hour ago" Dixie exclaimed, pointing to the clock.
"Calm down, are you sure she has the right date?"
"Yes I am bloody sure Jeffrey" she snapped, sitting back down on her desk, looking through different sheets to make sure she had the right time and date.
"You sure, because you seem to be checking" Jeff commented, watching as she continued to flick through the sheets that were lying on her desk.
"Jeffrey if you are not going to say anything useful, I suggest you just go and keep an eye out for her" Dixie looked up to him, giving him a venomous glare, making him back his way out of the office to keep an eye out for the new paramedic.
"Well how am I supposed to know what she looks like" Jeff muttered to himself, as he made his way out of the ambulance bay waiting outside and looking for, well he didn't even know who he was looking for.
"Right Jeffrey, a young woman. Can't be that hard to spot surely?" He looked to as far as his eyes could see, part of him wanted Dixie to have made a mistake but Dixie was never wrong with dates and times.
Jeff leaned against the wall, watching to see if he could spot who this new paramedic could be, but it was rather hard considering the fact he knew nothing what she looked like. He didn't have to wait for long, until he saw what he thought could be the new paramedic, she looked quite young and was approaching the ambulance bay.
He waited for a while, he would seem an idiot going up to a random girl and asking if she was the new paramedic. He didn't have to wait that long, as the young woman approached him, he made a mental note of asking her why she was wearing sunglasses, carrying some water and a box of painkillers.
"Hi I'm Amy, the new paramedic. So sorry, I wrote the wrong date in my phone so the alarm didn't go off, and had a bit of a late night" Amy managed to say rather quickly, before popping two tablets and taking them with the water. Her sunglasses blocking out the light, making her feel more comfortable while nursing her hangover.
"I'm Jeff and that's ok, it isn't me you need to explain it to. Hangover?" Jeff raised his eyebrows, taking in her features, she was a little bit shorter than him which pleased him. She had rather long light blonde hair, which was still weakly curled from the night before.
"Yeah, went clubbing down town" Amy replied, taking of her sunglasses and letting her eyes adjust to the bright light.
"Come on somebody wants to meet you" Jeff led the way to Dixie's office, knowing she was going to want to meet Amy.
"I was guessing you weren't Kathleen Collier" Amy followed him into the bay, keeping a close eye on where he was going, she could see a woman walking towards them she didn't look too happy.
"Jeffrey have you found her?"
"Yeah calm down. Dixie this is Amy" Jeff said as Dixie scanned her eyes over Amy, she was rather young no older than 23, Dixie was hoping for a more experienced paramedic but Amy was going to have to do.
"How old are you?" Dixie asked, wanting to know a little more about the new paramedic.
"22, but what has that got to do with anything?" Amy questioned, wondering why she wanted to know her age.
"I don't appreciate you turning up to work with a hangover an hour late" Dixie looked at the packet of pain killers and bottle of water. Her make-up was a little smudged around her eyes from the night before where she hadn't taken off all her mascara and eye liner, it was a look that suited her as it gave her the Smokey eye effect.
"Am I, I thought I started at half nine. Oh well, I'm here now" Amy shrugged her shoulders, she wasn't too concerned about being late, she generally forgot that it was today she started she honestly thought it was tomorrow. At least she remembered that it wasn't tomorrow, or she wouldn't have been in today at all.
"No, it's not oh well I am here now, I expect you to turn up on time" Dixie was nearly lost for words, Jeff was standing behind them both watching on at what was happening.
"So are you going to let me get ready, or are you going to make me spend my shift listening to you baffle on" Amy said back, Jeff was trying to hold back his sniggering but Dixie caught him and shot him an icy glare. Jeff was amused that Amy was talking back to Dixie, considering the fact she was late and turned up for work with a hangover, he gathered she had some guts.
"Jeff will show you to the locker room" Dixie now was lost for words, it had been a while since somebody back chatted to her with a smart or sarcastic comment. She left to go back to her office, leaving Amy with Jeff who was going to be working with her for the week.
"Locker room then Princess" Jeff led her to the locker room, showing her where she could put her things, then get changed into her uniform. Amy got changed, then went to the ambulance where Jeff was waiting, she gave out a yawn feeling the effects of her late night.
"So Jeffrey, what are we going to do now?"
"Well wait for a shout, could be a hoax or we could actually be doing something"
"Ah" Amy looked out the window again, rubbing her sore head, making Jeff notice.
"Late night last night was it?"
"Yeah told you, went out clubbing" Amy replied, trying to remember what had happened the previous night.
"Who with your mates?"
"No, went on my own. I prefer it that way" Amy said looking out the window, she didn't prefer going out on her own at all, but it wasn't like she had anybody else to go with or do anything with. Going out clubbing was the only way she found some affection, she regretted the things she did, but she preferred going out to staying at home on her own.
"You ok princess, seem to be in a little world of your own"
"Yeah I'm good" Amy said, making a fake smile that seemed to convince Jeff enough.
"Holby Control to 3007, are you able to respond to a house caller at the address of, 23 Salisbury lane. Male in too much pain, to tell us what is wrong"
"3007 to control, we are able to attend" Jeff responded to the radio, waiting for Amy to put her seat belt on before starting to drive.
When they arrived at the home, Amy took her response kit and got out of the ambulance being followed by Jeff. She made her way to the door, knocking it and waiting for an answer they got nothing so Amy bent down rummaging through the flower pots.
"What you doing Amy?"
"There is always a spare key somewhere" Amy continued to rummaging through the pots, smiling as she found a small sliver key, standing up and putting it in the lock.
"There we go, and we're in" She held the door open for Jeff, who was smiling he was beginning to like Amy, although he was liking her much more for talking back to Dixie.
"Right princess, you take upstairs and I will take down. Call me if you find anything" Jeff watched Amy nod, before making her way up the stairs. Amy sighed, going up the stairs and beginning to call out.
"Hello, paramedics we're here to help" She pushed open one of the doors, seeing a man looking at her in a frightened way, Amy took a deep breath as she saw the large knife he was holding.
"Hello, what's your name?" She asked softly, taking baby steps towards him seeing he was a frightened man who was looking to defend himself.
"I'm Amy, that looks like a nasty cut you have on your head" She was looking at the long cut on his head, that was leaking blood but it was hard to assess him from this far back. The man still had the knife pointed in her direction, but Amy smiled at him knowing she had to keep him calm.
"Now I need to have a look at that cut, but I need you to put the knife down"
"Amy" Jeff was watching cautiously from behind, his eyes glued to the knife the man was holding.
"Are you going to put it down for us?" Amy asked, ignoring Jeff who was behind her she could sense him, she moved closer to the man ignoring Jeff's requests of staying back. The man slowly nodded, putting down the knife on the floor next to him, allowing Amy to approach him.
Jeff breathed a sigh of relief, following Amy and sitting next to the man, watching how she treated him. They took the man into the ambulance, where Amy stayed in behind with him and Jeff drove. When they took him into the ED, Jeff took the led as Amy didn't know her way around, he made a mental note to introduce her to members of the ED. The pair of them were leaning on the reception desk filling out all the forms for the patient.
"Princess you feeling ok?" Jeff asked, looking to Amy who was lost in her own little world again.
"Yeah fine, why do you keep calling me Princess, is that a dodgy chat up line or something?" Amy questioned, finishing by signing her signature in the last box, looking back to Jeff waiting for an answer.
"No, I call all the woman princess" Jeff replied, looking to Zoe behind the desk who was smirking to herself.
"Is that true?" Amy asked one of the doctors, Zoe looked up from the paper work she was filling out and smiling.
"Sadly" Zoe stated still smirking at Jeff.
"Oi, you and Amy are rather similar Zoe" Jeff poked Amy in her side, making her edge away glaring at him.
"How?" Amy wanted to know how she was similar, she rubbed her side from where Jeff poked her.
"Well my good friend Zoe over here has turned up to work with a hangover on more than one occasion"
"Now hang on, I told you I forgot I started today"
"Of course you did, come on then" Jeff took her out of the ED, and they went back to the ambulance. Jeff had gathered from this shift that Amy could be pretty reckless, it wasn't his idea staying in a car with petrol leaking from it, but he also saw she had the talent to become a really good paramedic. He knew it wouldn't be good news when Dixie wanted to speak to him though, he said goodbye to Amy and watched her start her journey home before going to Dixie's office, he knocked on the door waiting for her to let him in.
"Come in"
"You wanted to see me" Jeff asked, shutting the door behind him.
"Yes, about Amy"
"Oh Dix, leave her alone she is just getting started" Jeff spoke softly, he was hoping Dixie wasn't thinking of getting rid of her.
"Jeff she is reckless, turning up to work late with a hangover"
"No you just don't like it because she is prepared to give you a bit of back chat" Jeff mentioned, he quite liked Amy, he liked that she was willing to give Dixie back chat.
"That too" Dixie snapped, she really hoped they would have been given somebody more experienced.
"Come on Dixie, give her a chance it's her first day. Remember me on my first day"
"Yes you were lucky I didn't run you over that day" Dixie scowled, remembering her first shift with Jeff something that she would never forget. Dixie picked up the phone, she was going to call base and request for somebody more experienced.
"Please Dixie, she has the talent to become a really good paramedic" Jeff pressed the button on the phone, stopping the call from going through.
"Jeffrey she is completely reckless, she confronted a man who was holding a knife then refused orders to leave a patient who was trapped in a car that was leaking petrol" She exclaiming slamming the phone down making Jeff jump.
"She got the man to put the knife down, and she got the woman out that's the main thing"
"I just think we need somebody more experienced"
"Experience has to come from somewhere, please" Jeff knew he was begging, he really wanted Dixie to give Amy a chance.
"Fine" Dixie sat back into her chair, looking at the rotas. Jeff watched her sit, he could see she was stressed, she was only worried about Amy's wellbeing, but that shouldn't mean that she got rid of her.
Amy made her way to the farmead estate, she hated living there but she had no choice, she had been living there for just over a year. She unlocked her door letting herself in, the silence greeted her once again, she was used to being alone, but today the silence was deafening. She took a deep breath closing the door behing her, leaving her once again alone, her eyes began to water as she looked around the empty flat. Picking up the glass of juice that was left unfinished from this morning, she drunk it down letting out a loud sigh. Turning on the telly for some background noise, hoping it would help her feel a little better, but it still didn't stop her feeling lonely.