It had been a long day—a long week.
Patsy Mount opened the door of the nurses' home and yawned. She walked into the room she shared with Anna and looked over at the dresser. She contemplated changing out of her uniform, putting on makeup for her night out, washing her face and tidying the room a bit—all useful things that needed doing. A sensible person would do them immediately, and Patsy was definitely a sensible person.
But it had been a long week.
Patsy sat down on her bed, and decided to close her eyes for a minute. Then she decided to lie down. Before she knew it, Anna was shaking her. "Patsy!" We're going out tonight, you know that! How often is it that we have the night off? Come on, Delia and Katherine are meeting us out front!"
Patsy groaned and opened her eyes. The name "Delia" registered, and she sat up, blinking at Anna. "I've just got to change…"
"Well, be quick about it!" said her roommate. "Do you want me to wait, then?"
"Oh no, go on," said Patsy.
"Are you sure?"
"Go!" Patsy wanted to be alone for a minute. She was sure she was blushing. What had that dream been about? Her and Delia… her and Delia… where? What were they doing?
As she undressed, she racked her brain for the details– it bothered her, having thoughts just out of reach like that.
Just as she had decided to forget about it, someone knocked on the door. "Pats?" The voice got quieter. "Love?"
"Coming!" said Patsy, going through her drawers frantically.
"Hurry up!" said Delia, opening the door. "What've you been–" She stopped at the sight of Patsy half naked.
Patsy got a strong feeling of déjà vu, then turned bright red as she remembered every detail of her dream.
Delia smirked at Patsy's face, and they grinned at each other for a while, until Anna's voice could be heard from the entrance to the nurse's home: "What's keeping you two?"
Patsy quickly started pulling on clothes as Delia shut the door with a wink, left, and made up some vague excuse about why they'd taken so long. They both got so tired of excuses sometimes, but right now, Patsy was still grinning. Tonight was going to be fun, and at the moment, everything felt okay.