Title: Glasson Glimpses (Series 1)
Author: DianeB
Rating: PG-13

Summary: This is my grand attempt at drabbles (exactly 100-word stories), one "glimpse" for each episode, not counting the episode title itself. They're from Louisa's point of view and often involve Martin, as if that were a surprise! :)

A/N: Many thanks to Littleguinea from fanficdotnet for her fair eye to editing and to checking the "Americanisms." Written in May, 2011.

Disclaimer: These drabbles are for entertainment purposes only. I claim no right to anything affiliated with Doc Martin.

"Going Bodmin"

Louisa was amazed she'd been able to get an appointment at all, let alone so quickly, but when the ophthalmologist, one Doctor Matthew Carver, diagnosed her that afternoon exactly as Doctor Ellingham had that morning, she couldn't quite believe it.

Doctor Carver prescribed a fortnight's regimen of drops and an eye patch to protect and rest the eye while the drops did their work, and Louisa left the office feeling distinctly confused as to how she felt about Portwenn's new GP.

But at least she now knew what costumes she and Year Six would wear for Portwenn's annual Lifeboat Day.

"Gentlemen Prefer"

Her anger at Martin for not visiting Roger Fenn in hospital was eclipsed only by her embarrassment when she learned he had visited Fenn.

At the wedding reception, after Bruce Denham loudly announced that Martin had hired his daughter back, Louisa watched Martin visibly squirm when Bert Large started a round of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," clearly uncomfortable with all the attention.

Perhaps, Louisa thought, sipping champagne, there was a human being under that gruff exterior after all. She considered asking him to dance, but realised she probably ought to apologise before she started stepping on his toes.

"Sh*t Happens"

Louisa hadn't realised how much Martin had been on her mind until Jean started teasing her, saying she thought Louisa "quite liked him" and causing Louisa to utter a Freudian slip of epic proportions. She couldn't escape Jean fast enough.

After school, Louisa decided to risk all and visit the surgery to see if she could get Martin to ask her out for drinks. Having no plan in mind, it wasn't a minute before their conversation went to pot, and it was only after she beat him over the head with the suggestion, did he wise up and ask her.

"The Portwenn Effect"

It didn't take long for Louisa to realise that Mark Mylow had got the wrong impression when she gave him her extra ticket to the Portwenn Players Dance. She'd intended to ask Martin to accompany her, but that went pear shaped almost the instant after she'd obtained the tickets.

It was only after the dance and Stewart's outburst that she'd had opportunity to broach the subject, and then Mark beat her to it, having decided somewhere between their (undeniably sexy) dance and Stewart, that the two of them just weren't well matched.

Louisa was careful not to act too relieved.

"Of All the Harbours in All the Towns"

Forget the waves. The hardest part of surfing was getting oneself into a wet suit without it squeezing up parts of the flesh that were never meant to be squeezed up.

Fortunately or not, surfing lessons took a back seat in Louisa's head that day, as pretty much the only thing she could think of was seeing Martin in a wet suit. Or even better than that, helping him into one.

She'd been called out by the instructor three times for inattention, distracted as she was thinking of one particular part of Martin's anatomy that she wouldn't mind squeezing up.

"Haemophobia"

Riding in the ambulance with Peter Cronk, listening to Martin explain about his blood phobia, Louisa couldn't help but wonder how the man had survived to this point. She knew he wouldn't want her pity, but listening to him just now, it was hard not to feel sad for him.

It was nothing short of miraculous to her that he would courageously battle through a phobia that was connected so directly to saving a child's life. She didn't think she'd ever be able to do it.

It was then that Louisa realised she was falling in love with Martin Ellingham.