Sorry I haven't posted for a while, I have been quite busy but i should be posting more now! I should be posting the next chapter tomorrow, or maybe tonight, but most likely tomorrow. It's an extremely hard choice between posting another chapter or watching Sherlock! I think Benedict Cumberbatch will win though, he usually does! Enjoy :)
Cynthia knew that Trixie was hiding something.
One afternoon, while Trixie was out, she decided to share these suspicions with Jenny and Jane, who were sitting at the table when Cynthia walked into the kitchen.
They both took the news the same way, their faces full of concern.
"Does she usually keep secrets?" Jane asked, "I thought she was the person you would keep secrets from."
"That's just it." Jenny replied, "She tells us everything. She finds it really hard to keep secrets, as I'm sure you know Jane, she's literally bursting!"
Cynthia frowned.
"Do you think it's something bad?" She asked them worriedly.
"What do you mean?" Jenny looked concerned.
"I mean, maybe she knows something we don't, or she's doing something bad that she doesn't want us to know about."
"What could she possibly be doing that we can't know about?" Jenny asked Cynthia, who was deep in thought.
"Well, maybe it embarrasses her." Jane said quietly.
"What?"
"Maybe it's personal, and she doesn't want us to know because she's embarrassed."
"Trixie, embarrassed?" Jenny laughed, "I'm not sure I can really picture it!"
"People aren't always what they seem on the outside. We have no idea what Trixie's like on the inside, she could be a terrible wimp, and besides, everyone's good at hiding their feelings." Cynthia told them.
At this point Shelagh walked in, smiling.
"I'll call for you at 7!" They heard Doctor Turner shout to her from the hallway, then the front doors slamming.
Cynthia beamed back at her. Her and Doctor Turner really had something special, they were perfect for each other, they were soul mates.
They both loved each other and Timothy with all their hearts. They were also both devoted to their work.
Cynthia realised she would do anything to have love like that.
"We were just discussing Trixie's secret she's keeping from us." Cynthia told her. She nodded.
"What do you think it could be?" Shelagh asked them.
Cynthia noticed she kept fiddling with her engagement ring. She looked nervous, but not about Doctor Turner, about them! She was glancing from face to face of each of the Nurses worriedly.
"We don't know!" Jenny told her exasperatedly. "She never keeps secrets!"
"I know!" Shelagh agreed.
They smiled at each other.
"She's got a rather good-looking new chap!" Shelagh smiled at them all knowingly.
Jenny and Cynthia exchanged alarmed looks.
"What?!" Cynthia gasped, she would have never thought, not that!
"Don't you know?" Shelagh bit her lip worriedly. "I didn't mean to, I, I mean, I didn't know you didn't, I thought she would tell you!"
Cynthia smiled at her sympathetically.
"It's alright, we're her best friends, I'm sure she would have told us soon."
"I can't believe it!" Jenny exclaimed, "Tell us Sister, I mean, Shelagh, what did he look like?"
Jane smiled. "I bet he looks like a film star!"
"Yes, I'm sure he does!" Jenny agreed, "Only the handsomest for Trixie!"
Everyone smiled.
"Well, he did look a lot like a film star. He's got golden-blonde hair, blue eyes, quite tall. He was wearing a suit now, but was wearing army uniform when I saw him before a few days ago." Shelagh told them.
"You saw him before?"
"Yes, Patrick and I went out," (she blushed) "and I saw him just outside Southway Street. He smiled at us, he looked very friendly. Then I saw him again today, with Trixie, she was laughing at something he said, they looked extremely happy. Trixie saw me, but I don't think she recognised me, I had my hair down."
"No-one would recognise you with your hair down." Jane told her, "They'd think a Goddess or a Princess had come to Poplar!"
Shelagh beamed at her.
"Of course he would be blonde." tutted Jenny.
"What will Trixie say when we tell her we know about him?" Jane asked.
"I'm sure it will be fine." Cynthia assured them, "We all know Trixie loves gossiping!"
Everyone laughed, then the telephone began to ring in the hallway.
Shelagh stood up to get it, but Cynthia pushed her back down and said, "you'll work your bottom off, I'll get it!"
Cynthia knew what Trixie would have said to that.
"Patrick wouldn't be pleased!"
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