Soon after they were back 'off their break' Rita slipped back into the nurses
station just to be greeted by Zoe
"So where did you disappear off to for an hour?"
she continued to look at the file in her hand as she spoke
"Nowhere I was sat in the café" Zoe raised her eyebrow
"Staff nurse Freeman you need to get better at lying especially if your seen going upstairs with Iain and he's suddenly disappeared off his shift."
She spoke almost sassily she watched as Rita's face dropped and she spun to
face Zoe wanting an explanation
"Don't worry it was only me that spotted but don't let it happen again"
she walked past her whispering in her ear
"If you ever want a quickie the cupboard next to the porters office, its never used"
Rita let out a devilish grin at what her senior had just told her throwing her head
back and smiling she had no idea she was being observed by Iain before he heard
Dixie call his name scurrying off as he was already in her bad books.
Robyn and lofty were stood at the reception as they watched Rita walk in,
noticing something different about her not only was she in the same clothes as
yesterday she already had a hospital coffee and was awfully chipper for someone
who had to come into work at 5am. They followed her through to the staffroom
as she put her coffee down let out a yawn before being cheered up by a text that
came through, this was when Robyn decided to make her presence known
"So who is he then?"
she spoke as she walked to opposite her across the breakfast bar
"sorry?" Rita spoke eyes glued to the screen on her phone.
"Who's the new guy?"
she asked again when Rita looked at her blank she
continued
"oh come on you keep coming into work awfully chipper, your always in
yesterdays clothes, you don't come to the pub anymore and you've just changed,
who is he?"
Rita shook her head
"There isn't anyone Robyn"
she shook her head grabbing her scrubs and heading to change. It was near the
end of her shift when Dixie rolled a patient in calling out for Zoe and Rita "Right
this is Lisa, 17, fell from a tree Branch her GCS and BP are normal query
fractured left wrist "straight through to cubicles please I'll be over in a minute"
Zoe called leaving Rita, Iain and Dixie heading through to cubicles, Iain began to
whistle "right why are you so happy mate, Who is she?" Dixie blurted out at Iain
whilst he looked stunned "There isn't anyone" he spoke trying to keep his cool
"Yes there is" the patient spoke up
"he hasn't let his phone leave his hand she's someone special."
He pulled a face at Lisa
"Rita can I have the handover paperwork please"
she nodded and headed over to the nurses station with Iain whilst Dixie sat and
chatted to the young girl.
As Rita was assisting Iain with the paperwork Dixie kept glancing over Iain was
stood behind so as he was pressed against her to reach to the paperwork, despite
that there was plenty of space to either side of Rita. Thoughts circled Dixie's
head, they couldn't could they? But they're polar opposites. She shook the
thought from her head heading over to the pair who suddenly distanced
themselves.