DIAGNOSIS MURDER STORY: DISHONOURABLE MENTION

(Disclaimer: NONE of these characters are mine, I wish I was that good but I'm not)

CHAPTER 4: BLESS THIS MESS

Laughter danced through the air and straight into Amanda's semi-conscious mind. She had fallen asleep in Mark's office waiting for Jack. Mark was late getting back from rounds. She smiled at the comforting sound before being awoken by a loud rapping on the door.
"Anyone home?" a jaunty but familiar voice rang through the solid wood
She couldn't help but allow a huge grin to spread across her face, although there was no one in the room to see it... yet.
She took a deep breath and began to close the gap between her and the door.
She was a few steps towards the handle before the door closed the gap for her and swung open into her face, knocking her to the floor.

Jack's eyes grew wide with worry as soon as he saw her on the floor, he could hear Steve chuckling quietly to himself in the hall.
"Amanda, I missed you" Jack began
"But my aim's getting better" He finished with a wink, as he helped her to her feet, he simply couldn't help himself, the charm just radiated from him in all directions. The laughing from the hall grew slightly louder.
Amanda even managed a smile although she was pretty sure she had multiple contusions to her face and neck.
"Hello Jack" She couldn't match his wit after being dealt such a blow, but it didn't matter to him, this was all he had wanted to hear for so long, and he knew their famously quick witted bickering would start up in no time.
"Are you alright?" Jack said, unable to hide his worry any longer, even if to put her at ease.
"Yeah, my neck's ever so slightly broken, but I think I'll survive" she retorted with a grin.
"Oh right, okay" He breathed with a small smile.
Jack could've stood there with her for hours, but his hotel reservation was expecting him.
He realised he had caught her gaze for too long and had to break the silence.
"Hey, sorry I gotta go, places to go, people to see" Jack said in a mock egotistical manner.
"...All expenses paid hotels to take advantage of?" Amanda finished for him.
"Exactly. Haha Tell Mark I'll see him soon as okay?"
"Alright sure, where are you staying anyhow?" She quizzed
"At the Chamberlain Hotel itself, right above the hall where they're holding the awards ceremony, its where everyone expecting an award is staying"
"Oh right, I see, so I guess its too far for these doctors to get to the venue, unless they're staying in the place itself" Amanda said dripping with sarcasm.
"You know us so well" Jack replied, equally sarcastically, as he moved towards the door.
"I'll see ya Amanda" he called towards her as he went to accompany Steve who was waiting less-than-patiently in the hall.
"Bye Jack" she called back, and with that he was gone.
She felt good for the first time in a long time.