Chapter 8
Ashley came back after her rounds to spend the rest of the evening with Spencer.
"Spencer you haven't said one word to me since I returned from my rounds. What's wrong sweetie?"
"Nothing Ashley, Spencer said with irritation in her voice."
"Yes there is I can hear it in your voice. Did Carmen come back to upset you?"
"No! You have upset me."
"Me! What did I do?" Ashley asked bewildered.
"You lied to me, you told me you would be here Saturday when they got ready to transfer me to the other facility but you have a date with your girlfriend. Oh! I'm sorry your fuck buddy Saturday," Spencer said feeling a little betrayed.
"How did you…" "Madison's big mouth told me. She gossips too much. She pretends to be nice and caring but she's not, she's nosey as hell. She gets into everybody's business," Spencer said.
"Yes I know she is a very nosey nurse who needs some business of her own. Listen to me Spencer, I didn't lie to you and I'm not going to start now."
"Please don't."
"Yes I have something else to do on Saturday. It is not a date, it's a social function I'm attending with Alex . She wants me to escort her to this big deal function. I didn't want too but I promised her I would. It's not until late Saturday night. So I will be here for your transfer to the Wellington Healness Center. You are my first priority Spencer Carlin and I can't think of being anywhere else."
"You don't have to be here Dr. Davies."
'Ugh!" Ashley groans to Spencer calling her Dr. Davies. "Spencer I know you're upset with me because you're calling me Dr. Davies again. Please don't be mad at me and please trust me. I will be here for your transfer to the Center. I had planned on traveling with you over there. I wanted it to be a surprise but…"
"Ashley! Really! That would be so wonderful then you will know what room I'll be in and you could get the phone number so you can call me," Spencer said like a child getting a new puppy.
"Yes sweetie I can get all that once you're settled in your room. So… it's a date?"
"Yes most definitely a date Ashley," Spencer said happily hugging her.
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"Aiden I don't see the harm in me traveling with Spencer to the Wellington Center. Damnit, you can at least give me that. I told you I would stay away from her for two weeks. But you need to at least let me have this last night with her, please," Ashley said slightly begging.
"Alright Ashley, but I wish you had discussed this with me first before saying something to Spencer. I'll allow you to ride with her to the facility than I expect not to see you for six weeks."
"SIX WEEKS!!" I… I thought you said two weeks.
"Yes, well I think we need four additional weeks to build Spencer's body and confidence up. The psychologist said she's too dependent on you already, so I want to break that dependency she has on you and I believe six weeks should be enough time to accomplish that."
"Fine Aiden, but you're going to tell Spencer why I won't be there for her after two weeks have passed and I haven't come to see her. I assume you haven't told her yet?"
"No she doesn't know yet. I realize with Spencer you have to tell her a little at a time."
/
Saturday evening arrived with Spencer being prepared to leave the hospital and anticipating the ride to what will be her new home for the next six weeks.
"Well Ms. Carlin it was a pleasure being your nurse. I hope everything works out for you," Madison said.
"Thank you Madison."
"Knock, knock," Ashley said coming through the door of Spencer's room.
"Ashley you did come. Thank you."
"Hello! Dr. Davies," Madison said leaving quickly.
"Hello and goodbye Nurse Duarte." Looking at Spencer, "I told you I would be here, I couldn't let my almost girlfriend down now could I," Ashley said.
"Almost girlfriend huh! Well…we'll have to work on changing that won't we? How come you're not dressed for the function tonight? I thought I would get to see you dressed to the nines in your sexy gown or something."
"Ha ha! Spencer. I'll show you pictures, how about that?"
/
The transfer took longer than anyone expected. Spencer still hadn't been transferred and it was getting late. It was eleven o'clock and Ashley's pager was blowin up. She finally had to silence it.
"I'm sorry Ashley maybe you should go, leave for the function before you miss it completely."
"Don't worry about that Spencer. I'm here for you, for us since I won't be seeing you for a while. I need to be here with you just as much as you want me to be here. Does that sound crazy? Ashley asked.
No Ashley I understand completely, I'm actually glad you're still here. I'm being completely selfish with your time. My parents would have been here but I told them the transfer was going to be late and to come and visit me when I get settled at the Center. I didn't think it would be this late though."
"You need to be selfish sometimes Spencer and I'm glad I'm the one you want to be selfish with."
Spencer smiled at that. She also smiled because she thought she felt a little twinge in her back when the transporters were lifting her onto the stretcher. Wow! Did I just feel something in my back when they were lifting me? Maybe the surgery and the little therapy I've already had is working. I won't tell Ashley or Dr. Dennison yet. I want it to be a surprise. I'll wait to see if more feeling come, she was thinking.
"Spencer… Spencer," Aiden called bringing Spencer out of her thoughts.
"Spencer we'll be leaving in thirty minutes. I'm so sorry for the delay and the lateness of the transfer, how are you holding up?
"I'm doing good, Dr. Dennison.
"Ashley please go," Spencer pleaded. "At the rate this is going I won't be in my room until one or two o'clock in the morning."
"No Spencer I'm here, this is where I want to be, besides what fun would I be at the function. My body would be there but my mind would be here. So why not keep them together," Ashley laughed.
"Aren't you worried about Alexandra being upset with you?"
No, we've been through this before with other functions I was suppose to be at with her, she's used to it. Spencer, I've been meaning to ask you, how do you know Alex?"
"Finally," Aiden said bursting in the room, "we are finally ready to go."
They got Spencer in the ambulance and she and Ashley were on their way to the Wellington Healness Center, which was a good thing. Ashley had just missed a very pissed off Alexandra coming into the hospital. She had called the hospital to find out what was going on with Ashley since she was not answering her pages.
When Alex arrived at the hospital, searching for Ashley she was directed to none other than… you guessed it… Madison.
"I'm looking for Dr. Ashley Davies I was told she was here."
"Yes and you are?" Madison asked. "I'm Alexandra Van Der Mier."
Madison looked her up and down admiring the very expensive Versace black pearl laced strapless gown and matching bolero jacket she was wearing.
"Well is she here?" Alex asked impatiently. "No, she went with the patient who was being transferred, they just left," Madison said.
"Where are they taking this patient who was being transferred, maybe I could meet them there."
"Sorry I can't give out that information," Madison said.
"Well, who is this patient that has taken up all of Dr. Davies time?"
"Sorry I can't answer that either."
"Well…" "Madison…" "Well Madison maybe you can page Dr. Davies for me so that I can talk to her. Surely you can do that," Alex asks in a voice that usually gets results.
"We are only supposed to page the doctor for emergencies and orders only," Madison told Alex.
"I am having an emergency… um Madison right? Please page the doctor for me."
Madison goes to page Ashley who quickly returns the call. "Yes this is Dr. Davies someone paged me?"
"Dr. Davies you have an irate person standing at the nurse's station who wants to talk to you so here she is," Madison gives the phone to Alex.
"Ashley! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Madison steps away but not too far. She wanted to be able to hear the conversation.
"We were suppose to go out tonight, this was a very important function for me. I told you I wanted you with me," Alex said screaming into the phone.
"I know Alex I got busy with a patient. Just go and I'll meet you there later," Ashley said quickly, wanting to get her off the phone.
"Meet me there! Do you realize it is now one o'clock in the morning? The affair is over at two."
"Well why didn't you just go, you have before when I couldn't make it," Ashley said.
"I told you Ashley I needed you with me, listen don't fuck with me Ashley… Nobody stands up Alexandra Van Der Meir, not even you."
"Alex I have to go, bye."
"Ashley!…Ashley!… what the fuck that bitch hung up on me." Alex was just standing with the phone still in her hand deep in thought. "Nobody fucks with me, not even you Ashley Davies," she said in earshot of anyone listening.
"Thank you …" "Madison…" "Yes Madison. Thank you."
Oh, oh someone's going to be sorry they didn't make that function. This is gonna to be good. I can't wait to hear what happens with Dr. Davies and Ms. Rich Bitch, nosey Madison silently said.
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Ashley gets home to find Alex there waiting for her. "Alex what are you doing in my apartment. It's three o'clock in the morning."
"Ashley you need to explain to me why you didn't take me to the function like you promised."
"Alex I had a patient to deal with and my patients come before any social function I may have planned on going to."
"Is that right, well I know you didn't have any patient last night, you were there for some other doctor's patient."
"And how do you know this Alex? This patient was my patient."
"My father's on the hospital board remember, I asked him to do me a favor."
"At three o'clock in the morning, you asked your father to do you a favor," Ashley stated now irritated with Alex's presence in her apartment.
"And your point Ashley… yes I woke my father up to find out why you went to some rehab facility with a patient who was no longer your patient."
"Hospital business comes first with me, Alex. What I do in the hospital is none of your business. Now I'm sorry I didn't take you to your function last night, unexpected things just kept happening."
"Ashley what is wrong with lately. Who is this patient you are so ready to go out of your way for?"
"Alex I don't have to explain anything to you. Now I wish you would leave because I am very tired and I want to go to bed," Ashley said heading towards her bedroom.
"Ashley I am not finished talking to you."
"Yes we are finished because I'm not talking to you about this anymore, you are not my wife or my girlfriend. You are just a friend and if I may be so blunt, you were just my fuck buddy that's all. Now leave Alex so I can take a shower and go to bed."
"Ashley…"Alex started to say with a tear in her eye.
Ashley sees the tear that has begun to fall from Alexandra's eye, "Alex I'm sorry… I didn't mean that. We were good together, you and I but we're not anymore, we've grown apart. We need to go our separate way, I don't want to be intimate with you anymore."
"What are you saying Ashley? You've found someone else to fuck, is that it."
"Alex it's over between us. If you want to continue being friends we can do that but nothing more. The intimate part of our relationship is over… done," Ashley said.
"Fine Ashley… but I'm not through with you. Nobody humiliates me and uses me and gets away with it."
Alex leaves slamming the door. Ashley shook her head and again walks towards her bedroom so she could shower and jump into bed. Last night and early morning have proved to be something that no one had expected.
