EPILOGUE
Two weeks later Jess was going to go back to school for the afternoon only as they didn't want her to do anything strenuous. Jess begged her parents to take her to work in the morning so she could see everyone.
"Please please please let me go and see everyone." Jess pleaded.
"I said no Jess. You need to rest if you want to go to school later!" Zoe said, annoyed with the constant moans.
"Im fine though!" Jess said. "Look, there is only a scar now. That is all." Jess said, lifting up her top to show the 3cm scar.
"Yes but you still have the remains of the concussion and the cut on your hand is still healing." Zoe said.
"I don't have a headache, i'm not dizzy and I feel great." Jess said. "Please?"
"Fine!" Zoe said. "But don't moan at me when you feel unwell!"
"Thank you!" Jess said, running up and kissing her mother. "I love you!"
"Yeah, only when you want something." Zoe huffed and Jess smiled at her.
"Thats not true."
"Yeah yeah." Zoe said, smiling. "Whatever you say."
"Haha." Jess said sarcastically.
"You'd better get ready if you want to come." Zoe said, mixing her coffee and looking at the clock. "We leave in half an hour."
"Okay." Jess said, and ran up the stairs.
"Not so fast!" Zoe said, and sighed when she heard the door slam.
Twenty minutes later, Jess arrived downstairs in her school uniform and was all ready to go.
"Are we going?" Jess said, excited.
"Not just yet! Still got ten minutes!" Zoe said. "Why do you want to go so bad?"
"I like it there." She shrugged. "Everyone is so nice, funny, and the vending machine is really cheap. And I like the idea of being a doctor."
"You do?" Zoe said. "Great! It will run in the family. Clinical lead or trauma lead?"
"Probably clinical." She stopped and laughed as she saw Zoe put her hand to her mouth in sarcastic disgust. "Only because I can boss people about. If I can't be clinical lead, then trauma. They are both good."
"Trauma lead is best." Zoe said, raising an eyebrow at her. "I should know. Ive done both jobs."
"Since when?"
"Since your father was ill one time and I took over his duties." Zoe said. "There is so much work with beinga clinical lead. Trauma lead is basically the same with less work."
"Clinical gets paid more." Jess said, sticking her tongue out at her.
"Not by much." Zoe said.
"Still gets more." Jess said. "I can buy more shoes."
"Just like your mother, aye." Zoe said, and slipped on her high heels. "Nick!"
"Coming." He said, walking down the stairs with his breifcase in hand.
They got to the ED just before seven thirty and as Jess walked through the door, Linda was first to see her.
"Jess! How are you?" Linda said, walking up to her.
"Im fine!" Jess said. "No pain anymore."
"Great." Linda smiled and gave her a hug. "When are you going back to school?"
"This afternoon." Jess beamed. "I can't wait."
"I never thought I would have her say that." Zoe said. "Normally its 'School is so boring!' or 'I don't want to go to school!'."
"But I have been on best rest for ages! I need to see all my friends." Jess said. "And I have GCSE's soon, and if you want me to be a doctor, I can't miss them, can I?"
"True." Zoe said, and she saw Tess walk over. "Tess! You don't mind her staying this morning? I have to take her to school for this afternoon."
"Sure, its fine." Tess said. "How are you anyway?"
"Fine." Jess replied. "I can't wait to go back to school."
"I bet you can't." Tess smiled.
"Lenny!" Jess shouted, and he turned around hearing his name.
"Oh!" He said, jogging over. "Hey Jess."
"Hey." She said.
"Hows the stab wound?" He joked.
"Its all good." Jess said.
"Good good." Lenny said, and his pager went off. "I need to go, sorry! Hope you have fun at school."
"Thanks." She said, and got back to speaking to everyone else.
Jess was better and couldn't wait to get back to school. Her friends asked her all about it and so did her teachers. She had to explain the story a lot that day to everyone that was interested. She was glad to get back home, and as she put her bag down, she flopped on the sofa.
"Knackered?" Zoe asked as she shut the door behind her and Nick.
"Just a bit." Jess said. "Why did I even want to go to school?"
"I have no idea." Zoe said.
"I don't want to go back tomorrow. Can you say i'm sick?"
"No." Zoe laughed. "They know you are better because they have seen you today."
"Oh yeah." Jess sighed, and put her feet on the coffee table.
"Jess." Zoe said, knocking them off. "That table is for drinks, not feet!"
"Ugh." Jess said, laying across the whole length of the table.
"I will get dinner on in a bit." Zoe said.
"Thank god. Im so hungry." Jess said.
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