Chapter 25
After Elsa finishes telling how her relationship with the redhead has developed, remain silent for a moment, enjoying this brief quiet moment. The intern would like to talk about his patient but he doesn't want to make his boss sad or angry or whatever, he has noticed how much Hans was pissed off to not seeing the woman and he doesn't understand why, more importantly he keeps thinking what could have happened between the two. It hasn't go unnoticed the guards and the handcuffs, he doesn't have much information about his patient, only that he's a convict and that he had an heart failure during the night.
He's about to ask Elsa something when his pager sounds, he looks at its blue display and read 911 blue code P005.
"Shit.." he murmurs and stands up immediately. The woman just watches him and can only assume is something about his case, judging by his reaction it could only means that there's an emergency with that asshole. She keeps staring him while he runs away from the Relax room, then she returns her attention to the cold mug in her hands. She shrugs her shoulder and decides to go and check her patients, she doesn't even have any surgery booked for the day. 'It's going to be a looong day.'
Kristoff reaches the room and finds some nursed on his patient doing the CPR, he walks closer and ask for them to move away while he takes the situation in his hands, he check his vitals on the pulse point on his neck and then asks for the defibrillator. 4 shocks later and the heartbeat returns and Kristoff gives a sigh of relief, his first patient is still alive. While the nurses cover the man chest, the doctor watches his. 'This is the second heart failure in 6 hours.' Hans was waiting to do some X-Ray before his heart decided to not work. The blonde doesn't understand what's going on with him, the first episode happened at 5am while the guards were doing their rounds and now another one.
The officers are in the threshold of the room watching every moment, after everyone leave one of them walk closer to the bed and handcuff him again on each sides of the bed. Kristoff looks at them thinking it mustn't be easy for them neither, he bets they know why he's in jail and from how their gazes are full of hate and disgust he must have done something horrible.
The blonde walks away from the room and goes to his boss office, he hopes she's in there. Once he's in front of the door he takes a deep breath and knocks.
"Yes?" the voice is soft and barely audible.
"It's me, Kristoff, may I come in?" he hears a loud sigh and he almost chuckles but something stops him from doing so. After he receives a positive answer he opens the door and closes it as soon as he's inside.
"Do you need anything?" she asks. She's laying on the couch and starts to sit.
"Actually.. I was thinking if you can tell me something." he wants to approach the topic carefully since he doesn't know anything about those two, for all he knows he could be a schoolmate or whatever.
"About what?" she invites him to sit down but she doesn't meet his gaze.
"About Hans Southerisland." She freezes and Kristoff notices it immediately.
"What about him..?" her face becomes paler any second that passes.
"He was asking for you, I know uncle Kai said you aren't on this case, but I was wondering if you knew each other, I mean.. he knows you since he said your name.. maybe you could tell me something about his medical history, I don't have anything about it."
"We worked together at the Southerisland Hospital, but I don't know him that well, I'm sorry. Now.. if you'd be kind enough to leave me, I have an awful headache and I was resting a bit." She doesn't want to act like the Ice Queen as everyone says, but she doesn't want to talk about him right now with him. She just hopes that she hasn't offended her intern in any way, but he seems to not be bother by the sudden change of her. Maybe using the excuse of the headache is a smart move.
"Sure, sorry. I hope it will get better." He says genuinely and exits from the office leaving her alone.
He's in the cafeteria with a sandwich in his hands looking to nowhere in particular while waiting for the results of his blood test, maybe he'll have some answers. He doesn't even have any medical record so he doesn't know much about his medical history. He has noticed how Elsa reacted when he said the name of his patient, he wonders if there's something she hasn't told him. 'Of course there's something.. but what?' He's in deep thoughts that he doesn't realize that he has company.
"Kristopher? Hello?" in front of his eyes there's a hand waving trying to catch his attention.
"It's Kristoff." He mumbles subconsciously. After some seconds he blinks and comes back in reality and his eyes finds familiar ones. "Oh hi, I thought you went home, what are you doing here?"
"I was going home indeed, but mom called me saying she has a last-minute meeting and she doesn't know for how long she'll be there, since she doesn't trust me alone she said to stay at the hospital.. so.. here I am." Anna smiles to her cousin and watches his unbitten sandwich.
He nods and finally brings his lunch to his mouth. "Have you eaten?" he says with his mouth full and Anna snorts.
"Not yet.. but I've brought something!" She starts to unwrap her own sandwich from the plastic wrap.
"So, how are you doing? Elsa's making you work hard?" she asks before biting her lunch.
"It could be better, but no. Actually, I'm on a case alone, uncle's order."
"What? Aren't you working together anymore? What have I missed?" She's confused, why her father would separate them?
"Oh, no no! We still work together, but just for this case I'm on my own. After this one I'll rejoin her. I only know she can't be on this case, the reason is unknown to me." He says more to himself than to his cousin, who's looking at him with an arched eyebrow.
"Mh.. Well, there must be a reason.. Have you seen her?" she asks looking around in the cafeteria to see if she finds her.
"Yeah, earlier, she was in her office. She wasn't feeling very well, an headache she said."
"Oh.." her eyes go down to her hands.
"So, you two, uh?" he says trying to lighten up the mood and he seems to succeed in since his cousin starts blushing.
"Has she told you anything..?" she tries to keep her face from burning.
"Something about kisses." He smirks but as soon as he notices how red her face is he bursts laughing. "Oh God, Anna breathe!"
"You.. I.. She..." she puffs and tries to collect herself. "She's amazing.. I don't even know where to start.." she confesses.
"Well, I'm happy for you two." He smiles stopping his laughter. Then an idea comes up in his mind. "Oh.. hey, you could tell your mother you come home with me today."
"Why would I tell her that?" she asks confused.
"Because you'll go to Elsa's place and I'll cover for you. Then she could drive you home or I could pick you up, everything depends on what she says." He smirks.
"But I'm not.." Anna stays quiet for a moment and then realisation hits her. "oh! I can see what you're up to! Sneaky bastard." She smirks and punches him on the shoulder and he pretends to be hurt.
"Go to her and ask her. I believe she's still at her office, then let me know what she says." She nods and stands up.
Anna keeps having an odd feeling in her belly while she gets closer to the blonde's office. She's a bit nervous, it's like she's asking her out for a date. When she finds the door she stays still in front of it. 'Dr. Elsa Winters – Cardiology M.D.'
A nurse looks at her in amusement and then speaks.
"You're standing there for a while now, I hope you're not bringing bad news. Good luck." Anna stares at him and snorts, then she knocks four times lightly. She doesn't even know if the other woman heard her.
"Who's there?" a tired voice speaks.
"It's me, An-" she doesn't have to finish that the door opens immediately and her eyes meets hers. "-na.. Hi."
"Hi, are you still here..?" she asks surprised and then she makes some steps backward to let her come in. After she's in the room, the blonde closes the door and invites the younger woman to sit on the couch. "What are you doing here? I thought you would have be at home by now." She watches at the clock on the wall.
"My mother is in a last-minute meeting and I have to wait for her." She sits and starts to play with her fingers before adding. "I was thinking.. if you're free, if you want.. I could come at your place.. I mean.. we could spend the evening together.." 'Damn.. why can't I just say the things straight! I had a nice speech on my mind, but no! My brain doesn't want to work whenever I'm around her.. such a pathetic way to ask her out..'
Elsa doesn't know if she heard correctly, is Anna asking her out? She's starting to blush just like the redhead in front of her.
"I finish at 6pm." She says looking into her turquoise eyes.
"Is that..?" Anna whispers.
"Yes, we could spend some time together." The blonde smiles and she comes closer to the redhead. 'Why do I feel suddenly this need of her proximity..?'
"Great! Then I should let my mom know to not pick me up.." the redhead says keeping her voice low looking at the woman in front of her with only a thought in mind. ".. I need Kristoff to cover me, I don't think-"
"-you're mother would like to know you'll spend the evening with your doctor." Elsa finishes the sentence. Anna is surprised to not hear bitterness in her voice. Then Elsa realises something. "Wait.. but you'd have to wait too much. It's only half past 1pm now, maybe you should go back home."
"I guess you're right.. Kristoff and you finish at the same time, right?" the blonde nods. "You could pick me up at his place, if you drove at my place, my mom would hear your car and she would understand you're not my cousin."
"You're right, his car doesn't sound like mine. Well, then send me a text when you're ready and I'll come." They both smile.
"Deal." Anna looks at her for a bit longer. 'Screw this.' She pulls her down into a kiss. At first it's just a light contact between their lips but as soon as Elsa feels Anna's hands moving from her cheeks to behind her neck she deepens the kiss and bites gently the redhead's lower lip earning a soft moan from her.
Elsa's hands are on the woman back gently rubbing it, then she feels Anna's tongue asking for entrance which she grants happily. Their tongue caress each other, making a sweet dance that tries to communicate something to both of them.
The blonde is surprised by how the presence of this incredible woman makes her forget about everything. Just some moments earlier she was in deep thoughts about Hans, she received a message from Marshall telling her to try to keep calm and focus on other things and to avoid any contact with him. She can't deny that she's just doing so: she's more than glad to have the redhead in her arms in her office, tasting her soft lips. She could even guess what she ate at lunch, but she's more interested in the feelings that come from these kisses. She can feel her body warm up and a certain heat between her thighs, if it was up to her, she'd never stop this, but she has to. She doesn't want to rush anything, despite her desire, her unusual incredibly desire to take her right then and right now on this couch.
Sadly she ends the kiss but she keeps her forehead on Anna's, breathing heavily.
"That was.."
"..amazing." and Anna can't agree more.
"I think.. you should go.." Elsa says between her breaths trying to not sound rude.
"Yeah.. after all you're at work.." she cups the blonde's face and smiles looking into those now dark icy blue eyes. "..and we could continue this later." she says with an arousing low voice.
Elsa swallows hard at the thought of them exploring each other. What she wouldn't give to be at her home with her right now.
Anna stays some more minutes with her and then they say bye, promising to hear from the other later with a text. The blonde is now alone in her office, headache gone and with a dumb smile on her lips. She feels so alive whenever the redhead is near her and she can't believe how that girl managed to change her. She's never thought she'd have found herself making out with the daughter of her chief and ex-patient, but most importantly wanting to feel those hands and lips somewhere else, tasting her in different places, listening those moans. 'She'll be the death of me.' She tries to collect herself and to return to her work.
Anna has sent a message to Kristoff saying that she'll be at his place when he finishes working and that Elsa will pick her up there. She's in the waiting room of the hospital and watches outside the big windows remembering her encounter with the blonde doctor, she can't help but smile and turns pink a little, she can still her taste on her lips and it's the most beautiful feeling she's ever experienced. Elsa has changed so much since their first meeting, she can't help but feels proud of the blonde, she loves what they have now. For Anna this relationship isn't something she takes lightly, she isn't looking for sex, if she had wanted that she wouldn't have spent so much time with the blonde.
She looks at her buzzing phone and notices a message from her mother that says she'll be there in an hour. She isn't sure why, but she thinks that tonight will be a big emotional one.
Author's Note: Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoy the new chapter. Thank you so much for your support and for your kind words, you're amazing and every message you send me means a lot to me. It's important for writers to know they have people who enjoy their work.
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First of all this is a general speech, be clear I'm not accusing anyone. I heard that some authors are having a hard time with their readers because some of them are complaining about the timing of the updates, the contents of the chapters and stuff like these. I can't say I'm one of them (writer/reader) but I've read some reviews in different stories and it's sad to notice how they act, I mean.. I understand wanting to know how the story will go, now, I speak for myself, but I have a lot of patience and I don't mind waiting for the author to update, yes after I read the chapter I'm like 'oh, and now!?' but I wait, knowing very well that there's life beyond a computer screen. So, I'm asking you, be kind with the authors, they're human too, and if you have to complain about something to it, but politely, I mean, try to put in their shoes: try to think how it's their life, work, school, personal stuff, family and stories. It's not as easy as it seems to come up with a story, write it down and trying to satisfy (almost) everyone. I understand if there are times you/we are not happy, satisfied with how a story is going but if it's going in a certain way, there must be a reason, mustn't it?
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