Clarke
It feels like it has been weeks since I saw Lexa, but it has actually only been three days. Work has been absolutely crazy, and I can't wait until Sunday night so that I can spend the night with her and take her on a date. I just hope that she doesn't think that I am avoiding her. It is just that work has been long crazy days and by the time I get off, I'm so tired that I go home and fall into bed.
Around noon, I am paged to the ER nurses' station and told that I have a patient in room 22 that asked for me by name. I ask, "Did the patient give a name?"
Lilian says, "No, she just asked for you and I told her she may have to wait awhile because you were busy, but she said she would wait. Do you want me to come with you?"
"Um, sure. If she does need an x-ray, then you can take her down to radiology."
Lilian says, "Sure thing."
We walk down the hall to room 22 and I follow Lilian in while looking down at my tablet reviewing some charts. I hear Lilian say, "My name is Lilian. I will be your nurse, and this is Dr. Griffin."
As I am finishing making a note in the chart, I'm reviewing I hear, "It's nice to meet you, Lilian. Dr. Griffin."
When I hear the voice, I know exactly who it is, and my stomach does summersaults. I look up and smile and she is smirking at me. I start to try and play it cool but then I say fuck it and I take two quick steps and take her face in my hands and crash my lips to hers. It was just supposed to be a quick I miss you kiss but it quickly deepened into a passionate one. Lexa grabbed my hips and pulled me into her, and time stood still, until there is a clearing of a throat. It is at that point that I remember I'm at work and Lilian is in the room.
I pull away and smile at Lexa, then turn to Lilian and say, "Lilian, I would like you to meet Lexa, my girlfriend."
Lilian smiles and says, "So, is this who sent you those beautiful flowers earlier this week?"
I can feel my cheeks turning red, "The very one. Lexa what are you doing here?"
"Well…um…I was missing my girlfriend something fierce and a friend of mine told me that I might find her working here as a doctor. So, I thought to myself what can I do to have an excuse to see this hot doctor and all I could come up with is asking for an x-ray of my hand and the fact that these stitches need to come out."
Lilian chuckles as Clarke says, "You know you could have just asked to see me. You don't need an excuse to stop by and see me."
She says, "Oh…well, I didn't know if that were something you would want me to do. I mean…uh…I didn't know if you wanted people at your work to know about me or not."
"You are an idiot. Do you know that? I mean a cute idiot but still an idiot. Do you not remember going on national TV and introducing me as your girlfriend?"
"Well, yeah but that doesn't mean the people you work with were watching. I just didn't want to do anything to upset you, but I wanted to see you, so this was what I came up with. I mean I can leave and just get Lo to take out the stitches but…"
I stop her rambling by kissing her again. I then look at Lilian and say, "Can you remove her stitches and then take her to x-ray?"
Lilian smiles and says, "Sure thing doc. Just so you know, I don't think anyone around here knows otherwise, they would have already been hounding you about it especially after the flower delivery. Not because you are…um…dating a woman but just because everyone around here likes to gossip. I will keep quiet about it."
I just shake my head, "No need to keep quiet. I'm sure you will be seeing more of Lexa now that she knows that it is okay to stop by. I'm sure she will be stopping by frequently probably with food if I had to guess. Cielo, I will see you after your x-ray. Please be nice to Lilian." I give her another quick kiss and walk out of the room.
I can't believe she thought she had to make up an excuse to come see me, but then again, I shouldn't be surprised. She is thoughtful and would never want to do something to upset me. I just wish she didn't think that I was embarrassed by her or whatever. I knew that I was missing her but now that I have seen her…well I don't want to let her leave. I want to be near her.
Lexa
When Clarke walks into the exam room, she has a nurse with her. I decide to play it cool just in case she doesn't want anyone to know who I am. She is looking down at her tablet doing something as the nurse introduces herself to me. I say, "It's nice to meet you, Lilian. Doctor Griffin."
As soon as I speak, Clarke looks up at me as I'm smirking at her. Her face breaks out into a huge smile. She quickly crosses the room and crashes her lips to mine, answering the question of if it is okay that I'm here. God, how I missed her the past couple of days! The moment is broken by Lilian clearing her throat. Clarke introduces me as her girlfriend and my heart beats a little faster because it makes me realize that she hasn't been avoiding me.
Lilian makes quick work of my stitches while asking me, "So, what happened to your face and hand? How did you meet Clarke?"
I couldn't help but laugh but I answered her questions. "I had a UFC fight, and these are the result of that, but I won and that is all that matters. I met Clarke through a friend."
Lilian goes on to say that she never liked Finn because he only came around when he needed something from Clarke, like insisting she go to dinner with him and some big wig his father knew or something like that. She said he never sent her flowers just because.
"Well…I-I want to treat her right, so you should expect more flowers and food deliveries. I care for her a lot and I want to make sure she always knows that I am thinking of her."
About a half hour later, I'm waiting in the exam room for the results of my x-ray. When Clarke finally came in, she looked extremely tired but had a smile on her face. "Well, it looks like your hand is healed and I can take off the cast."
"That's great, I can get back to training. Baby, I'm worried about you though. You look tired and I miss holding you at night. You know if you were to stay with me, it could only be to sleep." She takes my left hand and starts the process of taking the cast off. "Are you eating, while you are working?"
"Some, but probably not like I should. I just don't have the time to go to the cafeteria and get the food and eat it. I'm okay though, I promise. I'm excited about our date and if it's okay with you, I will come over after work on Sunday and stay the night."
"You never have to ask to come over. If it were up to me, you would stay with me all the time. Were you able to get the days off for Vegas and the fight?"
"I was able to get off for the week of the fight but unfortunately I can't get the day off to go to Vegas."
"Oh, alright. That's fine, at least we get to spend the week together in Dubai."
She finishes taking off my cast and then gets up and stands between my legs. She wraps me in a hug and just snuggles into my neck. I love the feeling of just holding her close like this and do so until she pulls away. When she does, I ask, "Are you sure that you are okay?"
"Yes, I just didn't realize how much I missed seeing you until well, I saw you. Now I don't want to let you go but I have to get back to work."
"I miss you too, Ya Amar." I pull her in for a deep kiss that leaves us both breathless. "I will see you Sunday unless you change your mind and decide to come over before. I love you and thanks for taking care of me."
"I love you too and I will always take care of you. Please remember you don't have to be in need of medical assistance to stop by and see me. Just realize I may not always have a lot of time if you do drop by. I will send Lilian in to get you discharged. I will see you soon." With that she gives me a peck on the cheek and is out the door.
When Lilian comes in, I ask her, "Do you always work with Clarke?"
She replies, "Most of the time why?"
"I'm worried about her and she says she doesn't have time to eat. I thought if you worked with her that maybe you would be willing to make sure she takes the time to eat if I send over food. I would be willing to send food for you as well."
"I think I can handle that for you, Lexa. We usually slow down somewhat around oneish."
"Great, what do you like to eat?"
"You can just send whatever Clarke is having. I'm glad she has you looking out for her."
"Thanks, since it is past lunch already. I will order dinner and have it delivered around five. Is that good?"
"That's fine. I hope to be seeing you again sometime."