Jill and Ash made their way into the royal
"Morning doctor, Ash" said Lizzie
"Morning" they both replied
"Right Lizzie, Ash is here to help with the filing" stated Jill
"Ohhh, great!" replied Lizzie
"I'll leave you both too it" replied Jill going through to her office to get ready for morning surgery
"What do you need me to do" asked Ash eager to start
"We are going to have so much fun" said Lizzie not really paying attention
Ash had hung her coat and bag on the back of the door and was going towards the pile of folders on the table and sat waiting patiently until Lizzie had finished on the phone.
Lizzie had just finished explaining everything that Ash had to do when the phone rang again, Lizzie was still busy on the phone when Jill poked her head around checking in on Ash before her first patient
"How's it going?" asked Jill
"Fine" replied Ash
"Well, you remember what we said" said Jill
"Yes, mum" replied Ash
The time had flown by Gordon had arrived at some point and it was now morning coffee break all the doctors had come into the little reception area, while Lizzie made them a drink
"How's it going?" Gordon asked Lizzie
"Really well, she's already done half of what I wanted to do by the end of the day" replied Lizzie
"How are you feeling" Jill asked Ash
"I'm alright, I might just go for a wonder while you are all in here" replied Ash
Jill looked at Ash to see if she could see any signs of pain
"Really, I'm fine I just need to stretch, do you want to come with me" asked Ash
Jill nodded and picked up her drink she went outside into the sunshine
"So how's it going?" asked Jill
"Its fine" replied Ash walking up and down she then lent against the wall next to Jill they stood there in silence watching the people go past
"Right, well better get back to it" said Jill
Ash followed her in and took the cups from the doctors, without being asked she went and washed and dried them up before bringing them back. Lizzie was busy at reception when she came back so she carried on where she had left off. Ash had just finished the last one when Gordon came out with a patient, he was asking Lizzie lots of questions, Ash sat there patiently waiting for them to finish
"Doctor, could you came and have a look at a patient" asked a nurse
Gordon went off towards the wards
"Lizzie, what can I do now?" asked Ash
"Right, give me a second and I'll put these away and get the next lot" said Lizzie
Before she could an emergency came through the doors
"Can I help you" asked Lizzie
"Yes, we need to see the doctor" replied the lady
"Have you got an appointment" asked Lizzie
"No, my son has fallen and hurt himself" replied the lady
Ash had heard everything and had got a wheelchair from the corridor and found a clean dressing
"Can you sit in here please" asked Ash to the young lad, once he was seated Ash applied pressure to his cut on his forehead and wheeled him towards casualty
Lizzie had put the doctor's lights up
Jill came down the corridor to find Ash pushing the wheelchair round the corner to casualty
"Ash" said Jill going towards them
"Doctor, this is David he has fallen and cut his head" replied Ash trying to sound professional
"Right, thank you" replied Jill
"And this is his mum" added Ash giving Jill the paperwork as well
Ash left them to it and went back to reception
"Thanks Ash, how did you know what to do" asked Lizzie
"I don't know, I suppose I've just seen them do it so often" replied Ash
"Right well here's the next lot" replied Lizzie putting the folders down
She didn't see anyone until it was lunchtime. Lizzie was busy telling anyone and everyone what Ash had done when the young lad had come in
"Ash, are you ready" asked Gordon
"Yes, dad" replied Ash
"Doctor, did you hear what Ash did" asked Lizzie
"No" replied Gordon, that was a mistake they were there for a further five minutes while Lizzie recalled the whole story
"Well, done" said Gordon when Lizzie had finished
"Right well we will be at home if you need us" said Jill who had just arrived
"I thought you two would have been home by now" said Jill as she followed Gordon outside
"Well, Lizzie was telling me all about this one" replied Gordon
"Yes, you did very well, but you shouldn't be pushing people around" said Jill
"Sorry, it won't happen again" replied Ash
"Yes, you shouldn't be doing that" said Gordon, Lizzie had clearly left that bit out
They spent the drive home in silence, Ash was first through the door
"Ash where have you been, mum and dad will be back soon" said Katie
"She has been with us, helping Lizzie" replied Jill following Ash through the door
Jill went through to the kitchen followed by the others
"What can I do" asked Ash
"You can wait outside with the others" replied Jill
"Mum, I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you" replied Ash as she went to make her way outside
"You haven't I just don't want you pushing yourself too soon" replied Jill
Once Ash was outside with the boys
"Katie can you go and get that note please" said Gordon
He then helped Jill get lunch ready
"What's wrong" he asked
"I don't know, I suppose I saw her pushing the wheelchair along and thought maybe it's too soon, maybe she would be better off still at home, she's pushing herself too hard to try and please everyone, but what if it is making it worse" replied Jill
"The only way we will know is if we let her try it for herself, she is big enough to tell us if anthing is wrong, I mean look at last night" replied Gordon
"True" replied Jill
Just then Katie came down and handed Jill the note then they all made their way outside. They had sat and had lunch mostly talking to the others about their day. When they had finished Gordon went inside and had taken Katie, Tom and Jonathon in with him
"Ash about yesterday, you were right, sister had this delivered for you" said Jill handing over the note
"Thanks" replied Ash getting up and putting it in her pocket
"Aren't you going to read it" asked Jill slightly puzzled
"Later, right now I've got work to do" replied Ash
"Are you sure you're up to it" asked Jill
Ash nodded she was rather enjoying working with Lizzie and it was making the day go faster
"Right are you two ready" shouted Gordon from the back door
"Come on mum" said Ash
"If you're sure" replied Jill getting up
"Yes, don't worry I will come and find you if it gets too much" replied Ash
They said goodbye to the others and made their way to the royal in silence, Ash kept on putting her hand to her pocket as if it was causing her pain, when they got out of the car Jill asked Gordon to talk to Ash
"Are you alright" Gordon asked Ash
Ash nodded "Actually, can you look after this" asked Ash handing the note over
They made their way in where Matron was being told the story of Ash taking care of the patient
"Hello" said Jill, Gordon and Ash
"Hello" replied Matron
"Lizzie's been telling me all about how well you've done" said Matron
Ash left them talking and went back to the paperwork she had nearly finished before lunch