First Love
CHAPTER ONE
Meeting
Hi-Ho
It was like our eyes met across a crowded room. Or more of a crowded accident scene really! She was helping the casualty trapped in his car seat. She was so gentle and put him at ease. She laughed and joked with him as we worked to free him.
I protected them from sparks as the windscreen was taken away. Suddenly the guy took a turn for the worst. I didn't know what to do, but she acted quickly and was able to revive him, with the help of her colleague.
They took the bloke off to hospital, I took the opportunity to talk to her.
"Will he be ok?"
"Should be now, thanks for your help."
"Are you being funny?"
She smiled. "No I meant it. Don't take things to heart!" she closed the doors and the ambulance left the scene.
I was in love.
Kirsty
Dozy idiot. Why did he think I was having a go? He did go into a bit of a tiz when the bloke passed out and went into cardiac arrest. But he didn't panic. He just didn't know what to do, having not had either enough experience or lack of intense training. He's a fireman not a paramedic. Can't have him trying to do me out of a job!
We met again sometime later. Maybe it was fate! Well that's what he reckoned. I laughed.
"More like you're following me around!"
"What makes you think that?" he wondered.
It was his turn to impress me as he dragged a casualty out of a burning building. I have to admit that I was impressed. I was also impressed by his compassion towards the injured person, who was lucky to only be suffering from smoke inhalation. If you could call that lucky.
"Bit of an action man really aren't you?" I asked.
"Would you like to see what else I can do?"
I grinned. "Maybe."
"Maybe I could call you sometime" he suggested.
"And what would you call me?"
"I meant phone."
I couldn't help but laugh at him. "You don't know my number" I pointed out.
"Well maybe you could give it to me" he pressed.
I raised my eyebrows. "Oh yeah?! I'm sure you'd like that!"
"I wouldn't mind some mouth to mouth…"
I smiled.
I got a pen from my pocket and grabbed
his hand. I wrote my phone number down and told him that maybe he'd like
to show me his hose someday!
London's Burning – First Love ~ Chapter 1: Meeting © Karen Moody 30/04/2001