A couple of months later…
Susan yawned, trying to hide it hopelessly.
Mark exited exam 1 and leaned on the desk beside her, dropping his last chart on the desk triumphantly. He'd seen her yawn. "We can go out another night if you like."
"No." she yawned again. "I just need to learn to breath properly." She laughed. "Plus, I have a GREAT idea – and that doesn't happen every day."
"Susan, care to do the Doctor thing?" Kerry poked her head and crutch out of curtain one.
"Only one doctor I'd like to DO as such, but I could probably think of a few I'd like to DO IN." she muttered before pushing herself off the desk and heading for the curtain.
"Ditto." Mark laughed. "Oh, wait, Sus…"
"Yeah." She turned around, oblivious to Kerry's inevitable snark.
"Do I need a jacket?"
"Definitely. We're gonna be outside. Gloves, all that…" she replied.
"Mysterious…" he held her eye contact adoringly.
She smiled, forcing herself to break away and get back to work.
"Save it for home time in the future Lewis." Kerry snarked as Susan stepped up to the gurney.
"I did – only my roster changed." Susan was supposed to have finished half an hour ago. So was Mark but a last minute trauma changed that… as usual. Doug had called in sick so Susan wasn't going anywhere.
"It happens."
"Yeah, I know, you're just the bearer of bad tidings."
"Don't shoot the messenger."
"Na, I'll shoot Doug. Strange how Carol isn't in today either."
Kerry looked up surprised but Susan was looking at the patient, purposefully avoiding Kerry's eyes.
**
"Okay, we haven't had anyone walk through those doors in half an hour. You don't need me." Susan had given up mature hinting and whined like a child.
"Hot date eh?" Kerry was flicking through files, half listening.
"Not really." Susan sat back in a chair in admin.
"Flip – Mark'd be impressed by your enthusiasm."
"I'm sure the last thing you want to know is how hot I think Mark is, but I meant that the date won't be cuz we're ice skating."
"Oh."
"Oh, come on Kerry, give me a break."
"Yeah, I definitely think you should." Mark approached admin – he'd just come in from outside.
"Oh, no, not you too. You know there have to be a certain number of staff on."
"So put me on call." Susan walked around the desk and put her arm around Mark's waist. He'd been hiding a sunflower behind his back and hadn't had a chance to figure out how to hide it when she found it.
She looked at him, "Hey, I thought I was surprising you."
"Yah, well." He handed her the flower.
"Thank you." She looked at it. "Hey, its way too cold for sunflowers, where'd u…?"
"Where there's a will there's a way."
"That's your ideology for getting out of work too eh?" Kerry butted in.
The both looked at her pleadingly.
"Yeah, yeah. Get out of here." Kerry waved. "But keep that pager on – both of you."
"Yes sir." Mark saluted her as they escaped laughing into the cold night air. "Hey, wait a sec." Mark pulled Susan around to face him. "I've wanted to do this all day." He kissed her, softly at first. Then adoringly, then desperately.
"Wow." She said when he gave her the chance.
He grinned cheekily.
"Why didn't you?" she looked up at him.
He shrugged. "Makes it harder to go the rest of the day without it."
"Come on." She took his hand.
"Oh, my surprise."
"Yup."
Susan yawned, trying to hide it hopelessly.
Mark exited exam 1 and leaned on the desk beside her, dropping his last chart on the desk triumphantly. He'd seen her yawn. "We can go out another night if you like."
"No." she yawned again. "I just need to learn to breath properly." She laughed. "Plus, I have a GREAT idea – and that doesn't happen every day."
"Susan, care to do the Doctor thing?" Kerry poked her head and crutch out of curtain one.
"Only one doctor I'd like to DO as such, but I could probably think of a few I'd like to DO IN." she muttered before pushing herself off the desk and heading for the curtain.
"Ditto." Mark laughed. "Oh, wait, Sus…"
"Yeah." She turned around, oblivious to Kerry's inevitable snark.
"Do I need a jacket?"
"Definitely. We're gonna be outside. Gloves, all that…" she replied.
"Mysterious…" he held her eye contact adoringly.
She smiled, forcing herself to break away and get back to work.
"Save it for home time in the future Lewis." Kerry snarked as Susan stepped up to the gurney.
"I did – only my roster changed." Susan was supposed to have finished half an hour ago. So was Mark but a last minute trauma changed that… as usual. Doug had called in sick so Susan wasn't going anywhere.
"It happens."
"Yeah, I know, you're just the bearer of bad tidings."
"Don't shoot the messenger."
"Na, I'll shoot Doug. Strange how Carol isn't in today either."
Kerry looked up surprised but Susan was looking at the patient, purposefully avoiding Kerry's eyes.
**
"Okay, we haven't had anyone walk through those doors in half an hour. You don't need me." Susan had given up mature hinting and whined like a child.
"Hot date eh?" Kerry was flicking through files, half listening.
"Not really." Susan sat back in a chair in admin.
"Flip – Mark'd be impressed by your enthusiasm."
"I'm sure the last thing you want to know is how hot I think Mark is, but I meant that the date won't be cuz we're ice skating."
"Oh."
"Oh, come on Kerry, give me a break."
"Yeah, I definitely think you should." Mark approached admin – he'd just come in from outside.
"Oh, no, not you too. You know there have to be a certain number of staff on."
"So put me on call." Susan walked around the desk and put her arm around Mark's waist. He'd been hiding a sunflower behind his back and hadn't had a chance to figure out how to hide it when she found it.
She looked at him, "Hey, I thought I was surprising you."
"Yah, well." He handed her the flower.
"Thank you." She looked at it. "Hey, its way too cold for sunflowers, where'd u…?"
"Where there's a will there's a way."
"That's your ideology for getting out of work too eh?" Kerry butted in.
The both looked at her pleadingly.
"Yeah, yeah. Get out of here." Kerry waved. "But keep that pager on – both of you."
"Yes sir." Mark saluted her as they escaped laughing into the cold night air. "Hey, wait a sec." Mark pulled Susan around to face him. "I've wanted to do this all day." He kissed her, softly at first. Then adoringly, then desperately.
"Wow." She said when he gave her the chance.
He grinned cheekily.
"Why didn't you?" she looked up at him.
He shrugged. "Makes it harder to go the rest of the day without it."
"Come on." She took his hand.
"Oh, my surprise."
"Yup."