"I have to go." Susan dropped her chart on the counter en route to the elevators.
"Yep. All the best." Kerry took up the chart.
"I didn't know it was that easy to get out of here." Doug grinned, as cheeky and handsome as ever, "Might try that some time."
"Only if you like double shifts Ross." She walked off.
"What's going on?" Carol sidled up to him.
"I have no idea. Susan's taken off upstairs, Mark took the day off and Kerry's being awful."
"That's not unusual,"
"To everyone except Susan."
"Oh. Cryptic. Was Susan taking someone up to the OR?"
"No. She just said she had to go and made for the elevators."
"Hm, well I'll ask her when she gets back."
"She's not coming back." Kerry approached again. "Here, you obviously don't have enough to do." She handed Dr Ross a chart and proceeded to pull several particularly nasty ones off the stack and pile them in his arms. "Come find me when you're finished."
Carol laughed at him. "Nothing unusual here."
**
Susan clenched her teeth, watching him go into the scan. She wouldn't let herself cry. She couldn't. She wouldn't.
"Hey." Elizabeth joined her. "You know you generally have to book this thing?"
"Yeah. Um, sorry. I think Kerry organised this last night."
"This isn't your patient?"
Susan shook her head. Elizabeth looked at her confused, then looked through the glass. She finally spotted the name on the screen. "What happened?"
Susan turned to her, rubbing her forehead. "We were skating last night and he fell."
"Must have been pretty bad."
"No, but the CT found something else."
"What, like a growth?" Elizabeth dared to ask.
Susan bit her lip and nodded, looking through the glass at Mark. "But, you know, it could be nothing.
"Yeah. I hope so." Elizabeth offered, nodding. "Are you okay."
"Yeah." Susan nodded, clenching her jaw.
"Okay." Elizabeth could see right through her, "Just let me know if I can do anything."
"Yeah." Susan whispered, keeping her eyes on Mark as Elizabeth walked away. 'God do something.' She mouthed, almost speaking, blinking furiously.
"Yep. All the best." Kerry took up the chart.
"I didn't know it was that easy to get out of here." Doug grinned, as cheeky and handsome as ever, "Might try that some time."
"Only if you like double shifts Ross." She walked off.
"What's going on?" Carol sidled up to him.
"I have no idea. Susan's taken off upstairs, Mark took the day off and Kerry's being awful."
"That's not unusual,"
"To everyone except Susan."
"Oh. Cryptic. Was Susan taking someone up to the OR?"
"No. She just said she had to go and made for the elevators."
"Hm, well I'll ask her when she gets back."
"She's not coming back." Kerry approached again. "Here, you obviously don't have enough to do." She handed Dr Ross a chart and proceeded to pull several particularly nasty ones off the stack and pile them in his arms. "Come find me when you're finished."
Carol laughed at him. "Nothing unusual here."
**
Susan clenched her teeth, watching him go into the scan. She wouldn't let herself cry. She couldn't. She wouldn't.
"Hey." Elizabeth joined her. "You know you generally have to book this thing?"
"Yeah. Um, sorry. I think Kerry organised this last night."
"This isn't your patient?"
Susan shook her head. Elizabeth looked at her confused, then looked through the glass. She finally spotted the name on the screen. "What happened?"
Susan turned to her, rubbing her forehead. "We were skating last night and he fell."
"Must have been pretty bad."
"No, but the CT found something else."
"What, like a growth?" Elizabeth dared to ask.
Susan bit her lip and nodded, looking through the glass at Mark. "But, you know, it could be nothing.
"Yeah. I hope so." Elizabeth offered, nodding. "Are you okay."
"Yeah." Susan nodded, clenching her jaw.
"Okay." Elizabeth could see right through her, "Just let me know if I can do anything."
"Yeah." Susan whispered, keeping her eyes on Mark as Elizabeth walked away. 'God do something.' She mouthed, almost speaking, blinking furiously.