Challenge
- Ray
Spoilers:
Up to and including 11-05: "An Intern's Guide To The Galaxy"
Oh, she was hot alright.
He'd decided that the first time he saw her in the trauma room as he'd done his best not to stare at her outright. He knew where the damn drug lock up was, but he just had to get a better look...
She even had the statue of liberty hat working for her.
So when he sped into County on his skateboard, hitching a ride behind the rig and saw her for the third time, he knew he was in for one hell of a day.
She had skills too, even though they hid behind her shyness and self-confidence issues. But she'd pushed him away from chest tube guy as he was left to look on, a mere spectator of the woman at work.
He was hooked.
He'd deliberately tried to unnerve her all day, trying to gain the upper hand, but she was fiesty. She'd all but ignored his offer of a chocolate, stalking away with her student.
Flashing winning smiles her way was having no effect either, her concentration never wavering from the job.
Racing ahead with the dispo's, he was sure he must be making an impression on her. Women quite simply didn't resist him. That wasn't arrogance, that was just what precedent told him.
He finally had her alone, and all she wanted to do was talk about some patient who'd run off. So he'd reassured her, not pushing things too much, but being sure not to stray too far from her side, taking every opportunity he had to look at her unnoticed. Until the students appeared again.
Thankfully, she wasn't there to see Carter's display. His image remained intact.
Only a few moments before though, he'd brushed past her, testing the water, seeing how far into her personal space he could get before she'd back off. Or slap him. One or the other.
She didn't move, though. She didn't even look up, ignoring his movements entirely... but she'd refused to argue with the fact that she owed him.
That, he could work with.
It would be a challenge, but one he knew he would enjoy.
