Suddenly there was a slight knock at the door of the examine room she now sat in. The door cracked open a little and Nurse Katie peeked her head through the small space. "Sara, just thought I'd let you know that your next patient will be here in about fifteen minutes."
"Thanks Katie," Sara looked back done at her desk, which was lined with piles of folders.
"You okay," Katie asked with a sound of concern in her voice.
"Yeah, fine, why?"
"You just look distracted is all."
"No I'm fine, just a lot of work to do," Sara replied, which was true she had a ton of things to do. Things should have been working on rather that thinking about Michael.
"Okay then. Let me know if you need any help."
"I will, thanks." Katie removed her head from the crack in the door, and softly shut the door behind her.
It suddenly dawned on Sara who that next patient was. She had a weird feeling come to her as the thoughts that were going through her mind earlier resurfaced. She couldn't figure out what these feelings were, or what they meant. But the only time she seemed to get them was when she was around Michael. Or even when she thought about him. At that second she looked up from her work filled desk and into the hallway outside the door. There he was, being brought in to the infirmary by a CO.
As they approached the desk in the hallway at which Katie sat the CO stopped, causing Michael to stop with him. The CO tipped his hat to Katie, adding, "Scofield's here."
"Dr. Tancredi is expecting you, go on in," she told Michael. He slowly approached the door of the exam room, as the CO let go of his arm, and allowed him access to the door. He was about to turn the handle on the door, when he looked up, and locked eyes with Sara…