Ange walked toward the door of the consultants office and knocked on the door. She waited a few seconds and still there was no reply. She knocked again. There was still no reply. Ange pulled the handle attempting to open the door only to find out that it was locked. She then moved towards the keypad and pushed in the code, then opening the door.
"Dom?" She asked.
He wasn't in there. Ange took this opportunity to look around. On his desk there were mountains of paper, his laptop and an unopened sandwich. Suddenly she heated footsteps behind her as Dom opened the door.
He didn't say anything, he just stood there looking at her, as if he was waiting for her to start the conversation.
"Hey," said Ange, not sure what else to say or do.
Dom took a few steps forward, turning around to close the door then going and sitting down on the sofa. Ange followed him to the sofa and sat on the other end leaving a gap between them.
"Did you get my message?" She asked, trying her best to create a conversation.
"I've already eaten" he replied quietly.
"Do you want to go for a drink after work them?" She tried to reason.
"I can't, sorry"
Ange looked at him confused, "how come?"
" I'm not meant to drink, cause of my meds for my stoma, and besides you can't either, your pregnant."
"How about you come round mine tonight then?" She was desperate to have some form of conversation with him today.
" fine" he answered, " I've got to get back to work."
"No you don't" she said.
Dom was confused.
Ange pointed to the clock, "you still have 20 minutes."
"I've got all this paper work to get through though"
" let me help, I'm on a break," Ange said.
"Okay" Dom replied.
Slowly Dom got up from the sofa wincing slightly in pain grabbing his side.
"Dom… what's, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Ange asked worriedly springing up from the sofa, and placing a comforting hand on his back.
"I- I'm fine" he said.
"Your not though are you?" She started, " talk to me- please."
Dom turned around to face her.
"Look, I'm really busy can you just let me get on with my work by myself and I will talk to you later, okay?" He said.
"Okay, meet me after your shift outside the hospital, if you need anything just text, okay?"
"Thank you"