Beep..Beep..Beep... sounds the ringing of a patient.
"Emma, are you going?" Belle asks me "Coming from room 2.23!" adds, my colleague here at the hospital, who has also become a good friend by now.
"Yeah sure, I'm on my way." I have to smile because I know for a fact that Belle only asked me to go because I know for a fact that I've fallen a little bit in love with the patient lying there.
Regina Mills. 17 years old, long curly brown hair that falls gently around her shoulders and round chocolate brown eyes that I threaten to lose myself in every time. I often catch myself looking down at her full lips, which are always adorned with a light red. I long to put my lips on hers and finally kiss her. She has been here in the hospital for 4 weeks now, driving me crazy. We've talked a lot and I know by now that she loves to ride horses, bake, hang out with friends and is an A student. After graduating from high school, she wants to study history and psychology to become a teacher. Unfortunately, I haven't found out yet if she might be into women... Otherwise I might have already started a flirting attempt...
That I am attracted to women is no secret and if she would reciprocate my feelings, it would not be forbidden in itself, after all I am only 3 years older than her. But since I work here, even if only during my 6-month internship, which I do to bridge the waiting semester for medical school and to gain some experience, it is forbidden.
When I arrive at her room, I knock on the door, open it and enter. Regina sits on her bed with a big grin on her face and looks me straight in the eye, which almost makes me sink into them again and the eye contact gives me goose bumps all over my body. My eyes continue to wander down where they linger on her seductive lips. The desire to kiss her grows again, so I force myself to return my gaze to her eyes.
"You rang? Do you need anything? Are you in pain? Are you dizzy?" I ask, trying to sound professional, which I somewhat succeed at.
"Nope, I just wanted you to come because I want to tell you something." She announces to me and starts laughing.
Playfully indignant, I say "Regina Mills, the doorbell is not for your personal entertainment." To which she laughs louder.
"Emma, you'll make an exception for this news, I'm sure." She replies confidently.
I raise an eyebrow, stifle my grin and ask, "What's important enough in your eyes to keep me from doing my job?" I follow up.
"I thought you might like to know that the doctor said my levels are back to normal and if I take it easy for a little while longer, I can go home tomorrow." She tells me enthusiastically. I, on the other hand, notice an oppressive feeling in my stomach area, because although I am happy that Regina is feeling better, it also means that tomorrow will be the last time I will see her.
I swallow my own feelings and put on a smile. "Great Regina, I'm very happy for you. Four weeks is really enough," I say.
We chatted for a few more minutes about trivial things before I had to get back to work.
Later in the evening, when I arrived home, I was completely exhausted, just changed my clothes and dropped onto the bed.
For a long, long time I lay awake in bed again. My thoughts are circling. Thoughts should be abolished, because they drive you not only to madness, but also to insomnia. Regina. All my thoughts revolve around her. Tomorrow I will see her for the last time and the thought of it feels like a stab in the heart. I should never have let myself fall in love with her. But that's the way it is now. Tomorrow will be the last time I can lose myself in her beautiful eyes, the last time I can catch a glimpse of her red-tinged lips and let the desire to kiss her grow stronger. One last time to hear her sweet voice, with which she casts her spell on me. One last time to let my eyes wander over her slender body... One last time to see... Tears trickle from my eyes and I try to suppress the rising pain. Surprise, it doesn't work. And so I close my eyes and eventually fall into a restless sleep, crying.
10 minutes ago, Regina's mother Cora Mills came to pick up her daughter. However, the doctor wanted to talk to her first, which is why Regina has to wait in her room.
Beep..Beep..Beep... "Emma, will you please leave, I can't right now. Room 2.23" Belle asks me. Even though I have a bad feeling about this morning, I am happy and comply with my friend's request. I quickly go to Regina. When I open the door, she beams at me.
"Yes? What is it?" I ask as distantly as possible.
"I wanted to see you, and I thought you might be interested in what I discussed with Belle earlier." She shrugs her shoulders with a grin and takes a few steps toward me.
"I don't think it's any of my business." I say in a firm voice, even though I'm really burning to know.
"You know, I asked Belle earlier," She comes closer until she's standing right in front of me.
"Whether, even though I'm not officially a patient now, you'd get in trouble." She leans forward slightly, causing me to hold my breath.
"If I kissed you." she breathes as she bridges the last distance between us and gently places her lips on mine.
At first, I'm so overwhelmed by the touch that I'm unable to react. However, when she runs her tongue over my lower lip, I break free from my rigidity and open my lips to allow her tongue to enter. My arms clasp her hips to pull her even closer to me and her hands move to my neck to do the same. For minutes we kiss until we have to break away again due to lack of oxygen.
I look into her eyes and whisper, "I've wanted to do that for so long." A smile settles on her lips as I spoke the next words
"I've fallen in love with you, Regina."
I pull her closer to me again, but before our lips meet again she breathes "I've fallen in love with you too Emma."
Before we say goodbye to each other for the time being, we quickly exchange numbers, because we want to see each other again as soon as possible.
When Regina then leaves the station with her mother, it doesn't take 2 minutes before I get a message from her: "I'm looking forward to seeing my friend *-* again later. "
For the rest of the day, nothing could spoil my mood, not even the new duty roster, which told me that I would only be on early duty for the next while. I was happy!