Soul Mates?
Part 9
Their case in Alaska had turned out to be a rough one. With no medical facilities except for a clinic that looked to be at least forty years old, the medical members of the team had worked nearly continuously for the past five days. But finally Natalie had managed to isolate in the lab the particular bacterium responsible for the illness and start treatment right away. Fortunately additional supplies and medical personnel had been able to arrive from Fairbanks.
Now after several delays by weather, the team was finally on their way home. Looking around the cabin of the small commuter plane, Stephen saw that Eva and Frank had both succumbed to the lure of dreamland. Miles was fighting to stay awake and alert as he did most flights but exhaustion was slowly winning out. Reclining his seat back, the youngest doctor closed his eyes and let Natalie cover him with a blanket.
Stifling a yawn, Natalie moved to sit by Stephen and spoke quietly, "I never thought I was going to get him rest."
"Everything okay?" Stephen asked.
"I think its just exhaustion. I doubt he was all that fully recovered from being sick last week. And with being responsible for just about all the primary patient care, he didn't get all that much rest. All he needs to do is catch up on some much needed sleep and he'll be fine," Natalie answered and yawned again.
"I was thinking that if you aren't too tired tomorrow night, would you like to join me and Jack for a pizza and just hang out. Watching a movie?' Stephen asked after a few moments though.
"Mmm. Sounds tempting," she replied.
"I'll let you pick out the movie. But please no chick flicks," Stephen offered.
""I'll let you know tomorrow morning after I catch up on my sleep," Natalie replied and leaned against his shoulder letting her eyes closed as she soon joined her sleeping teammates.
Stephen sat watching over the sleeping team, thankful they were all making it home safe and sound. After awhile he finally drifted off as the plane flew on through the night time skies.