Chapter 10

The afternoon had seemed never ending to Elizabeth. Lunch had flown by with Zander and now sitting in the training room, taking what felt like the millionth test from Robin, she was just ready to go home. Though she already knew most of what Robin was testing her on, Elizabeth just had so much running through her mind right now. Most of which could be summed up in one word, Sarah.

After her run in with that stupid player, man just thinking about him got her blood boiling; Luke had been right about seeing Sarah with Zander. When Elizabeth had gone racing out to the parking lot, there was Sarah all cozied up to him, with her hand on his forearm. The sight made Elizabeth throw up in her mouth a little, because she had seen that sinister smile on Sarah's face when the two women made eye contact.

"Just think about it," was all Sarah said in a parting to Zander. She had left the two friends after that. In the ten plus years that she and Zander had been friends, Sarah barely looked at him, let alone spoke to him, and now here she was flirting with him. Elizabeth knew her sister was up to something.

Of course she had asked Zander about what Sarah had said, and he told her. He told her that Sarah had nothing to do Friday and that he should find a way to get out of any plans he might have with Elizabeth so that Sarah and he could do something. She knew Zander wasn't interested in her sister, but it still infuriated her that Sarah thought she could take her friend away.

Already Elizabeth knew that her first day was calling for a large beer, maybe even two. As she thought more and more about it she realized that was exactly what she needed. She smiled at herself for coming up with her brilliant idea and knew the only thing missing from her plan was her partner in crime. Pulling out her phone she sent him a quick text.

Beers tonight at our spot? – Lizbits

"Really, pulling out your phone to look up an answer Elizabeth," Robin scolder her for cheating.

"Robin that's not what I was doing," Elizabeth protested. She held up her paper to even show Robin that she was finished. "I've been done for a while. I just needed to send Zander a text."

Still sitting behind a mountain of paper work that he had neglected, Matt came to Elizabeth's defense. "Give her a break Robin. She's aced every test you've given her today. The kid knows her stuff. She's almost as smart as I am," He finished with a complement to himself.

His last statement of course came with eye rolls from both women. It was amazing how he could bring everything back to himself. Robin gave a sheepish look in Elizabeth's direction, realizing she was going a little overboard with all the testing. "You do seem to know all the anatomy you'll need to know, and a lot of the other things you'll need to learn are more hands on. Sorry"

"It's cool; Steven told me you could be a bit high strung." Elizabeth told Robin.

The statement Elizabeth said had made Robin's mouth drop wide open in shock, and made Matt crack up in laughter. Robin hated it when people thought she was uptight, it wasn't her fault that she had a way of doing things, the right way. Damn Steven and his big mouth. Taking out her anger on the closest person to her "What are you laughing at? Have you finished filling out all of the paper work for those medical records?"

Matt, not liking the negative attention being turned on him, stopped laughing right away. "I can't finish the paper work until all the players have their physical."

"Well when is that going to be?" Robin asked. As if on cue the training room door opened and in walked Jeff.

Elizabeth smiled with pride at her dad. Ever since she had been very little she had always loved watching him at work, and now she felt so blessed to be working on the same team with him.

Jeff nodded and said his hellos to both Robin and Matt as he made his way over to his youngest. He gave her a small squeeze and a kiss on the forehead. "How has your first day been going?" He asked her.

"It's been going pretty good," she gave an eye roll; "All I've really done is taken a bunch of tests Robin made up for me." Jeff gave her a knowing smile. It was well known that Robin had a tendency to go a little over board when she found a pet project, and it seemed that educating Elizabeth was it. "I've also been following Matt around as he gave me a tour today"

"Just introducing her to some of the people she'll be coming in contact to as an intern, Sir." Matt explained his actions. Matt wasn't sure why, but Jeff Webber intimidated him a bit. Jeff was the type of man that didn't ask for respect, he was just given it.

"I really appreciate you all taking my little Lizzie in and showing her the ropes." Jeff told Robin and Matt. "It makes me feel good knowing that the two of you are looking out for her."

Elizabeth blushed a little at his words. It was a bit embarrassing having your dad say those kind of things to your somewhat bosses. She also wasn't sure if she liked that he felt she needed to be protected. Sometimes she felt like her dad worried too much and still thought of her as a little girl rather than the young woman she was. Deciding to change the subject away from her Elizabeth spoke "What brings you by Daddy?"

Jeff just smiled down at his daughter, unlike Sarah who would call him daddy all the time Elizabeth however only called him that on occasion, not when she wanted something or was trying to get her way, just when she felt like it. It always warmed Jeff's heart when she did it too.

"Just came in to speak with Dr. Hunter." Jeff finally spoke as he tore his gaze away from his daughter.

Getting up from behind his desk and mountain of paperwork, Matt walked over to Jeff. "What can I do for you sir?" Matt asked the head coach.

"Just a private matter I would like to speak with you about. Do you mind if we step out in the hallway?" Jeff asked Matt. Elizabeth gave her father a quizzical look, but he reassured her with a smile.

Elizabeth and Robin watched as both men walked out the door. She was still a bit puzzled by her father's behavior. What could he possibly have to discuss that was personal with Matt? And what was so personal his own daughter couldn't hear?

"Ok that was weird to you too, right?" Robin asked Elizabeth.

Shaking her head in agreement, Elizabeth just responded "Pretty much." It wasn't like her father to keep secrets from her. Why couldn't he ask what he needs to ask Matt in front of her? Was it because Robin was in the room? She couldn't see why that would be a factor, Robin and Steven had been friends for several years and Robin knew most all of the Webber family secrets, much like Zander did.

Before Elizabeth could give her father's strange behavior any more thought Matt walked back in the room with a sly smile on his face. Both girls looked at him with a mixture of both curiosity and anticipation that Matt might want to spill about what was said in the hallway. But Matt ignored both of their looks, kept his cocky smile on his face, sat down at his desk and continued with his paperwork.

"Well? "Robin asked, because she just couldn't help being noisy and knew Elizabeth was just as curious as she was.

Matt looked up to an annoyed look on Robins face. "Well, what?"

"Are you not going to tell us what that was all about?"

Matt put on an even bigger cockier smile "Can't. Doctor, patient confidentiality and all." If at all possible Robin grew even more annoyed with her college, which only made the smile on Matt's face grow larger. He wasn't sure why but it was always fun to get under her skin.

The room fell silent as the occupants went back to their own devices. Matt was feverishly trying to finish his files before the players came in for their physicals, Robin was taking inventory of the supplies in the training room and Elizabeth was studying one of her anatomy books. An hour had passed before anyone spoke.

"Finally finished," Matt said with a triumphant smile. He looked over at the clock and realized it was just in time. The players would be arriving any minute to start the physicals that needed to be done so they could practice tomorrow. "Hey, Elizabeth do you mind taking all these files up to the main office to get them copied? Make sure you give the copies to Epiphany, but I need the originals so they can be filed. After that if you want you can head home for the rest of the day."

Elizabeth couldn't help herself; she let out a huge smile. It had been a long first day and while she knew this was the path she wanted to take as a career she was also very much looking forward to grabbing a beer with her best friend. "I can do that." She hopped down from her chair and let Matt load her arms down with a huge stack of files.

By the time Matt put the last file on the top of the pile in her arms, the top of her head was barely visible. "Are you going to be able to see where you're going?" Robin asked with amusement in her voice.

"Sure, no problem. I know this place like the back of my hand. It's about twenty paces down the hall, turn left, another thirty or so more paces, turn right and it's the second door on my left." Came a muffled reply from behind the large stack. "I just need one of you to open the door for me."

Still laughing at the younger girl, Robin led Elizabeth to the door leading out to the hall. She put Elizabeth facing in the right direction and told her to be careful. So Elizabeth started her trek to the front office, counting her steps along the way. She made it to her first turn without incident, and was coming upon her turn to the right when she felt something bump into her side, causing all the files to fly out of her arms as she crashed down to the ground with something large and heavy crashing down on top of her.