Here's chapter 7. Sorry I haven't updated sooner, it's been a mixture of writer's block, lack of enthusiasm, revision and the fact that I've practically just come out of mourning for Sam and Tom leaving. Oh yeah and Christmas but enough about me, here's the chapter seven!
"Alright, that's you all done." Rita says as she removes the full vial of blood from the cannula and places it in a kidney dish.
"Thanks nurse."
"No problem. I'll be back to check on you in a bit." She takes the cardboard dish and opens the curtains.
"Rita!" Zoe calls. She turns around and sees Zoe walking quickly towards her. "Rita, can you fetch a gown and a wheelchair and come to the ladies staff toilets." She takes the dish from her hands and waves it out in front of her.
"Fletch, can you deal with this patient. I need to borrow Rita."
"Er yeah, sure." He takes the kidney dish and walks off.
"Yeah... Can I ask why?" Rita asks as they walk, clearly puzzled.
"You'll find out, can you just get those things please. Oh and a 'cleaning in progress' sign."
"Ok, on it." She says as she walks off in the direction of the linen cupboard.
"Charlie, can you get a section of resus cornered off please. There's a em... patient coming in." Zoe barks.
"Er, yes. Do you have any more information on this patient of yours that you would care to share with me?" He asks. He could sense that Zoe was keeping something from him.
"Can you just do it please?" Zoe says politely but with enough authority for Charlie to realise she wasn't going to spill.
As Zoe makes her way back to the toilets she bumps into Rita.
"Ahh, thank you. Right, in here." She gestures to the toilet door and holds it open as Rita pushes the wheelchair, with a gown and some blankets on, through. Zoe takes the sign from her, opens it out and places it in front of the door and follows Rita.
"Tom? Sam? Are you there?"
"Well were not exactly going to be moving very far are we?" Says an extremely sarcastic voice from the third cubicle along. Rita could see a pair of white trainers and turquoise scrub trousers peeking out from the cubicle and she turns to Zoe.
"Is that Sam in there?" She whispers, surprised.
"Yeah, it is." She says bluntly as she walks towards the open cubicle.
"Right Sam, we have a gown for you." She takes the gown from the wheelchair and hands it to Sam. She places it on a clean bit of the floor. She places one hand on the toilet lid and the other around her waist as she attempts to stand up.
"Woah, ok ok." Tom says as her weak arm shakes from her leaning all her body weight on it. He grabs her other arm and helps her up. She glances back down at the gown on the floor with a sigh. Tom sees this, picks up the gown and gives it to her. He takes a step back and Sam stares at them all, seeming to be waiting for something.
"Could you not look? I'd like to keep the little strand of dignity I have left."
"Ok," Tom says. "Close the door, but don't lock it."
"Fine." She says she shoos him out.
"Sam, are you done?" Tom asks.
"Yes." Says the voice from behind the door. Tom walks towards the cubicle and places his hand on the door.
"Can I come in?"
"Yeah." He pushes the door open. Her eyes are red and bloodshot.
"Oh Sam, come here!" He takes her clothes from her and hugs her tight but he feels her squirm as she frees herself from his embrace. Tom sighs "Come on, we need to get you seen to." He wraps his arm around her shoulders and walks with her out the cubicle. Rita stands with the wheelchair and puts the brakes on.
"Come on Sam, let's get you in here." She takes the blankets off the seat. Sam looks up at Zoe and then at Tom.
"Can I walk? Please?"
"Are you sure you're up for it?" Zoe asks with a concerned look on her face.
"Yes." Sam answers, a little offended.
"Ok. We'll go at your pace."
Hope you liked it. This and a couple of other chapters have been semi-pre-written(eh?!) and on my final couple of checks I realised that I had maybe made Sam a bit soppy and not the 'hard army girl' that everyone portrays her as. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing, so I'll try and balance it out. As we saw the last couple of episodes, she does have feelings so I'll try and get that across. I'll update asap but I should really get my head down and start revising properly for my exams but I'll try my oh-so-very-hardest to update as much as possible over the next couple of months.
Hope everyone had a great Xmas and a happy New Year. Here's to a cracking 2014! xx