"Now, I thought she had appendicitus, but, she insists she has already had it out." He replies, passing the folder to Eliza. Her dark eyes flickered over the notes, trying to take in the infomation she had been given.
"Is their anything about it on her folder? Any scar?" She responds, carefully closing the folder back up, and passing it to Ethan. He looks over at her, pausing in his pace for a moment.
"Well, as far as we can see on her records, there is no evidence of a operation. And she won't let anybody check her abdomen." He sighs, ajusting his glasses, before turning back to Elsie.
"Let me have A word with her. Go and see if you can find her on the system." Eliza replies, walking towards the curtain. Ethan pauses for a moment, before nodding, and making his way towards the computer.
On the other side of the ward, Elsie took a deep breath, before drawing back the curtain, reavealling her patient - A woman in her late twenties, bright blonde hair, piled on top of her hair, and dull green eyes, looking down onto her fingernails. She instantly turned on a proctective defence, looking up towards the doctor.
"Yes?" She said, pulling back the hospital blanket slightly.
"Oh, i'm Doctor Walker, a colleuge of Doctor Hardy, your doctor-" She started, but was soon cut off short.
"Oh. Him. Bloody trying to interfear." She continued, looking into the young doctors direction.
"Well, he's only trying to help. And so am I." She announced. She proceded to pull a chair up to the edge of the bed, begining to talk to her patient in a more friendly tone.
"I need to know, if you have had your appendix out. It could be vital." She replies. The patient opens her mouth to talk, but closes it, taking a long sigh.
"It got removed in turkey. I needed it out, and didn't have health insurance." She murmured. Elsie nodded, before begining to talk.
"Well, we'd like to perform a scan, just to check everything is okay. That there is nothing infected." She responds, begining to stand up. The patient nods, before lying back into the bed. The doctor pulls the curtain back, letting herself out, before closing it again.
From the other side of her, a very flushed Doctor Hardy walks up.
"I couldn't find any other infomation. Apart from the fact she was in Turkey two weeks ago." He says, looking down nervously at his feet. Eliza nods, looking up towards him.
"She had her appendix taken out then. Just admitted it." She replies. Ethan looks back up, a look of suprise on his face.
"See, you can tell your a Walker. I believe it's called gift of the gab." He replies, causing a small laugh on Elsie's face.
"You could say that." She replies, passing over the notes and infomation to the doctor. He gives a puzzled look.
"Your taking her for a scan. I need a minute." She replies, passing him the notes, and makes her way towards the exit.
The weather had become somewhat warm since yesterdays bitterness. Eliza stood, leaning against the white brick of the building, a cigarette in one hand, the other tapping on the brickword.
Although she had vowed to give up smoking, she couldn't help but have one every so often. Another Walker trait, maybe.
Standing at the other side of the door, was Zoe Hanna. Of course, she knew who the younger Walker of the family was. Max's younger sister. She strolled over to Elsie, smoothing out her blue dress as she did so.
"You know, I heard you were giving them up." Zoe said, motioning towards the cigarette in her hand. The girl rolled her eyes, turning back to her somewhat sister-in-law.
"I heard the same about you." Elsie says, taking a long drag of the cigarette. Zoe joins her, both inhaling and exhaling deeply.
"So, your first days here?" She asks. The younger Doctor shrugs, looking back in front of her.
"Beats anywhere else. The people aren't as rough. And the bosses are nowhere near as dodgey." Zoe smirks at this comment, a vivid image of Connie Beauchamp as a 'Dodgey Junkie.'
The two remain in silence for a slight more amount of time, the swirls of cigarette smoke trailing around their faces.
"Robyn?" Ethan calls, as he enters the staffroom. The nurse was sitting on the sofa, legs folded, her phone resting in her hand.
"I was...wondering...if a boy was going to ask you out-"
"What?" Robyn questions, making Ethan turn bright red.
"No, no no no, i'm not taking about you, I mean, that sounds bad, I mean-" He is cut off, by giggles escaping Robyns mouth, the Doctors shade of red becoming slightly less visable.
"Go on." She says, waiting for the rest of the sentence.
"If they were to ask you out, how would they do it?" He asks, his hand finding the back of his neck. Robyn sighs, her hair wrapping around her finger.
"Well, i'd want them to be nice about it. Women like to be respected." She says, pulling herself up, walking toward the sink, presumbally to get a drink.
"Of course." He replies, ajusting his stephiscope, before hearing the door open. Standing at the door, was his brother. He gives a cheeky smile, before begining to walk towards Ethan.
"Eth." He asks, sitting in the vacant spot. The Hardy brother looks up to the Knight, and gives him a questioning hum.
"Do you think it would be crazy if I asked Elsie out for a drink tonight?" He says. From the other side of the room, Robyn gives a slight smirk, before making her way towards the door.
Ethan had to think, and fast.
"Oh, well, you know, she's busy tonight, but, I don't know..." He trails off. Strictly speaking, she wasn't busy, but still.
"Well, I'll ask her later. She was on a cigarette break with Zoe."
"Cigarette?"
The day was coming towards a end. Elsie was now rooting around her locker, looking for anything she might of missed, from behind her, came a small cough. She quickly turned around, to see Ethan, wearing his white shirt and dark blazer. He had the smallest smile on his face.
"You going?" He asked. Elizia pulle out her bag, locking her locker as she did so.
"Well, i'm not staying for the night shift." She replies, begining to walk to the exit. Ethan is quick to fall into step with her.
"Eliza.."
"Yes Ethan."
Ethan Paused. He hadn't thought he'd get this far at all.
"I was wondering, I mean you don't have to answer now, but erm...you smoke?" He says. Oh god, wrong question. There is a slight pause before she answers.
"Yeah. I do." Ethan pauses in his step, causing the girl to stop, too.
"Well, please stop."
"Huh?" A confused look appears on her face.
"Smoking is terrible. It hurts you internally. And I really wouldn't like anything to happen to you." He says, looking down towards his shoes. He hears the sigh of Eliza, before they begin walking again.
"For you, Hardy. I'll try stopping." She reaches out, and places her hand on his shoulder. "But you'll have to help." Elsie takes the pack of cigarettes out of her pocket, placing them carefully in Ethan's open palm. Hastily, she shoved them in his pocket, ready to dispose of later.
"I'll help. It's what Doctors are here for."
AN - Two updates in one night? I'm on a roll! Next chapters will get longer, but I couldn't stop typing.
ETWentHome was the only one to comment so far on chapter 3, so thank you for that. Don't feel bad anyone else. I just hope you enjoy this, and hopefully it will be updated again tomorrow.
-Jodie Rose Xx
