It was a brisk morning of mid-September Nick and Louise had stopped on the way to work to get a coffee, god knows they were going to need it, Nick had kept her up most of the night fooling around with the usual midnight antics couples get up to.
They walked into the ED and it was hectic, it was most definitely a manic Monday, Louise just about had time to put her things in her locker and collect her stethoscope before she was needed in resus, Nick had gone up to his office but was also paged within 5 minutes. There had been a house fire with several people involved most went into CDU but 2 were severely burnt and another had smoke inhalation but wasn't severe so was moved to cubicles. Nick and Louise dealt with the burns patients who had partial thickness on the arms, hands and face. Nicks patient was Danny he was 19 and studying to be a lawyer he had partial thickness burns to his neck and arms, Nick did all the normal checks other than the burns he seemed fine but he wanted to keep an eye on him, having burns so close to his airway could produce problems later on so he kept him there a while.
Louise's patient was Becky she was 21 and studying sociology who also had second degree burns to the hands and face which inevitably burnt half her hair off and all her right ear, she was understandably distressed and Louise did all she could to reassure her that she'd do her best to help her but there was only so much she could do before she got transferred to the burns unit at St James's. Louise felt a bit gutted that she couldn't help further but she had no time to dwell on that fact as within seconds of Becky leaving she was needed again as Charlie and Tess came rushing through the doors which a patient on a trolley from cubicles who was having a seizure. They did the usual held the patient down, gave him a dose of lorazepam, provided oxygen, took blood gases and sent them for a head CT, she stood there, let out a big sigh and rubbed the back of her neck with her right hand.
Nick kept a close eye on his patient for a few hours but he was fine so he was also sent to the burns unit, he had a few other patients to see then it was nearly clocking off time, so went and sat in his office to have 5 minutes to himself and there was a knock at the door with a deep intake of breath "yes" he shouted. It was Louise with 2 coffee's he let out a sigh and sat back in his chair pulling on his tie so he could unbutton his top button, "thought you could do with one of these" he looked at her with tired eyes and a little smile emerging on his face "god I do love you" he replied. Louise just smiled, walked over to his desk and placed it down not even registering what he'd just said. Nick stood up took her hand and said "I mean it" "you mean what?" she replied, he looked into her eyes, entwined his fingers with hers and said slowly and softly "I love you" she just looked at him in a daze and said "well that's good isn't it because I love you too" they smiled put their foreheads together still looking into one another's eyes and kissed lovingly.
After a few minutes he moved over to reach for his coffee and said "thanks for this darling, I don't know how I'd of got through today without you, you're an absolute star" she replied with a smile "I know but it's nice to be told once in a while" "of course it is" he replied with a cheeky grin. Louise then leaned over gave him a big kiss and said "anyway I have to go do my rounds before home time I'll see you later, lover" and winked, Nick smiled gave her a loving look and watched her shake her bum while walking out of his office, he loved watching her and couldn't believe that he'd just told a woman he loved her without her saying it first but it didn't really bother him he had a little flutter in his chest and a glint in his eye like he was a teenager again and he loved it.
End of shift arrived and Nick was down in reception waiting for Louise for once, normally she had to go up to his office because he was that late and she got sick and tired waiting for him but tonight he was stood there ready and waiting with a little twinkle in his eye. They left that emergency department the same way they came in that morning but unknowingly to everyone things weren't the same, they had said the 3 magic words and that changes everything.
Well it's happened their in love and Nicks a great big softy, but how's it going to change is it going to be for the better? Please review and let me know what you think x