Dylan finished his breather and started walking back to the hospital. The little boy who was watching Dylan for two minutes shoved the photo back in his pocket and ran back in the ED out of sight. Dylan walked in and saw the little boy was not sitting on the chair and continued walking towards the cubicle, the little boy followed him.
Dylan walked to cubicle three to see Ethan with a patient.
"Ah Dr Keogh, this is Amanda, she's 19 and complaining of pain in the right shoulder." Ethan smiled at Dylan, having good bedside manner as usual.
"Okay let's take a look. May I?" Dylan gestured to Amanda about looking at her shoulder. Amanda nodded before taking her baggy jumper off her shoulder. Dylan felt all around the shoulder. "What type of pain is it Amanda? Sharp? dull?"
"It just feels stiff." Amanda groaned.
"Okay. Can you raise your arm for me please Amanda?" Dylan asked whilst feeling her shoulder. Doing so, Amanda raised her arm, she scrunched her face up because of the pain and the clicking noise that her shoulder was making. "Right okay, from looks of this you may have something called Rotator Cuff Tendinitis. It's basically a stiff pain in the shoulder. I'll refer you to your GP and he should prescribed you with painkillers."
"That's it? Nothing serious?" Amanda smiled. Dylan shook his head sideways in reply. "Thank you Doc."
Dylan smiled then left the cubicle where he saw the little boy again, standing by the door in between reception and cubicles. Dylan walked up to him. "Are you looking for someone?" Dylan asked as he looked down at the boy. The boy didn't answer instead he giggled and ran off. Dylan looked confused but he walked after the boy, he saw he ran outside so Dylan followed him outside, without realising Dylan found himself at the bench again where he sat down and sighed. The boy ran up to him.
"Tag you're it!" The little boy tapped Dylan on the shoulder. Dylan jumped slightly as the boy ran away from him but didn't move to go after the boy. The boy turned around to see Dylan still sitting there, he walked back over to him. "Do you not want to play?" The little boy asked, Dylan didn't answer, the boy sat next to him. "I'm Christian, what's your name?" Christian smiled.
"Doctor." Dylan answered bluntly.
"Doctor? As in Doctor Who? I love that show!" Christian excitedly replied. Dylan couldn't help but chuckle.
"And how old are you Christian if you're old enough to watch sci fi shows?" Dylan asked as he faced the little blonde haired child.
"I'm six." Christian answered as he showed the number using his fingers.
"And is your mum here with you?" Dylan asked while looking around, seeing if he could spot a female. Christian shook his head. Dylan was shocked. What was a six year old doing at the hospital alone? "Listen Christian, we need to call your mother and tell her you're here, she must be worried." Dylan looked at Christian then looked around still.
"Mummy knows I'm here." Christian smiled and pointed to the sky, Dylan looked up then realised.
"Sorry." Was all Dylan could say to the young fella.
"Don't be sorry Mr Doctor. I know she's watching me." Christian bounced up and down on the bench. Dylan smiled then realised.
"Wait so who is looking after you?" Dylan asked, seriously.
"Well I think my dad is here." Christian replied with a finger on his bottom lip, thinking.
"He is? Why didn't you say so? Let's go find him shall we?" Dylan spoke positively.
"Well that's the thing, he doesn't really know me, mummy said." Christian went all quiet. Dylan was confused. Then Christian gave him the photo from his pocket. Dylan looked at the photo then looked at Christian, he was starting to see the resemblance now. He looked at the photo shocked.