There was a light knock-on doctor’s Dave’s door, “come in” Dave said, as he rand his hand through his hair.
The door opened, as it revealed Patricia, she walked in, and closed the door
“oh, it’s you” Dave sounded disappointed to see her “so what do you want?”
“you didn’t…” Patricia took a deep breath, “I came to inform you that there would be a little celebration for Christopher, the teenage patient. I’ve informed all the other staffs, so I thought I should at least inform you before tomorrow”
“at least in form me!” Dave’s demeanor changed “why I’m I just hearing about this? You informed all the staffs, and you told me last”
“I didn’t think it was a big deal”
“big deal! Did you put other patients into consideration? That this may make them uncomfortable, this is a hospital, not a club, for Christ sake” Dave slammed his hand on his desk
“I’ve informed all the patients, so they are well informed sir”
“it seems you have everything sorted out without me, so apparently I’m insignificant in this hospital, so why did you come to tell me, to fulfill all righteousness?”
“it’s not liked that sir, well I’m sorry, like I said earlier I didn’t think it was a big deal, it won’t happen again”
“I hope so” Dave flips through a book on his desk
“so?” Patricia shrugged
“you’ve gone far with your plans, what could I possibly say? Just do what you feel like”
Patricia rolled her eye balls, “thank you Dave” then she turned back, and headed for the door
Patricia opened the door to the vacant room, where she left Priscilla, she walked in, and saw Priscilla lying on the bed. Priscilla sat up, with an inquisitive gave on her face, as Patricia closed in on her.
“you’ve made the arrangement?” Priscilla gave pout
“yes, I have, great right?” Patricia’s face lightened up instantly
“yes”
“you don’t sound so happy to hear the news” Patricia smirked, as she went to seat on the bed
“I’m still having second thoughts” Priscilla tapped her knees with her fingers
“second thoughts! On what, the birthday?’
“yes, the birthday, I’ve never seen a birthday celebrated in a hospital, I don’t know what to expect, and how Christopher will take it, cause if we get it wrong, he’ll be scared for life”
“we won’t know unless we try, I’m always meticulous about everything, so let me see the spontaneous side of me in action” Patricia smiled, slightly, “I’m sure he’ll like it, considering you will be there”
“me!” Priscilla tilted her head to face Patricia
“yes, I’ve seen the way he looks at you, and you to him, it’s obvious you two have a thing for each other, so I reckon he’d be pleased to see you on his special day, knowing that you were among the organizers”
“alright, I’m in, let’s do this” Priscilla clapped her hand twice, as if trying to get momentum
“that is the spirit, let’s get to work, first of the cake, what is his favorite color?”
“blue, with white”
“that is perfect, it won’t be hard to get a blue and white cake, now do you know about two people who are close to him, that he’ll be pleased to see? Like friends”
“yes, I can think two guys who he does thing with”
“that is great, you would also invite them”
“alright ma’am” Priscilla smiled, and nodded her head.
“that would be all for now, I’ll cover the rest” Patricia stands up from the bird “thank you for agreeing to do this, I’m sure Christoph would be so pleased
“you called him Christoph!” Priscilla’s eyes widened in shock
“yes, why?” Patricia’s gaze was puzzled
“no…nothing” Priscilla said evasively
“sure?”
“yes, I am” Priscilla gave a reassured smile
“alright, bye, hope to see you tomorrow” Patricia said as she headed for the door with Priscilla following behind her.
It was ten-twenty-five AM, when Priscilla walked into Christopher’s room, he was lying on the bed, it had white sheets on, the bed squeaked, as Christopher tried to seat up.“your here early” Christopher was amused“yes I am” Priscilla smiled, then walked close to Christopher and held his hand, “as days turn to years, so many people come flooding into your life, each giving you a piece of what life is about, they all have a specific time-frame to be in your life, and once that time has elapsed, they leave, but the question is not how long a person stays in your life, what really matters is what was he/she able to do, while the stopwatch they had in your life ticked, that’s all that matters eventually, those little favors that a person does to another, they are the tires that keep life moving. The little time I have in your life, though it’s ticking out, I don’t know how long I have left, I want to make
Patricia stood there, and watched him leave, she didn’t move, until he was out of sight.In Christopher’s’ room, he sat up, finding solace on Priscilla’s shoulders, he sulked.“she didn’t mean to hurt you, as a matter of fact, she is the reason you had the birthday in the first place, she just wants you to be good, to feel comfortable” Priscilla said, as she wrapped her arms around Christopher“it was only my mom that was allowed to call me Christoph”“I know that, but Nurse Patricia doesn’t, she’d have to be informed first, so you can’t really fault her”“I guess not, thank you for being part of those that planned to surprise me, it worked” Christopher raised his head from Priscilla’s shoulder, then looked at her, and smiled“you should be thanking nurse Patricia, it was all her, I just made a few suggestions, and the idea to bring you out of your room was mine” Priscilla nodded her head, and smiled reassuringly.“well, you did something, a
It was the early hours of the morning, the hospital was just beginning to come alive, patients walking in and out of the hospital, nurses taking their morning shift, Patricia sat at the waiting room with Morris, who looked as though he just got up from sleep.“good morning Morris” Patricia said, with a smile on her gleam“good morning to you too” Morris mirrored the look on Patricia’s face“you still look sleepy; you couldn’t get good sleep at night?”“well, the night was cold, so sleeping became quite a big deal, how was your night?”“my night was great” Patricia nodded her headMorris smiled “you know you are really transparent, it’s good though”“transparent! How?”“you can’t hide an emotion, like now it’s so obvious that you are happy, when you are displeased you don’t also hide it, it&
The next day Patricia and Christopher walked into the dentist hospital, it was fifty minutes past one noon. “I’ll sit here waiting for you” Patricia gestured to one of the seats at the waiting room“ok then, I’ll go look for her, I’m sure they are getting her prepared” Christopher walked into a slimmer lobby, leaving Patricia at the waiting room. Then a door opened, an elderly woman came out, she was Priscilla’s mom“good day ma” Christopher said, as he bowed to greet her“Christopher what brings you here? I thought you are in the hospital”“yes ma, I was but I came to be with Priscilla, since this is her last appointment”“that is very thoughtful of you, I’m sure Pricillia would be thrilled to see you, she’s in that room, the next turn by your right, the first door you see”“Alright ma, thank you” Christopher said and scurried away.Getting to the door, Christopher knocked, he got a permission from someone inside the
Christopher’s door flung open, as Dr. Dave walked out like a bulldozer, waiting to crush a wall, he had his white coat, and his stethoscope around his neck, apparently, he came to run a check on Christopher, he headed for the nurse’s desk, “where is Christopher?” Dave said with rage, as he approached Nne, who sat at the nurse’s desk.“Christopher! I…”“yes Christopher, the teenage patient, where is he?” Dave’s tone rose, like a train, blaring its horn Nne became sweaty all of a sudden, “I don’t know where he is sir, isn’t he in his room?”“if he was in his room would I ask you? Where is Patricia by the way? It’s forty minutes past the break time” Dave said, looking at his wristwatch “she stepped out; she is not back yet”“when she comes back make her see me” Dave said with a commanding voice“ok sir, I will”Dave was about going back to his office when Patricia and Christopher barge in from the hospital in a hurry, but they p
The dark cloudy night was followed by a bright beautiful morning. But no matter how beautiful the morning was, it was just another day of work stress. Patricia arrived at the hospital earlier than usual, the traffic that morning was less.. she went in to the changing room, she changed into her scrubs, and headed for the patient’s rooms. she peeped at Mr. James room, he was still sleeping, Patricia smiled and went to the next room. She derived pleasure in doing what she was doing, it’s what she knows how to do best, taking care of people, it’s what she was born for this kind of stuff. You could see job satisfaction all over her, it was so obvious, which made her stand out among other nurses. She gets to Christopher’s door, she peeps, he is awake, moping at the ceiling, Patricia enters, smiling“good morning nurse Patricia” Christopher’s voice was comely“good morning Christopher, hope you slept well”“yes, I did” Christopher smiled, “I didn’t get the chance to a
PATRICIA'S POVI woke up my usual time, 5am, to prepare for work, I forgot I was suspended from work, my body was already accustomed to waking up this early to prepare for work, but not today, I had no idea what I would do today. So many thoughts ran through my mind, should I go out? Even if I wanted to, I had no place to be, I was a loner, my job made me keep away from any form of friendship, I gave my life to this job, it gave me satisfaction, the kind that so many people are deprived from at their jobs. I sat up on the bed, and leaned on the headboard, then I began to reflect on what actually happened yesterday, and the day before, the life changing moments of my life. I expected a query, because Dave said so, and then I got a suspension, signed by Dave, that man has really got it in for me, I shook those thoughts of my head, if I thought about it too much, I might begin to have suicidal thoughts, that I didn’t want, because I might not know how to handle them.
MORRIS POVComing out from the bathroom, I walked into the bedroom, I’ve missed my king-sized bed for long, my back ached to lay on the soft bed. I let myself fall on the bed, it felt so good to finally be on the bed, I covered the blanket, I let my mind wander to nurse Patricia, it was hard not to think about her, she was the only person I looked forward to seeing every morning, for the past ten, or eleven days (give or take), she had a way of erupting smiles from people’s faces, well except for Dave, those two behave like cat and dog, sometimes it’s a wonderful sight to behold, seeing two people passionate about their jobs, I smile at the thought of them. I stretched to turn of the lamp by my bed. The whole environment was so silent; I could hear the tick of my table clock, it’s always been like this, but because I had slept in the hospital for a number of days, that was always busy, even at night, it felt strange being home again, where I slept in quietness. I wasn’t feeli
Patricia POVI opened my eyes, and I was back to the real world, I felt a slight headache, I managed to sit up, peering around, to remember where I was, the memory from last night vanished, I only managed to grab some, before they disappeared, while I managed to rearrange the little of the memory I had left, I saw Morris walk into the sitting room, he wore a black shirt that fit into his masculine figure so perfectly, my eyes couldn’t help but notice the visible contours on his chest, PS: even with the shirt. It was as if he was made for the shirt, and the shirt made for him. He definitely wouldn't look out of place in a fashion magazine. “good morning Patricia” he beamed at me, so brightly. He carried a tray in his hands“good morning Morris”“hope you slept well” he placed the tray at the center table in the sitting room, “I made breakfast”“yes, I did, I slept well, thank you” I blushed, “what did you make for breakfast?”He opened the bo
MORRIS POVComing out from the bathroom, I walked into the bedroom, I’ve missed my king-sized bed for long, my back ached to lay on the soft bed. I let myself fall on the bed, it felt so good to finally be on the bed, I covered the blanket, I let my mind wander to nurse Patricia, it was hard not to think about her, she was the only person I looked forward to seeing every morning, for the past ten, or eleven days (give or take), she had a way of erupting smiles from people’s faces, well except for Dave, those two behave like cat and dog, sometimes it’s a wonderful sight to behold, seeing two people passionate about their jobs, I smile at the thought of them. I stretched to turn of the lamp by my bed. The whole environment was so silent; I could hear the tick of my table clock, it’s always been like this, but because I had slept in the hospital for a number of days, that was always busy, even at night, it felt strange being home again, where I slept in quietness. I wasn’t feeli
PATRICIA'S POVI woke up my usual time, 5am, to prepare for work, I forgot I was suspended from work, my body was already accustomed to waking up this early to prepare for work, but not today, I had no idea what I would do today. So many thoughts ran through my mind, should I go out? Even if I wanted to, I had no place to be, I was a loner, my job made me keep away from any form of friendship, I gave my life to this job, it gave me satisfaction, the kind that so many people are deprived from at their jobs. I sat up on the bed, and leaned on the headboard, then I began to reflect on what actually happened yesterday, and the day before, the life changing moments of my life. I expected a query, because Dave said so, and then I got a suspension, signed by Dave, that man has really got it in for me, I shook those thoughts of my head, if I thought about it too much, I might begin to have suicidal thoughts, that I didn’t want, because I might not know how to handle them.
The dark cloudy night was followed by a bright beautiful morning. But no matter how beautiful the morning was, it was just another day of work stress. Patricia arrived at the hospital earlier than usual, the traffic that morning was less.. she went in to the changing room, she changed into her scrubs, and headed for the patient’s rooms. she peeped at Mr. James room, he was still sleeping, Patricia smiled and went to the next room. She derived pleasure in doing what she was doing, it’s what she knows how to do best, taking care of people, it’s what she was born for this kind of stuff. You could see job satisfaction all over her, it was so obvious, which made her stand out among other nurses. She gets to Christopher’s door, she peeps, he is awake, moping at the ceiling, Patricia enters, smiling“good morning nurse Patricia” Christopher’s voice was comely“good morning Christopher, hope you slept well”“yes, I did” Christopher smiled, “I didn’t get the chance to a
Christopher’s door flung open, as Dr. Dave walked out like a bulldozer, waiting to crush a wall, he had his white coat, and his stethoscope around his neck, apparently, he came to run a check on Christopher, he headed for the nurse’s desk, “where is Christopher?” Dave said with rage, as he approached Nne, who sat at the nurse’s desk.“Christopher! I…”“yes Christopher, the teenage patient, where is he?” Dave’s tone rose, like a train, blaring its horn Nne became sweaty all of a sudden, “I don’t know where he is sir, isn’t he in his room?”“if he was in his room would I ask you? Where is Patricia by the way? It’s forty minutes past the break time” Dave said, looking at his wristwatch “she stepped out; she is not back yet”“when she comes back make her see me” Dave said with a commanding voice“ok sir, I will”Dave was about going back to his office when Patricia and Christopher barge in from the hospital in a hurry, but they p
The next day Patricia and Christopher walked into the dentist hospital, it was fifty minutes past one noon. “I’ll sit here waiting for you” Patricia gestured to one of the seats at the waiting room“ok then, I’ll go look for her, I’m sure they are getting her prepared” Christopher walked into a slimmer lobby, leaving Patricia at the waiting room. Then a door opened, an elderly woman came out, she was Priscilla’s mom“good day ma” Christopher said, as he bowed to greet her“Christopher what brings you here? I thought you are in the hospital”“yes ma, I was but I came to be with Priscilla, since this is her last appointment”“that is very thoughtful of you, I’m sure Pricillia would be thrilled to see you, she’s in that room, the next turn by your right, the first door you see”“Alright ma, thank you” Christopher said and scurried away.Getting to the door, Christopher knocked, he got a permission from someone inside the
It was the early hours of the morning, the hospital was just beginning to come alive, patients walking in and out of the hospital, nurses taking their morning shift, Patricia sat at the waiting room with Morris, who looked as though he just got up from sleep.“good morning Morris” Patricia said, with a smile on her gleam“good morning to you too” Morris mirrored the look on Patricia’s face“you still look sleepy; you couldn’t get good sleep at night?”“well, the night was cold, so sleeping became quite a big deal, how was your night?”“my night was great” Patricia nodded her headMorris smiled “you know you are really transparent, it’s good though”“transparent! How?”“you can’t hide an emotion, like now it’s so obvious that you are happy, when you are displeased you don’t also hide it, it&
Patricia stood there, and watched him leave, she didn’t move, until he was out of sight.In Christopher’s’ room, he sat up, finding solace on Priscilla’s shoulders, he sulked.“she didn’t mean to hurt you, as a matter of fact, she is the reason you had the birthday in the first place, she just wants you to be good, to feel comfortable” Priscilla said, as she wrapped her arms around Christopher“it was only my mom that was allowed to call me Christoph”“I know that, but Nurse Patricia doesn’t, she’d have to be informed first, so you can’t really fault her”“I guess not, thank you for being part of those that planned to surprise me, it worked” Christopher raised his head from Priscilla’s shoulder, then looked at her, and smiled“you should be thanking nurse Patricia, it was all her, I just made a few suggestions, and the idea to bring you out of your room was mine” Priscilla nodded her head, and smiled reassuringly.“well, you did something, a
It was ten-twenty-five AM, when Priscilla walked into Christopher’s room, he was lying on the bed, it had white sheets on, the bed squeaked, as Christopher tried to seat up.“your here early” Christopher was amused“yes I am” Priscilla smiled, then walked close to Christopher and held his hand, “as days turn to years, so many people come flooding into your life, each giving you a piece of what life is about, they all have a specific time-frame to be in your life, and once that time has elapsed, they leave, but the question is not how long a person stays in your life, what really matters is what was he/she able to do, while the stopwatch they had in your life ticked, that’s all that matters eventually, those little favors that a person does to another, they are the tires that keep life moving. The little time I have in your life, though it’s ticking out, I don’t know how long I have left, I want to make