clueless.
“Oh, don’t make me park outside your house with binoculars. You know what I mean. When will you see him again?”
“I guess when I see him. It’s not like we exchanged phone numbers or anything. Oh my God, I feel like a kid.” Bliss slapped her fingers against her head.
“Ah, young love,” Amber said, teasing her. The two friends separated where the corridor to the ER and another section of the hospital met. Amber smacked Bliss on the bottom, and she let out a tiny squeal. “Bye, babe. Don’t work too hard.”
“Later, gator,” Bliss called. She reached out and hit the automatic buzzer that would open the door to the emergency room.
The hustle and controlled chaos of the emergency room hit her in a rush. The noise was a low hum of murmured voices with the occasional child’s crying or irate patient’s loud voice thrown in. She walked to the main desk to get the information on where she should go.
“Hey, Leslie, where do you guys need me?” Bliss asked the older nurse sitting behind the desk.
The older lady looked up with a smile on her face, but her eyes darted from Bliss’s and stared off behind her. Bliss turned around to see what caught the woman’s attention, and her heart began to pound in her chest. Caim , with the gorgeous green stare that had haunted her dreams last night, was now walking toward her. She watched a smile cross Caim’s face when he saw her. It lit his face up with brilliance.
Bliss heard Leslie mutter, “Whoa,” behind her.
Caim’s steps now had a purpose behind them as he made a beeline directly toward her.
“Hello.” His simple greeting did nothing to mask the desire and happiness she saw in his eyes.
“Hi,” Bliss answered shyly. “What are you doing here?”
He frowned slightly. “Last night I told you I would see you today. Am I not allowed to anymore?”
His bright face was turning to sadness before her eyes. Bliss felt her heart melt. He thinks I don’t want to see him.
“No, not like that, I mean at the hospital. I’m working,” Bliss said in a rush. “I won’t be done until after midnight.”
“I can wait. Any time in your presence for me is a joyous one.” Caim smiled, and his fingers trailed along the curve of her face.
Oh, Bliss thought, and she heard the collective gasps from behind her. When she turned, now three nurses were watching them.
Leslie’s voice broke in. “Bliss, you have a blood draw in curtain seven.” She was in the middle of the trio and handed Bliss a chart.
“Thanks, I’ll get right on it.” Bliss smiled at the nurses. “ Caim , do you want to wait in my office?”
“Can I watch you work?” he asked hopefully.
“Girl, you better let that hot toddy watch you work. You don’t want him roaming the halls,” Leslie said behind her. “If only I was a few years younger.”
“Your husband would kill you, Leslie,” Bliss teased her as she walked away.
“Yeah, but it would be a good way to go!” Leslie called back.
“Hot toddy?” Caim asked curiously, following along behind her.
Bliss laughed. “A hot toddy is a drink.”
“So she thinks I am a drink?”
Bliss laughed even harder. “No, sweetie, she thinks you are hot, sexy and/or good-looking.”
He bent low and murmured into her ear, “Do you think I am good-looking, hot, and sexy?”
With his breath against her skin and his close contact, he made her want to melt. “Y-Y-Yes, I do.”
“Then, that is all that matters.”
Bliss couldn’t even think of an answer to his statement. Caim was so assured and already so intense with his feelings that she felt a bit overwhelmed. She had never had someone form this kind of bond with her. It scared her, but excited her, how quickly it was happening.
She pulled back the curtain to reveal a woman sitting on the hospital bed. In her arms, she held a tiny baby girl dressed
“Oh, don’t make me park outside your house with binoculars. You know what I mean. When will you see him again?”
“I guess when I see him. It’s not like we exchanged phone numbers or anything. Oh my God, I feel like a kid.” Bliss slapped her fingers against her head.
“Ah, young love,” Amber said, teasing her. The two friends separated where the corridor to the ER and another section of the hospital met. Amber smacked Bliss on the bottom, and she let out a tiny squeal. “Bye, babe. Don’t work too hard.”
“Later, gator,” Bliss called. She reached out and hit the automatic buzzer that would open the door to the emergency room.
The hustle and controlled chaos of the emergency room hit her in a rush. The noise was a low hum of murmured voices with the occasional child’s crying or irate patient’s loud voice thrown in. She walked to the main desk to get the information on where she should go.
“Hey, Leslie, where do you guys need me?” Bliss asked the older nurse sitting behind the desk.
The older lady looked up with a smile on her face, but her eyes darted from Bliss’s and stared off behind her. Bliss turned around to see what caught the woman’s attention, and her heart began to pound in her chest. Caim , with the gorgeous green stare that had haunted her dreams last night, was now walking toward her. She watched a smile cross Caim’s face when he saw her. It lit his face up with brilliance.
Bliss heard Leslie mutter, “Whoa,” behind her.
Caim’s steps now had a purpose behind them as he made a beeline directly toward her.
“Hello.” His simple greeting did nothing to mask the desire and happiness she saw in his eyes.
“Hi,” Bliss answered shyly. “What are you doing here?”
He frowned slightly. “Last night I told you I would see you today. Am I not allowed to anymore?”
His bright face was turning to sadness before her eyes. Bliss felt her heart melt. He thinks I don’t want to see him.
“No, not like that, I mean at the hospital. I’m working,” Bliss said in a rush. “I won’t be done until after midnight.”
“I can wait. Any time in your presence for me is a joyous one.” Caim smiled, and his fingers trailed along the curve of her face.
Oh, Bliss thought, and she heard the collective gasps from behind her. When she turned, now three nurses were watching them.
Leslie’s voice broke in. “Bliss, you have a blood draw in curtain seven.” She was in the middle of the trio and handed Bliss a chart.
“Thanks, I’ll get right on it.” Bliss smiled at the nurses. “ Caim , do you want to wait in my office?”
“Can I watch you work?” he asked hopefully.
“Girl, you better let that hot toddy watch you work. You don’t want him roaming the halls,” Leslie said behind her. “If only I was a few years younger.”
“Your husband would kill you, Leslie,” Bliss teased her as she walked away.
“Yeah, but it would be a good way to go!” Leslie called back.
“Hot toddy?” Caim asked curiously, following along behind her.
Bliss laughed. “A hot toddy is a drink.”
“So she thinks I am a drink?”
Bliss laughed even harder. “No, sweetie, she thinks you are hot, sexy and/or good-looking.”
He bent low and murmured into her ear, “Do you think I am good-looking, hot, and sexy?”
With his breath against her skin and his close contact, he made her want to melt. “Y-Y-Yes, I do.”
“Then, that is all that matters.”
Bliss couldn’t even think of an answer to his statement. Caim was so assured and already so intense with his feelings that she felt a bit overwhelmed. She had never had someone form this kind of bond with her. It scared her, but excited her, how quickly it was happening.
She pulled back the curtain to reveal a woman sitting on the hospital bed. In her arms, she held a tiny baby girl dressed
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