Rookie 2 | Ethan Ramsey

Chapter 7~ Buying Time

Buying Time

"That you make it extremely difficult to stay focused."
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A couple of weeks after the gala, Blue was lying down, snuggling up in bed long past breakfast time.

It was the one rare day off that she had, and she was planning to utilise it fully by soaking every bit of rest she could have. Things between her and Ethan have been better, especially after she had told one of her darkest experience with him, but there was still a little tension regarding the whole Gwyneth case.

While she was lost in her thoughts, suddenly, a loud impatient knock came at her bedroom door.

"Go away!" she groaned, wanting to stay in bed all day. The knock came again, only louder this time. With a last grumble, Blue rolled out of bed, stomping her feet towards the door, ready to throw a full-on tantrum for having her sleep disturbed. "This better be important--Oh!" she exclaimed in shock as she saw the person at the other side of the door.

Ethan stood in the hallway, with his arms crossed. He was wearing a dark blue shirt with black pants, and he was wearing his medical coat.

"Oh, uh...good morning." he said awkwardly as his piercing blue gaze flickered down to her barely clothed body. She was wearing a black satin robe and just her underwear. The material of the robe was hanging down one of her shoulder from rolling around in bed, and the attending could not help but trace her collabones with his eyes.

Snapping himself back, he averted his eyes back to Blue's green ones, his cheeks flushing into a faint pink. He coughed awkwardly, as he spoke adorning his signature scowl, "Erm-- We have a case. You've got three minutes to get dressed."

Blue groaned inwardly. It was her day off, and as much as she liked spending time with Ethan, even if it was for purely work, she really just wanted to have a lazy day off for herself. But then again, she loved her job way too much and her sense of duty kicked in instinctively. "I'll be ready in two!" she replied. "Good answer." Ethan said in approval.

As Blue turned around to walk to her closet, Ethan added, "The board's desperate to impress this patient, so wear something nice." "Are you saying I don't always look nice?" she teased. "That's not what I--" he stammered, his eyes uncontrollably scanning her figure once again. However, when he saw the teasing smile working its way up her face, he glared at her. "What I mean is, we can't afford not to impress this guy. Afford in a very literal sense." he said.

Blue could pick out the reservations in his tone. He was still angry with her for going behind his back to recommend Edenbrook to Gwyneth and essentially causing the board to pressure the team into primarily taking on cases of high-profiled patients.

Despite all that, she found him still standing at her doorway, his eyes still fixed on her. Suddenly, Blue got an idea.

She fully turned away from him, dropping the thin robe completely onto the ground. She sneakily glanced over her shoulder, as she slipped her thumb into the band of her lace underwear, slowly sliding them down, fully aware of the burning blue gaze boring into every one of her movements.

"Rookie!" she heard him exclaim. She turned around with a teasing smile, fully unclothed in front of him as she asked innocently, "What?" His eyes widened at that seeing her bare in front of him for the first time in a very long time. "I...You...What are you doing?" Ethan stammered out, his whole face flushing red this time.

"Getting dressed, like you said." she replied, her innocent smile still stagnant as she kicked her underwear into her pile of laundry. After a stunned moment, Ethan looked away, taking a deep breath. She was pushing his buttons, testing his boundaries and he knew that real well, but that did not make him any less prepared.