Tis The Damn Season

Chapter 2

My alarm goes off, efficiently waking me up. I check the time, 5:30pm. I have enough time to take a shower and fix my hair before I go to work, maybe put some makeup on. I don't usually care about how I look for work, I basically just keep people from dying all night, so they don't exactly care how I look. However, Nathan will be there tonight, so I want to try to look decent for once. We've texted a bit this last week, mostly keeping things surface level, besides a couple messages where it had been glaringly obvious he was flirting with me. I force myself out of bed and make my way into the bathroom. I get into the shower, shampooing my hair and shaving. I stand there for a few minutes, letting the water run over me. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about going in tonight, I finally get to see Nathan after a week of just texting.

I get out of the shower and wrap a towel around my body. I spray some wave setting spray into my hair and run a brush through it before getting my hair dryer out and drying my hair. It at least looks like it has some body to it and it isn't stick straight like usual now. I pull my uniform on, making sure to adjust it so it hangs on me at just the right angles. I check the time again, it's only 6:00pm. I decide there's enough time to add some makeup. I don't do much, just some basic foundation, blush, mascara, and a dusty pink lipstick. I look in the mirror, taking a deep breath once I'm finished. I leave the bathroom, flipping the light off and going downstairs to get my bag and throw my shoes on. Michael is sitting on the couch, watching something on his phone. He barely looks up as I walk past him to grab my bag. I lean down and give him a kiss. He looks at me, just long enough to notice the hair and makeup.

"Really? Why did you put makeup on? You never do that for me when we go out."

"I just wanted to look nice for once. I'll see you in the morning. I love you."

"I'm sure. Love you too."

He rolls his eyes as I leave the room, it's obvious he doesn't trust me. I slide my shoes on and walk out to my car. I order a coffee from Sheetz so it's ready and turn my music on, pulling out and driving toward work. I know Michael doesn't know anything about anyone that I'm working with, besides the stories I've told him. He hasn't seen messages on my phone, I've been deleting them. I've been careful so he won't find out about Nathan so he can't throw a fit and blow things up. I pull into the Sheetz parking lot, shutting off my car and walking in to pick up my drink. I grab it off the shelf, muttering a thank you as I walk out the door and get back into my car. My music kicks back on as I pull out. Its only 6:20, luckily I will get to work a little bit early, hopefully buying some extra face to face time with Nathan, I'm pretty sure he comes in at seven tonight.

I pull into the parking lot, parking under the trees with a couple spots beside me. I look around, hoping to see the jeep somewhere, I don't see it though. I sigh as I look around, before accepting the fact that it isn't here. I wait until 6:48 and go to get out of my car when I notice his jeep pulling in. I smile as I notice him parking next to me. He shuts his jeep off and I get out at the same time. He smiles at me and wraps an arm around me.

"How did you sleep?"

"Okay I guess. I'm just glad we're both here. It's been hell without you."

"Well I'm here now. Let's see how bad it gets."

He lets go of me and we make our way inside, multiple EMS are waiting for a room. I clock in and look at my assignment. I've got two of the four psychiatric patient rooms in the ER. As I get to the nurse's station, I notice one of my room's has a sitter outside of it. I smile slightly, I know this means that Nathan will be taking over and sitting outside of the room tonight, so I'll defiantly get some more time with him. I take report on my patients and get all the paperwork together for Nathan. He walks up to me and I hand him the papers with a smirk.