One Shots 'The nursery nurse'

An unexpected Visit

It had been a year since she last has been here. She looked around, everything was just as she had left it. The Nursery looked exactly the same. She walked along the path to the building and opened the front door.

"Good morning, Sorscha," said a woman sitting behind a counter.

That was new, she thought to herself.

"Erm, hello, I'm not Sorscha."

Now the woman looked up and raised her eyebrow. " Oh yes, that's right. Could have sworn you were her. Must be the glasses. So what can I do for you?"

"I'm a former employee and just wanted to pop in. Is anyone in the office?". She took a close look at the registration desk, where there was a nameplate reading 'Agatha'.

"Yes, there is someone there." Agatha looked down again and continued typing on her PC.

"Thank you," she mumbled and walked on.

Cautiously, she knocked on the office doorframe.

Autumn looked up. " Madison... Good to see you again."

" Hello Autumn...". Madison looked at her sceptically. She was different from the last time she had seen Autumn. But she still didn't trust her. Autumn had been really horrible to her back then. "Um, is Marjorie here?"

"She's coming later today with my brother..."

" Brother?!"

Autumn looked at her questioningly. " Oh right, you don't know him. My brother Reece. Well Madison I think you'd rather want see the others. Charlotte and Carly are in the Baby Room. Winter is in the Toddler Room." 

" Well yes, thank you Autumn." She was about to leave when the deputy manager said something else.

"Madison, I'm sorry for the way I behaved towards you."

" It's all right."

Charlotte was clearing away the breakfast when she heard a voice behind her.

" Hi Char."

She turned round and immediately smiled. "Madison! Good to see you." She quickly went to her and hugged her.
" How are you? You and Katrina should be married by now."

" Good, thank you. Yes, we had our wedding a few weeks ago. And how are your Charlotte? How are the children and your husband?"

Charlotte looked at her a little sheepishly. "Well, my children are doing great. But I'm now divorced from my husband."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

"No, everything's fine. Shared custody is working out great." She smiled.

" Good to hear. A lot has changed. You have a Receptionist now and Autumn is very different from before."

Charlotte nodded. "Yes, Autumn really is a completely different person. For the most part. She takes her anger out on the right people now."

Madison looked around the room. It was just as she remembered it. "So Charlotte, is there anyone new in your life yet?"

"Well, yes, I'm dating a woman now."

She received a surprised look from her former colleague. " Really? Who is she?"

" The mean Redhead!"

They both turned round as Carly entered the room.

Madison looked at Charlotte questioningly.

" Oh she's not as bad as Carly says. She's quite nice... Underneath the threats..."

" Ok! I've really missed a lot since I've been away! Is anything like it used to be?" Madison exclaimed.

"Well, I'm still seventeen," said Carly.

" Great....wait what?!"

But before this could be explained further. One of the babies threw up. Charlotte and Carly suddenly had their hands full. So Madison set off to see Winter.

She found him in the Toddler Room. After a greeting and a little small talk, Madison noticed something.

"Winter, are you married?"

Winter nodded proudly. "Yes, to Autumn."

"Autumn?! When did that happen?"

" Oh, only recently. I know she used to be a bit difficult, but that's all in the past."

Madison had to sit down for a moment.
"I just haven't been here for a year. And in that time, Autumn got nice, Charlotte separated, you got married. Has anything else happened that I should know about?"

"There was a fire here too"

" What?!"

Suddenly Marjorie came into the room, closely followed by a tall man with blond hair. " Madison! I heard you were here!"

" Yes, but I apparently missed a lot..."

The two hugged each other.

Marjorie pointed at Reece. "Oh, this is Reece. My boyfriend and...."

"Autumn's brother. I've already heard. So really, is everyone dating everyone here now? At least Charlotte's girlfriend doesn't seem to work here..."

She noticed Winter, Reece and Marjorie looking at each other briefly.

Marjorie looked at her a little ashamed.
" Well Madison, actually Charlotte's girlfriend is also Reece's ex-girlfriend..."

" Excuse what?! Oh my God! What happened in that year?!"

Marjorie took her hand. "How about we go to my office and I'll fill you in on everything."