Colleagues with Benefits

Chapter Five

Ariana POV

I walk into the lunch room with a smile on my face. I have had good outpatients all day long. I wanted to share my excitement with Ria but I look over to our usual table and its vacant. I quickly text her asking if she would be late due to her patients but I never got a text back. What the hell? She always texts back, she would even have someone text for her if she couldn't do it herself.

I had a sudden pit in my stomach that told me something was wrong, very wrong in fact. I throw my lunch in the garbage and go into the direction of Dr.Biebers office. After asking a handful of people for directions I finally find his office and burst in.

" WHERES RIA" I scream. I didn't know where all this rage came from. But I had a feeling he had something to do with her disappearance. He looked startled by my sudden entrance, but quickly recovered.

" I don't know where that bitch went, but once you find her tell her that if she ever lays a finger on me again, I'll call the cops. " he said with a smirk.

Ria is probably the nicest woman I've ever met, she would never lay a finger on anyone. She works with children for gods sake. I thought. After standing there and thinking for about a minute I turned around and walked out of the room. This didn't make any sense, why would she hit him and then just disappear? I was interrupted by the beeping sound of my pager.

I had a patient in room 9 who needs help. I guess this drama would have to wait.

Ria's POV

I don't even know how I got home. My heart is going to burst any minute now. I'm sweating like a pig, yet I feel so cold. My knees clash with the floor as I tried to yelp but I couldn't. My throat was closing, my heart started slowing down. It felt as if the blood that was running in my veins was slowing down. I've seen people die right before my eyes, more times than I can count. But I have never felt the amount of pain they felt.

The last thing I remember is seeing my phones light flicker over and over before everything went black.

Ariana's POV

I rushed out the hospital and went straight to Rias house. All I've heard today were people asking around about her. And the fact that not a single person knows what happened to her, scares the shit out of me. I barely even take my keys out of the ignition before racing up the stairs. Every light in the house was off. The house seemed vacant but I had to see it for myself. I desperately searched for her spare key in my bag before finding it. Once the door opens my heart drops. Tears brim in the corner of my eyes as I see the sight in front of me.

Justin's POV

After Rias little show her "bffl" comes barging into my office demandingly, asking where that bitch went. As if I would know. After she slapped the shit out of me I had to go tell Thomas to leave. She embarrassed the shit out of me and I don't appreciate that. I was only trying to help. After I sat and thought about it, my stupid ass conscious wouldn't stop telling me how much of an asshole I was. I embarrassed her , practically made fun of her disability. Believe it or not I'm not that much of a dickhead. So here I am. At a flower shop picking out some "I'm sorry" flowers.

Ariana's POV

I raced over to Ria and checked for a pulse on her left arm. It was steady, which means that she was okay and was thankfully, alive . I feel like I could finally breathe now. She must have just fainted. Her forehead felt sweaty, yet her skin felt cold. After I wiped my tears with my sleeve, I carried her onto the couch. She must be exhausted. I went over to the phone and called one of our friends over to check on her to make sure that she's alright.

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