The New Midwife

Chapter 16

I dismounted my bike and leant it against the outside wall of the maternity home. I entered the building making sure I grabbed the stuff off my bike.
"Hello sister" Shelagh smiled at me.
"Hello Mrs Turner" I smiled at her.
"Please call me Shelagh" she smiled.
"This is from sister julienne she said they aren't needed at Nonnatus and maybe you can make use of them" I smiled handing her the box.
"Thank you sister I was actually going to ask for some donations" she said taking the box from me "Now Mrs Miller needs help feeding baby can you see to her please?" She asked.
"Right away Shelagh" I smiled heading off into the maternity ward "who is Mrs Miller?" I asked. A woman about 22 connected eyes with me.
"Right Mrs Miller let's see what we can do" I smiled at her closing the curtain.
A few hours later

Timothy and I laughed. We had spent the past 15 minutes laughing and joking. We had finished our work and no mothers had gone into labour yet so we had nothing to do but chat.
"So where did you grow up?" He asked finally stoping laughing.
"That's a long story" I said frowning.
"How so?" He asked.
"Well I grew up with my parents but when I was 18 I joined the order and ended up here" I told him playing with my fingernails.
"What about your parents?" He asked.
"Even more complicated" I told him looking at my lap and playing with my fingernails again.
"I'm sorry" he said.
"Don't be I just have a complicated relationship with my parents" I smiled at him.
"Tim" Shelagh said opening the door of his office and stepping inside.
"Sorry to disturb you both but you can both go on your break now" she smiled at us both.
"Thank you mum" he smiled at her as she left the office closing the door behind her "I'm going to have to go to a cafe to get my lunch" he frowned.
"Why?" I asked.
"I didn't have time to go shopping I'm afraid so no lunch for me" he frowned again.
"Why don't you come to Nonnatus for lunch I'm sure that if we left now we could make it back in time" I said.
"I wouldn't want to impose" he said standing up and grabbing his jacket of his chair.
"It wouldn't be imposing, sister julienne would love to have you" I smiled standing up.
"Ok then" he smiled at me and we left the maternity home headed for Nonnatus house.

At Nonnatus house
We laughed and joked all the way to Nonnatus house. Timothy told me stories about his childhood and his siblings.
"I cannot believe that Teddy drew all over the walls" I laughed.
"Neither could my parents" he laughed.
"What did your mother do?" I asked as he pulled up Infront of Nonnatus.
"Suffice to say Teddy won't ever be doing that again" he said making us laugh. We climbed out of the car and headed inside.
"Hello sister back for lunch?" Sister julienne asked.
"Yes sister and I bought a guest" I said as I took my seat at the table.
"I think this young man would enjoy the company of our young sister" sister Monica Joan said motioning for him to take the seat next to me. Timothy and I smiled at each other awkwardly before digging into our meal. Sister julienne shot sister Monica Joan a shocked glare before returning herself to her meal.