The constant sounds of beeping rang through his ears at half past four in the morning. The male rolled over to the other side of the bed to tap on the off button on his digital alarm. Nathan sighed as he tossed the blanket off of him and sat up, running his fingers through his hair. He carefully opened his half-asleep eyes and scanned around his room. Darkness. It was still dark out too, with the sun barely even rising.
The male turned to his left and switched on the light from the lamp. He was blinded for a second but the illumination of his entire bedroom before sliding right out of bed and into his comfortable slippers. He yawned as he got up. He roughly had an hour before he could reach the hospital before his shift started. Within thirty minutes, he had showered and gotten ready and dressed for the professional work occasion. After making a hot cup of coffee for himself, Nathan was off to work.
Once he arrived at the hospital, Nathan parked his car and moved on inside through the emergency room. He greeted several nurses before going into his office and putting on his doctor’s lab coat. Once everything was up and settled, the doctor made his rounds knocking through each room, checking each patient’s diagnostic folder. He was just one of the many available doctors on staff since he was just a general health doctor.
Nathan knocked one of the closed rooms and waited for a respond. Nothing, so the male let himself in. “Hello?” he said, peering at the elderly patient, then closing the door behind him. He then looked at the pain score board and found out on she spoke Mandarin. Ah, what a perfect way to using his bilingual status again. Nathan began having small talk with her, asking her how is she feeling and her pain score.
Soon he heard the door open, not that it bothered him. He was about to greet the other until he recognized the woman’s familiar face. “Jackie?” he said, confused a the thought. He was just as surprised as she was. What a small world. The female as Nathan remembered her was much more younger, but she was still as beautiful as ever. He felt his heart tugged on conflicted old memories of his high school and college years. “Oh, I’m just the general doctor here,” he answered, “We’re still trying to get a hold of her health physician.”
“Ah...” The breathless sound left her lips, a bit zoned out due to the sight of her old friend and ex-boyfriend from fifteen years ago. He had changed so much compared to back then. He was certainly much taller than back then, shooting a noticeable six or so inches which she found (though pleasantly) surprising. He was definitely much broader and tanner compared to back then which only led Jackie to believe that the other had taken her advice in going outside more rather than sitting around in lamp-litted room studying. However, what startled the woman the most was how much older and mature he seemed, no longer holding the baby fat in his cheeks and his features growing much sharper and defined. The one thing that didn’t change, however, was how he looked at her -- the same soft, caring eyes as he has always shown her since the first day the met. But now, behind Nathan’s surprised expression, she could see some lingering hurt as if he was recalling their past. He too, perhaps, can probably see something in her’s as well.
Realizing that she was staring, she placed a hand on her forehead and quickly apologized. “Sorry, I’m a bit out of it today.” She murmured, referring to her slip up as well as forgetting that her mother’s health physician was back in Beijing. Removing her hand, she glanced up at her old friend. “Can you tell me your honest opinion about what you see so far? About my mother, I mean.” Jackie asked softly, glancing over at her mother who waited patiently for them to speak despite not fully understanding the language they were speaking. “The nurse said it might be a while before we get a hold of her doctor overseas seeing as he’s in the middle of a surgery and I just.... need some sort of answer.”
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