Surgery

Carlisle grinned, he'd finally been able to discharge Samuel Beckett who'd come in with a nasty case of whooping cough two weeks ago. And now if he was lucky he had a dinner date with his beautiful Esme.

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Esme strode into the hospital confidently, fiddling with the top button on her navy coat as she went.

"I swear he was making eyes at me in the on-call room this morning. God those eyes, those perfect eyes," a pink haired nurse gushed to her companions.

"I wonder if he prefers cognac to scotch."the green haired nurse mused playing with her nose rings. She wore black scrubs and her shoulder length hair brushed the edge of her top.

"God, what I wouldn't do to get in bed... I wonder what kind of lingerie he likes," a redhead wondered.

"I bet he's super gentle," the pink haired girl said.

Esme bit back a growl as she passed heading for the nurse's station.

"I'm looking for ,"she said to the male nurse behind the desk. He nodded as he saw the redhead turn.

" 's in surgery at the moment. Can I take a message?"She sneered.

"I'll wait,"Esme grinned.

The nurse groaned and walked back to her friends.

"Hey mom," Bella answered on the first ring.

"Hey. What are you all up to?"

"We were going to have a Paranormal Activity marathon but we decided to wait for you and Dad so we're playing Gin. Are you with Dad?"

"No and thank you. I'm waiting for him to come out of surgery. Three of the nurses are determined to get him into bed soon."

Bella laughed, "Don't rip their heads off. Dad would sooner gouge his eyes out than go near another woman in that way."

"I know. I think I'm gonna call him though. See you guys later."

"Bye Mom."

Esme hit redial on Carlisle's name. Voicemail. Maybe he was in surgery.

-•

" you should head home. See your family."An older nurse said as Carlisle signed a fourth sheaf of discharge papers.

He nodded turning on his iPhone. His lock screen read Missed Call Esme.

"Goodbye Honoria. Have a good evening." The elevator ride was long. It felt like light years before Carlisle reached the ground floor.

" ,"a young nurse called, "would you like to get coffee with me?"

"Carlisle," a sweet voice whispered. Esme. Carlisle turned to her. She was sitting against a wall.

"How was surgery?"Esme asked.

Carlisle's brow furrowed," I've been discharging patients for the past twenty minutes dearest."

"Of course, the redhead said you were in surgery."Esme replied as the aforementioned party appeared.

"Coffee ? I'm sure you need a pick-me-up after a triple shift and a mastectomy."

"Charmaine, I've been discharging people for the last twenty minutes. I haven't done a surgery in 19 hours."

Esme appeared in the next second.

"You haven't seen Paranormal Activity 6 yet have you dear?"She asked Carlisle as he grabbed her hand. He shook his head.

"The children wanted to have a marathon but they decided to wait for us."Esme replied as Charmaine glared at her casually affectionate contact with Carlisle.

"I'm sorry Charmaine but I should be getting home."Carlisle said.

"Why?"Charmaine frowned.

"It's family night. We haven't seen Carlisle in three days,"Esme said.

Before Charmaine could protest Esme pulled Carlisle through the automatic doors and towards her silver Lincoln MKZ.

"Thanks," Carlisle said kissing Esme's hair as she pulled out of the spot.