harassment.”
Cason rolled onto her back on the tiny hospital bed. Over the years she had gotten somewhat used to sleeping on them. “I’m not going to ruin her career over some heavy flirtation and I am definitely not sleeping with her. Hell no,” She sighed. “I guess she just got to me tonight. She pushed the right combination of buttons when I came on this morning and pissed me off pretty good.”
“You’ll be out of there in a few weeks anyway. So, how many ski-bunnies did you hook up with? I’m still mad you didn’t invite me up.”
She laughed. “I haven’t hooked up with anyone. I’ve actually been kind of busy outside of the hospital. I worked as a back-up medic at the X Games and I’ve been hanging out with a snowboarder that I met.”
“Oh really, do tell. Does she have friends?” He said.
“It’s not like that. She’s one of the pros and she is straight and married.”
“I see.”
“I haven’t met any of her friends. I think they live all over the world actually. She travels a lot so I imagine she doesn’t stay in one place for long, but it’s been fun getting to know her.”
“So you’ve been up there five weeks and you haven’t gotten laid once? What happened to the ‘hotter than hot’ doctor love that all the nurses chase around? What have you done with my friend?”
She laughed. “Oh Warren, you know better than that. I haven’t slept with or even attempted to sleep with nowhere near the amount of women you seem to think I pick up.”
He laughed. “I love jerking your chain. I know you’re a saint. I still think there have been a few nurses you never told me about.”
“Nurses are like hairdressers, if you’ve done one you’ve done them all. They gossip like newshounds. You know I made the mistake of sleeping with Camille, that ICU nurse like four years ago, she told everyone that would listen and then it just spread from there. She doesn’t even work at DMC anymore and the rumor is still going around that I like to play doctor with nurses.” She shook her head and laughed. “She was the one and only nurse I have ever slept with and the sex with her wasn’t even good!”
He laughed. “I’m glad you’re coming back soon. It’s so dull around here without you.” He paused. “Oh gotta go. Got an MVA coming in with multiple vics.”
“Must be nice to have work to do. I’m going back to sleep.”
***
Cason finished her shift without any traumatic events. She envied Warren a little bit. She missed home. She missed the fast paced lifestyle of the big city and busy hospital. She would miss Aspen just as much when she left, but for a whole new reason this year. She wondered what Adler was doing. She was surprised to see Adler’s name light up on her phone when it rang.
“Hey you,”
“Hey, what are you doing? Are you working?” Adler asked.
“No. I just got off shift a little bit ago actually. Why? What’s up?”
“Do you want to go with me on a photo shoot? It will probably be boring, but…”
“I’d love to.”
“Cool. I’ll pick you up in twenty minutes.”
Eighteen
Cason was surprised when they parked in front of a small building in the middle of downtown Aspen. The town was extremely small to begin with so downtown was pretty much just two square blocks of shops and businesses. Adler put a handful of quarters in the meter a few feet away and printed a parking ticket to put on her dash.
“Now I see why you brought me along.” Cason nodded towards the meter. “To keep up with the time on your parking ticket.”
Adler smiled. “Yeah, I guess you figured it out.” She said as she grabbed her hand and pulled her inside the small brick building. “This place is pretty cool. The first time I came here I thought it was a hole in the wall, but it’s actually a very popular photography studio.”
Cason looked around
Cason rolled onto her back on the tiny hospital bed. Over the years she had gotten somewhat used to sleeping on them. “I’m not going to ruin her career over some heavy flirtation and I am definitely not sleeping with her. Hell no,” She sighed. “I guess she just got to me tonight. She pushed the right combination of buttons when I came on this morning and pissed me off pretty good.”
“You’ll be out of there in a few weeks anyway. So, how many ski-bunnies did you hook up with? I’m still mad you didn’t invite me up.”
She laughed. “I haven’t hooked up with anyone. I’ve actually been kind of busy outside of the hospital. I worked as a back-up medic at the X Games and I’ve been hanging out with a snowboarder that I met.”
“Oh really, do tell. Does she have friends?” He said.
“It’s not like that. She’s one of the pros and she is straight and married.”
“I see.”
“I haven’t met any of her friends. I think they live all over the world actually. She travels a lot so I imagine she doesn’t stay in one place for long, but it’s been fun getting to know her.”
“So you’ve been up there five weeks and you haven’t gotten laid once? What happened to the ‘hotter than hot’ doctor love that all the nurses chase around? What have you done with my friend?”
She laughed. “Oh Warren, you know better than that. I haven’t slept with or even attempted to sleep with nowhere near the amount of women you seem to think I pick up.”
He laughed. “I love jerking your chain. I know you’re a saint. I still think there have been a few nurses you never told me about.”
“Nurses are like hairdressers, if you’ve done one you’ve done them all. They gossip like newshounds. You know I made the mistake of sleeping with Camille, that ICU nurse like four years ago, she told everyone that would listen and then it just spread from there. She doesn’t even work at DMC anymore and the rumor is still going around that I like to play doctor with nurses.” She shook her head and laughed. “She was the one and only nurse I have ever slept with and the sex with her wasn’t even good!”
He laughed. “I’m glad you’re coming back soon. It’s so dull around here without you.” He paused. “Oh gotta go. Got an MVA coming in with multiple vics.”
“Must be nice to have work to do. I’m going back to sleep.”
***
Cason finished her shift without any traumatic events. She envied Warren a little bit. She missed home. She missed the fast paced lifestyle of the big city and busy hospital. She would miss Aspen just as much when she left, but for a whole new reason this year. She wondered what Adler was doing. She was surprised to see Adler’s name light up on her phone when it rang.
“Hey you,”
“Hey, what are you doing? Are you working?” Adler asked.
“No. I just got off shift a little bit ago actually. Why? What’s up?”
“Do you want to go with me on a photo shoot? It will probably be boring, but…”
“I’d love to.”
“Cool. I’ll pick you up in twenty minutes.”
Eighteen
Cason was surprised when they parked in front of a small building in the middle of downtown Aspen. The town was extremely small to begin with so downtown was pretty much just two square blocks of shops and businesses. Adler put a handful of quarters in the meter a few feet away and printed a parking ticket to put on her dash.
“Now I see why you brought me along.” Cason nodded towards the meter. “To keep up with the time on your parking ticket.”
Adler smiled. “Yeah, I guess you figured it out.” She said as she grabbed her hand and pulled her inside the small brick building. “This place is pretty cool. The first time I came here I thought it was a hole in the wall, but it’s actually a very popular photography studio.”
Cason looked around