So he was reasonable, that was a relief. “That’s what I was thinking.” Bea could live through stony silence and an awkward walk, but that didn’t mean she wanted to. She definitely didn’t want to spend the next fifteen minutes of her life bickering with a medic who she was pretty sure thought he was hot shit at least seventy-five percent of the time.
The first reply that came to mind was one that would clearly get him smacked upside the head, so Zach kept that one to himself as he nodded. “Well then, thankfully we were both thinking along the same lines,” Hopefully she wouldn’t take that for anything other than what it was, a simple remark that they had been on the same page. The last thing he needed was to have Bea tossing barbs at him all the way back to the infirmary.
Sure, he didn’t consider this over. He was stubborn and she presented a challenge, but he wouldn’t start it up again today, probably he wouldn’t attempt anything else for a while – let the dust settle some.
“Wrong,” He wasn’t sure if he was supposed to hear her muttered comment or not, but he had. “A DWI would have pretty much ended my career for awhile,” Most places didn’t like employing medics with a history of reckless or careless driving. “But it was a fair guess,” Zach wasn’t an idiot; he knew that half the compound knew he spent most of his free time at the Horsemen. But his drinking and his job never crossed paths; he made damn sure of that.
The quiet while they walked didn’t really bother him. Wasn’t exactly like he had had much luck with conversation with her anyway. Actually he seemed to fair better when he wasn’t talking….at least when it came to Bea, apparently.
When Bea stopped short of the infirmary Zach totally understood. Most people gave it a wide berth lately, and he couldn’t blame them. “Probably wise,” he answered with an honest smile, no trace of flirting behind it. “Yeah, sisters can be weird about their little people,” he was still getting used to Charlie’s kid, actually. But he had to figure his sister had been keeping away from most of the sickness so as to avoid passing it onto her little person. sick.”