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Emma Dobbs (nurse_emma) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-09-14 22:01:00

Who? Emma and Tim
When? Monday evening
Where? The tea room
What? Chance encounter - Emma is a klutz
Rating? TBD

Emma was on call on Monday night and while it was still early, she was exhausted. She'd checked on her patients, filed the charts and decided that she needed some caffeine and a little bit of sugar to keep her going. She made her way down to the tea room to get a treat, the area nearly deserted when she entered. She glanced at the clock and noted that she had some time to actually sit and enjoy a cup of tea and perhaps a cupcake before she needed to get back up to the Ward.

She carried her cup of tea in one hand and a pretty cupcake on a plate in the other. Emma's robes were maybe just a tad long, or maybe she really was just a klutz. Whatever the case, she lost her footing for a moment, just as she was walking by someone sitting at a small table and she pitched forward - luckily the hot tea stayed well-balanced, but the cupcake with the pink icing landed on the man's shoulder and bounced into his lap. "Oh! Oh, Merlin I'm so sorry!" she cried.

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nurse_emma
2009-09-15 02:42 am UTC (link)

Emma's cheeks flushed and she had to look away from where he was wiping the icing away. "No... no, sometimes I'm just a klutz," she sighed. Emma didn't really know who he was - he wasn't wearing medical robes and he wasn't carrying an on-call medallion like she was. She recognized him, for sure from the hospital, but she couldn't place him.

"I'm just... I'm pretty good with cleaning charms but..." she gestured toward his situation and there was no way she was risking hexing his... area. She blushed a little more. "Could have been worse?" she offered, "could have been the tea?"

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blenkinsop
2009-09-15 02:50 am UTC (link)

"No no, that's all right." After what happened to Tim, he didn't want any kind of charmwork or hex near his body. "I can just change when I get home."

A laugh escaped him. "True. I could be scalded now." He paused. "Let me let you make it up to me." He said, breaking into a charming grin. "Come sit with me and let me buy you another cupcake."

The first one looked a bit sad now with all its frosting gone.

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	nurse_emma 2009-09-15 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Emma took a step to the side, glancing down at the cupcake that had rolled patheticly onto the floor. "I dump icing you and you want to buy me a cupcake?" she smiled a little. He had a nice smile, she thought as she pulled out the chair across from him. "All right... I'm on-call, so I don't know how long I can stay. But.. thank you," she said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blenkinsop
2009-09-15 02:57 am UTC (link)

"What can I say? I'm a nice guy." And she was a fit bird. Of course he'd want her to sit down. She could have dropped paint all over him and he still would have asked if he could owl her sometime.

"Sure." He used his foot to push the seat out so she could sit in it. "Where do you work?" He meant 'in which wing', but that would have been awkward to say.

The teenage girl who worked in the tea room glared as Emma sat down, but perked right up when Tim flagged her over. He pointed at the cupcake, and motioned that they each wanted one.

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nurse_emma
2009-09-15 03:02 am UTC (link)

While he gestured for the waitress to bring more cupcakes, Emma quickly ran her fingers through her hair. She'd worked a long shift and was on-call for the night - no time to really freshen up. "Oh, I work up on the Janus Thickney Ward," she told him as she added two cubes of sugar to her cooling tea. Emma quickly cast a warming charm on the cup to reheat her tea. "Nurse," she smiled, tugging on the sleeve of her obvious pink robes.

"What about you? What brings you to the tea room so late? Are you visiting a patient or are you off duty?" she asked, sipping her tea. He seemed to have good manners and he was confident judging from the fact that he'd outright told her he was a nice guy. She liked a confident guy.

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blenkinsop
2009-09-16 04:51 pm UTC (link)

Tim was oblivious to her looking perhaps less than normal. He thought she was very pretty, even though she was a little disheveled. No big deal. He was used to women who worked at the hospital to look like that.

Except Audrey. She always looked heavenly.

He nodded. "I'm in Spell Damage." He commented, sitting up a little as the waitress brought out two cupcakes with bright pink frosting. "Just finished my shift, ready to go home... but I thought I'd see if I could bean Marcus before I go." He grinned a little, motioning toward the muffin he had sitting on the table. It was for throwing, not for eating.

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nurse_emma
2009-09-16 07:55 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, well I'm surprised that we haven't met before then," she laughed lightly. "I'm accident prone and it's a wonder that I haven't hexed myself with my own wand before," she laughed, thanking the waitress who brought out the cupcakes. The pink icing was just a very happy-looking color.

"Thank you for the cupcake," Emma said as she pulled off the wrapper and licked a dollop of icing off her thumb. She peered at the muffin then gave Tim a bewildered look. "Why would you want to throw a muffin at him?" she asked him.

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	blenkinsop 2009-09-16 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure." Tim said, giving her a little grin. She had a nice laugh. "Oh, it's a thing." He said, waving his hand. "Marcus and I have been buddies since school, and... well, we've got a food war going on. It's been years now. I'm not sure who's winning." He added, making a funny face. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nurse_emma
2009-09-16 09:04 pm UTC (link)

She smirked, shaking her head a little because it sounded childish. Emma sipped her tea then set her cup down so she could taste the cupcake. It was as delicious as she had hoped it would be, she thought as she enjoyed it for a moment.

Emma couldn't help but like his smile and felt a pink blush creep into her cheeks. "So, even in public you throw food at one another?" she asked, glancing over her shoulder to make sure she wasn't about to be a part of a food fight. "And.. I guess you're, therefore, used to having food on your clothes then?"

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blenkinsop
2009-09-17 01:59 am UTC (link)

Tim lifted the cupcake and slowly peeled the wrapper off the bottom. It was something to keep his hands busy. He was doing his best not to think about Audrey, and trying to keep an eye out for Marcus and pay attention to this young lady.

"Yes." Tim gave a grin. "Of course. Where else would we have the war?" He laughed. "Normally it's not messy food like frosting... but sometimes."

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nurse_emma
2009-09-17 02:03 am UTC (link)

Guys were strange, Emma thought, swiping at the frosting with her finger. It was good frosting, earned the right to be ate separately, she thought as she licked her finger - probably not entirely appropriate, but it was good and she was sort of flirting with the kinda strange but cute guy across from her. "Well, good luck with your food fight," she smiled.

"So, how long have you worked here? I haven't seen any food flying around the cafeteria before," Emma admitted. She wondered if she could have known him from school, if she knew his name. "Or rather... I don't even know your name," she laughed.

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blenkinsop
2009-09-21 05:24 pm UTC (link)

Marcus was an amazing cook. Tim was proud of his friend for his culinary prowess. He started poking at his cupcake, still keeping an eye out for Marcus behind the counter.

"Thank you." He gave her a smile, and then turned his eyes back up, having seen someone behind the counter. But it was just the waitress.

"A couple years. Before that I was in training." He said. "But this is a pretty recent war."

"Oh, Tim. Blenkinsop." Healer Blenkinsop on his ward. He flashed her another smile. "And you?"

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nurse_emma
2009-09-21 09:29 pm UTC (link)

Emma bit her lip when he smiled at her. She couldn't help but feel a faint blush in her cheeks. Hmm, that didn't happen often, she thought.

"Oh, I'm Emma Dobbs," she told him. "I've been working here for a year and I spent a year in training and an intership," she said. "I thought I might recognize your name from Hogwarts perhaps, but I guess I've just seen you around," she smiled.

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	blenkinsop 2009-09-22 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"I was in Ravenclaw," Tim said, "man, that seems like such a long time ago." He lifted his tea for a sip, having completely forgotten it was there on the table in front of him. It'd gone cold. "It's nice to meet you, Emma." He added, giving her a little smirk. She was very, very pretty. "Do you normally take the night shift?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nurse_emma
2009-09-22 09:19 pm UTC (link)

"It's nice to meet you, too," she said. Emma took a small bite of her cupcake, trying not to make a mess or bite off too much and look silly. After she'd swallowed, she continued. "I was in Slytherin, so probably how I don't know you," she admitted. Emma really only hung around with people from her house when she was at Hogwarts.

"It depends on how my patients are doing and if Madame Strout needs me to take the shift," she said. "Normally I'm not on call at night - maybe once or twice a month." Emma left out the part where she was usually there keeping her mother company.

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	blenkinsop 2009-09-23 03:22 am UTC (link)
	"I think I might have been a few years ahead of you." He commented, thinking she looked a bit younger than he was. She was definitely too young for him. He took a bite of his cupcake. "I'd hate to work night shifts." Tim said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nurse_emma 2009-09-23 11:01 am UTC (link)
	Emma shook her head. "I can't imagine that you were that many years behind me at Hogwarts," she smiled over at him. Sure, he looked a little older then her, but she didn't want to think that he might be too old - there was no such thing, she thought. "It's not fun, but I guess that I still have to pay my dues," she shrugged. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blenkinsop 2009-09-23 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	"I remember what that was like." Tim put in some long hours early on in his career, too. And still did sometimes. "How do you like working at the hospital?" He was always curious about the other people who worked at St. Mungos. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nurse_emma 2009-09-23 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	She shrugged, smiling a little as she swiped at her icing with her finger again. "I mean... it's work. I enjoy working with Madame Strout, so that's a plus," she said. "But... it's a job. I don't know if I'll ever take the time to go through healer training," she told him. "What about you? You like working here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blenkinsop
2009-09-23 11:41 pm UTC (link)

Tim nodded. "It's good to get along with coworkers." He paused, and broke into a smirk. "I almost wish I'd spent more time here before I went through all the schooling and training. I might not have done it if I'd known what it was going to be like."

He lifted his tea for another sip, having forgotten that it was cold by now.

"I like it all right. It's... well, it's a job, anyway. Not the best, not the worst."

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	nurse_emma 2009-09-24 03:24 am UTC (link)
	Emma was about to comment when the Caduceus pendant around her neck turned cold against her skin. She pulled it out, the pendant ice cold on her fingers. "Page... dammit," she groaned, rising from her seat. "I'm sorry... but I'm on call and they need me upstairs," she sighed. "Thank you for the cupcake... and the company," Emma smiled sincerely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blenkinsop 2009-09-24 03:29 am UTC (link)
	"It's all right." Tim said, giving her a little grin. "No problem." He almost suggested that they do it again sometime. "Have a good shift." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nurse_emma 2009-09-24 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks..." Emma hesitated, she didn't quite want to leave. "Yeah... maybe I'll see you around soon," she smiled at him. She turned to leave, walking across the cafeteria. Just before she disappeared out the door, she turned and smiled, giving him one last little wave. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blenkinsop 2009-09-24 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"Hopefully." Tim said, giving a smile and a nod. He watched her as she left the room, all the way until the smile and wave. He returned the wave, then turned to stare at his hand as if unsure how it raised on its own. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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