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As he sat and was about to strap himself in, I reached for his hair and roughed it up a bit, restoring it to its messy ways.
"Much better," I said as I put on my seatbelt, while he stared at me in confusion.
****
We got to the hospital; and maybe because I had spent almost six months away, the hospital looked a lot bigger than I last saw it. Memories came flooding back. My first time here. The first time I fell in love, and the first time I got my heart broken. I recalled the slap and my palm started to hurt again. I felt nervous. I looked over at Ethan. He was also staring at the building. His hand touched the cheek I had slapped months ago.
He turned to look at me and a warm smile formed, "Don't mind me. I just recalled something. I'm sorry."
"You don't have to apologize," I insisted as I stared at my palm. "It's in the past now."
"It's nice to have you back here Dr. Roberts," he said.
"It's a pleasure to work with you Dr. Sullivan," I smiled.
"Please there are three Dr. Sullivans," he said. "Call me Ethan."
"Ethan it is," I said and followed him into the building.
****
"Is that Stacy?"
"The boss is back."
"Look it's Stacy. You know the one from months ago."
"Dr. Roberts is back."
"Ethan looks lovely as usual."
The murmurs from onlookers, patients, and the staff alike didn't fail to reach my ears. I was slightly conscious of how everyone was reacting to my return. I half expected that everyone would have forgotten about me by now.
"The prodigal daughter returns," Allison announced.
"Alisson," I called as we raced to embrace each other.
As we ran into each other's arms, it was at that point I realized just how much I had missed her. She was my only friend downtown, and I wasn't really that close to anyone back home, including my staff.
"You got shorter," she remarked. "Put on a little weight, didn't you?"
"You sound like an old woman," I remarked. "You don't look like you've aged a bit."
"Well duh, it's only been a few months; it wasn't like it was an entire year or two," she said as she let go of me.
"It felt longer, to be honest," I admitted.
"Come closer," she motioned, and I obeyed.
She gave my head a flick of her finger.
"Ow!" I winced and covered my forehead in pain. "What was that for?"
"Thatwas for leaving for so long without telling me what exactly happened," she said. "You even dodged the topic several times and I gave up."
"I'm sorry," I apologized with regret.
"You don't have to apologize," she said. "I'm just glad you're back. Most of the patients missed you a lot.”
