“You’d have to ask the captain, to be honest I think that you would be needed more here than with us. We have the list you gave us and any plans and info that you have on the facility would be extremely useful” I smiled at her not wanting her to think that I didn’t want her to come.
Truth was I didn’t want her on the supply run with us. She was just another person that we would have to protect, her knowledge of the facility would come in handy but she could also get in the way and get harmed. Anything could happen on these runs. I didn’t want to make the call that could see our camp without a doctor.
“Ok I shall come to the meeting later and perhaps you are correct. I probably am of more use if I stay here. I’ll write down all I can remember about the facility, here take my key card, it will grant you access to most of rooms there.” She handed the key card to me, her hand felt cold against mine, it caused me to shudder.
“Sorry, it’s the air con” she said by way of explanation.
“You’re lucky you have it, wait until you get to the captain’s office later” I laughed.
“I’ll bet. Right I’ll go and check on Nia’s dressing now and maybe give her a new one. You two go get some dinner or take a walk ok? Give her a few hours rest.” The doctor advised using her no-nonsense voice. She sounded quite stern when she wanted to.
“Just don’t tell her about the run ok doc?” Will begged giving his best puppy dog look.
“No problem, I’m the one wanting her to get rest and not be worried. She didn’t sleep particularly well last night, I’ll be giving her a sedative this evening around 8. So, I’ll need all visitors gone by then. It should knock her out for a good twelve hours.”
“Ok, sounds good, tell her I’ll come back later. See you later doc”
“Bye Will” she smiled at him and I swear she batted her eyelashes.
“Bye doc” I grinned
“Uh yes, bye George” she cleared her throat and looked away quickly but not before I saw the scarlet shade of her cheeks.
Will and I left the office and walked towards the canteen.
“What are you grinning about?” Will asked
“That doctor wants you” I wiggled my eyebrows
“Wants me to do what?” he asked looking totally confused.
“You know, she wants you, she wants your body” I sang in a mocking tone.
“Shut up, no, she... Really?”
“Yeah man, how can you not see the way that she looks at you?”
“I guess I never really noticed. Huh, she is kinda cute” he looked really pleased about it. I chuckled but remained silent and left him to his thoughts.
We entered the canteen and joined Billy at a table close to the main doors, he was just finishing up his food.
“What’s for lunch today?” Will asked clapping him on the back.
“Hey guys, its pasta with a watery white sauce. It’s really good though” he answered with his mouthful.
I carried on walking to the serving hatch to get my bowl, it did look and smell delicious. Will was close on my heels, probably just as ravenous as I was.
I saw a familiar face in the kitchen, Kandace smiled at us and came to serve Will and me.
“Hey boys, how are you both” her eyes flickered to me, then to Will. Another person feeling bad for me.
“I’m ok thanks, all things considered” I answered honestly.
“That’s great George. How’s Nia?” she scooped up the pasta and put it into a white bowl with little pink flowers over it.
“She’s getting better but doc wants her to stay in a few more days” Will replied grabbing my bowl of food as I was too slow.
“Hey” I complained
“Too slow, sorry not sorry” will laughed ducking out of my way and back to the table. I shook my head and chuckled.
“The cheek!” Kandace said smiling, she placed an extra scoop into my bowl and winked at me.
“See you later George”
“You too sweetheart, thank you” I held my bowl in salute and walked back to the table.
Billy had gotten us a jug of water and three white mugs and placed it in the middle of the table.
“I was just filling Billy in on the doc’s mission for us” Will informed me, in between huge forkfuls of food that he was shoving into his mouth like he hadn’t eaten in weeks. But then again, we hadn’t eaten properly in months, since we had to ration everything.
“What do you think? Are you in?” I took a bite of my own, the creamy richness was so good. A little watery but it didn’t take away from the flavor.
“Yeah, the captain has already asked me to join you” Billy smiled, he had just eaten the last of his food and took a sip of water.
“That’s great thank you. It’s nice to know we will have a few men there that will watch our backs.”
“Captain Coopers men are our men now and they will protect you and the other members of this compound above all others” Billy sounded so serious, that at first, I thought that he was being sarcastic. But one look at his face told me that he fully believed what he was saying.
Will looked at me with his eyes wide. A ‘what the hell was that’ kinda look.
“I’m sure they will” I nodded. I fully believed that they would protect us for as long as they could. However, I wasn’t sure how many of them
