Erased from His Memory

Chapter 4- THE FAVOR

~John~

"Okay Mom! Yes! Yes! No! No! Mmmmmmmmoooooommmmm!!!! Fine! I will! Okay bye!" I dropped my phone on my bed and rubbed my temples, talking to my mother is so frustrating and just gives me headache all the time. I love her so dearly but every time that we talked we ended up on arguing with the same reason that she keeps on telling me. "Me and your Dad are already old John and we need to see our grandchildren from you, we saw our grandchildren from your sisters, so when will be yours?" and thats what she keeps on saying every time that we talked, in person or on the phone. I got two older sisters and they are already married, both got children already and here I am their one and only son still single and not a thing in the world thought of having a relationship just yet. I sighed of the thought of it. Oh Mother! I just slump my body onto my bed and closed my eyes, talking to my mom drained my energy and gave me a terrible headache. After 30 minutes, my phone rang. I let out a groan and I know that it would be my mom, so I didn't bother looking at the screen and just pressed the green button and talk straight away. "Mom, I will be looking for a date okay? So don't worry" there was silence in the other line and when it seems like they compose themselves she started to talk. "Uhm! Dr. Myers?, It's me Nurse Margaret, I was just wondering if you are in the hospital right now? One of your patients was looking for you because they wanted to be discharge today?" Oh sh*t! My eyes just opened abruptly and I felt like its going to pop out of it socket after what I just heard from the other line. I shifted back up on my bed, no way did that happened! That was so embarrassing! What would Margaret think? "So sorry about that, I thought you were somebody else Nurse Margaret, my rounds will be starting in about a minute so will be there soon." Nice comeback, I thought to myself. "Okay! thanks Dr. Myers, and Dr. Myers, don't you worry, I didn't hear a thing, bye!" and she hang up the phone. I just shake my head and smiled at what Margaret just told me. That's what I really liked about her though she just make things less awkward and makes every situation feel light. It's been a week that we had that blind date, and everything's just light with her now, before it just feels awkward but after that blind date it's just making us back to the good old days. I'm having lunch with her and Eliana every time that we got the same break schedule, and it's just like old times, when we were still at nursing school we kept on annoying each other and just have a good laugh at everything. I started to put on my coat as I was just relaxing in my own room here at the hospital, every doctor here at the hospital has its own room, especially those ones that can’t go home and having a longer shifts, and before I opened the door I suddenly remember what my mom and I talked about before I awkwardly talked to Margaret, my mom requested me to go back to the big city because my dad's business partner's child is going to get married and our family is invited. Now my terrible headache starts again. She asked me if I could bring a date on that event, or if not she will picked someone to be my date and I know my mom she will introduce me to the daughters of her peers from the book club. I know some of those girls, they are charming and lady like but once you got to know them like dude! They are like animals that been set free and getting wild. I dated a lot of girls before but it always ends up saying goodbye or being friends with them at the end. I don't know, maybe I always compare them to this certain girl that's why every date that I got always ends up zero. I just shake everything off and started to get serious because I am heading to work, as I open the door of heading to the wards a light bulb just flashed right before me, what if I try and ask this person a favor I'm pretty sure she wouldn't say no. I keep on asking something from her before and I just pout at her and make a puppy eyes she would instantly say yes. Just for that party anyways then after that all good, back to normal for me and her. Nice one John! and I smirk from the thought of it.

~Margaret~

After that awkward conversation with John, I did my work straight away and didn't even realise that I was smiling the whole time until one of my colleagues noticed it. "Looks like someone is in a good mood today, even though it is a little bit of a toxic day" and she smiled at me. It’s almost noon and our ward was nuts. We haven’t even sat down a bit because everythings just crazy but we are nurses we can manage. I furrowed my brows at her and said "What do you mean Kylie?" She puts out her index finger towards me and shakes it side by side "Margaret don't play dumb at me, you've been smiling the whole time after that phone conversation with Dr. Myers, is there anything that you want to talk about?" and she gave me a grin that says gossip. I just rolled my eyes at her and giggled a bit "No Kylie! I was just smiling because Dr. Myers thought that I was someone else on the phone and told me….” I stop mid sentence I don’t want to embarass John you know. “..some random stuff" and I gave her an awkward laughed from that thought. I could never imagined that John is looking for a date just to please his mother. I would not let him get away with that. I have an alas now whenever he keeps on annoying me. Kylie lift his one brow in an arch and asked "Margaret do you like Dr. Myers?" I looked at her as if she got two heads and told her that Dr. Myers and I are really good friends ever since our nursing school days. She wasn't convince of my answer and ask, "Are you sure? Because every girl that I know, like a lot of them here at the hospital could fall from the charm of the one and only Dr. Myers." I hold both Kylie's arm looked at her straight in the eyes and said, "and I am not one of those fan girls of his Kylie so stop the questions okay? we are just really friends." Then she shrugged it off and I giggled a bit of her reaction. Oh dear Kylie I knew she had a crush on John I could see the twinkle in her eyes every time John is here. "Hi there beautiful and awesome nurses! How's everyone in here?" a familiar voice snapped me out from my thoughts, and I know it was him. "All good Dr. Myers" as Kylie answered him with that twinkle in his eyes. See everyone she got a crush on him. I just smiled at Kylie then gave a John a smile and said "All is well around here Dr. Myers!" Then John smiled back to everyone. "Oh by the way Nurse Margaret can you please give me the chart of that patient that wanted to get discharge today" I nodded at his request and gave him the chart, he mouthed Thank you and went to the patient straight away. After taking care of the patient he went back to our station and handed me the chart and told me to discharge him as soon as possible as it looks like the patient is now fully recovered. Once again I nodded and before I retreated from my steps he called my name again "Nurse Margaret what time is your break?" I gave him a confused look and answered "soon Dr. John, why?" I could feel that every people from the station was giving me death glares I can feel it! “okay! I will have a ten minutes break soon and I will talk to you later." He then walked away from the station and I was still confused of what he did. Typical Johnno.

I was heading to the cafeteria to have my lunch break I saw Eliana from one of the tables, Im pretty sure its not her break yet, and I was surprise that John was in there as well sitting infront of her. I sat beside Eliana and gave both of them a questioning look. "What? It's my break as well you know" Eliana said. I let out a sigh and then turn to John "I could feel that something is up, spill it you two!" Both of them just looked at the ground then John stared at me started to talk. "Margaret, remember what I said before on the phone?" I nodded at him, well that was really funny who couldn't forget about it? "I know it's not really me that asking people but can I ask you a favor?" with puppy eyes he said that to me. No way he did that puppy eyes, he knew that I couldn't resist him if he does that. The way that his hazel brown eyes lighten up some more its as if he looks like a lost pup every time he did that, and I like puppies. I rolled my eyes at him and trying to resist those looks from him. "What is it? As long as it doesn't concern about money, selling drugs, or killing a person, then I'm cool with it!" Wait! my wording sounds familiar. 'What is it? As long as it doesn't concern about money, selling drugs, or killing a person, then I'm cool with it!' then he gave me a smirk as I said those words to him. What an arrogant person you are, a silent thought in my mind. Lucky you are cute. say what Garry? Cute! well he is cute truth be told, cute but arrogant. This is weird I should stop arguing in my head. "Margaret? earth to Margaret?" as Eliana snapped me out from my reverie, gosh what happened there? "Did you hear what John's favor was before you went to lalaland?" I shake my head and said to John sorry. He just smiled back at me and said "seems like she is out of lalaland now Eli and I am going to ask her again. "Margaret can you be my date?" I was shocked at what he said and went back to lalaland again. 'Garry can you be my date?' his voice and those words are now what I am hearing from my mind until Eliana smacked my arm and I am out of lalaland again. "Ouch Eli that hurts" she just rolled her eyes at me. "So what you say Margaret?" I looked at John again then Eliana then back at him again until I sighed. "What is this all about then and you know about this Eliana!?" she just drank the coffee that was in front of her as if that she doesn't know everything. "Well, its my fault I should've told you first before Eli" John said in defense. I looked at him and waiting for him to talk again. "Well, my parents were invited from this big event at the big city and my mom keeps on bombarding me to find a date, and I couldn't think of anyone else except you and well bringing you along wouldn’t be awkward because we will be going there as friends, its like a friendly date like we keep on doing.” My eyes grew big like saucers as I comprehend at what John said. Big city? big event? that means coming back there? I haven't notice that I kept on drinking water the whole time that I almost choke and Eliana patted my back and seemed like she was really amused of what happened. I looked at John and he still have that puppy eyes and now with a pout. Oh mehn! how dare he doing this to me! I was just being silent the whole time and contemplating whether I should go for it or not, as well I did not look at John the whole time because when I do he always gave me the same reaction. What if I bump into one of them at the big city? Am I ready to face them again? I let out a big sigh and started to talk to Eliana and John again. "Alright! It's because you two were ganging up on me, and I knew you Eliana" pointing at her "You wanted me to do this, and John because you are my close friend since nursing school until now." I took a deep breath then exhale, and I couldn't believe at what I'm about to say next, "Okay! I can be your date to that big event at the big city." Then I realise at what I said again, everything is such a dejavu to me today. ‘Even if I really don’t like you due to your egotistical behavior, because you asked politely, Okay! I can be your date at that big event'. Eliana poked me in the arm and I was out of my reverie again, Urgh! why this things kept on happening to me? "Same old Magpie, having her own little world again." John gave me a smirk and I just retorted by sticking my tongue out at him. "So all settled then? You will be John's date at this event and I will just come along with you and visit my family in there." Eliana said. I was taken a back and then asked John "What is this big event all about John?" he rubbed the back of his neck then said, "It's my dad's business partner's child's wedding." I stiffed a little bit as I heard the word business partner Oh it cant be. I looked at Eliana and he was staring at me concerned. I was going to ask John again but Eliana beat me to it. "What's the business partner's name John?" John smiled at Eliana then at me. It seems like he was hesitant to say it because he was just kept on looking through the window or he was just thinking what's the name of those people? I really don't know what's on his mind though. As he finished staring at the window, he then looked at us with a smile. I guess he was just thinking their names then. Me and my imagination. As he was starting to say something my alarm went off and that means my break is up. I said my farewell to Eliana and John and told John to just messaged me the details or anything about heading back to the big city again. As I was walking back to my ward I let out a big frustrated sigh as to what was happening during my break, I was hoping it was suppose to be relaxing but it wasn't. What if the business partner's name was theirs and the wedding was his? Can I managed it? Am I really ready for everything that's going to happen when we go to the big city? Did he already moved on? Was it her that he is going to get married with? I groan in frustration and a lot of questions just keeps on popping into my head and now it's giving me a headache. I was out of my trance again when my buzzer went off and says that a patient needed my care. I forgot Im working and the patients needs me. I straighten myself heading towards my ward shake everything out and just deal with everything after work. I can do this!