Surgery Gossip.

I spent the morning in the office filing some papers for my boss. I was just getting done when I heard Amy pop her head around the door. Amy was a receptionist who had been working at the vet surgery a few more years than I had.

“Morning,” I smiled up at her.

“Morning Scarlett” she replied, “you’re in early,” she laughed, she was normally here before me.

“Yeah, I knew I had all this to do so I thought I’d come in early and get it done.” I told her.

“Wanna grab some coffee when you’re done? You wouldn't believe the gossip.” I laughed and rolled my eyes. Amy was the gossip queen, if anything was going on in the surgery she would be the first to know about it.

“Sure, I’m done now actually,” I said whilst placing the last folder back into the cupboard. We both got up and walked into the surgery break room. We poured ourselves some coffee and sat down.

“Well, don’t take my word for this but…” she started, “I think Michael and Lucy have been dating!” Michael was my boss and Lucy the new receptionist they had only recently hired. She was a young blonde girl only recently out of college.

“Michael wouldn't!” I gasped, “he’s only just split from his wife that’s crazy!” said thinking back to how broken hearted Michael had been after his marriage had broken down.

“Well…” she sighed, “She’s a pretty girl...”

“Yeah but Michael is more professional than that, he’s always warning me never to date within the company; I’m not even allowed to get customers numbers…” I trailed off, “where did you hear this anyway?” I asked.

“I didn't, I saw them leave together last night, I was working late and she was hanging around, and then when I went into the break room I heard a male voice which I’m sure was Michael and then when I came out they were gone.” She looked pleased with herself.

“Maybe she just wanted to ask him something then left?”

“That what I thought but then I remembered she had already left earlier today and when she came back she was all dressed up…” we both sat and thought. Just then Michael walked into the room.

“Hey ladies!” he beamed, grabbing a coffee cup. We both smiled and nodded. “We have a busy day today, Scarlett have you sorted out the files?” He asked. I nodded. “Great, we have Mr Burgess coming to collect today so I need you to give smudge a final check-up.” I did a mental note of the name and then I nodded.

Once I'd checked Smudge over and given him a good bye hug I ticked of his check list and placed it on the office desk. Just as I was placing it down my hand brushed against the computer mouse and the screen lit up. Lucy’s emails were on the screen and after looking around to see if anyone was there I quickly scanned the screen for any signs of what Amy had told me. I noticed almost half of her emails were from Michael and my heart sunk. I couldn't believe he would be interested in her, she wasn't even his type. Just then the surgery doors burst open and a little girl flew in.
“Excuse me!” she cried, “I found a cat on the road!” she suddenly stopped and burst into tears. I quickly ran out of the office and flew my arms around her. She was sobbing and shaking. After calming her down a bit I asked her to show me where the cat was.

We reached the road side and she was right. There on the pavement lay a little black cat curled up in a ball drenched in blood. I gently picked it up and took it back into the surgery.
“Mike!” I called. He came rushing out and after noticing what had happened quickly took the cat off me so I could prep the theatre table. After sterilizing the equipment for Michael I decided to give him some space while he prepared for the operation. I also wanted to see if the little girl was okay. When I walked back into the waiting room she was sitting looking white as a ghost with Amy holding her hand.

“It’s okay,” I smiled kneeling down in front of her, trying to sound reassuring. “The vets looking after the cat now, he’s going to do the best he can.” She nodded slowly. “Now I need to ask you some questions, is the cat yours?” I asked. She shook her head. “Do you know who the cat belongs to?” she shook her head again then burst into tears. Amy cuddled her just as a woman flew through the surgery doors.

“Where have you been!” she exclaimed. The little girl jumped up and ran into her arms.

 I explained the situation to the little girls mum and went back into the theatre room with Michael. After we had fixed the cat up we placed him into his own little cage and checked the records for any missing cats in the area which matched his description. We also made up some posters to place around to find its owner. The little girls mum asked us to call her if an owner for the cat wasn't found as she would be happy to adopt it. I felt relieved once the little girl was smiling again and I reassured her once more that we would do our best so she could take him home (the cat turned out to be a boy) and care for him. I didn't want to get her hopes up too much unless he didn't make it through the night but I couldn't hurt her feelings anymore.