MY HEARTBEAT
****EPISODE 12****
Femi entered the reception area of Saint Havers Hospital and stared in awe. It was so big, there seemed to be several things happening at once. There was a big aquarium on one side with some fishes she had never seen before. There were nurses wearing beautiful green scrubs and just then, she heard the sirens as an ambulance arrived, suddenly there was organised pandemonium, nurses and doctors alike rushed out and she quickly moved to the side to avoid being run over by them.
Soon, she saw them rush in again with a man who was bleeding seriously and a man in a uniform was reading out the man stats and situation. Almost immediately, a pregnant woman was rushed in and she was quickly offered a wheelchair by competent nurses and wheeled into the elevator. All these and Femi was feeling like she was in a beautiful episode of Greys Anatomy.
She hadn’t known Saint Havers was this big, really. She knew it was popular but being inside right now, she was almost overwhelmed. No wonder Tiwa was so arrogant that she worked there. And my boyfriend runs this, she thought to herself as she began to giggle.
She had come over to see Fiyin, he had offered her a Tour of the Hospital weeks before but she had refused because she didn’t want to run into Tiwa. She had gotten the feeling however that he felt she wasn’t interested in his work and that made her feel bad as she was very interested in what he did. She had been searching for ways to make it up to him and she finally picked today
It was officially 4 months since they started dating now and things couldn’t be better. Schools had been on break for about 3 weeks now and so was Amanda. Amanda and her cousins had gone to spend the end of session break with their Grandmother in Abuja and that had given she and Fiyin opportunity to spend more time together.
For 2 weeks now, he had been leaving his office by 1 pm so he could spend time teaching her to drive, he said he didn’t trust anyone else to do it as well and he didn’t want any driving coach ogling her bum bum. How the coach would be teaching her driving and staring at her bum bum was beyond her but she didn’t argue with Fiyin on stuff like that.
You wouldn’t know it to look at him but the guy was pretty possessive. And it gave her a very tingly feeling whenever he showed off his jealousy. She must be a cave woman herself to enjoy that aspect of him but she really did.
In the past few months, she would have sworn it was impossible but she had bloomed, she didn’t know what it was but with Fiyin, she was a different woman entirely. After the hoolabaloo with Tiwa, she was resigned that their relationship would end soon but it hadn’t.
In fact from that time, she sensed a determination in him for things to work between them, this had increased her confidence in them and she had opened up and told him things about her past, her parents, things she had never really talked about with anyone, including Ronke. And she knew now, that he trusted her for that action alone.
She had hoped they could keep their relationship secret for a while but Fiyin hadn’t agreed with that. Before she knew what was happening, she had met his sisters, spoken to his parents and hung out with a couple of his friends including his sister’s fiancée, Dr Jire who had very subtly told her he approved of her.
The one place she had avoided was the hospital and that was because of Tiwa. In the past few months, whenever Tiwa came home, she hadn’t said anything to Femi, only giving her smug suggestive looks, Femi didn’t know what they meant and she promised herself she wasn’t going to trouble herself finding out.
Today was a good day, the anniversary of the 4th month since they started dating. For their 3rd month, he had taken her to a beautiful restaurant on the island where she had gotten the Princess treatment. Today, she knew he had something planned, he was extremely thoughtful that way but she had also come to surprise him here, hopefully he would have her time.
Hi, good afternoon.” She greeted as she approached the counter.
“Hi, ma’am, how may I help you?” The pretty nurse asked.
“Thanks, Please I’m here to see Dr Arowolo, can I get directions?”
The nurse looked at her considering, “Which Dr Arowolo, ma’am?”
“Oh sorry, Dr Fiyinfoluwa Arowolo…”
“Okay, I will put a call through, your name?”
Femi gave her name and listened as the nurse made the call. “Take the elevator on your left and go up to the 4th floor, turn to your left, the last office is his.”
“Thank you very much, ma.” Femi turned and went to the elevator as the nurse turned to the other sitting beside her, “Who do you think she is?”
The other one who had been listening to their conversation returned, “I hope she is a special somebody so that Aunty Tiwa will let us see road, imagine if that one became our Oga madam.”
As in!” The first nurse said and they both started laughing.
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When she got to the 4th floor and came out of the elevator, Fiyin was waiting for her, excitement all over his face. He hugged her and kissed her in full view of the corridor, where she could see at least 10 other people. When she looked around, she saw some smiling and some averting their faces, she was so embarrassed. “Why did you do that?” She asked as she slapped the hand he still had wrapped around her.
“I don’t know, happiness, excitement, you are here and I’m happy” He grinned boyishly.
“I wanted to surprise you, she showed him the flowers she had bought for him. Happy 4th month anniversary.”
That got her another kiss and a big smile, “Thanks dear. I love it.”
“Stop that!”
“What? You’re my babe, I need to show you off. Infact, I’m taking you everywhere right now.” So saying he grabbed her hands and proceeded to give her a very thorough tour of the establishment. He also introduced her as his babe to several nurses and doctors and left her blushing all throughout, grateful she had dressed properly for the occasion.
With her hair properly done, Fiyin had taken her to the Salon himself last weekend, her makeup right, thanks to Ronke’s tutorial videos, she wore a lovely Ankara top paired with nice pants and a very nice heeled sandal that Bolu, Fiyin’s youngest sister had given her, she looked just like the kind of woman you would expect to see with a man like Dr Fiyin Arowolo.
While she was expecting stuck up people like Tiwa, she was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the doctors were really nice and genuinely wanted to get to know her. After 3 fun hours, she found herself in the paediatrics unit looking through the glass at the beautiful new babies and wishing one was hers.
“Oh oh!” Jire nudged Fiyin’s shoulders, “Better go and carry your woman before she steals one of our babies.”
Fiyin laughed when he caught the dreamy expression on Femi’s face. He quietly approached her, “If you want a baby, you are going about it the wrong way.” He whispered in her ears, tickling her.
She pushed him away, “Laughing, how I should go about it? Tell me?”
“Come home with me, I can show you better than I can tell you!”
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