Page 8 of Too Hot to Sleep
Georgia glanced at the charts she was working on, then checked her watch. "I'm due a break. Want to get some coffee?"
"Sure."
After letting the admissions clerk know she'd be away for ten minutes, Georgia wrote "break" beside her name on a dry eraser board. "How are things in the nursery?"
Toni looked heavenward. "Please tell me what possessed me to transfer up to the fourth floor."
"You love babies, and you have the hots for the new head of obstetrics."
Her friend frowned. "Oh, yeah."
"And how's that little ploy going, by the way?"
"Well, he calls me Terri.'"
"Oh." Georgia hid her smile and led the way into the staff vending room. Two med students sat at a corner table, one studying, one asleep sitting up.
Toni threw up her hands. "My question is, how did the man get through anatomy if he can't remember names?"
Georgia poured them both a paper cup of coffee, then handed Toni a packet of sugar. "He'll come around."
"I hope so. I was planning to have snared a doctor by now. No offense, Georgia—I'm not as enamored with the nursing profession as you are. I'm here to get a husband. A rich husband with talented hands."
Georgia laughed. "Liar. You're a great nurse, Toni. By the way, how was Stacey feeling this morning?"
"Not so good, but she'll recover." After glancing at the med students, she leaned forward. "So I'm dying here. Did you call Rob and... you know?"
Feeling a blush climb her neck, Georgia blew into her cup.
"What, what,what?"
"Yes."
Toni squealed. "I knew you could do it if you just let go. Did he like it?"
Georgia pursed her lips, reliving flashes of last night's erotic conversation that still sent stabs of desire to her stomach. His responses had been unexpectedly enthusiastic and sensual—a side of him she'd never seen but had hoped for. "I think so." She lowered her voice and added, "It was fabulous."
Toni grinned. "You vamp, you."
Basking in her awakening, Georgia lifted her chin and smiled. She'd misbehaved and she hadn't been struck by lightning. She hadn't grown horns. And she hadn't been tempted to ogle strange men on the bus this morning. She had her unfettered hormones perfectly under control.
"I take back what I said about Rob being a bore," Toni offered. "The man's obviously a sleeper."
"A sleeper?"
"You know, unassuming. Awakens unexpectedly." Toni wagged her eyebrows.
"Ah."
"When will you see him again?"
"I told him to call me today."
Slurping her coffee, Toni said, "Let's hope he didn't get self-righteous at the light of day."
Georgia's smile fizzled. "What do you mean?"
Toni crinkled her nose and pulled an innocent face. "Nothing."
