Copyright 2018 by Andrea Renee Cox. This story may not be copied or reprinted without prior written consent.
This is the Day
inspired by Caitlyn Santi
“… and that little monster bit me when I was trying to take
his vitals.”
Lena slammed the first of two doors
on her coworker’s grumbling. She’d had just as rough a time as he—though, she
hadn’t been on the receiving end of a teeth chomping—during the work at an
apartment-building fire. At least they’d finally been released to come back to
the station, where they’d been for the last hour, sanitizing and restocking the
bus.
She angled an irritated gaze his
direction. “Mark, I get it. You got bitten, it hurt. Move on.”
“I don’t think you’re getting it.”
The next door banged shut even
louder. “I get it just fine. We both had a rough day. If you don’t mind, I’d
like to go clock out and enjoy what’s left of the waning daylight.”
“Want to go to dinner?”
A skeptical look shot to her face
before she could halt it. “That’s, what? The fiftieth time you’ve asked me out
this year?”
“Oh, at least.”
