Lane’s phone vibrated on the desk next to her. She wanted to look but it wasn’t technically her break yet and she had to get this report out. She eyed the phone, finishing up a patient file on her computer at the same time.
*Andy.*
Ugh… it was only 10 am and she wasn’t off until 12:30 at the earliest. She’d sent him a playful text when she got was on her early break and he’d responded in stride, hinting exactly at the things he knew would distract her for the rest of the morning. Her break had gone by way too fast as they’d gone back and forth about how this and that would happen with this and that toy once she was set free and off work. But she had to concentrate and finish this week well. Her department had been overrun with requests for better reports from management since Monday but they had put their heads down, determined to beat expectations and finish more than what had been planned. But it had been a long week and they all needed a good weekend to clear their heads and blow off some steam. Lane’s coworkers had tried to rope her in for a Friday night outing but she knew she only wanted one thing and that was to disconnect from work a bit and reconnect with Andy before diving back into work. They lived together and so were in each other’s arms every night, but nothing beat a weekend set aside just for them. She’d tell the other girls she could get a late Sunday afternoon drink after she’d had her Friday night and Saturday with Andy…