Alicia and I spent both Christmas and New Year's working. She was on call, and I volunteered to work because of the extra money. Whereas New Year's Eve and Day were busy, Christmas Eve and Day were both quiet at the hospital. It was on Christmas Eve that Alicia and I had the only sexual encounter we ever had at the hospital.
I was working second shift, three-to-eleven p.m., and Alicia had been there all day when I arrived on duty. It had been busy during the first shift, but things had quieted down some in the afternoon. Outside, the weather was cold and cloudy; the forecasters were speaking of snow.
I was assigned to floor therapy on that day. Thus, I didn't see Alicia until later in the shift when I had to run a blood gas sample down to the lab in the ICU. She was across the unit from me, and I nodded at her. We were still keeping our relationship a secret from most of our coworkers. She turned and went into the employee lounge at the other end of the unit. I went back into the lab, ran the sample and reported the results, then wandered back into the lounge.
Early in the morning, before Alicia had gotten out of bed, we had been fooling around, gradually working up to making love. But we had run out of time, and Alicia had had to leave before we could do anything. I could tell she was disappointed; ever since the party with Kathy and Twyla, Alicia had been more loving than usual. She had been very sexual, and had wanted me all the time.
When I got back to the lounge, she was sitting at the table, writing in a chart. "Hi," I said, going over and getting a cup of coffee. "How was your morning?"
"Busy, but under control now," she said.
I sat down across from her. "Well," I said, "I've got floor therapy, but not too much. I shouldn't be too busy. Do you want me to run out and get you some dinner later? I should be able to get away."
Alicia looked out the window. The sky was gray, and, if you looked long enough, you could see an occasional tiny snowflake. "No," she said. "But I do want you to meet me somewhere after your shift."
"You mean here, in the hospital?"
"Yes."
"Okay, should I bring you something to eat, or drink?"
"No," she said, looking me in the eye with a conspiratorial smile. "I want us to finish what we started this morning."
I admit I was surprised. Alicia was usually straight-laced to the extreme while at work. "Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yes, Phillip. I want us to finish what we started this morning. I don't want to wait until tomorrow."
"Uh, okay, if you want to. I'll have to think about where we can get together, though."
She waved her hand, brushing my reservation aside. "I've already talked to Kathy about it. She's working 7P to 7A tonight on 14 West. She's got an empty room at the end of the hall. We can use it for as long as we need it. Just page me on my beeper when you are ready to leave. I'll call you back and let you know when I can get away, then meet you at the room."
"Okay, I just hope that we don't get caught."
"Oh Phillip, you're such a scaredy-cat! Besides, I don't really care if we do get caught. I just need you tonight, not tomorrow. And I want you there. Got it?"
"Yes, Mistress," I said.
* * *
It was an uneventful shift, except that we had a code late in the shift on 14 West. I responded to a stat call up there, and found the patient in respiratory difficulty. Alicia was there too, and we ended up having to transfer the patient down to the ICU. Alicia was all business. She directed the code, wrote transfer orders, and left. The other respiratory techs and I stabilized the patient, administered oxygen, and got ready for transport. I went up to the nursing station to get a tank of oxygen. Kathy was at the station, getting the paperwork ready.
"Hello, Phillip. Merry Christmas," she said, smiling at me.
I couldn't help but smile back at her. She was part of something romantic and somewhat devious, and she was loving it. "Hey, Kathy. Merry Christmas to you," I said.
She kept on smiling at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing, just some pretty romantic goings-on around here tonight," she said.
"Yeah, those code-blues are pretty romantic."
"Oh, you know what I mean. You and Alicia."
"Oh," I said. "Well, I just hope that we don't get caught. It's pretty risky to do something like that in the hospital."
"Don't worry, hon, you won't get caught. I'll see to that."
"I don't know what's gotten into her lately. She's been very lovey-dovey lately. That's not my usual Alicia."
Kathy looked at me and said, "Don't you know, Phillip?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean, Alicia's in love with you. Head-over-heels, boy. I can see it from the way she looks at you, from the way she talks about you. You'd better be careful the way you handle her. She's vulnerable right now."
That sobered me a little. I said, "I know how Alicia feels about me. I'm in love with her, too, and she knows it." For a moment, I wondered just how much about our relationship Alicia had told her. I got the impression that Kathy thought Alicia and I had the "usual" type of relationship. I wondered if she would have said the same thing if she had known that Alicia was my dominant, if loving, mistress, and that corporal punishment was an integral part of our loving. And then suddenly, in a flash of insight, I decided that she probably would have.
"I'm glad to hear that, Phillip," she said. She lowered her voice and drew closer. "Later tonight, you two can use room 32. It's at the end of the hall, and it's empty."
I nodded at her, took the oxygen tank, and left.
The rest of the shift passed uneventfully. I gave report to the oncoming shift, finished my paperwork, and hung around the department for a while. When everyone else was gone, I paged Alicia. She called back immediately.
"Hey," she said. "Are you done for the night?"
"Yeah. Can you get away?" I asked.
"Yes. I'll see you in five minutes."
"Do you know which room?" I asked.
"Yes. Kathy told me. See you soon."
I hung up the phone and grabbed my coat. I didn't want to ride the elevator, so I climbed steps for seven floors. The stair well opened in the foyer of the 14th floor. I checked to make sure no one was around, then slipped into 14 West.
Kathy was passing meds on the floor, and I could see no one else. I slipped past her, catching a glimpse of her smiling at me as I walked by. I went down to 32 and entered the room. It was dark inside, but not completely. The bathroom light was on, but the door was open only a crack, so very little light got in. It took my eyes a few moments to get accustomed to the dark, but when they did, I could make out Alicia sitting on the bed.
"Hi," she said quietly.
"Hi," I said. I went over and sat down beside her on the bed. She had taken off her lab coat. She was wearing the burgundy blouse and gray pleated skirt I had laid out for earlier in the day. She smelled good; she had taken a little time to put something on.
She pulled me to her and kissed me, hard. "I've been waiting for this all day long," she whispered. She guided my hand underneath her skirt. She had removed her panties and pantyhose. "Touch me," she whispered. She opened her legs and I slipped a finger in. She was hot and wet. Alicia moaned and kissed me again, her hand going for my crotch. I was already hard, and she gripped me strongly through my pants. I reached down and unzipped my pants, then worked aside my underwear. My cock felt suddenly cooler as it popped out into the air.
Alicia stroked me up and down, causing me to shiver with pleasure. I was momentarily lost in the feeling, but I caught hold of myself, took her hand away, and whispered to her, "Let me do you."