*Based on a true story*
I remember it all very clearly because I never imagined something like that would happen, especially to me.
It was a normal Tuesday morning. I got up late, rushed through my morning routine and quickly ran to campus.
I went to class and afterwards I went to the office. I am the chief editor of my university newspaper. Nothing out of the ordinary happened for most of the day, just the usual listening to pitches, writing, editing, making calls and arguing with colleagues. You know, The typical happenings of a small university newsroom.
But, later that afternoon I started feeling a very intense headache. This must've been the result of not eating because I was late and didn't pack my lunch and work was too busy for me to put it on hold and even grab fried chips at the university tuckshop. I drank water (this usually helps) but the headache just grew more intense as the minutes went by.
Finally, I decided to just go to the campus clinic and get a Panado or Grandpa or something because concentrating on anything, let alone editing duties with a headache can be very difficult.
So I explained my situation to my colleagues and they seemed to understand my position and allowed me to go see the nurse (and they also agreed that they'd cover for me if the big boss (supervisor) enquired about my whereabouts)
I took the short walk to the tiny campus clinic, the door was wide open so I waltzed in. Immediately I noticed that Rita - the usual nurse had been replaced by someone else. A younger, more attractive nurse.
'Hi,' I said, rather surprised. 'I'm looking for nurse Rita.' She gave me a warm smile. 'Please, come in and sit down, I'm filling in for nurse Rita today. She had to rush somewhere, she'll be back tomorrow, so you're stuck with me. How can I help you?'
'Well..' I began, 'I have a headache and I need it to go away,' I briefly explained my situation.
She pulled out a form that required my basic details. I watched her fill in the form as she read the questions from the form.
Her: Name and Surname?
Me: SM
Her: Age?