I haven't written a Mrs. Wentworth story in a long time. I think about her a lot and this is my favorite series. I've started stories before but not finished. And a few times I thought about writing an end to their story but I'm not ready for it to be over. I hope you like a new one.
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In the morning, I came downstairs for breakfast. I was in Mrs. Wentworth's house but things were different. I didn't think of it as just visiting anymore. It was funny but at the start I was really mad about getting dropped off for a few days and with an old teacher. Not an old teacher, I guess. I mean Mrs. Wentworth had been my teacher a long time ago like fourth grade but she was pretty young then and still was. She was definitely a lot older than me but not old and I wasn't really young anymore. By this time I was 19 and she was whatever. Anyway, she kept calling it the house our house. At least I was now thinking of it as home.
This morning, I didn't think of much because I felt terrible. Something happened at night and I felt sick. I was hot and had sneezed and was sore. I sneezed as I walked in the kitchen.
Mrs. Wentworth spun around real fast. She was wearing a pretty short satin robe and it spun up. I was so sick that I didn't stare at her underwear. I just sat down. She came over and said, "Oh dear, sweetie. Are you sick? You look like you feel terrible and you feel hot. Oh no, maybe we need to put you to bed or go to a doctor. That's it. Go back up and get dressed and I will get dressed too. I'll take you to my doctor. Hurry. I'll call now and I know she'll see us."
In a few minutes, Mrs. Wentworth was pushing me into a car while she drove. There was a doctor a few minutes away and for some reason she was able to get in right away. There was an older receptionist who talked to Mrs. Wentworth but a nurse came out almost immediately. She was older than Mrs. Wentworth but younger than the receptionist. There wasn't anyone else there so I wasn't sure what kind of doctor it was.
They ask you all kinds of questions and then they take your temperature and all that kind of stuff. But soon the nurse left. I was a little nervous. "Mrs. Wentworth, is this doctor a woman? I don't think I've been to a woman doctor before. Maybe we should try to find a male one."
Mrs. Wentworth just laughed and said, "relax sweetie. It's just a doctor." Just then the doctor came in. She was younger than the nurse and about 40. She was very nice and very attractive. She was wearing a white doctor coat and a skirt and looked very professional but attractive too. I was sick so I wasn't really thinking about it but there's something very sexy about a woman in a uniform or dressed up professionally like that. She was very nice but also very in charge.
She talked a lot but Mrs. Wentworth answered most of the questions. She didn't even talk directly to me. I think that was weird but at the time I didn't think a lot about it. She did do things like look in my eyes and ears and listen to me through a stethoscope. "Stephen, I'd like to do a thorough exam of all of your parts but I don't have time today. So why don't we focus on the illness and get you better before I start poking."
I just said, "Okay." It was weird what she said about parts and poking though. That didn't sound like usual doctor talk but maybe she meant i needed a complete checkup eventually because she hadn't seen me before.
She got up and made some notes and then handed a paper to Mrs. Wentworth. "You were right to come here and to come right away. I'm worried about the sound in his chest but it should be okay. No need to check into a hospital or anything like that. He will start to feel worse before he feels better. If you could get a nurse that would be ideal but as long as someone is checking his temperature and listening to his chest, he could spend a few days in bed. A little activity is good but lots of rest in between. Call me if anything changes or you notice new symptoms. I'll see you both again soon I think. I could do you both in one visit next month if it worked out."
So it was a quick visit and Mrs. Wentworth rushed me straight into bed. She turned the spare room I had been sleeping in when I first got there into a sick room. She got everything set and tucked me in and then looked around. "My sweet, little patient, I need to go get some supplies so I have to run out but I'll be back to nurse you to health. Don't you worry. Now rest while I go get things."
I didn't like being called sweet and little but I knew what she meant and I was feeling so bad I was happy to have someone to watch out for me. I'd had pills and a shot at the doctor and now I was tired and went right to sleep when she left. The curtains and shades were closed and the room was really dark when the lights went out.
I think I slept for a long time but it was hard to know because everything was dark anyway. A light across the room was very small but it made a soft glow and I could see some shapes. I think it was new. The room now had a chair next to the bed and I saw Mrs. Wentworth was sitting there.
"Oh, good. You're finally awake. Let's check." She shoved a thermometer under my tongue and reached over to a table now next to the bed and turned on a better light. "I tried to make this room into our own little clinic without waking you. No light from outside though. I'm blocking the outside world away while you're sick. It's like a special clinic and it should feel like a health care room. That's why the sheets and blankets will all be white. I had a set but I bought some more so I can change them often. Now I hope you don't mind that I'm not going to get a nurse. If you let me, I will be your nurse and make you feel as good as new I hope."
She looked at me like I needed to respond so I said, "thank you, Mrs. Wentworth. I know I will feel better with you taking care of me. I just don't want to be a burden."
She got very happy. "Oh, I'm so glad. But none of that Mrs. Wentworth talk. I'm on duty from now on. You can call me nurse. I can always be called with this call button and I'll come right away. It will make me very happy to nurse you and take care of you. I have a glass here of juice for you with lots of juices and nutrients. It will help. I know it will. Use it to take your next pill right now and I'll go get some food. Soup for now. And I'm not dressed for nursing so I'll change maybe."
I liked the juice and took another pill. I felt worse than I had though and I remembered the doctor said that. In a few minutes, Mrs. Wentworth came back with a tray with soup and some bread and things. I noticed she had changed and even kind of looked like a nurse. She was wearing a kind of longer shapeless white dress.