Chapter 41 - The Kiss

Emily turned red and said "Don't talk about him now, didn't I tell you to move on."

"Ok, even though he is now your ex boyfriend you used to come back from Cambridge to spend time with him which you can't deny now"

"Whatever. Move On"

Daniel was listening to them thinking that friends play an important role, which he missed a lot as he was very lonely and set boundaries by himself. He had very few friends in his entire life and was today happy as he met Matt who first took initiative by offering his friendship.

Matt was calling Daniel's name then he came back to his senses, he asked Daniel "tell me bro a person was in a relationship for 8 years and then broke up, will you believe if that person says they moved on?"

Daniel and Emily were feeling uncomfortable with this personal discussion. Daniel thought about her feelings and want to avoid this topic so as senior he thought to protect her so he changed the topic and asked her

"It is a difficult job to be an autopsy doctor? Dealing with dead bodies everyday must not have been easy. What inspired you to choose this field?"

Emily felt relieved as he ignored Matt and replied "It is difficult but as a child I used to watch suspense thrillers and have curiosity regarding murders and methods used and I always wanted to catch criminals but I had to be a doctor so I chose autopsy as now I can help cops to catch criminals".

"Great! You are really brave, one of my cousins got admission in pathology but he doesn't have the guts to perform a post mortem so he took admission into Dental" Daniel appreciated her.

Emily smiled at him as no one appreciated her for her bravery to deal with dead bodies but rather keep on asking why she chose this field when she could have chosen any department with her scores. "Thank you"

Emily then asked Matt how his day was and Matt replied that as it was his first day he went around the hospital and visited the cardiology department and updated her of his day.

Matt then asked Emily, "shall we inform our group that I am back too and plan a reunion?"

Emily replied, "Today I will talk to them and will plan something."

Matt turned towards Daniel and said "when we have a reunion you must come too, you will find some really interesting people. Our bond is very strong and we are all crazy."

Emily agreed to his words and said, "Daniel you must definitely come, now you have got two reasons to hang out with us: as an alumni and our colleague".

Daniel said "ok, let us see"

Matt asked Daniel that after lunch there is a meeting regarding the allotment of interns.

Daniel replied he just got a message and will meet him in the conference hall.

Matt and Emily continued their discussion as Daniel left after his lunch to give more privacy to these two friends.

Then it was time for the meeting in the conference hall and Nancy was heading this meeting.

Nancy heads and is in charge of all interns, resident doctors. She started with a welcome speech. All department heads, interns, resident doctors were present. Nancy was reading a list and allotted interns to heads of every department. Dr Lisa and Dr Steve were the two interns allotted to Dr Daniel.

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Rachel was busy throughout the day with meetings. In the meantime she was thinking about Daniel and thought that it was his first day, and wondered if she should call him or not. She completed her work and headed towards her house.

When she reached her home she saw Daniel was standing in the balcony, his back facing her, Rachel was surprised to see him there, she walked towards him and softly called him to ask what was he doing here, he turned towards her, smiled brightly and offered her one of the chocolate milkshakes he had. She accepted it and took a sip of it, the foam on the drink was left on her lips after she drank it, before she could wipe it off, Daniel held her hand and leaned towards her, in that moment her heart started beating fast and she closed her eyes in reflex, he leaned towards her and licked off the foam from her lips and then sealed her lips with his, he then started nibbling and sucking on her lips. She put her arms around his neck to pull him closer and just then she got startled and fell forward with a jerk, she opened her eyes and realised it was a dream. She then realised that she was sitting in the car and the driver had stopped the car suddenly when he saw the signal. She blushed thinking about her wild thoughts.

After reaching home Rachel had dinner and then she went to her room and after thinking for long she finally decided to call Daniel. Daniel was reading some reports when he received a phone call, he was happy to see the name Rachel flash on his screen and answered the call.

"Hey Daniel. Hope I am not disturbing you."

"You can never disturb me Rachel."

Rachel blushed hearing him say it and Daniel was surprised as he never realised he was a flirt.

"How was your first day Daniel?" Rachel decided to ignore his flirty words.

"It was nice but it was a bit hectic."

"Made any new friends?"

"I met a few colleagues today, one of whom joined today just like me. He was a very interesting person, on the very first day he acted as if he has been my best friend for many years, he even introduced me to his friends. He is so charming and a childlike person. By the way, how was your day?"

"It was hectic as I had back-to-back meetings and had to catch-up with a lot of stuff."

"Yeah it is understandable, Do you have any plans this weekend?" he gathered his guts and asked her, if he wants her he has to make a move, he decided.