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morning to help put your life back together. And I did it with no questions asked, and you know how nosey I am.” Cori continued to remind Brooke how she ran over to her house bright and early on a Saturday morning at Lucas’s request to check on her.
    Lucas and Brooke had gotten in a big fight the night before and he was worried. Like a best friend should, Cori rolled out of bed, drove over, and delivered the message Lucas had asked her to, then watched as Brooke ran out the door looking like a hot mess to fix things.
    With a sigh, Brooke conceded. “Fine. I’ll see what I can find out. But no promises.”
    “Thanks.” Cori jumped up and made her way to the door. “You’re the best.”
                 

Scrubs
     
     
    Cori hated working out alone. Before she met Brooke last spring, she would run around coercing other nurses to meet her in the gym later in the day.  And that was always hard to do. 
    Working as a nurse wasn’t an idle job by any means. Depending on where you were stationed, you could end up running around all day barely able to have a hurried lunch. Like in the ER. Or, like her, working in one of the specialty departments seeing patients all day long. Going through the same routine time and again, taking patients’ vitals, asking questions and preparing the doctors before they saw their patients.  By the end of the day, most nurses were beat and wanted to go home and put their feet up.
    Cori loved working in the doctors’ offices the best.  It meant she was able to work first shift and had most of the holidays off, including weekends. First shift positions like that were hard to come by. Because she was so young, her seniority was pretty low.  It would be years yet before she received a permanent placement in one office. So for now she rotated between offices, filling in for vacations, sick days or any vacancies.
    She actually liked rotating around the hospital. She had always been a people person. She loved meeting new people, making new friends and most of all talking. Some would say she never shut up. But she just considered herself friendly.
    “I’m so glad you’re back,” Cori said as she and Brooke made their way out of the locker room. “This week has really sucked without you. You know how I hate being by myself in the gym.”
    “Gee, nice to know I’m good for something,” Brooke replied dryly.
    “You know what I mean.” Cori sighed and then bumped shoulders with Brooke on their way to the gym. At least she tried to reach Brooke’s shoulder. Unfortunately, she only reached Brooke’s upper arm instead.
    Brooke grinned at her, then looked at the purple and green polka dot bow holding Cori’s ponytail in place.  Cori knew her ponytail was swinging wildly, so she grinned back at Brooke. Everyone turned toward Cori when she entered, not only because of the way she dressed—which bordered on loud with a splash of tacky—but also because of her mannerisms. She was practically skipping along. Again, Cori was aware of everything going on around her and delighted in the fact she left smiles in her wake.
    “I’m going to do some low impact cardio today. Even though I’m not in any pain, I don’t want to push it,” Brooke said, turning her direction toward the stationary bikes.
    “That’s good.  I have some energy to burn.”  When Brooke looked at her questioningly she explained, “Urology this week. It has pretty much made the days drag.  You know how slow everything is there.”
    They climbed onto their bikes side by side. “So, any interesting stories for me this week?” Brooke asked.
    “Not much, unless you count the little old man who goosed me twice,” she said with a giggle.
    “You are joking right? A patient really grabbed your butt? Did you file a report?”
    Cori waved her hand dismissing Brooke’s comment. “No, no need.  He was a dirty old man. No harm done.  It was the most excitement I’ve had all week.  Actually, the most excitement