Chapter 1: chapter one

Sipping on my coffee, I sigh dreamily. This coffee is delicious. I look at my schedule, 30 minutes until my first patient. Just then my best friend, Isabella walks in. "Hey," she says in her usually peppy voice. I will never understand how she is so cheerful at 7 o'clock in the morning. "Hey," I say setting my coffee down. "So how was the date last night?" she asks. Oh. Ugh, the guy was so full of himself and he even ordered me a salad without consulting me. I hate salad. Yes, I may be a doctor but I don't just eat salad. I prefer steak or salmon and my BIGGEST pet peeve is when a guy orders for me and assumes I want a salad. "He was so arrogant and he only talked about himself. He didn't ask to get to know me, he didn't walk me to my door, and he honked the horn when he got to my house," I say. "Then he ordered me a salad. When I tried to order what I actually wanted, he raised his hand to me and told the waiter to just get me the salad. THEN when the waiter left he told me women shouldn't have meat because it makes them fat. I was so mad at him and I made sure he knew it too. I picked up my water and dumped it on him and then I slapped him so hard. Then I walked home," I say. I take another sip of my coffee. I can tell Isabella is shocked. "Ginny, I'm so sorry. I thought that he was a nice guy but clearly he was not," she says. Yea, she set me up on this date. "bells, we just have to face the facts that I'm never going to find a nice guy," I say, sighing. "No, we don't. I'm determined to find the perfect guy for you. whether you like it or not," she says. Sighing again, I take a long drink from my coffee. Then I look at the clock. 7:25 am. "alright belle, but when you don't find anyone for me I'm gonna say I told you so," I say getting up. "I gotta get to my first patient. Are we going out for lunch today?" I ask. Isabella nods. "Yea, I was thinking Avery's?" she says like a question, but we both know she read my mind. "Sounds good," I say walking out of my office. I grab the clipboard that has the patient's information before I walk into exam room one. "Christina Monroe?" I say looking up from the clipboard. "Hi," she says quietly. "Hi, I'm Dr.Winters," I say sitting on the stool in front of the computer. "This is your yearly check-up, correct?" I ask, looking at her. She nods. "Okay. Can you tell me your date of birth, please?" I ask. "July 7, 2002," she says. I nod. I go through the usual procedures and check her heart rate. "Okay, are there any concerns that you would like to tell me?" I ask, smiling sweetly. "I don't think so. Thank you, Dr.Winters." She says getting up. "No problem. just go to the front desk to schedule your appointment and get the summary of the check-up," I say. She nods and walks out. I follow her out and go back to my office to check my schedule again. Alright, the next patient is at 9 o'clock. I look at the clock. 8 o'clock. I decide to watch Netflix while waiting. I put on friends. I finish two episodes and then I look up. 9:46 am. I start another episode and watch it for about 10 minutes. Then I get up and go to exam room two. I grab the clipboard and I knock on the door. The voice says to come in but who I see in the room was a person I never thought I'd see again.