"So are you going to do it ?" Elena asked.
"Do what ?" Alice asked back in confusion
Elena let out a frustrated sigh as she said
"The night shift "
"Oh that? "Alice said as she remembered "I'm so sorry but I can't "
"Alice please don't be like this, you know you're the only one who can help me . I know how much you take care of your patients, you're the only one who can do this very well"
"Look Mrs Coates I wish I could help you , I really do but ,i can't . How about the nurse who was supposed to be on the night shift?"
Elena who wanted to get this over with quickly said;
"She suddenly had a family emergency and went to go attend to it ,I've tried to ask the other nurses but they have plans too the only person who was available was Alissa but, you know she is just an intern she can't possibly handle it alone, I just need someone to pair her up with".
"But ,I have plans too"Alice said .
"Alice come on ,please help me with this ,I promise to compensate you if you do "
Elena always did this . Anytime there was an extra shift that no one else wanted to do ,she made Alice do it and made it seem like she had a choice but ,Alice knew if she were to refuse ,Elena would blab her out to the head nurse and at the end of the day she would receive a huge query and still end up doing it . Worst case scenario her salary would be deducted and she really needed the money .
With her dad out there squandering what little money was left in the family after his bankruptcy, and her mom who wasn't in the picture ,it was up to her to see her younger sister through college.
And looking at Elena's face she could see the little grin that said "this is not an option".
'Is it not better to do it once and for all without having to receive query? And at least I can earn a little more from the compensation. Right ?'Alice thought.
Alice could have used the little information that slipped from Elena's mouth against her but she knew that it would be a wrong move that will only anger Elena .
Taking a big tiring breath Alice answered
"Okay"
"Oh my god thank you so much Alice" Elena said happily as she gave Alice a big peck on her cheek .
"Mrs Coates pls keep to your word about the compensation"
"Yeah , I will"Elena said as she pecked Alice again and skipped away happily
"That little witch "Alice muttered under her breath.
Alice and Elena's relationship was twisted ,sometimes they got along ,sometimes they didn't and this moment was one the times they didn't.
'I guess I should call Iris and cancel our plans' Alice thought as she started to unpack her things looking for her phone .
Immediately she found it ,she dialed Iris's number and she picked on the second ring
"Hey girl guess what ..I found a restaurant around the corner ,it's just like twenty minutes drive to your place they sell the best sushi ,I know how you love those" Iris said excitedly over the phone as she couldn't wait for their outing to start .
"Sushi?"Alice asked .
"Yes"Iris replied .
Alice was already salivating from where she was . Iris really knew how to get to her she was her best friend after all .
Ever since Alice helped Iris with her college project they became close friends and then best friends.
Alice not wanting to keep Iris's hopes up about the outing spoke
"Look Iris I'm sorry but—"
"You can't make it right?" Iris asked as she cut in.
"Right" Alice confirmed
As Iris was already used to Alice always cancelling their plans this was no surprise to her .
"What is it this time? What did that witch make you do?"Iris asked, anger clearly heard in her tone.
"A night shift"
"A night shift?..really Alice?. You know it's not in your job description to work overtime when would you have the guts to stand up to her , you can't keep letting her trample all over you"
"Iris look it's fine ,at least she is compensating me"
"So this is all about a few bucks ? I've already told you Alice, if you need money ,I can give you, I earn more than enough from my work you don't need to go through all this stress "
"Iris you know I won't take your money , so please let's not talk about this "
Alice felt like Iris had done more than enough for her by only being her friend because, when her family went bankrupt and all her friends left her, only Iris stayed so ,she didn't really feel comfortable collecting money or anything at all from her.
Iris's family wasn't rich and they earned only little income . Alice didn't want to seem like a bother so she always refused their help.
"Iris please let's reschedule this to tomorrow okay. I promise nothing will come in the way "
"Okay "Iris dryly replied .
Hearing Iris agree she was shocked because the normal Iris wouldn't .
"Iris are you angry at me?"Alice asked as she was worried.
"No,I'm not .I'm just angry at the fact that you let those people use you like a slave ,just because of the fact that they were the only ones who agreed to take you"
"Iris come on ,don't say that. okay you know what? , after all this is over, I'll come do a sleep over in your house. How does that sound?"
"Really Alice ?,you promise?"Iris asked excitedly.
"I promise "
Because Alice had never done a sleepover in Iris's house. Iris couldn't help but scream in excitement over their very first sleepover.
"Make sure you keep to your word .okay? "
"I will ,don't worry and please help me tell Alda that I won't be coming home today. okay ?"
"Okay"
"Alright, Goodnight iris"
"Goodnight" iris replied happily.
Alice ended the call and put her phone down.
"This is gonna be a hectic night" she muttered as she went to find Alissa.