The two supervisors who had been able to make it in before the snow started looked at who was available, and assigned their assets accordingly.I spent...too much time in the ER as Nollie watched over the kids in Pediatrics. We were allowed to do some things we weren't licensed for because of the manpower shortage, but always under a Doctor's supervision. I found out Dr. Sims was very competent in other things besides her specialty, and a few of the others came apart under the stress. We had. "There's where he was shot," Beth commented, pointing to the crimson scratch on my forearm. I had not put a bandage on the wound, figuring that it would heal better if left open to the dry air in the desert."What you did was very brave," Jennifer told me with an admiring gleam in her eyes, her fingers tracing little circles in the hollow of my elbow.For several seconds there was an uneasy silence in the room. I didn't quite know how to react. "I thought you might want you get comfortable with. I had seen women come before, but this was something else, it was as if it were the first time anyone had ever brought her pleasure before. Like she had just been released from a dark room into the sunshine for the first time in months. It was beautiful. She was shaking as she came down from her high, still moaning, it seemed to go for ages. I didn’t mind, even with her incredibly tight grip on my shoulders. She fell into me, snuggling in lovingly. I turned with her and laid her down. I still. Vee will come and sit with you, so you don't fall asleep in the bath and drown. Jon, can you give me a hand tidying up in here before Bryony gets back?"Julie and I had a last kiss, and picked ourselves up off the quilt. Vee handed Julie her dressing gown, and the two of them headed downstairs.Sian and I removed the quilts from the floor and put them back on the correct beds; Vee and Sian had already remade Bryony's bed with fresh sheets and quilt cover, and they'd done the washing up and tidied.