The military hospital system, girl meets her senior.

Two days ago we were given a full-length tour of the premises and the surrounding areas but here I am today, lost and all alone. The pediatrics (peds) building is at least 15 minutes away from my apartment but i have been walking for at least 20 minutes and it is not rocket science that i am lost. Sigh.

I turned to look around to try and find the right path to the peds building, honestly, I have a poor sense of direction. The peds building is supposed to be next to the neonates building and they are in section C 2 of the premises. Let me see, I am in section ... I am in section A3 so if I...

Bam! " Ouch." I hissed as i fell to the ground because i bumped into something. "Who in the world would put ..." Before I could finish I realized that I did not bump into something but someone I hoped to never see again, well that wish was short-lived. 

" Are you going to remain on the ground or are you gonna take my hand?" His voice sounded and smoothly disrupted my thoughts. 

I stood up defiantly while ignoring the hand he had out close to my face. He simply chuckled and retracted his hand. " How have you been?" He asked 

" So far so good, thank you for asking and goodbye." I swiftly replied as I made my way to the building I hoped was peds because I was terribly late. okay, well in given that i left 2 hours early, i was late in my own terms.

" Are you not supposed to ask me how I have been?" The surgeon (Mr Calix) said as he blocked my way 

" No, I do no see the need to do so" I said while trying to walk around him but to no avail.

" Why not?" He asked giving me an injured look 

" I am not close enough to you to ask you that, sir." I said 

" Oh, so I need to be close to you for you to simply ask me how I have been?" He asked with a playful smirk he added, " How close?" 

" Look, in as much as I would love to stay ( I do not) and chat with you, I am late and it is my first day so I need to go, sir." I said as i finally passed him only for him to run in front of me and block my way yet again.

" Don't ignore my question, how close? Friends type or lovers?" he said as he smirked. He is toying with me and I can not deal with this right now. 

"Look, sir, you of all people would know that the institute is strict and ..." I said but stopped midway because he interrupted me.

" Yeah but you'll be late anyway, You are going in the opposite direction from the building you are supposed to be going to. How bad is your sense of direction?" he said with a chuckle 

" What do you know?" I said exasperated " I was doing fine on my own thanks very much, I left the apartment early to make sure that I had ample time to look for the building and of course, I would be lost on my first day." I said all in one breath and okay, I was being defensive right now. 

" You do not even know the building I am going to anyway," I said scoffing and walking away successfully, if I say so myself.

" If it is the peds building you are looking for, then it is definitely not in that direction." He said and I paused.

" How do you know that I am looking for the peds building?" I asked incredulously.

" You look like the peds type." He said. Wow, that was a bit offensive, I have nothing against kids but for him to come to such a conclusion was a bit disappointing. Wait, what am I thinking?!

"Follow me, I have a few minutes to spare." He said as he started walking without even checking if I was following or not. 

In the end, I followed him because time was not on my side and I could not afford to be late just because I was stubborn and prideful. As we walked I realized that he was wearing casual attire that did not fit the stifling environment of the military school, i was actually shocked that they allowed us to wear our own scrubs(medical professional uniform) and not a standard military uniform from the army. 

The route we used was not too troublesome because we got to the building in like 10 minutes but what was astonishing was his relationship with the people working here. He said hello to almost everyone we met and stopped to chat with others for a short while.

"Thank you," I said giving a slight bow while he simply hummed in reply and nodded his head. Something about his current demeanor was a little off, like he got cold or detached especially now that his expression was a poker face. Oh well, I do not have time to ponder about that, I walked towards the building entrance.

It was not hard to find the lecture hall we were told to be in for the morning meeting before the rounds. When I entered the room, I realized that I probably did not get the memo because every student in the lecture hall was wearing navy and beige colored scrubs. So we did have a uniform, sigh. 

The lecture hall was really plain with nothing eye-catching but the equipment within looked very expensive. I also noticed that the students in the hall were sitting in groups, two groups in particular; the students from the institute vs the students from the exchange program. Well, this was going to be very interesting. 

I quickly found a seat because my baby pink colored scrubs were attracting a lot of attention. I took out a book to read to pass the time since I was miraculously early or the person in charge was just plain late. 

" Hi, mind if I sit here?" I heard someone say and turned to look at a petite young woman with bright yellow scrubs with matching yellow highlights on her hair. She reminded me of someone. ( Hannah)

" Uh...sure" I answered and I actually showed that I was uncertain as to whether I should let her sit next to me but she sat anyway. 

" I am glad that most of us are wearing our own colors unlike the preppy elites of this school." She said almost in a whsiper. Well, that was random why would she say such to a complete stranger? Well, her next words proved me wrong, she knows me ...at least from paper

" Oh sorry, My name is Bianca. You are Alyssa Falls,right?"She asked more like she was telling me without a need for me to confirm.

"One of the successors of the Falls and you are the only one who does not have a social media fanbase. You are different from the other Falls, well you and your siblings ."she added with a proud smile. She did her research on me?!

" Um, Hi Bianca. Nice to meet you" I said unsure of how I really felt about someone researching my background like this.

" Yes, It is nice to finally meet you too." She responded. Did she say " Finally"? Like she could read my thoughts she added " Oh, from the report I got, I concluded that you are a nice person and you'd make for an interesting friend or companion or whatever."

" You see, I have researched everyone in this lecture hall, I mean after all we are going to be working together for a while so I needed to filter out some lunatics." She just doesn't stop talking. While sitting there, I was listening to the entire process of how she got information about her classmates. What was valuable though was what she mentioned about how it's a norm for them to research their future rivals and allies. 

" In as much as we were called for a collective project, I bet each and every one of the students here want to only bring glory to their schools."she continued 

" Um, I guess." I said, not that I was not interested in what she was saying, the informaion was not that relevant. 

"You see the groups at the back? Those people do not know each other, they joined hands after secretly researching and finding people who would complement them." Bella said with a tinge of mysteriousness in her tone.

" The exchange students joined hands against the the military students and the military students in turn put aside their internal rivalry to tackle the exchange students." She added and just as I was about to reply, Bella gushed and squirmed in her seat. I think I should change seats.

" Oh my, oh my" She said tapping my hand. " Is it him the youngest surgeon and a super hottie in the world?!" She said to me with glistening eyes. I rolled my eyes at her last statement because it is an exaggeration, he is just okay like any human being.

" His cold look will make any girl melt.I mean, isn't he dreamy?" She asked half smiling half sighing. His cold look? And as I turned my attention to him, I saw what she meant...not the dreamy part but that he wore the same expression as earlier. He had a poker face. 

" I am Mr Evans and I am your senior so please bear that in mind when you address me. I will be filling in for your professor just for today since she is unavailable at the moment." Calix said, I mean our senior and substitute lecturer for the day. 

What the hell was he doing in peds anyway?