Playing doctor

The day had been long and hot and although he didn´t mind the heat usually, on a busy day like this, he hated it. His shirt had been wet since he drove to work that morning and it was clinging to his skin under his white coat. With an annoyed grunt he pulled his white coat off and tossed it into the corner of his office, the cleaning crew would pick it up, he thought to himself pulling on the front of his soaking shirt. A light breeze blew in from an open window and he closed his eyes. The wind felt so good on his baking body that he felt every hair on his skin stand up on its end. He drew in the scent of the ocean from the wind and thanked the heavens for his luck in landing this office right by the beach. The beach. The mere thought shook him from his pleasure and made him grab his keys off the table and rush out the door.
- See you on monday Mrs.Jones!
He was past the old woman sitting behind the glass at the waiting area going through his patients papers before she could say anything. The old woman´s eyes followed the well built body of her employer as hungrily as did the eyes of many of his patients she observed daily in the waiting area. -Bye Doctor, i´ll see you on monday. You be careful now, you hear me, the ocean is not a friend... The old woman knew he wouldn´t hear her but she said it anyway, half to herself and half to the Big Guy upstairs. Closing the file in her hands, she decided that she´d leave too and close up the office for the weekend 10 minutes earlier than she usually did, taking the advice of the Doctor finally for the first time in 5 years.

Carrying his surf board under his tanned and muscular arm, he walked on the hot sand towards the ocean. The waves were rather tame but he couldn´t and even wouldn´t be content merely with a dull soak in the waves. He wanted to feel the rush of riding the waves... He never even slowed down when he came to the water but just kept on going at the same pace welcoming the cooling water on his skin. After he felt the water hit his thighs, he hopped on his board and he paddled towards the horizon. There were only few people surfing so he almost felt like he had the ocean to himself today. Enjoying the salty spray on his face and the sun beaming down on his bare back, he kept on paddling and looking out for the wave that would carry him back to the shore.
The wave came, picked him up on his board and he enjoyed the run of it until the wave disappered from underneath him and hit the sand washing away someones footprints. He splashed some water on his face and grabbed his board to head back to catch another wave and another and maybe another... A sharp cry from the beach caught his attention and he turned to see where it came from. His icy blue eyes scanned the beach and finally focused on a young woman sitting on the beach holding on to what seemed to be a painful ankle. She was alone and since the beach was nearly empty it looked like noone was about to go and check if she was ok. With a silent moan he pushed his board towards the beach and waved his hand to the young woman signaling that he was on his way. Sometimes he hated that he couldn´t just leave situations like this alone. Surely there would soon be someone else to help the woman and he was off duty anyways...
Walking in the hot sand again, this time towards the slender young woman he evaluated the situation. Young, pretty woman seemed to have hurt her ankle... Nice legs, good figure, long blond hair, sexy looking summer dress...
Snap out of it, he shook his head sending little droplets of water everywhere smiling to himself. Be proffetional now!
- Hey! You ok?
Kneeling down on the beach next to the young woman he reached for her ankle.
- Excuse me...!, the woman voice said it all and he was not surprised at all to see an annoyed frown on her face when he looked at her. She seemed to think it some what intruding for a stranger to start pawing at her out of the blue on a public beach.
- Oh sorry... Don´t worry, i´m a doctor! I was just going to see if your ankle is ok...
The woman looked at him sucpisiously with piercing green eyes from underneath her tight frown. - Yeah, sure, a doctor...
To his amazement he was quite sure he saw her roll her eyes at him!
He burst into laughter: - Ok, ok... i can guess what that sounds like but i pomise you, i am a doctor. You might have seen my office on the beach avenue. The 50´s building with the green walls. It says Doctor Dom in front...?
She tilted her head and looked deep in his eyes: -Doctor Dom, huh?
He nodded and reached for her ankle again. Running his thumb on the tender skin of her ankle he tried to feel for any fractures or swelling. The woman gasped a little when he found the ligaments on each side of her ankle. - This where it hurts?
She nodded biting her lip. He looked at her face intently while he gently manipulated the ankle to see if any particular movement was painful. She closed her eyes trying to relax her leg and he was given a chance to really look at her for the first time. Her skin was pale which made him instantly think she wasn´t from around here. Freckles on the bridge of her nose, long lashes and beautiful pouty lips. She was very pretty.
- Ouch, ouch, ouch... , her voice woke him up and he let go of the ankle. She bend to rub her sore ankle with the now familiar frown: - Hurts! I can´t believe i managed to twist my ankle on my first day on the beach!
Doctor Dom laughed and stood up:- I do think your ankle needs a bandage to support it and as luck has it i have plenty at my office. Do you think you could make it there if i helped you?
Another sucpisious look from the young woman. - I can go and get it too if you don´t feel comfortable... , Dom rushed to explain himself.
- Fine, fine, i´ll come along. Even i can´t have such bad luck that after i twisted my ankle i would bump into a real life serial killer on the first day on the beach, right?
He burst out laughing again and winked at her: - You are safe with me, i promise.
Taking her hand he pulled her up from the sand and caught her when she fell trying to put weight on her ankle: - Steady now!
She smiled at him looking tiny against his chest and nodded: - Ok Doctor Dom. My name is Maya by the way...
- You can call me just Dom, he replied smiling back at her feeling a little knott in his stomach. Her smile was radiant. He couldn´t remember when he´d seen such a beautiful smile or felt like this because of one. Blushing slightly he helped Maya slowly across the beach towards the pavement.

... To be continued...