Laura opened the front door and saw a young woman stood there holding a black laptop bag, and a rucksack hanging from her shoulder. Her copper coloured hair was tied back in a loose ponytail, and she seems to be wearing a set of scrubs. The woman flash her a pleasant smile.
“Laura Gibson?” She asked. Laura nodded slowly.
“Perfect, I’m Dr Ruby Grant. The hospital has assigned me to your family’s case.” She said, indicating the medical ID tag hanging around her neck, “I’ve already met with your son, and I was hoping to come in and speak to you and your husband” she added.
“Umm sure, come in” Laura replied, stepping to the side. Ruby smiled again and stepped inside. She followed Laura into the kitchen where she was introduced to Simon.
“Now, I’m not sure what your son has told you about our meeting yesterday?” Ruby asked, “but I’ll go over all the details again for you.” She added placing her laptop bag on the table and pulling out her computer. She covered the basics of their findings with the pair of them.
“So because you both seem to have fully functioning reproductive systems, we would advise against having sex until things can be sorted. I know it may be difficult to adjust to your new hormones, but it’s better to be safe that sorry” she said flashing then another calming smile. Simon and Laura both avoided making eye contact.
“Now the reason for my visit is to get to know the both of you, and if you wouldn’t mind, I’d like to take blood samples from each of you” Ruby continued, apparently not noticing the awkward feeling in the room.
“Of course” Laura replied eventually, and Simon nodded sullenly in agreement.
“Fantastic” Ruby beamed, “we can get those out the now” she added as she rummaged around in her rucksack, and produced a couple of needles. Once their blood had been taken she stowed then safely in a case and popped it back in her bag.
“We’ve got priority at the labs at the moment, so I should have some results later today.” She grinned. Next she opened another program on the laptop and began typing.
“Now all I need to do is take a few personal details from each of you, and your accounts of the last few days.” She said, “Let’s start with you
Laura”
Laura answered all the questions, and then recounted everything she’d noticed from the moment she woke up the day before, through to Ruby's arrival, excluding her and Simons nighttime activities, much to his relief.
“Interesting” Ruby mused, “so your clothing was affected, but aside from that, nothing else has changed from what you tell?” She asked.
“Not that we’ve noticed, right babe?” Laura replied, Simon shrugged,
“Not really” he muttered noncommittaly. Ruby thought for a moment then typed something else down.
“Ok” she said after a moment, “I think I have everything I need for the moment. I have a few theories about this that I need to float past my boss, but I should hopefully be able to get back to you later with a bit more information” she said as she began packing her things up. When she was done she stood up and shouldered her bag.
“Thank you for your help, I’m sure it’ll be invaluable” she smiled calmly.
“Thank you for stopping by” Laura said as she escorted her back to the front door. She offered her hand which Ruby shook enthusiastically.
“I’ve left my card in your table, if anything changes please call me” she said as she turned and headed down the driveway. Laura sighed, and found herself staring at the young woman’s backside as she walked away. She closed her eyes and shook her head to try and shift the lustful thoughts popping into her mind. When she opened her eyes again she could see a large flatbed lorry pulling up.
“Simon!” She called, “our delivery is here!” She added excitedly.
