I work at Medical City, a complex of hospitals. You'd think a guy who works in one hospital wouldn't get lost in another. And you'd also think getting lost is an unpleasant experience. Neither is necessarily the case. Let me explain.
Today I had to leave work early for my own doctor's appointment at a nearby hospital. I met with the surgeon to discuss elective surgery. We agreed it should be done. But there was no rush. The nurse suggested that while I was there I might as well get the preliminaries out of the way, the lab work, EKG, and X-Rays.
I went to the various departments to get stuff done. My last stop was X-Ray. It was late, dark out, around 6:30.
X-Ray turned out to be a bitch. I wandered from wing to wing trying to find the damn place. This hospital which I'd never been in was confusing. Finally decided to go the main floor, ground zero, and ask at the desk how to get there.
When I entered the elevator I pressed the wrong button. I exited to some kind of sub-basement. Again I wandered a maze of corridors. The place was deserted. If I could have found my way back to the elevators, I would have. But I was totally lost and tired and frustrated.
I finally came to a dead end, some kind of supply area filled with pallets of hospital supplies. Through an open door I saw a man, a live human being, in green scrubs, reading a newspaper and eating an apple.
"Excuse me."
"Yes," he said, looking up.
I melted. He was about 55, had salt and pepper hair, and was built husky to solid. He sported a mustache that yelled "Major Dad." And, well, he just looked - sexy.
"I seem to have gotten lost, " I explained. "I was trying to get to the X-Ray Dept."
"Okay," he said. He paused for a moment, got up, and approached me.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. It's just been a hell of a day."
Stepping behind me he put both hands on my shoulders. I thought that was odd for one man just meeting another. But I figured he merely intended to turn me in the right direction.
Nonetheless a bolt of lightning surged through me. "Thanks."
"This way."
I followed. We traversed the corridors of the sub-basement for several minutes. I was still lost, but he seemed to know where he was going. So I felt better.
He stopped at a men's room.
"I have to take a leak. I'll just be a minute. Better stay with me. I'd hate for you to get lost again."
I followed him and went to the sinks across from the urinals. I took off my glasses and jacket, laid them on the counter, and turned on the water.
I looked at this kind man in the mirror above the sink. I looked at myself. I was a mess. My hair was disheveled. My shirt was hanging out and half unbuttoned from the EKG.
I glanced in the mirror at the man pissing.
"Oh my!" I said to myself. He did turn me on. I cupped the flowing water to my face.
I imagined his hands caressing me - hands destined to catch me in my tiredness. I thought I was fantasizing. I wiped my face with a few paper towels, turned about, and came face to face with the kindly Samaritan.
This was no fantasy. His hands went inside my shirt to my nipples.
"Just relax." But something in his voice told me I had no option. He started to nibble my neck and my ears.
"Ohhhhh," was all I could utter. Still I held my ground-though I wanted to collapse in his arms.