I woke to the touch of Tim's fingers on my shoulder. "Hey, sleepyhead -- did Beth forget to set her alarm? You're supposed to be there in an hour."
Beth sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Wups, yes. Thanks, Tim, you've saved our lives."
She glanced at me, grinning. "So much for all our imagining what we'd do when we woke up. Never mind, there's always tomorrow."
Beth and I jumped in the shower -- "No way we could have managed without a wash, after last night and this morning," she teased -- and pulled on our uniforms. "I even ran the iron over them after I'd washed them," offered Tim, getting a kiss from Beth as a thank-you.
He dropped us off at the front of the block -- "I'd better not come up, or you might end up late for work even though we're here on time --" and I gave him a more than usually passionate goodbye kiss. "See you in the morning."
Things on the ward were quiet again, and Beth pulled out the book she'd brought, one of our set texts. "Hmm, anatomy and physiology."
I grinned. "There are some bits of anatomy we're coming to know quite a lot about, aren't there, and Tim too --" Beth's expression mixed mild shock with amusement -- "Why don't we take a look at those sections..."
I flipped through until I found the chapter on the female reproductive system. "Hmm. Labia minora, clitoris, vulva... Maybe we could wind Tim up one time and use all the proper words for everything, when we tell him what we want him to do."
Beth looked thoughtful. "Or we could really shock him," she chuckled, "and say the ones that Mum always told me I wasn't supposed to."
I nodded thoughtfully. "Like, 'cock', you mean," I said, emphasising the consonants. "Hmm, it feels different in my mouth like that," I grinned, raising my eyebrows.
Beth groaned. "Alice, that's terrible."
"Sorry," I smirked, "I couldn't resist that one."
She turned the page. "Mm, I like this picture."
The diagram was of an erect penis penetrating the vagina, and Beth breathed in, obviously a little turned on even by the cold clinical presentation. "He really does go all the way in..."
"And if we really open for him we should feel our bones touch each other, sort of," I pointed.
Beth's face went a little pink. "I like it when I feel those -- bumping against me," she indicated, "nearly touching the other place."
"Mm, yes," I grinned.
I looked more closely at the diagram. "Why do you think the clitoris is there? It doesn't look like anything touches it when he's in us, not that way at least."
"To give his mouth something to do before -- or afterwards," laughed Beth. "I'm not expecting to see any of those other ways in our textbook, though."
She fanned her face. "It's not that late yet -- why don't we call Tim? If we were apart for a night I always used to ring him, and we'd -- you know."
I chuckled. "Phone sex, too -- the things I'm finding out."
Beth caught her lip between her teeth. "Um, actually it was on the computer, so we could see one another."
I blinked, raising an eyebrow. "And you --"
"God, yes," Beth breathed. "Toys, and all sorts."
I pulled out my phone, grinning. "Then we're definitely calling him."
I tapped the screen, putting the call on speaker and turning the volume down a little. "Hello?" we heard from the other end.
I put on my most sultry voice. "Hello, Tim. This is your two sexy nurses calling..."
We could hear him smile. "Some people pay money for that, you know. Not that --"
"Strictly for you," Beth reassured. "You weren't asleep, were you?"
"Not yet. How's it going?"
"Quiet here," I chipped in. "Actually Beth and I were getting turned on by our anatomy textbook."
A short pause, then "Oh, I can imagine -- I find the patella incredibly sexy, myself."
Beth smirked. "Very funny."
She threw me a grin. "I guess you're ready for bed, Tim."
"Mm-hm." We heard the mattress creak. "I already know what you're wearing," Tim mused. "I watched you put your uniforms on, and very sexy you both looked too."
"How would it be if you needed us to take care of you?" I suggested.
Tim chuckled. "What would be wrong with me?"
Beth glanced at me, raising one eyebrow. "You could have had that operation our pet patient had."
Tim was obviously considering. "It doesn't make any difference to --?"
"Absolutely not," I reassured him.
"So what care do I need, exactly?"
I grinned, forgetting Tim couldn't see me. "The main thing is that we have to get a sample. You can work out what kind, right?"
"We need it to check for -- what did Dr Patel say? Motility," added Beth.