Trust Me, I'm a Doctor by Oonagh

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Devon slept much better the night after Julia gave her the tablets. She still dreamed but at least they didn’t keep wakening her. And Julia’s actions at the end of their early morning conversation had given her something other than her dreams to focus on during the day – revenge. There was no way Devon’s pride could allow Julia to get away with that. It came to something when your own doctor made jokes at your expense and Devon had decided she wasn’t going to take it lying down.

Unfortunately, she hadn’t been able to come up with any bright ideas on how best to exact revenge. She had the general idea – she wanted it to be public, she wanted it to be embarrassing and she wanted it to be funny. But that was as far as she had gotten. Devon hadn’t had a lot of experience pulling pranks. As an only child she’d had no siblings to practice on when she was young and the adults she’d been surrounded by her entire life had been singularly serious people.

And so for days she wracked her brains trying to come up with a plan. She even thought briefly of getting Uly to help as he and True were fast becoming experts at playing practical jokes on one another. But there was no way she was going to explain to him why she wanted to play a joke on Julia and she knew he’d ask. She was going to have to do this on her own and she would, even if it took her months.

In the end it was Danziger, of all people, who provided her with the perfect idea. She was sitting beside him at the campfire late one evening when Alonzo excused himself for the night and headed to his tent, followed a few minutes later by Julia. Devon was smirking at their pathetic attempt at cunning when Danziger spoke.
“I hope those two are being careful. The last thing we need is to have to drag some pregnant woman across this continent.” Devon automatically dismissed this as just being part of Danziger’s as yet unexplained dislike of the young couple’s relationship. It wasn’t till she lay in bed that night that she recognised his statement as being the answer to her current conundrum. She was grinning when she fell asleep and for once the inevitable dream didn’t bother her in the slightest.

Devon didn’t put her newly formulated plan into action immediately. Timing was of vital importance if she wanted to succeed and so she patiently bided her time. Two weeks after her conversation with Julia the group came across an almost perfect campsite and the decision was made to stop there for a few days to give everyone the chance to rest.

The first morning at this campsite Devon made sure she was one of the last to come out of their tents, waiting until almost everybody had sleepily congregated around the fire before heading out to get her own breakfast. Filling her bowl, she made a beeline for Julia and sat down close beside the doctor.
“Morning, Devon.”
“Good morning.” Devon leaned her head toward the other woman, trying to create the impression of a confidential conversation.
“You look better. I take it you’re sleeping okay, now. No more dreams?”
“No.” Devon lied. “Everything’s back to normal. I told you those dreams were temporary.” Julia nodded.
“So you did.”
“But I do need to talk to you. Could you examine Uly today?”
“Why? Is he sick?” Devon almost smiled as Julia’s concerned expression played right into her plan. She sent a silent apology to Uly for using him.
“No. He’s probably fine. He’s just been tired the last few days.” Julia nodded again.
“No problem, Devon. I’ll scan him later. But it’s probably just the heat – it’s been sapping everybody’s energy.”
“I know. But it will make me feel better to know for definite. Thanks Julia.” Devon leaned over and briefly hugged the younger woman, knowing that such out of character behaviour would attract the attention of anybody who hadn’t already noticed the private chat. Devon then stood and moved away, leaving behind a slightly bemused Julia.
Devon walked slowly toward her tent and when she had covered about half the distance she turned around, a look of compassion plastered on her face.
“Oh, and Julia, don’t let this bother you. I know the timing’s not great but I’m sure you and Alonzo will make fantastic parents.”

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