Too little too late

[Ana Hunter]

"We need morphine, STAT!" shouted Phil.
"If you don't get me morphine right now, i swear to God, Lucy, this animal will die purely of pain!"
"I'm sorry, jeez, chill, P! You'd think it was emergency!" Lucy snorted.
Phil rubbed his tired eyes in exhaustion.
"Lucy, it's a wonder you actually qualified for a vetrinary nursing course!"
You could tell Phil was literally about to blow his fuse, especially by the way he savagly pushed down the pump to administer the mrphine.
I stood silently, on standby, but more importantly, learning all the time.
I shifted towards the whippet's head,
"There there Jojo, not long now," i whispered.
"You do know that dog can't hear a word you're saying, right?"
"of course! But i like to think that when she wakes up, she'll vaguely remember a little voice, reassuring her, " I grinned.
Phil lowered his voice,
"I don't think this littl 'un's gonna wake up."
My heart sank. From when Jojo came in, need an elbow replacement, i had a horrible feeling something would go wrong.
And something did go wrong.
Lucy, instead of feeding Jojo normal Doggy Mix, had been giving her Conditioning Mix, seeing as she was a whippet.
This caused short burst of incredible energy, but if she was in her cage, it was well contained and wouldn't do any serious harm.
But then, a day or two ago, when Jojo was being excercised, one of these bursts came along, and of course, woth her bad elbow, it made things ten times worse.
Now, i'm standing here, holding a gauze over the elbow joint, praying to God that the steady beeps from the heart monitor would stay like they were supposed to stay.
beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeep
Phil threw down his equiptment and stormed off, leaving me to announce the time of death.
"Time of daeth," I said, taking a deep breath, "2.15pm"
I heard Lucy try to talk to Phil about getting time off on wednesday afternoon to get her nails done, when he yelled,
"Just get out of here, right now Lucy! GET OUT!"
At that very moment, in walked my best friend, Amelie, throwing me a confused look as to why Lucy had stormed past her, carrying all her belongings.

[Amélie Grey]

Amélie was struggling with Jack outside the clinic. He was due for his last set of vaccinations, but was refusing to walk on the lead, and was sitting down on his stubborn backside refusing to do.
"Pour l'adore di Dieu!" she exclaimed angrily, bending down to pick the puppy up.
He cuddled into her.
"Oh no you don't," she muttered. "Little suck-up."
He put his paws up on her shoulders and licked her nose with his tiny little tongue.
She laughed. "Oh fine then."
As she walked through the doors to the clinic, Lucy, a vet intern, stormed out.
Amélie looked around the clinic, and spotted Ana.
She carried Jack over. "What's up with Lucy?"

[Ana Hunter]

"heylo little Jacky boy!" Ana squealed.
Jack wagged his tail ferociously.
He was in love with Ana.
Ana scooped him into her arms, then acknowledged Amelie, throwing her a half worried half "How typical" lokk.
"I swear to God Amelie," Ana sighed, "I don't know how much longer i can stand that girl..."
"why what happened?2 Amelie said looking worried,
"She was just responsible for another death..." Ana sighed again, still in shock.
"Oh God...." Amelie groaned. Then she snapped to attention, "Did you say, "another"?"
Ana pulled her aside, out of earshot from waiting patients.
"This sin't the first time it's happened...She's been responsible for the deaths of another dog, a cat and a goldfish,"
Amelie looked utterly confused.
"A goldfish?"
she said, raising her eyebrow.
"It's a very long, very complicated story, "
replied Ana, shaking her head.
"So, what brings you to my gracious domain?" asked Ana.

[Amélie Grey]

"His booster jab," Amélie said. "Honestly, he's more hassle than most of my patients put together!"
She stroked Jack's nose. "I love him though. Why hasn't Lucy got fired?"
"God knows," Ana said, shrugging.
"Are you giving Jack the vaccination or will it be Phil?" Amélie asked. For all she got annoyed by Jack, she loved him so much and didn't know where she'd be without him. He may be an annoying little ball of fluff, but he was her annoying little ball of fluff.

[Ana Hunter]

"I do believe it will be Phil..." she said her voice trailing off as she swivelled her head to see if he was in sight.
He was a balding, sour, middle aged man, with a bad temper, but everyone loved him to bits.

OCC- (to everyone in glenlola who's in my sanish class - he's got the personality of Mr Abs!!!!!)

"I'm realy sorry Amelie, but i gotta run", Ana said, "As far as i know i'm supposed to be in surgery!!!"
She gave her a quick hug and a peck on the cheek,
"I'll see you tonight at my place, ok?"

[Amélie Grey]

Amélie smiled. "Okay, bye. I'll be there at seven, okay?"
"Great!" Ana called as she rushed off to surgery.
"Bye," Amélie said, waving Jack's paw and taking him to the reception desk.