I'm not a patient!

"What?" Dr. Culver asked, confused.

"I'm the receptionist, not a patient!" Lauren repeated, exasperated.

"Then where's your ID?" Dr. Culver asked.

Lauren looked down. She never wore the damn thing, since it was supposed to pin to her shirt and no way would she put holes in a five hundred dollar blouse!

"I left it at the reception desk!" Lauren said.

Dr. Culver sighed, annoyed at their time being wasted. He turned to one of the medical students, who stood attentive but confused.

"Please go to reception and see about this ID." He said.

The medical student left and a short time later was at the reception desk facing Olivia.

"Excuse me, did the other receptionist leave their ID here?" She asked.

Olivia slyly scooped up the ID and slipped it into the desk drawer out of sight.

"Other receptionist? It's just me." Olivia lied, trying not to laugh. "Are you talking about that patient? That was a strange girl, she said she was going to prank the doctor somehow."

"Really..." The medical student said.

A short while later they walked back in where an impatient Dr. Culver waited. The medical student went up and whispered in his ear. Lauren was confused by this. What were they whispering about?

"I see." Doctor Culver said, looking at Lauren with plain annoyance on their face...