About Brooke

Who she is, and what a night with her is like

Brooke is a twenty-nine-year-old ER nurse from Houston who works nights and somehow still walks out smiling. Honey-blonde waves, bright blue eyes and a pair of dimples do most of the introductions for her. When the shift ends she sleeps late, then spends the afternoon beside the pool before heading back in. Here you will find her story, the hours she keeps and the seventeen photographs she has put up, taken at home, at the water and on the odd night away.

Twelve hours in a Houston emergency room would flatten most people. Brooke comes out of it joking. At twenty-nine she has the calm of someone who has dealt with worse than whatever your week threw at you, and the warmth of someone who would still ask about it. Patients remember the dimples; colleagues remember that she brings kolaches for the whole unit. Her bedside manner is not an act she switches on, it is just how she talks, which is why the stethoscope keeps turning up in her pictures as a running joke.

Home is Houston, Texas, and her clock runs on Central Time: one hour behind the US East Coast and six behind London. Night shifts turn that upside down. She clocks off around sunrise, when New York is on its first coffee and London is breaking for lunch, and that wind-down hour is when she likes to chat most. Afternoons she is poolside and easy to reach. On working evenings she goes quiet from about seven, so catch her before she leaves.

Talking to Brooke feels like being looked after by someone who also happens to be flirting with you. She asks how you slept, whether you ate, what is on your mind, then prescribes something cheeky. Her humor is quick and a little Texan, full of y'all and gentle teasing. She is clear that she will not meet in person. Everything happens in conversation, where she sends a photograph now and then and remembers what you told her last time.

Her photographs follow the rhythm of her week. The first shows her stretching in light blue satin at the window as the sun comes up after a shift. Then comes a pink set and robe on white bedding, navy satin on the bed, and a blue robe in the kitchen with a cup of coffee. Days off happen outdoors: a red bikini at the backyard pool, a black one on a lake dock at dusk, red again on the sand at Galveston. The stethoscope appears with red, lavender and navy sets. Every one of the seventeen is open on her page.

Where Brooke is from

From Houston, Texas, found between the ER night shift and a backyard pool

From

Houston, USA

Speaks

English

Questions

Questions about Brooke

Is it free to start chatting with Brooke?

Yes. Your first 8 messages to Brooke are free and you do not need a card to send them. They apply to the first conversation you start, so say hello and see how you get on before deciding anything.

How much is a chat with Brooke after the free messages?

After the free messages, talking with Brooke costs $21 for every thirty minutes of chat. It is one flat rate, whether you catch her winding down after a shift or lazing by the pool in the afternoon.

Can I have a live video call with Brooke?

Not with Brooke, sorry. She does not offer live video or camera calls. After twelve hours on the ward she prefers to keep things to written chat, and she will send a photograph in the conversation when she feels like it.

Do I need an account to see Brooke's photos?

No account is needed. All seventeen of Brooke's public photographs are open on her page for anyone to look through. She also sends photos in conversation, usually after a shift or from beside the pool.

What time zone does Brooke keep?

Brooke is in Houston, on Central Time, an hour behind the US East Coast and six hours behind London. Because she works nights, she is often awake at sunrise her time and free again through the afternoon.

What is Brooke's job in Houston?

Brooke works night shifts as an ER nurse in Houston. She has plenty of stories from the ward, keeps the details private, and brings the same bedside manner to a conversation: attentive, unflappable and quick with a joke when you need one.