Hey guys! This story has been brewing in my head for a couple of years and I finally decided to write it. This is the first of these that I have written so please cut me some slack on the medical lingo if it isn't right. I haven't started nursing classes yet lol. Please read, review, enjoy and let me know what you think, please? :)

Kaitlyn Malucci stepped out of the cab and looked at the massive hospital in front of her. She shivered in the cold Chicago air as she walked up the path that lead to County General Hospital and her new life…

~Front Desk~

"Hi excuse me my name is Kaitlyn Malucci. I am looking for Dr. Weaver I'm supposed to start my residency today." Kaitlyn replied as the desk clerk smiled at her.

"She is in a trauma right now but I will let her know as soon as I can that you are here." The clerk said with a smile as Kailyn nodded. "By the way since we will be seeing a lot of each other my name is Randi." The clerk added as she extended her hand. Kaitlyn shook it with a smile and sat down in a chair and waited.

Kaitlyn Malucci was a twenty-seven year old single mother. She thought about quitting the practice of medicine but decided against it. She wanted to give her son a better life than she ever had. Lord knows his dad wouldn't help them any. Kaitlyn came from a poor family but always had a dream of becoming a doctor. When she had been a senior in high school she was awarded a scholarship to study medicine in Grenada. Without a second thought she packed up her bags and went to Grenada where she met her son's father, a fellow med student, and she soon fell in love. The couple was barely together for two months before they were married and soon after Kaitlyn found out she was pregnant. The young couple moved back to Chicago where Kaitlyn gave birth to their son, Aiden. Soon after Aiden was born the marriage fell apart. Her husband soon just disappeared. It had been two years since he left but the wounds were still there. She needed to get on with her life so she jumped at the chance when she heard about the emergency medicine opening at County General Hospital. As she saw the doctors working around her she knew that she had made the right decision.

After a few more minutes of waiting a woman who was walking with the help of a crutch threw her clipboard at the desk and mumbled a few cuss words.

"What's going on Dr. Weaver?" Randi asked looking at the woman.

"One word. Dave. I swear if he makes one more rude remark to me I'm firing him." Dr. Weaver said as Randi shook her head.

Kaitlyn listened in quietly and stiffened when she heard the name 'Dave'. The more Dr. Weaver described him the more she thought of her ex. She quickly plastered a smile on her face as Dr. Weaver approached her.

"Hi Kaitlyn. My name is Kerry Weaver. We are a little short handed today so grab a trauma jacket and follow me." Weaver instructed as Kaitlyn followed close behind her.

"We have a wreck coming in so be ready." Weaver added as paramedic rushed two stretchers in.

"What do we have?" Weaver asked as the team of doctors and nurses moved the small child onto the table.

"Jordan Wood. Eight years old, collided with an air bag, possible Pneumothorax." The paramedic said quickly as nurses quickly prepared medicine and more doctors began to pour in.

"Kaitlyn tube him." Weaver instructed as Kaitlyn grabbed the tube and instrument and began the tedious task of putting the tube down the little boy's throat.

"Got it, bag him." Kaitlyn said as she moved out of the way and grabbed the little boys file while the other doctors continued working on him.

"His blood pressure is still a little low." Kaitlyn observed as Nurse Haleh Adams took the boys pressure. "Does he have any fractured ribs?" She asked as Dr Greene felt around the boy's chest.

"Yep. Haleh take him up to get an x-ray its Pneumothorax." Dr. Greene ordered as Haleh nodded and took the chart from Kaitlyn who took her gloves off.

Greene began to say something but was interrupted by someone barging into the room.

"Dr. Dave is here what seems to be the… holy shit." The man added as he stared at Kaitlyn.

"I take it you two know each other?" Dr. Greene asked with a confused face as Kaitlyn glared at the man.

"No."

"Yes."

"I'll leave you two alone." Greene said noticing the tension and quickly left the room.

"Kaitlyn what in the world are you doing here?" Dave asked as Kaitlyn began to clean the area up.

"I could ask you the same question David. I happen to be working so I can provide for OUR son since you won't." Kaitlyn said with a hiss as she began to walk out but was stopped by Dave's arm.

"Kaitlyn I was going to come back I promise you." Dave said as Kaitlyn looked up with him with a glare.

"Come back? Dave it's been two years! If you cared you wouldn't have left me alone with a newborn to fend for myself." Kaitlyn hissed as Dave looked down at her.

"Kaitlyn I was scared. I had just got out of medical school the pressures of finding a hospital and having a family just got to me. I ran. It was stupid and I regret it every day." Dave said with a sad face as Kaitlyn just looked at him with a blank expression.

"You were scared? Don't you think I was scared too? We could've worked through everything together. Instead you took the coward's way out. I was left to pick up the pieces. In your eyes, I thought I saw tomorrow, but all I see is wasted time. I got over what you did to me, but you could've at least been there for Aiden. You could've called, you could've written a fucking letter you could have found some way to get in contact with your son. Your worst mistake was leaving your son without his father." Kaitlyn yelled as Dave looked down at the ground his wife's words hitting home.

"I know that Kait, and I want to change that. I want to be in my son's life and I want to be in yours. If you'd let me." Dave said as he took a step closer to Kaitlyn and held up his left hand which still had his wedding ring on it. "I never stopped loving you Kait. I never stopped loving Aiden. I just wanted to get myself straightened out before I came back." He added as Kaitlyn sighed and shut her eyes.

"Dave I've wanted to hear those words for so long. Now that I have I don't know if I believe you." Kaitlyn said with no emotion as Dave sighed and shook his head.

"Still stubborn I see."

"Why should I believe you Dave? As many times as you've said you'd prove it to me you always proved me right." Kaitlyn asked as Dave walked closer to her.

"This time will be different I promise Kait. I'm not that same guy anymore. I've actually grown up in the last two years. If I screw up I'll leave you alone. We'll go through the divorce and only see each other when I get Aiden. Give me one more chance Kait." Dave begged as Kait sighed and looked at the floor.

"One more and that's it. We'll start by you coming over and seeing your son so in the future I won't have to show him a picture of you so he'll know who you are." Kaitlyn said as she grabbed his notepad out of his pocket and wrote down her address.

"Meet me there at seven. I have to pick Aiden up from my moms." She added as Dave nodded at her.

"You don't want me to come with you to pick him up?" Dave asked as Kaitlyn looked at him with a small smile.

"Dave my mother has wanted your head on a silver platter for two years. So if you don't want your head to end up on one I suggest you just meet me at my apartment okay?" Kaitlyn said as Dave laughed at her.

Kaitlyn shook her head and walked out of the room leaving Dave alone. Dave quickly went to the doctor's lounge, opened up his locker and took a picture out of his wallet. He looked at the picture of his former family and touched his son's face. They had been so happy and he had ruined it. This time he was going to make sure not to mess up.

~Front Desk~

"Hi you must be the new resident. My name is John Carter a voice said making Kaitlyn turn around from the computer she was working on.

"Hi I'm Kaitlyn Malucci. Are you a resident too?" Kaitlyn asked Carter with a smile as he just stared at her.

"Malucci?" He asked completely ignoring her question.

"Yes, Dr. Carter, Malucci. Is there a problem?" Kaitlyn asked as Carter quickly shook his head no.

"I'm just shocked. Dave never said anything about having a sister. You guys look nothing alike." Carter said as Kaitlyn laughed a little at him.

"Sorry Carter but I'm not his sister."

"What?"

"I'm not his sister." Kaitlyn repeated as Carter looked at her with a confused face.

"Is it just a coincidence then?"

"I wish, but no I'm his wife."