"Gabriela Dawson" to curtain 1, I hear my name over the loud speaker. I am a resident doctor at Lakeshore hospital in the city of Chicago. I have been assigned to work in the emergency room for the first year of my residency. Today is my first day and it is super busy here. I grew up just outside of the city so I am familiar with it but I did my internship at a small hospital out in the sticks. I probably didn't see this many patients in a week there that I have seen in one shift here. Don't get me wrong I love the hustle but man I'm tired. I am single right now but not for the lack of trying. I hope that will change now that I'm back in the city with permanent position. I just need to find time to go out for my long shifts are going to be draining I can see. It's almost midnight now for my shift ends at 6 a.m. I just got a new apartment a few blocks from the hospital and I still have some boxes to unpack. I guess if all else fails maybe I will meet a doctor to date but I don't know about a work place romance.
I enter curtain 1 now to examine the patient.
"What do we have here" I ask the nurse.
"10 year old boy possible broken ulnar bone" She answers.
"Hi I'm Dr. Dawson I'm just gonna take a look" I say moving to his bed side putting on gloves." What's your name sweety"
"Joseph" He says wincing at my touch."
"OK Joseph you need an x-ray but I pretty sure it's broken. Can you tell me how this happened?"
"I fell and landed on my wrist at my soccer game tonight. When It started to swell my mom brought me in." He answered.
"Where is your mom now?" I ask curiously.
"She had to handle insurance stuff" He explained.
"Ok once your mom signs these consents we will get you to x-ray" I say to Joseph as I hand the papers to the nurse.
After I finished treating Joseph the next few hours of my shift had quieted down a bit. It was almost 5 in the morning. One more hour to go til sleep I think. My brother Antonio, a vice detective had just stopped by to see me. He is 10 years older but we are very close. He has an amazing wife Laura and two kids Eva 8 Diego 5. They are the perfect family. Our parents are happily married as well and don't live to far outside the city. We grew up in a loving supportive home.
"All trauma doctors to the ambulance bay" The page came over and I was up and running and snapped out of my thoughts and into work mode again. I stand in the bay now waiting with two other doctors now,who I really don't know. They are talking amongst themselves. I can hear the sirens of the ambulance coming now. Shouldn't be much longer. That is when I see it come around the bend lights flashing. Man I love my job I say to myself. Once it comes to a screatching hault I see the number 61 on the side. That is when I run to the back of it as the doors swing open. A firefighter hops out and turns around to grab the gurney. He was good looking with dark hair that had few greys running thru, surprising for he seemed pretty young. His turnout coat read Severide. Just then a blonde paramedic appears as she was at the head of the gurney pushing it out of the ambulance.
"25 year old male 2nd degree burn on left forearm" She says looking up at me now. The man on the gurney is in firefighter gear as well.
"I'm fine" He says seeming rather annoyed.
I take a look quickly at his arm and see it's not serious. As I turn back towards the ambulance bay door to go back in a 3rd firefighter appeared for he must have been driving. At first glance he is nice looking, blonde hair blue eyes I notice. At this moment everything around me seems to fade away,like I can't focus on anything but him. I notice how he is looking at me as well, so I pull myself out the stare and walk into the hospital now.
"Are you new?" I hear him say from behind me.
"Yeah my first day here, I'm Gabriela Dawson." I answer him as he catches up to me.
"I'm Matthew Casey and that is Kelly Severide, Leslie Shay and the injured one is Andy Darden" He tells me pointing to everyone." Don't mind us we are just messing with Darden cause he is a baby when he gets hurt. Hence the lights and sirens" He tells me slightly embarrassed.
"Oh it's fine, I'm just glad it wasn't any worse. What you guys do is dangerous, I think it's very brave." I say to all of them butt my eyes never left Matt's.
After I cleaned up Andy's arm and had it all bandaged up we walk out of the exam room together. His friends were still all there waiting for him.
"Thanks Doc" Andy says t o me.
"Anytime" I respond." Be safe out there."
"It was nice to meet you" Matt says. "I guess we will see you around?"
"Yes definantly, I'm really liking it here" I say blushing a bit.
"Great then" He says with a smile as he follows his friends down the hall.
I just couldn't explain it but there was something different about him. He was warm and friendly that I just felt drawn to him. And he was really nice to look at which doesn't hurt either. Not a bad first day Gabby I think to myself as I walk to my car as my shift had just ended. I know know I'm gonna love it here.
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