All I hear is the sound of the ticking clock in the exam room, now I know the anxiety my patients feel waiting for their test results. Ugh I'm usually on the other end of this, I'm extremely nervous but I need to find out what is going on with me, I've been tired, moody just not myself lately. I must have been in my thoughts way to deep because I didn't hear Liza walk back in the room.
"Ash Ash you Ok?" Liza says to me.
"Yeah Im sorry I was deep in my thoughts, so are my labs are back."
"Yes they are back."
"Ok so lay it on me, my thyroids are acting up?"
"Nope your labs are normal except for one." She says smiling at me.
"Ok which lab? And what the hell are you smiling for?"
"Well besides the new title of Chief Of Surgery, you might want to add Mommy to the list."
"Liza stop bullshitting me, you know I can't get pregnant."
"Well these test prove otherwise, take a look for yourself." Liza hands me my chart and I look over my labs and just like Liza says my labs are normal except my HCG levels were at 2300 u/l.
"Liza this can not be right, for years I was told that I would not be able to get pregnant. How could this be?"
"I don't know but I know that I am happy for my friend right now but I hope that she is happy as well." Liza looks at me.
"I'm shocked, I just need time to digest that I am pregnant."
"Well Dr. Gray I need you to take this prescription and get it filled and I need you make an appointment with your Ob/Gyn as soon as possible we need to make sure you and the baby are doing ok."
"Ok"
"Is the father who I think it is."
"Of course it is, even though we broke up, I've only been with him. It had to been after the fashion show. That was the last time we had sex."
"Your sisters fashion show? You guys had already broke up by then."
"Yeah we did but invites for the show was given out months before when we was still together, we talked, one thing lead to another, it happened but the next morning was painful. He told me it was mistake and we should both move on from each other."
"Asher I am so sorry, but you need to tell him, he has a right to know. You two love each other and I don't know what happened between you two but you guys have someone else to think about now."
"I know it's just…"
"Dr. Gray your needed in the ER…..Dr. Gray your needed in the ER" the announcement of the intercom interrupted me.
"Looks like your needed back at work, care of I join you down there, I don't have a patient for about an hour or so." Liza asked
"Yeah come on let's see what's going on down there."
We get in the elevator and head down to the ER and see what awaits me. We both get off the elevator and I am greeted by Nurse Holloway.
"Hey Dr. Gray we have a 12 year girl with abdominal pain and fever for the last three hours. Both her parents are in the room with her."
I look at her slightly confused. "Why was I called down here this is not a surgical issue?"
"We tried explaining that to the little girl but she says that she wanted you because you are the best. She would not let us draw her labs or anything until we called for you."
"Ok let me see her chart and I will go in an talk to her and her parents" Nurse Holloway hands me the chart and I look at the name and my eyes get big.
"What's wrong?" Liza asks
I show her the name on the chart and she looks at me a smile. "See God works in mysterious ways. Come on Dr. Gray this patient wants to see you." Liza says walking towards the patients room.
Liza stops in front for the patients rooms and am behind her taking a deep breath preparing myself for what is behind this door. Liza motions for me to walk in, I open the door walk in and say.
"Well I hear this room has a tough patient, who just so happens to think I'm the best doctor in the building."
"Asher" the sweet little girl says to me.
"Hello Ms. Rory, what is going on with you?" I asked her
Before she can answer her father answers. "She been having the stomach pain and fever for the last three hours and we didn't know what to do."
I finally look up at her father, the man who I still love with all my heart, the man who I am currently pregnant by. I see his face is full of worry, my personal feelings had to be put on the back burner.
"Paul and Steph I am going to figure out what is going on with her. Ok?"
"Thank you Asher, and we thank you for making time for Rory." Stephanie says to me.
"Yeah we hope we didn't pull you away from anything important but she kept asking for you." Paul adds in.
"It's ok Mrs. Chant and I were just discussing a patient, then a very important patient asked for me. Now Ms. Rory do you think that I can examine you and then take your blood to figure out what's wrong with you."
"Ok are you going to do it?" Aurora asked me.
"Yes I will do it. Now let me examine you ok." I listen to lungs and stomach, check her throat and it looks slightly red, I checked her stomach pressure points, Rory does let me know the areas that are bothering her.
"Ok her throat does look a little red, so we are going to swab her for strep throat and then Nurse Holloway is going to come in get some lab draws ok."
"Ok seems easy enough." Paul says.
"I thought you said you was going to do everything." Rory says to me.
I grab her hand. "Rory sweetie Nurse Holloway is one of my friends and I trust her to draw your blood, tell you what while she is drawing your blood I will make sure that I am back in here before she does anything. Deal?"
"Deal!" And we shake on it. "Ok you rest sweetie and you two should try and sleep. I'm going to step out and start ordering her labs and figure out what is going on with her. I'll be back with Nurse Holloway."
I walk out with Liza hot on my tail. We walk into the nurses station. "Misha I am ordering labs for the patient in room 115, you are going to draw the labs but I am going to be in the room when you draw them."
"Ok no problem Doc, sorry for not giving you the heads up about Aurora but she wouldn't let anyone touch her she just kept crying and asking if you were here. I had to make sure that she got seen."
"It's ok really I'm happy you did that, I'm actually happy to help."
"Yeah but I figured.."
I stop looking at the computer and look at Misha "What that since her father and I broke up that I wouldn't be able to do my job."
"No that is not what I am saying that at all I just know how hard this could be for you." Misha says
"Hey Misha go get the supplies for Rory labs and let me have word Asher." Liza steps in. Misha walks away to gather the stuff and I go back to the computer and finish up what I was doing.
"Now you know you need to apologize to Misha you knew what she meant and you need to talk to Paul and let him know what is going on. And speak of the devil he is walking towards us now." I turn around and see Paul walking our way.
"Hey Liza, Ash can I speak with you for a minute." Paul ask
"Hey Paul no worries." Liza looks down at her watch "I have a patient coming in a few so I need to head back upstairs. Asher when you get a chance I need to finish talking about my patient. Paul it was a pleasure seeing you again." Liza says walking away.
"Ok Liza" I walk from behind the desk. "Hey what's up Paul."
"I really want to thank you for being there for Rory, I was trying to tell her that there was a possibility that you wouldn't be able to be the doctor that sees her. But you know Rory she was not budging she wanted you."
"Like I said before it was no problem, I didn't have a patient at the time and you know how I feel about the kids."
"Yeah I know, Umm I heard about your grandmother. I'm sorry how is she doing?"
"How did you know about my grandmother? For the most part she is ok. She is still on a feeding tube and in a nursing home."
"You know your brother and I still talk on a daily basis."
"I didn't know you still talked to Andre then again you two were friends before me and you were ever…"
"About that you know the morning after the fashion show when I said what I said I was wrong, I shouldn't have been mean but…."
I cut him off "Don't worry about it…it's water under the bridge. We should head back to Rory so we can get these test running."
"Hey Asher, we still on for going out tonight to make up for your birthday and you being named Chief Of Surgery." Gerald says walking up to me, I can see Paul is getting irritated with his presence.
"Yeah everyone is going to meet up at 8. Paul we should get ready to go."
"Oh Paul I didn't see you there, you going to join us tonight for your girlfriends birthday shindig tonight." Gerald asks him.
"Actually…." I begin to say
"Actually I am going to be there why wouldn't I be there, and it's funny how you didn't see me standing here when you clearly eyed me up and down. Come on babe we need to get going." He puts his hand on the small of my back and we walk to back to Rory's room.
"What the hell was that?" I asked him
"You know I don't like him and he was baiting me."
"Ok you could have just ignored him now he is going to expect you there tonight."
"And I will be, but the better question is why does he think we are still together?"
"Like I told you when we were together there is nothing going on between me and Gerald he is a co worker."
"Right that's why you two kissed and you kept it from me?"
"I didn't keep anything from you, I was going to tell you when I got home that night, I didn't know you was going to surprise me by coming to the hospital to see me. Look we need to focus on Rory right now."
He sighs "Your right and Ash congratulations on Chief Of Surgery." He walks into Rory's room and I just stand there for a minute to gather myself.
"Doctor Gray you ready to go in?" Misha says to me walking up.
"Yeah but I want to apologize for earlier I know you didn't mean anything by it. I was just in one of my many moods. Do you accept my apology?"
"Ash I know you have been moody, that's why I didn't think twice about it."
"Ok good, about the dinner tonight?"
"Yeah what about it?"
"Paul is coming."
"What? How does he even know about tonight?"
"Gerald." I say rolling my eyes "and he thinks that me and Paul are still together."
"Why?"
"You know Paul don't like him so Gerald basically baited him in"
"Oh wow, so what are going to do?"
"I gotta roll with it, let's go in here get these labs done." We both walk in the room but in head I'm thinking have I made my situation worse then what it already is.