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Chapter 1: Stitches are a bitch
Jack Shephard walked robotically through the doors of St. Sebastians hospital doors.
"Hello Dr. Shepard!" A nurse chiperly greeted as she handed him the file containing his patients for the day.
"Hi" Jack dully responded. He didnt mean to be rude, but the truth was after Sarah left him, he wasnt himself anymore
It was 9:00 pm and he was nearing the end of his shift, however he had no desire to go home to his empty house. He opened the file 'Room 2342, Katherine Austen' it said
He walked into the room and was instanty startled by her beauty. He was looking into the most beautiful green eyes he had ever seen.
"Hello?" Kate called breaking him out of his reverie
"Hi, my name is Jack" he introduced himself. No matter how rude he was to people, Jack always had good bedside manner. It was the one thing he picked up on from his drunken father.
"I'm Kate" she said smiling
"So you feeling okay?" he asked while looking over her chart. "No numbness in your toes or hands?"
"Yeah i'm fine, I can feel everything" Kate said nodding
"Good...alright mind if i have a look?" he asked
Kate nodded "Sure, of course"
Jack walked around the side of the bed until he was facing her back. He carefully untied the drawstring that held her gown together. The gown fell open revealing her stitches. Jack sighed and cursed under his breath as he looked at Kate's infected stitches.
Kate heard Jack swear and became concerned.
"Wh--Whats wrong?" she asked timidly
Jack heard her nervousness and realized he probably freaked her out. After all when a doctor curses, there has to be something wrong.
"Nothing...you're fine, your stitches are infected, thats all. Dont worr--" he was abruptly cut off by Kate letting out a sigh of relief.
"OH MY GOD! Dont do that to me! you really had me worried. Damn I think my patiends would murder me if I did that to them" she ranted
Jack surprisingly felt his lips tug upwards into a small smile "you're a doctor?" he asked
"Oncologist" she replied
"Interesting, well you already know I'm a spinal surgeon" he said while walking over to get a bottle of alcohol and some gauze pads.
"you really scared me there you know" Kate deadplanned
"Sorry" Jack aploligized "So, where do you work?" he asked while snapping on his gloves
"I used to move around a lot, my last job was at the childrents hospital in New york, I was coming to L.A. to look for a job and in the process found out i had a tumor in my spine." she explained
"Alright, this might sting a little" Jack said
"A littl? Jack, I'm a doctor. A little is an understatement" she said chuckling
Jack laughed "Okay, sorry" he responded before beginning to clean her stitches with alcohol. Kate hissed in pain as he cleaned her infected stitches.
"So, where were you thinking of getting a job?" he asked hoping to distract her from the pain.
"Uhm...I was thinking maybe the UCI medical center or St. Judes Childrens hospital." She gasped
"Sorry" Jack said sympathetically "I'm almost done"
"mmhmm" Kate said "So Jack, Whats your last name?" she asked once she got used to the pain
"Shepard" he answered
"you married?" Kate asked
"No" he said roughly and Kate immediatly back off of the subject.
"Sorry" She muttered
"Its fine" Jack said "you married?" he asked
"nope..too busy with school and work" she said nonchalantly
Jack chuckled, this woman was repeating his life story.
"What about now?" he asked
"Mm, i've tried but they just dont stick around long enough. Apparently I work too much and dont care enough about them, I mean seriously -- they were compareing themselves to my patiends...dying children for gods sake" she rambled
"What about you? Why not now?" she asked hoping she hadnt struck a nerve
Jack swallowed thickly "I was married, didnt work out too well. And now...well i just havnt met the right one I guess. And then add in Long hours at work and its almost a lost cause" he said
Kate chuckled "Sounds like my life story" she said as he finished up. Jack tied the gown back up and discarded of his gloves. He walked around to face her and sat down in the chair across from the bed.
"Alright mmh, I'm not going to take the stitches out and replace them today because it'll hurt like a bitch if I do it today" Kate raised her eyebrows at his choice of words "Hey...You're the one who said not to lie and hold back. Anyway back to the stitches, I'll have someone come buy and do it tommorrow" he finished
"you'll come do it tommorrow" she stated
"What?" Jack asked confused
"I said you will do it" She reiterated
"Why me?" he asked
"Why not? You are my doctor for the remainder of my recovery and I want you to do it" she explained
"Okay fine--I'll come by tommorrow" Jack gave in
"Thank you" Kate said smiling
"Of course" Jack said before getting up and making his exit.
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