"Alright, people. Listen up!" Kerry Weaver's voice echoed through the ER. "We've got new interns coming in today and our new attending. Be on your best behavior." She looked at Ray. "That means you, Barnett."
"Me?" Ray feigned surprise.
"Yes, you." Kerry smiled. She and Ray may have had their differences, but she liked him. He was a good doctor and she felt a little biased to protect him. In a motherly fashion, she convinced herself.
"I'll be on my best behavior." Ray winked at Kerry.
Morris looked at Ray. "Yeah. I'll believe it when I see it." He scoffed.
Ray feigned shocked as he headed off to Exam 3. "Let's see here. You're not feeling too well, Davey?" The kid threw up all over Ray. "I'll take that as a 'no'. I'll be right back." He left and handed Morris the chart. "I've got something to take care of, Morris."
"A shower would be nice. You smell like puke."
"Thanks, Morris. Without you pointing that out to me, I may never have known." Ray made his way to the staff showers and showered quickly and put on a pair of scrubs. He came out and saw a young lady standing by the Admit desk, talking to Jerry. Ray made his way over. "I'll take care of her from her, if you don't mind, Jerry."
"Not at all, Ray." Jerry smiled.
Ray held out his hand. "Ray Barnett."
The young lady smiled and shook Ray's hand. "Kate Newell."
"Well, I suppose you're going to need a tour of the ER, so I'll be glad to give you a tour."
"Great." Kate smiled.
"This is where we get our supplies from." He pointed out a supply cabinet. "And this is Luka Kovac, the former attending."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kate Newell." Luka opened his mouth to say something but only nodded when Kate shook her head.
"It's very nice to meet you, Ms. Newell." Luka grinned and walked off. "Kerry." He saw Kerry at the front desk. "Isn't that the new attending with Ray?"
Kerry looked down and smiled. "It certainly is." She made her way down to where Ray was explaining something to Kate. "Ah, good, Ray. I see you've already met Kate."
"Yeah." Ray smiled. He walked over to Kerry. "If this intern needs a good doc to hel…"
"She's not an intern, Ray. She's the new attending." Kerry hid her smile.
Ray looked nervous as he varied his looks between Kerry and Kate. "Look, I'm sorry. I just…"
Kate smiled. "Don't worry about it. It just shows me your enthusiasm to help."
"Thanks." Ray slinked into the men's room.
Kerry couldn't contain her laugh. "You let him believe you were an intern?"
"Come on, Kerry. You've seen the doctors I'm used to working with. 'Dr. Creature from the Black Lagoon.' 'Dr. Hyde'. 'Dr. Werewolf.' Romano." Kerry shot a sarcastic glare at Kate. "Kerry, this is the first time I have worked with Dr. Eye Candy and I was going to let him think I'm intern if that's what he wanted to think. He apparently knows his stuff."
"Ray's a good doctor, I'll grant you that. He's just a little hasty at times."
Kate smiled. "Leave him to me. I'll watch him." She winked and followed Kerry into the Staff lounge for some coffee.