(This is my first ever fic, so please R+R and tell me what you think!)
As I walked around the corner of the long and windy road that lead to the great Holby City General, I had no idea what to expect I'd spent 2 extra years training to be an Emergency Medicine specialist doctor, whilst training to be a paediatrician also, and I didn't even know whether I would like it or not! I'd wanted to be a doctor since my first time in a hospital, aged 11 years old.
I know I'm different to any other doctor there has ever been, but I've never let it stop me! Who cares if I'm a different age to all of the others, I'm just doing what I've always wanted! Nothing can stop me.
I walked the final few steps around the corner and there stood in front of me, towering over everyone like a large yellow giant, was Holby City General Hospital. I'd heard a lot about it, read stuff in the papers about amazing medical research that was going on in their labs. I couldn't wait to get started in what I hoped would be a lifetime career for me. I felt a stream of adrenaline rush through my body then and I knew that I had to do it. There was no question about it, I had to face my fears and go in there.
Slowly, I made my way through the entrance of the Emergency Department where I'd be working and went up to the reception. "Excuse me…" I said nervously.
"Hello. How can I help you?" A friendly voice replied. I read from his name tag that he was called Noel.
"I'm looking for Mr Jordan; it's my first day here. Do you know where I can find him?"
"Straight down the corridor on the right."
"Thanks!" I said. I just hoped everyone was as kind as he was.
The corridor was long and I was carefully scanning the right hand side of it, afraid I may miss it. I narrowly avoided being hit by a trolley when I saw it. I knocked on the door. My hand shook as I did this; I'd never been so nervous before!
"Come in!" a voice shouted back. I opened the door with my shaky hands and peered inside.
"Hi. My name's Ellie Lawson, I'm starting here today."
"Dr Lawson, hi, I'm Nick Jordan. I'm clinical lead." No one had ever called me Dr Lawson before and it felt strange but amazing at the same time! "Come in, take a seat"
I shut the door behind me and sat down on a chair in front of his desk. Strangely, I wasn't as nervous as before, yet I was sat inside my new boss's office. He picked up some papers and I could see through them that it said my name. It was just my test results and stats, so it didn't bother me at all.
"It says here that you're an Emergency Medicine specialist and also a paediatrician, but that must be wrong because you're only 21 years old!"
"It's not wrong, I was 15 when I started med school." I said, trying not to sound blunt. I hated telling people this, as I had been bullied because of it, but I knew that I would have to say it and would have to answer the questions that followed.
"Oh, sorry I didn't know!" He said, I could tell by his voice that it was the first time he'd heard and he wasn't just checking to make sure it really was true.
"It's fine! You're not the first to say!" It was true, I'd been asked about it for years, so I guess I'm not as annoyed about it as I used to be.
"Can I ask you, why did you do the specialist course straight away, even though you didn't know whether you'd like it or not?" He asked.
"Partly, because I love the way that you could be treating literally anything, from cuts to car crashes! But also because I didn't want to face being the youngest again, I want to be the same age as other doctors coming out from med school."
"Okay, I see what you mean. Well, I can't mentor you today as I have board meetings all day, so you're going to be working in cubicles with Dr Tom Kent. He's the ED's paediatric specialist and, if you stay here, together you will be the ED's paediatric specialists. So, that's all I need to tell you other than there are some scrubs in your locker and I will send Tom up to meet you there in about 15 minutes!" I was buzzing now, excited that I was so close to doing what I'd wanted to do for so long.
"Okay, thanks!"
"Good luck!"
(So, what do you think? I know it's not very long but it's just to get the story started! Just a warning that this may not be updated for a while, as I'm not sure where this is going and I'm just writing what comes to me!)