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New Story. This is going to be an AU fic.

Chapter 1

"Oh Geeze," The small dirt parking lot was full when I arrived. I had never seen anything like it before. I mean the waiting room was usually steady, but there were never people waiting in line to see a doctor. I worked in at a clinic in a small country town. Village actually. At least that's what the name says.

I loved the old place. Outside it looked like a cozy retreat. A little log cabin against a mountain backdrop. Tall pines grew high all around it and the wildflowers grew in specific beds with no enclosures. The landscaping was perfect, making it look like every piece had been there forever and not placed by human hands. The waterfall splashed into a Koi pond and birds chirped. If it wasn't such a brisk, windy day – it would have been perfect.

I walked by people sitting in their cars. They looked sick. They were pale. They were sneezing and hacking. One vomited into a grocery sack and there was no doctor. One died the month before and the other left to pursue greener pastures, just like about a dozen or so before him.

A notice would have been nice. Damn doctors. Over paid and arrogant. I couldn't stand them.

"Looks like a bad day." Alice, the nurse addressed me the minute I stepped inside. "Don't think you're going to hide like you usually do."

I rolled my eyes. I never hid. I worked. I stayed busy. I guess that confused the woman who read a magazine behind the desk all day.

"Has the loaner showed up yet?"

"He's in the exam room." She stated. "Turn the sign. These people will probably be waiting all day to see one doctor. I don't know why they don't just drive to the city."

"This is close."

"This place should be bulldozed. Doctor James was an old fool to keep it going all these years. It will closed down soon enough. He had no family and the town sure can't afford to keep it going."

I ignored Alice. I always wished the woman would move on. She was a miserable soul who had lost all compassion for people. Sometimes I wondered how she ever became a nurse. She didn't seem to possess a heart and it was hard to believe she ever had one.

"Hello?" Alice answered the phone and I was on my own checking people in.

The waiting room was packed and people were still coming in. I let out a deep breath. They all knew they could be there a long time. The doctor that came to help out was obviously looking for a short vacation. He wasn't in a hurry to see the first patient. I guess he was like the others who came for the perks – a free stay in a remote cabin with the best fishing in the state. Most brought their families with them and would only come in one day a week unless there was a real emergency.

"What kind of intern doesn't get job offers? He is a real doctor isn't he?" I caught parts of Alice's conversation. "He's been doing what? Geeze, are we really that desperate?" She hung up the phone a few minutes later. The call seemed more like gossiping between good friends than it did business. "Well, they hired someone permanent. Mildred said he'll be here in a few days. Sounds like a real flake to me."

I guess a desperate choice was better than none at all. Good or bad it did us no good at the moment. I just hoped he wasn't too hard to work for. Or too lazy. Oh well. There was no point in stressing over any of them. There were only twenty beds in the clinic and the place couldn't dream of matching the pay doctor's receive from … well everywhere else. The new guy would hit the door just as soon as he gained experience and a decent reference. He wouldn't be the first new doctor to do that. I didn't blame them. Doctors didn't go to school so many years to be poor. The pay was horrific for me too. Maybe it was time I moved on as well. With the Doc gone, it was only a matter of time before the place went under. I know the old man had funded the place with his own money.

I stood at that desk all day. Answering questions and telling people who wandered back that I had no idea when they could see a doctor. I felt horrible for them and circled the room with drinks and snacks for those who wanted to try to eat something.

Alice sat reading a book like nothing was going on. I was running to find the doctor who finally saw his first patient two hours after opening the doors. We only had three exam rooms and he only wanted to use the one.

And people were getting sicker. I was mopping up vomit. Handing out trashcans and bags. Offering towels for people to clean themselves. The bathroom was always occupied and I heard nothing but moans from the poor people. The only thing I could do was keep a decent movie playing on the big screen television and keep a sympathetic smile on my lips.

I sat down four hours later. My feet were throbbing and I just needed to rest. I should have taken a break but I didn't want to leave those poor people alone. Some of them looked like they needed to be admitted. I'd never anything like it before.

"Hey there."

Barely glancing I set placed a set of papers in front of the new comer. "Sign the clipboard. Fill these out and have a seat."

"I don't think so."

I lifted my eyes, laying them on a tall man dressed in a leather jacket. His lip curled on one side. I'd never seen him before so I guessed he was just passing through.

"Sooner you do the sooner you'll be seen." I continued. The guy was probably in a hurry to get back on the road. Probably something minor. Something in his eye perhaps? "It might be quicker for you to head to the city. We only have one doctor today. It's going to be a long wait."

"Think I can help with that." He placed his helmet on the counter.

I took a good look. He looked like trouble. Long black hair hanging in his face. Studded leather jacket. He looked big. Real big and I really wasn't in the mood to deal with any thuggish tantrums.

I reached for the phone. Better to deal with the problem before it became one.

He took the receiver out of my hand and hung it up.

"Where do I change?" His tone was insistent, yet not threatening.

"When it's your turn you will be directed to the exam room." I snapped. "Please sign your name and have a seat." I snarled. I wasn't going to be polite and I wasn't going to move him ahead of the people who had been there all day.

"I'm not going to sit down." He chuckled. "I'm just gonna stand right here and check the place out."

"Look, I don't care what your problem is. I don't give a damn about where you need to be or how much time you have to get there. I got a whole room full of people who are a lot sicker than you. Our ONE doctor isn't in a big hurry today and you'll just have to wait like everybody else."

He stuck his hand inside his jacket and held my breath. He seemed like the type that would hold us at gunpoint just to get his way.

I guess he could read my thoughts and he smiled mischievously with a twinkle in his eyes, then handed me a laminated name tag.

"You're a doctor?" I read the old employee badge from a hospital three states away.

"I'm the new guy." He confirmed.

"I guess they really were desperate." I handed him back his card. "You're not supposed to be here for a few more days. I don't have time to show you around right now. We just found out about you this morning. You'll have to come back tomorrow. Now, if you don't mind, you're in the way."

"These people don't need to be here."

"No kidding, Doc." I spat.

"Just call me Roman."

He stepped behind the counter. Set down his backpack, then took off his leather jacket. He opened the backpack, pulled out a white lab coat and put it on over his jeans and black tee shirt. He pulled back his hair neatly at the nape.

"How many exam rooms?"

"Three."

"Grab a cart. I want you to swab everyone in the waiting room." He lifted her tag. "Ellie – What are these two doors." He pointed at the doors behind us.

"They're tiny. We just use them for vitals, blood work – the normal check in routine."

I was shocked by his actions. He was the take charge type of guy and I couldn't believe he was willing to start working days before he was supposed to.

"Not today. I'll work both rooms. Send me anyone with flu symptoms and send everything else to whoever you borrowed." He jutted his chin at Alice. "Honey, you need to grab a cart and start getting vitals and swabs. If you don't want to work, take your ass home. I don't get along with lazy."

Alice's mouth dropped. No one ever talked to her like. In her mind, she was the one who ran the place. She was the charge nurse. She was the one no one could touch.

And he was gone. It was nice to see a doctor who could take charge. I still couldn't believe this guy was a doctor. He sure didn't look like one.

I adapted quickly, grabbing machines and curtained panels from the rooms Roman had hijacked. I closed off both sides of the desks to provide a little privacy.

I set the list in the center and we started calling people by the order they arrived. I took their vitals and sent them to Alice who swabbed their noses then sent them to the room behind us. Roman didn't waste time in between patients. He read the tests, examined them and sent then home as fast as he could while at the same time not being too rushed and taking the time to actually care about each person like they were the only ones in the clinic.

"Ellie." I didn't even respond. My name was Daniella and he'd shortened it in a way I wasn't used to. "You got anymore nurses you can call in?"

"No." I shook my head. "There's couple part time aids that are off today and the night time nurse, but she only comes when we have admits."

"Call them all in. I'm admitting this one and I'm sure she won't be the only one."

He handed me the paperwork and Alice snatched it out of my hand. She gave narrowed her eyes at me and then went to the computer. I continued to process people.

Roman ended up admitting a dozen people that day and even had a talk with the borrowed doctor. I don't know everything he said, but I do remember him threatening to stick his boot up the guy's ass. He must have scared the guy because he started seeing people much faster and soon the waiting room was empty.

Roman came out drying his hands and he gazed at me.

"I never had a decent nurse before," He complimented.

"Well, I've never worked for a decent doctor before."

He grinned, seemingly humbled. "Those are words I've never heard before."

I decided it was a good time to correct him. I guess he didn't take the time to really read my name tag. "And I'm just a CNA."

"Don't you ever say that again." He spat. "Not around me."

Another thing that shocked me. "Well, Doctor. My shift is over. I'll see you in the morning. I'm sure you'll still be here – unless you've changed your mind about taking the position."

"Over this? That was nothing." He moved his hand like he was swatting away a fly. "I'm hungry. You know a good place?"

"Monica's across the street. All home cooking. It's good."

"Join me?"

I laughed.

"I'm sorry. I have a boyfriend."