DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters except for Eliza. I do not own Across the Universe or Forrest Gump.
Also, I don't think there were pagers in the 60's but this is a work of fiction so there are now. In the last chapter, Tex is reading "The Lovely Bones". Like pagers, this book was not around in the 60's. Again, since it's fiction, I said it is now.
Dallas's last name is not canon. I took his last name from the actor who plays him. Also, I doubt Dallas was a combat medic in the movie. I just wanted him to be, so deal with it. It's not that significant.
The ages are not canon either. Nor is the one date I used. Some of the wounds and such may not be canon either, though they are probable. I wouldn't know though, because again, I did not create these characters. Only Eliza. And Tex's family. They're made up too.
Also, if you like this story, I have two other Forrest Gump related stories if you are interested. One is called Destiny, and the other is called Empty Bottles, both focusing on Lt. Dan. I also have one Across the Universe story called Untitled, which focuses on Max.
Please comment. I worked on this for 4 days straight and I would like to know what everyone thinks.
Eliza had a love/hate relationship with the hospital she worked at. She hated being so far from home and loathed how many people died here daily, but she loved the pay, and loved the people she did manage to save. She was an ER doctor. Sure it wasn't her specialty but the demand was for ER doctors and she was just as skilled in this area as she was in any other.
Now some doctors will advise you to never have personal relationships with your patients since it will only hurt you more if something bad happens to them, but Eliza just couldn't help it. She developed personal relationships with anyone or anything rather. You tell her that a rock she stepped on has feelings, and then she's emotionally attached to it. It was just the way she was.
Over her time here she developed relationships with a lot of people. They were quick friendships that never really meant anything, only existing to get her and the soldier by. But there were a few people that she knew she would never forget.
One was a young draftee by the name of Maxwell Carrigan who was here after being grazed in the forehead by a bullet, another was a young combat medic by the name of Dallas Izbicki who was suffering from 3rd degree burns from head to foot and unfortunately had lost his right arm. The third was a soldier who was always referred to as Tex who was here with quite a few broken bones. And the fourth was a southern gentleman by the name of Forrest Gump who had gotten himself shot in the butt. The last, but certainly most unforgettable, was Lt. Dan Taylor who had lost both his legs and was so pissed he had no words strong enough to tell everyone just how pissed he was.
These soldiers were all in the same Platoon and so arrived at the same time. Unfortunately some were scheduled to leave before the others, so Eliza didn't have an equal time with them. She was grateful for the time she was allowed to spend with them however, and spent all of her off-time with at least one if not all of them.