I flipped the page of the gossip magazine, skimming the page for someone other than the Kardashians. I tapped the toe of my heels softly, as the elevator stopped at every floor to let more people on and off. Finally it reached the 3rd floor also known as the maternity floor, and i got off the elevator. I stopped at the nurse's station signing in and grabbing my patients charts for the day. My heels clicked beneath me, as i swayed down the hall of the busy hospital to my office. I set everything down on the desk, and sipped on my iced mocha latte. I was sure in for a busy day today, 3 scheduled c-sections, and 4 potential laborers. I was going to need every drop of energy i could get from that coffee, and 1.5 hours of sleep. Following in my mother's footsteps was harder than i ever imagined it would be, i can't even begin to imagine her raising two children and being married alongside this overtaking job. I can barely keep my husband from divorcing my sorry ass, and on top of that i can't have children. No matter how hard we tried, after two miscarriages we gave up, not only on having children, but on our relationship. Instead in turning to each other, we turned away. And just flat out stopped talking to each other, we don't even sleep in the same bed anymore. But were both too much of cowards to ask the other for a divorce, and even though it all, i love that man. More than i hate him. My pager beeped, stopping my mind from going to darker places. "Shit!" I forgot all about the hospital merger going on these next few weeks, and now i was being paged by the chief. Doctor's and nurses at Newyork-Presbyterian Hospital, have been getting fired all week preparing for the merger of employees coming from Mount Sinai Hospital. I sat my coffee down and hurried to the elevator to get to the chief's office where i was being paged.

I approached a long hallway full of people in uniform i've never seen before, must be the new people. As i walked past the groups of people, everyone turned to look. As if my heels signaled them to stare at me, i even received a cat call or two. I rolled my eyes in annoyance as i knocked on the office door. I heard Bailey call out for me to come in. I walked in to see Bailey standing side by side with a tall, handsome man, who looked to be around the same age as me. He was wearing a white lab coat, and navy blue scrubs underneath. "You paged me?" I spoke to Bailey. "Yes, i want you to meet Dr. Jaxton Montgomery." He smiled, holding out his hand to shake. I accepted it graciously, "Pleasure." He's definitely from the south, kentucky maybe? "Dr. Adrienne Blackwood." We released hands. "Chief Bailey here has told me great things about you, said if i ever needed anythin, you're the person to come to." I smiled. "Good to meet you, are you in Obstrictis?" He chuckled "Na, i'm the new head of Neuro." I nodded, confused as to why Bailey wanted us to meet. He must have noticed the confused look on my face because her laughed. "You must be just as confused as me." I laughed. Bailey stepped closer, addressing the confusion. "Dr. Montgomery here has the same last name as your mother's side, i just thought there was maybe some kind of family connection here?" I met eyes with Jaxton. "I assure you, we ain't related." I smiled. "Alrighty then, i figure i should be gettin to work." He reached for my hand again. "It was a pleasure." I blushed slightly as he left the room, my eyes never leaving him once. "Where's your husband?" Bailey asked me. "How should i know?" I asked walking out of the room.

I scrubbed my hands hard, wanting to get every trace of surgery off my hands. "Funny runnin into you again." I heard Jaxton say as he came through the door. "Hi there." He began scrubbing in the sink next to mine. "You starting?" I asked. "Yup, craniotomy. 54 year old male." I nodded wiping my hands off with some paper towels. "Sounds dangerous." He smiled. "That's what i do." He winked. My heart began to beat out of my chest. "Good luck." was all i managed to get out. He lifted his hands in the air, heading straight for the OR."Thanks darlin." Then he disappeared. "Adrienne stop." I told myself as i exited the room.

I sat my tray down on the table softly, joining Lisa and Claudine, my closest friends for lunch. "So I heard Mcyummy has a thing for you." Lisa teased. I looked at her confused "McYummy?" They both giggled. "That one new guy from mercy west Jax or something like that." Claudine answered. "Oh Jaxton Montgomery?" They nodded in unison. "Yeah that's the one, you know him?" Lisa gushed. I rolled my eyes "I'm married." They both laughed, snorted even. Causing the whole cafeteria to turn and look at us. "What's so funny about that." They both continued with their fits of laughter. "It's funny because you both act so single, we forget you're married." I looked down at my food, as the laughter died down. "If you're so unhappy, why don't you get a divorce?" Claudia asked, sipping on her latte. "I couldn't do that." Lisa snorted "Why can't you? He dosen't even know you exist anymore, not like he would be too bothered by it." I picked at my salad awkwardly. "No matter what, I love that man." Lisa sighed "But does he love you?"

I shut the heavy door behind me, slipping off my pumps and dropping my bag on the marble floor. I headed for the kitchen, in dire need for food, I dug through the fridge. Finally I decided on some leftover Chinese food, I sat down and began to pick at it. Since me and Roman are never home, we don't cook. It's not like either one of us can Anyways. I grew up being pampered on every second, both my parents were famous surgeons so we had great money. My mother also had her 30million dollar trust fund, still to this day I never understood why she even became a doctor, lord knows she had plenty of money before. She would always tell me she became a doctor because she wanted to, not because she had too. Sometimes I even wonder why I wanted to become a doctor, pick the same profession of my mother even. Maybe because I wanted to please my parents? Maybe because I wanted too? Who knows, all I know is that I love my job. I poured myself a glass of wine as the phone rang. "Hello mother." I took a sip. "Hello dear, how are you?" "I'm doing good, how are you and dad?" I took another sip. "We're doing great sweetie, it's a little different now that Henry is back at the house. But we are adjusting, our children are always welcome." I rolled my eyes. "Henry is back? What did his hooker girlfriend dump him again?" My mom sighed. "Yup, she's pregnant with another man's baby." I laughed. "You sure it's not his?" I heard my mom take a sip of wine as well. "That's what he says. Hey! Maybe I'll finally be a grandmother!" I snorted. "Not my fault." She hummed. "Oh I know baby. I'm sorry." I took a big gulp of my wine. "It's okay. Hey, I'll have to call you tomorrow. I'm real tired, and I have to be at work early tomorrow." She sighed. "Alright, I love you Adrienne." "I love you too mom, give dad a kiss for me." "Will do." I hung up the phone and sighed, finishing off my glass of wine and pouring another. "It's gonna be a long night." I said to myself.