"Carol?"
Carol Hathaway looked up from the purse she was fishing in.
"Yeah?" She walked to where Susan Lewis was standing.
"Mark told me to tell everyone we've got a new doc coming." she announced.
"Oh, joy of joys." Carol smiled.
"I know, takes a while to get accustomed to a new face...." Susan said optimistically. "But think of what a good new doc I was." She grinned and Carol laughed.
"You were very...eager." She offered.
"Can you tell the nurses?"
"Yeah, I'm capable of that." Carol nodded and walked to where Haleh and Lydia were clumped. "Hey, Haleh."
"Hmm?" Haleh replied.
"New doc coming today." She announced.
"What time?" Lydia asked.
"No idea, find Mark, he'll tell you." Carol said, walking off.
"Did you call me, Carol?" Mark looked at her.
"No, just telling Lydia and Haleh about the new doc." She replied.
"Oh, OK. Think you can help me with a broken-femur druggie?" Mark smiled, waving the chart lightheartedly.
"Always up for the druggies." Carol laughed.
"Hey, Carol!" Timmy called. "Some drunk needs cleaning up, says his name's Pablo."
"I'm busy, get Haleh!" she yelled back, following Mark into an Exam room.
~*~
"Carol, right?" Carol rolled her eyes. She had worked at the hospital for two years and Morgenstern *still* didn't know her name.
"That's me." She forced a smile.
"Can you take Mrs. Carley here to the bathroom?" He nodded towards the little wizened old lady at his side.
"Actually, I was just on my way out." Carol said. "But I'm sure that new nurse over ther would be happy to help you. His name's Malik." She pointed to the young man dressed in purple and black scrubs. Morgenstern smiled.
"Thanks." He said and walked Mrs. Carley to Malik.
"Finally," Carol sighed and left, going to Doc Magoo's for some lunch. She ate her sandwich (alone, as usual) and stood to get ready for work when she felt something dripping down her shirt.
"Oh, God!" she cried when she realized a stranger had bumped into her and spill some cold drink over her peach-coloured scrubs.
"Damn, I'm so sorry!" The man cried, grabbing a bunch of napkins from a holder, handing them to her so she could wipe up what smelled like apple juice from her body.
"Yeah, sure." She said, cleaning herself up, glancing at her attacker. He was tall, with wavy brown hair and big brown eyes.
"Can I help you? Call you a cab, buy you a new shirt?" He asked earnestly.
"No, I'm *fine*." Carol muttered angrily, tossing the napkins onto a table and walking out.
~*~
"Carol, what happened to your shirt?" Susan asked, walking into the lounge.
"Some idiot spilled his juice on me and now I smell like an apple orchard." She groaned.
"Sounds like fun."
"Did that new doc come yet?"
"No, and I'm going home. Remind Mark to tell whoever it is about me, will you?"
"Sure, when are you coming back?"
"Tonight, at one." Susan sighed. "When do you leave?"
"Ten." She replied.
"Have fun," Susan waved and left. Carol wrapped her stethoscope around her now pink-collared neck and walked into the admit area, where everyone was watching Mark talk to someone, though all they could see was the back of his head.
"That the new one?" Carol asked.
"Mmhmm." Haleh replied. As she said that, Mark gestured for the doctor to follow him to the desk.
"Everyone, this is Dr. Doug Ross." Mark introduced, putting a hand on the man's shoulder. "Dr. Ross, these are some of our nurses, Malik McGrath, Haleh Adams, Lydia Wright, Connie Oligario, and Carol Hathaway, and that's Timmy, the desk clerk."
"Hi." Dr. Ross
"You!" Carol cried.
Carol Hathaway looked up from the purse she was fishing in.
"Yeah?" She walked to where Susan Lewis was standing.
"Mark told me to tell everyone we've got a new doc coming." she announced.
"Oh, joy of joys." Carol smiled.
"I know, takes a while to get accustomed to a new face...." Susan said optimistically. "But think of what a good new doc I was." She grinned and Carol laughed.
"You were very...eager." She offered.
"Can you tell the nurses?"
"Yeah, I'm capable of that." Carol nodded and walked to where Haleh and Lydia were clumped. "Hey, Haleh."
"Hmm?" Haleh replied.
"New doc coming today." She announced.
"What time?" Lydia asked.
"No idea, find Mark, he'll tell you." Carol said, walking off.
"Did you call me, Carol?" Mark looked at her.
"No, just telling Lydia and Haleh about the new doc." She replied.
"Oh, OK. Think you can help me with a broken-femur druggie?" Mark smiled, waving the chart lightheartedly.
"Always up for the druggies." Carol laughed.
"Hey, Carol!" Timmy called. "Some drunk needs cleaning up, says his name's Pablo."
"I'm busy, get Haleh!" she yelled back, following Mark into an Exam room.
~*~
"Carol, right?" Carol rolled her eyes. She had worked at the hospital for two years and Morgenstern *still* didn't know her name.
"That's me." She forced a smile.
"Can you take Mrs. Carley here to the bathroom?" He nodded towards the little wizened old lady at his side.
"Actually, I was just on my way out." Carol said. "But I'm sure that new nurse over ther would be happy to help you. His name's Malik." She pointed to the young man dressed in purple and black scrubs. Morgenstern smiled.
"Thanks." He said and walked Mrs. Carley to Malik.
"Finally," Carol sighed and left, going to Doc Magoo's for some lunch. She ate her sandwich (alone, as usual) and stood to get ready for work when she felt something dripping down her shirt.
"Oh, God!" she cried when she realized a stranger had bumped into her and spill some cold drink over her peach-coloured scrubs.
"Damn, I'm so sorry!" The man cried, grabbing a bunch of napkins from a holder, handing them to her so she could wipe up what smelled like apple juice from her body.
"Yeah, sure." She said, cleaning herself up, glancing at her attacker. He was tall, with wavy brown hair and big brown eyes.
"Can I help you? Call you a cab, buy you a new shirt?" He asked earnestly.
"No, I'm *fine*." Carol muttered angrily, tossing the napkins onto a table and walking out.
~*~
"Carol, what happened to your shirt?" Susan asked, walking into the lounge.
"Some idiot spilled his juice on me and now I smell like an apple orchard." She groaned.
"Sounds like fun."
"Did that new doc come yet?"
"No, and I'm going home. Remind Mark to tell whoever it is about me, will you?"
"Sure, when are you coming back?"
"Tonight, at one." Susan sighed. "When do you leave?"
"Ten." She replied.
"Have fun," Susan waved and left. Carol wrapped her stethoscope around her now pink-collared neck and walked into the admit area, where everyone was watching Mark talk to someone, though all they could see was the back of his head.
"That the new one?" Carol asked.
"Mmhmm." Haleh replied. As she said that, Mark gestured for the doctor to follow him to the desk.
"Everyone, this is Dr. Doug Ross." Mark introduced, putting a hand on the man's shoulder. "Dr. Ross, these are some of our nurses, Malik McGrath, Haleh Adams, Lydia Wright, Connie Oligario, and Carol Hathaway, and that's Timmy, the desk clerk."
"Hi." Dr. Ross
"You!" Carol cried.