NO COPYRIGHT INFRIEGEMENT IS INTENDED TO GREY'S ANATOMY OR TO JANE AUSTEN. Some ideas in this story belong to the original series or book.
Chapter One-
July 31st 2009 5:13 A.M. EST.
"SHIT! Shit shit shit shit shit, oh my god shit!"
A continuous stream of almost every swear word known to mankind continued to pour out of a small room in one of the hundreds of New York City's high rises.
"Liz, what on earth is wrong with you? It's five in the morning!" came Jane's voice from the next room.
"FUCK IT'S FIVE ALREADY?" screamed the voice of Elizabeth Bennet, recently graduated from Harvard med and new intern at New York City's prestigious Hampshire Memorial Hospital.
"Lizzy, you will be fine. It's only three blocks from here and I am sure Dad won't mind if you are a few minutes late."
"Dad will care most if I am late. He keeps telling me it wasn't his first choice to have me intern there and that I am a direct reflection of him so I had better not embarrass him or he'll find a way to kick me out of the program!" Lizzy yelled back at the wall that separated her room from her sisters.
Lizzy then scrambled away stripping her clothes as she sprinted and then tripped into the bathroom. She threw soap and shampoo at her body in as many places she could find in the course of her fifteen-second shower. She threw on a pair of dark skinny jeans, a blue oxford shirt, and her favorite Minnetonka moccasins. It was her go-to outfit for almost everything and never failed her. She'd be changing into scrubs in twenty minutes anyway so who cared. She felt very self-conscious with out a little makeup on and so brushed on an uneven amount of her mineral makeup, lip-gloss and waterproof mascara. She quick spritzed her Dolce and Gabanna Light Blue at her wrists and sprinted from her apartment.
Lizzy then lunged back before the door closed and grabbed her canvas Kate Spade and ran to see what was open to grab a quick bite and some coffee. For the city that never sleeps there were far too many shops closed. Granted, it was five in the morning but there were already thousands of businessmen and women hurrying to work or elsewhere. She finally saw a fast food joint at the corner and managed to make it to the counter before three or four people also going in.
"Can I get a large black coffee and an egg thingy with no sausage, just egg and cheese and maybe some ketchup. Thanks." She was breathing heavily as she ruffled through her bag to find a five to throw and the cashier.
"Make it two," a very deep and velvety voice with a very sexy British accent called from three people behind her. "But I want the meat. I'll have hers, as well."
The girl behind the register looked at Lizzy who just said "Whatever, just make it quick," and she put the double order through.
Lizzy felt a gust of wind precede the owner of the sexy voice and it brought with it a gust of spice, tobacco, and a little mint most likely from his freshly brushed teeth. She looked to her left and felt her knees buckle a little. He was probably the most put-together man who was so adorable un-put together. Lizzy was an average height by any standards but this guy totally dwarfed her. He had to be at least 6 foot 3, maybe more. He had easily the broadest shoulders she'd ever seen and arms the completely filled out his also blue oxford shirt. His, however, was tucked into a pair of black business slacks held on with a belt. His waist was the perfect smallness to compliment his shoulders and one could easily see the shirt covered a chest and stomach that was the paragon of masculine beauty.
It was his face that truly caught Elizabeth's attention. His strong jaw set off a perfect bone structure that was not too sharp and had the perfect roundness to it. A bigger nose but it was set off and supported by strong cheekbones and a prominent forehead with perfect wisps and waves of hair framing his face. His piercing blue eyes cast a smoldering glaze as he also took in Elizabeth. However piercing the eyes were there were dark blue bags beneath them that were very evident. This guy was exhausted. Elizabeth wondered why but knew she would never know.
"Here's your order," said the girl behind the counter. Elizabeth was too caught up in his appearance to notice that he had thrown a twenty on the counter, said "Thanks, your order is on me," grabbed both orders, and left in a hurry.
Lizzy turned around and noticed both were gone a split second after he turned to leave.
"Oh fuck no." Lizzy realized he had ordered both for himself and was trying to make it out quickly.
With a quick shuffle of her feet she had very slyly managed to stick her foot behind his ankle, as he was about to take another step forward. This action then led to him stumbling, forgetting he had two steaming hot coffees in his hand, one spilling on his leg, the bags of food dropped to the floor, and Lizzy casually grabbed the surviving coffee and the bags of food. She then threw two crisp twenties on the floor near his feet. One was his that he had tried to use and the other hers.
"Thanks, I guess my order is on you." She smiled sweetly and walked quickly out of the establishment.
She then booked it the next two blocks and made it to the hospital by 5:41 am. Her first shift was supposed to have started eleven minutes ago but she accepted she was late. She ran to the locker room and started taking off all her normal clothes and grabbed her scrubs.
July 31st 2009 5:42 AM
"Good morning!" a very cheerful voice called to her. She nearly fell over because she was not expecting anyone to come to find her yet.
The man that walked in was fairly tall, with dark blonde hair, piercing blue eyes exactly like the man from This morning, and was pretty fit looking. Elizabeth hazarded that he had no problem picking up women.
The man only then realized she was half naked in her undergarments with one leg through her blue scrub pants.
"Good God I am so sorry." He turned around and gave her the three seconds she needed to finish scrambling to get dressed.
"Hi." Elizabeth said to give him the verbal okay to turn around.
"I am so sorry about that, darling. Allow me to introduce myself. Richard Fitzwilliam, third year resident. Your resident I think, if you are Dr. Elizabeth Gardiner. First year intern, graduated high school at 15, graduated from Tufts with a degree in Biomed at 19 and then graduated with top honors from Harvard Med this past May?"
"Nice to meet you, doc." Elizabeth smiled at his charming southern accent. It was not too heavy but it had a very nice sound.
"So if you are such a Massachusetts girl why on earth did you choose the Big Apple to do your residency?"
"I grew up in Long Island so this is closer to home. You sure sound like you aren't from here."
"Indeed, no. I'm afraid I hail from one of the richest and most disturbing families in Georgia, so naturally I made my escape to the north."
Elizabeth laughed and was confused. "Disturbing?" she questioned.
"Ah, I thought we might come to this. You see my family believes the confederacy will soon rise. My mother is the sweetest woman in the world but she can be a little thick. Her greatest joy in life is hosting lavish parties and being the wife of my father. His greatest joy is making money, preserving the money he makes, and everyone knowing how rich he is. My immediate family is not so rough, but once you get to the aunts and uncles and grandparents it gets bad. They are all under the impression that the south will rise again and take great care in having the confederate flag billow from every house and flag pole within a five mile radius."
"Well, I can't wait to meet them." Elizabeth smiled.
"You will meet one of my cousins today actually. It is his first day here. Although, I wouldn't associate him with the southerners if I were you. He was born in Lilburn, but moved to England when he was nine to be with his dad's family. So naturally his English accent will have you falling all over him as so many women do."
"Well, we'd best get a move on Elizabeth Gardiner if you want to be on time for lunch. We've already missed rounds but we'll catch up with the rest of our group on the third floor. We all have a special case that came in this morning from Queens."
They walked out together as Dr. Fitzwilliam held the door for Elizabeth. They walked almost directly into two men.
"Da! – Da-Doctor. Bennet. How nice to see you." Elizabeth smiled.
"I see you are late on your first day Dr. Gardiner. Well then you have just taken yourself out of the running for the first assisted procedure. Next time it will be suspension, are we clear?"
"Yes, sir. My apologies." Elizabeth said.
"I am glad we understand one another. Allow me to introduce our newest attending surgeon of neurology." Dr. Bennet could not get another word in because he was interrupted by Elizabeth's yelling.
"You bastard. Seriously, what are you stalking me, or something? Jesus."
"Dr. Darcy is one of the foremost neuro-surgeons in the world, Elizabeth. He just finished his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also graduated from Harvard med. He is the youngest attending we have ever hired."
"I am very pleased to make your acquaintance, Dr. - ?"
"Gardiner." Elizabeth said.
"Dr. Gardiner was top among the applicants applying to this program. She was second in her class at Harvard and first in her class at Tufts."
"Very impressive," said Richard. "Now, if you'll excuse us chief, we are going to make our way to the mystery seizure case upstairs. You coming, Darce?"
"In a minute. Go ahead without me." Darcy said to Elizabeth and Richard.
Elizabeth was completely baffled by the two men she had just encountered. Her dad was scolding her one moment and then singing the highest praise of her the next. It was not uncommon for him to do so because he never really decided if he was a strict father or the coolest dad you could ever want. The other man had her fuming. It had been the jackass from twenty minutes ago and she couldn't' help but smile because even though he had changed into scrubs as well, and looked damn good in them, he had a distinct odor of coffee that was a little too strong for anyone's taste.
"So I take it you have met my cousin before? Or do you always yell profanities at everyone you meet, because you didn't at me but if you need to get it out of your system I am always open for business." Richard smiled.
"I was in line for coffee this morning and your cousin thought it would be charming to make my order a double and then try and take both orders. I didn't think it was such a good idea, as I was already late. So I tripped him. Hence, the smell of coffee about his person."
"Got it. Yeah that's Darce. Always in a hurry."
They kept walking and made it to the elevator. Once inside Richard handed her a folder.
"Right, so this is the case we will be working on. A young boy came in last night from Queens. He was playing soccer and then suddenly started seizing uncontrollably. Grand mal seizures. There is absolutely no evidence why this is happening and loads of evidence why it should not be happening. Darcy was up all night doing research and no one can come up with anything. The parents are getting very angry and so we need answers quick."
"Got it. I guess my dad was right when he said that life inside a hospital is never boring."
"Is your father a doctor, too?" Richard asked.
"Surgeons and nurses run in the family. I guess I didn't really have a choice."
"Well, I must have heard of someone if your entire family is in the medical world. Gimme a name and let's see."
"Ever heard of the Gardiner method?" Elizabeth asked.
"No, what specialty is it?" Richard looked confused.
"I haven't decided yet. But I'll make sure you are the fist to know when I discover it."
"I think you and I are gonna get along just fine, Dr. Gardiner."
"Lizzy. Or Liz. Just Dr. Gardiner when it has to be." Lizzy said.
"You got it, babe. Let's go figure this shit out." Richard said.
OK everyone- this is a new story. I just can't wait any longer to post some of it. I wrote a lot over the summer when I was having writers block for TKEHTL. I will most definitely be continuing that, no worries. This is a preview chapter to see if people want it. If not then I won't post it. Simple pimple.
PS. This is NOT a crossover story- I just love greys and pride and prejudice. No characters from Greys will be in here. Just ideas/cases. Cuz I ain't no docta.
Review please =)