Things in Italics are thought or dreams. Enjoy.
Chapter One
Jesse Travis looked around him at the empty apartment, there were boxes everywhere, full of things he had collected over they years. He went to the first box and opened it, it was full of books. The books all had one thing in common, they were all to do with medicine, but apart from that one similar theme there was a wide range of titles, "Modern Day Medicine", "The Common Cold: The truth" and "The Doctors Guide To Everything" were just a few of the titles, and Jesse had read everyone at least twice. Now he was ready to put the theory into practice. But he had to be practical, he needed a base, somewhere that was comfortable and somewhere where he could study peacefully. That's why he had moved to LA, and rented himself and apartment with the money left over from working at the restaurant back in Illinois.
He checked his watch; he still had three hours before he had to leave for Community General Hospital, which meant three hours of cleaning, unpacking and maybe introducing himself to his neighbours. Opening the next box he found about six big photo albums and he opened the one on the top up smiling. The first photo was of him, there was another guy in the picture, tall and dark his best friend Rick stood out like a beacon. Jesse gave a small chuckle, he remembered the day well, it was at Rick's housewarming party, Rick had moved up to LA about six months ago and that was one of the reasons why Jesse had chosen to come to Los Angeles, the other was Mark Sloan. Jesse would be serving his internship under the watchful eye of Dr. Sloan, Chief of Internal Medicine at Community General, Jesse had heard a lot about Sloan, both in the news and from his mother, every doctor had heard of him and his mother was no exception. Jesse couldn't wait to meet him and was hoping to learn a lot from him. He turned over the next page and the next and before he knew it two hours had gone by. Oh man and I haven't even begun the cleaning yet, there isn't much point in starting now, I may as well take a walk around the neighbourhood then head for the hospital. Jesse grabbed his coat off the back of his chair and sprung out the front door excitedly. He couldn't wait to get started on his first day at Community General.