I'm back! In a new account and all since I can't use my old one anymore... But anyways... ahem... this is a new story idea i had I'm not completely sure where I'm going with it, but I hope you guys like it. =)
Please note that I'm brazilian so my English is not at all perfect, but I try my best. Sorry for the OOC.
Disclaimer: I think you kinda figured it all out... I don't own either House M.D., ER or their characters. The storyline is mine though.
- Chapter One : Crazy Chicago -
Allison Cameron walked in through the doors to find chaos. There were people all over the place. Sick people. Mothers with babies, a businessman with what seemed to be a headache, a guy with a burned hand, a teenager with his hands on his stomach, a pregnant sixteen year old, drunk people, very drunk people, people coughing, people sleeping, people with running noses, people talking, people screaming, people complaining, people waiting. People.
She looked over at a glass door and headed over to the nurse standing behind it. "Excuse me?"
"Fill this out and we'll call you as soon as we can" The nurse, without bothering to look at her, handed her a clipboard with a form and a pen attached to it.
"Oh no" The golden haired woman said. "I'm not a patient. I'm looking for--"
"Then fill this one out" The nurse handed her another form, seeming really busy with the notes she was making on a chart.
"No, I'm not looking for a patient either" Cameron stated after a quick glance at the second form. "I'm looking for Dr. Banfield"
"Then sit in chairs and she'll be out as soon as she can" The nurse said with a bored tone, still not looking up.
"Look" After managing her own ER department at Princeton Plainsboro, Cameron knew how crazy things could get at this point of the day and she, more than anyone, knew how to be patient, but the nurse was really pissing her off. "I'm the new attending and I'm supposed to start today, so could please just let me in and I'll find my way by myself, okay?"
The nurse looked up at her. She measured her up and down and then raised her eyebrows. "Good luck with that" The nurse said as she opened the glass door to let Cameron in.
She walked over to the admin. area only to find to very big guys fighting over a donut. "uh… Excuse me?"
They, just like the nurse, didn't look at her. "Excuse me" She called, a little louder this time. "You need to sign over at triage" she heard one of the man say.
Cameron sighed heavily. She was about to yell when one of the big men looked over at her and immediately took his attention off the donut. "Hi" he said, pulling one hand out. "I'm Frank. I'm the desk clerk. I'm the one who makes this place work, y'know?"
"He's also married" The other big guy stepped in. "I'm not though. My name is Jerry" He also held out his hand.
Cameron shook both of their hands confusedly. "Hi… I'm the new attending. I'm supposed to start today… So, where can I find Dr. Banfield?"
"Oh… She took the entire week off" Jerry said.
"Thank Goodness" Frank added with a cough.
"So… who's in charge while she doesn't come back?" Cameron asked.
"Oh… that would be me" She turned around to see a red haired guy standing next to her with a bunch of charts on his hands and a smile on his face. Both desk clerks rolled their eyes.
"Hi. Dr. Morris" He held out his hand to greet her, but the charts fell off his hands. He blushed lightly and bent down to pick them up. Cameron couldn't help but smile a little.
"Making a fool of yourself in front of the new girl already, Archie?" She heard a voice coming from behind her. She smiled brightly and turned over to see a dark haired guy coming over to her direction. "Oh. My. God." She nearly yelled as she ran over to hug the figure, leaving the three guys she was formerly talking to in awe.
"Hey Ally!" He said as he responded her embrace. "John Carter" She hugged him tighter. "You look so different!"
"So do you! I can't believe you actually died your hair blonde!" He exclaimed as they pulled away.
"Well, I did." She said, her hands stroking her hair. "And for the record, nobody calls me Ally anymore"
"Whatever you say, Dr. Cameron" Carter said sarcastically, and they both laughed softly.
"Can you believe this?" Frank exclaimed his fellow colleagues, who were also starring at the two friend's reunion.
"I know" Morris said. "She just… ran over to him"
"Is it just me or does Carter always gets all the girls?" Jerry wondered. "Why? He's not even that good looking"
"Oh, money buys it all, my friend" Archie said with a sigh.
"Believe me honey, it's not the money" Halleh walked into the conversation. "At least not only the money"
"What--" Morris started to say something, but was cut off by Chuny who arrived with a chart in her hands and a urine sample in the other. "Halleh is right" She said. And you three are pathetic"
"Who's pathetic?" asked Sam who'd just clocked in. She looked over at Archie, Frank and Jerry. "Oh… Never mind."
"What the hell is this? County's new nurse's bitch session?" Morris asked.
Halleh rolled her eyes. "Apparently, they're jealous over Carter and that new attending girl" Haleh whispered to Sam as Chuny pointed over at Cameron and Carter, who seemed to be caught up in their own world.
"Ohh… I see" Sam smiled devilish. "Y'know? If your wife, your girlfriend and you mother" She pointed to Frank, Morris and Jerry in the respective order, which made the other two nurses laugh and Jerry look down. "knew you were checking her out…"
"Look… Every guy needs some freedom every once in a while" Morris said. "It's healthy. And I mean, look at her"
"Well, she is kinda hot" Sam commented and both Halleh and Chuny agreed. "I'll give you that"
"See, that's what I don't understand" Morris said as he erased a patient's name off the board. "Why can chicks say they think another chick is hot and it's like, no problem, but when guys say something nice about another guy it sounds gay?"
"For the same reason you fantasize about lesbians and we don't" Halleh answered. At this point, Jerry and Frank were back at fighting over food.
"Still, why can't I say that I think Carter's got a nice butt, for example?" Morris asked.
"See… it's not only about the money" Halleh smiled with the corner of her mouth.
"That's why you like Carter so much?"Morris asked, maybe a little revolted "Because he's got a nice butt?"
"He's cute, he's rich and he's not a complete jerk" Chuny said as she passed over to grab another chart.
"Right. But--"
"Forget it, dude" Jerry said as he managed to win the thumb wrestle with Frank, which gave him the right to a bagel. "This conversation has gone too far already"
"Yeah" Frank said as he headed over to the computer. "Don't think we didn't hear your talk on Carter's ass"
"First of all, I was giving out an example. An example, people! And second, that's exactly my point! Why do guys have to be mocked every time they say something like that?"
"Too far, Dr. Morris" Jerry said as he help up his hand. "Too far"
Morris sighed, as Carter and Cameron walked over to the desk. "Hey guys, I wanted to introduce you my friend, Dr. Allison Cameron" He said, trying to get people's attention. "She's our newest attending"
Cameron received a couple of small smiles and 'heys', and people went back to doing whatever it is they were doing before.
"Why don't you go open you locker in the Lounge, and I'll be right there to check on you?" Carter pointed over at the door with a small label that had a 'DOCTOR'S LOUNGE' written on it.
She nodded and, as carter headed over to an exam room, she stepped in to the small but cozy room. She found the locker Carter had told her about, the only one without a name on it. She went on to open it, when she realized she didn't know the combination. She sighed deeply in frustration.
"Here, let me help you" she saw a dark haired nurse standing over by her, holding a cup of coffee. Cameron didn't say anything so the nurse stepped forward and opened the locker quickly. "I had this locker once, and they don't change the combinations, so…"
"Thanks" Cameron smiled awkwardly as she turned over to the open locker.
"No problem. I'm Sam Taggart, by the way" Sam held out her hand with a genuine smile.
"Nice to meet you" Cameron smiled back and shook her hand.
"Wait. You're Allison Cameron, right?" Sam asked and Cameron nodded. "Aren't you the one who worked for that crazy diagnostician guy? What was his name, again?"
"House. And yeah, I worked with him for three years at PPTH" Cameron said, before making a small pause. "Then I quit and took over as the head of the ER back in Princeton"
"Wow. Cool." Sam didn't really know what else to say. "I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but, why come here?" She looked at Cameron with questioning eyes. "I mean you had like, an amazing job back there and County is like the bottom of the bottom"
"Don't get me wrong, I love this place" Sam added quickly. "But a lot of people don't. And seriously, you've got to be pretty desperate to come down here"
"Well, I was pretty desperate" Cameron said with a nervous smile.
"Oh" Sam's face melted down to a sympathetic look.
And about to seconds later, the door popped and Carter's head appeared. "So Ally. I mean, Dr. Cameron" He corrected himself. "Are you ready for your cheap tour before you pop back into Crazy Chicago?"
"We'll see" She forced a smile. And with a sigh she followed her old friend out of the lounge and into the ER, still filled with people.
She didn't know if she was actually ready, but she was, as Sam had put it, desperate enough to get it right.
Indeed, desperate enough.
Alright, maybe I pushed it too far... Did it suck? Leave me a review even if you think it did, cuz I wanna know what you think and I apprecite good critcsm. And by that I mean Good critcsm. So yeah, I guess that's all.
Carol xD
