Six years later . . .
"Char, I'm going to drop Jane off early, one of her patients is going in to be induced. I've got a 9am consult with a new surgical patient. We'll meet for lunch, yah?" Lizzy spoke through the bathroom door.
"I'm light today, Lizzy, I'm just filling in for Jesse for a few hours. If you wait 10 minutes, I'll come with. I've got a few patients I'd like to just walk around and peek in on – I hear some of the Penguins are stopping in on the oncology floor to visit our kiddos, I want to get a gander at that luscious Beau Bennett – Bennet!"
"Got it! Your chariot awaits!" Lizzy guffawed as she sauntered off to find her keys.
At Magee –
"Alright Louisa, we are going to monitor you for an hour while the induction meds circulate. The monitors will tell us when your contractions start if you don't tell us first, and I will be here until we meet little Miss Hurst. How is that?"
Louisa gave a twinkling smile in agreement and Jane twinkled back. As she turned around she ran right into a rather nice smelling chest.
"Oh! I'm so sorry, are you one of my sister's nurses?" the nice smelling man smiled. "Charles! That is 'Doctor' Bennet! Oh Charles! Ha! She is certainly not a nurse!" Louisa was amused and appalled at her perpetually bumbling little brother. "Dr. Bennet, this is my brother Chuckie!" Louisa's eyes danced and Charles blushed. Laughing, Jane said "pleased to meet you, Charles. I'm Dr. Jane Bennet, the attending today, I will be floating around and poking your sister now and then. Sit back and relax, your niece will be here some time today!"
At CHP . . .
"Dr. Lizzy, at your service, and who might you be?" Lizzy beamed at a whispy blond teen. "This is my sister, Georgiana Darcy, you are the anesthesiologist, I presume?" Taken aback at the haughty gentleman addressing her, she winked at her patient and curtsied while primly replying "you presume correctly, sir!" Georgiana burst into a fit of giggles. "I'm Gigi!"
"Well, Gigi, I'm going to go over what you can expect today. You are here for a rather routine surgery, but as with all surgical procedures there are risks, do you understand that?"
"She does, Dr. Bennet, we've been over this with her other doctors." Mr. Darcy barked.
"I see, Gigi" Lizzy stated, pointedly looking at Gigi's brother. "Since, your attack dog, here seems intent on butting into our conversation, perhaps you should introduce me." Lizzy winked at Gigi. Gigi giggled out "this is my brother Will."
"Gigi, do you giggle as a rule?" Lizzy smiled. Gigi simply giggled in response.
"Then I am going to call you Giggles! I give all my patient's nicknames." Gigi beamed at her. "Don't mind my brother, he gets nervous in hospitals."
Lizzy looked over at Will just as he softly smiled at his sister. "Mr. Darcy, are you Giggles' guardian?" Lizzy asked as she flashed a blinding smile at Will.
Momentarily struck dumb by the dark haired beauty before him, Will managed to nod in the affirmative while Gigi continued giggling.
"Well, then, let me explain what will happen today. I'm going to give you the good drugs." Lizzy winked at Gigi. "Then we will play a little game of name that Disney movie, you will fail hopelessly as you begin to fall asleep, the doctors will perform the surgery on your ACL tear and I will monitor your progress during the surgery. Then, I will give you some more good drugs to pull you out of your slumber so you can see the scowling face of your attack dog here, resting at your bedside." Gigi giggled. "How does that sound? What questions can I answer?" Lizzy now turned to Will.
Still struck dumb, Will managed to mumble that he had no other questions. Lizzy patted Giggles on the hand, flashed a smile and began to walk away. Will caught up with her in the hall.
"I'm sorry that I come off as an attack dog, Dr. Bennet." Will managed a small smile. Lizzy began to accept his apology as Will continued "she is all I have, please take care of her. Please make sure the others do as well." Will's shoulders slumped and he turned a pleasant shade of pink.
Lizzy stopped, put her hand on his arm and said, "it is routine Mr. Darcy. She will be giggling for you in no time at all. Don't worry about her. Leave the drug-inducing stupor to me, the repairs to the surgeon and the healing to Giggles. We totally got this!" Lizzy flashed another beatific smile at Will and though once again struck dumb, he managed to smile back.
