The wait for this chapter has been ridiculous, I know but thank you for everybody who's sent me messages asking about it. I've had the worse writer's block ever over the last couple months and little to no inspiration for this story but I felt like I needed to give you guys something at least and hopefully this small chapter will get back into the rhythm especially if I get any feedback from you guys x
Dr. Pierce glanced down at the little girl who was gripping her hand tightly. She had short dark brown hair and chubby cheeks. Her pajamas were covered by a large coat but you could still she a few of the smalls ducks, peeking their heads through the unbuttoned coat.
To Brittany she was the sweetest thing and both the best and worst things about being a pediatric doctor. The best was having the chance to meet kids as small and sweet as this and then being able to help them. The worst was having to see them in the pain that they were in before she was able to help them.
The walk wasn't long and soon they were outside the x-ray room. The gentle pulse of the machine could be heard through the door and the doctor took another look at the small girl, checking that she was okay, before pressing down on the cold metal handle and entering the room.
The room was empty except for the humming machine in the centre and a large screen that the radiologist had to stand behind while the x-ray was taking place. Dr Pierce could, technically, carry it out herself but she preferred to have someone specially trained today.
Today, it was Dr Anderson who was the radiologist on duty. The blonde considered him a friend, especially since he was dating one of her best friends, Kurt, or Nurse Hummel as he was called in the hospital. Dr Pierce trusted him which was important to her. Right now he wasn't here so the blonde was left to helping Emily get ready for the x-ray. "Jump up here honey," she said, smiling as she let go of the little girl's hand to tap the stiff leather of the chair.
Watching the young girl struggle, the height a disadvantage as well as the use of only three limbs, Dr Pierce hoisted her up from under her arms.
"Okay Emily, I love your pajamas but we're going to need to cover them for a second," she attempted to explain as she picked up the vest that would protect her chest from the x-ray. It wasn't dangerous at all but there was no point exposing her when it wasn't needed.
"What's this for?" The little girl asked, a look of confusion on her face as she stared the vest, her tongue poking slightly out of her mouth.
"Well, honey, you know how your arm is hurt and we have to use this machine to look at it?" Dr Pierce asked, pointing at the x-ray machine as she spoke,"Since it's only your arm, we have to look at, I need to cover the rest of you."
The girl still sat wide-eyed and the blonde wanted to explain it better but didn't want to scare the girl. "Um... okay. You know when you paint a picture at school?" she asked, the question seeming to have more of an effect on the girl as she started to smile. "I paint pictures for Mami all the time," she said, stressing the 'all' proudly.
"Well, when you do that you have to cover yourself with an apron, right. That's so you don't get it all over you. We don't want the x-ray to get all over you either." Brittany was happy with her explanation having remembered the argument with Lord Tubbington she had had yesterday after he get paint all in his fur.
"Will you get in trouble if you get the x-rays all over me?" Emily asked, her face having changed into a much more serious expression. Brittany was confused and she wasn't sure if it was just her, because being confused was something that happened a lot, or if she the girl just hadn't explained it well like with her and the vest.
"What do you mean? Like with your Mami for not making sure you were safe?" Brittany asked.
"No, my Mami never tells me off but when I get paints everywhere, at home, Papi's voice always get really loud and he gets really mad," she explained, that look of concern returning as soon as she mentioned her father, her unhurt hand subconsciously placed over the over, shielding it.
Dr Pierce wasn't sure if she should be concerned. If the girl just didn't like being told off or the vagueness, that her mother had used when explaining what happened to her daughter was somehow related to the father. Right now, she just wanted to get the x-ray done so she could help her patient. The questions could come later.
Emily allowed the kind doctor to slip the green, plastic top over her head, not as easy as it sounds with her arm. She wasn't sure if she had said something wrong, the smile, that the woman had always had on her face, disappearing when she mentioned her Papi. It was the same thing that happened when she mentioned something like that to her Mami.
The machine had seemed scary at first but the doctor had explained it to her and now it didn't seem so bad. It wasn't as scary as what had brought her here.
She was still fiddling with the vest when another man in a white coat walked in. His hair looked very shiny and sticky and she wondered if he had missed the pancakes like she did sometimes when she was pouring her syrup all by herself. The man was also short, Emily giggled quietly when she thought of the story book that her Mami had read her last night- 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. He looked tired, a cup of coffee propped on top of the clip board he was holding and the other hand rubbing his eyes, so she just stayed sat on the chair, thinking if he looked more like 'Sleepy' or 'Dopey'.
"Hi Blaine, you look tired," Brittany commented, noticing the same things as Emily. "Hey Brittany, I've just been working all night," he answered, placing his cup down on the side after taking a large gulp and blinking a few times to try and stay awake.
"It's because we're interns, we'll have more control over our shifts in a few years," she explained, forgetting briefly about the little girl that was sitting on the chair behind them. "Sorry, Emily this is Dr Anderson and he will be the one doing the x-ray today," she glanced at the girl, making sure that she didn't have a problem with her not doing it but she just smiled as Blaine went a shook her little hand.
"I'll just be outside, okay?" she said smiling before moving out the room to go and finish some paperwork she had to do quickly as well as get the lollipop Walking down the corridor, she noticed the girl's mother standing at one of the vending machines. She was tempted to go and talk to the woman, maybe tell her that Emily was okay or just talk to her because, even from here, the doctor could she that she was worried.