She was sleeping gently in the on call room when she heard the door open. She turned over on her side snuggling with the pillow when she felt two hands wrap around her waist and then a male figure spooning her. She yawned and snuggled into him comfortably. He relaxed into her and yawned too.
"Bolton." She said gently. "What are you doing?" She asked him waking up and turning over facing him. He chuckled.
"I'm snuggling." She laughed and hit him, sitting up in the bed looking at him. He yawned. "You ditched me at lunch today." He noted and she nodded looking at her watch and beeper.
"I had to do charts and by the time I finished, you were gone." He nodded closing his eyes. She got up stood over him to get off the bed. He quickly grabbed her wrist.
"Don't leave." He murmured staring into her eyes.
"I already took an hour nap." She noted dryly. He chuckled.
"Please?" He pouted. She shook her head. Just then, the two beepers went off and she knew it had to be bad. The two quickly bolted out of the room joining their interns as they were being instructed to take care of the traumatic unit. Doctor Martin stole her from Troy's side as she was being pulled to the ambulance. Troy's resident held them back and he watched her nervously. She looked back with a smile and he fought back one. She was being put into a yellow cover so no blood would stain her scrubs. She, Chad, Taylor, Amelia, Joesph, and Kevin, Doctor Martin's intern group, all waited as the ambulance pulled up. The paramedics rushed around opening the door, wheeling over one victim.
"The victim is 24, crushed by debris from train accident. Ruptured spleen, and crushed lung." She said handing over the air pump. Chad, Taylor, and Joe rushed off with her as the paramedic ran off with them. Doctor Martin looked at the rest of the group.
"You guys are doing great." She instructed. Gabriella nodded putting her gloves on when she looked down the street seeing four more ambulances drive over. She saw another intern group run over with the same exact fear in their eyes. Another one pulled up and Gabriella was put in the next group. When the door opened, it was go time. A male paramedic this time ran full speed. Her heart skipped a beat assessing his injuries.
"No time to chat, man had window glass enter the skull. He has a TBI with a strong pulse still." He said as Gabriella and the two other interns ran in with her. Doctor Martin joined in having extensive injuries.
"Page the head of Neuro!" She shouted. They were still running. Troy looked up seeing her handle the patient. Doctor Martin looked up at the group. "Give me your best one now!" She shouted and Doctor Johnson pushed Troy into the mix. He willingly accepted running into the Intensive care unit. Gabriella was more than afraid. "Doctor Montez, what are we doing?" Martin asked her. She froze and paused. Troy hurried with taking care of the patient. She took a deep breath.
"We have to stabilize the patient and make sure his brain gets proper blood flow." She looked over to the machine. "Check his blood pressure now!" She shouted. Doctor Martin was impressed. They began to assess the man.
"What now Montez?" She asked administering an ivy.
"Uh... Uh, we need to go to immediate surgery to remove the glass...and repair the hematomas...Then when surgery goes successful, we monitor him further." Martin smiled as the many doctors worked on him.
"Good. Doctor Montez, you can scrub in on surgery with Doctor Choi on this. Let's get him out of here guys!" She shouted. Gabriella stood there shocked in what was going on. She was actually scrubbing in. Troy gave her a gentle squeeze as they ran him over.
He wheeled him into the elevator and she stared at him scared as he stepped back staring at her, giving her a smile. The door closed and he gave one last smile at his terrified friend.
Two hours out of the surgery, Gabriella walked out sighing and taking off her mask. She had too much adrenaline surging her body. She walked over washing her hands staring at the team bring him to recovery. They saved his life-So far. Doctor Choi walked out and washed his hands next to her.
"That was impressive Montez." He told her as she scrubbed deeply. She smiled and looked at him.
"Thank you Doctor Choi." She smiled feeling sick to her stomach.
"If you don't mind, I'd like you on my case this time. Check on him periodically and do follow up tests." He took his mask and the cap off. She took her cap off as well.
"Thank you Doctor Choi." She repeated leaving. She rushed over and looked for Troy. He was nowhere to be seen. She began to cry silently, overwhelmed with emotions from her day. The excitement and anxiety over the case made her feel all over the place. She walked back to the intensive care unit sobering up looking for her patient. She walked over, grabbed an empty chart and filled it out; walking into her patient's room. Reading off the information that was given to her as they assessed him, she filled everything out.
"You were amazing." A voice spoke out. She looked at Mr. Crain quickly but he was still sleeping, but she turned around seeing Troy. She felt the tears welled up. She ran over running into his arms. Worried why she was crying, he held her tight kissing the top of her head. "Why are you crying?" He wondered soothing her.
"I'm emotional." She whispered softly. He chuckled softly as he rubbed his hand up and down her back. She tried relaxing.
"It's okay. It's going to be alright." He said looking at the patient. Once she stopped crying, she looked over to him, letting go. She looked at Mr. Crain. "Go, be a doctor." He smiled and she gave him a half smile. She opened the file, writing out the description. He sat down in the corner looking at her. She walked up and examined his bandages looking into them. Doctor Choi knocked on the door and she looked at him.
"I have it from here Montez. Thank you." She nodded shyly handing him the charts. Troy walked out with her, nodding at Choi, then leaving.
"How was the emergency room?" She asked him. He shrugged pressing the elevator button.
"It was really scary. I only got stuck doing sutures and helping doctors with their patients." She nodded closing her eyes.
"You alright?" He asked her as the doors opened. The two walked in and reclined against the wall tired.
"Yeah, I was just. I felt so alone taking care of him and it scared me. I just don't know why." She said honestly. The elevator stopped and opened the door, having Chad walk in. He looked exhausted but lit up seeing his best friends.
"Hey I heard you got to scrub into a Brain Surgery!" He shouted excitedly at her. She nodded. All their beepers went off again and they all groaned, but relaxed when it called for a meeting in the room. They all walked in together seeing some of them relaxing, some tired.
"Congrats on the neuro surgery!" Taylor exclaimed. Gabriella thanked her sitting down and closing her eyes. Her shift was almost over along with Troy's and Chad's. The two had plenty of on-calls and they finally worked out their schedule. She barely had any on calls and she liked it that way. The doctor's all met up with the group and congratulated them on their big day in the hospital. They were allotted to go on with their job, or go home if their schedule allowed them to.
"I don't know about any of you, but I need a drink." Gabriella said changing and the guys chuckled.
Indeed they did.
Thanks for all the love and support on this one guys. xoxo.
p.s- sorry its so short, but the others will be full.
