The next morning, Maggie showered and dressed for her first day at work. She'd had her job, at the hospital in Peoria, IL, transferred to Forks Hospital without any problems.
As she looks at herself in the mirror, dressed in her scrubs, she imagines her life with Jared and their baby girl, Jensen. She imagines him's standing behind her, his arms securely wrapped around her middle with his chin resting on her shoulder as she held their little girl in her arms. She imagines the life she would have had, the life she should have had, had not that bastards robbed her of it.
She watches the image of Jared press his lips to the did of her temple then her cheek. She slowly lifts her hand to touch the place his lips had been and the image of their little family disappears and she's left alone, once again.
Sighing, she grabs her white lab coat, slips it on then slips on her red, almost knee length, coat, grabs her bag and car keys and heads down the stairs. She's heading to the door to leave when her phone rings. She turns to look at it and debates whether or not to get it, for a short moment, before deciding to let the answering machine take it.
"Maggie, sweetie, are you there? It's your father. Look, I know you asked me not to look for you to give you your space, but I couldn't," he breathed into the phone. "You're my little girl my only child, and I couldn't just let you go. Your mother I miss you so much."
Maggie takes a breath and sighs. She really didn't have time for her father's pleadings for her to come back home to a place she no longer considers her home. Without Jared, and their baby girl, she has no real home.
"Baby girl, I know you miss him, that you miss them, but they wouldn't want you to just push those who love you aw-"
Maggie walks out if the house before he can finish his sentence. She wasn't pushing her parents, her family and friends away because she didn't want them around or because she was lost. No. She was pushing them away so that her choices won't affect them in any way, shape or form. If she kept her distance, they wouldn't have to pay for the choices she will make in the future.
|Hospital|
Walking into the hospital, Maggie makes her way to the front desk where a red headed nurse sat typing on the computer. When she sees Maggie, her eyes widen slightly before she swallows and smiles a bit nervously.
"H - hi. How can I h - help you?"
"My name is Margaret Quinn - I'm the new head Cardiologist." she says with a soft smile.
The nurse, who Maggie realizes whose name is Bethany, eyes widen in realization. "Yes, right. Dr. Cullen told us that you would coming," she said then frowns slightly. "We weren't expecting you for another two and a half weeks."
"Yes, I'm aware, but I like to keep busy and I was able to move into my new home earlier than originally scheduled." Maggie says.
Nurse Bethany smiles. "Well, we are so happy to have you here. We heard you were one of the best cardiologists in the country."
Maggie nods. "Thank you. If you could point me in the direction of - "
"Right! Your office is on the third floor. Take those elevators up and you're going to take a left, round two corners and it's the first door on the right," Bethany says. "You can't miss it. It already has your name on it."
Maggie nods. "Thank you."
"I hope you enjoy your stay here, Ms. Quinn." she says.
"I have no doubt that I will." Maggie says and walks over to the elevator doors just as the doors slid open.
She steps into the car, which is occupied by a few interns in light blue scrubs and one doctor in a white lab coat, and presses the button for the third floor.
"So, I heard were getting a new cardiologists in two and a half weeks," she hears someone say.
"I heard that too! They're supposed to be the best in the country try!" another says.
"Better than Dr. Cullen?" one questions.
"I don't know but I'm sure they're both in the same category," another says. "But what I'm more curious about is why such two brilliant doctors would transfer to such a small town like Forks."
"Hmm, I don't know, maybe to save more lives." one says in a sarcastic tone.
Maggie takes a big breath and slowly releases it and steps off the car the moment the doors open. She goes to take a left out of the car when someone stops her.
"Excuse me,"
Maggie turns around to look at the group of interns. "Yes?"
"What do you think of the new head of the cardiovascular department?" questions the sarcastic intern.
Maggie offers a small smile. "I heard she can be difficult to work with." she says.
They six of them, even the doctor, frown. "She is?" the intern, that questioned why she, and Dr. Cullen, would come to such a small town, questions.
Maggie shrugs then walks away, in search of her new office.