Author's Note: I really, really, REALLY suck. But on a brighter note, I have my last final on May 11th, (and coincidentally it is my Anatomy/Physiology final. So glad to be done with it, but don't worry, Addex is just getting started on all the "fun!") so after that I'm basically all yours. Read, review, and hopefully, enjoy! (And thanks for all the reviews thus far by the way. Seriously appreciate it!) :)
Chapter 4 – The Doctor Is In
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Addison?" Alex asked as they exited her car (which Alex was hesitant to ever step foot in again, as Addison had driven like a madwoman to get to the hospital) and sneakily walked through a back entrance to the hospital, both wearing their old lab coats.
"We're back in the hospital, Karev. I'm Doctor Montgomery now." Addison corrected and ignored his question.
"That doesn't make any sense."
"It makes perfect sense. Now shut up."
"Are you just gonna walk into the OR and demand they hand over a surgery? What if the chief catches us?"
"Karev, for someone who has no trouble mouthing off to authoritative figures, you sure have no balls sometimes."
"I have balls."
"Prove it and shut up while I think up a plan."
"You don't have a plan?"
"KAREV."
"Sorry!"
Addison bit her lip in thought. After a reasonable amount of time had gone by, Alex figured he proved that his balls very much existed, and spoke up again.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Do you have a plan?"
"If I had a plan I would have said something by now!" Addison snapped.
"You're so much nicer to me outside the hospital!" Alex groaned exasperatedly.
"Well I need someone to study with! Who else would I have talked to? Jessica?"
"That was low." Alex joked, pretending to be offended by her words.
At that, Addison had to laugh.
"Okay, let's just walk in there and act like we belong. If someone is in need of our assistance, we'll be there. If not, we leave, and we've gotten our sick fix at being in the hospital. So just act natural." She instructed.
"Got it." Alex nodded.
"And try to avoid eye contact with staff at all costs."
"Okay."
"And don't say-"
"I'm not a moron; let's go!" He couldn't take standing just outside their destination any longer.
She opened the door to reveal their holy land: The Maternity Ward.
"Last chance to back out." She challenged.
Alex looked her in the eyes. "Never."
The normal chaos that goes hand in hand with babies entering the world immediately greeted them. Men could be heard trying to soothe screaming women writhing in pain and cursing the men to an eternity in hell; nurses were running every which way; phones were ringing off the hook. It was beautiful, and everything Addison and Alex could have hoped for.
Confidently, they walked down the hallway, sneaking glances in rooms to make sure nothing was out of order. When they reached the end of the walk, Alex sighed.
"Everyone appears to be fine or is being taken care of already!"
"I know, what a waste. This was probably a really bad idea anyway. We should go." Addison did not accept defeat easily, and the words came out as if she did not really believe them.
"Yeah, you're right." Alex nodded, also not sounding convinced.
Suddenly, like a miracle sent down by the big-guy-upstairs himself, a frantic-looking man came running out of a room.
"Is there a doctor out there? Please, someone – my wife needs help!"
"WE CAN HELP!" Addison and Alex both yelled at the same time and immediately sprang into doctor-mode, running into the patient's room.
"Hi, Mary," Addison greeted as she put on a pair of gloves and scanned the patient's chart, "I'm Doctor Montgomery and I'll be taking care of you today."
"What happened to Doctor Peterson? He – he said he was going to be my doctor!" The woman looked around nervously at the change of events when suddenly an intense contraction hit her. "Nevermind, nevermind! I don't care where he is or who's my doctor! Just get this baby out of me!"
"Doctor Peterson was in here about a half hour ago. He said it would still be hours before we saw any change." The husband informed.
"Well there's really no way to tell when these things will progress." Addison explained as she examined Mary's cervix. "You're ten centimeters dilated, Mary. You ready to push?"
"EXCUSE ME. Just what the hell do you think you're-Doctor Montgomery?" A doctor, presumably Doctor Peterson, entered the room and his eyes immediately widened when he saw his former coworker.
"Hello, Tom." Addison nodded his way, still examining the patient.
"Doctor Montgomery, you can't-you're not supposed to be here. This is MY patient, anyway!" Doctor Peterson stumbled for an argument.
Addison rolled her eyes. "Well seeing how my hand is currently in this woman's cervix, I'd say she's my patient now."
"Dude, she told you." Alex smirked at the other doctor.
Doctor Peterson looked around the room furiously before turning on his heels and storming off.
"He probably went to get the chief." Alex warned as he snapped on a pair of gloves and rushed about prepping the woman for delivery.
Addison ignored him, "Okay, Mary, on three, start pushing!"
Ten minutes later, a healthy baby boy entered the world.
"Oh, Doctor Montgomery, thank you so much." Mary gushed as Addison placed the bundle in her arms.
"He's beautiful." Addison beamed.
"We should probably get out of here before-" Alex start to whisper in her ear when the sound of someone clearing their throat interrupted him.
It was Richard, glaring on furiously. "YOU TWO. MY OFFICE. NOW."
Once again Addison felt as though she and Karev were in the principal's office, as they sat on the couch and watched Richard pace around the room, growing angrier with each step.
"What the hell were the two of you thinking? You don't currently have licenses to practice medicine. It something happened to that woman or the baby-"
"Nothing happened though!" Karev interrupted. "If we hadn't been there who knows what would have happened to the patient or her baby!"
"Karev's right. Doctor Peterson was nowhere in sight. He told the patient that she still had hours till delivery and no one had even bothered to check back on them. You're lucky that woman didn't have to deliver her baby by herself, Richard."
"You two could have gotten me a huge malpractice lawsuit!" The chief exclaimed.
"You're running the risk of getting a malpractice suit by not allowing Doctor Montgomery to do her job, Chief." Alex stood up to be eye-to-eye with Richard, noticed the angry glare was still present in his eyes, and sank back down onto the couch.
"What the hell kind of logic is that, Karev?"
"Well, Doctor Montgomery is the best in her field, and this is the place she chose to work. As chief, you are doing a dishonor to the patients of Seattle Grace Hospital by not allowing Doctor Montgomery to work and instead have second-rate doctors running around this place. That just doesn't seem right." Alex explained.
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." Richard rolled his eyes while Addison looked at Karev in total shock and admiration.
"But you're right, Karev." Richard finally nodded, "You are the best, Addison."
Addison's eyes widened as the chief seemed to give in a little. "I, um… thank you, Richard. And I understand that we put a great risk on the hospital today, and I promise we won't do it again. Really I mean-"
Richard put up a hand to interrupt her. "You damn well better do it again. We need you here! I think if we keep quiet about it, there's no reason why you cannot perform surgeries on the women who need you the most."
"Really?" Addison and Alex exclaimed at the same time.
"Really." Richard smiled.
"And Karev, too?" Addison asked while it was Karev's turn to look on in shock and admiration. "I mean, he is the surgeon who shows the most promise in my field and he is by far my best intern."
Richard nodded again in consent. "I will call both of you in when we have a high risk pregnancy that deserves the best care we can offer."
"Thank you, Richard!" Addison stood up and threw her arms around the chief.
"Thanks, Chief." Alex stood up and shook the chief's hand in gratification.
"You're welcome. Now shouldn't you two get back to studying?" Richard winked.
"Yes, I suppose we should. Thanks again, Richard. You won't regret this!" Addison sent him a final smile as she and Alex walked out of the office together.
"I can't believe that actually went our way." Addison exclaimed once they had gotten back to the college's parking lot.
"I know, me neither. " Alex grinned.
"Thank you, for what you said to Richard, by the way."
She swore she saw a faint blush appear on his face at that. "Oh, uh, no problem. Thanks for convincing Richard to let me come back, too."
"I meant what I said, Karev. You really are the most promising intern I've seen in a long time."
"Seriously?" Alex asked, honored by the compliment.
"Seriously." Addison answered, shooting him a proud smile which he promptly returned.
The two stood there smiling for a few moments before she broke the moment.
"Uh, well, I better get going. I want to get a head start on the next unit. I'll, um, I'll see you tomorrow, Karev!"
She turned on her heels and got back into her car, speeding away.
"Yeah, see ya." Alex muttered to himself, confused by the turn of events.
"And now I'm talking to myself."
Keep in mind I have a CUMULATIVE Anatomy/Physiology final on May 11th. And Alex Karev is not in my class. So, my life basically sucks. Review to make it less sucky, please? :)