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Cagalli entered the hospital with confident strides, and went to the office where she would be picking up her new scrubs and white coat. As soon as she got it she went to the receptionist

"Uhm excuse me" Cagalli started, the receptionist glanced at her and put on a cheery fake smile

"Yes? How may I be of help…" the receptionist replied in her cheery voice

"Uh right…" Cagalli looked at her weirdly then continued anyway "I'm Cagalli Hibiki and I will be the New Head of the Maternity Department may I inquire where my office would be?" Cagalli asked politely

The receptionist snorted and looked up something in her computer "Your office would be on the 15th floor… that's all" the receptionist snorted again then ignored Cagalli

"Ohh…kay, Thanks anyway" Cagalli scowled at her then proceeded to go to the elevator.

She ran towards it, seeing it was about to close…

"Uhmm wait hold up the elevator.." Cagalli screamed not caring if some people stared at her.

Just as it was about to close a hand from the side of the packed elevator appeared to stop the it. As soon as Cagalli boarded it she took a deep breath as some of the passengers of the elevator looked at her oddly, she then stood up straight then looked at her side to thank the stranger whose hand came up to stop the elevator. She was met black hair and ruby red eyes she smiled politely at him

"Thank You for stopping the doors from closing" Cagalli said as she bowed as she thanked the guy

"Cagalli nee-chan?"

At the mention of her name she looked up to find magenta eyes staring at her

"Stellar? What the… What the hell are you doing here?" Cagalli asked as she was faced with a blonde haired girl with magenta eyes standing beside the guy she was thanking just awhile ago

As most of the people exited and entered in the 3rd floor there were now a few people in the elevator.

"You know this woman?" the red eyed guy beside her asked

"Hey I'm not a woman" Cagalli exclaimed at the guy

"What? Then what are you supposed to be? A man?" the guy asked and raised his brow at her

Cagalli flared at her choice of words "No what I meant was I have a name you know"

A giggle sounded at the elevator and the two looked at the blonde girl with them…

"Sorry I just couldn't help myself" Stellar said after her giggles died down she turned to the red eyed guy beside her "Shinn this is Cagalli, Cagalli Hibiki she's Kira's sister" then she turned to Cagalli "and Cagalli nee-chan, this is Shinn Asuka he's the Head Physical Therapist in the hospital and…" she then wrapped her hands around his arm "….my boyfriend" she then smiled at Cagalli softly

Cagalli looked at Shinn "Well still Thank You for holding the door earlier" she then turned to Stellar "and I'm happy for the both of you Stellar, by the way you work here too right? In what department?"

"Oh I'm in the Nursing Department with Lacus I'm her second in command" Stellar said cheerfully "Oh by the way I heard that there was a new talented Doctor coming that will be filling in for Mir and is the New head of the Maternity Department, is it you?" Stellar smiled knowingly

"Well I really wouldn't say I'm that talented, but Thank You" Cagalli said sheepishly just then the elevator dinged at the 15th floor "Oh I guess this is my stop, it's nice seeing you again Stellar and it's nice meeting you Shinn. See you guys around" Cagalli stepped out of the elevator and offered one last smile at the couple as the elevator closed

Cagalli then turned around to look at the hallways of the 15th floor "Guess this is where I'll be staying most of the time" she then heaved a sigh and put on a smile "Now to find where my office will be"

Cagalli walked along the hallways of the 15th floor and walked and walked and walked and walked some more ignoring the multiple stares and odd looks being thrown her way, until she paused and gave up "I don't even know where I should be going" she sighed dejectedly "Where am I right now anyway?" she then looked up to analyze her surroundings, wherein she was 3 doors away from the elevator earlier "Back to where I started huh?" she then noticed a black haired nurse headed towards her direction.

"Excuse me, but could you be Dr. Cagalli Hibiki?" she asked politely as she smiled

"Yes that would be me and you are?" Cagalli replied curtly

"My name is Shima Mitsuki, I'm the nurse in charge in this floor" the nurse replied "Err you could say that I would be the one assisting you most of the time in the Maternity Department" she then did a 90 degree bow towards Cagalli "Pleased to meet you Dr. Cagalli Hibiki, It is an honor to be assisting one of the renowned Doctors in ORB"

"Uh Hey no need to bow" Cagalli said as she helped the girl straighten up

"I look forward to working with you Dr. Hibiki, from this day on I will now be under your care" she said as she smiled at her

"Shima Mitsuki am I right" Cagalli asked

"Hai"

"Alright and your saying that you'll be the nurse assisting me right?"

"Hai"

"Alright how about starting off by showing me to my office?" Cagalli asked

"Ahh but Dr. isn't it the door beside you?" Mitsuki asked her as she looked to Cagalli's left

There on Cagalli's left was a white door with a golden plate with the a name engraved

Dr. Cagalli Hibiki

Maternity Department Head

Cagalli gawked at the door beside her "B..b..but that plate wasn't there awhile ago" she exclaimed

"Ah I just put the plate there awhile ago" Mitsuki exclaimed cheerfully "I didn't when you were arriving, I did see you step out of that elevator though I didn't know if it was really you since you weren't wearing your white coat. And I forgot to put the plate earlier" she explained

Cagalli sweatdropped at the girl infront of her but decided to let it go "It's alright, well then I also look forward to working with you" she said to the smiling girl infront of her as she opened the door to her new office as she was about to enter she stopped midway and turned once again to the girl "Let's do our best then okay?" she said smiling at her softly

Mitsuki was entranced for a moment but nevertheless gave a smile and replied cheerfully "Hai"

~…~

Athrun stared at his desk and at the small pile of paperwork that he has already finished contemplating what to do next, it seems that the paperwork load was small today resulting for him to finish earlier than expected.

Athrun heaved a sigh and looked at the clock on his desk 10:27am, he massaged his temples and stretched out his hands "I guess I'll go and check what's going on around the hospital for a bit" He stood up from his chair and left his coat in the office, he informed his secretary that he would be strolling around the hospital for awhile to see how things are going as he passed by her and entered the elevator.

As the elevator stopped at the 16th floor Heine entered the elevator

"Heine..." Athrun greeted since Heine didn't notice him as he had his eyes focused on the clipboard he was holding

Heine looked up from his clipboard at the sound of his name being called "Oh Hi Athrun didn't see you there"

"What were you doing in the floor of the Physical Theraphy Department?" Athrun asked

"I have a patient that needs Physical Theraphy, I went there to personally schedule it with Shinn and ask for a doctor for the job" Heine replied

It was one of those times when Heine isn't usually loitering around and actually did his work "Are you sure its okay to be leaving your office? You might have other patients you know" Athrun inquired as the elevator stopped at the 11th floor

He and Heine stepped out and walked towards Heine's office.

"I asked for someone to fill in for me for awhile, though I don't who they got to fill in for me" Heine replied as he knocked on the door of his office

"Come in"

A voice of woman sounded through the other side

"So they got a lady to fill in for me" Heine said then he smirked "I do hope she's single" Athrun sighed at that

As they opened the door they were met with Cagalli in her white coat who was leaning down on a boy at the examination table beside her was a woman in her mid twenties.

"Alright, so take lots of fluids alright? Especially water drinks lots of water and your runny nose will be gone in no time" she then turned to the woman beside her "But ofcourse besides water therapy, he should also take the medicine I gave him just in case. And I trust that you will be the one in charge of that"

"I am don't worry I'll see to it that he'll drink his meds" the woman smiled at her kindly

"Alright that's about it, you can go home with your Mom now" Cagalli said as she gave the boy a soft smile

With that the boy jumped off of the examination table then looked up and smiled at Cagalli then he reached up withhos hand to her.

"Hmm?" Cagalli asked questioningly and bent down to his level, the kid surprised her as he kissed her cheek and giggled cutely "Oh haha You're Welcome"

With that the Mother and Son exited the room, Cagalli followed them with her gaze and her eyes landed on the men standing at the entrance of the door.

"Well Princess it seems to me that you're really good with kids" Heine said as he entered the room casually and stopped right in front of Cagalli

Cagalli crossed her hands over her chest "Well it's about time you arrived, you still have more kids waiting" Cagalli side stepped and exited the room

Heine just smirked at the door as he saw Athrun follow after her.

~...~

Cagalli walked towards the elevator once again to get back to her office when she noticed Athrun following her, as they both got in the elevator she pressed the button for the 15th floor

"Is it just me? Or are you following me Mr. Zala?" Cagalli asked as she kept her gaze straight

"It might just be you or not, and I told you to call me Athrun didn't I?" Athrun replied back slightly glancing at the woman beside him

"Sorry Mr. Zala as of right now it is still working hours and I tend to do my work professionally as much as I could" and with that the elevator dinged for the 15th floor and Cagalli exited with Athrun following closely behind until she entered her office.

Cagalli then leaned on her table and turned to face Athrun as soon as they got in the office.

"So what did you want with Athrun?" Cagalli inquired as she folded her hands across her chest

Athrun looked around her office "You certainly made it look homier"

"Thanks it would definitely need that kind of look for… you know future Moms, so why are you following me again?"

"Didn't I tell you I don't like slackers in my hospital?" Athrun replied

"Well does it look like I'm slacking?"Cagalli asked raising her brow at him

"Well no and besides I'd like to evaluate your performance in the field and with your resume I expect you to amaze me" Athrun replied looking at her straight and with superiority

Just then a knock resounded at the door..

'Knock Knock'

Cagalli stood up straight from her leaning position and cleared her throat "Come In"

Mitsuki came in holding multiple files in her arms and was startled when she saw Athrun inside the room

"Ah Sir G..Good Morning, fancy seeing you here" she bowed politely as balanced the files and folders in her arms, whereas Athrun just nodded at her for acknowledgement "A..anou Dr. Hibiki these are the files and folders of your patients today, your first patient is currently waiting for you in the exam room"

Cagalli nodded and approached Mitsuki as received the files from her then she turned to Athrun and smirked "Well then shall we get started with the evaluation?" Athrun merely smirked back at her

As they reached the clinic Cagalli entered and gave one of the nurse the patient's charts as she got prepped, while Athrun waited outside for privacy and confidentiality of the patient.

"So much for being Evaluated" Cagalli thought

"Dr. Hibiki the patient is waiting for you in the exam room" Mitsuki called out "And Mr. Zala asked me to accompany you inside and relay the exam to him as part of your evaluation"

"Alright No Problem shall we get started?" Cagalli inquired as she was looking at the patients charts now.

As she entered she saw a young couple probably in their mid or early twenties at the examination table waiting patiently while giving glances to each other occasionally. "Aw that's sweet" Cagalli thought silently

"Good Day Mr. Dan and Mrs Anna… Ekiguchi" she greeted as she looked over at patient's chart "I am Dr. Hibiki, it's nice to meet you"

"Likewise Dr. Hibiki" the woman who was lying down on the examination bed whereas her husband gave a slight nod and a slight smile

"Is this your first ultrasound check up?" Cagalli asked as the ultrasound machine got prepped beside her

"Yes, it is our first child after all" Anna replied as she squeezed her husband's hand and gazed up at him, her husband returned her gaze as they stared at each other lovingly

Cagalli cleared her throat awkwardly "Is there any particular things happening to you besides your morning sickness?"

"Well I have been experiencing abdominal pains and cramps, occasionally I also get pains from my neck or sometime shoulder" Anna replied

"And she has been feeling weak and dizzy lately, is that normal Dr. Hibiki?" Mr Ekiguchi added

"Abdominal Cramps, pain in neck and shoulder, dizziness and weakness? Don't tell me…." Cagalli's face scrunched up and turned serious as she thought of the possibilities which all lead to one thing and prayed that she was wrong "Do you mind if we start the ultrasound now?" Cagalli asked the couple

"Sure Dr. we don't mind" Anna replied smiling at her

"Mitsuki what is her blood pressure" Cagalli asked as Mitsuki

"128/82 Dr. Hibiki" Mitsuki replied as she flipped over Anna's charts

Cagalli tsked as she started the ultrasound on Anna, as she was looking at the monitor she did not like what she is see. The pregnancy test was indeed positive but the uterus is empty "Oh damn…"

"I found the problem, you have an Ectopic Pregnancy. Which means you are indeed pregnant, but the baby is growing in your fallopian tubes instead of the uterus. It is a very dangerous condition and you are going to be needing a surgery ASAP" Cagalli explained to the now frowning couple

"W..will the baby be saved?" Anna asked carefully

Cagalli's face fell down "I'm sorry but there is no way to transplant an ectopic pregnancy back to your uterus, so ending your pregnancy is the only option"

Anna broke down into tears as she heard the news and Dan's face was unreadable as he comforted his wife.

"Prepare an OR stat, she needs to be admitted immediately. Her right tube looks about ready to burst any moment right now, and we don't want that or else she won't survive the blood loss" Cagalli ordered Mitsuki and the other nurse, who acted on command immediately.

Athrun was outside the room in the hallways leaning on a wall with his hands on his pockets. "Well this is one hell of an evaluation" he thought to himself

Just then the doors burst open and Cagalli rushed out with a patient in a bed, Mitsuki and the other Nurse was busy hooking up the IV tubes and checking her blood pressure and a man beside the bed was holding the woman's hand reassuringly.

"Dr. Hibiki what is going on here? Why is this clinic patient being prepped" Athrun asked as he sped walked alongside Cagalli whose face was calm but alert and with urgency

"The patient needs immediate surgery, no time needs to be wasted it has to be done now" Cagalli replied with a calm but urgent voice

"And you're going to be in charge of this operation am I right?" Athrun asked again

"Yes and I will see to it that this will be a success" she replied as they rushed into the basement and into the Operating room, vaguely remembering that Athrun said he would be watching from the observation deck. Cagalli got prepped immediately, she tied her hair back in a messy bun and put on a cap, she put her scrubs on and then washed her hands after she was gloved and ready she went inside the operating room and there she saw Anna barely conscious, which would mean that the anesthesia is taking it effect.

Cagalli walked next to Anna as Anna stared up at her with a frightened look on her face, Cagalli looked at her encouragingly "Don't Worry, Everything's gonna be fine" After that Anna fell to sleep due to the drug and with that the operation went underway.

From the Observation deck Athrun watched as Cagalli talked to the patient for a short while and the operation started. As the operation was in progress a few people gathered around in the observation deck to see the new Doctor in action, mostly interns and newbies who was informed that a surgery by the apprentice of Dr. Murrue was underway.

"Hi Athrun"

Athrun turned at the sound of his name beng called and found Lacus, Shiho, and Shinn approaching him. As the trio arrived by his side they looked over the observation deck which seems to be the source of all the commotion

"Ah is that Cagalli?" Shiho asked as she got a good luck at the Doctor who was in the operating room

"Cagalli? She's the new Doctor am I right? Kira's sister?" Shinn asked as he recalled his and Stellar's encounter with the new Doctor named Cagalli Hibiki

"Oh it is Cagalli isn't it?" Lacus said as she watched Cagalli along with the others

"So what are you doing here?" Shiho asked Athrun turning to face him as Lacus and Shinn were too engrossed watching the surgery taking place

"I'm evaluating her skills as a Doctor" Athrun answered simply

"So what's the case?"

"From what I heard it's Ectopic Pregnancy"

"Ah.. that's got to be the worst, finding out you're pregnant but then you are going to have to lose it. That's really heartbreaking… so where's the husband of the patient?" Shiho inquired

Athrun merely looked to the far off right where a man was carefully observing the operation as well with a worried look on his face.

"It's gotta be hard on them" Shiho exclaimed as she frowned

Cagalli's heart wrenched as she put the baby in the metal pan, nothing could be done for ectopic pregnancy the baby's life would have to end before it even started, that kind of thing truly is heart wrenching.

Cagalli left the surgical team to finish up Anna and stitch her up. She still had some patients waiting to be checked out therefore she could not stay there for long. She entered the prep room and took off her scrubs uniform and washed up stepping out again in her white coat over her green polo and black pencil skirt. Out in the hallway she was met up with Athrun, Lacus, Shiho, and Shinn

"That was nicely done Cagalli" Lacus exclaimed clasping her hands and smiling widely altogether as she approached Cagalli

"Yeah that was fairly nice" Shinn commented

"Well done" Shiho said as she smiled at her then she looked at her watch "Well…I should get going I have a surgery waiting for me at 1:30 in the afternoon, I have to get the other OR prepped"

"I have to go too, I still have to check a few patients staying in the hospital" Lacus said as she gave a soft smile

"Me too, I have patients waiting for me" Shinn said as well

And with that the three of them left the two

"Good Job" Athrun commented "Did you have to do a lot of cases like that?"

"Only a few" Cagalli replied dejectedly "Still heart breaking though"

"Well I guess that operation ends the evaluation" Athrun stated turning to Cagalli

"That was fast?" Cagalli replied raising her brow at him

"Well you were able to show plenty of skills through that just one operation" Athrun explained "I do believe that I have truly hired a talented and skillful Doctor"

Cagalli grinned up at him widely "Thank You Mr. Zala" Athrun returned her smile, and right at that moment Cagalli's stomach growled

"Are you hungry? Wanna go grab some lunch?"

"Uhm what time is it?"

"12:30 pm"

"Uhm No Thanks, I still have some patients to finish up" Cagalli replied and with that she waved goodbye at Athrun and went back to her office to check up on her other patients

Just then a couple was going in the delivery room with the guy's hand clasping his wife's hand, as the woman gave a loving smile to her husband. Athrun unconsciously looked at the couple and thought "Would it have been like that if I loved Ayako?"

~…~

As the door closed to the office of Cagalli Hibiki it also signaled her last patient has left meaning her job is done for the day. She then mentally checked if she had more patients staying in the hospital that she has to check up on as she thought it over and over again she was satisfied and relieved that she was already finished, for now atleast for she don't know when an emergency would strike. Her eyes caught glimpse of the evaluation papers Athrun gave her earlier in the afternoon

~…~

"Cagalli I need you to fill in this up for me" Athrun said authoritatively

"Uhh What are those?" Cagalli asked as she looked at the pile of papers Athrun brought over

"They're evaluation papers" He answered simply as if it was the most obvious thing in the world

"What? But I thought you said the evaluation was over?" Cagalli asked irritated

"Yes it is but I just need you to fill this in and bring it to my office after" Athrun stated as he dropped the papers on Cagalli's desk, Cagalli just heaved a huge sigh as she looked at the papers

"Oh and one more thing" Athrun added as Cagalli looked up to him "Here" he placed a juice bottle and a sandwich on her desk "Eat up" and with that he headed for the door and closed it leaving Cagalli there to analyze what happened

~…~

Cagalli stared at the sandwich and the juice bottle on the side of her desk and sighed and decided that she was hungry and grabbed the sandwich and bottle and decided to eat up as she was filling in the evaluation forms

~…~

Athrun's glasses was on the bridge of his nose as he worked his ass off in finishing the papers that was on his table, who would've known that in that small time that he was gone this much paperwork has piled up.

As he was working he noticed the time and mentally cursed himself for it was almost time to pick-up Alex on his afterschool taekwondo lessons he then glanced at the picture frame of him and Alex on his desk and stopped for awhile to take a breather.

This gave him time to think about Alex, about him, about them, about everything. He thought about Alex, specifically on about how he needs Motherly love as he grows. Don't get him wrong he fulfilled every parental need and gave him twice all the love that Alex needs and deserves but he knows that there is one place in Alex's heart that he can't fill, even though Alex doesn't know about it and that would be a Mother's Love and Care. Even his mom Leonore does everything she can to fulfill that role but it just isn't enough. Athrun sighed at the thought

'Knock Knock'

"Come In"

"Athrun?" Cagalli opened the door and peeked in "I brought the Evaluation papers you wanted me to fill up"

"Oh right just bring them in here" Athrun replied as he beckoned Cagalli to come in

"Wow your desk looks packed?" Cagalli commented as she saw the pile of paperworks

"Yeah well I left for awhile and this happens" Athrun replied as he looked at Cagalli

Cagalli placed the papers on his desk and then paused to look at him, she then brought her face dangerously close to his.

"I didn't know you wore glasses" Cagalli commented

Athrun didn't back his face up and answered her question casually "I don't always use them"

Cagalli backed her face away from him "I think you need a physical examination"

Athrun raised his eyebrow at the statement "Why so suddenly?"

"You look a bit pale and have a few dark circles under your eyes, and from my perspective ofcourse that isn't very healthy" Cagalli stated

"Thanks but no thanks. I tend to cause trouble when I have Physical Examinations" Athrun replied as he looked away from her and back at the paper he was reading

"And why is that?" Cagallli asked

Athrun sighed exasperatedly and looked up at Cagalli once again "Apparently everytime I have my physical examinations a horde of nurses gather around outside the examination room trying to sneak a peek"

"Well aren't you Mr. Popular" Cagalli commented and smirked in amusement, then she frowned "But you really shouldn't ignore that, how about this?"

"If you're that concerned, then why don't you be the one to do my physical examination?" Athrun suggested as he went back to reading the papers

"Alright"

"What?" Athrun looked up again from what he was reading

"I'll conduct your physical examination" Cagalli stated firmly "I mean aren't you even thinking about your wife? She might be worried about you, you know with the state you're in" as she folded her arms across her chest and turned away from him

Athrun's head perked up at that "Cagalli I'm a widow"

"What?" Cagalli was startled at the statement "I.. I'm Sorry I didn't know" she said apologetically

Athrun took of his glasses and smiled at her softly "It's alright, just forget about it… oh and I'll just tell you whenever I'm free for the examination"

Cagalli nodded her head then turned away ready to leave

"Cagalli"

She turned her head on his direction with a questioning look

"I know I just met you but…" Athrun started

"hm?" Cagalli raised her brow at him

"Can I ask you to pick up Alex from his taekwondo class and bring him here today? I trust you more than Heine and everyone seems to be busy" Athrun asked more like pleaded

"Isn't that your job?" Cagalli inquired

"It is, but I can't I have to finish this today" Athrun said referring to the load of paperwork on his desk

"Alright I'll bring him to you" Cagalli replied

"Thank You and wait" Athrun said as he took a paper and wrote something in it, he then stood up from his chair went towards Cagalli "Here directions for his school, he should be waiting outside the gate in a few minutes"

Cagalli looked at the paper and nodded "Alright let me just fix my things and I'll go get him" Cagalli said as she turned to leave for the door, but got held back by Athrun

"Cagalli" Athrun started as he held her hand in his

"hm?" Cagalli turned to him once again

"Thank You" Athrun stated as he sincerely looked in her eyes

"Don't Worry about it, it's no biggie" Cagalli just smiled at him softly "I should be going wouldn't want to keep Alex waiting" Cagalli added as Athrun didn't let go of her hand

"Right" Athrun replied as he let go of her hand and watched as she walked out of the door.

~End of Chapter 4~

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