Emily Owens M.D.

After the outbreak.

Chapter FOUR.

Surgery Time ..! Seriously one of my favorite moments when Micah talks to Emily before doing the surgery. He really does seem to know what she's thinking. :)

( Previously on Emily Owens M.D. )...

Micah was trying to get Emily's attention again when Dr. Kelly came over to talk to Micah. " Hey stranger. What do you say we go over to my house this evening and I'll make you some dinner to make up from yesterday." Dr. Kelly said seductively. Micah kind of coughed. He didn't know what to do or say. He needed to tell Dr. Kelly it wasn't working but he didn't know how to be gentle about it. He also needed to talk to Emily about last night. How he wanted to be with her but every time he tried to tell her someone would get in the way. Will just chuckled he could tell Dr. Barnes was very uncomfortable with Dr. Kelly sitting on his lap right in front of Emily. Emily didn't know how to feel. Of course she was upset that Micah was flaunting that he picked Dr. Kelly over her and that Will was with her watching the thing going down. What could she really do about it though. She knew it would have never worked out and plus they were drinking last night. Things like that happen when you drink and have a crush on someone. Right? Emily couldn't watch anymore. She got up and said " I should go and make sure Tyra doesn't need my help with that one patient anymore." She said at the same time when she got up and accidentally spilled her water down her leg. " Great!" was all she said. Micah stood up fast " Do you want to meet 20 minutes before surgery so we can talk about it?" Micah said. Emily looked at him with a shocked face and just nodded. Will stood up to follow Emily. When he looked back at Micah he just gave him this smirk like he just won. " Hey Ems wait up! " Will said.

Emily heard Will calling for her but she didn't want to stop she was just so embarrassed. Plus everyone kept staring at her like she peed on herself. She had to hurry get to the locker rooms and change and get herself ready for the surgery. It was her first cut. She couldn't mess this up. She finally reaches the locker rooms. Gets her extra scrubs out of her locker room and starts to undress. Will walks right in. " Oh I'm so sorry Emily I didn't mean to walk in on while you changed." Will said. " It's not like it's the first time Will. Remember in med school when you walked in the locker rooms and sat down on the bench and started talking about the teacher. Not even noticing I stood their frozen in my underwear and bra." Emily said laughing the whole time. Will laughed with her. " Well I actually did notice once I sat down on the bench but I was too embarrassed to move." Will said. " I always knew you were a perv Will." Emily said joking. Emily hurried up and got dressed and sat next to Will. " I'm so nervous I think I might faint.. What if I choke like Cassandra did? I will never be able to live that down." Emily said quietly. " Remember at med school with the professor told us that we will remember this place.. the place we stood when we made the first cut.. I knew then when I watched you make your first cut that you were going to a great surgeon. You have the most amazing hands." Will said. Emily smiled back at him and said " Thank you." Just then Tyra walked in " Did you guys hear that Dr. Bandari and Dr. Kelly are going to try to fix the baby that suffers from a defective heart valve in the womb in 10 minutes?" Tyra said. " We should probably go watch." Will said. Walking out of the door with excitement. " You okay Emily? If Will did or said anything I can go kick his ass." Tyra whispered to Emily. "I'm fine. Will didn't do anything he was trying to help. I'm making my first cut in a few hours. I'm kind of nervous." Emily said. " You're going to kick ass Emily! Don't worry about a thing." Tyra said walking out of the locker room. " Emily's going to kick ass at what?" Cassandra asked. " I'm making my first cut today on my kidney failure patient." Emily replied. Cassandra gave Emily a dirty look. " I hope it's not going to be hot in there pits. Good luck. " and with that Cassandra ran off to walk with Will.

While standing there watching the surgery Emily felt eyes on her on both sides. She glanced over to her right. Will was watching her. When he notice he got caught watching her he smiled that sexy smile. Emily couldn't even think. She started feeling trapped. She looked back at the surgery and took a deep breath. She glanced over to her left where she felt the other pair of eyes. Micah. He was looking at her like he was trying to figure her out. He looked away real fast when he heard the machines going off telling them that the womans heart rate was going down. " Why is Will and Dr. Barnes staring at you like your some candy bar?" Tyra asked. Emily looked right at her and tried to say something but just shrugged her shoulders. " Do I have a kick sign on my back?" Emily said feeling the awkwardness starting to creep up. Tyra looked at Emily's back and just laughed. " No. You don't have a sign on your back. Which I kind of am surprised Cassandra hasn't done that one yet." They both laughed. Emily looked behind her to see if Micah was still staring at her but he had already left the room. Twenty minutes later her pager started beeping. She left the room to see what Micah wanted. She was walking to the front desk when someone grabbed her from the doctors lounge. Micah. " Are you trying to kill me?" Emily yelled. " You're in a hospital. Like the chances are high." Micah said while rolling his eyes. " Did you just page me to mock me? Cause if that's the case I rather be watching that surgery." Emily said. " No I wanted to talk to you.. and maybe do this." Micah slowly got closer to her and touched her face. He heard Emily take a deep breath. " Breathe." Micah said. Finally their lips met. Emily felt tingles up and down her spine. She felt the butterflies in her stomach going crazy. Micah finally did what he wanted to do all day. He kissed Emily. The fireworks from last night were nothing compared to the fireworks that were happening now. It felt like the 4th of July's firework finale. It was incredible. They both didn't want it to end. " Wow! " Was all Emily could say. " Yeah that.. That was something." Micah replied. " We should probably talk about this." Emily said. " Yeah we should. After work? " Micah said with a smile. Emily just nodded. She couldn't look at him when he smiled at her like that. It made her weak in the knees. " Lets go scrub in.. We have a kidney transplant to attend to." Micah said.

Emily was washing her hands and she couldn't get out of her head. She was panicking. What if she messed up? Or cut wrong? What if she killed her patient? She couldn't stop thinking about the what ifs. She was freaking herself out. She didn't want to choke. She wanted to be confident in there. She went to school for this. She knows what she's doing. Right? " You okay?" Micah asked. " Yeah.. Yeah. Just didn't expect it to happen today. Thought I would know in advance so I could think about it." Emily said shaky. " That's why I didn't tell you in advance." Said Micah. " Are you implying I over think? Emily said. " You're over thinking. Okay. I'm nervous every time I go in there. I think if you're not nervous you're doing something wrong." Micah said. They walk in the operation room side by side. Emily takes a deep breath and prepares herself. You can do this. Just find your land marks. Emily thought to herself. " Ready Dr. Owens?" Micah said. Emily could feel all eyes on her. Emily nodded and made her first cut. " Keep going. 14: 45 looking confident Dr. Owens. bridging on ballz even." Micah said. " I've never been called ballz in my life." Emily said. " Today of firsts." Micah said. After the surgery was done with. Emily felt like she was on top of the world. Emily was about to leave the hospital when Dr. Kelly came over to her. " Dr. Owens I hope you're not ignoring hospital protocol." Emily looked at her confused. " Denver hospital tradition. Drink with colleagues after your first cut." Dr. Kelly said. " Oh okay. Sure." Emily said. They get to the bar and order two Heineken beers. Micah walks over " Hey did she tell you all about the tradition?" Micah asked. " No. I was just getting to that part." Dr. Kelly said with a mischievous smile. " What part?" Emily asked kind of nervous. " First cut gets first round." Dr. Kelly said while pushing the bill over to her. " Ohh okay." Emily said feeling really awkward. " Come let's dance Micah." Dr. Kelly said. " Ohh no. I don't dance. Plus no ones dancing." Dr. Kelly ends up pulling Micah along. " I'll be back. Don't leave. We still need to talk. " Micah said with a wink. Emily just nodded.

Looking down at the bill she freaked out. " What's with the face Ems?" Will said walking over to her. " I guess they don't want me to pay for my heat this month! " Emily said. Will grabbed the bill and looked at it. " WOW! You weren't kidding. How did you get stuck with it?" Will asked. " I guess they have a tradition here. First cut pays first round." Emily explained. " Wait... You're telling me we all have to pay when we make our first cuts?" Asked Will. Emily just nodded. " That's such garbage!" Will said mad about the situation. " Yeah. I know." Emily said. Will and Emily talked about the past. The future. Just random stuff in general. She didn't realize two hours pasted by. "So Dr. Barnes looks like he's having a good time. Earlier he looked like he was going to kill someone." Will said looking at Dr. Barnes and Dr. Kelly dancing with a group of people. Emily looked over to see what he was talking about. Sure enough Micah had this big goofy smile on his face while spinning Dr. Kelly around. Emily felt hurt and jealous at the same time. She felt awkward being here still waiting for someone who was dancing with another woman. Just then she yawned. " I think I should start heading home. It's been a long night. Plus I have no more money to spend here." Emily said with a laugh. " Alright. Let me walk you out to your car." Will said. 20 minutes later she was finally home. She got into her pj's and started to watch her tv shows that she missed. Emily started to drift to sleep when she heard someone knocking on her door. At first she thought about ignoring it. She knew whoever was knocking on her door wouldn't stop knocking until she answered it. " I'M COMING! HOLD ON!" Emily yelled. She was seriously getting annoyed with this person already. She was surprise to see who was standing in front of her door. " What are you doing here?" Emily asked.

To be continued...

Who could be at the door? Will / Micah / Tyra Or someone unknown... :)