Since you're all so amazing and patient with me, I decided to give you guys a longer chapter. Hope you all enjoy!
Again, most of the medical dialogue is from Grey's Anatomy. I do not own Fast and Furious nor Grey's Anatomy. If I did, there would definitely be a lot more Dotty scenes lol.
Hour 38
Dom's POV
In between what Dr. Yashar assigned us to do, Brian and I would get together to research and discuss what's wrong with Katie until she pages us to do another task. It's been several hours and we've been given several jobs to do. Now that we finished our last task, Brian and I are looking through some books and Katie's lab results.
"So, she doesn't have anoxia, chronic renal failure, or acidosis. It's not a tumor because her CT's clean." I say.
"What about an infection?"
"There's no white count and she has no CT lesions, no fevers, and nothing in her spinal tap."
"Maybe it's an aneurysm." Brian pauses for a split second. "So what's up with you and Dr. Ortiz?"
"No headaches and no blood on the CT either." I respond, trying to ignore his question.
"Okay so there's no drug use, no pregnancy, no trauma. Are you really not gonna tell me?"
"We're out of answers. What if no one comes up with anything?"
"You mean what if she dies?"
"Yeah."
"This is gonna sound bad, but I really wanted that surgery."
"What can it be though?"
There's a long pause before Brian says, "Okay. Now you got me super curious. What aren't you telling me?"
I sigh. "You can't say anything or mention this to anyone, got it?"
"Yeah."
"We had sex. Last night."
"No fucking way. You're lying."
"I went to the bar with a few of my buddies and got black out drunk. When I woke up this morning, my bed was empty so I assumed the girl left before I woke up. Earlier today she pulled me into one of the supply closets and told me everything." I whispered.
"Dude, is that why you don't want the surgery?"
"Well, whenever I see her we make this awkward eye contact and it's just too weird. I'd rather give you the surgery because you're her doctor."
"Congrats man, she's hot." Brian pats me on the back. "Was she crazy in bed? She looks like she likes it-"
"Brian, just stop talking."
"Okay, sorry."
I sigh. "This sucks."
"I know, Katie's never gonna turn into a real person. Her whole life will consist of beauty pageants and nothing else. You wanna know what her talent is?"
"They have talent?"
Brian chuckles before he continues, "Rhythmic gymnastics."
"Oh come on, what the fuck." By this time we couldn't stop laughing.
"I've never even heard of rhythmic gymnastics. It's probably something with a ball and a... what?" Brian looks at me as I finally realize what could be wrong with Katie. "Dom what?"
"Get up, come on!" We get up and he follows me as I run to find Dr. Ortiz. The whole time I explain to him what could be wrong with Katie.
We turn the corner as Brian says, "The only thing that she would possibly need is an angiogram." We pass by the elevators and I spot Dr. Ortiz inside as the doors start to close.
"Dr. Ortiz! Hold on one moment."
"Yes, Dr. Toretto?" She says as she stops the doors from closing.
"Katie competes in pageants."
"Yes, I'm aware of that."
"She has no headaches, no neck pain, her CT is clean." Brian explains as the doors start to close again.
I quickly put my hand out to stop them and say, "There's no proof of an aneurysm-"
"Right."
"But what if she has an aneurysm anyway?"
"There are no indicators."
"Yeah but she told me that she twisted her ankle during practice." Brian says.
"I appreciate both of you trying but-"
"Dr. Ortiz, she fell. When she twisted her ankle, she fell. It was no big deal, she got up and iced her ankle like nothing happened. It was a minor fall that her doctor didn't even mention it when I was taking her history."
"Dr. O'Conner, you do realize that the chances of a minor fall bursting an aneurysm is one in a million. Good try but keep looking." She says before the doors close.
"Well, I guess we were wrong." Brian says as he starts to walk away.
DING
The elevator opens and Dr. Ortiz starts to walk right past us. "Let's go."
"Where?"
"To find out if Katie's one in a million."
We follow her to prep Katie for some tests. Once we finish, we take a look at the results.
"There it is." She says as she points to the screen in front of us. "It's small but it's there. It's a subarachnoid hemorrhage. She's bleeding into her brain."
Brian and I look at each other, surprised. 'I can't believe I figured it out.'
"She could've gone her whole life without it ever being a problem. A light tap in the right spot and it-"
"Explodes."
"Exactly, Dr. Toretto. Now I can fix it. Good work boys. I'd love to stay and chitchat but I've got to inform Katie's parents that she's having surgery."
"Wait, Dr. Ortiz." Brian stops her.
"Yes?"
"Um, you said you'd pick someone to assist you in surgery if we helped."
"Oh, yes. That's right. I'm sorry I can't have you both, it's going to be a full house. Toretto, I'll see you in the OR." Brian looks at me, but I freeze as Dr. Ortiz walks away. He then gives me a look of disbelief and shakes his head before he turns around and leaves.
"Brian, wait." He ignores me and keeps walking. "Come on man."
"Nah Dom, screw you. That was fucked up what you did. You said I could have the surgery and now what? You changed your mind? If you wanna be a shark, then be a shark."
"I'm not-"
"Yes you are. I don't get picked for surgeries because I slept with my boss, and I didn't get into med school because I have a famous father. Some of us actually have to work hard to get where we are."
I look at him shocked at what he just said. I turn around and leave before I could do something that I would later regret.
I find Dr. Ortiz in the OR, shaving Katie's head.
"Hey." She smiles as she quickly glances up at me. 'She has such a beautiful smile.'
"Hey."
"I told her I'd make her look like a bad ass. Apparently being a bald beauty queen is the worst thing that could happen in the history of the world." We both laugh.
There was a long pause before I speak up. "Did you pick me for the surgery because we slept together?"
"Yes." I give her a questioning look and she smirks at me. "I'm just fucking with you."
"Oh, well I'm not going to scrub in. You should ask Brian instead, he really wants it."
She sighs, turns off the razor and puts it down. "I understand that Dr. O'Conner is Katie's doctor, but which one of you guys figured it out? I can tell it was you when the tests confirmed the hemorrhage. You had this prideful look on your face. It's your first day and with very little training, you helped save her life. So you deserve to be in that OR more than anybody else. You earned it." She leans in and whispers, "Don't let the fact that we had sex get in the way of you taking your shot." She smiles at me once more before she leaves the room to scrub in.
I soon follow her and start to scrub my hands clean.
"Alright everyone. It's a beautiful night to save lives." She looks over at me and we lock eyes as she ties her race car scrub cap onto her head. She smiles and says, "Let's have some fun."
I smile back as I watch her begin the surgery. I look up to see Brian watching from the observation room.
"Dr. Toretto. Come take a look."
I walk over to Dr. Ortiz and look into the microscope. I watch her as she successfully and gracefully repairs Katie's brain. I'm in awe at what I'm seeing. I'm only an intern and here I am, in an OR, on my first day, watching surgery being done right in front of me instead of through a TV screen.
After the surgery, I'm sitting outside of the OR when Brian walks past me. He stops and looks back to me.
"That was a good surgery."
"Yeah, it was."
He sighs and sits on the chair next to me. "We don't have to do that thing where I say something and then you say something, and then somebody cries, and there's a moment-"
"Brian, we're good." I laugh.
"Good." He looks over at me and smirks. "You should get some sleep. You look like shit."
"I look better than you."
"That's not possible. With these blue eyes, I'm the best looking person in this hospital." He stands up and starts to walk away. "Bye, Dom."
I smile and shake my head.
Dr. Ortiz walks out of the OR soon after and starts to fill out some paper work.
"That was amazing." I say.
She looks at me and smiles.
"You practice on cadavers, you observe, and you think you know how you're going to feel like standing over that table, but... that was such a high. I don't know why anybody takes drugs."
"Yeah." We stare at each other for a while. "I should go talk to Katie's parents."
"You should."
"I'll see you around, Dom." She smiles once more before she leaves.
I smile back and then she's gone.
"See you around, Letty."
Hour 48
It's finally the end of my 48 hour shift and I'm relieved to go home.
"Dominic."
I turn around and see my dad walking towards me in regular clothes. "Hey, dad. My shift is over so I'm just heading home."
"I'm also done. I heard about you and that Katie Bryce case. I'm proud of you, son. You did it all on your own."
"Thanks, dad." I smile at him.
"So you finally met Dr. Ortiz, huh?" He asks as we start heading towards our cars.
"Yeah, I did."
"Quite the character that one, isn't she?"
"She sure is."
"Well I'm glad you two finally met. She's definitely the best surgeon we have here."
"Yeah, she's amazing."
"Well, go home and get some sleep. I'll be a little late, so you and Mia go ahead and start on dinner without me."
"Alright Pops, I'll see you at home."
Sorry for the long wait, again! My life is pretty busy now but hopefully it calms down sooner or later. I hope you guys liked this chapter and please let me know what you think! xoxo