Hello, my lovely readers. Okay, so I know that a lot of you want to see more Haylijah but let's just say that our girl is trying to avoid our favorite resident for a little bit longer. There will be a lot of Haylijah in the next chapter. So, I hope you enjoy the friendship and work related antics in this one. On with the show….
Chapter 6: 007: License to Kill
Kol hated her. He must; otherwise he would not force Hayley to stand close by holding to bags full of saline that were to be shoved inside a woman's chest. She felt like an idiot as Kol shimmied to some song that she had never heard before. He was kidding with this routine, right? At some point he would remember that he was training a surgeon, not a puppy who would not stop peeing on his Persian rug?
This did not seem likely as Kol set a scalpel down, spun in a circle and then held out his hand for one of the balloons. "Thank you, Doctor. You can hand the other one to one of the nurses and go away. I'll page you if I need your services again."
Hayley felt her head beginning to throb as Kol began to sing about a pink Cadillac. If there was anyone in this hospital that she was most likely to murder, it was Kol. While the other interns had switched rotations, Hayley was stuck with Kol. Kol who wanted her to suffer. But at least she knew that she was not alone in her suffering. It seemed that everyone had become stuck with their least favorite attendee. Caroline was shadowing Klaus. Tyler was stuck with Marcel. Rebekah had found herself being placed with Sage, who she apparently despised. And Josh was with Elijah for some reason. Probably because Kol would not let Hayley go.
"Hey," Caroline called glumly when Hayley entered the cafeteria on her search for somewhere to sit and relax. Caroline had a black hoodie on with the hood pulled over her head. "I think we should go down to the basement and hide from the attendees."
"Yeah, that would great," Tyler mumbled around a yawn as he came to stand beside the unhappy blonde with Rebekah following him.
"I am going to kill Sage! I swear to God I am," Rebekah said as she rubbed her arms. "My back feels like it has been twisted in every direction possible. She's a sadist, I say."
"At least you got to do something," Tyler quipped as Rebekah sneered at him.
"Whatever," Caroline snapped angrily, swirling a swizzle stick in a cup of black coffee. "Mine is ten times worse."
"Not as bad as mine," Josh called as he came to stand with them. "Elijah has made it his mission to make me feel like the biggest idiot that has ever stepped foot in this hospital."
"That's 'cause you killed someone during your first shift," Tyler pointed out.
"Tyler," Caroline snapped. Rolling her eyes, she gave Tyler a kick to the shin and he yelped. "Going. Now," she ordered the group with a wave of her hands.
"And where are all of you going?" Marcel asked the group as they headed toward the exit. He was sitting at a table with Elijah and Klaus. Hayley tried to not make eye contact with Elijah who she was sure was staring at her. Caroline was yanking her hoodie farther over her head. And Josh was staring at his feet.
"We're going to eat somewhere else. There seems to be this brisk wind coming from this general direction. Brrrr," Tyler told Marcel, shivering to emphasis his point and then they headed out of the cafeteria.
"Go, Ty," Rebekah muttered with a smirk. "Now, Marcel will really be gunning for you."
"I can take the heat, babe. Can you?" Tyler inquired with a smug grin directed at Rebekah who glared back at him and scoffed.
Tossing her hair over her shoulder, Rebekah gave Tyler a chilly smile. "They are my family for the most part, so I think I can survive."
"Whatever," Tyler retorted and Rebekah nudged Hayley with her elbow.
"Think I'm beginning to get to the little wanker. I bet you fifty bucks that I can make him cry by then end of the shift," Rebekah murmured and Hayley nodded.
"Rebekah, why don't you go find some other group of interns to make suffer with your hostility?" Tyler asked as he plopped down on a gurney in the hospital's basement. "I know that it's because you're all pent up and ready to explode due to your need to get lucky but some guys, can't get past the ice queen thing."
"Leave her alone," Josh barked, surprising everyone in the group.
"Why don't you go kill a patient?" Tyler replied, placing his fingers under his chin and nodding. "Oh, yeah, you already checked that one off you're to do list."
"You're a dick, Tyler," Hayley yelled at Tyler who grinned back at her. She had enough of his crap for one day. Actually, it was going on two days now and they were all cranky and sleep deprived. And if Tyler did not stop she was going to kick his ass.
"I've got one. Want to see it?" Tyler asked, grinning while he started to untie the knot holding up his scrubs.
"I am going to kill you," Hayley shouted, leaping toward Tyler with her hands curled into claws.
"What is going on down here?" Dr. Bennett yelled at them and Hayley turned to find the tiny woman standing behind their group with her hands on her hips. She did not look amused by their behavior. Not at all. "First, I hear claims of insubordination among you," she flicked her gaze at Caroline and Tyler. "Then I hear that one of you killed a man," she shook her head at Josh who looked pale. "And then I don't want to know what in the God's name the rest of you have been up to. But I will say this. It needs to end, right now. You hear me, people. You're going to pull it together, finish your shifts, go home, get some sleep and then drag your sorry behinds back in here to feel that sweet burn because you are doctors. That's what we do. Got it?"
"Yes, M'am," everyone replied.
"Now, go. Be doctors," Dr. Bennett shouted at them and they scurried away back to their attendees.
"Hayley," Elijah called as Hayley headed up to the second floor, hoping to be able to hide in the cafeteria line. She really needed to eat. And to not talk to Elijah. Things happened when they were alone, and, of course, everyone had to continue running up the stairs leaving her with him.
"Hayley, I thought that maybe if you had a moment that we might talk about what happened yesterday. On the roof," Elijah said quietly. His voice was barely above a whisper and he was too close. Way too close. She could feel his breath on her skin and if she leaned upward…. Nope. No way.
"I've got to go," Hayley cried out and ran up the stairs as fast as her legs would carry her. Exiting the first door she saw, she ran into a nurse with an arm full of suture kits.
"Watch it," the nurse snapped at her and Hayley groaned. Looking around, she saw Caroline who was standing in a corner, watching Klaus with a box of Kool-Aid glued to her lips as she squeezed the box dry. Sneaking up behind Caroline, Hayley placed a hand on the girl's shoulder and muffled a laugh when Caroline yelped.
"Ah, there you are, Forbes. Come here. I need you to fill out my post-op notes," Klaus ordered Caroline who nodded without a word of protest.
"Jerk," Hayley muttered and then she felt her throat tighten when Klaus turned to glare at Caroline.
"And for that you will be filling out my resident's post-ops notes as well," Klaus snapped.
"But I didn't," Caroline began when Klaus held up a hand.
"Just do it," Klaus told her with a glare before he strode off to torture another innocent intern. "What the hell are you doing?" Klaus yelled at the young man as Hayley and Caroline fled the area.
"Shit," Rebekah could be heard yelling from a room down the hall and her two co-workers wandered in that direction to find that she was holding her left eye. "She hit me!"
"I told you to hold her still," Sage complained as she knelt atop a table attempting to pull a patient's leg back into its socket. "A little help would be nice," she called when she spotted the interns.
"Why didn't you put her out?" Rebekah moaned as she got to her feet while Caroline set the charts on a tray and moved to help Hayley hold the patient down.
The patient growled at Rebekah. "Because I used to snort cocaine. I don't want drugs. Got it, you pampered little princess! Why don't you go get married and get the hell out of this line of worrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkk. Agh. Are you trying to kill me?" the woman shrieked when Sage climbed off the table.
"The good news is that your leg is back in its socket. The bad news is that you have a broken rib that pierced your left lung and it has to be removed before your lung fills with blood and you can no longer breathe," Sage announced so quickly that Hayley could hardly keep up.
"Who's doing the operation?" Hayley inquired.
"Dr. Bennett," Sage informed her. "If you ask nicely she might allow to observe."
"That would be awesome," Hayley enthused as Rebekah glared at her.
"I almost lost an eye! I'm the one who should get to observe," Rebekah snapped.
The patient began to laugh. "Listen to the princess. You're lucky I can't get up from here. Otherwise I'd make both your eyes match, sweetheart."
"You can have her," Rebekah snorted. "I'm done." Walking out of the room, Rebekah allowed the door to slam behind her.
"She's got a temper, that one," the patient said with a laugh. "What about you, honey, you got a temper, too?" Hayley's eyebrows rose as the woman examined her.
Thinking about her answer, Hayley smiled. "It depends on who you ask."
The patient chuckled. "I like you. You're spunky. The other one is just plain mean. Like this dog I had once. She was so darn mean that she scared everyone with her bark. Even I had a hard time putting up with her. Then one day she just up and dies on me. That was the day that I realized that I was going to miss the stupid dog."
Hayley was left wondering if she was trying to tell her something about not allowing Rebekah's temperament to get the best of them or whether this had nothing to do with the intern. "That's terribly sad," Hayley said sympathetically.
"Well, we all got to go sometime. You know," the woman said with a laugh. "What's your name, honey?"
"Hayley. Hayley Marshall," Hayley told the patient who nodded.
"You look like someone I used to know. But his name wasn't Marshall. Can't remember what it was though." The woman shook her head while she spoke.
"We need to get you prepped for surgery," Sage informed the patient as two nurses came in to move her to another gurney.
"I'll be seeing you, Hayley. And Dr. Bone Cracker, don't lose that sense of humor of yours," the patient called and Sage waved good-bye with a smile before placing her hand to her stomach.
"I am starving. Are you hungry, Marshall?" Sage inquired and Hayley nodded. "What about you, Forbes?"
"I'm always hungry," Caroline replied with a giggle.
"Good, then I don't feel so bad when I'm caught snacking like every five minutes," Sage told them in a conspiratorial tone. The three women walked down the hall and to the bank of elevators. "I guess that's what happens when you're eating for two," Sage was saying when the doors swung open and Rebekah stood staring at her sister-in-law in horror.
"You're pregnant?" Rebekah said. Her disdain could not be more evident if she held up a sign. "I would say congratulations but you understand that I don't say things I don't mean."
"Are you ever going to accept that I'm not going anywhere, Bekah?" Sage inquired as Rebekah pressed a button and stared at the closing doors.
"No," Rebekah replied with venom in her tone.
"How's the eye?" Sage asked, reaching out and placing her hand on Rebekah's cheek only to have it whacked away.
"Keep your bloody hands off of me," Rebekah snarled as Sage withdrew her hand. When the elevator doors opened, Sage was the first one off.
"I think I'll go find something in the vending machine," Sage said before walking away.
"Good riddance," Rebekah hissed under her breath.
Hayley felt horribly confused as the red headed doctor disappeared around a corner. "Why do you hate her so much?" she asked Rebekah as they entered the cafeteria and went to stand in line.
Rebekah's nose rose in the air as she sneered at the other people in line. "Because she is a hypocritical bitch. That is why. She acts as if she loves my brother so very much but I know why she really married him."
Caroline grabbed a sandwich, a bag of chips and a package of cookies before asking her own question. "Why?" Hayley was a little shocked. Usually the other woman had much more to say.
"Because she knew she would not get a job if she did not marry into a family of doctors in which one headed a hospital. Her grades were a bloody joke. She partied straight through med school. Nearly got Finn drummed out of the program during their first year by causing an incident. And if you think that Josh made a mistake; that is nothing compared to Sage. She killed not just one, but five patients in her first two years. Stupid, stupid, impulsive little twit. And my father covered for her. Can you believe it?" Rebekah finished by grabbing a salad, a pack of chocolate chip cookies and glared at a young nurse who seemed to be listening. "Mind your own bloody business."
"So, you're telling us that your sister-in-law killed that many people and kept her job? I don't believe it," Caroline said as they went outside to eat. "I think that you made that up to make us think that Sage is a bad person because you want us to hate her as much as you do."
"Think what you want," Rebekah said with a shrug as she pulled the cover of her salad off and then poured ranch dressing on top. "She's a screw up, and when you get blamed for one of her careless mistake don't say I didn't warn you."
Feeling sick to her stomach, Hayley stared at the pizza she had purchased. "And she got away with it because of your dad?" Hayley asked, feeling like there was more to the story.
"Yes, because he did not want Finn to be dragged into some kind of scandal. He had no idea that Finn would be stupid enough to marry the tramp," Rebekah spat out, her loathing becoming more obvious with each new syllable. "I just can't wait to see what Nik brings home, or worse yet Kol. I mean if one of my 'good' brothers makes such a colossal mistake I can only imagine what those two would bring home." Sighing heavily, Rebekah smiled at Hayley and Caroline. "At least I don't have to worry about my awful brothers corrupting the two of you. Neither of you would be so stupid as to involve yourselves with them."
Hayley forced a smile as Caroline nodded vigorously. "Yeah, they're both a couple of world class jerks. It's a good thing I already have a boyfriend."
Hayley's eyebrows rose. "You have a boyfriend?" looking at Rebekah, Hayley grinned before leaning across the table. "Okay. Spill. What's he like?"
"His name is Lorenzo. But everyone calls him Enzo. He's a good friend of one of my best friend's, Elena's, boyfriend, Damon. He's a singer and has his own band. Which is why we rarely get to see each other because we're both always so busy. Right now, he's on the road but we talk on the phone a lot when neither of us is working."
"Sounds like a charmer," Rebekah replied with a smirk. "So, who are you going to date when you two break up?"
"We're not breaking up," Caroline protested, opening her bag of chips and shoving one into her mouth.
"Tell her, Hayley," Rebekah goaded Hayley who felt confused. Rebekah's eyebrows moved upward. "Don't tell me that you've never had a long distance relationship before?"
Hayley thought about it. "It depends upon how you define relationship. I once backpacked through Europe and I met some interesting guys. And they send me letters sometimes."
"You did not," Rebekah said with a laugh as she fell back into her seat. "How many countries did you go backpacking through?"
Thinking about it, Hayley smiled. "England, France, Spain, spent a week in Ireland, went to Scotland. But I love Sweden, even if it was cold that season. Not that I felt the weather when I spent most of the time curled up with a guy named, Sven. He gave the best massages. Head to toe," wiggling her eyebrows, Hayley threw her head back and laughed when the other two women shot her looks of envy.
"I would kill for a man who would give me a massage right now," Rebekah groaned as her eyes roamed the cafeteria and landed on someone. Hayley felt curious when Rebekah's eyes narrowed as she continued to stare.
"What are we looking at?" Hayley whispered as she craned her neck to spot Marcel who was buying a cup of coffee and appeared to be flirting with a nurse. "Oh!"
Snapping her head in Hayley's direction, Rebekah's glare made Hayley bite her lower lip. "There is nothing to go 'Oh' about."
"You mean you don't have the hots for Dr. Gerard," Caroline quipped as she looked at Hayley who was nodding in agreement.
"I do not like the man in the slightest. He is too much like Nik. It would be like dating my brother and that makes me want to retch. So, thank you both for that stunning visual. If you will excuse me I have to apply more ice to my eye. The swelling does not seem to be decreasing," Rebekah said as she gathered her trash and strode off while glaring at Marcel's back.
"Yup, she has it bad," Caroline said thoughtfully.
What Caroline did not know and God help Hayley she would never know that her fellow intern had already had sex with one of the attendees. Closing her eyes, Hayley felt herself begin to smile as hazy memories of sex with Elijah came swirling into her mind. Yes, what her fellow interns did not know would not hurt them. And this was one secret that Hayley had no intention of revealing any time soon.
Okay, so there's that chapter. As I said, I hope that you liked it because, like I said, lots of Haylijah will coming up next week at our new time Monday, Oct. 6, The Originals premiere date, which I confused with the date for TVD the last time.
Thank you to everyone who has read, faved, followed and/or reviewed.
Answers to reviews:
Amke00: Thank you. Next chapter will be full of Haylijah. I promise.
Guest: I will try to write a longer chapter sometime although it might be posted closer to Christmas.
Guest: Thank you. You will see a little more of Rebekah and Marcel in the future of this fic. They're kind of on Hayley's peripheral vision. But I love Rebel so they will come into play before chapter twenty.
Aiah: Thank you. Those are the words that I love to see to describe this fic because I know that TO can be rather dark which is one of the reasons that we love it but sometimes it's good to take a little break from all that darkness. Oh, and I love Haylijah, too. They're one of my OTPs because they have awesome chemistry.
Sammiewolf: I hope you enjoyed Dr. Bennett's speech that she gave Josh because realistically you're going to make mistakes in a hospital. And Josh just learned a really hard lesson but he will grow from it. I swear there is a ton of Haylijah in the next chapter. And thank you for loving this fic.
S: Thank you. I'm thrilled that you're enjoying it so much.
Peace,
Jessica
