Hello, my lovely readers. This chapter is about Hayley, Elijah and Dr. Bennett for the most part. On with the show…
Chapter 7: Playing Nice with Your Resident
Feeling her head loll forward as she sat on top of a gurney, Hayley fought sleep. The rotation was almost over. Her first hell filled hours were almost at an end and she was going to be able to observe Dr. Bennett's surgery. It should be a dream, if only she could stay awake. Rebekah and Tyler were playing poker while Caroline sat beside Hayley mindlessly highlighting a text to death. Josh was sleeping on another gurney because none of the attendees would allow him to be any less than five feet from a patient therefore he figured sleeping through his last eight hours was a better idea.
"You have to stay awake unless you want the little wanker here to take your spot," Rebekah called, throwing a card at Hayley which fell on top of her head.
"Would you stop calling me that?" Tyler snapped irritably.
"Would you stop asking me to show you my breasts?" Rebekah snapped back just as irritably.
Tyler grinned as Hayley placed her head on his shoulder. "Do you want me to hold you down while Rebekah gives you a vasectomy without the use of anesthesia?" Hayley inquired with an innocent pout while Tyler rolled his eyes.
"Caroline, do you find me attractive?" Tyler inquired as Caroline flipped a page.
"Sure," Caroline replied absently.
"See, I knew there was someone with good sense around here," Tyler said with a chuckle.
"I also think that you're attractiveness runs as deep as your ability to restrain yourself which would be very little," Caroline finished and Rebekah began to laugh until she fell backward on the gurney.
"You know back at my old school women lined up to get a piece of this," Tyler informed them.
Hayley grinned at him before replying, "Then why don't you go back."
"We'll buy you a ticket," Josh added grimly as he sat up on his elbows.
"What are all of you dong down here now?" Dr. Bennett yelled as she made her way toward them.
"Studying," Caroline announced as Tyler and Rebekah hastily collected the cards and hid them under their scrubs.
Dr. Bennett did not seem to believe Caroline as she came to stand before them with her arms folded over her chest. "Uh huh," she replied with a nod. Then she reached for the card that had fallen off of Hayley's head and next to her hip. "Looks like studying to me alright. Marshall, I'm going up to scrub in for that surgery that Sage Mikaelson told me you wanted in on," their resident announced and Hayley sucked in a deep breath. "Forbes, Klaus Mikaelson wants his post-ops. Now! Lockwood and junior Mikaelson, Kol has something he wants you for. Don't ask me what! I don't even want to know. And, Josh, get off your butt and find something to do. We kill people sometimes. It's unfortunate. But you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and go save a life."
The group got up and scrambled out of the basement. Hayley was left behind waiting for Bonnie Bennett who was smirking as she watched cards fall out of Tyler Lockwood's pants. "Yeah, that's what I mean. Studying my ass." Shaking her head, the woman walked slightly ahead of Hayley as the intern tried not to squeal with delight. She was going to observe a surgery. This was a great day after all. "Idiots," Dr. Bennett said with a roll of her eyes.
"FYI, Marshall, try to not piss your pants when I make the first incision," Dr. Bennett said as they walked up to the first floor. Hayley opened her mouth to respond when Dr. Bennett gave her a long look. "It's happened before. Trust me, it isn't pretty and it contaminates the area. So, go to the bathroom before you scrub in."
"Yes, M'am," Hayley replied with a grin which she tried to conceal but nothing seemed to get past her resident.
"Do not speak. Do not move. If I ask you a question do not recite an answer as long as Titanic. Got it," Dr. Bennett said as they walked toward the elevators. When the doors swung open a group with a gurney came hurrying toward the open doors and Dr. Bennett pushed Hayley out of the way, holding the doors open. "Another thing, if there's a gurney headed into or out of the elevators, move. Mere seconds could mean the difference between someone's life and death."
"Yes," Hayley replied as they stood and waited for the next elevator. When the doors opened it was blissfully empty. Getting inside, Hayley watched Dr. Bennett press the button for the sixth floor. As the doors moved to close on someone's hand, holding a folder, moved in between them. "Oh, my," Hayley gasped, moving to push the open door button while the doors automatically opened of their own accord.
Seeing the face of Elijah Mikaelson, Hayley felt her heart begin to hammer in her chest. "Hi, Hayley," he said quietly with a wide grin.
"Dr. Mikaelson," Dr. Bennett greeted Elijah whose eyes moved to register her presence as he got onto the elevator and Hayley gulped as he came to stand slightly in front of the two women.
Inclining his head toward Dr. Bennett, Elijah smiled down at her. "Bonnie, how has your day been?" Hayley relaxed a fraction in spite of the tension in the elevator. It had to be the sound of Elijah's calm, reassuring tone that made her feel like everything was right with the world.
"Oh, everything is fine with my day. I'm about to perform surgery on a woman who was riding a dirt bike and punctured her lung with a rib," Dr. Bennett announced. "That means that I get to cut today and that is a good day. Now, if the patient lives through the surgery, then it will be a great day."
"I'm sure that you will do everything in your power to make this into a great day, Dr. Bennett. Perhaps I will be able to observe," Elijah surmised as he pulled out his phone and began to search his schedule.
"That would be an honor, sir," Dr. Bennett replied with a wide grin. "But won't you have a surgery of your own today?"
"No, no. I just finished up. I would be going home but it seems I have nothing to do there," Elijah replied with a wistful laugh and Dr. Bennett laughed with him.
"You deserve a little down time, Dr. Mikaelson," Dr. Bennett informed Elijah who nodded.
Elijah looked at Hayley and then at the doors. "Maybe later." Hayley felt her cheeks begin to burn and it did not help that Dr. Bennett's eyes were now burning a hole in her. 'Please, let her powers of deduction fail for once,' Hayley prayed silently. If the woman found out about Hayley and Elijah, Hayley was sure that she would make her life a living hell.
The doors swung open and Elijah exited before holding the doors open for the two women to pass through them. Hayley refused to make eye contact with him as she walked by him while Dr. Bennett walked down the hall with quick strides. "Coming, Marshall?" she called over her shoulder and Hayley realized that she was still standing in front of the elevator doors.
Moving to follow Dr. Bennett down the hallway, Hayley felt Elijah's hand graze her lower back and she stifled a gasp. 'Damn him,' she thought as she hurried to follow her boss. "I think I forgot something in the locker room," Hayley said quickly as Dr. Bennett turned to look at her.
"Ummm hmmm. Well, go get it. And hurry up, or you're going to miss this surgery," Dr. Bennett called after Hayley as she turned on her heel and hurried back to the elevators. She could swear she heard the woman mutter. "Interns," as she fled.
Hitting the elevator button several times, Hayley waited for the doors to open again and then wanted to scream when she saw Elijah standing inside. He looked amused as she got on and turned her back to him. He slid an arm forward and pushed a button. "It helps if you select a floor," he whispered into her ear and she felt her body tense up as his hand brushed her side.
'I am not doing this. I am not doing this. I am not doing this,' Hayley chanted to herself silently when Elijah hit the emergency stop button and then spun her around. Feeling her heart begin to slam against her rib cage, Hayley grinned when Elijah lifted her up against a wall of the elevator and kissed her deeply. She could live for his kisses alone.
Running her hands through his hair, Hayley gasped as Elijah's hands came to rest on her backside as he pressed closer to her. Oh, God, she wanted more time but she needed to get to that surgery. Oh, but this man was making it horribly difficult as he ran his hands over her body and moved his tongue over hers so slowly that it made her want to rip his clothes off. "Can't. Do. This," she moaned as his lips moved down her neck and his hands slid under her shirt.
"Do you truly want me to stop? There will be many more surgeries to observe," Elijah promised as Hayley stared into his eyes.
"You're going to be bad for my career," she informed him as he pulled on the string holding her scrub pants up.
"But I could be good for you," Elijah replied as his lips traveled down to her collarbone.
"No," Hayley said, pushing him away gently. "I'm doing this on my terms." Taking a deep breath, Hayley patted Elijah on the shoulders. "Put me down. We can't do this," she murmured, scooting into a non-Elijah filled corner to pull her hair back up and tie her pants.
Elijah smoothed his hair back before he moved into her corner of the elevator. "Are you saying that you don't want this to happen again, ever?" he inquired hoarsely, placing his hand to her cheek and making it more difficult for her to resist him.
"Yes," Hayley told him with as much certainty as she could muster.
"If that is your wish," Elijah said, moving backwards to pull the button and allow them to leave the elevator.
Hayley nodded in reply, peering up at him through her lashes and then moved toward him quickly, pressing her lips to his. Reaching behind Elijah, she pulled the button and waited for the elevator doors to signal that they were about to open. When they did, she pulled away. Feeling her cheeks flush as the doors opened to reveal Caroline and Klaus who both looked curious as Hayley moved out of the elevator quickly and past them. "Brother, what a lovely shade of lip gloss that you're wearing today," Klaus quipped.
Hayley felt herself beginning to turn crimson as Elijah got off the elevator. She didn't even bother to look at Caroline knowing that Caroline would know if she looked her in the eye. Hurrying down the hall, she headed toward the operating room. One of the nurses told her what to do and she hurried through the routine as Elijah entered the room without a word directed at Hayley.
"Did you find it?" Dr. Bennett asked when Hayley entered the room.
"I'm sorry. What?" Hayley felt confused.
"Whatever you had to go back to the locker room for," Dr. Bennett replied drily. "Did you get it?"
Hayley felt like smacking herself. "Yes, I did," she said. "It's just a good luck charm."
Dr. Bennett's eyes flicked to Hayley and she thought the resident might be smiling by the way that her eyes were twinkling. "I have one of those myself, Marshall, I think all of us have either a good luck charm or some kind of ritual. Whatever gets you through the day."
'Yes,' Hayley thought. 'Whatever gets you through the day.' While the thought ran through her head Elijah entered the room and she felt her life moving before her eyes. She saw herself becoming a resident. Performing her first solo operation. Finishing the program. Entering the hospital on her first day as a resident. Having her own group of interns. Becoming the chief of her own hospital. Then she saw herself entering her home to find that she was utterly and completely alone. Maybe she would have a cat.
Moving her head, Hayley found that Elijah was staring back at her. The look in his eyes made her heart squeeze painfully and she forced herself to look at the patient. This was her job, her career and her future. Elijah had already secured his future and she certainly was not going to marry into her position. Not that she believed that Elijah would marry her. They barely knew each other. However, there was still a tiny part of her that made her fear that she had made the wrong choice.
"Shit," Dr. Bennett suddenly said. "She's bleeding out, people," she yelled. "Somebody call and tell them I need more blood. Move!" Hayley watched as a nurse moved to the phone and dialed a number. She watched as Elijah moved forward and added his pair of hands to attempt to stop the bleeding.
"Come on, Sherri, come on. Don't you give up on me," Dr. Bennett yelled as she tried keep the woman alive.
"Bonnie, she's gone," Elijah said, taking a step back and pulling his surgical mask down.
Staring at the patient, Bonnie Bennett cursed under her breath before she jerked her mask down. "Time of death, 5:45 p. m.," she announced in a resigned tone as her shoulders slumped.
"You did everything you could do," Elijah murmured.
Dr. Bennett shook her head. "This is the worst part. This was going to be a great day."
"And you will have another. Tomorrow will be a great day," Elijah reassured her.
"One day you're going to tell me where you get that optimism from," Dr. Bennett replied as she stepped down from the stool she was standing on to reach the patient.
Smiling, Elijah shrugged. "You've met my family. What would be your best guess?" he inquired and Dr. Bennett began to laugh.
"Uh huh. Go home, Dr. Mikaelson and get some rest because someone told me that tomorrow is going to be a great day," Dr. Bennett ordered Elijah. "Doctors' orders."
Grinning, Elijah nodded. "And we all know that all patients strictly subscribe to doctors' orders."
Dr. Bennett peeled her gloves off with a smirk directed at Elijah. "Oh, no, sir, they do not. But if they know what's best for them they put some thought into what they're told."
Nodding, Elijah walked over to the door. "Good evening, Dr. Bennett. Dr. Marshall." He called as if Hayley's name was an afterthought and he never once looked at Hayley before he exited the room.
Hayley followed Dr. Bennett into a scrub room and watched as her resident washed her hands and began to lecture the intern. "That man is a workaholic. I swear I expect to find him here when I walk in the morning and to see him when I leave at night. Never gives up. Such dedication to his career and his patience astounds me. It's enough to make someone begin to forget themselves. To slip up and find that they're doing things that they would not ordinarily do, with people they would not ordinarily do them with. You understand what I'm saying to you, Marshall?"
"Yes, I think I do," Hayley replied slowly as she moved over to another sink to wash up even though she hadn't been part of the procedure.
"I suspect that you would. You're not a stupid woman, Marshall. Don't prove me wrong," Dr. Bennett said as she dried her hands. "I would hate to see someone at the beginning of their career throw it all away." Throwing the towels in the trash, Dr. Bennett waited for Hayley to finish up drying her own.
"Write the post-op notes and then you're free to go home and go to bed. Or whatever it is you plan on doing. You'll be back here soon enough. But be proud of yourself. You survived your first shift." Nodding, Dr. Bennett walked way, Hayley exited the room and walked over to the desk to collect the chart to begin her work.
Rebekah was sitting in a chair with her feet on the desk. "Are you done yet?"
"No, I have some notes to fill out. Are you done?" Hayley inquired as Rebekah nodded with an exhausted grin. "Thankfully, yes. One more hour and I might have been using a scalpel on myself."
"Tell about it," Hayley replied as she propped her feet on top of the desk.
"Are you going to Caroline's little party after you're done?" Rebekah inquired with a lazy smile as she crossed her arms behind her head and leaned back.
Hayley groaned and let the chart drop to the desk as she turned to stare at Rebekah. "I forgot the party. Do you think that Caroline will notice if I miss it?"
Rebekah started to laugh when Caroline appeared as if she had been summoned. "Don't forget my party. I expect both of you to be there. You can't leave me alone with Tyler. I do stupid things when I'm drunk."
"Like Tyler?" Rebekah teased with a mock shocked look as Caroline smacked her on the arm.
"No, like anyone," Caroline replied with a half-hysterical giggle. "Man, I am tired."
"We all are," Hayley pointed out as she grabbed the post-ops and Caroline headed toward the elevators.
"Just don't have sex with one of my brothers," Rebekah yelled after Caroline who waved back. "Otherwise I can't be your friend." Sitting back down, Rebekah smirked. "Like I would be anyway, you little twit."
"Who's a little twit?" Klaus asked them as he came to glare down at the interns while pulling his jacket on.
"No one you care about. Oh, wait, you don't care about anyone," Rebekah replied with a grin. "And don't go to O'Connell's tonight. I want a brotherless night to kick up my heels."
"You mean so you can drop your knickers and piss off Father with a pregnant intern scandal?" Klaus retorted and Rebekah threw a pen at his head as he walked away laughing.
"Useless wanker," Rebekah muttered as she stared at Hayley. "My grandmother writes faster than you do."
"Really?" Hayley said. "How old is your grandmother?"
"Zero. Because she's dead, dear, now hurry the bloody hell up. I want to get drunk and then fall asleep in a random place," Rebekah complained.
Hayley grinned as she finished up the notes and put them away. "Okay. But since you rushed me, you owe me a drink."
"Yes, so that I may be the sober one and have to drive. No, thank you," Rebekah shook her head with a defiant expression.
"No, we can call a cab," Hayley pointed out.
"And I can crash at you place tonight?" Rebekah asked with a smile.
"My home is your castle," Hayley replied. She had no idea how soon that statement would become true.
I hope that you enjoyed the chapter. Hayley's trying so hard to control her feelings but let's face it, she's already had sex with the guy so how long is it going to be before she jumps him?
Thank you to everyone who faved, followed, read and/or reviewed this chapter. And thank you to everyone who has faved or followed me as an author. If it were not for the fans I would not be trying my best to give you quality writing for zero dollars.
Magnolia123: Yes, Rebekah definitely likes Marcel and boy does it piss her off. There's nothing like having a crush on someone you think you can't be with. So she and Hayley are in the same boat soon to be joined by Caroline.
Guest: I don't really know if Hayley will become pregnant in this fic. It probably just depends on how long it is and if I write a sequel. I'm writing fics loosely based on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer with Caroline Forbes as Buffy and I'm making them into twenty-two chapter stories like how the shows are made up of twenty-two episodes. If I do that then at some point I would say that, yes, Hayley would have a child like Meredith did on Grey's. But that would be a long time from now. I think. And thank you for asking because that gives me a lot to think about.
Sammiewolf: Good, because it's not easy to try to write those types of speeches. Bonnie Bennett is a bit hard on the interns in this story but that's because she knows that they have very hard years ahead of them and, as you can see in this chapter, no matter how hard you try you can't keep everyone alive.
Braindead: I know. Too much good hair and good looks period. If only they could have a baby. Or someone could be born that looked that good. Damn. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and enjoy the rest of the story.
Peace,
Jessica
