CHAPTER IX – Bipolar

"So? How did it go? Did you make beautiful babies? Dibs on them! I want to be the godmother!" screamed Ruby excited as she saw Allison go into the cafeteria on Monday morning. 'Too Lost In You' by Sugababes was playing. Baby, I'm too lost in you, caught in you, lost in everything about you, so deep, I can't sleep, I can't think, I just think about the things that you do… I'm too lost in you.

"Could you please lower your voice? We're in a public place!" asked Allison irritated "Besides, we didn't do anything because she freaked out and left" remembered the blonde as she sat next to her friend and looked around to see if anyone was listening. The place was deserted; not a single soul was having coffee that day. Except for Ruby, of course; Ruby was everywhere, always.

"What do you mean she-" Allison interrupted her.

"I thought she liked me. Apparently she doesn't and made it perfectly clear yesterday as she slammed the door on my face after I kissed her" said the blonde nervously folding a piece of paper that was on the table. She didn't want to look at her companion, she was embarrassed.

"You kissed?! Oh my god, you're so screwed" said frankly Ruby lost in thought as if she was imagining all the bad things that could happen to Ali.

"Tell me about it" answered Allison. The silence made the music seem louder. 'Cause I'm slipping away like the sand to the tide, falling into your arms, falling into your eyes, if you get too near I might disappear, I might lose my mind. "I hate this song" added the blonde.

At 9:10 am they were already on the 4th floor practicing a surgery to a teenager with a 1-inch-diameter pipe that was piercing her right shoulder. Everything seemed to be fine between the chief and the resident, but they only talked in the operation room about the girl and nothing else. Ruby could sense some tension but didn't want to say anything, just in case.

"Hand me the saw Dr. Cameron, quick" ordered Dr. Zambrano. She turned the saw on and started cutting off the pipe to make it easier to remove. Ruby was trying to calm the girl down but she was in pain and wouldn't stop moving. "Hey sweety, if you stay still it'll be easier for us to remove the pipe and you'll be going home sooner, ok?" continued Eva. She was caring and nice with her patients, but wouldn't show it to the people around her. Allison was perplexed to see Eva act that way; she found it quite… adorable. The girl just kept screaming and moving.

"Seems like the anesthesia's not working!" joked Ruby. "We're lucky it didn't hit any artery, otherwise you wouldn't be here right now" said the youngest woman to the teenager. Sometimes scaring them magically worked. Not this time.

"You're not helping Ruby!" Eva cut her out. "Allison, hold her legs! Ruby, her upper body!" added as she slowly tried to remove the metal. A couple of seconds later the girl got into a shock "Bring me the defibrillator, NOW!" screamed Dr. Zambrano. They spent three hours in the operation room but finally, they came out relieved.

Two minutes had passed after the surgery and Allison tried to get out of the operation room as fast as she could to avoid trouble or awkward conversations with her boss, but failed completely.

"Ruby, please talk to the family" Eva addressed to the youngest. "Dr. Cameron, we need to talk" she whispered, but loud enough for Ruby to hear.

"Why? Was my performance on this surgery poor?" replied Allison playing dumb. She didn't want to face the situation where she had to be all alone with the chief ever again. Last time was a total disaster.

"Not exactly, but I need to talk to you, follow me to the locker room please; it's not up to discussion" called firmly the older woman as she started to walk straight to the elevator. Ruby watched everything from the hallway; she was curious by nature. Allison did what was asked and they silently arrived the room on the 6th floor. The blonde was scared to death; Eva could just fire her in the blink of an eye or hit her to say the least, and she was certainly not ready for it. The brunette took her scrub off and put it inside her locker; and washed her hands to kill the germs. She turned around to face the other and stared, with a hesitant look.

"What is it?" asked the blonde rubbing her own hands and nervously straightening her clothes.

"Could you please do the same? You look disgusting" inquired Eva, making the blonde confused. She took off her scrub and washed her hands, as the other did. She faced her boss again, waiting for a germ-free slap. Out of nowhere, Eva put her left hand on Allison's waist and brought her closer to her, confusing the blonde even more. They gazed at each other but their looks showed different things. Ali was scared and perplexed; Eva was defiant.

Their bodies were touching; making both hearts beat faster. They could feel each other's warm breath and hear the sound of the air going in and out their mouths. The chief couldn't hold the situation any longer so she closed her eyes and kissed her apprentice softly. Allison could taste Eva's strawberry-flavored lipstick. She ran her fingers through her boss' hair and pulled her closer so she couldn't escape again. It took a while for the other to surrender to the feeling, but she did as she pressed Allison against the lockers and grabbed both her hands by the wrists to make her powerless. They stopped kissing for a moment in which they intensively looked at each other and Allison found her lips again feeling her whole body heating up.

Ali got her hands loose and caressed Eva's back straight down; placed them on her waist lifting her shirt and touching her unseen skin for the first time; it was burning up. The brunette made her way through the other's wavy hair and grabbed her neck pressing her lips harder against Ali's.

"Come" mumbled the brunette as she held the other's hand and dragged her to a more private side of the room. She kissed her again; started lifting Ali's grey v-neck shirt until it was completely off and threw it on the floor. The blonde's hair fell on her chest but Eva moved it so she could appreciate the view. She smiled and Ali blushed; they couldn't be apart for more than two seconds as if they were afraid of getting a cold. Ali took the lead and then pressed her body against the brunette's and started unbuttoning her white shirt. Eva's pager interrupted them, again.

"Fuck! I hate that thing!" complained the older woman separating her body from the blonde's. They both sighed annoyed by the little piece of plastic that wouldn't stop beeping. "Put your shirt on, Dr. Cameron. We have to go" said Eva irritated buttoning her shirt, grabbing a new scrub and leaving the place.

"Nice talk, boss" quipped Allison as she followed the chief back to the 4th floor.