Chapter 34: Your license to practice medicine

Author's Note:

Someone saves the day in this chapter, he's the most unlikely of characters and what he does helps with some of his relationships until someone hears a secret of his. It starts off with the nurses talking about Lulu and Milo and I'm trying to write for Lulu and Jolene to become good friends because Lulu needs a girl to talk to and Spinelli is going to need a new leading lady, but whether Jolene is it I haven't decided. I really like how this chapter moves from the different characters. There aren't a lot of characters in the chapter the main ones are Jolene, Lulu, Steven, Dr. Julian and Epiphany. Jason and Elizabeth don't come till the end. This chapter tells what's going on with Spinelli. He's been at the hospital for a couple of hours and I'm not a doctor so I tried to make the entire doctor med lingo sound correct. I don't know if you all watch Grey's Anatomy, but in the recent season Meredith falls into a harbor and almost drowns, but the way they bring her back to life is how I tried to do it with Spinelli. Anyway enjoy!

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Since the minute they brought Milo into the ER Lulu never left his side. She stayed by him all night holding on to his hand, taking to him occasionally and sometimes she would climb into bed with him just to feel closer to him.

Jolene walked by to tell her that her other good friend had been put in the hospital, but as she saw her cuddled up with Milo she didn't want to bother her. Leyla and Regina walked by, "Any change in him?"

"No…he's getting weaker…" she told them as she walked with them down the hall.

"Have you told her about her other friend?" Regina asked.

"No she looked so calm I didn't want to tell her something else that would bring her down anymore than she already is," Jolene looked at them.

"Yeah…I can't believe how bad he looked…did you see his charts?" Leyla looked at them.

"No not really I know he had been in the water for a bit…almost drowned…" Jolene said wondering what else could have happened.

"That was the least of it. He was beat up, stabbed, broken ribs…face is bruised…its horrible…" Leyla said as they walked to the place they hang out at when their not on duty.

"Gosh…That's really sad…" Jolene said for the times she talked to Spinelli he was always very sweet, he was in no way deserving of this.

"Yeah…that guy you like, Jason Morgan and his girl friend are waiting for someone to tell them something…" Leyla informed them almost hinting to them that one of them should do it.

"What are you looking at me for?" Jolene asked.

"Hey you scored points with the nurse the other day…she likes you…why not use it to your advantage?" Regina honestly said.

"Alright…I think you guys are talking nonsense…I just did what she asked, but whatever…" she walked on her way to the trauma room where Dr. Julian and Epiphany were still trying to warm Spinelli up.

Epiphany meanwhile had been stitching up Spinelli's cuts and the gash in his stomach, "Oh lord I can't believe what this poor boy has been through…"

"I know…" he looked at the monitors which gave him a temperate of seventy five degrees.

Dr. Julian looked at Spinelli's face, "It's a miracle he's last this long…"

"It's a miracle he didn't die upon impact of that blade hitting his stomach…" she finished sowing him up.

Jolene walked in, "How is …" she stopped talking when she saw just how different he looked she almost couldn't recognize him.

"Jolene you shouldn't be here…" Epiphany said.

"Well I thought I would get an update and tell Mr. Morgan and Ms. Webber…" Jolene said but was still very fixated on him.

"I think you should let them sleep, if something happens we'll let them know…" Epiphany looked at her and could see it pained her to see such a sweet guy look like this.

"His temperature is rising…" Dr. Julian said as it moved up ten points.

Jolene walked closer to Spinelli and curiously touched his hand, "Who did this to you?"

She looked at him remembering how nervous he always was around her and she ignored him most of the time because of Jason's presence.

"Someone who wanted revenge…" Dr. Julian said as he continued looking at the monitors.

Jolene looked up at Epiphany waiting to see what she had to say, "Someone who thought he knew too much…" was her take on it.

"He's gonna be ok right?" Jolene looked at them for he was just too nice of a guy to die.

"Jolene go wait outside…" Dr. Julian said as Spinelli's temperature rose to ninety two degrees.

"What's going on?" she looked at them who knew they were getting close to doing something big.

"His temperature is almost there…we're going to get ready to bring his heart beat up…" Dr. Julian walked over to the crash cart.

"Can I help?" she asked, but Epiphany said no.

She looked at him one last time, "I'll be waiting out here for you…" she said as a friendly gesture.

She closed the curtain behind him and walked by Jason and Elizabeth who were sleeping peacefully and decided not to bother them, but decided to see if Lulu was available to talk.

Lulu stepped outside of the room for a minute and saw Jolene walking to her, "Hey…"

"Hi…" she didn't know what to say to her.

"Hey what's wrong?" Lulu asked for there was a reason for Lulu to be upset, but for her it didn't make sense.

"Lulu there's something you need to know…" she started to tell her.

"What's going on?" she wondered if it was about Milo.

"Come with me…" she said as they turned the corner and walked to the trauma room.

"Jolene what's going on?" they were right outside of his room now.

"Ok let's just wait for his temperature to go up just a little bit…" he waited for it to turn to ninety five degrees.

Dr. Julian looked at Epiphany, "Ok…lets use the paddles and see if we can use it to bring his heart beat back up…charge the crash cart…"

"There was an accident Lulu I'm so sorry, but it's Spinelli…" she said to her and could see the tears coming.

"I just thought you should know…" she said wondering if she had made the right decision.

"Charge to two hundred…" he stated to Epiphany and to a few other nurses who had come in to help.

"Clear!" he shouted again as he looked up at the monitor, but his heart beat wasn't getting any stronger.

"I have to see him…" she pulled the curtain and saw them trying to bring Spinelli back.

"Ok lets try this again!" Dr. Julian shouted until he saw Lulu standing there, "Get her out of here!"

Epiphany looked over, "Jolene get her out of here…"

"Shoot his heart beat is dropping lets give him…" Dr. Julian started shouted different drugs they could use to prevent his heart from dropping any further.

"Lulu come on…" Jolene said as she too was distracted for what she was seeing.

"Take over…" Epiphany stated to the other nurses as she walked the two out to where Jason and Elizabeth had been sitting.

"NO! Is he dying?" Lulu shouted for she couldn't lose Spinelli, he other best friend.

"Calm down…" Epiphany tried to get her to be quiet because she didn't want Jason and Elizabeth to wake up.

"No!" she shouted.

"Clear!" Dr. Julian shouted.

The shock opened up a wound of Spinelli's and blood started squirting out, "Epiphany!"

Jason stirred and saw Epiphany and Lulu talking, but it was more than that. As his vision became clearer he saw Lulu screaming to be near Spinelli.

"Elizabeth wake up…" he said slowly as he tried to get up.

She started to wake up and heard Lulu's voice.

"Epiphany he's bleeding out!" A nurse ran out to tell her.

"Page Dr. Drake Senior…" she said for they needed extra doctors and he was one of the few still here.

Elizabeth opened her eyes and saw Lulu freaking out, is Spinelli dead? Is Milo dead too? She thought.

"No don't leave me!" Lulu shouted as Epiphany ran back and Jolene went to page the other doctors.

"Lulu!" Jason shouted at her and she looked over, "What's going on?" he asked.

She walked over to them; "I don't know I just walked over there and they starting using those paddle things and shouting clear every couple of minutes…" she looked down.

"Lulu, come here…" Elizabeth said to her to offer support, "Jason what happened to him?" Lulu asked.

"He was beat up and when I find out who beat him up…they're gonna pay…" Jason looked angry very much ready for revenge.

"Ok what happened?" Epiphany asked as she put gloves on.

"It doesn't matter we got to take him into surgery…" Dr. Julian ordered and they pulled the curtains back and ran to the operating room.

"How did he look?" Elizabeth asked Lulu for she wanted to know how bad it really was.

"Elizabeth you can't even tell it's him…" she looked at her and Jason looked down, he felt sick.

Steven had come into the hospital to grab a few things when he saw Elizabeth and Jason and Lulu sitting in the waiting room, "Is everything alright?" he asked curiously for he didn't want to get into anything, but was concerned by their faces.

Jolene walked back over, "They're taking him into surgery we should know something soon."

"Jolene what's going on?" he asked her.

"Spinelli, you know that guy that came in a month ago that needed the spinal surgery, he's back in here with some other problem…" Jolene informed him.

"Take me to him…" Steven said and when Elizabeth heard him say that she knew he wasn't suppose to be anywhere near the OR.

He quickly scrubbed in for he was already wearing his scrubs and walked into the OR doors, "What's going on?"

Dr. Julian and Epiphany looked over, "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I'm here to save his ass," Steven looked at them like he meant business.

"Steven you're not suppose…" Epiphany started to tell him he needed to leave, but Dr. Julian just involved him in the surgery.

"He was stabbed here…" Dr. Julian showed him.

"But he's got a broken rib here…" he also pointed out.

"Jesus Christ what happened to him?" Steven asked, but he didn't need an answer it was obvious someone had beaten him to keep his mouth shut.

"Ok shoot no wonder he's bleeding out so much there's an arterial bleed…here I'll get this assist me here…" he pointed and Dr. Julian and him started to fix are the problems that they didn't see before.

"Steven could lose his license if he does this…" Elizabeth looked at Jason, "Well maybe everyone will keep quiet."

"Good work, Dr. Webber…" the nurses stated.

"This was a group effort…We all saved him lets put him in his room…" he looked at Epiphany and Dr. Julian, "You better slip out before someone sees you…" Epiphany said.

He walked out of the OR and took his gloves off and couldn't believe he had just performed that surgery, "Damn that kid was lucky…"

He walked down the hall to where the elevator's were and saw them.

He looked around and then walked over, "He'll live…" he looked at Elizabeth who was really happy about what he did and then he looked at Jason who was also thankful.

Dr. Ford walked by, "What are you doing here?"

"I just came to get the rest of my things," he said but Dr. Ford saw a couple of bloody dots on his chest.

"Right…you do know that you can't do surgeries right?" he shouted at him.

"Yes I know…" he looked over to Elizabeth.

"Than why do you have blood on your scrubs?" Dr. Ford asked him.

He looked down nervously, "It's a stain really, old scrubs…" he tried to lie.

"Steven Webber forget about resigning, you're fired…" Dr. Ford walked past him.

"You're gonna fire me for saving a life?" he looked at him like Dr. Ford couldn't be any more of an asshole.

Dr. Ford turned around, "Steven the next time I see you at this place…"

He slowly walked up to Dr. Ford, "What?"

"What else could you possibly take away from me?" he pounded his finger on Dr. Fords chest.

"You're license to practice medicine…" he smiled knowing that would absolutely piss him off.

He looked at him serious for that would be entirely uncalled for, "Just for that threat I'm gonna make sure that when Ric Lansing sues this hospital that he makes you out to be the worst chief that General Hospital has ever had and that Monica Quartermaine is really the one that should be running this place."

He walked out of the hospital not once looking at Elizabeth to see her reaction.

Steven became a more threat than he at first realized especially now that he had hired Ric. Steven was going to become even a bigger problem than Jason expected.

Jolene walked up to them minutes later, "He's stable and in his room, but well visiting ours are really over even for you Lulu…" she looked at her knowing Lulu needed a break and should go home and get some sleep.

A sigh of relief hit Jason, "Thank god…"

"Its ok I can stay here…" Lulu said for she didn't want to leave now that Spinelli was in here.

Elizabeth looked over at Lulu, "Honey you need to go home, get some sleep…no one is going anywhere…"

"Yeah Lulu, Milo and Spinelli are gonna be here in the morning…" Jolene encouraged.

"Ok…" she rolled her eyes not wanting to believe them, but they were right she needed to sleep.

"We'll give you a ride home…" Jason told her and they all slowly left the hospital.