An I am so sorry for the delay. I have a lot going on at the moment so I haven't really been in the mood for writing. If like me you are wondering wether there will still be lots of tam fanfiction when they leave I promise I will continue to write. Also I apologise for any mistakes I make about the medical side of things in this chapter. Anyway enough of me . Please review :)
Natalia's POV
Mr. Venice my english teacher is probably one of my favourite teachers. He doesn't teach us easy boring pointless stuff like my last English teacher. Instead we learn about the fascinating works of Charles dickens and many more amazing authors that I find myself aspiring to be like.
It sounds really geeky ,I know but maybe that's what I am , a geek.
I got moved up to the highest english class this morning and since then english has became my favourite subject.
I even have a best friend now too. Ruby sits next to me in English and is in all of my classes . She is really funny and smart too. We like quite a lot of the same stuff :the script ,Harry potter and animals.
Overall I thought that today was going to be amazing ,the start of a new, but then I overheard two boys talking about the storm. Apparently a hurricane was supposed to hit Holby in a couple of hours and everyone had been warned to stay indoors. They where talking about some game or movie or something that it was reminding them of.
My heart began to beat as fast as a hummingbird's wings as I realised there was no way I was getting home. Where was I going to go?
"Natalia ?" mr Venice asked, snapping me out of my thoughts," what technique was used in the last sentence and what atmosphere does it create?"
I gave the paper a quick scan before confidently answering," short sentences where used to create a scary atmosphere and to show the speed that the door opened."
"exactly," mr venice smiled before carrying on with the lesson.
The bell rang five minutes later but to me it felt like five hours.
I said goodbye to Ruby and told her that I needed to phone Sam to find out where I was going .
I ran down a quiet corridor and took out my phone . I was just about to call Sam when my phone started to ring.
"hi Sam, I was just about to call you, what's happening?"
"hi Natalia I've just got off of the phone to your gran ,she says that they will pick you up at lunch when the school is closing."
I roll my eyes,great so the school doesn't even tell us that we are finishing early.
"okay no problem thanks Sam,Bye"
"bye." she replies and hangs up.
"well that's that sorted then," I mutter under my breath as I walk off to find Ruby.
Sam ran out to the ambulance that had just pulled up. She flinched slightly as she ran into the wall of rain . The cold bitter wind causing goosebumps, as it blew her about like a rag doll.
She helped push the bed inside and sighed with relief as the hot air washed over her.
"right ,what have we got?"she asked.
She was only half listening to Norman as he filled her in. She hadn't had a chance to speak to Tom since she told him about Natalia. She had met him just after she got off of the phone to her, but their time was cut short as he was needed in resus. She had to talk to him. Something was going on with him, and she had her own problems too.
She looked up at the clock as they pushed her next patient into Resus. Great , she thought, I have to wait another two hours.
A sudden crash of thunder caused her to jump slightly. Then she remembered that really , she probably wasn't going to be going home in two hours, it would more likely be three . If she was lucky.
Sam was brought out of her thoughts by the sudden beeping of a machine.
She looked around to see that Tom's patient had stopped breathing.
"can I get some help here please!" Tom shouted as he quickly got the utensils for intubation.
They where so busy that it was only Sam and Tom in resus with Charlie, Fletch and three other nurses as everyone else was either in cubicles or in ICU which where both equally as busy. The storm had came on the worst day as there where so many important meetings going on that the staff where truly stretched to their limits.
"Fletch !" Sam shouted ,she gestured to her patient as she ran to help Tom.
"on it!" fletch replied.
Sam's patient wasn't in too much danger so there was no problem leaving him with fletch .
"what Tom ?" she asked as she ran to his side.
"severe burns to the abdomen so I'm about to intubate,"
"yep i'll help, " She said as she got the tubes ready.
"I can't do it , " Tom muttered after several attempts at getting the cords in place.
"yes you can ," Sam reassured him as he tried again.
"its impossible," he said before adding," for a peasant like me but I suppose the queen of intubation should have no bother."
Sam took that to mean that she was to take over so she got into position to intubate.
"Oy no flirting in resus!" Fletch shouted over.
Tom grinned whilst Sam rolled her eyes.
With great expertise Sam managed to get the tubes into place.
Tom was once again amazed at her skills as he started bagging.
"you never fail to amaze me," he whispered so fletch couldn't hear.
Sam smiled when -
Crash!
She jumped out of her skin at a sudden bang. Her arm smacked off of the tray behind her sending the scalpels crashing onto the floor.
"woh Sam are you alright?" Tom questioned as he move towards her, the patient now stabilised .
"yeah ,sorry , I just got a fright that's all," she hastily replied as she bent down and picked up the scalpels .
Tom bent down to help her and whispered into her ear, "I didn't know you where scared of thunder ,why didn't you tell me?"
"I'm not the bang just caught me off guard," she snapped as she placed the scalpels back on the tray .
"right okay, " Tom defended as he stood back.
"Dr. Nicholls!" fletch shouted as once more beeping filled the room.
Sam took one look at the heart rate monitor and the flat line before she ran over and started chest compressions ...
Two hours later
Sam was definitely ready to leave. She hadn't had a chance to apologise to Tom about snapping earlier and since the thunder had stopped she wanted to get home and inside straight away before it started again.
Luckily the ED had calmed down significantly and it looked as though that time would be soon.
"Sam?" a woman's voice asked over the sound of heels.
"yes Zoe?" she questioned as she turned to face her.
"I was just wondering what was happening in terms of Natalia , I mean are you getting her from her grandparents or..."
"no they are keeping her for the night, "she informed Zoe, she stayed put as she knew there was more.
"good. Well still, since you have been working the whole day and technically your shift has just finished you and Tom can go home."
"great thanks Zoe," Sam plastered a fake smile until Zoe walked away, then her face became a mirror of the thunder outside. Tom had told Zoe.
Sam stormed to the staff room. She threw the door open with a bang.
Tom jumped as he turned to see Sam standing with her arms crossed ,rage evident in her face.
"Sam, what's wrong?" Tom asked.
He doesn't realise it's him, Sam thought as she shouted, "you know bloody well what's wrong!"
Tom looked confused then it dawned on him, Zoe.
"Sam I'm so sorry I , I thought you would want to go home ,"
"so you thought you would tell Zoe that I'm scared of storms without checking if I wanted her to know?"
"Sam I promise I thought you wouldn't mind. I saw how scared you where , I , I wanted to protect you, like I promised."
Hearing him say those words, every letter dripping with guilt, Sam couldn't help but let the tears fill her eyes.
"I'm sorry," she muttered as she closed her eyes to hide the pools that where forming there.
"don't cry , I shouldn't have done it," Tom wrapped his arms around his fiancé and held her close.
The tears started to flow as Sam clung to Tom as tight as she could as though her life depended on it.
Suddenly Sam winced in pain as her hand automatically shot to her stomach.
"Sam?" Tom asked before he looked down to see her taking her hand away from her lower abdomen .
"ahhh," he said in understanding. That explained everything, especially the mood swings and the fact that Sam never cried unless something major happened.
"how about you get changed and then we go home and watch a movie ?" Tom suggested.
He knew Sam well. A lot better than she thought. For instance he knew that at a time like this all Sam would want was to lie in his arms, not that she would ever admit it.
Sam nodded against Tom's chest before pulling away and getting her clothes from her locker.
"come on , let's go home," Tom told a now fully dressed Sam as he took her hand and they left the ED for a night on the sofa
