Jay awoke to the feeling of someone pulling his shorts down. His eyes shot open and he saw someone leaning over him getting ready to pull his boxers down. He screamed and grabbed at the hand, trying to push it away. Terror coursed through his body as he thought they were about to rape him too. What he didn't notice was the short white coat with a med school patch on it.

He screamed his brother's name and Will and Natalie came running into the room.

" What the hell?" Will shouted in anger, taking in the sight of his petrified brother with the blanket and his shorts pulled down and the med student leaning over him.

"Out, NOW!" Natalie yelled at the med student, getting a general picture of what happened.

Will rushed to Jay who was hyperventilating.

"Hey, are you ok? What's going on?" Will said softly. Jay turned his head away and started crying out of fear and embarrassment.

"It's okay, you're safe, Jay. I'm here." He cooed.

"We're right here, we're not gonna let anything bad happen to you." Natalie said.

Jay cried for a couple seconds as Will rubbed his forearm. It was odd but for whatever reason, it was something Jay liked, and it was something Will had learned helped calm Jay down after Jay came home from war and would have nightmares.

"Would it be okay if I pulled your shorts up?" Jay nodded silently. He took in sharp, rapid intakes of breath as Will gently talked him through everything he was doing. Will tried to be as thorough as he could, since there wasn't a "how to talk to your traumatized brother, who is also a sexual assault victim, while you pull his shorts back up because of an idiot med student" handbook.

" Jay, I'm gonna put both of my hands on your abdomen. Are you okay with me doing that?"

Jay nodded.

"Okay, can you feel my hands on your abdomen?" Nod. "Alright. Is it okay if I move them down to your hips? I will only keep my hands just above your hip bone." Nod. "That's really good. Can you feel my hands on your hips?" Nod. "Good. Are you okay with me pulling your underwear up a little?" Jay hesitated and then nodded as the tears streamed down his cheeks. Will quickly fixed his underwear and put his hands just above Jay's hips again. "Okay. My hands are back on your hips. Can you feel them there?" Nod. "Okay. Is it okay if I take my hands off your hips and put them right above your knee caps?" Nod. "You're doing really good Jay." Natalie reassured. "This is going to be uncomfortable,but are you okay with me putting my hands on the side of your thighs where your waistband is?" Nod. "I'm not gonna move my hands until you give me the go-ahead. Whenever you're ready,I would like to pull your shorts up and then pull the blanket up." Jay took a few deep breaths and nodded. Will quickly and gently pulled Jay's shorts up and pulled the blanket up to his stomach. "Alright, I'm all done. I'm gonna put my hands back on your arm."

Will sat back down and rubbed Jay's arm. He was still sniffling but he had calmed down.

" Can you tell me what happened, Jay?"

" I- I- I don't know. I woke up a-and felt someone p-pulling my shorts d-down. They- they started pulling my underwear down, a-and I guess I got scared. I-I thought they were trying t-to … hurt me."

" I'm so sorry, Jay. That was Maronique. She's a med student training under me. I had no idea she had come in here. I'm sure she didn't mean any harm, she definitely should have woken you up at the very least, and asked me before treating you or doing anything."

"You got this?" Natalie said softly to Will.

" yeah, go. find out what she was doing."

Will continued to talk softly to Jay as Natalie walked out. She saw the young med student pacing. Natalie tried to mentally coach herself to be calm and not cause a scene. She knew the young woman was intelligent and hardworking, but sometimes she had zero common sense.

" Maronique, please tell me what on earth you were doing."

" I read his chart and saw he was having pelvic exams every 12 hours as a precaution. was busy and Mr. Halstead was due another exam. I thought it would be easier if I did it so Dr. Halstead could keep treating his patients. He was sleeping, so I thought it would be less uncomfortable if I did it while he was sleeping." Natalie took a deep breath.

" Ok, I understand where you were coming from, Maronique, but let me explain a couple things. Number 1, You never touch a sleeping patient without warning them. Anywhere. Because it could scare them, and not only could they hurt you, they could hurt themselves. Number 2, You never touch a sexual actually victim without telling them. Especially not while they are sleeping. And you NEVER EVER touch near their pelvic region, whether or not they are awake or asleep, without their consent, unless it is a life-or-death emergency situation where the patient is unable to consent to or deny treatment. Do you understand that they could think you're trying to assault or rape them? And you should actually never touch anyone in the pelvic region for that matter, without warning them. It's unprofessional and inconsiderate. Number 3, Jared is Dr. Halstead's patient. Not yours. is the trained and certified doctor. You are a med student. I understand you were trying to help, but so long as you're a med student, you never treat anyone's patient without asking them first or waiting for their direction. You are lucky Jared and Dr. Halstead are very forgiving people. I don't know how either of them will feel, but it's probably best if you don't treat Jared anymore."

" I am very sorry-I"

Will walked out of Jay's room. Maronique explained herself to Will and was almost on the verge of tears. All of Will's anger disappeared as he listened to Natalie explain what she had told Maronique and he saw the poor girl's hands shaking. He knew Maronique was a smart girl. She was one of his favorite meds students because she always worked so hard and was so meticulous in her work and she wasn't afraid to ask him if there was a better treatment option for a patient.

"I'm very sorry, Dr. Halstead. I didn't mean to upset him. I was only trying to help. I didn't mean to hurt him."

"Maronique, listen to me. You didn't hurt him. Okay? You just spooked him. He's okay. He was just a little disoriented and got scared."

" I'm sorry, is there any way I could apologize to him?"

" No, Just let him be. I think it's best if you give him space and let me treat him from now on. I will tell him that you apologized, okay?"

Maronique nodded and looked down.

" Go home, get some rest, Maronique. I'll see you tomorrow at 8:00 sharp."

" Yes, sir."

Will saw her shoulders shake as she walked away, and he felt horrible knowing that she was crying.

Will sighed and rubbed his face.

" How is he?"

"He's calmed down now. He's waiting for me to come back because I still have to do his pelvic exam."

"Good luck."

"Thanks."

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