Enter A Stranger
Part 13: Untitled
Disclaimer and that stuff: Done in the previous Twelve chapters.
"Mykalla... Elizabeth. Where are you?" Mark called as he ran into the house.
"In the kitchen," responded Mykalla from the other room. Mark ran through the house and into the kitchen. Elizabeth was sitting on the floor with her back agaisnt the fridge.
He knelt down on the floor in front of Elizabeth, who was obviously in some pain. "Elizabeth, what's going on?"
Elizabeth jsut bit her lip, mostly in pain. "I think we better go..."
"Oh... oohh, right," replied Mark helping her up. Mykalla ran to the other room and grabbed Elizabeth's purse and backpack. Mark was already helping Elizabeth into the when Mykalla handed him the bags. "Can you stay here for a little, in case someone calls?"
"Sure Mark," she replied. "When Rob comes over I'll head up."
"OK," he said getting into the car. "See you later Mike."
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"Malucci!!" Mykalla heard Weaver yell as she and Rob entered the ER. "If I catch you trying to pull one more prank you will be fired so fast..." Mykalla and Rob stood nexst to Malik, Chen, and Jerry at the ad mit desk. All of whome were trying to hold back laughter as they watched Kerry reprimand Dave. Not being able to hold it in any longer, Malik and Chen let out a series of giggles barely audible. Unfortunatly it was loud enough for Kerry to hear and turn to face them. "Do you think this is funny Dr. Chen?"
"No..... of course not Dr. Weaver," she replied, trying to compose herself. "It's not funny at all."
"Remember that..." she snapped back as she hobbled down the hall.
As soon as she was out of earshot, the six of them burst out laughing. Malucci grabbed the back of a chair and started to imitate Weaver, which only brought more laughter from the group. "Come on, one of my best right?" asked Dave.
"Man you got the mind for those things," said Malik slapping him on the back in congratulations.
"I got one question," said Jerry. "How did you get near enough to dye it?"
"And how long is her hair going to stay that white?" added Chen.
"A true prankster never tells his secrets," he replied with a smirk before going to the lounge.
The group took one last laugh recalling the sight of Kerry with bleach white hair. Remembering why she was here, Mykalla asked "Where's Elizabeth?"
"Mark took her up to the sixth floor," replied Chen.
"Thanks Dr. Chen," replied Rob as he and Mykalla headed towards the elevators.
"Give us an update," she called after them.
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Mykalla and Rob stood in the hall outside OB waiting for Mark to come out with news. After about two hours, Mark came out empty handed. "It's a girl. I'm oging to go back in, but I thought you might like to know."
"Congratulations," replied Mykalla.
"You can send word down to the ER. I know they've been waiting for news."
"I will. Hey, tell Elizabeth I said hi or whatever. I'll see her when they let me."
"Sure thing Mike," he said as he went back inside.
"let's go downstairs," suggested Rob. "Everyone will be upset if you don't tell them anything."
"All right sure."
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"Knock knock," said Mykalla sticking her head into Elizabeth's room. "Can we come in?"
Elizabeth looked up form the baby in her arms. "Of course." Mykalla and Rob quietly enter the room. Rob took a seat in the chair and Mykalla sat on the edge of her bed. "And this is Ella" she said lifting the baby up a little for them to see.
"How are you holding up, Lizbet?" asked Mykalla.
"Great," replied Elizabeth, obviously totally exstatic at her situation. "We're doing great. Mark went downstairs to give them all the details."
Mark entered the room. "Hi hun," he said after kissing Elizbaeth on her forehead. "Everyone downstairs sends their congrats. They'll be up sporadically when their shifts end or when it gets slwo."
"You do realize you said slow and the ER in the same sentence, right?" Mykalla asked sarcastically.
Elizabeth laughed slightly. "How much longer and I going to have to be here?" she asked.
"You've been here less than a day," pointed out Rob. "You want to go home already?"
"When you're a doctor, Rob, it's hard to be a patient," she answered.
"Especially in your own hospital," answered Mark taking Ella from Elizabeth.
"It's hardly *my* hospital," she replied.
"Well close enough," said Mykalla ending their playful banter. The nurse came in to take Ella back to the nursery. "You looked tired," she said to Elizabeth. "We'll go let you two talk or sleep or whatever. I have soemone I need tot talk to anyway." She and Rob left the room and got on the elevator. She rpessed the button for the ICU floor.
"Where are we going?" Rob asked, not recognizing the number she pushed.
"CICU," she answered. "I gotta talk to Barnes. At least try to talk to him."
"I understand," he replied as they stepped off the elevator. They found Barnes's room and stood outside it for a few minutes. "Ill wait you here, ok" he said kissing her gently.
Mykallas noddes slightly and turned to the door. She took a deep breath to gain enough courage to face him. She opened the door and entered the room. "Mr. Barnes? I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute."
"Depends. Who are you?" he said trying to make out the figure in the doorway.
Mykalla closed the door behind her and took a few steps into the room. "Mykalla Quince."
"Oh Ms. Quince... that was quite a stunt you pulled yesterday."
"I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."
"Sending that ER doctor in to talk to me about you grade. It was quite uncalled for."
"Honestly Mr. Barnes. I really don't know what you're talkign about."
"Dr... Greene, I think it was, came to talk to me."
"Great," said Mykalla, slightly annoyed at what had happened. "Mr. Barnes I didn't know Mark was going to come talk to you. Whatever my brother might have said to you, I'm sorry."
"That's quite unnecessary. Mykalla, please sit down." Mykalla pulled up one of the charis and sat down. "Now. You're probably upset becasue of the grade I gave you, or didn't give you rather. Am I right?"
"Well, just a little. More confussed than anything. Why didn't you give me a grade?"
"As much as you've worked hard this grading period, at least while you were her." He paused for a second. "Unfortunatly, you did come into the semester later and did miss quite a number of tests."
"Is there anyway I can do soemthing to give myself a full grade?"
"I can't expect you to make up four tests, can I?" he replied. "Of course not. How about this. YOu come up with a project that you think could finish your grade, and I'll use that."
"What type of project?"
"Anything you watn. It just has to be history realted. Let me know what you are planning on doing before you start. Just to double check."
"Thank you MR. Barnes," she said standing up.
"Go on. Get out of here. Before I change my mind."
"Yes sir," she said backing up to the door. She exited the room and found Rob sitting on the bench across the hall. He stood up when he saw her come into the hallway.
"How did it go?" he asked as they walked to the elevators. "Is he giving you a grade?"
"It went well," she replied. "He's not giving me a grade yet. I have to do a project. Anything I want, as long as it has something to do with history."
"Now all you have to do is come up with an idea for a project," he said stepping on the elevator.
"Which is harder than it sounds, seh sadi as the elvator doors closed in front of them.
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"Are you ready to go?" asked Mykalla.
"I've been ready to leave since I got here," replied Elizabeth. She slung her purse over her should and sat down. "Lets go."
Mykalla pushed Elizabeth's wheelchair (Note: Hospital policy) down the hall to the nursey. Mark was standing outside holding Ella. "You ready to go home, mom?" he asked placing Ella in her arms. "You got everything Mike?"
"HUH?" seh broke her attention away from the nursery window where she seemed to be in a trance. "Yeah, right there," she said pointing towards the bag on the floor. She turned her attention back to the window, in deep thought. All of a sudden she said, "I got an idea."
"What?" asked Mark and Elizabeth simultaneously.
"Project," she said running to the stairs. "Ill meet you at the car. I gotta talk to Barnes."
TO BE CONTINUED
Part 13: Untitled
Disclaimer and that stuff: Done in the previous Twelve chapters.
"Mykalla... Elizabeth. Where are you?" Mark called as he ran into the house.
"In the kitchen," responded Mykalla from the other room. Mark ran through the house and into the kitchen. Elizabeth was sitting on the floor with her back agaisnt the fridge.
He knelt down on the floor in front of Elizabeth, who was obviously in some pain. "Elizabeth, what's going on?"
Elizabeth jsut bit her lip, mostly in pain. "I think we better go..."
"Oh... oohh, right," replied Mark helping her up. Mykalla ran to the other room and grabbed Elizabeth's purse and backpack. Mark was already helping Elizabeth into the when Mykalla handed him the bags. "Can you stay here for a little, in case someone calls?"
"Sure Mark," she replied. "When Rob comes over I'll head up."
"OK," he said getting into the car. "See you later Mike."
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"Malucci!!" Mykalla heard Weaver yell as she and Rob entered the ER. "If I catch you trying to pull one more prank you will be fired so fast..." Mykalla and Rob stood nexst to Malik, Chen, and Jerry at the ad mit desk. All of whome were trying to hold back laughter as they watched Kerry reprimand Dave. Not being able to hold it in any longer, Malik and Chen let out a series of giggles barely audible. Unfortunatly it was loud enough for Kerry to hear and turn to face them. "Do you think this is funny Dr. Chen?"
"No..... of course not Dr. Weaver," she replied, trying to compose herself. "It's not funny at all."
"Remember that..." she snapped back as she hobbled down the hall.
As soon as she was out of earshot, the six of them burst out laughing. Malucci grabbed the back of a chair and started to imitate Weaver, which only brought more laughter from the group. "Come on, one of my best right?" asked Dave.
"Man you got the mind for those things," said Malik slapping him on the back in congratulations.
"I got one question," said Jerry. "How did you get near enough to dye it?"
"And how long is her hair going to stay that white?" added Chen.
"A true prankster never tells his secrets," he replied with a smirk before going to the lounge.
The group took one last laugh recalling the sight of Kerry with bleach white hair. Remembering why she was here, Mykalla asked "Where's Elizabeth?"
"Mark took her up to the sixth floor," replied Chen.
"Thanks Dr. Chen," replied Rob as he and Mykalla headed towards the elevators.
"Give us an update," she called after them.
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Mykalla and Rob stood in the hall outside OB waiting for Mark to come out with news. After about two hours, Mark came out empty handed. "It's a girl. I'm oging to go back in, but I thought you might like to know."
"Congratulations," replied Mykalla.
"You can send word down to the ER. I know they've been waiting for news."
"I will. Hey, tell Elizabeth I said hi or whatever. I'll see her when they let me."
"Sure thing Mike," he said as he went back inside.
"let's go downstairs," suggested Rob. "Everyone will be upset if you don't tell them anything."
"All right sure."
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"Knock knock," said Mykalla sticking her head into Elizabeth's room. "Can we come in?"
Elizabeth looked up form the baby in her arms. "Of course." Mykalla and Rob quietly enter the room. Rob took a seat in the chair and Mykalla sat on the edge of her bed. "And this is Ella" she said lifting the baby up a little for them to see.
"How are you holding up, Lizbet?" asked Mykalla.
"Great," replied Elizabeth, obviously totally exstatic at her situation. "We're doing great. Mark went downstairs to give them all the details."
Mark entered the room. "Hi hun," he said after kissing Elizbaeth on her forehead. "Everyone downstairs sends their congrats. They'll be up sporadically when their shifts end or when it gets slwo."
"You do realize you said slow and the ER in the same sentence, right?" Mykalla asked sarcastically.
Elizabeth laughed slightly. "How much longer and I going to have to be here?" she asked.
"You've been here less than a day," pointed out Rob. "You want to go home already?"
"When you're a doctor, Rob, it's hard to be a patient," she answered.
"Especially in your own hospital," answered Mark taking Ella from Elizabeth.
"It's hardly *my* hospital," she replied.
"Well close enough," said Mykalla ending their playful banter. The nurse came in to take Ella back to the nursery. "You looked tired," she said to Elizabeth. "We'll go let you two talk or sleep or whatever. I have soemone I need tot talk to anyway." She and Rob left the room and got on the elevator. She rpessed the button for the ICU floor.
"Where are we going?" Rob asked, not recognizing the number she pushed.
"CICU," she answered. "I gotta talk to Barnes. At least try to talk to him."
"I understand," he replied as they stepped off the elevator. They found Barnes's room and stood outside it for a few minutes. "Ill wait you here, ok" he said kissing her gently.
Mykallas noddes slightly and turned to the door. She took a deep breath to gain enough courage to face him. She opened the door and entered the room. "Mr. Barnes? I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute."
"Depends. Who are you?" he said trying to make out the figure in the doorway.
Mykalla closed the door behind her and took a few steps into the room. "Mykalla Quince."
"Oh Ms. Quince... that was quite a stunt you pulled yesterday."
"I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."
"Sending that ER doctor in to talk to me about you grade. It was quite uncalled for."
"Honestly Mr. Barnes. I really don't know what you're talkign about."
"Dr... Greene, I think it was, came to talk to me."
"Great," said Mykalla, slightly annoyed at what had happened. "Mr. Barnes I didn't know Mark was going to come talk to you. Whatever my brother might have said to you, I'm sorry."
"That's quite unnecessary. Mykalla, please sit down." Mykalla pulled up one of the charis and sat down. "Now. You're probably upset becasue of the grade I gave you, or didn't give you rather. Am I right?"
"Well, just a little. More confussed than anything. Why didn't you give me a grade?"
"As much as you've worked hard this grading period, at least while you were her." He paused for a second. "Unfortunatly, you did come into the semester later and did miss quite a number of tests."
"Is there anyway I can do soemthing to give myself a full grade?"
"I can't expect you to make up four tests, can I?" he replied. "Of course not. How about this. YOu come up with a project that you think could finish your grade, and I'll use that."
"What type of project?"
"Anything you watn. It just has to be history realted. Let me know what you are planning on doing before you start. Just to double check."
"Thank you MR. Barnes," she said standing up.
"Go on. Get out of here. Before I change my mind."
"Yes sir," she said backing up to the door. She exited the room and found Rob sitting on the bench across the hall. He stood up when he saw her come into the hallway.
"How did it go?" he asked as they walked to the elevators. "Is he giving you a grade?"
"It went well," she replied. "He's not giving me a grade yet. I have to do a project. Anything I want, as long as it has something to do with history."
"Now all you have to do is come up with an idea for a project," he said stepping on the elevator.
"Which is harder than it sounds, seh sadi as the elvator doors closed in front of them.
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"Are you ready to go?" asked Mykalla.
"I've been ready to leave since I got here," replied Elizabeth. She slung her purse over her should and sat down. "Lets go."
Mykalla pushed Elizabeth's wheelchair (Note: Hospital policy) down the hall to the nursey. Mark was standing outside holding Ella. "You ready to go home, mom?" he asked placing Ella in her arms. "You got everything Mike?"
"HUH?" seh broke her attention away from the nursery window where she seemed to be in a trance. "Yeah, right there," she said pointing towards the bag on the floor. She turned her attention back to the window, in deep thought. All of a sudden she said, "I got an idea."
"What?" asked Mark and Elizabeth simultaneously.
"Project," she said running to the stairs. "Ill meet you at the car. I gotta talk to Barnes."
TO BE CONTINUED