Disclaimer: I don't own In A Heartbeat.
Author's Note: Ok, the other focused mainly on their social lives, this one will focus more on their lives as EMTs. Sorry I skip around so much, I just don't have time to write everything, and I don't want to bore you with the details. And don't say stupid stuff in reviews like I misspelled a word or something (I haven't had any stupid ones, and I'd like to keep it that way :-)
Tyler regretted his decision as soon as he'd said it. Before anyone could say another word, he cleared his dishes from the table, grabbed his jacket, and left for work. Tyler knew that now William was going to ruin his life even more. If he'd moved, though, he'd be away from his friends. Hank, even Jamie, and Val…especially Val.
Hank, Becka, Val, Tyler, and Jamie all climbed into the ambulance. They had to go to the amusement park for work. Alex had told them about the assignment there a week ago. The local park wanted to have an EMT squad on duty all weekend. Alex explained that his teenagers were good, but they were all he had. The entire squad would be in the park at all times, but they only had to have one person in the ambulance to take calls.
"Who's going to stay in the ambulance?" Jamie asked. "We could trade off every hour." Tyler shook his head. "No, that's alright. I'll stay here. I'll tell you if I get bored." This seemed to bother Val. "We don't want you not to ride anything. If you want to trade, that's okay. I won't mind staying here some." Tyler nodded, which seemed to be good enough for Val.
Val, Jamie, Hank, and Becka walked through the park. "Is it true that this place has some of the best roller coasters in the state?" "I don't know. Wanna find out?" was Jamie's quick response. "Sure. Which way is it?" They passed the ambulance when they turned around to go to the roller coaster. Val asked Tyler if he wanted to come on the roller coaster with them, but Tyler said no. "Just don't say we didn't ask," Val teased. What was Tyler's problem? Was it her? Maybe he'd had another big fight with Hank.
Becka got into the very last seat on the roller coaster train. "Why are you sitting all the way back there?" Jamie asked. "The back is the best seat because it swings around the most. Want to sit here and see for yourself?" Jamie looked at the red-haired girl in the seat and sat down. "Who told you that?" The roller coaster started.
Caitie Roth was walking toward the gift shop when she saw the ambulance. She walked over by it, near the front seat. "Hey, is Val or Jamie with you? I wanted to tell them something." "Nope. They all went to ride the roller coasters. "And you stayed here?" "Yep. I'm not much of a ride person. Hey, get in. I want to ask you a question." Caitie shook her head. "Nah. I'll stand here."
After the roller coaster, while the four were walking to the next roller coaster, Jamie said, "Ok, Becka. You were right. The back is the best. Now I have to ask you again, who told you that?" Becka smiled. "My older brother. Carter and I always ride the roller coasters at amusement park and when I was about twelve, we sat in the back on every single one…Still do. You remind me of him."
"What should I get Val for her birthday?" Tyler asked Caitie. "Let me think. When we were younger, we always gave each other best friends necklaces…She'd like something special. Maybe you should get her a journal. She's been talking about starting one. I'll have to think. Hey, why didn't you go with her?" Caitie said. "Do you want me to be honest? I get sick from even watching an upside-down roller coaster. And from going in circles, and from going up and down. I even get sick going to the ocean." Caitie raised her eyebrows. "How can you ride in the ambulance? Wouldn't you feel the hills?" "Nope. I don't know what it is, but ambulances feel smooth." Dispatch suddenly kicked onto the radio. "Vehicle one-five-six, can you hear me?" "This is vehicle one-five-six," Tyler said into his radio. "What's the situation?" By the time Dispatch had finished giving Tyler the information, the other four EMTs had shown up. They weren't too far away from where the emergency took place. They stacked a BVM, defilibrator, neck brace, and portable heart monitor onto the stretcher. They walked over to the scene. Jamie hooked the heart monitor up to the patient, Val checked his ABCs and began to take vitals, and Hank had the shock pads ready. The heart monitor was out of control. Hank got ready to shock. Suddenly, before the defilibrator was on, the heart monitor went flat line. "Don't shock." Tyler, Becka, and Jamie all said it at the same time. Hank turned on the machine and placed the shock pads on the victim. He knew he wasn't supposed to shock on a flat line. "Clear," he said. The machine shocked the patient. Hank knew at that second that he could have just ruined his job as an EMT.