The Alternate Daughter
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: ER no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
Author's Note: If the title name is still wrong..sorry. I was working on politics history...you understand. This is a flashback type of thing.
Luca turned the corner, immersed in his own thoughts. A war raged within him, but that was nothing new these days. He tried desperately to remember the girl who sat beside him's name. Jenny or Jessie or Leslie or something like that. He wondered how he had got to this point, picking nameless girls up at bars for the night. What happened to the thought of getting married, having kids?
Jenny (or Jessie or Leslie) was laughing about something she'd said. He smiled at her and forced a chuckle. Inwardly he sighed, wondering if he could just pull over and push her out. He glanced out the window. There on the sidewalk, in a small circle of light from the streetlamp, a girl was kneeling on the dirty and wet cement, clutching her stomach. Luca slowed down. She looked like she may be pregnant, and was obviously hurting. He slowed even more.
"Hey, what're we doing?" Jenny asked.
"There's a girl out there. She looks hurt" he answered, pulling into an empty lot to turn around.
"So?"
"I'm a doctor. It's my job to help people, remember?" Luca reminded her, trying to remind himself. That was why he became a doctor, wasn't it? To help people? And here was a girl who needed help. He knew it was a vain and vallant effort, concoted by his desperate soul, to try to reignite those fires that used to fuel his ambitions, the clean, healthy fires. The ones that were barely hot coles now.
"So call someone to go help her. We're on our way to have some FUN, remember that doctor?" Jenny asked, reaching over to caress his thigh.
"By then it may be to late" he said slowly, pulling over. The girl was still there, thank goodness. Jenny snapped her hand back.
"Fine. I'll just go find someone else to play with" she yapped and slammed the door as she got out of the car. Luca ignored her and moved to the girl.
"Hi" he said quietly. She looked up, tears running down her cheeks.
"I'm a doctor" he said slowly, "Do you need help?"
"Sure.....you're...a..doctor" she answered in pained breaths.
"Do you want my license?" Luca quipped, putting his hand on her stomach. She was definately pregnant.
"How far along are you?" he asked, still probing with his hands.
"About five months" she answered, her voice a little less cracked.
"Do you know what happened?" he asked, helping her to her feet.
"No" she said, "I was just walking and....ah!" she crumpled back to the ground as new pain hit her.
"Alright, come on" he said, lifting her up and carrying her to his car, "I'm taking you to the emergency room where I work" She made no objections, though Luca doubted she could've just then. The pain seemed to subside a little, only to hit her again.
"What's your name?" he asked while he drove, hoping to keep her mind off of it.
"Ria" she answered, "What's yours?"
"Luca" he answered.
"Inter....interesting name" she said, "European?"
"No. I'm from Iwoa" he joked and she laughed a pained laugh.
"Oh, don't. Laughing hurts" she cried.
"Alright, try to relax, we're almost there" he tried to calm her. His minds had lost their gloomy dimness to be replaced by concern for the poor girl. She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a silent gasp, just as he splashed his way up to the ER door. He ran around to help her out, just as Carter and Abby came out.
"Luca, what're you doing here?" Abby asked. Luca didn't know if their shift was over or not, but he needed help.
"Help me." he said, "She may be having a sudden abortion"
"What?!" the girl cried as he lifted her up.
"Do you know what happened?" Carter asked, he and Abby following Luca back in.
"No, I found her on the side of the road" Luca answered. He pushed his way through the waiting people to a room and layed her on the bed.
"I'll get a sonogram" Abby said and hurried out to find one. Nurses hurried in and Carter and Luca were putting gloves on.
"You found her on the side of the road?" Carter asked, amazement filling his voice.
"Yes. Her name is Ria." Ria screamed just then and the two doctors had their hands full trying to figure out what was wrong with her. Then her breathing stopped and she stilled.
"What's going on?" Carter yelled.
"I don't know. She just stopped breathing!" Luca cried. Then, suddenly and for no reason, she started breathing again, deep, pained breaths.
"What the hell is going on?" he muttered to himself.
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: ER no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
Author's Note: If the title name is still wrong..sorry. I was working on politics history...you understand. This is a flashback type of thing.
Luca turned the corner, immersed in his own thoughts. A war raged within him, but that was nothing new these days. He tried desperately to remember the girl who sat beside him's name. Jenny or Jessie or Leslie or something like that. He wondered how he had got to this point, picking nameless girls up at bars for the night. What happened to the thought of getting married, having kids?
Jenny (or Jessie or Leslie) was laughing about something she'd said. He smiled at her and forced a chuckle. Inwardly he sighed, wondering if he could just pull over and push her out. He glanced out the window. There on the sidewalk, in a small circle of light from the streetlamp, a girl was kneeling on the dirty and wet cement, clutching her stomach. Luca slowed down. She looked like she may be pregnant, and was obviously hurting. He slowed even more.
"Hey, what're we doing?" Jenny asked.
"There's a girl out there. She looks hurt" he answered, pulling into an empty lot to turn around.
"So?"
"I'm a doctor. It's my job to help people, remember?" Luca reminded her, trying to remind himself. That was why he became a doctor, wasn't it? To help people? And here was a girl who needed help. He knew it was a vain and vallant effort, concoted by his desperate soul, to try to reignite those fires that used to fuel his ambitions, the clean, healthy fires. The ones that were barely hot coles now.
"So call someone to go help her. We're on our way to have some FUN, remember that doctor?" Jenny asked, reaching over to caress his thigh.
"By then it may be to late" he said slowly, pulling over. The girl was still there, thank goodness. Jenny snapped her hand back.
"Fine. I'll just go find someone else to play with" she yapped and slammed the door as she got out of the car. Luca ignored her and moved to the girl.
"Hi" he said quietly. She looked up, tears running down her cheeks.
"I'm a doctor" he said slowly, "Do you need help?"
"Sure.....you're...a..doctor" she answered in pained breaths.
"Do you want my license?" Luca quipped, putting his hand on her stomach. She was definately pregnant.
"How far along are you?" he asked, still probing with his hands.
"About five months" she answered, her voice a little less cracked.
"Do you know what happened?" he asked, helping her to her feet.
"No" she said, "I was just walking and....ah!" she crumpled back to the ground as new pain hit her.
"Alright, come on" he said, lifting her up and carrying her to his car, "I'm taking you to the emergency room where I work" She made no objections, though Luca doubted she could've just then. The pain seemed to subside a little, only to hit her again.
"What's your name?" he asked while he drove, hoping to keep her mind off of it.
"Ria" she answered, "What's yours?"
"Luca" he answered.
"Inter....interesting name" she said, "European?"
"No. I'm from Iwoa" he joked and she laughed a pained laugh.
"Oh, don't. Laughing hurts" she cried.
"Alright, try to relax, we're almost there" he tried to calm her. His minds had lost their gloomy dimness to be replaced by concern for the poor girl. She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a silent gasp, just as he splashed his way up to the ER door. He ran around to help her out, just as Carter and Abby came out.
"Luca, what're you doing here?" Abby asked. Luca didn't know if their shift was over or not, but he needed help.
"Help me." he said, "She may be having a sudden abortion"
"What?!" the girl cried as he lifted her up.
"Do you know what happened?" Carter asked, he and Abby following Luca back in.
"No, I found her on the side of the road" Luca answered. He pushed his way through the waiting people to a room and layed her on the bed.
"I'll get a sonogram" Abby said and hurried out to find one. Nurses hurried in and Carter and Luca were putting gloves on.
"You found her on the side of the road?" Carter asked, amazement filling his voice.
"Yes. Her name is Ria." Ria screamed just then and the two doctors had their hands full trying to figure out what was wrong with her. Then her breathing stopped and she stilled.
"What's going on?" Carter yelled.
"I don't know. She just stopped breathing!" Luca cried. Then, suddenly and for no reason, she started breathing again, deep, pained breaths.
"What the hell is going on?" he muttered to himself.