Hey everyone! Well I haven't written in a while cuz I've been pretty busy
with school and everything so I guess this is the fifth chapter. Dang! I
can't believe I've already written 5 chapters. Read and review please! I
don't own any of these Characters, Enjoy!
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Luka Kovac looked at the charts that had just been shoved into his hands. He looked at them and recognized his own writing and realized that she had been the doctor he had given most of his patients to. He went to the information desk where Maliek was standing at the computer inputting patient charts and eating his dinner or early breakfast. "Hey Maliek, how is it going?" Luka asked in the tone he always used when he wanted something. "It's fine, what do you want Kovac?" Maliek asked familiar with the tone. "I was wondering about the woman that was just here. She's blond, nice look about her." "Oh you mean Bella? Yeah she's great. She comes from money, the Fairfax's of Chicago you know. She's new here. Why do you care about her?" "Oh, the Fairfax's huh?" Luka asked diverting the question, "Why is she at County of all places? You'd think since she is so rich she would work at some place better then this, a private practice or something. Not a small community hospital where the pay is so low." "Well, I haven't exactly asked her yet but she seems nice enough, not snobby like most rich people. She knows Dr. Carter, I think. Oh, and she seems to be able to take care of herself," Maliek chuckled and nodded at the charts Luka was holding. Luka grinned and rolled his eyes as he went off to see his patients.
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Bella felt very light headed as she was twirled around. She had always been able to quiet herself when she was afraid of something. She was like a possum when she was scared, she got very still and quiet, and in her own way she would deal with whatever was going on around her. Bella had always been a very small girl and all through most of elementary she was picked on because of this. Once when she was in first grade she had been swinging on the swing set on the playground and a bully had come up and told her to move. Even then Bella was not one to back down from a fight, so she refused. The bully had backed away and allowed Bella to go as high as her little legs could take her and then shoved Bella off the swing. Bella hit the ground hard and a shot of hot pain raged through her tiny arm. She had just sat there, dealing with the pain, not shouting or crying: just cringing in pain.
This situation in the alley was very much like her first grade experience. Bella was silent and stiff with fear. As she whirled around to face her aggressor, she looked for something on the ground she could use to smack him with. "Bella, it's okay it's me!" Bella paused and then slapped John Carter so hard on his cheek that he was left dazed for a few seconds. "What the hell is wrong with you John, scaring me like that? You should be strangled!" Carter's cheek was already starting to swell and he cringed as he felt the puffy state his cheek was now taking on. "Damn Bella, I'm sorry I scared you but you didn't have to hit me. And don't act like you didn't know it was me when you slapped me because I know you did." All of Bella's limbs were just regaining their flexibility and she saw what she had done to Carter. Of course it was intentional on her part, she knew it, and he had deserved it but she still felt sorry for him. "I'm sorry Johnny, you know how I get when I'm scared," just as she was saying this the El pulled out of it's port on it's way to it's next stop. "Ugh! Well there goes my ride home." John grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her toward a coffee shop nearby, "we have a lot of catching up to do anyways Bella, that's why I grabbed you; I wanted to ask if you would have coffee with me." Bella laughed quietly, "Nah, we should do that some other time because I'm tired and I have an early shift tomorrow." "Oh come on Tink, I haven't seen you in a whole year!" Bella finally allowed Carter to pull her into the coffee shop, noting, "Resistance was futile."
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"So Abby and you, huh?" Carter nodded as Bella drank a sip of her coffee. "I think it's a good match, you both seem very grounded. Well from what I can tell anyway." "Yeah, Abby and I have had problems but we worked through them and I really do love her very much. We met in the ER and we clicked, even though she was still recovering from a messy divorce," Carter looked at Bella's stunned look, "but that's a story for another time, what has your life been like this past year?" Bella's eyebrows rose, "nothing exciting like yours, I did finish my residency pretty quick. My dad pretty much disowned me for becoming a doctor, because breaking away from his control isn't "how I was raised". I had a couple of boyfriends but nothing I thought was serious, you know. And there is the last year in a nutshell." Bella smiled. "Oh Bella, you always have a way of always putting everything that you go through aside and make them not sound so important. It's not fair." Carter said taking on a serious stare. "Aww Johnny, but you love me any way; I can tell!" Bella laughed. "Yeah I do, and I'm so glad your back because I missed you so much!"
Bella smiled and for once in her life she felt like she was truly needed somewhere. Both in the ER and with her friends, new and old.
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Luka Kovac looked at the charts that had just been shoved into his hands. He looked at them and recognized his own writing and realized that she had been the doctor he had given most of his patients to. He went to the information desk where Maliek was standing at the computer inputting patient charts and eating his dinner or early breakfast. "Hey Maliek, how is it going?" Luka asked in the tone he always used when he wanted something. "It's fine, what do you want Kovac?" Maliek asked familiar with the tone. "I was wondering about the woman that was just here. She's blond, nice look about her." "Oh you mean Bella? Yeah she's great. She comes from money, the Fairfax's of Chicago you know. She's new here. Why do you care about her?" "Oh, the Fairfax's huh?" Luka asked diverting the question, "Why is she at County of all places? You'd think since she is so rich she would work at some place better then this, a private practice or something. Not a small community hospital where the pay is so low." "Well, I haven't exactly asked her yet but she seems nice enough, not snobby like most rich people. She knows Dr. Carter, I think. Oh, and she seems to be able to take care of herself," Maliek chuckled and nodded at the charts Luka was holding. Luka grinned and rolled his eyes as he went off to see his patients.
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Bella felt very light headed as she was twirled around. She had always been able to quiet herself when she was afraid of something. She was like a possum when she was scared, she got very still and quiet, and in her own way she would deal with whatever was going on around her. Bella had always been a very small girl and all through most of elementary she was picked on because of this. Once when she was in first grade she had been swinging on the swing set on the playground and a bully had come up and told her to move. Even then Bella was not one to back down from a fight, so she refused. The bully had backed away and allowed Bella to go as high as her little legs could take her and then shoved Bella off the swing. Bella hit the ground hard and a shot of hot pain raged through her tiny arm. She had just sat there, dealing with the pain, not shouting or crying: just cringing in pain.
This situation in the alley was very much like her first grade experience. Bella was silent and stiff with fear. As she whirled around to face her aggressor, she looked for something on the ground she could use to smack him with. "Bella, it's okay it's me!" Bella paused and then slapped John Carter so hard on his cheek that he was left dazed for a few seconds. "What the hell is wrong with you John, scaring me like that? You should be strangled!" Carter's cheek was already starting to swell and he cringed as he felt the puffy state his cheek was now taking on. "Damn Bella, I'm sorry I scared you but you didn't have to hit me. And don't act like you didn't know it was me when you slapped me because I know you did." All of Bella's limbs were just regaining their flexibility and she saw what she had done to Carter. Of course it was intentional on her part, she knew it, and he had deserved it but she still felt sorry for him. "I'm sorry Johnny, you know how I get when I'm scared," just as she was saying this the El pulled out of it's port on it's way to it's next stop. "Ugh! Well there goes my ride home." John grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her toward a coffee shop nearby, "we have a lot of catching up to do anyways Bella, that's why I grabbed you; I wanted to ask if you would have coffee with me." Bella laughed quietly, "Nah, we should do that some other time because I'm tired and I have an early shift tomorrow." "Oh come on Tink, I haven't seen you in a whole year!" Bella finally allowed Carter to pull her into the coffee shop, noting, "Resistance was futile."
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"So Abby and you, huh?" Carter nodded as Bella drank a sip of her coffee. "I think it's a good match, you both seem very grounded. Well from what I can tell anyway." "Yeah, Abby and I have had problems but we worked through them and I really do love her very much. We met in the ER and we clicked, even though she was still recovering from a messy divorce," Carter looked at Bella's stunned look, "but that's a story for another time, what has your life been like this past year?" Bella's eyebrows rose, "nothing exciting like yours, I did finish my residency pretty quick. My dad pretty much disowned me for becoming a doctor, because breaking away from his control isn't "how I was raised". I had a couple of boyfriends but nothing I thought was serious, you know. And there is the last year in a nutshell." Bella smiled. "Oh Bella, you always have a way of always putting everything that you go through aside and make them not sound so important. It's not fair." Carter said taking on a serious stare. "Aww Johnny, but you love me any way; I can tell!" Bella laughed. "Yeah I do, and I'm so glad your back because I missed you so much!"
Bella smiled and for once in her life she felt like she was truly needed somewhere. Both in the ER and with her friends, new and old.