Chapter 7

ShastenRothe: Good point about Lauren, consider it changed

"Ahhh, just the people I wanted to see," said Dr Oatley the Head doctor as he stepped into the elevator to Lily and Kyle "Come with me to my office you two" Kyle and Lily looked at each other nervously "It is nothing to worry about and I suppose you are on your lunch breaks?"

"Yes" Kyle said, he pulled Lily a little closer to him with the arm he had wrapped around her waist. The silently followed him into his office and he gave them both a black permanent marker and small wads of inch thick strips of cardboard

"I can't seem to distinguish which patients are which, some of the old ones have Reddicker but all your new ones both have McCarty so while you are doing the rounds of your patients, I need you to change your names I need either Dr. K. McCarty or Dr. L. McCarty because I am getting confused to death here" he said They both smiled and nodded

"Now go and have lunch and by the way Congratulations"

"Thank you," said Lily and they walked out

"Why didn't you talk to him about maternity leave?" Kyle said as they headed to the Lunchroom

"That has already been arranged, we did that when I started" They had lunch and went to start changing their nameplates. As they got into the elevator they found a little girl in the corner crying

"What's wrong little one?" Lily said

"My mummy is sick and I can't find my daddy, we got in here and a lot of people got in too, then daddy got out without me"

"Come here, I will help you find your daddy" Lily said holding out her hand to the little girl

"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers"

"I'm not a stranger, I'm a doctor here, I can help you," she said, the girl took Lily's hand and when the elevator stopped Lily took her to an information desk

"What's your name little one?"

"Lily Michaels" she said

"Really? My name is Lily too"

"What room is Mrs. Michaels in?" Lily asked the lady at the desk

"4-05"

"Thank you" Lilly took the little girls hand and walked with her to room 4-05 to where her mummy was and surely enough her daddy was there too

"Daddy"

"Lily, where have you been?"

"I was in the elevator where you left me"

"I looked for you, I'm so sorry baby" he then turned to Lily "Thank you so much"

"No problem" she said

"Aren't you Melissa's doctor?" Lily looked up at the sign above the bad and surely enough it said DR. Reddicker

"Uh, yes, I haven't been in for awhile" she said checking the lady's chart then proceeding to change the name above her bed to Dr. L. McCarty

"Who is Dr Reddicker then?"

"That is still me but I just got married and we were confusing our boss with two Dr. McCarty's"

"Huh, go figure" Lily smiled and walked out, she found Kyle in another room and he looked up at her

"Did you find her parents?"

"Yes, her mum was my cancer patient"

"Oh no"

"Yes, and there is nothing we can do about it, she doesn't respond to treatment any more all they are doing is waiting for her to die" she said tearing up Kyle got up from sitting next to one of his patients and hugged her

"It's Ok," he said rubbing her back

"How is it going to be Ok Kyle?"

"I don't know but that family will be Ok I promise" he kissed her lightly on the forehead they pulled apart and Lily grabbed onto him

"Whoa"

"What is it?" he said supporting her

"Just really dizzy" she said

"Come on" he said leading her gently over to a chair "Wait here" he said, he came back a few minutes later with a packet of jelly beans

"What's this for?" she said taking them

"To keep your blood sugar up," he said

"How did you know these were my favourite?"

"I just know you" she opened the packet and popped a few into her mouth, she got up and went back to changing her name above all her patients. She got to the suicide patients and found him up and about

"What are you doing?"

"Finish what I was supposed to have done before you fixed me"

"No" he turned around and punched her, she stumbled back and he advanced on her again, he continued beating her up until Kyle walked past and saw her fall to the floor

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Getting her out of the way so I can die in peace"

"No matter how many times you try, there will always be doctors willing to save you"

"I don't care" he said and began to dig a scalpel into his wrists

"Where did you get that?"

"Supplies" Kyle called out for some doctors and nurses who apprehended him and began to fix him up Kyle knelt next to Lily and felt for a pulse, it was weak, he lifted her up and moved her onto a bed in ER and called for a doctor to help

"What happened?"

"She was attacked by a suicide patient" The doctors wheeled her into a room and Kyle sat down and waited, when the doctor came back he started to talk

"You may want to finish your rounds, she isn't going to be awake for quite some time"

"What is wrong?"

"She has got concussion and she can't have any visitors because it is a risk of her going into a coma, we will page you if there is any change"

"Can you get the marker and cardboard out of her pocket for me please?"

"Sure" The doctor left and returned with the marker and cardboard

"These were there too," he said holding up some Jellybeans

"Leave them with her" he said and walked off. Kyle finished his rounds and Lily's changing both their nametags over all of the patients and then going back to the ER and found the doctor calling

"Page Dr. Kyle McCarty"

"No need, what happened?" he said

"She has slipped into a coma, I need you to make a very important decision, she is not brain dead but being pregnant with twins it puts all their lives in jeopardy. They are developed enough to remove them and give her a much better chance of living. You may go and see them now if you want, talk to her, she can hear you, sometimes hearing the voice of a loved one may wake her up" Kyle nodded in shock and went into her room and held her hand, he saw the jellybeans on her bedside table, only a few had been eaten he sighed and began to talk

"Hey baby, gee this is hard, the doctor said I had to decide weather to get them to try and deliver the twins to give you a better chance of living but then there is a chance they might not live. Please wake up, I don't want to have to make that decision" He sat in silence for a few minutes before starting to talk about other things "I finished your rounds for you and changed all the name tags for you. Lily and her father asked after you and Melissa isn't getting any better, I gave her the nightly dose of morphine, she was awake and talking to them by then" He sat there for ages talking about the house and the nursery and whatever he had been doing at the time the doctor came in and told him that it was time for him to leave although he begged for more time the doctor told him to go home and he went up to his office and put his scrubs, coat and stethoscope back in his locker. As he was leaving he looked at the picture of them on their wedding day and he felt tears forming in his eyes. On the way home he turned the CD player on and it was the Delta Goodrem CD he had bought for Lily and it was set on track 11, their song. He turned the CD off and went to the radio, which had the S Club song on it, he sighed and turned all the music off, trying to get his mind off Lily.

When he arrived he had a shower in their double shower and remembered the time he got in behind her and scared her to death when he hugged her, they spent the rest of the day laughing about it. His tears mixed with the water as he stood in the shower. He got out and changed into his boxers that he wore to bed and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Amy?"

A/N: that's today's chapter, I'll start on the next one and add it tomorrow. If anybody else is reading this as well as ShastenRothe plz review and let me know what you think!