I do not own the main characters (Lu, Marc, Lana, Peter, Andy, Nick and Robert) in this story, they belong to Lifetime. I also sometimes mix the original storyline with my own.
Chapter 1: Fallen
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"Vanessa Standford?" Lu yelled as she ran into the ER. The paramedic next to her looked up and pointed at dr. Nick Biancavilla. "Nick!" As fast as she could, Lu made her way to her patient. "What happened?"
"Boyfriend found her unconscious at the bottom of the stairs in her mother's house. She must've fallen off." Nick replied.
"Alright, I want a CT, MRI, an X-ray on her arm and shoulder, call neuro.. and get me a suture kit for these." Lu said, referring to the open wounds on Vanessa's forehead and left shoulder. She started cleaning the wounds carefully. "I need more pads, I can't see anything here." The wound on her shoulder seemed like a deep cut, but the big amount of blood made it impossible for Lu to determine.
"Is she gonna be okay?"
Lu looked over her shoulder. A young man stood closely behind her. His shirt hung untucked over his damaged jeans. He held a baseball cap in one hand, and ran the other through his messy, light brown hair. Lu noticed a lack of concern in his voice as well as his face.
"I'm Zach, her boyfriend. Will she be all right?"
"She'll be fine, don't worry. The fall may have caused a concussion or a broken arm, but nothing that can't heal. I'll tell you what though, why don't you wait down the hall and let us work here okay? I'll get back to you when we're done."
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Lu sat back and closed her eyes, thinking about her day so far. Chat room was about interruption and how it can cause things like stress, and ironically enough they were interrupted by Lu's pager a couple of minutes before the end. A diabetic patient of hers had accidentally mismanaged her insuline and went into insuline shock. About an hour later, another patient arrived in the ER - Vanessa. Fallen down the stairs in her mom's house, found by her boyfriend, who had mysteriously disappeared when Lu wanted to tell him how Vanessa was doing.
She checked her watch. 1 PM. She knew that her next patient wouldn't be here until 1.30, so she figured she'd better get herself something to eat. But just as she walked out of her office, the other door of the office opened. Lu took a few steps back to see who it was.
"Lu?"
"Oh hey Peter." Lu said. "What's up?"
"Got the test results of a patient of yours, Vanessa Stanford." Peter handed the results to Lu.
"Good, thanks."
While Peter walked out, Lu quickly looked them over. A slight concussion. No fractures. MRI and CT, clear. None of the tests they ran incidated anythng that could've caused the fall. No extreme temperatures in this grey weather. If she tripped over something, she probably wouldn't have lost consciousness or have wounds that are this severe. The only thing left to do was ask Vanessa if she remembered what happened. Lu decided to check in on her after having lunch. She walked out of her office and headed for the cafetaria.
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Lu noticed that Zack had reappeared. He was sitting next to Vanessa and held her hand while Lu came in the hospital room.
"Hey Vanessa. How are you feeling?"
"My shoulder hurts a little.. and I have a headache.." Vanessa replied in a soft voice as Lu sat down.
"I'll have the nurse give you something for the pain. You have a slight concussion as a result from your fall, which explains your headache. Your shoulder got quite a blow, but you didn't break anything."
"When can she come home?" Zach asked.
"There's no reason I can discharge her today." Lu turned to Vanessa again. "But you'll need to rest for a week, you wouldn't wanna be on your feet if you want the concussion to be over with. And as for your arm, you shouldn't use it too much for the next four weeks, maybe wear a sling if you need one. And you'd have to come back to have the stitches taken out in a couple of days."
"Okay." Vanessa said. Zach let go of her hand and stood up, looking down on Lu.
"I gotta ask you something though," Lu started. "How did it happen?"
"What do you mean, Lu?"
"Do you remember why you fell?"
"I.. I don't know. I guess I tripped over something." Vanessa replied.
Lu sighed. "I don't think you would end up with such wounds and loss of consciousness if you just tripped and fell." She paused. Zach started pacing around the room. Vanessa kept her eyes fixed on him, which made Lu doubt Vanessa's attention to what she was saying. "We ran a couple of tests, but none of them show any condition that could have caused you to collapse."
"I don't know.. I guess I was just tired."
"Maybe.."
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"Hi Lana!"
Lana didn't quite expect to hear that voice at the RWHC. "Marc? Hey kid.. aren't you supposed to be at your dad's place on Wednesday?"
"Yeah, I know. But I forgot my bag, and honestly I don't wanna come back for it tomorrow at 6 AM." Marc replied.
"You forgot your.." Lu didn't even finish her sentence. She stood in the entrance of her office, holding in a laugh. "I didn't even notice it was still here."
"Well, neither did I when I left it earlier," Marc said as if he had no clue about the presence of his sense of humor. He put his hands in his pockets and walked past Lana, towards the office. "But once I wanted to check whether I had packed everything for the trip to..." Marc now stood really close to Lu and softly spoke the words in her ear, ".. South Beach"
"Stop it Marc!" Lu interrupted her son, being forced to admit her smile caused by Marc's so called attempt at joking. "It's already frustrating enough that Bill can go to Florida and I can't, let alone being reminded all the time that he's taking you with him!" Even though that meant she had almost a week to spend together with Mickey. While Marc walked into Lu's office to get his bag, Lu walked up to Lana.
"So.. what's up, gorgeous?" Lana said as she got back to her computer.
"I was wondering if you knew where Vanessa Stanford's chart is, cause I can't find it. I've looked under 'S', under 'V' but it's not there. I wanna discharge her today and--"
"It's right there." Lana pointed at a small pile of files at their right, without even looking up.
"Lana..." Lu moaned ironically as she grabbed Vanessa's chart. "You oughtta start filing those things.." Lana looked up and gave Lu a look that made everything clear. 'Filing' and 'Lana' just don't match.
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Chapter 1: Fallen
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"Vanessa Standford?" Lu yelled as she ran into the ER. The paramedic next to her looked up and pointed at dr. Nick Biancavilla. "Nick!" As fast as she could, Lu made her way to her patient. "What happened?"
"Boyfriend found her unconscious at the bottom of the stairs in her mother's house. She must've fallen off." Nick replied.
"Alright, I want a CT, MRI, an X-ray on her arm and shoulder, call neuro.. and get me a suture kit for these." Lu said, referring to the open wounds on Vanessa's forehead and left shoulder. She started cleaning the wounds carefully. "I need more pads, I can't see anything here." The wound on her shoulder seemed like a deep cut, but the big amount of blood made it impossible for Lu to determine.
"Is she gonna be okay?"
Lu looked over her shoulder. A young man stood closely behind her. His shirt hung untucked over his damaged jeans. He held a baseball cap in one hand, and ran the other through his messy, light brown hair. Lu noticed a lack of concern in his voice as well as his face.
"I'm Zach, her boyfriend. Will she be all right?"
"She'll be fine, don't worry. The fall may have caused a concussion or a broken arm, but nothing that can't heal. I'll tell you what though, why don't you wait down the hall and let us work here okay? I'll get back to you when we're done."
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Lu sat back and closed her eyes, thinking about her day so far. Chat room was about interruption and how it can cause things like stress, and ironically enough they were interrupted by Lu's pager a couple of minutes before the end. A diabetic patient of hers had accidentally mismanaged her insuline and went into insuline shock. About an hour later, another patient arrived in the ER - Vanessa. Fallen down the stairs in her mom's house, found by her boyfriend, who had mysteriously disappeared when Lu wanted to tell him how Vanessa was doing.
She checked her watch. 1 PM. She knew that her next patient wouldn't be here until 1.30, so she figured she'd better get herself something to eat. But just as she walked out of her office, the other door of the office opened. Lu took a few steps back to see who it was.
"Lu?"
"Oh hey Peter." Lu said. "What's up?"
"Got the test results of a patient of yours, Vanessa Stanford." Peter handed the results to Lu.
"Good, thanks."
While Peter walked out, Lu quickly looked them over. A slight concussion. No fractures. MRI and CT, clear. None of the tests they ran incidated anythng that could've caused the fall. No extreme temperatures in this grey weather. If she tripped over something, she probably wouldn't have lost consciousness or have wounds that are this severe. The only thing left to do was ask Vanessa if she remembered what happened. Lu decided to check in on her after having lunch. She walked out of her office and headed for the cafetaria.
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Lu noticed that Zack had reappeared. He was sitting next to Vanessa and held her hand while Lu came in the hospital room.
"Hey Vanessa. How are you feeling?"
"My shoulder hurts a little.. and I have a headache.." Vanessa replied in a soft voice as Lu sat down.
"I'll have the nurse give you something for the pain. You have a slight concussion as a result from your fall, which explains your headache. Your shoulder got quite a blow, but you didn't break anything."
"When can she come home?" Zach asked.
"There's no reason I can discharge her today." Lu turned to Vanessa again. "But you'll need to rest for a week, you wouldn't wanna be on your feet if you want the concussion to be over with. And as for your arm, you shouldn't use it too much for the next four weeks, maybe wear a sling if you need one. And you'd have to come back to have the stitches taken out in a couple of days."
"Okay." Vanessa said. Zach let go of her hand and stood up, looking down on Lu.
"I gotta ask you something though," Lu started. "How did it happen?"
"What do you mean, Lu?"
"Do you remember why you fell?"
"I.. I don't know. I guess I tripped over something." Vanessa replied.
Lu sighed. "I don't think you would end up with such wounds and loss of consciousness if you just tripped and fell." She paused. Zach started pacing around the room. Vanessa kept her eyes fixed on him, which made Lu doubt Vanessa's attention to what she was saying. "We ran a couple of tests, but none of them show any condition that could have caused you to collapse."
"I don't know.. I guess I was just tired."
"Maybe.."
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"Hi Lana!"
Lana didn't quite expect to hear that voice at the RWHC. "Marc? Hey kid.. aren't you supposed to be at your dad's place on Wednesday?"
"Yeah, I know. But I forgot my bag, and honestly I don't wanna come back for it tomorrow at 6 AM." Marc replied.
"You forgot your.." Lu didn't even finish her sentence. She stood in the entrance of her office, holding in a laugh. "I didn't even notice it was still here."
"Well, neither did I when I left it earlier," Marc said as if he had no clue about the presence of his sense of humor. He put his hands in his pockets and walked past Lana, towards the office. "But once I wanted to check whether I had packed everything for the trip to..." Marc now stood really close to Lu and softly spoke the words in her ear, ".. South Beach"
"Stop it Marc!" Lu interrupted her son, being forced to admit her smile caused by Marc's so called attempt at joking. "It's already frustrating enough that Bill can go to Florida and I can't, let alone being reminded all the time that he's taking you with him!" Even though that meant she had almost a week to spend together with Mickey. While Marc walked into Lu's office to get his bag, Lu walked up to Lana.
"So.. what's up, gorgeous?" Lana said as she got back to her computer.
"I was wondering if you knew where Vanessa Stanford's chart is, cause I can't find it. I've looked under 'S', under 'V' but it's not there. I wanna discharge her today and--"
"It's right there." Lana pointed at a small pile of files at their right, without even looking up.
"Lana..." Lu moaned ironically as she grabbed Vanessa's chart. "You oughtta start filing those things.." Lana looked up and gave Lu a look that made everything clear. 'Filing' and 'Lana' just don't match.
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