Some pretty heavy drama to follow. Good luck reader, stay calm and send me your thoughts if you have a chance.

As reference – Dr Kate Morgan looks like Kate Moennig, imagine a Dr Miranda Foster from Three Rivers.

Nancy Carnahan is loosely based on the character of Nancy Carnahan in the TV show trauma

I'm not a doctor or a medical professional so please give me a break if I get medical things wrong. I tried to be as accurate as possible though.

Chapter 3

Dr Katherine Morgan was an Intensivist and Surgeon at the best hospital in Los Angeles. She was on a date with Dr Nancy Carnahan, a trauma doc who spent most of her days out in a helicopter treating critically injured patients in the field. They both had extremely stressful jobs and were looking forward to a relaxed evening of music. Kate was good friends with both Tegan and Sara but she was closer to Tegan. Kate's brother Alex was married to Erin, Tegan's best friend in the world. Alex and Erin was the "IT" couple in Hollywood. Both were immensely successful, beautiful and talented. They were in London at the moment where Alex was promoting his latest block buster movie. Erin and Tegan were inseparable and they spoke on the phone at least once every day when they weren't in the same city. They've know each other for more than 10 years, back when they were both broke, struggling artists and roommates in Vancouver. Kate spoke to Erin earlier that day and they chatted briefly about the concert "I spoke to Tegan earlier today; she seems a bit under the weather? She says she's just exhausted and happy to be done with the tour but I don't know. Anyway, I have to admit I'm happy too, I miss having my friend around" said Erin. "Really? Maybe she's just a bit run down? It's been a long tour. I'll try to give her a Vitamin B shot tomorrow, that should make her feel better. But then again, knowing her she probably won't want it, full of shit that one! Anyway, we're looking forward to the show... O crap, we're now officially late" said Kate. "Send my love, give Tegan a big hug from me and tell her I hope she feels better soon!"

Kate's thoughts wandered back to that conversation as she watched Tegan from one of the VIP theatre booths. Kate looked like a rock star herself, always so effortlessly classy and cool. She was wearing a faded denim jacket and skinny jeans. Pretty much what half the audience was wearing that but Kate just pulled it off so much better. She thought to herself that Tegan looked horrible and she seemed to be taking a lot of strain. "I'm worried, something's not right" Kate said a minute into the show. "She's okay Kate" said Nancy reassuringly. Her concerns grew and as Tegan left the stage the first time Kate got up "I'm going to check on her" she said sounding worried. "All right, let's go. Wait, hang on Kate. There she is. She's back" said Nancy and Kate sat back down. Kate knew that she should been back stage when she saw Tegan clutching her keyboard stand with her eyes closed, she could tell Tegan was breathing heavily even from far away. She got up just before Tegan weakly started Call it Off. "That's it, I'm going backstage" she stated strongly. Kate and Nancy were standing at the stage door as Tegan left the stage. She was banging on the door, desperate to be let in. Somebody eventually opened but didn't want to let them in and only after a shouting match and a long search for her backstage pass and her MD credentials were they allowed back stage "Fucking asshole, I'm a doctor why wouldn't he let me in, she obviously needs help" complained Kate during a brisk walk to find Tegan. Kate was a badass and had quite a potty mouth when she wasn't in front of patients. "He's just doing his job Kate" replied Nancy.

Kate and Nancy found Tegan sitting on a big black crate, Lindsey and Jeremy hovering over her giving her water and wiping her face with a towel. Tegan seemed to have trouble just sitting up. She was slumped against the wall with her eyes closed, breathing heavily. "Tegan, hey buddy what's going on?" asked Kate. Tegan opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times as if to get the picture in focus. "Hey K dawg…" she said weakly, in obvious respiratory distress. Sara was still singing on stage. "All right Teabag, let's get you sorted out…" said Kate reassuringly. Tegan didn't reply, she was drenched in sweat, white as a ghost and breathing very heavily. Kate grabbed a low chair and sat right in front of Tegan – her legs between Tegan's legs. She put two fingers on her neck searching for her pulse. "Pulse is tachy and weak, see if you can get me a number Nance" said Kate, the concern rising in her voice. Tegan's eyes were closed. "Tee, talk to me, what hurts buddy, what's not feeling good?" Tegan was slow to respond... "Tegan... talk to me" said Kate with concern in her voice. "My chest…. head" whispered Tegan weakly and started coughing, struggling for breath. Kate touched Tegan's forehead. "Whoa you're burning up" she exclaimed. "I'm Okay…" Tegan kept saying but in a very weak, hoarse voice with her eyes closed. "Tegan, is your cough dry or productive?" asked Kate, Tegan didn't reply. Kate took her face and lightly slapped her cheek. "Tegan!" she called. "Productive" whispered Tegan and started coughing again. Nancy took the towel out of Tegan's hands and emptied a cold water bottle onto it. She wiped Tegan's face and put the towel around her neck with the ice pack from earlier under it, which seemed to soothe Tegan a bit. "Tegan did you take any drugs today? Any cold meds? Anything else?" asked Kate. "I took some Tylenol this morning and I took two aspirins about an hour before the show…. I...I think I puked it out" said Tegan. "Okay that's fine Tee, just that?" Tegan nodded. "She hates taking meds" said Lindsey looking nervous. Kate took a little penlight out of her handbag and opened Tegan's eyes one by one while shining the light into her eyes. "Pulse is around 130" Nancy said concerned "Pupils are equal and reactive but slightly sluggish. She's very dehydrated" sighed Kate. "She's been throwing up most of the day" said Jeremy. "Tegan …. Hey Tegan buddy… let's get you out of here all right?" Kate said. "I want to go home…. Please... I want to go home… Linds…" pleaded Tegan weakly. "I'm here baby, let's just get you to the dressing room so Kate can make sure you're okay and then we'll get you home all right" Tegan didn't want to fight, she simply didn't have the energy.

"I'm sorry guys, we know this is not what you paid to see and I promise we're going to make it up to you and we're going to refund you these tickets" said Sara. She played another 3 songs after Tegan left the stage but she couldn't will herself to do more. She was in a state of panic and she really just needed to check on Tegan. "Sorry again guys, you were great. We'll make it up to you" The crowd went nuts as Sara left the stage, they started to chant "we love you Tegan" over and over again. Sara felt the adrenaline course through her veins when she saw a group of people hovered around Tegan. She was relieved to see Kate there. Thank god, a doctor! she thought. "Tegan!" she pushed her way through the now rapidly growing crowd to her sister "Tegan... Tee!" she repeated panicked to see Tegan sitting with her eyes closed. Tegan opened her eyes and smiled a weak smile. "Hey Sar, you did good…" she said. "So did you Tee, you did great. You okay?" asked Sara, her hand on Tegan's shoulder. Tegan nodded weakly. Sara felt fear rising as she noticed her twin's lips had a bluish tint to them, contrasting against the paleness of her face. "Kate, should we get her to the hospital?" asked Sara looking stressed. "Nooo… please no hospital" moaned Tegan. "Okay Tee take it easy! Let's just get you into the dressing room and we'll make a call from there" Kate turned to Nancy, "get Tyler and Boone over her now!" she said looking worried. Kate was referring to the two paramedics on duty at the venue. Kate and Nancy bumped into them earlier that evening on the way in. Lindsey and Kate tried to get Tegan to her feet but she was obviously disorientated and weak. Jeremy stepped in and gently took Tegan in his arms and carried her to the dressing room. He sat her down on the couch.

"Let's get her stuff together guys, the medics are on their way, we're going to need to get her to the hospital" said Kate sitting next to Tegan taking her pulse again. Tegan seemed to panic, "No please no hospital! I'm fine, really" she said. "Just relax Tegan, I've got you ok. Take nice deep breaths for me okay" replied Kate. Lindsey wiped her hair out of Tegan's sticky face and whispered to her "Okay baby, everything's all right, you're going to be fine okay, just breathe" Sara was standing at the door trying to keep the crew out. "Lindsey, grab her stuff. Let's get out of here" said Kate as she got up to get some ice while Lindsey went to get Tegan's stuff together. They left her alone for 20 seconds. Tegan got to her feet in a moment of bravery, in her mind she was okay and definitely not going to any hospital. She just needed to pull herself together. As soon as she miraculously pulled herself to her feet she felt the room start to spin, her legs buckled underneath her, everything blurred, and the world went black…