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They had arrived at the festival before the fans had got in and still Sam hadn't found time to text Zoe. But now she was listening to the sound of the band playing their 4th song and Sam smiled and started to bop in time with the music and flick her hand into a rock chick pose and she looked over toward the back of the stage and her heart sank as Tom gave her a smug smile spreading his arms wide in form of gloating "Get it all out" he teased shouting over the loud music.
"I was...I was just listening" she protested proctectivley trying to believe her own lie as she was a massive fan of theirs
"Hey you don't have to explain anything to me" he protested still teasing her and walking forward to meet her and as soon as he got into reach she elbowed him in the ribs and he winced in pain and he laughed. Sam's smile faltered as she saw men in orange pull a clearly disheveled girl over the barrier "Uh Oh trouble" Sam said and she started to jog over to where the boys in orange were and the young girl. Sam got her up and got her to start walking gently around but it wasn't helping and so she stopped the passing and put her hands on the girls shoulder trying to calm the girl down and she heard Tom's shouts and so she took a look to him and saw him leaning over the barrier trying to help a teenage boy and so Sam couldn't delay any longer and so she ran over to Tom and put a hand on his arm trying to sus what was going on.
"What was that about?" Tom asked to a fairly young guy wearing orange
"Nothing" he snapped and he jumped the rail "Move, move now " he ordered and Sam saw him run though the crowd and so she went back to her patient with a little shrug to Tom.
"Problem?" she heard Tom asked
"There's too many people I haven't seen this many people before" an older guy said
"Maybe they shouldn't sell so many tickets" Tom suggested cleverly
"It's not tickets there's something wrong" the guy replied knowingly
"These guys are going to have to cut it short I'm going to need time to clear out before the headliners are on" the guy said and he walked off toward the stage while Sam continued to calm her patient down. Sam was vaguely aware then when of the man saying something and then suddenly rubbish started to be thrown onto the stage and the band cleared off but Sam ignored this infact it was only when the patient started to scream did Sam turn around and saw the stage on fire, the stage she realized that was ever so close to her and part of the stage fell down and people started to scatter and scream. Sam let her patient go to a set of paramedics as the whole of the stage went up in flames and flaming debry started to come off. "DON'T PANIC, DON'T PANIC" Sam yelled at the top of her voice above the screaming fans running toward the crowd with Tom "MOVE AWAY FROM THE FLAME, MOVE AWAY FROM THE FLAMES, STAND BACK, STAND BACK" she shouted and she turned to the original guy that Tom was talking to "Is anyone hurt?" she asked
"Not by the flames" he responded
"Ok" she responded
"There were just to many people" he responded.
Sam and Tom started to push though the crowd "Please excuse me try not to panic" Sam ordered while Tom reiterated her message "Coming though" Sam said
"Mind your backs, mind your back" Tom ordered as he struggled to get up onto the grass bank above. "We need more of the attack squad" Tom shouted to the same man as last time and then looked down to Sam who's facial expression displayed her comfortableness at the situation.
"We've got trouble at tunnel 2" the man ordered
"Everyone stay calm" Sam shouted trying to make herself believe that
"I need some help here" Tom called and Tamzin ran to help him
"Stop everyone stop" Sam called and Tamzin extended her arm
"Give him some space" she called and someone grabbed her arm and pulled her over
"Tamzin" Tom shouted
"Tom" Sam called back
"Man down, man down" Tom called and jumped down the side next to her
"Tom" Sam called again and she ran over to him "I need some help" she called.
Sam heard someone call her name and she turned sharply to hear her name being called by Dixie and Jeff and she smiled in relief at the help
"Over there" Sam ordered and she ran though to help them
"Tom" she called and she bent down beside the casualty examining the wounds and then she caught sight of Tom and Tamzin and her eyes went wide "You two need treatment" she said shocked
"No we're fine" Tamzin argued quickly looking over to Tom and smiling as Sam felt something in her stomach shift making way for a new unfamiliar emotion. Suddenly she felt the ground beneath her begin to shake and she exchanged a look with Tom as a wall nearby crashed to the floor with a teenage boy clinging on for dear life and Sam abandoned the patient and ran over to the rock "Keep still try and stay calm" she ordered running to them and kneeling down beside the rock trying to ignore their terrified whimperings and she got up trying to survey the area "Stop, stop what are you doing?" Sam yelled to the man in charge of the event as she ran to stop him
"It's Karl he's my son" the man pleaded but Sam's argument was better
"Well moving him might kill him" she yelled trying to get him to see reason
"He's my son" he protested weakly
"Right well stay back and let me do my job, we'll get him out" Sam said determinately and Jeff helped to pull the man away.
"We'll treat you in a moment" Sam said to a girl and she bent down to see underneath the rock "Ok" she said almost to herself and she took a look and cursed as from this angle it was difficult to tell anything. She got up and walked over to Jeff "I can't tell how much of the weight they have taken" Sam explained and he nodded
"Ok" and bent down to look for himself
"Please, please get him off of me please" the girl begged and Sam was instantly struck with curiosity as to why she was so scared. "Get him out" and the father started to join in
"Oye keep back for me, were doing our best ok" and Sam could have laughed if it wasn't for the circumstances typical Jeff able to put anyone in their place with a couple of little words. Sam ran round the rock and bent down again to look at them "Hello can you hear me?" she called and all she got back was quick ruff breathing "Can you tell me what your names are?" she asked
"Karl" one of them coughed
"Laura" the other one responded
"Ok Laura Karl my names Sam we're going to get you out ok" Sam reasurred them opening up her equipment bag and was started as she heard Tom's voice.
"Any movement must be done very carefully or we're going to have a major bleed on our hands" Tom instructed to the firemen
"Got it ok" the firemen responded.
"Keep squeezing my hand for me" Sam instructed to the girl Laura "That's it good girl" she said as she held her head and neck in place and nodded to the firemen to inflate the block and they did and Sam started to remove a block "Ok thanks guys" she said and she was able to wriggle in and flash a torch around the space and heard a subtle groan that was no coming from either of the other 2 patients "EVERYBODY QUIET" she yelled as the flash light shinned upon a flash new wrist watch and she heard another groan and rolled her eyes and wriggled out and came face to face with Tom "There's a 3rd person down there" she said wishing to discuss the options with him.
"Well if we take our time getting the wall off they all might die" Tom stated
"Yeh but if we rush it they are going to die" she said and they stood for a second not saying anything until Jeff looked at them
"We need a decision" he said and they looked at each other again.
"We're going to have to risk it" Sam said to Jeff and Sam and Tom nodded at each other and turned in opposite directions and started to walk round the rock.
"Raising" a firemen said and the block started to rise
"Nice and still for me Laura, that's it" Sam said gently and Sam looked underneath
"Just let us know when you are ready" Jeff said and Sam nodded
"Ok" she said and nodded for them to stop and she ducked underneath and saw Jeff, Dixie and Tom help to get Karl out.
"Right Dixie this is Laura I want you to completely imbolisise her and take her on a very slow ride back to the ED" Sam ordered
"Ok" Dixie said and started to reassure Laura. While Sam went round to Keff and Tom and heard Laura scream for Danny and Sam started to examine him
"Raised chest and paradoxial breathing" she said to Jeff and turned to Tom "Tom, Tom go back to the car now, go " she ordered harshly and he turned and did as he was told and left her.
"Thought you paramedics are meant to be tough you got lucky it could have been a lot worse" Sam teased as Tamzin winced in pain from the antiseptic gel
"Yeh it's a good job your mate was there to get me out, is he a permanent here?" " Tamzin asked a wistfull look in her eye.
"Tom?" Sam queried
"I mean is he single?" she asked and Sam shot her an odd look "What if you don't ask you don't get" she replied and Sam laughed feeling slightly awkward with the conversation.
"No Idea" she responded trying to throw Tamzin off his sent
"Ouch" Tamzin said as Sam wipped the cut and felt ehrself smile slightly
"Ok all done" Sam said and she walked away with an odd sensation present in her stomach again.
"I keep seeing Danny's face" Tom admitted as he sat on the cubicles bed with Sam tending to him and she didn't respond for fear if saying something stupid "I could have should have got him out" Tom said beating himself up and Sam grabbed a wet towel and pulled it over the cut. "Let it go" she responded harshly as butterfly's started to appear in her stomach
"Is that what you do, we could have saved him and you just let it go" he accused picking up on her harshness
"Yep" she snapped trying to remove the butterfly sensation from her stomach
"How do you do that because I sure can't ?"he asked calling her up on her behavior and Sam couldn't answer him. The truth was she didn't really understand after all she didn't believe her own advice and so she walked round to the other side of the bed and changed the subject "You know that paramedic has the hots for you" she muttered hoping he wouldn't notice
"Expertly change of subject" Tom said coldly "Fluent technique, final you don't do touchy feely right" Tom rolled his eyes leaning into her and rolling his eyes.
"You should have known that" she scowlded
"Yeh but I never had you pegged as a rock chick either" Tom teased and she stayed quiet turning his head sharply "Ok" she muttered
"Am I done?" he teased
"Yes your done, now go, leave me alone" she spat smiling and flirting at him.
"Is she in with a chance?" Sam asked non shallontly
"Never at work" he replied and Sam's heat dropped upset "It's the lesser known 11th commandment" he explained and she nodded
"Ah Tom" she said and he turned "It wasn't your fault" she said gently with human emotion present but he turned away and left her with a sinking heart and the feeling that she liked him more than was appropriate.
Sam changed into her street clothes of a black and white spotted t shirt and very short black shorts and she grabbed her things from her locker "Where are you going then?" he asked admiring her outfit looking her up and down
"Ah now wouldn't you like to know" she teased
"Go on then buy you a drink to say thanks for today you know you aren't that bad a Doctor Sam Nicholls" he teased and Sam smiled
"Charming" she responded "And on that bases you so owe me a drink" she laughed and leaned into him as Zoe entered the room. and broke any sexual tension present