Hi guys, I'm back with another chapter, this one covering 1x02. Thank you guys for the reviews, and enjoy!
I awake to a blaring alarm, and I force myself up to turn it off, before heading to the shower. I wash and condition my hair quickly, before stepping out and wrapping a towel around my lower half. I dress quickly, and head back to the bathroom to put moose in my hair to tame my wild curls.
I walk to my daughter's bedroom and watch her sleep for a little from the doorway. I sigh, seeing how big she has gotten. I can remember it like yesterday when she was placed in my arms.
"One last push Mrs. Shepherd, your baby is almost here." The nurse yells over Addison's cries.
"Derek, I don't think I can do this." She squeezes my hand harder. "I'm not ready to be a mother."
"Honey, you are going to be an excellent mother." I lean down to kiss her quickly, and rest my forehead on her sweaty forehead. "You've got this."
"Okay." She whimpers. "I can do this."
I nod, holding her hand between mine. "One last push."
"Oh my, holyyyy crap this hurts!" She cries.
"And baby is here, and it's a girl!" The OB resident adds. "Dad, would you like to cut the cord?"
"Yes," I say, walking down to the bottom of the bed, taking the scissors from a nurse.
"Right here." The nurse points where to cut, even though I already know where I need to cut. In one little snip, my daughter is free. The nurse immediately takes her over across the room, to slightly clean her up and clear out her nose and throat, so I go back to Addison's side.
"Oh." She falls back onto the bed and breathes heavily. "It's a girl, we have a little girl Derek." She says breathlessly.
"She's beautiful. I told you could do it." She rests her head against my arm, and I kiss her forehead.
I hear a tiny wail, and I already know who it's coming from. I try to see her through the crowd of nurses, but I'm unsuccessful. That's until one of them turns around with her in her arms.
The nurse walks my way, cradling my daughter who is swaddled in a light pink blanket. "Would you guys like to hold her?"
"Yes, of course." I say, holding out my arms. The nurse places her softly in my arms, and I pull her close, snuggling her. "Look, babe. She gorgeous." I move to where Addison can see her better.
"Oh my gosh Derek, she is perfect." Addison lightly strokes her cheek, and her eyes flutter open enough for me to see her bright blue eyes. "Hi baby, I'm your Daddy." I lean down to kiss her soft forehead, and I can't help but smile.
I find myself kissing her forehead again, but it's not quite as soft as when she was baby, but it's still soft. She stirs a little, rolling over to her other side.
I glance at my watch, and see it's almost time for me to leave for work, and the sitter will be here any minute. She wanted to go to the hospital again with me today, but I just couldn't. It's her summer, she should be outside playing not cooped up in a hospital while her Dad works. So I let the sitter know that I needed her today. Maybe next time, if she really wants to, I'll take her to the hospital with me.
A faint knock causes me to jump, and I jar Joy awake. "Dad?"
"Yes honey?"
"What time is it?" She asks, rubbing her eyes.
"To early for you to be up. Go back to sleep pumpkin." She lays back, and I pull the blanket up around her before leaving another kiss on her forehead.
"Have a good day at work Dad." She yawns and snuggles down into the blankets, and head to the door. "I love you."
"I love you too, Joy." I say before softly pulling her door shut.
I move down the short hallway and into the living room, to open the front door. "Samantha, hey."
"Mr. Shepherd, I've told you to call me Sam. You know I don't like Samantha." She scolds.
I open the door wider, allowing her to come in. "And I've told you to call me Derek."
"Ah, I know." She sits on my couch. "It's the respect thing, ya know? I don't feel like I've known you long enough to call you Derek."
"Fair enough, I guess." I shrug, and move toward the kitchen. "So you know my shifts run kind of long, feel free to call me and I can come get her. She loves the hospital anyways, I just don't think it's good for her to be there for her whole summer."
"Yeah, she's got a ton of energy." Sam adds.
"Yep, but I don't think it's good for you to spend all day babysitting, so please call me when you need a break." I turn on the coffee machine, and get it warming up. "This is just till I can find something more permanent."
"I know, but I really enjoy Joy." Sam scrunches up her face, and lets out a giggle. "That sounded weird, but I love her name. I really do."
I pour my coffee into my travel mug. "She brings joy to my life."
"Cheesy." Sam giggles.
"I love cheese." I smirk.
"Whatever." She rolls her eyes." You better get going soon, you don't want to be late."
"Why are you in such a hurry to get me out of here huh?" I question while I put the lid on my coffee.
"Uh, so I can go back to sleep." She pulls the blanket up to her chest.
"Mh, okay." I grab my bag and head for the door. "Call me if you need anything."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye." I shut and lock the door behind me.
I hurry down the stairs, knowing I'm already running late. I'm glad I got the apartment. It's close to the hospital, and it's just more convenient. I do love the trailer I got too, along with the land, but I know I couldn't fit Joy and I in there. The apartment is better for Joy, so she has her own room and it's walking distance to the park. I reach the bottom of the stairs and glance up at her window, I can see various stickers and toys in the window. I smile, knowing how much she loves the view from her window.
I sigh, knowing if I don't leave in the next couple minutes that Richard will probably be pissed. I jump into the driver's seat, and back out of my parking spot swiftly, and head toward the hospital. Thankfully, the ride to the hospital is relatively short.
The first thing I do is head straight to my office to drop off my stuff, then I head to the nurse's station for my post ops charts to see how they are doing this morning.
I round on them quickly, even though I see that the interns already have. It's not that I don't trust the interns, most days I don't actually, it's just I'd prefer to hear from my patients myself. I think it's better for the patients and me, being the one treating them. Since I missed rounds with the interns this morning, most of them seem a little annoyed to be bothered a second time this early in the morning, but I try not to take it to heart.
Richard paged me, non-urgent but still. I just finished with my patients, so I head to the elevator. I push the button several times before stepping back and pulling out my flip phone.
I glance up to see the cute intern approaching me, carrying a stack of folders. She steps in front of me, and I realize that she is just using the elevator, not approaching me, but I can't help but start a conversation anyways. "Seattle has ferryboats."
She takes a moment to respond. "Yes."
"I didn't know that. I've been living here six weeks." I glimpse up at the intern standing in front of me for a few seconds before returning to what I was doing on the phone. "I didn't know there were ferryboats."
"Seattle is surrounded by water on three sides." She adds, never turning around.
"Hence the ferryboats." The elevator dings, and shove the flip phone in my pocket. "Now I have to like it here. I wasn't planning on liking it here. I'm from New York, genetically engineered to dislike everywhere, except Manhattan." We both enter the elevator, and I press the fifth floor button. "I have a thing for ferryboats." The elevator door shuts, with just the two of us in it.
"I'm not going out with you." She says after a couple seconds.
"Did I ask you to go out with me?" I look over my shoulder, just enough to see her in my peripheral vision. I grin a little, hoping I'm flustering her. "Do you want to go out with me?"
"I'm not dating you, and I'm definitely not sleeping with you again. You're my boss."
"I'm your boss's boss." I glance up to see that we aren't even at floor two yet, and I can already tell this elevator ride is going to be interesting.
"You're my teacher, and my teacher's teacher, and you're my teacher."
"I'm your sister, I'm your daughter." I mock her.
"You're sexually harassing me." She fires back.
"I'm riding an elevator." I respond, and I try to keep myself from glancing back at her.
"Look, I'm drawing a line. The line is drawn. There's a big line."
"So, this line," I turn to face her. "Is it imaginary or do I need to get you a marker?"
I watch as her eyes go from my eyes to my lips, and she lunges forward. Her soft lips catch mine, and she drops all the files just as she backs me into wall. Her hands on the sides of my face keep me from leaving, even though I don't want to break the kiss at all. My hands find her hips and I spin us around so she's against the wall. I wrap my arms around her back, holding her close as she opens her mouth, allowing my tongue to enter. I allow her to take control again, and we flip back around to where I'm against the wall. Her tongue fights mine for dominance, until the elevator dings letting us know it's arrived at the floor.
She pulls away and glances up for a second at the floor number, before crouching down to grab the files she dropped just a few seconds ago. I lick my lips, enjoying the taste of her that she left on my lips. The elevator door slides open just as she is finishing picking of her files, and she clears her throat as she darts away.
"We'll talk later?" I ask, but I doubt she hears as the elevator closes again. I ponder for the rest of the elevator ride on how I'm going to convince her to go out with me.
I don't notice the elevator doors open till one of the nurses says something. "Doctor, are you getting off on this floor or what?"
"Yeah." I shake off the thoughts of the intern, I can't do that because I have a daughter and I don't know what she would think about that or how it would affect her. I just can't.
I stride towards Richard's office, and I knock twice before entering. "Hey Webber, you paged?"
"Hey Shep, I did. I was wondering if you left Joy with the sitter or not today?" He didn't even bother looking up from his paperwork.
"I left her with the sitter. The kid has to enjoy her summer; she can't spend it every day at the hospital." Even though she fights me every day over it, she can't always win. She already won my heart a thousand times over so it's only fair that I win some battles.
"She deserves that." Richard takes his glasses off and sets them in front of him. "I want to take you, Joy, and Adele out to eat sometime soon, my treat. We've enjoyed having Joy over, and we have agreed that we want to see her more. Plus, it's nice to see you sometimes too, considering you are always so busy."
"I'm sure Joy would love it. Just let me know a time and place." I nod before turning to leave.
"Shepherd," I turn back around, standing about half way between the door and his desk. "I also just got a call down from the ER, there's a rape victim and she has a suspected head injury. Work your magic Shepherd, she's gonna need it."
"I will." My pager started buzzing. Quickly checking it, I see it's a 9-1-1 to the ER. "It's the ER, I better go. I'll update you whenever we have news."
"Thanks Shep." I jog to the elevator, and rapidly press the buttons hoping it come go faster.
My pager starts going off again, and I can't help but groan. This time it's saying that she is on her way to x-ray and C.T. I let out a breath, knowing that the scans take a few minutes and I should be fine. I press the button again, and the elevator door finally opens.
When I finally get to the CT room, I see the intern that jumped me earlier along with Doctor Burke. "Doctor Grey, Doctor Burke, what do we have?"
"Rape victim. She's a 25-year-old female found at the park. She came in with a GCS of of six, and a B.P. of 80 over 60. She has blunt head trauma, unequal breath sounds, and her right pupil is dilated." Meredith hands me the girl's chart. "We are just waiting on the scans to come up."
I look through the glass of what I can see of the girl. I can see that she is really banged up, but without the scan we can't know what other injuries she has. "Did they at least catch the guy?"
"No, or at least not yet." Doctor Burke sighs.
"Scans are up." Meredith says.
"She definitely got a bleed. We have to get her to the OR right away." I shake my head. This poor girl didn't deserve to go through this, no one does.
Burke point at the screen. "What do you see there Grey?"
She cocks her head to side. "It looks like some kind of rupture. She will need that taken care of too."
"Good job Grey. Get her to the OR so we can save this girl." Burke responded.
The three of us filed out of the CT room, Meredith going with the patient, and Burke and I heading toward the OR.
We both head to the scrub room to get ready. I put on my fish scrub cap, and Burke puts on a weird flowery one. "Nice scrub cap."
"Thanks." We both put on our masks as the patient is wheeled into the OR. "You ready for this Shepherd?"
I grab a soap bar and begin scrubbing my hands and arms. "Ready to save her life."
"Yep." Burke nods before heading into the OR.
I hang back a second to let the nurses finish putting his gown and gloves on. I can't imagine what I would do if someone even looked at my daughter like that, let alone actually touching and hurting her. I would probably go to jail for murder honestly. I wonder what her family is thinking right now.
I step through the doors into the cold OR. The nurses quickly help me into the gown and gloves, along with putting the glasses on my face. I work my way to her head, that is all prepped and ready to.
"It's a beautiful day to save lives." I whisper to myself.
"Did you say something Shepherd?" Burke asks without looking up from what he is doing.
"Nope. Scalpel." I hold my hand out, and the scrub nurse quickly put the scalpel in my hands, and I begin cutting.
The surgery is quiet for a while, except for the occasional asking of an instrument. I glance up to see a couple interns quietly watching, and I can't help but notice that Meredith is among them.
I decide to break the silence. "She is gonna spend a hella long time in recovery and rehab." Just looking at her brain injuries, I can tell it's not going to be an easy recovery either.
"If she survives." Burke adds.
"What is she, like 5'2, 100 pounds? She's still breathing after what this guy did to her? If they catch the guy, they should castrate him." He definitely deserves do go down for what he did her.
"She how shredded her hands are?" Doctor Burke points out. "She tried to fight back."
"Tried too? The rape kit came back negative." I remember a nurse coming in about an hour ago to let us know that it came back negative. "She kicked his ass."
"So, we have a warrior among us, huh?" Burke chuckles.
"Allison." Meredith speaks up. "Her-her name is Allison."
"Allison." I repeat.
"I think I may have found the cause of our rupture." Burke scrunches his face as he digs something out of her.
"More suction." I whisper to my assist.
I glance up to see Burke pull something out of her and hold it up for the whole ER to see. "What is this? Does anyone know what this is?"
"Oh my god." I head Meredith say quietly, and I don't bother to look up.
"What? Spit it out Grey." Burke ordered.
"She bit it off." The intern got my attention, and now I am staring at whatever the hell she bit off.
"Bit off what?" Burke questions.
"That's his," She pauses for a moment, "his penis."
Everyone in the OR collectively cringes. Burke's eyes go wide and glances from Meredith to the thing in between the forceps in his hand.
"She bit off his penis." Meredith adds, trying to clarify what she meant. Burke tosses the forceps into a tray.
"Wow." Is his only response.
"Wow is right." I add. "Suction."
"Ouch." Is all I say as Doctor Burke and I scrub out.
"If she can fight the infection, she'll be fine." Burke and I scrub our arms side by side, and we watch as they wheel her out and into recovery.
"It's all going to depend on whether or not she wakes up in the next 72 hours." I shake my hands over the sink, and then grab a towel.
"Yo, we should get a drink later. You can tell me the long story of what makes a hotshot doc leave the big apple for Seattle." Burke grabs a couple towels and dries his hands and arms before throwing it away.
"Short story, actually. Your Chief of Surgery made me an offer I couldn't refuse." There are many other reasons, but that is just one of them.
"Richard asked you to come?" He asks.
Actually, I had called him but Burke doesn't need to know that. I wasn't expecting him to offer me so much, but it worked out in the end.
I tapped my fingers on the desk rapidly. If I called him, he could offer me a job. Or he could want to know personal details as to why I want to leave New York, and I don't to have to explain that. He is gonna kill me since I haven't called him in forever. He loves Joy, but then again he lives so far away so that's a good enough excuse.
I give in, knowing that I have to get a job if I am going to leave this place. I dial his number quickly, and wait for him to pick up.
"Shepherd! I haven't heard from you in forever! How is Joy?" He asks.
"She great, but that's not what I'm calling about."
"Really, because I haven't seen my goddaughter in forever. It's about time you pay a visit Derek."
"Actually, I was calling to see if you had a position open there at uh, what's the hospital called?"
"Seattle Grace, and you would be a perfect Head of Neuro here."
I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding. "Really? That's great but I have to know what else comes in the offer." I had already decided before I even called that I would try to hustle him into a better deal. "Other hospitals have been very, well, let's say generous."
"Well, you are a world class neurosurgeon, they would be stupid not too."
"So, what do you have to offer?" I grin, knowing I'm going to get exactly what I want.
"Head of Neuro, six figures, and you'll be considered for Chief whenever I step down."
"I got similar offers, except they wanted to help pay for moving costs to help me get there faster." I half smile, and lean back in my chair.
"I can do that Derek. Head of Neuro, six figures, thrown in the running for Chief, and moving costs. Sound like a deal?"
I let out a sigh of relief that it worked. "We have a deal."
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, nothing."
I grab the chart and tuck under my arm. "See you later." I nod as I leave.
I make my way to my office, and fall in to my chair. Gosh am I thankful that I got a big plush comfy chair to sit in. It's perfect for after a long surgery when I just need to put my feet up.
I sigh, knowing what I need to do next is going to suck. I open the bottom drawer of my desk and pull out a heavy phone book. I flip it open and look for Mercy West's number, and when I find it, I quickly dial it and ask if they had anyone come in the ER with a bitten off penis. The answer is no, so I go through and call other hospitals in the area, with no luck.
He will have to go for medical attention soon, assuming his injuries will get the best of him. I had told the hospitals I talked to that if he should come in, to call Seattle Grace. He deserves to go down for what he did.
Richard steps in the room and closes the door softly behind him without saying anything.
"What's up Richard?"
"The girl has no family. Parents are dead, no siblings, no nothing. She just moved here three weeks ago. I thought I'd let you know." Richard lets out a sigh.
"Damn. I'm gonna go check on her now, actually." I say, walking toward the door.
Richard follows me out of my office. "Good. Keep a close eye on her."
"I will." We part ways, and I make my way to her room in the ICU.
To my surprise, I find Meredith standing outside her door. "Man, I've called every hospital in the county. I don't know." I glance at Meredith, and she is just staring at the girl lying in the bed through the glass. I slide in her room to check on her vitals. "Sooner or later the guy that did this is going to seek medical attention." I shine the pen light in her eyes, watching her pupillary response. "And when he does, that penis you are carrying around is going to nail him."
"Where is her family?" Meredith inquired.
"Doesn't have any." I check that the ventilator is secured quickly before heading to update her chart.
"No siblings?" Meredith questions.
"No. Both parents are dead. She just moved to Seattle three weeks ago." I set the chart down on the nurse's station and pull out my pen. "Welcome to the city."
I write down her vitals, and can't help but notice that Meredith is being quiet. I glance over my shoulder at her. "Meredith, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." She responds. "I just have to do something. I have to go."
I turn around in time to watch her start to walk away carrying the cooler with the penis. "All right. I'm going to sit with her." I sit in the chair near the entrance of the room with her chart on my lap.
I sit in there, unmoving for several minutes until I remember that Joy is with the sitter. I pull out my phone, and call Richard office.
It's a couple rings before he answers. "Hello?"
"Hey Richard. Joy is with the sitter at my apartment, and I think I'm going to stay all night to keep an eye on Allison, do you think you could pick her up?"
"Of course Derek. I'm actually getting ready to leave now."
"Perfect. I'm going to call them and let them know you are on the way and for her to have her stuff ready, okay?" I pull the lever on the side of the chair, making the foot rest pop up.
"Okay Shepherd, I'll talk to later."
"Talk to you later." I snap the phone shut, and move to where I'm more comfortable before calling Sam.
She picks up on the first ring, unlike Richard. "Hey."
"Hey Sam."
"What's up Mr. Shepherd?" She asks.
"Richard Webber is coming to get Joy, I'm staying the night at the hospital. Thank you for watching her today."
"It's no problem, and I guess have to clean up a little now. Do you want to talk to Joy?"
"Yes, duh." I let out a chuckle.
I hear some movement over the phone, but in seconds I hear her voice. "Hey Dad."
"Heyyyy." I smile.
"Are you on your way home?"
"No honey, that's why I called. Richard is coming to get you, and I'm staying the hospital for the night." I sigh. I hate leaving her with sitter or someone to watch her constantly, but it has to happen with my job.
"You are saving a life, right?"
"Yes, yes I am." I already saved her, now I'm just waiting to see if she'll ever wake up. It may be awhile, but I think she will pull through.
"That's all that matters to me then. As long as you are saving a life, it's fine." I can't help but smile at her words. She always can make me smile, even in the worst of times.
"I am Joy. I am. How was your day?" I ask, hoping to get to talk to her a little longer. I just love hearing her voice.
"It was great. Sam took me to the park for like an hour, before we got to hot and came back and got some ice cream. Then she made us lunch."
"You had dessert before you had your lunch?" I pretend to sound shocked.
"Yes, Dad. You can do that. I still ate my lunch so it was fine."
"Good girl." I praise her.
"Richard is here, got to go!"
"Alright, love you."
"Love you too, see you tomorrow." I can't help but smile again. I know that when I get home I'm going to squeeze her tight and never let her go.
"See ya." I say before the line disconnects. I close the phone again, and slip it into my pocket.
I rise to my feet, to check her vitals and pupillary response again, and it's the same as last time. I slouch down into the chair, and decide to get a little shut eye.
I awake to see her vitals are holding steady, and it's only been about an hour since I fell asleep the first time.
Feeling better after my cat nap, I get up to stretch out my limbs. Especially after sitting in that chair, it's definitely not comfortable at all. I only slept in it for an hour and my neck already hurts.
I walk to the empty attending's lounge to make myself some coffee. Pouring the hot liquid into one of the styrofoam cups makes an aura of the coffee smell. I take a deep breath in through my nose, enjoying the smell as I mix sugar into my coffee. I take a sip, and can't help but moan at the wonderful taste. I quickly put the lid on, and make my way to the vending machines for a snack.
I select the trail mix, since that seems to be the healthiest option available. Of course with my luck, it gets stuck and doesn't come out. So I put a another dollar in, select the trail mix again and they both fall to the bottom. I grab them both and work my way back to her room, but not before grabbing several of my patients charts.
I fall back into the chair, and get myself set up so I can catch up on charts and snack on my trail mix, as well as have my coffee within reach. I stay like this for a couple hours, and I manage to catch up on all my charting without gaveling to force a sloppy intern to do it.
I check her vitals again and jot them down on her chart before returning all the charts to the nurse's station. I sit back in the chair, and allow myself to sleep again.
The next time I awake, I can tell it's almost sunrise. I grab myself another cup of coffee and begin working on stuff outside of her room.
After a while, I hear footsteps approaching me along with the sound of a cooler and I know it's Meredith. "How is she?"
"No change." I peer through the glass momentarily at the girl, and I just can't help but hope for the best, even though it's not looking so good so far.
"Have you been here all night?" Meredith asks softly.
"Mhm." I don't bother looking up from what I'm doing. "Yep. You know I have four sisters. Very girly, tons of kids. If I was in a coma they would all be here. I'd want them here. Not having no one? I can't imagine that."
"I can."
"What are you talking about? What about your mother?" I now look up her and her soft features, with her hair pulled back into a ponytail. "She be here ordering all the surgeons around." I get up and rinse my hand at the nearby sink. "She'd fly these cowboys in from Prague to do these amazing medical procedures."
"That's true. I do have my mother." Meredith stays unmoving, staring into Allison's room.
I dry my hands as I walk over to stand next to her, and I cross my arms. "So, we're kissing but we're not dating?"
"I knew that was going to come up." She finally looks at me, and I am mesmerized but her green eyes.
I keep up the flirting though. "Don't get me wrong, I like the kissing. I'm all for the kissing. More kissing I say."
"I have no idea what that was about."
"Is it going to happen again? 'Cause if it is, I need to bring breath mints." I lower my voice loud enough for just her to hear. "Put a condom in my wallet."
"Shut up now." She sasses.
"There's this baby up in the nursery. He's brand-new. No one's neglected or damaged him yet. How do we get from there to here? She's wearing my shoes, and someone's beat the crap out of her, and she's got nobody." Before Meredith can finish what she is saying, alarms in Allison's room start blaring.
"Her ICP doubled! Get an OR and prep for a craniotomy!" I shout. I check her pupils quickly. "Let's hang a mannitol, take a blood gas." I order the nurses.
Once we get her ready, we start moving toward the OR.
I walk out the OR to find Meredith with the cooler waiting just outside. I yank off my scrub cap. "I uh, had to leave her skull flap off until the pressure in her brain goes down."
"She's not gonna make it, is she?"
I can't help but stare into her beautiful green eyes. "She going to be fine."
"If she ever wakes up."
"If she ever wakes up." I repeat. With that, I leave Meredith in the hallway.
I head to the nurse's station to put her chart back, and I pick up a different one of a patient I need to check on and put it under my arm.
I see Burke, and decide that after today, I need a good drink. "Doctor Burke, I'm off at six, you want to get that drink we talked about?"
He turns around to face me and shoved his hands in the pockets of his lab coat. "I don't think so."
"Well, what about tomorrow night?"
"Shepherd, you should know that Richard promised Chief to both of us." He pauses, and watched me skeptically. "But you knew that already."
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." I repeat the phrase I've heard a thousand times.
"You are not the enemy. You're just the competition." He says before walking away.
I turn and walk the other way, and can't help but wonder what would happen if I did become Chief. It definitely would take time from Joy, and I'm not sure I would want that.
I head to my patients room to find a resident checking his vitals and stuff. "Thank you." I hand them the chart.
"You're welcome. You just seemed really busy with the rape case." The resident scribbles down the notes on the chart.
"I was, I gotta go." I say, before turning to leave.
I find his room, and I purposely push open the door, slamming it against the wall. Unfortunately, that doesn't wake him so I hit the bottom of his bed, and that does the trick.
"I have good news and bad news. The good news is Doctor Bailey stopped the bleeding. The bad news is we are giving your penis to the cops. Have a nice life." I don't even wait for a response before leaving.
I feel the need to go check on Allison, and when I do, there is still no change. I head out to the nurse's station and lean against, while I make a phone call.
"Hey Joy, I wanted to call to check on you."
"I'm fine Dad, Uncle Richard is watching me."
"I know, I just want to hear your voice. I've missed you." I sigh.
"I've missed you too. When are you coming home?"
"Later tonight." I watch Allison's room, I see her eyes start to open. "Joy, I have to go." I put down the phone, not even bothering to wait on a response.
I walk into the doorway, and watch as her eyes open all the way. "Welcome back."
I wave a nurse over, and ask her to take out Allison's breathing tube since she seems to be breathing over it. I sit down once again in that uncomfortable chair, and gently try to explain what happened.
Tired and ready to see my daughter, I set a good resident on her case to keep an eye on her. Knowing she's okay, I finally relax for the first time since she came in yesterday.
It's not long before I'm pulling up at Richard's house. I enter, not even bothering to knock.
Joy almost tackles me she comes running at me so hard. "Amberly Joy Shepherd, how many times have I told you not to run in the house?"
"Sorry Dad, I've just missed you." She squeezes me tighter, and I squeeze back.
"I missed you to baby girl." I push a piece of her hair out of her face. "Let's go home and watch a movie, how does that sound? And we have all day tomorrow to play!"
"Yay!" She jumps up down.
"Go grab your stuff and we will go." I watch as she disappears down the hall. I hug Adele quickly. "Thank you guys again for watching her."
"It's no problem, she truly is wonderful, Derek." Adele reassures me with a smile.
"Thank you." I nod.
I watch as Joy comes skipping down the hallway. "I'm ready Dad!"
"Let's go then, Love bug." I wrap an arm around her, and lead her out the door.
"Did you save a life today Dad?"
"Yes, yes I did."
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