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Part 3
Joey hurried inside the hospital as fast as she could. Dr. Romano had been on her back for the past two weeks, only God knew why and she didn't want to give him more reasons. And of course, with her luck, she would meet him before she got to the OR. And that's exactly what happened when she reached the door.
"Dr. Potter, I thought you were supposed to be here at least ten minutes ago. What's wrong this time?" He asked sarcastically.
She stopped on her tracks, turning around to face the arrogant Chief of Staff.
"I have no excuses, Dr. Romano, I'm sorry, but I have a…"
"You mean you had that aortic-iliac bypass."
She sighed heavily. She had studied that case for the past week, got all set for today, and now she wouldn't be able to be there.
"Dr. Romano, I worked so hard for this surgery…"
"And Lyman will thank you for that. But don't be sad, you will have the whole ER to yourself to think about the importance of time." He left her there, going inside.
She rolled her eyes. Damn Brian Lyman, she had covered his ass for more than twice and now he would take care of her patient. What a day…She slowly made her way back to the ER.
"Hey, Joey, everything ok?"
She turned around to face Carter. She smiled; he was one of the persons she most liked there.
"Hi, John. I just gave the reason Romano wanted to banish me from the OR and keep me locked here at the ER."
"C'mon, Joey, we all know you love the ER. What was it this time?" He put one arm over her shoulder.
"He caught me arriving late, so he gave my surgery to Lyman. Carter, you know how much I work for my surgeries, my patients, it's totally unfair that slack called Lyman is going to do them, because Romano doesn't like me." She pouted.
Carter laughed; sometimes she looked like a lost little girl.
"Stop with the whining, it doesn't suit you. Let's see what we got for a poor surgery resident today. Here it is, curtain 1, bowel obstruction." He handled her a chart.
"Yummy…all I wanted to breakfast." They both laugh, each one going to take care of their patients.
Pacey arrived at the County's ER, feeling completely lost. It was so different form St. Vincent's, where he had been since Med School. A smiling nurse saw the lost man and came to help him.
"Hey, you look lost. New Med student?"
"No, I'm a doctor, I'm looking for…" He looked at the paper he had on his hand. "Dr. Weaver."
"Wait a moment. Jerry, do you know where Dr. Weaver is?"
"She was at trauma 2 a few moments ago." The receptionist answered.
"You can wait here…Dr?"
"Witter, Pacey Witter. And you haven't said your name." He told her with one of his best smiles.
"Lockhart, Abby, Lockhart, Head Nurse from ER. Welcome to the County, Dr. Witter."
She left him waiting there. He stood there bouncing on his feet, nervous. He wasn't used to be standing still for more than ten seconds anyway. He turned when he heard someone calling him.
"Dr. Witter?"
He faced the short woman standing in front of him.
"Yes, and you are Dr. Weaver, I suppose."
Kerry smiled, she wasn't one of warm welcomes but this guy seemed to put anyone at ease.
"I'm Dr. Kerry Weaver, Chief of Emergency Medicine. It's nice to finally meet you, Dr. Witter; we got good words from you from St. Vincent's. I'll call Dr. Carter, he's our Chief Resident, he can show you all and you can start to work, ok? Hey, Carter." She called; he was looking at the charts.
"Thanks, Dr. Weaver."
"Carter, this is Witter, he is a second year resident and came form St. Vincent's in NY, could you please show him the main things here." She left them.
"Nice to meet you, Dr. Carter. Where do I start?"
"Nice to meet you too, Witter. Come here with me, the charts are here, I'm, Chief Resident, as Weaver must've told you. Dr. Corday is attending surgeon, as well Dr. Romano, who is also Chief of staff…"
"I know him, he interviewed me." Pacey told.
"So, you already know our nightmare here." Carter chuckles, followed by him.
"Then we have Dr. Lewis, attending, Dr. Kovac, attending, Dr. Chen, 4 year resident, Dr. Gallant, the same as you and Dr. Pratt, intern. And Dr. Lyman and Dr. Potter as surgical residents."
Pacey shudders slightly as he hears the name Potter, but that's unnoticed by Carter.
"And we have 2 trauma rooms, 4 exam rooms, and the usual proceedings…"
"Hey, Carter, can you please tell that damn intern of yours that H and P is 90…"
They both turned around to the female voice, belonging to a tall brunette, who dropped her chart when she saw who was talking to Carter, becoming pale. He followed her gaze, who was staring at the new resident, who was as pale as her.