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As soon as Gabriella walked into the break room all eyes were on her. "I am so sorry that I am late I wa…"
"Tardiness will not be accepted here at Mass General," the chief resident interrupted her. "Let this be the only time that this happens Dr…?"
"Montez, sir," Gabriella said with her head down in a soft voice.
"Ah, Dr. Gabriella Montez, the Harvard Medical School Graduate, undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts Lowell," Dr. Warner stated with a grin on his face, that gave Gabriella an uneasy feeling. Dr. Warner turned to the other residents, "Let this be an example of how not to act as my resident. I don't put up with tardiness, laziness, or mistakes. As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," Gabriella rolled her eyes, "today will not be easy just because it's your first day. I expect each and every one of you to know how to do certain things, and if you don't, then you have to figure it out on your own."
The group of residents looked around at one another with eyes wide. Gabriella could not believe this guy. Is this guy serious right now? He wants us to just know how to do things? I hope he is joking. Gabriella looked at the girl next to her and noticed that she was the only other girl in their group of eight. She then looked back at Dr. Warner and noticed that he was staring at her. What is with this guy? He creeps me out.
"For those of you who think I am joking, I'm not," he said looking right at Gabriella. "I knew how to do this stuff when I first got her so I expect nothing less from my residents." Yeah right. "You eight are my first group of residents," figures, "I am looking forward to getting to know all of you," once again he made eye contact with Gabriella. She looked anywhere but at him feeling very uncomfortable.
Dr. Warner turned around and grabbed eight clipboards off the table and started handing them out. "These are your first patients. Make sure you read all the information and don't mess anything up. And when you're writing information on the charts make sure that you are putting down correct information. I don't do mistakes." He then made his way to the door, "We will meet here again at ten o'clock. Don't page me or talk to me unless someone I know died. Are we clear?"
The group of residents all nodded their heads slowly. As soon as Dr. Warner left there was a collective sigh let out by all eight residents. Gabriella turned to the girl next her, "Is this guy serious?"
"He seemed like it. But I hope this is just a test, you know? Like 'let me scare the shit out of my residents and see how they respond," the girl responded with a scared look on her face.
"I hope so," Gabriella replied with the same look. "I am Gabriella by the way, of course you know that because I got called out for being late," Gabriella said rolling her eyes.
The girl laughed lightly, "I don't know why he even made a big deal out of it he hadn't even started talking yet. And I'm Sara Foley; it's nice to meet you."
"I feel like such an idiot. I mean I showed up like an hour early. Of course I stood outside for like ten minutes scared to come in and then it took like five minutes to come up. But when I got off the elevator there was this cute little girl sitting in the hallway crying so I sat down and started to talk to her, because I couldn't just walk by and ignore her…"
"Whoa, girl you are rambling. Slow down," Sara said laughing. "I think that I walked by you but there was a male doctor there as well so I just kept walking."
Gabriella took a deep breath to calm her nerves. "Yeah that was Dr. Bolton, or the mean doctor according to Lilly, the little girl," Gabriella said laughing a little. "He said he was a PGY 3, and she is suppose to be getting surgery so I am assuming that's his specialty."
"Well that was really nice of you to si…"
She could not finish her sentence because the door swung opened to reveal an upset Dr. Warner, "I don't know what I said that made you think that you could all just stay in here. Get moving!"
All the residents jumped and practically ran out of the break room and all different directions, not knowing what to do. Gabriella looked at her chart and read that her patient was down in room 106. The Emergency Room. Even though she knew that was where she was starting it still made her nervous. Gabriella turned to Sara and asked, "We are all down in the Emergency Room right?"
"I believe so. My cousin is a doctor and he said they put their residents into different groups and assign them to different floors and wings. We are in the Emergency Room to start. My room is 107." As the girls were talking they were heading toward the elevator to head down the Emergency Room.
"Oh, good. My room is 106 so they are right across from another."
"Aren't these the rooms that they put patients in before transforming them to another ward?" She asked getting into the elevator and pressing the button for the first floor.
"I believe so. I guess we have to figure it out on our own, with no thanks to Dr. Amazing," Gabriella said with all the sarcasm in the world. "I mean I don't get it when we meet a week ago he seemed like a really nice guy. Down to earth, helpful, and today he was nothing but an asshole."
"An asshole, who kept looking at you," Sara said stepping off the elevator with a smile on her face.
"Oh please don't even go there," Gabriella said smiling back. "He gives me the creeps."
As they both laughed they turned the corner and pushed through the doors to the Emergency rooms and headed to their assigned rooms. Before Gabriella entered the room she looked at the chart in her hands for a name; Matthew Davis, age eight. Gabriella smiled and entered the room, "Hello Matthew, I am Dr. Montez. How are you today?"
The little boy looked scared, and Gabriella felt bad for him. "I am scared."
Gabriella smiled and realized that she was going to have a very familiar conversation. "Why are you scared? I am not going to hurt you, I promise."
Matthew looked from his mom, who smiled at him, to Gabriella, "I have to have surgery today."
"I know. And I know why you're scared but it's going to be okay," Gabriella said as she sat down on a stool next the bed that Matthew was lying in. She looked are the machines that Matthew was hooked up to and made sure that everything was okay. "Why don't you tell me why you have to get surgery?" Gabriella asked even though she already knew, she was just trying to get Matthew to relax.
"I don't have a good heart so I have to get a new one," Matthew said while watching Gabriella with curiosity. "What are you doing?"
Gabriella was glad that she knew what she was doing this time, reading machines was one thing that her professors made sure that the students knew how to do. She smiled, "I am making sure that everything is working correctly so you are ready to get that new heart of yours." She looked at him, smiling, "Like this machine right here lets me know that the heart that you have now is still ticking."
"What about this machine?" the little boy asked while pointing at the machine next to it.
"That machine makes sure that you are getting the correct medicine and the correct amount when you need it."
Matthew turned his mom, "I like better then that other doctor mommy."
Matthew's mom smiled, "Yeah she is nice isn't she."
"Yeah," Matthew said with a slight chuckle, "he was mean."
Gabriella smiled, "who was your other doctor?"
Matthew thought for a second, "I think it was Warn something. But he was really mean to me."
Gabriella frowned great this guy really is a jerk. It's not just a test. Her thought was interrupted by a knock on the door. All three occupants in the room turned toward the door where a head popped in. "Hey Matthew, you ready to get that new heart of yours?"
"Dr. Bolton!" Matthew said with a smile on his. "I'm ready but I'm nervous."
Dr. Bolton entered the room completely, "So you're not scared anymore?"
Matthew smiled, "No, Dr. Montez said that everything was going to be okay, and she is nice so I believe her."
Dr. Bolton looked at Gabriella and smiled, "Ah, so we meet again." He then turned towards Matthew, "I agree with you she is nice, but I have been telling you that everything was going to be okay and you didn't believe me. Why do you believe her, uh?"
Matthew chuckled and blushed, "Because she is pretty and you're not."
All three adults laughed, "Hey! I am to pretty," Dr. Bolton said pretending to be offended.
"No you're a boy. Boys aren't pretty, just girls are," Matthew said laughing.
Gabriella decided that it was time to a get a little bit serious, "So Dr. Bolton, what brings you down here? It says on the chart that Matthew's surgery is scheduled for three this afternoon."
Dr. Bolton looked at her and smiled, "I know that, I like to come down and make sure that all these little goons are doing okay before their big moment."
"Hey! I am not a goon!" Matthew said offended.
Matthew's mom chuckled, "he is just joking sweetie."
"He better be."
Gabriella smiled at Matthew and looked down at her chart to make sure that she checked everything. "Okay Matthew, everything looks great so I am going to go and I will be back in a little to check on you okay?"
"Okay. I'll be here. Got nowhere else to be."
Gabriella laughed and patted him on the head and got up heading towards to door. "I'll see you later alright man? Behave yourself," Dr. Bolton said as he too got ready to leave.
"I'll try," Matthew shot back.
Out in the hallway, Gabriella was talking to Sara, "Yeah my case is not that hard. I just had to check all the machines and make sure everything was okay. I am lucky I knew how to read all the machines."
Dr. Bolton walked up to them, "Hello ladies, I am Dr. Bolton, but Dr. Montez you already know that." He smiled at her and then turned to Sara, "You are Dr…?"
"Foley. Sara Foley," she said and stuck her hand out and it was grabbed by Dr. Bolton. "It's nice to meet you."
"You as well. So ladies who is your chief resident?" he asked looking back and forth between the two women.
Sara groaned, "Dr. Daniel Warner."
Dr. Bolton looked at her, "Yikes."
Gabriella looked at him, "What is that suppose to mean?"
"It means, yikes. I feel bad for girls. Dr. Warner isn't known for being nice to residents; that's why this is the first year he has gotten any."
Gabriella groaned, "Oh great. I would get the asshole chief resident."
"Who gives you the googly eyes, don't forget the googly eyes," Sara added giving Gabriella a hard time about it.
"Googly eyes?" Dr. Bolton asked. "He isn't being inappropriate is he? Because if he is than you let me know, because that type of behavior is not tolerated here at Mass General. We have three Doctors in the past get fired, or 'let go' because of their behavior towards nurses."
"He hasn't done anything inappropriate, he just looks at me a lot while talking. It's just a little weird but not inappropriate," Gabriella said dismissing the whole thing.
"Hey, Bolton, what are you doing talking to my residents?" Dr. Warner said with an attitude.
"Well Dr. Warner I was talking with these Doctors about their first day, making sure that they are getting around alright tha…"
"They are fine. They're my residents so don't worry about them, got it?" Dr. Warner said starting to raise his voice.
"Dr. Bolton can I ask you a question about the type of surgery that Matthew Davis is getting?" Gabriella asked trying to stop whatever fight was going to happen.
"Of course," he answered turning his back to Dr. Warner and giving all of his attention to Gabriella.
"Well I was wondering, if you had time, if you could explain what was going to happen. That way if he asks me questions I can answer him with certainty."
"Of course, why don't we walk and talk towards the nurse's station, I have to talk to one them anyways," Dr. Bolton and Gabriella started towards the nurse's station, leaving Sara by herself with Dr. Warner. Sara turned towards Dr. Warner and noticed that he was glaring at Dr. Bolton's back and smirked.
"I have to talk to the nurse that did my chart it appears that she messed up some information, so I will see you at ten," Sara said before practically running towards the nurse's station. When she got there she noticed that Gabriella and Dr. Bolton were in fact talking about the surgery.
"… once we finish stitching that up we close him up and he heads into the ICU until he is stable enough to move to a room up on the seventh floor. Does that answer your questions?" Dr. Bolton asked wanting to make sure he helped her out.
"Yeah that helps so much, thank you," she said. Gabriella turned towards Sara, "I am so sorry I left you alone with him back there I had just had to separate them before Dr. Warner started a fight."
Sara smiled at her, "Don't worry about I don't even think he knew I was standing there, he was too busy throwing daggers into the back of Dr. Bolton."
Dr. Bolton grimaced, "Yeah he isn't my biggest fan and I have no idea why, but I have to run across the street and get some pudding ingredients because I owe a certain four old the best pudding she will ever have." Dr. Bolton smiled and turned towards the nurses, "Ladies if you could be so kind as to help these two lovely ladies and the other residents assigned to the ER whenever they need it, they have the wonderfully friendly Dr. Warner as their chief," all the nurses went from having dreamy smiles to grimacing and looking towards Gabriella and Sara with pity.
"Of course we will sugar," an older Black nurse said, "poor babies have to deal with that arrogant devil. My name is Nancy and we will be here whenever you need us, we know how he is unfortunately."
Sara and Gabriella smiled at the nurse and both said thank you to her.
"Well ladies, as I said I have to run across the street," Dr. Bolton said as he started to head towards the exit, "I wish you the best of luck and I am sure I will see both of you around." As he walked out of the ER he didn't even notice that all female eyes were glued to him.
"He doesn't even know that he does the female population does he?" Sara asked Nancy.
Nancy smiled, "not a clue," she laughed and went back to working.
Gabriella smiled and continued to look at her chart to make sure everything was right, when both Gabriella's and Sara's pagers went off. They looked at each other and then their pagers, ER Nurse's Station, they looked at each other and then around them and saw Dr. Warner walking towards them with more clipboards.
"Foley, Montez here are two more clipboards because it has come to my attention that some of the residents are just standing around, and that is not acceptable."
Sara looked at Gabriella with wide eyes. Gabriella returned the wide eyes and saw the other residents coming towards the nurse's station with pep in their step not wanting to be the last on there. Gabriella then looked at Nancy and saw her give Dr. Warner a dirty look and she looked Gabriella with a smile that calmed Gabriella down.
"As I was telling Foley and Montez I have heard that you are all standing around too much so I am giving you all two more patients," the male residents all groaned, "you know when you become actual doctors you will have more than three patients, so I don't want to hear it." Dr. Warner glared at all them and started walking away, "Oh and don't forget 10 o'clock third floor break room," he stopped and turned around, "and don't be late." With that he turned around and walked away.
"This guy is something else, I swear," a tall blonde guy said.
"I can't believe that he accepts us to know how to do everything," a shorter Black guy said, "I mean yeah we learn some things in med school but we don't learn 'everything.'"
Gabriella decided she should help out her fellow residents by introducing them to Nancy, "well boys don't worry we aren't on our own completely."
All the guys looked at her like she was crazy, "what are you talking about? Didn't you hear Dr. Evil? We have to figure everything out on our own," replied the shortest male resident.
Gabriella headed behind the nurse's station to a smiling Nancy and put her arm around her shoulder, "No boys see we have Nurse Nancy here for help. She promised to help us survive Dr. Evil, isn't that right Nancy?"
Nancy laughed and nodded her head, "yes my dear, I am here to help whenever I can; as well as the other nurses. We know how difficult Dr. Warner is and we feel bad for you guys."
"Oh thank you so much kind women," the shortest guy said, "My name is Brad, and I will most likely, need help drawing blood."
Nancy laughed, "That's not a problem sweetie, but I suggest you all get going on those new patients before Dr. Evil comes back and sees you still stand here."
With that all the residents, except Gabriella and Sara, ran to their new patients. Gabriella laughed and looked at her two new charts; room 121 and room 201. "That's weird."
Sara looked up at her, "What's up?"
"I have a room on the second floor."
Nancy looked at her and took her chart, reading it over. "Oh sweetie that just means we have all our rooms full and they had to put a patient up there. It doesn't mean he is giving you a patient in another ward. Don't worry."
Gabriella relaxed, "Oh okay. The last thing I wanted to do was go to him and question it. I guess I should head up there first so I know where I am going."
In walked Dr. Bolton with a few bags from the grocery store across the street, he overheard Gabriella, "Why do you have to go upstairs?"
All three of the ladies jumped because they didn't see him walk in, "I have a patient in room 201."
"Oh okay, well I have to head to the second floor because that's where we have kitchen, I can show where the room is. It's kind of a tricky room to find."
Gabriella smiled at him, "Thanks I would appreciate it."
"Sounds great let's go," he said while smiling and heading towards the elevator, once again the main attraction of all the females in the ER, causing Sara, Gabriella, and Nancy to all smile at each other.
"He really has no idea," Nancy said as laughing. Gabriella just smiled and started to follow him. This place doesn't seem so bad. At least my first day is getting better.