As Gabriella and Dr. Bolton were standing in the elevator she could feel him staring at her. She finally looked at him and he didn't look away. It was like he was studying her, "Can I help you?"
Dr. Bolton didn't say anything he just continued to stare. Gabriella just turned back to staring at the door, "Seriously how long does it take to get to the second floor?"
Dr. Bolton laughed and pushed the button to the second floor, "I was wondering how long it was going to take for you to realize that you hit the button for the first floor not the second."
Gabriella looked at him embarrassed and shocked, "Are you serious?" Dr. Bolton just laughed and nodded his head. "Oh my God," Gabriella looked away, "I cannot believe I did that. That is so embarrassing."
Dr. Bolton just laughed, "No, it was cute."
"Shut up," Gabriella said as she got off the elevator. Dr. Bolton just laughed and followed her until she realized she had no idea where she was going, "Aren't you suppose to show me where room 201 is?"
"Oh shit that's right. Let me just put this stuff in the break room because it's right here. I'll just be one second." He said while running into the break room. Gabriella just stood there and waited. Less than a minute later Dr. Bolton was back out in the hallway, "see only took a minute." He started heading towards the right of the elevator, "This room is pretty tricky to find, which doesn't shock me that Warner ended up giving it to you."
"Why doesn't that shock you?"
"Well it seems like someone has a slight crush on someone else, and that someone else is not returning the feelings that person number one has, so said person number one, being a person of some sort of power as decided that they are going to get back at person number two by giving them hard rooms to find and patients in which person number one finds difficult. Like children and the elderly."
Gabriella stared at him like he was crazy, "Okay first of all, Dr. Warner does not have a crush on me. And second how do you know he finds children and the elderly difficult?"
Dr. Bolton took a left through a set of doors and then an immediate right and stopped front of a room on the left, "Because he did not get along with Matthew downstairs because he doesn't know how to talk to children," he said seriously," and he didn't get along with Mr. Hoff here in room 201 because he thinks elderly are a waste of space." He then walked into room 201 with waiting for her to respond. "Hello Mr. Hoff, how are you today?"
The elderly man in the room smiled, "Dr. Bolton is great to see you again. I was wondering when you were going to come and see if I was alive still."
Dr. Bolton laughed, "I told you Mr. Hoff, I was just filling in for the ER that day. But have no fear I bring to you, your new doctor." He turned towards Gabriella and smiled, "Mr. Hoff, I introduce to you one of our new residents here at Mass General, Dr. Gabriella Montez."
Mr. Hoff looked at her just smiled, Gabriella stood there kind of awkwardly before finally saying, "Hello Mr. Hoff, it's nice to meet you."
Mr. Hoff turned to Dr. Bolton and smiled, "She sure is a pretty one isn't she Dr. Bolton?"
Dr. Bolton just laughed and walked behind Gabriella putting his hands on her shoulders, "She sure is Mr. Hoff. Not only is she beautiful but she's also extremely smart and is going to be one hell of a doctor." He then headed towards the door, "I will leave you two alone and get on my merry way. Dr. Montez if you could meet me after you're done so we can discuss Lilly's post-surgery treatment?" He said it with such seriousness that Gabriella got a little nervous because she had no idea what she had to do with Lilly's post-surgery treatment.
"Um, yeah sure where do you want me to meet you?" she said with uncertainty.
"I'll be in the break room one this floor, I have an hour and half break so take your time, no need to be worried," He smiled and left. Leaving Gabriella more nervous than before. She shook it off and turned towards Mr. Hoff.
"So Mr. Hoff, I heard that you got along great with your last doctor," she said with a small sign of sarcasm.
"Dear girl I hope you are joking. That man was one the most arrogant individuals I have ever encountered in my many years here on Earth."
Gabriella laughed a little, "yes Mr. Hoff I am joking. I heard you two didn't see eye to eye."
"Eye to eye? I don't even think that he saw me as a human," Mr. Hoff said.
"Well no worries, Mr. Hoff, I am here now and I see you as a human," Gabriella said while smiling. She looked down at her charts, "So it seems like we are just waiting for the results on the test you had done with Dr. Warner. So I am just going to make sure that everything else is alright, the machines are working, and to answer any questions you may have for me."
Gabriella started to check the machines and his vitals, "I do have a couple of questions for you."
Gabriella looked at him and smiled a little, "Okay well what are they?"
"First, why did you become a doctor?"
"Well, when I was about seven years old there was really bad car accident on the high that forced us to stop and I remember seeing a women come running from the cars behind us yelling that she was doctor and asking how could she help. We there for like two hours and because of the women no one lost their lives because she was able to keep everyone calm and helped the EMTs with victims. From that day on I knew that's what I want to do. Help people who are need."
Mr. Hoff smiled, "Well, that seems like a good reason to want to become a doctor."
Gabriella smiled at him, "What was your second question Mr. Hoff?"
"Do you think that Dr. Bolton is good looking?"
Gabriella couldn't help but laugh, "Mr. Hoff what kind of question is that?"
"Well I want to know if you think he is good looking."
"Mr. Hoff, I don't think that is a very appropriate for me to answer, he is a colleague of mine."
"Okay well let's say that he wasn't. Let's say that he is a patient," Mr. Hoff said trying to reason with her.
"I wouldn't answer that if he was a patient either," Gabriella said, stopping what she was doing and looking at him.
"Okay, than let's say that he was a man that you saw at the gym or at the supermarket every time you went. Would you answer me then?"
Gabriella smiled realizing that he wasn't going to let this go, "Okay, let's say that I saw him at the gym, yes I would say that he was good looking. I don't think anyone can deny that he is a good looking human being; however that is all I am going to say about this topic because, like I said, he is my colleague." Gabriella got up and headed towards the job. "That being said, everything looks great. I will be back and about an hour to check in and hopefully the results will be ready by then."
Mr. Hoff smiled, "Thank you Dr. Montez."
"You're welcome, Mr. Hoff." Gabriella left and headed towards the break room that Dr. Bolton was in. Has she entered she could hear someone talking, "Oh come on Troysie, I know you want to go out with me," Gabriella waited a second before entering not sure if she should go all the way in or wait in the hallway.
"It's Dr. Bolton, Nurse Jennings. And I have told you before that I am not interested. It is nothing to do with you," Dr. Bolton said with patience and honesty. "I am just not looking for anything right now. Look you're a nice girl and to be honest I saw one of those new residents looking at you earlier down in the ER." He said getting back to making the pudding for Lilly.
Nurse Jennings sighed, "You're a good guy Dr. Bolton, I just wish you looking for a fling, I mean I'm not looking for a relationship or…"
Dr. Bolton sighed, turned to her, and cut her off, "Catherine, don't ever settle for being someone's fling. You're better than that. And I don't do flings anyways. I prefer relationships. And no offense or anything but I kind of prefer brunettes, I have had relationships with blondes and they've never worked out."
Gabriella looked at her watch and realized that she could just stand out in the hallway and eavesdrop anymore. She entered the room and both parties turned and looked at her smiling, "Hi I am Catherine Jennings. I am nurse down in the ER, I wasn't at the desk earlier but I talked to Nancy and I agree, I'll help whenever you need me. Dr. Warner is an asshole who thinks that he's God gift to the world."
Gabriella smiled at her, "Thank you very much. I am Gabriella Montez, and I will probably be asking a lot questions."
"No worries honey, if you don't ask questions how are you supposed to know anything? I have to get back to the desk my break is over. I'll see you both around, and like I said I am there whenever you need me Dr. Montez," Nurse Jennings said leaving the break room.
"She seems nice," Gabriella said turning towards Dr. Bolton.
He smiled, "She is one of the nicest. So what can I help you with?"
"I don't know you asked me to meet you here to talk about Lilly's post surgery treatment," Gabriella said heading over to wear he was standing.
"Oh, yeah I wanted to taste the pudding to make sure that it was good enough to give to her," Dr. Bolton said.
Gabriella looked at him like he was crazy, "Are you serious? You made it seem like it was a really important thing."
"It is really important; I promised the best pudding she has ever had. It has to be amazing."
Gabriella smiled at him, "Dr. Bolton, Lilly is a four year girl who has probably only had one kind of pudding in her four years of living. You could probably give her that same pudding and she would say it was the best pudding ever."
"Please call me Troy; I am not a huge fan of Dr. Bolton. And I still want it to be the best."
"I'm going to stick with Dr. Bolton because you just told Nurse Jennings to call you it so I'm going to call you it, and… what?" she asked noticing that Dr. Bolton was smiling at her.
He leaned back against the counter, "You were eavesdropping on our conversation."
Gabriella's eyes widened when she realized what she had said, "I didn't mean to, it was just that I was coming in and I heard voices and I didn't want to intrude."
"So you just listened from outside the door," Dr. Bolton said still smiling, thinking it was funny hearing her trying to cover her tracks.
"No I… you think this funny don't you?" Gabriella said realizing that he didn't really care.
"Oh I think it's a riot. The reason I said that to Catherine is because she has been asking me out for the last three weeks and I hate when she calls me that God awful name."
Gabriella smiled, "You mean, 'Troysie'?"
Dr. Bolton cringed, "Don't even joke. My grandmother calls me that and I have hated it since I was I little boy."
Gabriella laughed, "Okay well where is this pudding that you want me to taste?"
"Oh, um, it's not ready," Dr. Bolton said laughing a little. "But it should be done in like twenty minutes if you want to go check on your other patients."
"That sounds like a good idea. I'll be back," Gabriella said while leaving. What she didn't see was Dr. Bolton check her out a little. Gabriella went back down and checked on her two other patients, Derek, a fourteen year old boy who had get x-rays on his arm because of a football injury. The other was a cute little boy, Matthew, who needed stitches because he fell off his bed. Both patients were taken care of by nurses who knew what they were doing, but Gabriella watched and listened to what the nurses were telling her. The nurses liked having young doctors who admitted that they weren't sure what they were doing and would rather have someone do it who did, so they could watch and learn.
After Gabriella had finished with those two patients she stood by the nurse's station going over the charts making sure that everything was right before putting them away. Has she turned to head to Matthew, Dr. Warner came up to her, "Dr. Montez here are three more patients that just came in, don't make them wait."
Gabriella looked at all the nurses staring at her, "Is he for real?"
Nancy looked at her, "Let me see these," she took them and looked through them. "They aren't bad just some x-rays nothing serious, just go in make sure everything is okay and then I'll be there to bring them to the radio technologists and before you say anything it's my job anyways."
Gabriella smiled at her, "Thank you so much."
Twenty minutes later Gabriella walked into Matthew's room to find Dr. Bolton in there telling a story that was making Matthew laugh. "What's going on in here?"
They both turned and smiled, "Dr. Bolton brought me some pudding that he made. He said he was waiting for you to go and try it and he got bored so be brought some for me. But he told me I couldn't tell you because it was suppose to be for a little girl."
Dr. Bolton looked at him with wide eyes that made Gabriella smile, "Than why did you just tell her?"
Gabriella laughed, "It's fine no worries. How did it taste? Was it the best pudding you ever had?" she asked Matthew with a smile.
He shook his head, "Yeah it was, and I love pudding!"
Gabriella smiled, "Well I am glad you liked it. Now Dr. Bolton I do believe that it is time for you to get ready for a surgery."
Dr. Bolton looked down at his watch, "Oh you're right. I will see you later Matthew okay? Be good. I'll see you later Dr. Montez."
"Goodbye Dr. Bolton," Gabriella turned to Matthew. "Okay how are you doing?"
"I am good, still nervous though."
"That's okay, being nervous is a sign that you care. There is nothing wrong with it. Where did your mom go?"
Matthew's mom came in as soon as Gabriella asked, "I am sorry my mother called and Dr. Bolton was in here so I just stepped outside."
Gabriella smiled, "No problem. I am just checking in again. Seeing how Matthew is doing before his surgery."
"I am ready for it to happen," Matthew said while laying back.
Gabriella turned towards him, "I know, but it's only a couple more hours and then you will have new heart."
"Do you know if Dr. Bolton is going to be in my surgery?"
"I don't know but I will find out if you want me to." Gabriella said while getting up.
"Yeah I would really like it if he was. He is a cool dude," Matthew said with a smile.
"I'll see what I can do," Gabriella said while leaving. In the hallway Gabriella ran into Sara, "Hey how is your day going?"
"Are you kidding? He gave me four more patients. All are long term patients."
"He gave me three more, but they were just x-rays and casts."
Sara started towards the nurse's station, "I mean I knew being a doctor was going to be hard. Lots of patients and stuff, but I mean come on it's our first day. Maybe I am living in a dream world but I never thought that I would have seven or eight patients before 9:45 in the morning."
Gabriella looked at her watch, "Oh my God we need to get to the third floor for that meeting at ten."
Sara looked at her, "Oh great."
They ran up to the third floor where the other residents were waiting. They all waited thirty minutes and Dr. Warner never showed. The rest of the day was pretty good. She only ran into Dr. Warner once and he only gave her two more patients. She found out that Dr. Bolton was in fact in on Matthew's surgery. And she heard that Lilly's surgery went perfectly, which made her happy. She planned on visiting her tomorrow.
As Gabriella was leaving the hospital after her shift, she started towards the subway station, she heard her name being called, "Dr. Montez!"
She turned and saw Dr. Bolton walking towards her, "Hey what's up?"
"Nothing I was just wondering how your day went. I didn't see you after Lilly's surgery."
Gabriella looked at him and then her watch, "Don't you have surgery right now?"
"Well it's a major surgery and it's going to take a while so they change us out."
"Oh okay. My day was okay. I mean it was harder than I thought it was going to be." They both were heading towards the subway station. "Do you take the train to work?"
"Yeah I take the red line to the orange and then get my car at Oak Grove."
Gabriella looked at him, "Oh yeah, where do you live out there?"
Dr. Bolton looked at her, "I live Melrose. I don't really spend a lot of time there with working here. I just go in out of my apartment. I don't even know my neighbors."
Gabriella smiled, "Well that's good because I am from Wakefield and Smelrose is our rival."
"Smelrose? What are you twelve?" Dr. Bolton asked laughing.
"Ha ha. No we just didn't get along. There is not one Thanksgiving Day game were there isn't a fight."
Dr. Bolton laughed, "So does that mean you take the orange line as well?"
Gabriella shook her head, "No, I live in Southie now. My parents still live there, but I moved out as soon as I got my undergrad."
"Why?"
"Wakefield is a beautiful place to raise a family, however, it's not really a place for a twenty-something year old. There isn't a lot to do."
"Yeah I was looking at some places but they sold fast. I wanted a house on the lake."
"Yeah it's beautiful there."
They entered the station and waited for the train. "Yeah I liked the idea of being able to walk outside and run the lake."
The train arrived and they stepped on, "Yeah that's one thing that I missed as well."
"Are you in tomorrow?" Dr. Bolton asked while standing.
"Yeah we have to meet Dr. Warner at seven again." Gabriella said as the train stopped at Downtown crossing.
"Well this is where I cross over. I will see you tomorrow," Dr. Bolton said getting off the train.
Gabriella said bye and put her headphones in. She got off at Broadway and then caught the number 9 bus to West Broadway and walked to her apartment. She ate dinner, got ready for bed and went to sleep thinking I know tomorrow is going to be just as bad but I hope to God that it isn't.