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Chapter 3
Sam pulled into the ED on her bike as usual, as it keep her fitter and woke her up in the morning. She then jumped off her bike, locked it up and ran into the ED as she was running late for the team meeting. She got into the ED to find the whole team, including Mr Jordan gathered around the desk.
"Late are we Dr Nicholls?" Mr Jordan shouted as Sam tried to sneak past to get into the staffroom. Sam then stopped in her tracks and turned to face Nick and the rest of the Team.
"I'm not late I'm just…. Less early than the rest of you" Sam grinned cheekily causing Linda and Tom to laugh.
"Well come and join us then" Nick spoke, with that Sam walked over to the desk and stood next to Tom, giving each other a brief smile they then turned back to Mr Jordan.
"As we all know it is Dr Kent's first official day here today and please make him feel welcome. Also I need one to you to be Tom's… sort of.. mentor for the day, show him the ropes that sort of thing.." Before Nick could finish everyone turned to look at Sam, who cheekily glanced over her shoulder to imply they were looking at somebody else.
"Sam is there a reason everyone is staring at you?" Mr Jordan questioned, feeling a little out of place as everyone knew the joke except for him.
"I have no idea Mr J, maybe they just love looking at me and can't resist the temptation?" Sam joked causing Tom to laugh.
"Sam…" Mr Jordan spoke sternly, wanting to know the truth.
"Maybe because me and Tom are friends as we met yesterday at the explosion" Sam spoke confidentially, causing a few raised eyebrows.
"And… they went for a drink after work" Fletch butted in causing everyone to laugh except Tom and Sam.
"As friends.." They both spoke in harmony, looking at each other forgetting they were in the company of everyone else.
"That's decided then, Sam you can be Tom's mentor for the day" With that everyone in the ED looked towards the two of them, wolf whistling and giggling, which did not really look to bother Tom or Sam one bit, they both simply turned around and walked away into the staffroom , leaving the rest of their colleagues' just staring. Once Tom and Sam arrived in the staffroom, the duo headed straight over to their lockers as they needed to get changed into their scrubs.
"So I'm your boss for the day?" Sam joked while pulling her scrub shirt out of her locker.
"I think you mean mentor" Tom replied with a wink while pulling his scrub top out of his locker.
"If that's what you want to call it" Sam winked back at him, before turning slightly so she could change into her scrub top. Tom quickly did the same, however soon found himself looking at Sam, he was astonished by her elegance and beauty. Tom soon snapped out of his daydream when Sam turned around , of which she decided to keep quiet to avoid the awkward ' Why were you looking at me like that?' conversation.
"Ready to get started?" Sam asked. Tom gave her a quick nod and the two of them excited the staffroom and headed towards the desk area.
"Sam… would you like to go on…" Before Tom could finish he was interrupted by Noel.
"Sam.. Dixie and Jeff have requested a doctor who can abseil, as they have a patient at the bottom of a steep drop, can you go?" Noel asked rather hurriedly.
"Sure, but Tom will have to come too as I'm his helper for the day, that ok Tom?" Tom gave Sam a quick thumbs up and a smile and the two of them grabbed they 'medic' jackets and ran out of the ED and jumped into the awaiting 4x4.
"Abseiler then are we Dr Nicholls?" Tom joked with a raise of the eyebrow.
"Well Dr Kent, I am a women of many talents" Sam joked, causing Tom to laugh.
"As I can see" Tom replied smirking slightly, causing Sam to give Tom a playful punch. Before Tom could reply the 4x4 stopped and the two of them jumped out.
"Thank heavens you're here" Dixie cried to Sam and Tom. However all Sam could think about was the edge she was having to climb down.
"Well Dix, when Noel said a steep edge I was not expecting a 30ft cliff" Sam joked before turning to Tom who had a look of apprehension written all over his face. However with that Tom helped to get Sam all set up with the harness, of which was supposed to be the fire-fighters job.
"Ready?" Tom asked kindly.
"Ready" Sam said calmly before making her way slowly down the crumbling cliff face. Sam had reached about a third of the way down the face when the piece of softer rock her foot was on began to Crumble causing Sam to very hardly hit her head on the cliff face which was now bleeding heavily.
"You ok Sam?" Tom shouted down towards Sam, who was trying to regain her footing.
"Fine, I've got a lovely cut to add to my collection" Sam joked trying to keep her self calm as Tom paced up and down the cliff face causing Dixie and Jeff to smirk at him.
Sam soon arrived at the bottom of the cliff causing Tom to let out a sigh of relief and Dixie and Jeff to yet again smirk at him. Sam quickly un-hocked herself from the harness and ran over to her patient, while trying to stop to blood flow from her head, which was failing.
"Hello my name is Dr Nicholls, can you hear me?" The young women then let out a small grown, to the relief of Sam.
"Good girl, can you squeeze my fingers?" Sam asked, of which she felt a small but tender squeeze on her index fingers.
"Well done, can you tell me if you have any pain anywhere?" Sam asked worriedly before administering an IV drip.
"No… bu… but I can't feel my legs.. why can't I feel my legs?" The girl cried, tears flooding down her cheeks. Sam then quickly grabbed her radio so she could inform Tom and the rescue team they needed to move her as quickly as possible.
"Tom.. Tom… can you hear me?" Sam spoke down the radio. Tom then ran over to the device and picked it up.
"Yeah, I can hear you? What's the situation down there Sam?"
"I have a young female, who is complaining of loss of sensation in both of her legs, she needs to be moved now" Sam cried down the radio.
"Oh and can you please chuck down a bandage" With that Tom ran over to the medical kit and threw a bandage down the face of the cliff. Sam then quickly went and retrieved the bandage and wrapped it around her bleeding head.
"Ok, Sam, we will get you both out of there as quickly as possible" With that Tom ran over to the rescue team and transferred all of the information Sam had just told him, including about Sam being injured.
"Thanks Dr, e.t.a of the harness to pull them both up is around 10minutes now" One of the fire-fighters spoke.
"Sam, only ten minutes now" Tom repeated down the radio.
"Dr… Dr Nicholls… I still can't feel my legs" The young girl cried, fear in her eyes.
"Tell me, what's your name?" Sam asked kindly, starting to feel a little bit un-well herself.
"My name is Amy… Amy Wickham" Amy replied, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Ok Amy, don't worry, I am sure everything will be ok, and we will have you back at the hospital before you know it" Sam spoke kindly before giving the girl a comforting smile, although she herself was in clear pain. Sam began to clutch her head noticing her bleeding had soaked right the way through the bandage Tom had given her, causing her to worry about her own health a little bit.
Sam's thoughts were soon interrupted by the arrival of the Rescue team, of which she has not even noticed decent down the cliff.
"Hello there Dr Nicholls, my name is Greg and I'm part of the rescue team, what's the situation?" Greg said while noticing Sam had a major amount of blood dripping down her face and all over herself.
"This is Amy Wickham, around 16 years old, with a suspected spinal injury and loss of sensation in both legs, I've inserted an IV and she has had 5mg of Morphine" Sam spoke while clutching her head.
"Ok, brilliant and yourself?" Greg asked, while moving Amy onto a spinal board.
"I banged my head on the cliff face on the way down of which it has been bleeding profusely non stop, as you can see" Sam smirked, looking down at her now red coloured clothes.
"Ok, well can you radio up and let them know we are ready to be lifted and that we need another ambulance" With that Sam gave Greg a quick nod of the head and picked up the dusty radio.
"Tom, it's Sam can you hear me?" Sam asked quickly.
"Yep, I can hear you, fire away?" Tom replied, nearly as quickly as Sam.
"We are now fit and ready to be lifted and can you tell Dixie and Jeff we need another crew please" Sam asked before laying the radio on the ground and once again clutching her head.
It took a few minutes for the three of them to be lifted but they were finally at the top of the cliff. Dixie and Jeff ran over to Amy and Tom ran over to Sam.
" Sam, Sam, we need to get you to the hospital now" Tom said, looking at Sam who was covered in blood.
"No, I will be fine…" Sam spoke slowly slurring her words a little.
"Sam, you are going to hospital you can hardly stand or string a sentence together" Tom said eagerly
"But what about Amy?" Sam said once again slowly.
" Dixie and Jeff have got her now. You need to get yourself sorted…" Before Tom could finish Sam fell on him, using him as a frame to keep her up. With that Tom helped Sam get onto a stretcher and placed an oxygen mask over her face, and they got into the back of the ambulance.
"Tom… Tom?" Sam asked, searching to find his face.
"Sam, it's fine I'm here" Tom spoke, grabbing Sam's hand and squeezing it tightly.
"Tom, when we get the ED, can we please go to cubicles instead of resus, I don't want everyone seeing me like this?" Sam asked kindly.
"But Sam you need to go to…"
"Please Tom" Sam interrupted.
"If that's what you want but people will know as they will see you when we take you in" Tom pointed out. Sam slowly removed the oxygen mask on her face while clutching her head.
" Tom, I can walk in, I feel loads better now" And before Tom could reply they arrived at the ED and Sam was already standing up. They both got out of the ambulance and Tom helped Sam to walk into the ED.
"Sam!" Zoe shouted across the ED causing everyone to turn and stare at her.
"Zoe, I'm fine. Tom is going to take me to cubicles and sort my head out for me" Sam spoke continuing to lean on Tom.
"Dr Nicholls, you can barely stand up, you have blood pouring from your head, you need to be in a resus" A loud voice shouted. It was Nick Jordan.
"Mr Jordan, with respect I will be fine in cubicles" Sam spoke. With that herself and Tom walked off in the direction of cubicles, before Mr Jordan had the time to reply. Tom opened the curtain to cubicle seven and helped Sam get onto the cubicle bed.
"Thanks Tom" Sam smiled towards Tom.
"That's what friends are for, but Sam we both know you should be in resus" Tom smirked at Sam.
"Well yes, but I prefer cubicles" Sam smiled back at Tom.
"Ok, let's try and get you sorted" Tom spoke. Sam then sat up on the bed, legs dangled off the bed. Tom then carefully un-ravelled the bandage on Sam's head, trying not to hurt her. Sam winced a lot, however her time in the army taught her how to deal with pains of cuts and injury's.
"You alright Sam?" Tom asked nicely, noticing her wincing a little.
"Fine thank you, I wonder how Amy is?" Sam replied kindly, while Tom picked up the swab and started to clean the wound.
"Ouch…" Sam winced, screwing her face up al little. Tom instantly felt guilty, not wanting to hurt.
"Sorry, nearly done" Tom spoke kindly giving Sam a smile. She was surprisingly quiet, which confused Tom a little.
"Sam there is nothing more you could of done today" Tom spoke giving her a small smile.
"I guess, but I just feel so bad for her. She is 16 and has possible paraplegia" Sam whispered softly.
"Sam it was not your fault, and anyways I thought you said you could abseil" Tom joked. Causing Sam to smile, while he was putting in the stitches.
"Very Funny, I can normally, it was just the cliff, it was not… ermm… stable" Sam said, trying to think of the right word.
"Oh right…. Your done" Tom smirked to Sam. Sam then jumped off the bed and walked into the ED where the rest of the team were standing.
"Are you too coming to the Christmas party?" Big Mac asked them kindly. Tom and Sam both looked at each other and smiled.
"Sure I'm in" Sam replied.
"Me too, but I think by the looks of us we both need to get changed first" Tom joked, looking at both himself and Sam covered in dust and blood.
"We'll catch you up" Sam spoke before the two of them headed into the staffroom to get changed out of their scrubs. Sam pulled her t-shirt and Skinny jeans and quickly put them on and went and quickly made a cup of tea while she was waiting for Tom. Tom pulled out his jeans and jumper and pulled off his top.
"Dr Kent you do realize Linda is looking at you" Sam smirked looking through the staffroom window.
"Let her, that's the closest she is going to get to se me naked" Tom smirked, making Sam burst out laughing.
"Fair point" Sam smirked, while Tom put on his jumper and walked over to Sam.
"Ready to go?" Tom asked. Sam nodded her head, and the two of them walked out of the ED too join the others at the Christmas party in the pub.
Thank you very much for reading and the next chapter will be the Christmas party. Also please review as I love your views on my chapter.
Un-till next time,
Emily xoxo