Emily Owens M.D.

After the outbreak

Chapter THREE.

( Previously on Emily Owens M.D. )...

Micah felt really bad. He didn't mean for all that to happen. It just happened. He didn't regret any of it. He always felt like there was something between them. Now he knows there really is. What can he do about it though. He was a resident and she was his intern. It's looked down upon. First thing he knew he had to end things with Dr. Kelly. It wasn't fair to her to keep dragging her along. Emily couldn't believe she just made out with Micah and all things Dr. Kelly pretty much stopped them from doing something they would regret. Well more like he would regret. Right? He was the one who stopped but that wasn't really his fault was it? He did kiss me first. Maybe I'm just over thinking everything. If he text me in the morning I will know he didn't regret any of it. If he doesn't text me back I know not to ever talk about it again. Not even with Tyra. Oh man I need sleep.

Emily woke up and checked her phone. Nothing. No missed calls. No text messages. Maybe he's not up yet. So Emily just got up and got ready for the day. She was about to leave the house when she remembered she didn't have her car. It was still at the hospital. She hurried up and called a taxi. She was going to end up being late. She ran to the locker rooms and got dressed. Before she left she checked her phone just in case. Nothing. No text. No calls. She was disappointed but she wasn't going to let it ruin her day. She made it to the main desk right in time. She didn't see Micah with the group. Maybe he had the day off? Dr. Bandari started talking about who had which patients. Emily had a Kidney failure patient and has to watch over a pregnant woman with twins. Dr. Kelly was the resident she had to check in with. Today was going to be really difficult. Dr. Kelly was a super nice person. She didn't seem to mind Emily's awkwardness all that much. She figured Emily was just terrified to speak and say what was on her mind. All Emily could feel was guilt. Dr. Kelly and Emily went to take the pregnant woman for some test. Dr. Kelly kept telling Emily not to go in the O.B. field. " I thought delivering babies would be fun and exciting but after a while you get bored with it. It's not all that fun." The test shows that the one baby suffers from a defective heart valve. " Another reason not to get in this field. Its heart breaking." Said Dr. Kelly. Emily understood completely. She wouldn't be able to do that part of the job. Dr. Kelly, Dr. Bandari, and Emily went to talk to the patient. It wasn't easy trying to explain what was wrong. When they walked out of the room Dr. Bandari asked Emily " Your face looks sad.. Why?" Emily nodded " That was really hard. Such a sad situation." Emily replied. " This is the reason we don't get close with the patients Dr. Owens. You need to learn distance with them or you will never make it in this job." and with that Dr. Bandari left. Dr. Kelly was standing right next to Emily. " She's right you know.. You need to keep distance or this place will eat you a live. Dr. Bandari is not trying to be mean with you she's trying to make you a better doctor. She sees potential in you. You're kind of the same." Dr. Kelly said with a genuine smile.

Emily went to check her kidney patient. When she arrived to the room she stopped dead in her tracks. Micah. He was in the room with her kidney patient. His back was facing her. So he didn't even notice her yet. She took a deep breath and walked right in the room. " Hi I'm Dr. Emily Owens I'm just going to check your vitals real quick." Emily said with a smile. The patient just nodded her head. " Dr. Owens could you get me some romantic comedies movies while I
wait. They're my favorite type of movies" asked the patient. " Yeah. I can see what I can do. " Emily replied. " Well good morning Dr. Owens. Looking lovely as always." Micah said with a wink. Emily blushed a little. " Well Lets get you guys all tested to see if you are a match for her kidney." Micah said. Micah and Emily walked out of the room. " Hey do you do want to get lunch around 2 with me? " Micah asked. He couldn't tell if she was upset with him for last night or the fact he didn't call her this morning. Which he knew he should have but he got called in early this morning. "Dr. Barnes I've been looking for you all morning. I can see you've been busy with my intern this morning." Dr. Kelly said with a smile. Emily ended up choking on her own spit with that last sentence. " Sorry.. I .. Choked on my spit a bit.. because..because I got freaked out thinking about... this TV show from last night." Emily laughs. Micah just chuckles at Emily's awkwardness. Emily is just thinking in her head when Dr. Kelly starts talking to Micah. " I'm sorry about last night. Let me make it up to you later. Or ... Emily do you need something?" Dr. Kelly said with a smile. Emily looks up shocked. " Oh.. um...No. Sorry.. Bye" Emily just runs off. Glad to get away from that situation. She turns a corner and runs right into Will. " Oh sorry I wasn't paying attention." Emily replied. " Emily are you okay? You seem out of it." Of course Will would notice something like that with me. Emily thought. " I'm fine. It's just the hang over. You know how I get." Emily replied. Will just nodded. " Well see you later." Emily said walking away. " Wait Emily! I'm sorry it's been awkward for me. I miss you though. I want things to get back to the way they were before. Well almost the way they were. Lets have lunch today around.. 2?" Will asked with a shy smile. "Yeah I would like that a lot. .Not like. Like. though. " Emily said. They both just laughed at the awkwardness.

An hour before lunch Emily decided to go check on her kidney failure patient to make sure she was doing okay with the dialysis. Emily knew sometimes the side effects could be bad. Some people can't handle it for long periods of time. She still didn't understand why her patient wouldn't just take her husbands kidney. He was the only match so far. It could take days, months, years before she got a new kidney. That might just be too long for her to wait. When Emily got to the room her kidney patient was coding. " What happened in here? " She asked Micah. " 30 minutes into dialysis her BP crashed." After they got the patient stabled and but her in a medical coma. They talked to the family to let them know what happened. The husband decided to give her his kidney. He was technically power of attorney and had the right. Which Emily wouldn't admit it to anyone but she was very grateful for that little fact. When they walked out of the room Micah turned to Emily " Do you still want to have lunch with me before we go into surgery?" Micah said. " Oh.. um.. I already made plans with Will earlier. Sorry." Emily replied. " So you and Will are friends again? I mean he wants to hang out again. Not scared you're going to over think everything he says to you." Micah said with a smile. " Were just going to eat lunch and see what happens." Emily said before walking away. Micah didn't understand that part. " To see what happens?" Does she mean they might end up together? It was bothering Micah so he decided to have lunch in the cafeteria knowing very well that's where Will and Emily would be going. That was Emily's favorite spot in the hospital.

Emily was walking to the cafeteria thinking about what she said to Micah. She didn't mean to make it sound like " they were thinking about getting together. " It just came out wrong. She meant to say " Just trying to see if we CAN be friends again after the I like like you ordeal." She spotted Will sitting at the table where they used to sit all the time. He even grabbed her a sandwich and a water. That was really sweet of him. Don't over think it. Don't over think it. Emily said to herself. " Hey I didn't know if you were going to make it or not." Will said. " Yeah had a patient that ended up coding on us. Good thing Micah was already in the room when I got there." Emily said. Will gave her a weird look. " When did you start calling Dr. Barnes by his first name?" Will said with a bit of an attitude. " When he told me last week to start calling him that. He told me when I say Dr. Barnes it makes him feel old. " Emily just shrugged it off. Not thinking anything about it. " I just didn't realize you guys were that close. That's all." Will said. " Were not really that close. " Emily said but she was totally thinking about how close they really were last night. Emily laughed lightly. " What's so funny? " Will asked. " Just thinking about last night when Tyra started singing call me maybe." That was another lie that Emily said today. She started feeling really guilty. " Yeah that was pretty hilarious. Did Dr. Barnes really asked you out to the bar?" Will said. Emily could tell that Will was not happy about Micah hanging out with her. " Yeah but it wasn't a date. Just two friends hanging out. He knew I had a rough day." Emily said. She was starting to get really annoyed with these questions about Micah. " I didn't realize you were dating Cassandra. How did that happen anyways? " Emily said. " We just went on one date. I didn't think it was a big deal Emily. Do you not want me to date her now?" Will said kind of loud. " I don't care who you date Will.. I'm moving on! I was just trying to make conversation." Emily said quietly.

Emily and Will ate in silence for a while. " I'm sorry Emily I didn't mean to snap like that. I just don't know how to act with you anymore. After you told me how you felt.. I started to think about it and I realized I have feelings for you too. I just don't want to jeopardize our friendship if it doesn't work out between us." Will said with a slight frown. " Will.. I .. I don't know what to say.." Emily said feeling really awkward. " You don't know what to say about what? " Micah said. Emily didn't even see him coming up to the table. She was lying to herself if she didn't admit she felt Micah's presence. She felt it the minute he walked into the cafeteria. " Oh.. um.. this thing about Cassandra." Emily replied. Micah looked at Emily with a confused face. Then just shrugged it off. " Can I join you guys?" Micah asked. Looking right at Will for the answer. " Yeah sure." Will said kind of disappointed that the conversation about him and Emily was over for now. Emily just smiled. Feeling even more awkward with this situation. " So Emily do you think you can stand on your feet for the next four hours?" Micah asked with a smirk on his face. He wasn't going to let Will win Emily over without a fight. " Yeah why? " Emily replied confused. " Good. Cause you're going to make your first cut today." Micah said with a smirk. " Really? Today. With the kidney failure patient?" Emily said with excitement. Micah just nodded. " Wow. It's your lucky day Ems. I'm happy for you." Will said with that sexy smile. Wow.. look at that smile. He's so beautiful Emily thought.

Micah was trying to get Emily's attention again when Dr. Kelly came over to talk to Micah. " Hey stranger. What do you say we go over to my house this evening and I'll make you some dinner to make up from yesterday." Dr. Kelly said seductively. Micah kind of coughed. He didn't know what to do or say. He needed to tell Dr. Kelly it wasn't working but he didn't know how to be gentle about it. He also needed to talk to Emily about last night. How he wanted to be with her but every time he tried to tell her someone would get in the way. Will just chuckled he could tell Dr. Barnes was very uncomfortable with Dr. Kelly sitting on his lap right in front of Emily. Emily didn't know what to think. Of course she was upset that Micah was flaunting that he picked Dr. Kelly over her and that Will was with her watching the thing go down. What could she really do about it though. She knew it would have never worked out and plus they were drinking last night. Things like that happen when you drink and have a crush on someone. Right? Emily couldn't watch anymore. She got up and said " I should go and make sure Tyra doesn't need my help with that one patient anymore." She said at the same time when she got up and accidentally spilled her water down her leg. " Great!" was all she said. Micah stood up fast " Do you want to meet 20 minutes before surgery so we can talk about it?" Micah said. Emily looked at him with a shocked face and just nodded. Will stood up to follow Emily. When he looked back at Micah he just gave him this smirk like he just won. " Hey Ems wait up! " Will said.

To be continued...