I know this is kind of short, I'm sorry! But I'll have a new update soon! Thank you for all the support, reviews are my favorite thing in the universe!
Something kinda funny: my story is set in the future so that it makes sense. Unlike Elena in season 6 diagnosing patients during her SOPHOMORE year as a PRE MED student! I was like seriously?! Sophomores are lucky if they've taken an anatomy class, let alone doing rounds at the hospital. lol oh, I hate Julie Plec.
ANYWAY- story time now (; ...
"So when did you decide to be a doctor?" Klaus inquired, raising his eyebrows at her. "It's a bit of a jump from drama major,"
"You may have noticed I'm a little busy here," Caroline replied shrewdly. "You know you're not even supposed to be up there? The observance room is for other doctors,"
"Ah, but you like me sweetheart," he shot back with a smirk. Caroline directed a glare at him as he stood in the small glass room that overlooked the procedure area. Typically, a button had to be pushed to allow communication between the two rooms but their supernatural hearing penetrated the glass effortlessly.
"Oh, come on love, my intentions are pure. I'm simply curious," he promised.
Caroline rolled her eyes but decided to answer him, "It started when I was a freshmen. Elena and I compelled our way into this upper level Biology class so we could spy on our sketchy teacher. Turns out he was into torturing vampires for research,"
Klaus raised his eyebrows and whistled.
"Yeah," Caroline laughed. "It was crazy. Anyway, he asked me a really hard question that I had no idea what the answer to was so he kicked me out of class. He pretty much called me an idiot,"
"So, you decided to prove him wrong," Klaus offered smugly and Caroline shivered; she was a little weirded out by how well he still knew her. She gave him a small smile and nodded before turning back to the procedure.
Her eyes stayed narrowed as she watched the computer while gently guiding the catheter through Hope's heart. Valerie stood across from her, watching the heart and brain waves monitor. So far she'd been silent but Caroline caught the small smirks she gave at the parts of the conversation her human ears could perceive.
"And?" Klaus finally prompted after a moment of silence.
"And what?" Caroline asked distractedly.
"You said that's how it started. I'm assuming there's more to the story,"
Caroline looked down for a moment and swallowed thickly. She kept her eyes on the screen when she answered, "And then my mom got sick,"
She heard his sharp intake of breath but refused to look at him. "Cancer. She wouldn't accept my blood. She said it was-" she drew a shaky breath. "She said it was unnatural,"
"Caroline, I-" but she shook her head before he could finish.
"It's fine. She was ready to go. I gave her a dream," she smiled sadly. "But it fueled my medical drive. I was going to be an oncologist but as I got further into medical school I was more drawn to infectious disease. It gave me a chance to study blood more," she winked and Klaus chuckled while Valerie shook her head.
"Sinoatrial normal," Caroline mumbled, causing Valerie to refocus her attention. She inserted another catheter into the next valve. When she sent the electrical impulse, the machines started beeping erratically.
"Tachycardia," Caroline stated briefly, demanding her voice to stay even and calm. "12.5 milligrams Adenosine, stat. She's crashing. No hallucinations!" she affirmed after glancing at the normal brain waves on the monitor.
"Caroline, what's happening?!" she heard Klaus' panicked voice from behind her but she forced herself to shut him out.
"Get the paddles," she told Valerie, but her assistant was already poised over Hope's chest.
"Clear!" she shouted, and Caroline took a step back as she shocked the small girl's body. Klaus gasp was pure torture and she tried not to imagine how painful it would be to see your daughter's heart be restarted on a cold, surgical table.
Finally, after one endless minute the monitors returned to normal. Caroline allowed herself one beat before grabbing another catheter.
"Entering the upper right atrium," she stated firmly.
"Forbes, she just had a heart attack! You can't go in there again," Valerie protested.
"If I don't, we'll never find anything," Caroline explained without looking up. The monitors beeped out of control again and this time the brain waves jumped across the screen haphazardly.
"That's it, she's hallucinating," Valerie sighed, defeated.
"Freezing the tissue," she responded, trying not to let her smugness show. Everyone always doubted her methods, but they rarely proved to be wrong. When the monitors returned to normal, she finally turned and looked up at Klaus. His face was ashen and his eyes burned with fury; she knew it was his only response to pain.
"She's going to be okay," Caroline smiled. Klaus mouth dropped in shock, allowing the anger to recede. Then his lips stretched into a grin, causing her own heart to flutter. She didn't know how long they stood there, smiling at one another. She was happy. Happy he was back, happy to be around him, happy that she'd been the one to save his daughter.
But a nagging, selfish thought sat in the back of her mind.
Now he didn't have a reason to stay.