Chapter 2
Twelve hours of their first shift is over. It's late in the night and almost every on-call resident or attending is sleeping. The interns are awake, they have to check the patients. Addison is sitting on a hospital bed. The interns of dr. Webber are talking to each other in the basement. There are standing a lot of hospital beds in the hallway. Addison is tired and really wants to sleep. She has 36 hours to go. ''Derek and I have been friends for almost 14 years, '' Mark said with a big smile on his face. Derek laughs, ''Yeah, we are almost like brothers. We were always together doing bad things to our neighbors.'' Naomi and Sam where listing to them. Addison was staring at the ceiling. It was a horrible day, but she learned so much. She lost her first patient and she has to learn to deal with it. Derek was right, I can't quit when it's getting hard. The pagers from Mark, Sam and Naomi go off. ''Why don't you two have to check your patients?'' Sam Bennett asks. Derek looks at Addison. ''Our patients died today, so we get new patients tomorrow.'' Addison replied. Mark, Naomi and Sam walk away and Addison and Derek are the only ones left in the basement.
Addison thinks about the twelve hours she had. She learned a lot. She had to help with the patients who needed stitches. There were a lot patients from the plane crash, so there was a lot of work to do. "The best intern can do his first surgery tomorrow" She thought. She wanted that surgery so much, but Mark can do it. It's probably an appendectomy. Tomorrow is another day and she would really like to save a life. ''Maybe we can look if there's something that we can do.'' Derek said. ''There's nothing to do, I already asked. Dr. Webber said that we have to rest because we have a lot of hours to go.'' Addison replied. Addison is lying on the hospital bed. She closes her eyes. Derek watches her. He is not very tired. '' You attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, right?'' Derek asked. ''Yes, what about you?'' Addison replied. She opens her eyes and looks at Derek. ''I was on the same university. I saw you once, you were practicing on a cadaver.'' Derek said. ''I never saw you there.'' Addison said. Addison closes her eyes again. She falls asleep.
''Addison, you have to wake up. We have to go to dr. Webber.'' Derek is standing next to Addison. Addison opens her eyes and looks right at Derek. Addison stretches, she's full of energy. She jumped from the hospital bed and follows Derek. When they found dr. Webber he was standing next to dr. Connor. ''You two have to help dr. Connor today with his patient. The patient has swallowed his key, and it has to come out.'' Dr. Webber said. He walks away and it is just Addison, Derek and dr. Connor. ''I'm dr. Connor and I'm a general surgeon.'' Dr. Connor said. ''The patient is in room 2637, try to get the key out of his stomach. When you two need some help you have to page me.'' Dr. Connor walks away. ''Do you know where room 2637 is?'' Addison asks. ''I have no idea, I have never been in this hospital before,'' Derek replied. Addison and Derek are walking through the hospital. They are now in the south-wing of the hospital. They have no idea where they have to go. ''Maybe we can ask a nurse where the room is.'' Addison said. ''Yeah, great idea!'' Derek said. Addison sees a nurse. ''Do you know where room 2637 is?'' Addison asks. ''You have to follow this hallway and then you will see the main hall and then turn left.'' The nurse replied. ''Thank you,'' Addison said and walks away.
''Why do you want to be a surgeon?'' Derek asked when they walk through the hallway. ''When I was eight I went to the university where my dad taught. I was always sitting in the back of the classroom cutting in a hot dog, while the other students worked on their cadavers. It was really hard to take the casing off in one piece. I always wanted to be a surgeon and save lives, I never wanted another carrier. What about you?'' Addison replied. ''I have always wanted to save lives, and I have never wanted to do a different carrier.'' Derek replied. They arrive in the main hall. ''We have to go to the left.'' Addison said. When they walk through the hallway they find the room. A nurse walks out of the room and gives the chart to Derek. ''You two are the dr. Connor's interns right?'' The nurse said cranky. Addison nodded ''yes, we are.'' They read both the chart. ''He has been here for almost 16 hours and still no key. He swallowed the key almost 19 hours ago.'' Derek said. ''We have to examine the stools. This is going to be really fun.'' Addison sighed. They go into the room. '' Hello, Mr. Parker. This is dr. Shepherd and I'm dr. Montgomery. We're going to get your key out of your stomach.'' Addison said. ''I hope you will, I want to go home. They don't have good TV here and I'm bored.'' Mr. Parker sigh. ''Have you pooped yet?'' Derek asks. ''Yes, two minutes ago. It's still in the toilet.'' Mr. Parker replied. They walk into the bathroom. Derek closes the door. ''What did he eat?'' Derek begins to laugh. Addison gets the facemasks and put it on. She gives one to Derek. ''I don't know if I can do this. This is so gross.'' Addison said. Derek and Addison put on their gloves. They begin to examine the stool. ''I don't see the key, I don't think it's in here.'' Addison said. They walk into the room. ''Mr. Parker we didn't find the key. You have to page us when you've pooped or there is something wrong, but we have to go now.'' Derek said. They walk out of the room.
Addison, Derek, Sam and Naomi are sitting in the observation room. They are waiting for the surgery from Mark. ''I don't know, he has not prepared himself.'' Naomi said. ''There he is.'' Addison is pointing at him. Mark walks into the OR and looks into the observation room. ''He looks really nervous.'' Derek said. Dr. Connor walks into the room. The speakers are on so they can hear what they are saying. ''Are you ready Sloan?'' dr. Connor asks. ''Yes, I am.'' Mark replied. They are standing next to the patient. ''Scalpel'' Mark said. The nurse gives him a scalpel. Mark cuts into the skin of the patient. He is now in the stomach and he can see the intestines. ''Now you have to find the appendix'' Dr. Connor said. He puts his hands carefully in the stomach and he is searching for the appendix. He keeps searching for almost two minutes. ''I can't find it.'' Mark said. Addison is looking at the rest of the interns. Almost everybody is laughing. ''He had to prepare himself.'' Sam said. Addison looks back into the OR. He is still searching for the appendix. ''He is searching in the wrong area, he needs to look more to the right.'' Addison said. Mark is still searching. ''Go stand there, I'm going to finish this surgery. The patient can't handle anesthesia for too long.'' Dr. Connor said. Mark feels ashamed and looks into the gallery. Dr. Connor has the appendix in 15 seconds. '' Searching Sloan.'' One of the other interns said.
Addison and Derek are walking into the room of Mr. Parker, but he isn't there. ''Where is he?'' Derek said. A nurse walks into the room. ''He went into surgery, the key is stuck in his intestines. You two need to find dr. Grey, she will tell you what to do.'' The nurse said. They both walk out of the room. ''Why can't we attend the surgery, it's our patient.'' Addison said. ''I think he doesn't like us.'' Derek replied. When they find dr. Grey she is with dr. Wayne. She is a neonatal surgeon. ''dr. Grey, a nurse said we had to find you.'' Derek said. ''Yes, I need your help.'' Dr. Grey replied. Dr. Wayne walks away. A girl runs through the hallway. ''Mom, Mom!'' the girl shouted. ''What are you doing here, Meredith?'' Dr. Grey said.