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CODE BLUE
001. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
season one, episode one
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JOANNA ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL NEARLY TREMBLING WITH ANXIETY. The car ride was silent while, somehow, not awkward.
Ever since Joanna and Derek slept together, they made a non-spoken pact not to talk about it. It was a one-time thing that happened while they were drunk. It would never happen again, and it definitely didn't change how they felt about each other.
"What if they don't like me? What if I'm a bad teacher?" Joanna asked the trio as they parked the car and made their way to the hospital.
"It will be ok," Emily muttered. "You just need to stay calm."
"And they will like you," Christopher added. "If they don't, we will kick their asses."
"You will be a good teacher," Derek reassured. He gave her a playful nudge, "After all, you did learn from the best."
Joanna smiled, but it felt necessary to say, "Oh, shut up."
"I'll see you later," Derek said, kissing her forehead and leaving for the attending's locker room.
Joanna, Emily, and Christopher made their way to the resident's locker room, where they changed into their hospital scrubs. Joanna found a list of names attached to her cubby, which caused her to freak out for a second or two.
It was really happening.
It felt surreal to think that she was going to be responsible for teaching other doctors, especially since she hadn't been in Seattle Grace for that long.
"Rhodes! Let's go," Dr. Bailey called, rushing her to meet her interns.
Joanna stepped inside the intern's locker room and called. "Aaron Dunn, Adam Underwood, Rosa Cervantes, Mia Kennedy, and Nicholas Simmons, come with me."
Five interns rushed to meet her, and Rhodes guided them through the hospital, stopping for them to get their pagers.
"All right, introductions first. My name is Joanna Rhodes. I'm a third-year surgical resident, and I will be responsible for you during the next year. This means that every mistake you make is ultimately my mistake as well," Joanna said, her voice not too cold but at the same time not all that friendly. "I know you were all great students, probably top of your class. But today, you are no longer medical students. You are doctors. You will have people depending on you whose lives are in your hands. You will see people die and people live. You will see the worst side of humanity, but you will also see the best. It's not going to be easy, and it will have an emotional tone on every one of you. That is why the five of you need to rely on each other. You don't have to be friends with one another, but it will make the job a hell of a lot easier. And you will also need to rely on me. I'll be here to walk you through your entire residency, not just this one year."
