In Good Hands

Part 1

Lisa's POV

As I finished wearing my scrub suit in our locker in the hospital, I immediately went out to check the chart of the patient that I am going to operate in a while. I received a call while I am on the way to hospital. They told me that it's from a car accident and his clavicle is fractured. When I reached the nurse station to get the chart I saw my best friend's girlfriend. Who is, by the way, younger than us and way way younger than him. Since my best friend is older than and he's an attending already.

I don't know why we became best friend. Since you know, we kinda had a bed history. Well that's normal here inside the hospital but not all of us. Some doctors find sex as a stress reliever here in the hospital. You know what I mean.

"Hey." I greeted Tzuyu, Jackson's girlfriend. My best friend. "How's it going?" I asked as reached for the chart and open it.

"Oh, my God. Thanks for asking." She replied then face me. I can see her even if I am reading the chart.  "It's great. I mean he's fun and funny. Even when no sex allowed, we just watch and laugh. We talk...-" She added but I cut her off and I need to go to the operating room.

"Yeah. I don't want to hear this." I said. Well, I am not sure though. Maybe because I am still not get over about my ex. Or I am just bitter.

"Come on! But you have to. You're the only one who knows." She added while walking beside me when I start walking to the operating room. "I am terrible at keeping secrets. It makes me-" I cut her off again this time.

"Look, I am not against the both of you. But alone people don't like to hear about people being together. Even if alone people are alone by choice. It's mean." I said and look at her emotionless because I am getting irritated. "Just keep it to yourself." I added and left her alone to continue walking to the OR.

Don't get me wrong, okay? I just find them cute when I know Jackson's didn't even bang her and they're keeping their relationship a secret. But I like her for my best friend. Maybe she will be the reason for Jackson to stop being a fuckboy.

When I enter the operating room, I found him already inside the OR and dressed fully. I immediately wash my hands and arms to disinfect then let OR nurse dress me after I wear my surgical cap. And as I went to the OR table, where the patient is, I already start cutting the shoulder of the patient.

"So, clean bill health from your friend?" I asked my best friend while I am aligning the bone of my patient then look at him for a sec. "Gonna get back on being a playboy?" I added after I placed the small screw on the bone of my patient.

"What?!" He replied while he's suctioning the blood of our patient. Since he's an attending, he's just guiding me because I am still a resident even if it's a few months away before I become an attending. "I am not even claiming myself as that. And that's not gonna workout. Things changed." He sighed then look at me. "I'm gonna break up with her." He added that shocked me. Good thing that I am done screwing the bone of our patient here. 

"You're what?!" I asked and look at him seriously. "What's wrong with you?" I added a bit pissed at him.

Before he could answer me, the beeping sound from the monitor just start getting fast indicating that his blood pressure is dropping. Of course, we didn't panic. Panic is not allowed in the OR and being a surgeon. 

"Damn it. There's a huge tear. Clavicle jutting to the artery." I didn't notice it and I need to fix it immediately before we lose him. "Jack, hold this clamp." I ask him to hold the pressure form the artery. 

"Okay, I'll hold the pressure." He answered then we start doing something so we can put back the patient's normal blood pressure and stabilize him.

I started doing everything make him stabilize. I started fixing the subclavian artery that is bleeding while Jackson is helping me and the other doctor we paged to get help too. After we stabilize the patient, we all look at the monitor to wait until the beeping sound become normal. And there he goes, he stable already. We all took a sigh in relief together.

"Dr. Park, you're patient had a seizure but we already stop it." Tzuyu called Dr. Park for her patient. Well Dr. Park is my best friend too but in different specialty. She's a general surgeon. 

"A seizure?" Dr. park asked.

"We got him, Rose. You can go now." I said to her since our patient is stable already. We just need to close him up and bring him to recovery room.

As soon as Dr. Park walk towards the door I saw Jackson looking at my back which I am sure that she's looking at Tzuyu. I don't know what he's thinking to decide just like that.

"You're an idiot." I said as I look at him while I am closing our patient's open cut.

"Excuse me?" He replied looking at me intently.

"You're an idiot." I repeat incase he didn't get me. "What is your problem?" I asked.

"Jisoo is proposing to your best friend." He answered me that makes me confused. "That makes little her her little sister." He added and that's really confuses me.

"What? I don't get it?" I asked.

"And I can sleep with any more of her sisters. And she's young." He said. And now I get it. "And I'm her boss." He added. 

"And I am celibate." I said cutting him of before he says anything. I just want him to be happy. He deserves it too but still the decision is from him.

"What's that have to do anything?" He asked then we just got finished closing the patient. We just let the interns and nurses to clean the patient.

"Celibacy's lonely. Don't spend time playing around girls. Stop wondering what you are and who you like o-or whether it'd right for you or wrong for you. Just be happy." I said to him sincerely. "Just let yourself be happy. Before you find yourself alone and celibate." I added and look at him sadly then we reach the sink in the OR and we both clean ourselves.

 I just don't want him to waste his time on wrong decision or making decisions without thinking. Because I've been there. I made a decision without thinking and it made me feel lonely. I got divorced for about a few weeks now. And yes, I was married with our co-doctor here in the hospital. We were married for just a few months. We got married because we both thought that we're destined to each other but we were just drunk the night before we decided to get married the next day. 

After we cleaned ourselves, we both decided to go to our doctor's quarter to rest after we talked to patient's family that he is now stable and they are bringing him to recovery room. As soon as we enter the room we both lay down the bed tiredly. We just lay beside each other closing our eyes because standing at the OR for hours really hurting our feet. 

"Why don't we just release our stress?" He asked me boldly while our eyes still close.

"Silly. I know you miss my body but no for now." I replied laughing. Well, I guess it's normal to us since we've been doing this before when my ex-husband and I broke up but we're not yet divorced. Does that make me a cheater? And I know the answer but he did it too with the nurse.

"I'm just kidding." He laugh and scoot closer to me then hug me. Well he's my best friend after all.

"I know." I replied and use her arm as my pillow then he hug me tight.

"You know, I am always here for you." I felt him kiss my hair. "Not just as a fuck buddy but as your best friend. You can be sad with me and cry. Let it all out to me. I don't mind." He added that made my heart melt.

Even if we had a history in bed, Jackson is really a good person and a good friend to me and to everyone. You can always rely to him and he won't make you feel like a burden to him. He's just playful towards the people but he's really a wonderful person, a nice person. He's a type of friend that you will wish for.

"Thank you for always being a good best friend to me." I replied and feeling his hugs.

Maybe I'll ask him and our friends to have a drink tomorrow. Since it's our off the day after tomorrow. I just wish that I won't gonna have a major surgery tomorrow. So, we can go to the bar early. We decided to sleep first until we are called if they need us or before we go for our rounds to some of our patients and before we eat. We just need some sleep.