I woke up slowly and looked around, some were up and getting ready, a lot of the guys were getting changed, I quickly grab my clothes and walk to the bathroom avoiding eye contact with all the shirtless boys.
after i get changed I go to breakfast and sit beside newt "morning" I said to newt as he responds "morning, how are you?" he asks me, "honestly fine, surprised I got as much sleep as I did considering all the snoring" newt chuckles a little then adds "I remember what it was like sleeping beside chuck, for such a young guy, he can really snore" I laugh a little at this, then clint walks over to us, "hey mind if I sit here?" he said as he gestured to the seat beside me, I respond "got for it", "how are you clint?" newt asks, "yeah I am fine, newbie do you want to head to the hospital after breakfast and I can show you where everything is" I nod "yeah that would be useful thanks", we all stay silent for a few seconds as we started to eat breakfast, "where is Alby?" I ask as I look around, "the poor guy almost never gets a break, who knows what he is bloody doing now" newt says almost in his own sympathetic tone, "that could be you soon" I joke to newt, newt laughs as he shakes his head, "I don't think I could do what Alby does", the conversation continues for a few more minutes until we all finish breakfast.
me and clint headed to the med-bay, clint started opening all the cupboard and pointed out where everything was, "ok I will try and remember all of that" I say, "don't worry you will get use to where everything is" clint says as he adds, "injuries are relatively common but it is usually a few injuries a day" I look at him a little confused, "then what do you do for the rest of the day?" I ask him, "normally cleaning the med-bay or my favourite part looking after people who have to stay overnight" I nod, "how long have you been here?" I asked him, he thinks for a moment then responds, "around a year or so", I then ask him, "was there a medic before you?" he shakes his head, "most people don't like the blood, or would rather do other roles" I look at him then ask another question, "does the blood bother you too?" he nods with made me confused than I was before on why he would want to be a med-jack if he did not like blood, which made him respond with "I just like helping people, I just want people to recover" I nod now understanding his reasoning of wanting to be a med-jack.
as we were talking there was a few shouts in the distance, as the shouts got louder and more frantic, me and clint exchanged confused looks with each other, as we headed to the door, as we were about to reach the door, 4 of the Gladers entered, it was Gally and he looked worried as I looked behind him I saw two people holding a teenager who's leg was covered in blood, "we need help!" Gally shouts, "what the hell happened to Dylan?" clint asked worried as the two Gladers placed Dylan on the bed in the middle on the room.
"you two leave" gally ordered the Gladers as they left the room both looking equally nervous and concerned for Dylan, "we were building and shit fell on him, can you help him?" Gally frantically, "we will do the best we can" clint reassured him though he doesn't sound too convincing as he rushes around the room gathering supplies, I watched him unsure of what to do or what to grab, "you know what to do" clint says to gally to get gally out of his trance like state, which he snaps out of and holds Dylan down as clint pulls up Dylan's trouser leg, where the blood what showing and there was a deep wound on his calf as clint starts to clean Dylan's would with alcohol, "newbie can you pass me the needle and thread?" clint asks me as he points over to some of the supplies he gathered, I looked through the supplies frantically, as I found a pack of needles and take one out and I find the threat and hand it to clint, "thanks" he says as I start to notice clint was getting a little nervous as he takes a few attempts to threat the needle.
after around 3 or 4 tries cling got it and started to stitch as gally looks away as he keeps holding Dylan down as he squirms from the pain, "what are you-" I ask clint, he stops sewing and looks up to me, "what?" I think of the words for a moment, "you are sewing it wrong" he looks at me confused, "how can you sew a wound wrong?" he asks, gally looks at us annoyed, "just sew him up slit heads" he says as me and clint can tell his anger is growing, I look at clint and say calmly, "sorry clint but please move" clint sighs but doesn't argue and nods as he hands me the needle and I start to sew Dylan's would up in a different more effective way, once I was done, Gally let go of Dylan and clint turned to me, "we should take him to the recovery room" I look at him confused, "we need to put a dressing on it", clint looks back at me just as confused, "did you read those books you suggested for me, you have to put a barrier over a recently stitched would to make sure it does not get infected" I add, clint looks at my surprised as it was clear this knowledge was new to him.
I stand up and I walk over to a table and get a bandage and I say to gally, "be careful and sit him up" Gally nods and slowly sits him up, as I wrap a bandage around him, "there that should be it, he can go to the recovery room now" I say as gally and clint pick him up and place him in the recovery room, as Gally sits with Dylan for a while, as clint walks back into the medical room and shuts the door and turns to me, "sorry" he muttered, this surprised me as I thought he would be annoyed after I took his job from him, I then ask him a question, "how did you not know how to stitch up the wound?, like it was in the first book you gave me", he looks at me apologetically, "its challenging" he said as his voice trailed off, I look at him even more confused than before, "what do you mean challenging?", this was met with a sigh from clint as he said, "reading, how do you do it? it is so hard" this only made me more confused, "what do you mean, its not hard" I explain, "how do you find it easy, the words keep changing and like moving" clint tries to explain to me.
I just nod, unsure of what to do, "clint.." I say, he looks as me waiting for me to continue, "if you like treating people but struggle with reading, why don't you look after the people in the recovery room, I imagine you don't need to read about it to understand what to do, and I can do the surgery stuff as I don't mind reading about those things" I suggest, I was surprised when clint actually smiled at me and said, "yeah I actually like the sound of that" I smile back at him.
a few hours pass and it was getting late as the med-bay was now closed for now and I was in the shared room with chuck and the same two boys that I was playing cards with last night as we were playing some more games.
Alby then enters and smiles as me, "there she is", I look at him confused on why he was so happy, "hey Alby" I smile back, Alby turns to chuck and the two boys, "I am going to borrow the newbie for a few minutes", the boys nod and say bye to me as they continue the game, as me and Alby walk outside the shared room and Alby turned to me still happy over something, "well done today, clint just told me what you did" I look at him surprised, "thanks" Alby then went on to say, "clint was speaking to me and he said if you keep things up he would want to make you the keeper of medics" I looked at Alby shocked and a little speechless, "really?!" I mutter, Alby then continues, "not to disappoint you though, it would only just be a title as since clint was the only medic he didn't want a cabin to himself, so if you were the keeper of medics you will not get your own room but you do get to attend the meetings of the keepers" I nod and say, "yeah that's fine with me", then me and Alby walked back into the shared room where chuck and the two other boys were still playing, "boys do you want to finish up soon the party is going to start" Alby informs them, then chuck gathers the cards and put them away as we all headed to where the campfire was and as we started to hear voices all chatting and laughing.
