Only You

chapter 2

~~2 MONTHS LATER~~

" Where the hell are you Mark?!" my assistant who happens to be my sister bellowed. I cringed at the sound and held my Blackberry away from my ears and I could still hear here going off on me and how I was late for some meeting. Oh damn the meeting!  I hastily got off the bed while being careful not to wake up the voluptuous brunette in bed next to me whose name i forgot.

" Alright alright don't get your undies in a twist sis. I'll be there in 10 minutes. No make it 30." I replied her heading into the shower. " Oh sure Mark take ALL the time you need, no rush. Just the people who are waiting to sign you on to their network and which will make your career." she said her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Hey, if they want Mark Azaria, they'll just have to deal with all of his flaws." I replied her cheekily. "Your ass better be here in 20 minutes. That's the most i can stall them. And for God's sake Mark, put on some pants this time." she hung up and i couldn't help but laugh.

After my break up with whatever her name was, i showed up for work in my boxers and a shirt and obviously i was drunk to the core and so happened when i reached the studio the CEO of the company saw me and i was dragged out of the building. Not to mention i was hounded by the papparazzi and it was all over the news that not only was i drunk, pathetic and jobless, but word got out that my fiancee cheated on me.

That was probably either the worst or best thing that could happen to me, because the next day i got my dream job at  my favourite sporting network which wanted me to anchor their show dedicated just for sports. They gave me a few months just to make sure i was fully capable of anchoring the show and to ensure that i was not an emotional wreck. Which i am completely not. Not to mention the tabloids went crazy about how New York's most elgible man is back on the market. 

As I turned on the shower and let the streams of warm water run over me I heard the bathroom door open and I heard a voice say " I thought you left me all alone Marky." She stepped into the shower with me. I didn't know what i got myself into last night but all I know is that she'll make me happy. For the next 15 minutes.

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" I can't do this Leah I'm so tired seriously." I whine while pulling of my thick fluffy duvet off. " You're going to be late again. Is this how you want to get that postion as Head of Surgery?" she said urging me to hurry up.

Yes, I am a doctor and i love my job. But sometimes I come home dead tired . Wait, scratch that i come home dead tired everyday. Since I moved here to this lovely city which I have yet to explore, I've been drowning myself in work. Obviously to forget about my ex and also to get that prized position as head of surgery. Once i get that position not only will my pay check grow bigger, but I can actually breath and tell others what to do instead of me sucking up to people all the time.

It was hard at first restarting the whole thing cause I had that position back in Seattle and I left it all just to get a hold on my life. The current place where I was working at, Lenox Hill hospital didn't give me the position cause the competition was high and there were others who wanted it as much as me and would only be fair if i showed them my passion and what i could do.

I'm proud to say that I'm one of the few doctors who acutally had the passion to save lives and to actually care about the patients. Most people want to be doctors for the money. Yes, the money is good, but I love taking care of people. If it means that i could save their lives in the process then it's my dream job.

Today was the day that the results were being announced on who would get that position and I was ready for it. I had butterlies in my stomach and it also felt like my stomach was being rammed by a car over and over again. If that's even possible.

We headed out of our loft and Leah headed to the Subway and i headed to the Hospital. It was about a 15 minute walk away from where we lived and i loved walking. I didnt bother getting a car yet cause the only place i travelled to was to work. The neighbourhood I live in, I must admit is on the higher end. Every morning i see teenagers heading off to their school nearby. Obviously a private school cause they were dressed in some fancy private school clothes and they carried branded bags. I could see wives waving off their husbands while they got into their Mercedes. Funny thing is, it's 7 in the morning and these ladies are all decked out in their finest clothes and their looks like they just came out of the salon and finished getting their make-up done at the MAC store.

I laughed to myself thinking I look like crap next to these ladies. I never bothered wearing make-up because i just never thought it was necessary.

I reached the locker room for interns like me and noticed that everyone was already there. As I entered the room, I received looks of disapproval from them. It was pretty sad actually cause the 2 months I've worked here, none of use were friends. Yeah there were the occasional hello's and fake we should go out after our shifts are done but no one really cared about each other.

Things were so different here. Back home I would talk to everyone and they would talk to me. Here it was all work and no play.

There are six of us, three men and women. The men were fine, they kept to themselves most of the time but remained competitive. The ladies however, were like spawns of the devil himself. Not only were they constantly trying to butter up to the Chief of the Surgery department, but they would always try to start an argument with me or have a snippy comment about me.

"Decided to come in with seconds to spare, Ixora?" one of them named Sarah asked. " That's probably cause she knows she's not going to get the position already." The other one replied giving what seemed to be a sinister smile. " Hmmm yea I guess so too. I mean she doesn't even do anything to get the Chief's attention." Sarah said again.

" Well, if you ladies are done talking about me while I'm right in front of your surgically corrected faces, I'll be over there far from you two. Oh, and it's my wish how late I want to come to work. As long as I'm on time." I replied sweetly.

Before they could reply me, in walked in the Chief. Everyone held their breath as he came in. I have to admit that it was pretty nerve wrecking. I could either make it or break it right now.

The Chief walked in with his clipboard in hand. He was a pretty handsome man, but he was as old as my father. Tall, had patches of grey hair on his head and he had the look which screamed I'm the boss of this place.

"Well, the decision made was not solely on me but I have considered your performances on surgeries, your skills with the patients and other miscellaneous things that maybe you that were not important, and missed out on." He said eyeing all of us carefully. " What I didn't take into account was the amount of sucking up the most of you had done, and my decision is final." He added on.

I nearly burst out laughing when I heard his last statement cause the looks on those two's faces were priceless!

"So, how do you guys want me to do this? Post the results up on the board or shall I just announce it out?" he asked. No one in the room answered cause I was pretty sure everybody felt so lost that moment. "Ok well I'm just going to go ahead and announce it." My heart was literally beating as fast as a bullet train. " Congratulations Miss Sanchez! Lenox Hill is very pleased to have you. Your record and dedication is amazing." He smiled while shaking my hand.

I was in a daze and clearly lost for words. I just smiled back and managed to cough out a simple thank you to him. I shook hands with everyone the last two were clearly annoyed that they had to eat their own words.

Out of excitement I grabbed my phone and called Leah even though I knew she wasn't allowed to be on the phone during work hours. " Leah Jennings, speaking." She answered with her business tone even though she knew it was me on the line.

"Oh hi Miss Jennings, It's Miss Sanchez speaking. You know, the new Head of Surgery from Lenox Hill?" I replied back. "B*itch say what?!?! YOU GOT IT?! YOU GOT IT YOU GOT IT!" she screamed at the other end of the line. "I mean, you got the most fabulous story you want me to cover? Yes I'll meet you later to have some drinks" she covered up. "Alright I'll meet you back home after work." I knew she meant that tonight was finally the time we would go out and have some fun.

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