"Keith, what are we going to do?" I panicked. At the moment, my colleague and I were dealing with a patient that had the blade of a knife lodged under his rib cage.
"Calm down and listen to me. You are trained. Plus, we don't have to do the hard stuff," He shrugged. "Those snooty doctors will take care of that. We're only interns." Well, he has a good point.
The patient was Jack, a 40 year old male who got into a heated bar fight with another male due to someone's bike being knocked over.
I thought biker gang fights only happened in movies?
I couldn't help but feel extremely pressured. My dad had been gone for a few months now but it still had a huge affect on me. And I'd just broken off my engagement.
All of that along with the stress of being an intern was enough to make me break.
"Ok Dr. Reginald will be expecting x-rays and blood samples so let's get that done first." I said and put my hand through my hair. Keith nodded and left. Just as I was about to go check up on another patient, my phone went off.
My brother Kaden texted me and asked to have drinks tonight. I said yes of course. He always knows how to make me feel better when I'm stressed.
I roamed the halls, looking for the room I was supposed to be in. I finally found it. The door was halfway opened so I slowly let myself in and did what I had to do.
After I was done in that room I headed to the front desk to check up on Angelo. "Hey Angelo how's it going?"
"Going great hun! Your blood sample was tested here you go." He said and handed me the clipboard with the test results. "Cool I'll go give these to Mister." That was what our intern team named Dr.Reginald. He was a very intimidating old man with thick grey eyebrows and no hair on his head. He was about six feet tall and always had his hands behind his back. A real creep.
Just as I was about to go back to Jack's room, I heard someone call me out. "Natalie! Wait a sec!" I turned around and scoffed at the person that stood before me.
"What do you want Jay?" I asked. "To talk." He said. Jay is my ex fiancee. I broke off the engagement because we always fought and I was tired of the lies and cheating.
"Have you lost your mind? I am at work." I whisper shouted to him. "But Natalie I-" I raised my hand, wanting him to stop talking to me and stormed off.
The nerve of men.
I walked into Jack's room. He was groaning in pain. "Hello sir I'm Dr. Eve, an intern here. I just wanted to let you know the doctor will be in here shortly to get you into surgery." He nodded. "Is there anyone you'd like me to contact before then?" I ask.
"No. My family can't know about this. Just get this out of me." He gritted. I tried to reason with him but he rejected it.
Long night.
***
"Hey Natalie can you give me a ride? I decided to walk today so I could shed a few calories." I heard my bestfriend Christy's very cute southern voice say as she grabbed her purse.
"Sure thing Christy." I said. "So what are you going to do tonight?" She asked when we entered my Camaro. "Going to the bar with my older brother." I replied, backing out onto the road.
"Cool." She replied. The rest of the car ride was a peaceful silence, exactly what I needed. "Thanks Nat." Christy exclaimed and got out of the car. I waved and drove to the usual bar that my brother goes to.
When I walked into the bar, I immediately saw my brother. He was easy to notice with his piercing brown eyes and black hair. I put one hand in my front pocket and walked over to the empty bar stool next to him.
"Hey. What's up?" I said over the loud music that was playing. "Not much. What about you kid?" He said and ruffled my hair. I shook my head and scanned the bar.
One boy caught my attention.
He had a head full of blonde hair and pretty blue eyes.
"Who's that guy over there?" I asked my brother. "I heard he's in a big boy band." He replied. "Oh, cool." I whispered to myself. "Come on grab a drink." My brother commanded.
I laughed and asked for a Smirnoff, my very favorite. The bar was dim, the only light source was the T.V showing the basketball game.
"You lost! Who is next?" I heard an Irish accent say. I took a sip of my bear and headed to the pool table where people were apparently getting their ass kicked by this blonde kid.
"I think I'll try." I said confidently. It got really quiet and all eyes were on me for a moment but I didn't care. I'm known to be a saint at pool. This should be easy.
"Alright let's go." He said. I grabbed a pool stick and we started the game. He started first. The way he concentrated on his aim made him looks so hot.
Before I knew it he hit the white ball and made no hole. My turn. I aimed my shot and hit the ball. A lot of them went into the holes.
After more and more shouts and beers I had won. "That's game." I announced and everyone respectfully clapped. I shifted all my wait on one leg and took another sip of my beer.
"Looks like you've still got it." Kaden exclaimed and ruffled my hair again. Then the boy walked up to me. "I'm Niall." He said and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Yea, the boy I totally beat in 8ball." I grinned. He chuckled. Wow his laugh is so cute. "So does the girl who 'totally beat me' have a name?" He asked. "Natalie." "That's beautiful."
No, you're beautiful.
We continued to talk for a little bit about ourselves. He is really sweet but apparently really famous. He played one of his songs and I realized who we was.
"So where did you learn the skills from?" He asked and drank his beer. "My dad." I said and looked down.
"Niall we gotta go!" I heard a British guy say. "It was really nice to meet you. See you around." And with that he left. I watched as he made his way out of the bar.
"Ditching me for your new boyfriend huh?" My brother said. I playfully punched him and we hung out for a while. "Well sis I gotta get going. Love ya." My brother said and gave me a hug.
I walked out of the bar. My stomach grumbled and I remembered there was a tasty restaurant around the corner. I made my way down the street and noticed it to be slightly crowded.
I was too hungry to pass up any kind of food so I walked in the restaurant. Low and behold there was the blonde boy once again.
(6-22-14)
(5.24.18)
