You & Me [Taron Egerton FanFiction]

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Belle's POV:

"Alright miss Cassie, how are we feeling today?" I asked as I walked into the ward, picking up her chart and quickly skimming through it, "Are you sore? Feeling sick at all?". Cassie shook her head softly and gave me a weak thumbs up, "I'm just really---tired" she said through a small yawn, her brown eyes wide and weary as she looked up at me. "That's just the anaesthetic. That will wear off in a few hours. You did great in there, I told you there was nothing to be scared about" I said reassuringly, double checking over the tubes and drips that were hanging out of Cassie's arm. She had been rushed in from emergency last night after having serious stomach pain which had turned out to be appendicitis.

"So the procedure was all normal then?" Cassie's mother asked, reaching over to squeeze her daughter's hand reassuringly before looking up at me. I glanced down at the chart again and nodded, "It was a completely standard appendectomy. No complications at all. Her appendix was intact when it was taken out and hadn't yet burst. Cassie is going to be fine" I said with a smile, "You've got a real soldier over here Mrs Taylor. She's a toughie" I exclaimed with a wink at the young teenager. Cassie flashed her mum an exhausted grin and shifted on the bed, her face wincing slightly when she moved. "That pain is normal there Cassie, you're going to feel very bruised for a couple of days. You just need to take it easy okay? Now I just want to check your wounds and then we'll get one of the nurses in here to give you some more medicine okay?" I said as I scribbled a quick note on her chart.

Cassie nodded and slowly sat up on the bed, her mother helping her to pull down the blankets. "Alright" I sang as I put on a pair of gloves, bending over Cassie and gently inspecting the small wounds on her hip and stomach, "These are looking great, the stitches should heal up quite nicely". "Try not to pick or scratch at them okay?" I said to Cassie as I pulled my gloves off, "They are going to get itchy as they heal but try your best not to touch them. They'll heal quicker that way. Otherwise, you'll have to come back and see me again" I teased with another wink, smiling when Cassie let out a giggle. "So we'll get one of the nurses in here and--- Oh here's Ash". "Ready for more medicine?" Ash, the nurse who had just walked into the room asked with a smile, her bright red scrubs instantly lighting up the hospital ward. I handed Cassie's chart to Ash and watched as she set about getting Cassie's pain relief, turning back to Cassie just as her mother tucked her back into bed.

"So Ash here is going to take care of you, and I will be back to check on you in an hour or so. If you're doing well when I get back, we'll be able to get some food into you". Cassie's face lit up at the mention of food and I lifted my clipboard to the side of my face as if I was going to tell her a secret, "And I'll see if I can snag you some of the good ice cream too" I whispered loudly, watching as her smile turned into an enormous grin. "Thank you Dr G" Cassie's mother said as I waved to them both, flashing Cassie one last smile before I left the room. I checked my clipboard as I walked down the colourful hallway to see what was next on my schedule for the day, winking at Rox when we saw each other in the corridor. "Busy?" she asked as we passed each other, bumping me with her hip and returning my wink. "Oh you have no idea" I called out to her in response before rounding the corner.

Because it was the end of the year, many of the staff at the hospital had started to take their annual leave and Christmas holidays. That meant that for all of December and most of January, everyone was extremely busy as they covered both their own and other staff's patients and duties. It wasn't so bad for the nurses since there were so many of them working at the hospital - holidays and days off could generally be covered quite easily. For the doctors such as myself however, it was an entirely different story. Each day the patient load was shared between the doctors on duty, on top of what we already had. Today - and for all of last week, I was covering for Dr Williams, one of my senior colleagues who was currently away in Hawaii with her family. She was a pediatric gastroenterologist - meaning she worked with children who had issues with any of their digestive organs, as well as one of the resident cancer specialists at the hospital.