Passion and Surgery

Elevator Fun

Chapter 4

                                               Elevator Fun

Olivia POV

It’s like sitting in a meadow. Feeling the light breeze graze your skin and the sun beat down on you. That is how surgery feels to me. Except the meadow is the operating room, the breeze is my hot breath hitting my face because of my mask and the sun is the overhead lamp lighting up my view of the person’s chest cavity. Simply relaxing.

“Clamp.” I say.

I place the clamp over the subclavian artery and finish stitching up the repair to the connecting axillary artery. The door behind me opens and shuts but I am too lost in this person’s body I don’t even bother turning around.

“Excellent job Dr. Bates. It is beautiful.”

I slightly turn to see Dr. Davis looking at my repair.

“Thank you Em.”

It’s been one week since I accepted the job at Hawthorne Hospital. Emily is an attending plastic surgeon, I actually knew her before this hospital because we went to some of the same conventions and skill labs. She is a bit older then me with blonde hair and a perfect body, the most charismatic and eccentric person . We became friends almost instantly.

“May I start the repair of the burns now?” She says to me.

“Yes he is stable enough.” I state.

She begins telling the technologist what equipment she will need. She lifts the patients arm and starts her work.

“So tell me. When are you going to stop diving into a random room every time you see Roan and actually talk to him?” She says while removing the dead skin from the patients arm.

“Why? He obviously doesn’t want to be my friend. You should see the way he looks at me. Besides I don’t think Heidi will like me talking to him. She hates me for some reason.” I mutter.

“Okay. You’re new here so I will let this slide. But, where is the Olivia I know at? Who cares if he is your friend or not. He is one of the best nurses on the cardiac division you can’t avoid him forever besides he would be a great scrub nurse to have on your team. You need to start thinking about that since the new interns are coming in and you don’t want to be seen as the unstable doctor.” She says, now beginning to put the new skin mesh on.

I sigh at her. She is right. I never let relationships or friendships come before work.

“I’m done here.” Finishing up my last suture and hand the surgical tech my instruments. “Thanks Em.”

“No problem. Are we going home together tonight?” She says looking up at me.

“Yeah I’ll meet you at the front around 10:30. I’ll page if anything comes up.”

She nods and I leave the room. Once I finished talking to Dr. Cross a few days ago I bumped into Emily and she told me about her apartment and how the apartment next to hers was vacant so I claimed it that day.

I walk into the scrub room and strip my gloves, gown and mask off. I wash my hands quickly and notice how I looked in the mirror. My midnight hair came down in loose curls, I put light make-up on and today I was wearing my light pink scrubs. I looked like an approachable woman, not the gloomy person I normally seemed like. I nod my head in approval of myself and exit the room. I have to find Roan.

While waiting for the elevator I can’t help but worry what Roan is going to say to me. Will he turn me down for being on my scrub team? Am I not good enough? The elevator binged open and I stepped in closing the doors after. Until a hand slipped in between,

“Please hold the elevator.” A familiar voice said.

I got goose bumps almost instantly. I nod at him once when he enters and press the close doors button. Dr. Cross in a light grey suit and light blue dress shirt that hugged his muscles and made his shoulders seem even broader. It was the most perfect tone for his blonde hair. He was stunning. I almost began drooling. It took everything I had in me not to just blatantly stare at him.

“Olivia.” Cross says in a cool voice… it’s like he knows what he is doing to me. I shiver at the sound of my name from his lips. So seductive.

I can’t even look him in the eyes when I say, “Hello.”

“Look at me. Don’t be rude.” That wasn’t his usual demanding voice. It was husky, deep. It made me scared...or was it the tingling in my libido that scared me?

“What is it you need Dr. Cross?” I say, straightening my spine but continuing to look everywhere else but him.

He stepped towards me, I feel him put his fingers under my chin and tilt my head towards him. His eyes look so warm… something I never thought I would see.

“You look beautiful today.” He says straight face but his eyes bore into mine.

My cheeks are on fire. I had to look away from his eyes. What is happening? I thought he hated me? Why do I like the feeling of his skin? It was like electricity. Better then I have ever imagined. I wanted to ask so many questions...is he bipolar? The elevator binged to life again opening up 2 floors away from mine. I literally jump back, scared someone will catch us…catch us doing what? I look at Dr. Cross who didn’t move from his position except he was turned to the door glaring at the intruder with his now cold eyes. I turn to see Roan, looking from me to Dr. Cross. I smile at him. He nods in my direction.

“Roan, I need to talk with you.” I say.

“You just used my first name, this must be serious.” He smirked at me just as the elevator closed.

I glance up at Cross who now looks completely detached from the situation.

“I am being serious.” I state almost pouting at Roan, trying to plead with him using my eyes but he doesn’t even look at me.

“Ollie, its fine. I forgive you. Now you don’t have to be like a sad puppy any more.” He says with a smile on his face now looking at me. "Besides, it seems you don't need me anymore." He continues glancing at Dr. Cross.

“Who said I was apologizing? I didn’t do anything wrong! AND ACTUALLY I DO NEED YOU. I need to talk to you Roan...please” I exasperate.

“Care to explain Ollie?” Dr. Cross’s voice chimes in sounding appalled by my nickname Roan gave to me. I see him looking from Roan to I and I think I see an emotion cross his eyes, but I must be wrong.

“There is nothing to explain.” Roan bites out to Cross. Luckily Dr. Cross isn’t Roans boss because with the look Dr. Cross is giving him, he would be fired.

The elevator dinged and Dr. Cross walked slightly out before turning around and saying,

“There is always something to explain, thankfully Olivia over here will tell me everything at dinner tonight.” He smiles at me giving me his ‘I dare you to say no’ eyes, then shoots Roan a smirk. He doesn’t even give me a chance to say anything before he just walks off.

“Roan, I…” I begin to say.

“You don’t need to say anything Dr. Bates. Have a good day.” He storms out of the elevator.

What was I going to say to him? I’m sorry? I’m confused? I want you on my scrub team? I guess it doesn’t matter considering he doesn’t want anything to do with me since we fought a while ago. I lean back against the elevator and slowly go to the floor. Landing on my butt. I can’t do anything right. I close my eyes and feel heavy and tired all of a sudden, maybe I’ll get some rest for the first time in 15 hours when all of a sudden my pager goes wild and I see the codes telling me there is an emergency with Mr. Stevenson…please no. Not him.

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