Doctor & Nurse

Chapter 4

That morning, I woke up confused, about why I dreamt about Four. Clearly, I am sleep deprived, if I am dreaming about him. I get dressed in my scrubs, wait for Chris in the living room, and go to the hospital. The next few days and week at clinical are boring as hell, and much of the same as the very first day minus my run in with Four. I was gaining more confidence as a nurse each day. Four would see me on the unit occasionally, and we would nod at one another, maybe say hello, ask one another how their day was going, but that was all the conversation that happened between us.

Four, for some unknown reason, would sit with me at my lunch table, on the opposite end, when I didn't have to meet up with Marcus to discuss what was going on. The odd thing was, Four, would just sit there, never saying a word to me. We were both silent, in our own worlds. At lunch, I would often catch him looking at me, when I wasn't looking, and when I would look up at him, he would quickly look down at his plate. He always seemed to be deep in thought about something. I always wondered what he was concentrating so hard on. I wanted to know, but I never got the courage up to ask. Our routine like this continued for weeks. I brought it up to Chris one day on our drive into the hospital, and she said: "Maybe, he is trying to get you to make the first move."

I shrugged my shoulders as I thought about it, wondering why Four was scared of me, or even if he was scared of me. That morning, I decided that I would confront him at lunch tomorrow. However, that day never came because, Marcus, decided it would be a great day to meet with all of us and verbally attack all of us, during our lunch hour. Four, he was nowhere to be seen on the unit, much to my chagrin.

Time Skip

During the past few weeks, there had been some rumors flying around the unit, about a hot new resident named Dr. Eaton, that all the nurses were eyeing. The rumors were about how easy he was on the eyes, but how he had a bit of a temper, how he was arrogant, how he could be intimidating at times, but also a bit of an ass too.

As I was waiting for Tori, one morning, I overheard one of the nurses say, "He is so good looking. I wish, I wasn't married, otherwise, I would go after him."

"Please, girl. You should still go after him, your husband would never know." I roll my eyes at the statement as I try to focus on the computer screen,

"I wonder if he has a girlfriend."

"I know right, he is so hot."

I hear one nurse, in particular, say, "Dr. Eaton, came flying through here like a bat out of hell last night."

"Who pissed him off?"

"Amanda did."

"I guess, she called him about something that wasn't important while he was on call. Something about a diet order, at two in the morning. Then she tried to make a move on him once he was here. Dr. Eaton didn't take too kindly to her advances, and he screamed at her in front of the whole night shift."

"Poor girl."

I roll my eyes at all the gossip that I am hearing this morning. I feel like I am back in high school again. Finally, Tori shows up, and we start our morning. She gives me a few patients to care for off her load, and I ask for help from her when I need it. The whole day, I secretly wonder, if Dr. Eaton is as bad as the rumors say he is.

One day, before the end of my shift, I ask Tori, my curiosity getting the best of me, as I say, "I haven't seen this Dr. Eaton yet, that everyone keeps talking about, is he as bad as all the nurses make him out to be?"

Tori smiles, as she looks up from her computer screen, as she says, "Don't believe everything that you hear around here. Dr. Eaton has a no-nonsense attitude about him. He isn't that bad. As a nurse, you just have to be able to handle someone like him. Sometimes, someone like him, their ego gets too big, and they need to be knocked down a few pegs. You need to show him respect in order to earn respect from him. The doctor and nurse relationship is a two-way street."