All The Trouble In The World

Rules of EMS:
-Don't date anyone from work
-Walk, don't run
-Don't get emotionally involved

Those were the rules I was taught when I became an EMT.

I followed them pretty well, too. At least until I left interfacility transport behind and stepped into the world of 911.

That's where I met Tara Bellini.

She's a paramedic. She's sarcastic, exhausted, and somehow always there when I need her. She was supposed to be another coworker. Someone I'd run calls with, pass in the station, and maybe occasionally get stuck working a 24 with.

Instead, somewhere between sleepless nights, bad calls, station jokes, and more time in an ambulance than any sane person should spend, Tara became something else entirely.

I broke every rule because of her.

Do I regret it? Absolutely not.

Would I do it again?

A million times over.