Heartbeat

4: Talk over Lunch

Kellan and I made our way to the cafeteria and we got a tray of food and I saw Rosa and Nathaniel already eating away.

Rosa was waving us over to their table saying, "Hey Alex over here."

I looked at Rosa but also saw Savannah sitting alone on another table.

I then whispered to Kellan, "Hey Kellan, see that woman waving us over, go ahead and sit with them and tell them I'll be joining them soon, I just need to take care of something."

He nodded and joined Rosa and Nathaniel. I approached Savannah who was sitting alone on a table, eating her lunch.

"Hey there Sav," I said and her eyes met mine and she beamed with delight as she dropped her utensils and gave me a tight hug. "Oh my goodness, the face I just wanted to see," she said as I hugged her back and then eventually we pulled apart.

I sat down and said, "What's wrong? I have a feeling something is wrong."

Her smile faded as she looked down and said, "I made a complete fool of myself, I almost killed a man a few minutes ago."

I was about to speak but she continued to say, "I can't believe that I tripped and I fell onto the tools and everything went flying."

"Good thing the head surgeon caught a scalpel before it plummeted right into the patient's brain," she said as she continued to look down and play with her food instead of eating it.

I sighed and said, "Savannah, how about you come join me with the rest of my friends, help you take your mind off things."

She looks up and smiles then says, "I'd love that."

We picked up our lunch trays and then I led her to the table where Rosa, Nathaniel and Kellan were already audibly laughing.

I cleared my throat and said, "Mind if we join in?"

Rosa smiled and said, "What took you so long?." I grinned and looked at Savannah. I then said, "Just bringing in a new recruit."

"Hi I'm Savannah Wilson, neurosurgery, you can call me Savannah," she said as she sat down and put down her lunch tray.

"Oh my gosh, is it raining accents or what? We have Nathaniel here with a sexy English accent, Kellan over here with that cowboy accent, yeehaw! and Savannah with a.... uhhh... I don't actually know what your accent is...," Rosa said as she looked at Savannah.

"Oh, I grew up in South Africa, hence the accent," Savannah explained. Before anyone could respond I catch Lucas just standing all alone by the corner of my eye.

I wave him over saying, "Hey Lucas, over here! Come on."

He shyly smiled and made his way over to us, awkwardly carrying his lunch tray. He sat down next to me and said, "Thanks for inviting me, I haven't exactly made friends with any of the nurses here yet."

"No problem, we're here for you," Rosa said as she flashed a smile at Lucas making him blush. He awkwardly smiles back and says, "T-thanks."

"So Alex, how has your day been?", Nathaniel asks as he takes a bite of his sandwich.

"Well uhh it all started with a massive jerk named Damien Wright," I said and Rosa gave a sneered laugh and said, "OhhhhhHhhH yeah, I was there to witness Alex put that man in his place."

"So you're telling me that the Damien Wright, talked to you?," Nathaniel questioned and I rolled my eyes and said, "More like I talked to a massive man baby."

"Man, I would have killed to have a conversation with him, he is literally the best at diagnosing patients, he has never ever gotten wrong," Kellan said as he ate his coleslaw.