Medicine

Chapter 1

Lauren POV

My eyelids were heavy, head pounding as I moved quickly from bay to bay, ordering residents to take the basic cases and calling consults for the more complex. As I leaned against a wall I dug into my jacket pocket, pulling out my ibuprofen bottle. Downing 2 of the pills inside, I quickly tucked it back away and took a breath and a sip of coffee before going back out. Meeting up with Casey on my way to my next case I sighed, running my fingers through my hair. "What?" I barked, exasperated. "Woah Bloom, take it down a notch. You okay?" He questioned and I gave a quick nod "Fine. What do you need?" I asked and he pointed down to my name tag. "Wrong name tag. I grabbed your New Amsterdam tag from the locker room. Another double at Bronx General? On top of your doubles here?" I grabbed the tag from his hand. "Not like you don't do it too." Was all I said before walking off to grab another coffee. Once I had it I made my way towards Dr.Kapoor and his consult. "Hi, how are things going?" I asked and he shrugged. "Don't know yet. I've been getting her history." Which made my eyes practically bug out. "Kapoor! You've been getting her history for 2 hours!" I practically shout and then immediately bite my lip. "I'm sorry. That was inappropriate. Take your time." I walked away quickly and unlocked an On Call room door, locking it back once I got inside. Sitting down on the gurney I bit my lip, opening a suture kit and pulling out the scalpel, making several cuts along my wrists. Biting back a whimper at the pain I sighed, cleaning and tossing the scalpel, then cleaning and covering the cuts. Unlocking the door again I allowed myself to drift off on the gurney. 5 minutes wont hurt. God I really need just 5 minutes. Seemingly seconds later I was awoken to a woman shaking me. "Dr Bloom? Dr Bloom wake up!" I groaned loudly and smacked her hand away. "What?" I spoke concisely. "You've been asleep for 30 minutes. Casey sent me to get you. Said something about figuring you needed to sleep?" I nodded and fixed my hair. "Who are you? I've never seen you around my ED before and your wearing a department chair badge." I said as I straightened my jacket sleeves. "Dr Olive Kennedy, friends call me Oli or Liv. Chair of the newly instituted pediatric ED unit. I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other." I nodded "it's still my ED. Understood? You have charge over pediatric patients but do not, and I repeat do NOT try and tell me how to run my ED. Got it?" I said as I stood up and opened the door. "Understood. I think we're gonna get along well Lauren." The woman I now knew as Olive smiled, sending butterflies to my stomach. "Likewise Ols." The nickname slipped out before I could think and I saw a faint blush on her cheeks.

Hi! Just so everyone knows, this story will have a wlw romance between Lauren and my OC Olive. I have no idea if pediatric ED units exist but in this universe they do. Suggestions? Opinions?

-Brooklyn