Title: Stuck With You
Author: Anna Rousseau <annadelamico@yahoo.co.uk>
Series Devised By: céindreadh
Rating: PG-13
Genre: LK/AL ER Fiction
Notes: thanks to céindreadh for letting me carry on the theme, I
hope it is as good as the originals. This is set after the end
roof scene of Abby Road. Please feel free to archive, but check
with céindreadh first. PS someone should really check out all
these technical faults with the County elevators!
Stuck With You
Lucy Knight and Abby Lockhart
The doors of the elevator opened and the two medical students
lept in as soon as they could, not enjoying the sub zero
temperatures of the stairwell on the roof.
"Geez," Lucy Knight gasped as she rubbed her hands
together before pressing the button for the ER. "I can't
remember living in a city as cold as Chicago in the middle of
winter!"
"Hmm," Abby Lockhart replied, sure her face was as red
as a beetroot. "Doesn't it upset you to see a patient die,
knowing that they had no family with them at the end?"
Lucy sighed, trying to think of what to say to the other student,
who, although was in the year below her, had many more years of
medical training under her belt as an OB nurse.
"That's how things are in the ER," Lucy admitted with
another sigh. "They certainly threw you in the deep end,
what with this being your first rotation."
"A lot different than OB!" Abby admitted as she pulled
the gloves off her hands.
"I remember my first day in the ER, boy..." Lucy broke
off as the elevator shuddered to a halt. Abby lurched forward and
landed on the tiled floor whilst Lucy managed to hold on to the
hand rail.
"God!" Abby exclaimed as she picked herself off the
ground.
"Great!" Lucy sighed at the exact same moment.
Abby scanned the walls of the elevator and reached for the
emergency button mounted on the control panel. She jabbed it
viciously with her index finger for a few seconds, "What are
we going to do?"
"Wait?" Lucy guessed as she summarized their
predicament. They were stuck in a well ventilated elevator in the
middle of a busy Chicago Hospital. Someone had to know they were
there.
Abby sighed and buried her head in her hands as she sank to the
floor, "Spat on, puked on, bit and stuck in an elevator:
must be my lucky day."
Lucy joined her as she pulled off her bobble hat, rolling it up
and placing it in her coat pocket, "I know what you mean. On
my first day in the ER, I managed to show up a resident, get
shouted at by this same resident and took credit for Carol
Hathaway's perfect IV, so lying to my resident."
Abby laughed, "Who did you get?"
"Hmm?" Lucy said, breaking from her train of thought.
"Your resident, sounds pretty grumpy...Benton? Dave?"
Lucy shook her head vermently with a liile laugh, "No.
Actually, it was Carter."
Abby was confused, "From what I heard he's supposed to be a
bit more sedate than that- he's the tall one, right, brown hair
and eyes?"
"Yep. That's Carter," Lucy replied with a smile, "Apparently
he was acting very out of character for a while, grumpy, agitated.
He mentioned something about his friend, another resident, I
think, who moved away...Anna something...well, he didn't take it
that well...started acting like Benton, if that means anything to
you, well he is notorious around County...oh and he grew a beard."
"Benton?" Abby asked.
"No," Lucy replied, with a smile as she turned to Abby
with a little laugh, "Carter."
Abby laughed, "Yikes!"
"Those glue people really did him a favour," Lucy
commented, chewing on a toffee she had found in the depths of her
labcoat pocket after preoffering one to Abby.
"Glue people?" Abby asked with an inquisitive smile.
"Two guys came in, stuck together with carpet glue, Carter...right...holds
one of them back so I can intubate, but in the process his beard
gets stuck to him..." Lucy broke off into giggles at the
thought of Carter's face adhered to a patient. "Well, from
then on it was beardless Carter...and he was much cuter without
the beard!"
"Hmm," Abby replied, sucking on one of Lucy's toffees.
"I was saying to someone earlier that the docs in the ER
seem to be better looking than the ones in OB...well come to
think of it, a choice between Janet Coburn and Dr. Kovac, I'd go
with the ER doc anyday!"
"I know what you mean," Lucy said, remembering
something that had happened over a year before.
"Really?" Abby inquired, "What's that supposed to
mean, huh?"
Lucy tried not to let Abby get further on the topic, "Nothing!"
"Right." Abby paused, "Did you and Kovac have
something going on?"
Lucy laughed, "No!"
"OK, then," Abby continued, "Malucci?"
"Dave?" Lucy asked with a face of disbelief, shifting
to an upright postion as the lift lurched into action, "Yay!"
"Hey! Don't avoid the question," Abby stood up, "I
know a guilty face when I see one."
"I have nothing to hide!" Lucy insisted, folding her
jacket over one arm.
Abby smiled in disbelief, "Greene...umm..." she fumbled
wildly, gesturing with her hands, "mmm.....Romano..."
"You are heading down the wrong path!" Lucy smiled as
she tapped her foot against the floor.
The doors pinged open at the ground floor, " I know...Carter...I'm
right, it was Carter...yeah?"
There was a coughing from just outside the elevator, both med
students whirled around. Abby's mouth was suspended, half open
whilst Lucy turned a bright shade of red.
"Oh my..." Lucy mumbled, "Dr....Carter!"
Carter backed away and gave the two students a confused smile,
"I think I'll take the stairs."
As he headed off, Abby and Lucy stood there laughing, "Bye,
Abby...have a good rotation."
Abby nodded, "And I hope you survive the next few months,
just think...in less than half a year you'll be a doctor!"
Lucy smiled, up lifted at the thought, "Yep. I can't wait."
"Good luck!"
Lucy headed off to the lounge, "You too...Dr. Knight has a
nice ring to it doesn't it!" Lucy chuckled.
"Better than Dr. Lockhart at any rate!" Abby turned and
pushed open the door to Curtain 3.
Lucy hummed to herself, "Lucy Knight, MD!"
THE END
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