Deb felt a tear roll down her now-pale cheek. This can't be happening, she thought. I was just
getting back into the swing of things, just getting my life back in order and just getting into a
real relationship and now.. now another shock. She buried her head in her hands. Oh, God. What would
Dave think? What would he say? She closed her eyes to try and stop the crying, but it was no use.
Her thoughts were interuppted by a noise-- the phone. Was it the doctor? Oh, God, maybe it was Dave.
I can't even talk to him about it yet, she thought. She picked up the phone with a shaking hand.
"Deb?"
"Dave?"
"Hey. Multiple MVA just came in. Bus hit a telephone pole. We're swamped. Weaver told me to call you
and see if you could come in. It's just me, Carter, her and Greene on, and I have to call Carol and
Kovac after this.. think you can come in?"
She almost smiled. Work would be the perfect thing to get this off of her mind. Maybe she could even
sneak in some alone time with Dave.
"Sure, I'll come in. Just give me a few minutes, okay?" She sniffled, still recovering from her
tears.
"Hey, you okay? Sounds like you were crying."
"Me? I'm fine. Get back into trauma and work on those people. You know how Weaver is."
"Sure do. Alright, see you when you get in. Bye."
"Bye."
"54-year-old male, abdominal bleeding. Cut in the chest, too. Had to have lost a few liters. Wife
was on the bus too, she's in the next room." The medic gave the bullet as Deb ran in, looking to
see who she could help.
"Someone start a large-bore IV; get me a CBC, chem 7, cardiac enzymes and coag panel. Carol, get
his crit." Carter barked over the increasing number of people in the room.
"Crit's sixteen.. he's going into shock." Carter turned as he was alarmed by a green, flat, line
on the monitor. The machine started beeping.
"Deb, get the paddles. Starting compressions."
"Charge to sixty. Clear!" Deb looked at the man's monitor.
"Nothing. Again. Charge to eighty. Clear!" Deb looked silently at the ashen man.
"When was the last eppy?"
"Three minutes ago," Carol volunteered.
"Give him one more CC, IV push. Try it one more time, Deb." Carter looked at her solemnly.
"Charge to one-hundred. Clear!"
"Still nothing." Carter pulled off his gloves. "Time of death 21:32. Damn."
Deb sighed. Finally gets in and the guy dies. She still found it hard when someone died, even if she was a doctor. And
the poor woman next door, his wife. She would wake up from surgery and find out he was dead. She
pushed open the two doors with an angry force. Walking into the hall, she felt a tap on her back, and
turned around.
"Hey, Dave. Do you have a sec?"
"Sure, why?"
"Come with me to the lounge. We have to talk."
"Okay." The two walked single file into the lounge, each not knowing what to say to the other. She sat
down on a wooden chair, figuring out what to say to him, exactly how to put it. The reaction was
something she couldn't predict: would he storm out, hug her, yell at her.. what? There was only one
way to find out. He sat down, somewhat confused, in a chair across the table from her.
"Yes?"
"Today, for the new insurance policy here, we had to get checkups and.. the doctor found something
on mine. Something that was totally unexpected, and something I have to tell you about."
His quizzical expression turned to alarm as he watched her in near disbelief. "Are you okay? What's
wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, per se. It's just.. Dave, I'm pregnant. From us.. we're pregnant."
His face froze. The alarm turned to a feeling that Deb couldn't figure out.. a mix of fear and
something that looked to be happiness.
"You're.. sure?" He swallowed.
"Umm.. the doctor from the insurance company told me. And I was little late, but I didn't think
it was anything. So I believe him." She paused. "What do you think?"
He forced a weak smile across his face. "I'm.. surprised. A little shocked. But Deb, I can tell
how much this means to you, and it'll be alright. I'm not gonna do something stupid like run away,
it's just that I'm shocked. But I'm happy for you.. for us."
She closed her eyes as the tears began to come through again. This time not through fear or shock,
but through joy. Dave silently lifted himself out of his chair, and walked over to her.
"I love you, and nothing can change that." He smiled, and kissed her.
"Dave, I love you too." She smiled back. "I guess we're a couple now, huh?"
"Guess so." He smiled, and looked at her. Never in his wildest dreams would he imagine County General
would bring fatherhood, but sometimes you just had to go with the flow. So he would.