laurel

“Whoah.” Mark calls out as he holds the woman by her shoulders. “Don’t sweat about it. You okay? You seem like you’ve seen a ghost.” He points out, letting go of her as he makes his way into the attendings’ lounge.

laurel stumbled over her words a little as she answered.       ‘ i’m okay, no ghosts here...i hope. ’ she tried to offer some humour to make her seem less weird than the vibes she was currently giving off.     ‘ i know you. ’ she stated simply, having recognised him from the pictures she had previously seen when checking out where she would be working for hopefully the foreseeable.      ‘ you’re mark sloan and i am your new attending. ’

“The new plastics attending!” April said, offering the other doctor a warm smile as she assured the redhead that she was okay, the resident was grateful that she hadn’t managed to piss off the new attending within seconds of meeting her. She extended her hand to meet the others, introducing herself properly. “April Kepner, I’m a fifth year resident. And the chief resident, so I’ll be helping assign your interns. I’m sure everyone here will be totally welcoming.”

‘ i hope so, i don’t think i could deal with being disliked  from the moment i got here. got to give them a few months at least before they see the real me. ’ she let out a small laugh as she looked around once again. ‘ it’s very daunting  being here, but i’m hoping that once i’m settled it’ll feel like home. ’

“Oh! My apologies.” Andrew said. “I can take you there, I want to steal a snack from my sister’s bag,” He told her. “I’m Dr. DeLuca, I’m an intern here.”

    laurel laughed a little as he spoke about stealing a snack from his sister’s bag. that was something that her sisters would do, she smiled appreciatively as she looked over at him again.     ‘ thank you, i really appreciate this. i would’ve found it eventually but god knows how long that would’ve taken. ’

Andrew was walking to the pit, when he bumped into someone. “No harm.” He said as he picked up his pen that had fallen off of the floor. “Are you lost?” He asked her. “Because the exit is that way.” He pointed to the exit towards the left of them. “And the elevators are around the corner and the check in is towards the right.” 

     laurel furrowed her brow slightly as the man in front of her spoke. ‘ no i’m -- i’m headed up to the attending’s lounge if i can remember the way up there, it’s my first proper day. ’ she gave a smile as an embarrassed blush spread across her cheeks, she must look completely lost and pathetic.

April was coming off of a long night shift, more occupied with getting herself out of the hospital and home into bed in order to get as much shut-eye as she possibly could before she was called back in. Her mind had been thinking of the fresh pyjamas and clean bed sheets that were waiting for her when she got back that she hadn’t registered the other doctor. “No no, that was completely my bad.” She said quickly, offering the doctor a friendly smile. “It’s been a long night and I wasn’t looking. Are you okay, do you need any help?”

laurel appreciated that she hadn’t almost tripped the grumpiest doctor in the hospital, in fact this doctor seemed to be the exact opposite of that. ‘ i’m okay, once i get my bearings i think i’ll be completely fine. i just came here for a few minutes before i start because i knew where this was. ’ she shot an appreciative smile at the other woman and held her hand out. ‘ i’m laurel, laurel barnes, plastics. ’

tw. death, car crash.