"You look great in white, God,"said David, managing the most flirtatious side grin he could in his condition, whatever it was. "That coat makes you look super hot."
Dr. Audrey ignored him and continued pressing her stethoscope along his left mid sternum. Lifting it off, she said "Your heartbeat and pulse is steady....," she referred to the chart that she carried on her left arm, "...David Walters."
"Exactly where am I and what happened to me?"He tried to sit up but Dr. Audrey protested by gently pushing his shoulders back. She went to the edge of the bed and cranked up the headrest. The gentle push of the headrest made him realize how very sore his body was.
He looked in front of him but all he could make out was his left hand was infused and connected to a pole on the left of his bed with a clear tube running to and fro. Waist down, he was covered in the pasty coloured sheets that he recognized as belonging to a hospital. Now, he felt a little panicky and the jesting mood he was in evaporated.
"What happened?" he repeated with alot more urgency.
Dr. Audrey looked at him with the blank stare he remembered seeing in Grey's Anatomy when they had to break bad news to a patient. She was attractive, all brunette, grey eyes and a sweet smile. Now she wasn't smiling though.
"You're lucky to be alive, Mr. Walters. You were hit by a passing car, and, you lost consciousness. The driver sent you here. But..," her voice trailed off sadly and her eyes ran over where his legs were tucked in under the hospital sheets. Or were supposed to be.
"Oh my God, no. Oh my God, no!!" David exhaled like he just came up from nearly drowning in a lake. He could hear his heartbeat in his ears. This was horrible! He closed his eyes and whispered a prayer, then tore the sheets apart with as much strength as he could muster.
Two brown legs, a little pale, stuck out from his hospital gown on the bed, both very much there. He looked at Dr. Audrey disbelievingly, then back to his legs. Very gingerly, he wiggled his toes and...it wiggled! He bend his legs as slowly as he could, and they both followed, painful but obedient.
"Hah!" Dr. Audrey exploded, then laughed her head off! "You should have seen your face!" She wiped a tear from an eye. "That was for hitting on me."
David sat back in utter disbelief. Then smiled slowly, and with the return of some spirit, said,
"I could totally sue you for distress that you know."
Dr. Audrey stopped laughing and looked back at him with amusement in her eyes, "I could counter sue you, for harassment."
"I guess there is only one way to solve this."
"Oh yeah, what would that be?"
"You could take me out to dinner."
"Is this your way of asking me out?" She smiled.
"Yeah." David smiled back and then looked confused again, "What did you say my name was again doc?"
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