“Yes Kerry you don’t have to yell.  I have my hearing aide turned up today.”  Abby said nursing a headache from the night before rubbing her temples.  Her head pounded and Randi’s music wasn’t helping it one damn bit. 

“Sorry.  Randi!”  Kerry said turning and facing the clerk.  “Turn that garbage down.”  She pointed with her cane threateningly. 

            “I’m sorry Dr. Weaver I thought you’d like this, its ***** music.”

            “I don’t care what it is, it sounds like two elephants *****.”  Kerry stated and she then turned her attention back to Abby, who smiled.

“Hi.”  Abby said and Kerry smiled warmly.

“Hi.  We have a new attending starting today.  I was wondering if you’d let her shadow you?  The only other one on the floor is Morris….”  Kerry said with some reluctance.

“No.  Oh, come on Kerry…  I’m just a resident…I’m an R2 for god sake.”  Abby began sighing softly.  “I hate a shadow.  And an attending?  Let Luca do it?”  She asked with a begging tone and Kerry leaned on the desk.

“Luca is going to be in meetings later and I want her to get a good feel for the ER.  She’s been out of the loop for a few years.  She’s a wonderful doctor Abby, and I want her to get a real feel for the ER.  We need the attending doctors Abby you and I both know it.  She’s posed to bring in more money to County…”  Abby put her hand up hating the politics.

“Fine whatever.  I’ll do it Kerry only because I like you.”  Kerry began to walk away, her cane tapping then Abby realized, she didn’t know this mysterious doctors name, or what she looked like.  She yelled to Kerry, but she didn’t hear her over the Tegan and Sara song that was blaring through the speakers of Randi’s CD player.

ERERERERER

“Sam!  Paddles!”  Abby ordered as she worked in the patient 33-year-old male with a major Cardiac Infarction.  Sam handed her the paddles, and they shocked the patient. 

“Got a rhythm.  BP is 100 over 48 but its there.”  Sam announced and Abby leaned back, nodding.  Easy work, bring them back from the dead, but the paper work was going to kill her.