Page 14 of Will & Patrick's Endless Honeymoon
Patrick jerks open the door to the room, sees Varun passing by, and grabs his arm. “Get in here. I need you to do the intake on this patient. He bypassed admitting.”
“How?”
Patrick waves off his questions. “He has a head wound, probable concussion, and requires a CT STAT, followed by SCAT-2 assessment, neurological assessment, and constant monitoring until he can get down to imaging.”
“Constant monitoring?” Varun asks, acidly.
“Did I stutter?”
Varun glares at him, but doesn’t argue. He bustles in and puts on that great nurse-smile of his that people love, and his dark eyes fill with warmth for Kevin and Kimberly as he greets them.
“Ah, I see!” He shoots Patrick a smart-ass look over his shoulder and then turns back to Kevin. “It’s Mr. Patterson and Ms. Patterson. That explains a lot.”
“How so?” Kimberly asks.
“You’re getting very special treatment, that’s all.”
Kimberly smiles.
“Let me get you comfortable in a gown, Mr. Patterson, and we’ll assess the situation.”
Kimberly relaxes as Varun chats, asks pertinent questions about the injury, and helps Kevin start to undress. This is the exact reason why Varun should get paid enough to come on full time. He’s a dream with patients.
Patrick nods a curt goodbye to Kimberly and calls out, “You’re in good hands, Kevin. Do what the pretty nurse says. And Varun, I meant what I told you. Eyes on this one constantly.”
Varun gives him a saccharine and completely insincere smile. “Anything for your family, Doc.”
“Will’s family,” he corrects. “And damn straight you’ll do anything for them.” He sends a glare Kimberly’s way. “Because I’ll never hear the end of it from him if I let one of these idiots die.”
“Patrick!” Kimberly snaps.
Satisfied that he’s offended his mother-in-law enough, he leaves the room with a flick of his white lab coat.
Stalking toward Don Knife’s office to renew his effort to destroy the career of the drug-withholding Ruby-what’s-her-face, he decides to stir the pot onThe Hurting Timesgossip forums.
He can’t post that Kevin’s been injured, not without breaking doctor-patient confidentiality, but he has plenty of other things to complain about. Patrick knows exactly how he’ll start his post.
Logging in toThe Hurting Timesapp as Dr. HottieMcBrainSurgeon, he types with his thumbs as he walks:
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the Pattersons of Healing, South Dakota are massive drama queens and total pains in my ass. And, no, I’m not posting about Will this time.
