"But don't lose heart, dear ones; don't lose heart. Don't let it make you bitter. Try to understand. Try to understand. The world's already bitter enough, we got to try to be better than the world."
In which Cora Shepherd, moves to Seattle to work a...
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-Baby, your phone is ringing- I said between kisses.
-Let it ring- he grabbed my face and intensified the kiss, but his phone wouldn't stop.
-You're a surgeon, you have to pick it up- he groaned as he turned around to see who was bothering us.
-Gas tanker slammed into an SUV on the I-5. Caused a huge pileup- he read out loud- no telling how many traumas are coming in.
-So, no morning sex for me- I pouted- can I go with you?
-Cora, you're 3 weeks away, I don't think...- he stopped when he saw my puppy face and sighed- fine. But you'll stay in the gallery.
-Yes- I nodded getting up- I'll just watch my hot baby daddy being hot in his scrubs.
-I'm happy we've come to an agreement- he joked with a smirk- now, let's go.
...
I sat in the gallery watching my brother performing a surgery with Brooks and Ross.
-Dr Shepherd- she asked- where did you get "it's a beautiful day to save lives"?- I smiled at the question- is that from a movie?
-No, it's not from a movie- he answered.
-Are you sure? 'Cause sometimes I think I'm making something up, and then I'm watching a detergent commercial, and I realize, that's where I got that from.
-Brooks, you know how sometimes people downplay the difficulty of a task by saying "it's not a brain surgery"? This is a brain surgery.
-Right. Sorry.
-It's something I wouldn't stop saying when I was a kid- I said over the microphone as Derek looked up at the gallery- I read it somewhere and then would say every time he went off to work- Ross let an instrument fell and Brooks caught it quickly- oh, nice reflects, Brooks.
-Yeah, fast hands- my brother agreed.
-No, no- I got up- I called her first- both interns looked at me confused.
-I didn't say anything.
-You complimented her, meaning you'll want her on your service but I complimented her first, so she's my intern now. My trainee.
-Wow, thanks- Brooks said.
-You can't even perform surgery right now, Sunshine- he looked up at me.
-Well, she'll be whenever this- I pointed at my belly- gets out of body. Now, go on- my brother snorted under his mask with a smile as he continued his job.
...
-Hey- Jackson greeted me with a smile as I entered the lounge where he was- how are you two doing?
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