Chapter 1
Another story featuring Backstreet Boys. Story will be short. Positive feedback is appreciated.
Hayley walked around the hospital she worked at. She was one of the top doctors at the hospital. She knew what to do when the situation comes up.
“Dr. Hardin, we have a car accident victim coming in,” a nurse told her. She went down to the ER entrance. The paramedics brought the gurney in carrying the victim. She looked and saw that it was Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. She knew she had to take special care of him. She couldn’t let him die. They rushed him to the OR. Two hours later, Nick was in an ICU room in stable condition. Hayley walked out to the waiting room and saw Kevin, Howie, AJ, and Brian sitting there. They looked up and saw her.
“Hello, I’m Dr. Hardin, I operated on Mr. Carter,” Hayley said.
“How old are you?” Kevin asked.
“I’m 26,” Hayley said.
“And you operated on him, are you a real doctor,” Kevin sad.
“Yes, I’m a real doctor, I’m one of the best doctors in this hospital, ask anybody,” Hayley said. Kevin looked at her.
“Is there a problem here?” Dr. Garrison said coming up to them.
“Yeah, this girl said she operated on our friend,” Kevin said.
“Excuse me, sir, but this girl is Dr. Hayley Hardin, one of the best doctors in this hospital, if I was on the operating table, I would trust her with my life and I have been at this hospital for 20 years, she knows what she’s doing, Mr. Richardson, I wouldn’t have let her operate on Mr. Carter if I didn’t trust her with a knife, she saved your friend’s life, he is in stable condition in ICU, I hope you will give Hayley some respect, she is the one of the top doctors in this hospital, I have the papers to prove it, good day,” Dr. Garrison said. Hayley looked at them.
“I am sorry, Dr. Hardin, we just wanted to make sure nothing bad happened to Nick,” Kevin said. Hayley smiled.
“I understand, Mr. Richardson, I know my age shocks some people but I am a great doctor and I am taking extra special care of Mr. Carter, he is my top priority, I will not let anything happen to him,” Hayley said.
“Can we see him?” Howie asked.
“Sure,” Hayley said. They all went to Nick’s room. The guys went to his bedside.
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Hayley was lying down on one of the cots in the locker room. The door opened and her good friend and nurse, Emily, came in.
“Hayley, there is a guy out here who is very mad,” Emily said. Hayley got up and went out and saw Kevin.
“Mr. Richardson,” Hayley said.
“I can’t believe you are napping at a time like this, you said Nick needs special care, looks like you are giving it to him,” Kevin said.
“Excuse me, Mr. Richardson, but the nurses can handle things while I’m not around, I am almost at the end of a 24 hour shift, okay, I’m barely awake, I may have said he needs special care but I can not give that to him myself 24/7, I have to sleep sometime, the nurses can wake me and tell me when there’s a problem, not when you have a stick up your ass about how I handle my patients, now excuse me, but I need to finish my nap so I am refreshed and awake, now leave me be or I will have you thrown out of the hospital, doesn’t matter who you are,” Hayley said. She went back into the locker room and laid down.
“What was that?” Emily asked.
“He thinks I need to be by his friend’s side 24/7, I would if I could but I am so tired right now, I have been on my feet for 23 hours, running on coffee and espresso, I need some sleep, keep an eye on Mr. Carter, let me know if anything changes,” Hayley said.
“Sure thing,” Emily said. She went to Nick’s room and heard Kevin talking to the guys.
“I don’t like that Dr. Hardin, I don’t want her near Nick if she can’t be here 24/7,” Kevin said. She went in and cleared her throat.
“Excuse me, Mr. Richardson, but don’t talk about Dr. Hardin like that, she’s been on her feet for 23 hours, she needs the rest, how would you feel if you were in her shoes, would you need sleep if you’ve been up 23 hours?” Emily asked. Kevin looked at her.
“Well, I guess I would,” Kevin said.
“This job is her life, she is always here, she hardly leaves the hospital unless Dr. Garrison forces her to, she needs to take a few days off to rest up but she is always here, she hardly takes a day off, so she sleeps when she can on the cot in the locker room, she tells a nurse so we can wake her if she is needed, she sleeps with her pager, your friend is in good hands, sir, no one is going to let anything happen to him,” Emily said. The machines went off. Other nurses came rushing in.
“Get Hayley quick!” Emily called rushing to Nick’s side. She began CPR. Hayley came running in and they went to work on Nick. They got him back and he was stable. Hayley walked out the doors and saw Brian, Howie, AJ, and Kevin standing there.
“He is fine now, I told you he will be taken special care of,” Hayley said. She headed back down to the locker room and laid back down.
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Hayley woke up and saw a pair of green eyes looking at her. She sat up and looked at Kevin.
“What now?” Hayley asked.
“I’m sorry for being a jerk, I just don’t want anything to happen to Nick, he’s my little brother, it would kill me if something happened to him,” Kevin said.
“Mr. Richardson, like I said, nothing will happen to him, the nurses know what they are doing, as long as I’m here, he’ll be in good hands,” Hayley said. Dr. Garrison came in.
“Hayley, I want you to go home and rest,” Dr. Garrison said.
“I have patients, Dr. Garrison,” Hayley said.
“There are other doctors here who can handle them,” Dr. Garrison said.
“But Mr. Carter?” Hayley asked.
“I will take care of him, don’t worry, I taught you, I’m your mentor, remember,” Dr. Garrison said. Hayley sighed.
“Fine,” Hayley said. She got her stuff together and looked at Kevin.
“I’m sorry, I can’t take care of Nick until I come back,” Hayley said.
“I understand, you need the rest,” Kevin said. Hayley talked to Emily and went home.
The next day, Hayley walked into the hospital for her shift. She signed on and looked at some charts. She turned and bumped into someone. She looked and saw Kevin.
“Mr. Richardson,” Hayley said.
“We almost lost him again last night, after you left,” Kevin said. Hayley went to Nick’s room and saw Brian and AJ sitting by his bedside. She checked Nick’s vitals. Nick moaned and opened his eyes.
“Nick,” Brian said. Nick looked at him.
“Brian,” Nick said.
“Nick,” AJ said.
“Hey Bone,” Nick said.
“Nick,” Kevin said.
“Kev, my head hurts,” Nick said.
“I know, Nick, this is Dr. Hardin,” Kevin said. Nick looked at Hayley. She smiled at him and checked his eyes.
“You had a concussion, Mr. Carter, and you have a broken leg, we had to perform surgery to fix the bones in your leg, it should heal nicely,” Hayley said.
“How old are you?” Nick asked.
“The same age as you,” Hayley said.
“Nick, she’s one of the best doctors in this hospital, she saved your life,” Kevin said.
“Mr. Carter, I assure you, you are in good hands,” Hayley said.
“I sure am,” Nick said smiling at her. Hayley smiled at him.
“After what you have been through, it’s nice to see the patient smile, you have three brothers who have been worried about you, especially Mr. Richardson,” Hayley said.
“Call me Kevin, and you can call us by our first names,” Kevin said.
“Kevin tried scaring Hayley off but she stood her own, she even threatened to throw him out of the hospital,” Brian said.
“Kevin!” Nick said.
“I was just scared and worried,” Kevin said.
“He just couldn’t handle that fact that he thought she wasn’t doing her job,” Brian said.
“I was just getting off from a 24 hour shift and was taking a nap, he goes off on me for that,” Hayley said.
“Kevin, she needs to sleep sometime, you know, she can’t be up for three days straight,” Nick said.
“I know, I’m sorry,” Kevin said.
“I better get going to do my rounds, I’ll be back later to check up on you, rest is what you need to make a full recovery,” Hayley said. She went out the door. Nick looked at Kevin, Brian, and AJ and smiled.
“She’s hot,” Nick said.
“Nicky’s got a crush,” AJ said. They all talked.
Two weeks later, Nick was home in bed. Hayley made a house call on her way home from the hospital. She sat on the bed.
“So how are you feeling?” Hayley asked.
“I feel okay, Kevin’s been taking good care of me,” Nick said.
“That’s good,” Hayley said.
“How are you doing,” Nick said.
“I’m fine, just tired, long day but I’ll be fine, I’m off tomorrow so that is a good thing, I will see you in a week for your checkup, okay,” Hayley said.
“Okay,” Nick said. She went down the stairs and saw Kevin.
“He has an appointment in a week for a checkup, just a reminder,” Hayley said.
“I remember,” Kevin said. She went home and went to bed.
A week later, Nick and Kevin arrived at the hospital for Nick’s checkup. They went to a nurse. She smiled at them.
“Hi, I have an appointment with Dr. Hardin,” Nick said. The nurse frowned and looked at the schedule.
“I’ll page Dr. Travis,” the nurse said.
“The appointment is with Dr. Hardin,” Kevin said.
“I’m sorry, but Dr. Travis is taking all of Dr. Hardin’s patients, Dr. Hardin had a family emergency,” the nurse said. Kevin and Nick sat down. Dr. Travis came out. He introduced himself and took Nick back for his checkup. Kevin heard a couple nurses talking.
“Did you hear about Hayley?” one nurse said.
“I can’t believe she went out with that jerk, he needs to be in a mental hospital,” the other nurse said.
“I wonder how bad it is,” the first nurse said.
“Bad enough to not want to come into work, I would do the same thing, she has a lot of vacation days, this is the time to use them to get better,” the second nurse said. Kevin waited for Nick. A couple hours later, Nick came out and they headed out to the car.
“I heard a couple nurses talking, Hayley didn’t have a family emergency, she took vacation days, something bad happened to make her not come into work,” Kevin said.
“What,” Nick said.
“Something about a guy she dated and he needs to be in a mental hospital,” Kevin said.
“Oh man,” Nick said.
“I say we find out where she lives and go visit her,” Kevin said. They went home and looked in the phone book and saw Hayley’s address. They headed to Hayley’s house.
