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I followed Calum into the operating room, making sure my mask was tight.

I slipped my hands into the gloves the nurse held for me.

I stood on the opposite side of Calum, staring to a cleaned abdomen.

"Care to make the first cut?" Calum questioned, his eyes meeting mine

I was shocked- the General surgeons never offered interns to make the first cut.

"I would love to"

I watched me closely, talking me through it as I slowly made an incision in the abdomen, nurses immediately suctioning the blood away.

Him and I worked together, I assisted his every move, making sure he had clear sight of everything he was doing.

Just as we started coming to a finish, I felt myself suddenly getting hot.

"Are you warm?" I asked Calum, seeing his eyes flash from the body to me.

"I'm comfortable, are you hot?" He asked.

"Might just be me" I shrugged out, helping him stitch the incision together

I felt my stomach pains suddenly increasing.

I took deep breaths, telling myself to relax.

We were two stitches away from being done when I saw Calum's eyes flash to me.

"Doctor Johnson, step outside- I can finish,
you did a great job" he spoke.

I was caught off guard.

"I can stay to bandage-" "you're as pale as the bed sheets, step outside and take your mask off and regulate your breathing before you pass out."

I slowly stepped away, immediately walking out and snapping everything off, feeling a moment of light headedness.

I washed my hands, drying them before holding myself up at the sink, breathing deeply.

I heard the doors open before Calum was beside me, washing his hands.

"Was a light directly on you-" "something's wrong with me" I mumbled out as I saw dots invading my vision slowly.

"What do you mean?" Calum asked slowly.

"I think I'm going to pass-"

Black

Calum.

I saw her eyes roll back, making me quietly step to her, catching her before she fell.

"Shit" I cursed, quickly picking her body up bridal style, running with her to the ER.

"Intern passed out after our surgery" I spoke to a group of nurses that ran to us.

"Let's get blood drawn, an IV in, cooling packs on her, and someone call Ashton Irwin."

One of the interns from her group joined, jumping in on vitals

I wanted to kick him out, but I needed him in this moment.

"Doctor Hood" a nurse spoke as I got her IV in, starting fluids.

"Yeah" I spoke, looking to the nurse, who was holding blankets over Payton's body.

She pulled back the blankets, making almost everyone freeze for a moment

Blood covered her entire pelvic region.

I felt a moment of panic

"She's miscarrying" the intern spoke.

"tell the OR we are coming for an emergency D&C, close the viewing room, no interns, just doctors and tell Doctor Clifford to contact Ashton Irwin, urgently." I spat to a nurse, lifting the rails on Payton's bed.

"I'm so sorry Payton"