Baby Comes First

0.4

Yasmine

It's been two weeks since Cristopher's engagement party, that night has been on my mind almost everyday since I've been back in L.A. I don't know what Lucian's problem was, one minute everything was fine and he wanted to be around me and the next it was like he couldn't get away from me fast enough. It was just weird.

"Alright everyone take five," the directer Shaun yells and I walk off the set to get a cup of water, someone taps me on the shoulder from behind and I grab their hand and turn around, turning whoever is behind me around and locking their arm behind their back.

"I really hate it when people sneak up on me Cody," I tell my coworker once I see that it's him and let go of his hand.

"I'm sorry Yasmine, I wanted to ask you a question," he says with wide eyes and I nod.

"What's up?"

"Well we've been filming together for a while now and we're bout to wrap soon, so I was wondering if you'd want to go out on another date with me?"

"Uh Cody, you're a good guy and we have great on-screen chemistry, but it's just not there off-screen, when we went out the first time I didn't have a good time and it's not something that I want to repeat, I'm sorry bud," I tell him and walk away quickly. I meant what I said, Cody is a good guy and our acting together is amazing, but every time we've kissed I've never felt any kind of spark whatsoever and the date wasn't great like I thought it would be.

"Let's go people! We have two more hours and then we're done for the day!"

I go back to my spot and when Shaun calls action I try to get my mind off of Cody and everything with Lucian and focus on my acting

Lucian

"Damn Aries you're still here?" My attending Dr. Kim asks.

"Aren't I always?"

"You still thinking about a Neuro fellowship?"

"That's the plan."

"I have a proposition for you, how would you like to attend a couple of different seminars for a week? There's a Doctor that's there that I want you to meet, he runs the Neuro fellowship at Cedars."

"I'd love to, but I don't think I'll be able to, I work everyday for the rest of the week," I tell her and she frowns.

"That bad huh?"

"Dr. West I am spent, it's crazy how doctors tell people they need to get their sleep and then we don't practice what we preach."

"You're right, but I'll pull some strings and get you to the conference, if you want to go," I nod my head frantically. I feel like something is going to happen and I can't explain it. I just feel it in my gut. "Okay, I'll get back to you."

"Oh Dr. West, where's the conference?" I ask with the weird feeling still in the pit of my stomach.

"Los Angelos," she says and walks off.

I go to the cafeteria and grab a cup of coffee, trying to shake the weird feeling, this part of the hospital never gets busy because the residents are always working, so it a good place to ease my mind. Speaking of working my pager goes off notifying me that a trauma is coming in. I run to the ER and see a patient being rolled in on a stretcher.

"What do we got?" I ask.

"Twenty-five year old male with a knife puncture wound to the chest, he started to seize in the car so we had to push two hundred and thirty milligrams of epi."

"Thanks Eddie, alright we're lifting on my count. One, two, three," we lift and slide the guy onto the bed and get to work. My team and I work so well together it's like we know each other's every move. "Let get an ultrasound going so we can rule out whether or not we need to call cardio."

The transducer is handed to me and I spread gel around the wound.

"Dammit! Page Dr. Lukes immediately! And book an OR we have to move NOW!" I yell and we get ready to move the patient.

Yasmine

"Alright everyone, that's a wrap for the day, go home get some rest and I'll see all of you lovely stars tomorrow," I go to my dressing room and grab my bag before I leave the set.

"So why has Cody been pouting since he talked to you earlier?" Millie asks and I shrug.

"He asked me out of a date and I may have told him that we don't have any off-screen chemistry."

"Damn girl, that's harsh," she says and I shake my head.

"No, that's being honest. I don't want to have to fake anything, if it's not real then I don't want it."

"Understandable girl, you want to get drinks tonight?"

"I can't, I have some stuff I need to take care of," I tell her and we hug before I walk off to my car. Once I'm in I put on my favorite song and turn the volume all the way, I know I get stares when people hear how loud my music because I had ten inch subwoofers installed in an already loud car, but hey I like my music loud. I drive off the lot and head to the puppy spa ten minutes away.

"Hi Yas," Raquelle the owner greets me when I walk through the door.

"Hey Rockie, how was Lola today, she give you any problems?" I ask already knowing the answer.

"She let me trim her hair, cut her nails and massage her paws, but when I tried to brush her teeth she got a little agitated, other than that she was great, she didn't play with any of the other dogs of course," she tells me and I laugh.

"Of course she didn't, thanks again for keeping her while I filmed love, I would have taken her, but you know she gets nervous around people and I don't want to stress her out."

"It was no problem, you know whenever you need me to keep her I will," she says and leads me to the back of the store. Lola sees me from her crate and her tail starts to wag.

"Hi my Lola bunny," I say in my baby voice and she whines and claws at the crates door. "I know, I know."

I let her out and she jumps on me so that I'll pick her up.

"You ready to go home?" I ask her and she licks my hand. "Thanks again Rockie, how much do I owe you?"

"Yas if it wasn't for you I wouldn't get the business that I get, so obviously it's no charge girl."

"We've talked about this, you support me as a black artist and I want to support you as a black woman who started her very own black owned business, you have to let me pay you at some point."

"I refuse to take your money, you shout me out every time I keep Lola and that brings in so many dogs so that's enough payment for me."

"Well I'll be sure to make a post today when I get home," I tell her and we say our goodbyes.

"Alright Lols let's go home," I say and open the driver side door, she gets into the passenger seat and I roll the window down for her before driving off.

Lucian

"Aries I talked to Hudson and you get to leave Thursday night, you'll have missed majority of the seminar. but you'll be able to talk to Dr. Hart and that's really the main reason why I want you to go," Dr. Kim says and I look at her in shock.

"Seriously?"

"Yes sir, I already booked your ticket," she says and I beam down at her.

"Thanks Dr. Kim, this is going to be great, I really appreciate it," I tell her and she tells me that she has to go because she's being paged. I'm about to get off so I go into the Resident's break room and grab my bag. I don't even bother changing my clothes because I know I'm going to shower when I get home.

"Yo Aries, you going home?" my roommate Kade asks.

"Yep, you need a ride?"

"No, I'm hitting the bars tonight, you should come with, maybe find a chick to bang," he suggests and I shake my head.

"Dude, are you still thinking about this Yasmine chick? You've been stuck on the girl for years and you haven't even tried to f**k her," he snickers and I shake my head at him. "Maybe she doesn't want you."

"Kade shut up man, I actually like the girl and it’s not like I haven’t had s*x with other women before, it’s just not her," I sigh and he laughs. "But as for the last part, that may very well be the case after the last time we saw each other."

"No, you need to f**k her out of your system, maybe after you do you'd realize that you don't actually want her the way you think you do, or just go f**k a different girl and see how you feel after," Kade thinks he's a player, all he wants to do is f**k, he thinks with his d**k not his brain.

"You definitely shouldn't do that Lucian, don't listen to this meathead," another resident Jesse says and rolls her eyes at Kade.

"Whatever Jesse, I'm telling you man it's all in your head."

"I honestly don't think so, I've been in love with the girl for years, but I don't want to cause any problems with her brother, he's been my best friend since I was eighteen and I don't want to f**k that up."

"If you feel that strongly for her then go for it, her brother can't hate you for making his sister happy, it might be weird at first, but he'll get over it," Jesse tells me and I think about it.

"I'm going to head out guys, I have to go pack a bag," I announce and leave the room.

Is Kade right? Do I just need to f**k Yasmine out of my system?