His Memories of Her

17th

Everyone is running towards to one direction, all the hospital staff that are seems nothing to do at the moment and this made Henry wonder what is going on. So, he keeps looking around to find someone who could answer if ever he asks what is going on, or someone he might know and be comfortable enough to ask.

“Hey what is going on?” Henry’s intern asks his fellow intern who happens to passed by.

“Dr. Stevens first solo surgery.” The other intern said before he runs towards the operating room’s gallery just like where everyone is going to.

Henry stopped from his track as soon as he heard Catherine’s name and feel his intern’s gaze that made him look at him and seems to be saying something from his gaze towards him.

“I know. I do too but we could not push aside this so lets just hurry. If we hurry enough, I am sure we could still make it.” Henry said before he went and continue his tracks towards the ward of where he is going to.

“Really? But I just have this intuition that she is a bad as, and would end up the surgery faster than anyone have in their mind. It even became a bet between interns that is why everyone has gone to see it for themselves.

Henry looked at him with shock in his face does not even know where to start. His mind is divided into two thoughts. The thought that what his intern might be true and if it is, it is really something must to be seen and the other one is that they are both working under the very difficult to handle of a human organ he doubts that she would be able to get it done faster than his round that might take only one hour or another the most.

“I do not think so, since it is a very difficult thing to deal with aside from brain and you know that yourself.” He said and left his intern to walk towards the first room to be check.

After exact two hours, Henry and his intern finished their rounds that they finally able to go and join whoever are left watching Catherine’s surgery, running like crazy like someone’s life depends on their arrival. And just a few seconds, they both arrive in the gallery where they see below Catherine already closing up the man’s chest, stitching it like it is nothing, her hands seem to be stable but light as to how swift they move in every lock they do.

“I wish you could have seen her. Repairing his aorta after removing the clot that she did it in just one hour and half. Well, although it is her intern who opened him up, still it was a magnificent work of art, such a waste that you have missed it.” Dr. Bailey standing up from his seat and stood beside Henry whose gaze could not be moved away from the woman who seems to be a real bad ass that finished her surgery in just such time which is already impossible and no one would have believed unless they witnessed it with their own eyes.

“Well, it is not like this would be the last time, I am sure and will make sure that she will stay here long enough so I could see everything even the one I just missed.” Henry said with a smirk on his face.

Dr. bailey looked at him with the same expression although it quickly switched back to Catherine who seems to be checking the stitch she just did. And once she is done, she nods to everyone like saying that she is done and giving her intern a thumbs up.

“Good work.” Henry said to her in his mind while looking at her eyes that are obviously smiling and for sure her lips are curved into one beneath her surgical mask.

Henry walked away as soon as Catherine walked out of her operating room to do the after-surgery routine before completely stepping out of the surgical vicinity.

“You did great there.” Henry said that surprised Catherine who even took one step back out of instinct.

Catherine looked at him in asking way while Henry looked at her with a blank expression as he waits for her reply. She sighs and continue her footsteps towards the elevator as she said “You were not there though, until I stitched him close.”

Henry looked at her surprised while he follows her towards the elevator and said “How did you know when you did not even look up.”

The elevator dings and soon the doors open up revealing nothing and no one inside. Catherine stepped in and so is Henry and they both waited for the doors to close on its own after they touch at the very same time the same number floor they are headed to.

They touched it at the very same time making their fingers to rub each other making Catherine feel flustered as she quickly withdrawn her finger and hide it behind her, making it not visible to Henry as she rubs it with her other hand, seems feeling something from that sudden and quick touch with Henry, or so she thought. Henry was shock to, but he is different from Catherine, he is not flustered although it almost gave him a heart attack that somehow does not made him scared with the fact that he is in the elevator because the person he is with is the cardio god for him right now and he knows she would not let him die on her. The quick touch has made Henry’s heart to beat quicker but still he chose to be calm while he followed Catherine’s hand and the other hand until it landed with each other giving a rub the one he just had contact with. He smiled seeing and thinking of one possibility of the rubbing that is going on with her hands and he wants it to believe that it is the only reason and nothing else so he smiles.

“So, how did you know?” Henry said, it is not like that he is curious enough, it is just more like to have a conversation with this woman.

Catherine looked at him for a moment before she opened her mouth and said “Well, apparently, you are being ship with someone, the interns are playing match makers.” After looking back straight.

Henry looked at her in wonder, in confusion as he does not really get what she is trying to say.

“They are playing match makers of you and me making my intern a little bit disappointed when she did not see you in the gallery and even asked me whether I know where you are or if I have told you that I would operate on our Jan Doe.” Catherine said without stopping and without looking bac at him.

“Wa….” Henry said or to be precise, he only manages to say as the elevator dings and for once, the doors opened faster than their usual giving Catherine her opportunity to run away for more of what Henry wanted to say before he got interrupted by the elevator.