"Monica In Chicago" Part Three
Friends/Chicago Hope Crossover
"Sure." Monica said. "I'd love to see where you work."
"Thats great." Aaron said. "Taxi!" Aaron turned to the road to hail a taxi. "I wonder how Phillip knew I was back."
"Ask him when you get there." Monica said as a cab slowed down for them.
"Thats a good idea." Aaron said.
"Jeffrey certainly gets around though."
"Aint that the truth." Aaron said as the cab pulled away from the curb.
Chicago Hope
Aaron and Monica came in through the front door of the hospital. It was an unusuallyh slow day for one of the biggest hospitals in the region. Monica looked around. She would love to work here. The place was kept impeccably clean.
"This is beautiful." Monica breathed.
"Phillips gonna wanna see us pronto, before he pops a blood vessel." Aaron said catching an elevator. "I gotta stop by my office first."
Aaron gave Monica the modified tour. As they got to his office Aaron strained his ears.
"Do you hear something?" Aaron asked.
"A lot of groaning." Monica observed.
"Jeez." Aaron went through the door. Sure enough there was none other than Dr Jack McNeil and Lisa Catera on Aarons couch doing something that could not be mistaken for anyhting else but sex. "Excuse me guys?"
Lisa and Jack turned to him. Lisa covered up.
"Please remember this is still MY office? I'd like you to hose down that couch before you leave." Aaron said rolling his eyes and looking at Monica.
"I'm sorry Aaron." Lisa said blushing. "Phillip told us you were on vacation."
"Thats no excuse. You both have offices you can soil and not worry about someone walking in." Aaron said. "I'll be back later."
"Oh my." Monica said. She tried to hide a smile. "Something tells me we interuppted something."
"We sure did." Aaron said. "Uh, lets go, as quickly as possible."
Monica smiled and took Aarons hand. They walked down the hall a short distance. Aaron abuptly stopped at an OR.
"Have you ever seen an operation before." Aaron asked.
"No." Monica said. "Well only on televsion and I saw my brothers child be born."
"Would you like to see one?" Aaron asked. "Dr Kathryn Austin is in surgery right now." He said glancing at a clipboard. "Do you want to see a real live heart beating?"
"What about Phillip and him bursting a blood vessel." Monica reminded him.
"Phillip will be allright." Aaron said. "We can go into the observation room here."
"Sure." Monica said as Aaron took her hand. He opened the door and they went into the observation part of the operating room.
"Okay, I need the small clamp put about here." Kate Austin said reaching out her hand. The right size clamp was handed to her and she placed it in a spot which made the rib cage open like a steel trap. Monica watched intently as Kate did her work.
Kate looked up.
"Well I'll be." Kate said eyeing Aaron. "The vacationing Aaron Shutt has returned and he has brought his girlfriend along for the ride."
"This is Monica." Aaron said through a speaker. "Monica this is mostly world famous cardiologist Kate Austin."
"And don't you forget it." Kate said pointing her scapel at Aaron. "Monica, you ever seen a REAL surgery before? Can you keep your stomach in line if I did this?" Kate took her scapel and cut a section of the heart she was repairing.
"Kate!" Aaron said as Monica looked a little woosy. Monica crashed into a chair ina sitting position.
"I guess she wasnt ready for that." Kate said almost apologetically.
Aaron gave her a look.
