Hello peeps. I'm back with another new story, huhu🤭. Enjoy reading.

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Tejasswi's POV.

Fun fact about the heart; if you don't have one, you die! Take it for granted, well, you're gonna learn that it's as fragile as it is resilient. One mysterious little muscle.

Adjacent to the heart, we have the lungs.One breath at a time, we pull the world inside us then push ourselves back out.

Moving down the torso, we come to the liver. Bed of human emotion, seat of anger, the organ closest to the divine. Don't mess with the liver!

But not to be outdone is the brain. Ten billion neurons each connected to ten billion more. The most complicated object in the universe but the adult brain doesn't reach full maturity until the ripe old age of 25.

Before that, well, who the hell knows what's going on in there?!

And finally, the spine, the backbone; strong, flexible, coordinator of brain and body, conduit and coach.

When these five vital components play their part, well, that's how we get through the day, if we do.

Damn!

The thing about these vital components; the spine, the lungs, the liver, the brain, the heart they depend on each other, rely on each other. They need each other for our very survival.

I know you are wondering who is this that is talking about all this vital components now. Let me introduce myself to you all.

I'm Tejasswi. Dr Tejasswi Mehra. I'm working in Toronto General Hospital and I'm the head of the ED. You know Emergency Department.

Currently, I'm having my usual Starbucks coffee and heading towards the hospital for my regular shift. Work is everything for me!

After walking from Starbucks about 15 minutes, I reached my destination which is Toronto General Hospital. I entered in and smiled at the guard. I throwed the empty cup in the dustbin over there and entered into the hustling department.

Patients here and there. Doctors here and there. This is the only department which is opened for 24 hours. I get into the 'Staffs Only' room and opened my locker. I put my bag inside and grabbed my doctor coat.

I yanked off my sweater and put on the doctor coat. I put the sweater inside the locker and locked the locker. I went out of the room to the counter and took my seat. I started checking some case files when my best friend, Harsh pulled up to me.

Harsh : Aneri was searching for you. She was damn angry and was cursing you multiple times.

Oh God! What have I done now? A quick info. Aneri is my other best friend and a surgeon here, specialist in paediatric and Harsh is my another best friend, a nurse. He is intelligent enough to become a surgeon but he loves to be a nurse.

Teja : But what happened? As far I'm concerned, I didn't do anything wrong, did I?

Harsh : You didn't take her calls yesterday and she checked with your mother and learned about the fight that took place last night.

Teja : I wish I could just vanish away now before she finds me because I know I won't be alive if she finds me alive.

Harsh : No offense but I feel the same too. And bad news she is here and watching.. Oops, glaring at you from Bay 3.

Teja : Can't you tell me good news in the morning?

Harsh : In your case, nope!

I hate this human being who is smiling showing all his 32 teeth to me. That's none other than my best friend Harsh Khanna. He have to help me but he is just going to enjoy the torture I gonna get from Aneri.

Shit! Okay guys. It's time! I'll meet you if I'm alive after listening to her scoldings or whatever she's going to do. Can't a wonder happen to help me this time? Only once!

I looked at Bay 3. I found Aneri treating a patient while glaring at me. How can she do 2 different jobs at the same time? Her glares are like bullets. Dang it!

Oh shoot! She is smiling at her patient and turning towards me. Okay, she is coming to me and this is not good. Please. Please save me! She is nearing. She is 2 feets away. Please save me from this devil, God!

Someone : Incoming!

Whattttt! God heard my prayers!

I quickly got off the chair with my stethoscope not before earning a glare form Aneri. I ran to the patient and Harsh was behind me. The paramedics came in pushing the stretcher with an elder woman on it unconscious.

Paramedics : Akshara Kundrra, 55.12 minutes of CPR. Defib'd twice and two doses of epi.

Teja : No pulse. She's still in VFIB. Trauma 1 and Harsh charge the defibrillator.

I instructed them. We pushed the patient to Trauma 1. We shifted the patient from the stretcher to the bed in the Trauma 1.

Harsh : Okay, charging the defibrillator, 200J, unsynchronized. Everybody clear.

Her body jerks and she is still unresponsive. I immediately outs my hand upon her chest for the compressions.

Teja : Starting compressions right away. Two minutes of CPR and then a pulse check.

Harsh : Recharging defib. Stop compressions. Everybody clear.

Teja : Shock advised.

I put my fingers on her neck for pulse. Yes, I got it.

Teja : Okay, I've got a pulse.

I looked at the screen. Her heart rate is being normal, O2 stats are stable and she is responsive to the treatment. Harsh put the oxygen mask on her. I and Harsh comes out of the Trauma 1 leaving the other nurse to do the necessary things.

Teja : It seems to be her second attack. I want a full medical history of her's and CT scan. We might need to page the cardiologist, Dr Reynolds.

Harsh : Copy that!

He runs from there to get into the work. I turned to the paramedics.

Teja : Her family?

Paramedic : Her son called us and there he is!

He pointed his finger to a man who is sitting on the chair over there with his head down and buried in his palms. He is in his formals with his coat on his lap. He is nervous and scared for his mother. It is visible in his eyes.

I nodded at the doctor's and walks to him. I know the patient's surname as Kundrra. An Indian!

Teja : Mr Kundrra?

I called out for him. He slowly raised his head up and looked at him. His eyes are red due to crying maybe but there are no tears. Strange!

Teja : Is your mother Mrs Akshara Kundrra?

He stood up from his seat and nears me in scared state.

He : Yeah.. Yeah! I'm.. I'm Karan Kundrra. How's my.. my mother?

Teja : Nothing to worry. She's stable now but we need to do some medical tests to make sure she's alright.

Karan : Yeah, yeah.. Just do whatever is necessary but I want my mother back fit and fine.

He said and he holds my hands. I looked at our hands and back at him. He was already looking at me and I must bet that he's eyes are some kind. I don't know why but I feel lost in his eyes.

End of Teja's POV

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Author's POV.

Teja and Karan keeps staring at each other. They had an eye lock unknowingly. They heard a sound from the back. They comes back to reality. They looked at their hand and immediately takes their hands back.

Teja : Umm, there'll be a nurse here to enquiry you about her medical history. I hope you'll cooperate well.

Karan : Sure! Can I meet her?

Teja : Once she is shifted to the normal ward!

He nodded at her. She takes his leave and come back to the counter. Karan sits in his chair back and Teja takes her sit in the counter. She looks at him and he glances at her. Teja looks down by avoiding his gaze. Someone sits beside Teja. She turns and finds Aneri beside her. Teja gulps seeing Aneri recalling what Harsh told her earlier this morning.

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That's all for the first part. I hope you all had enjoyed reading it ☺️. I would like to thank -stvrdxst- for making this wonderful cover for this story. Thanks for reading and sorry for the grammar mistakes 🙏☺️.