Derek answered his phone as he got into the passenger seat. He had almost tossed it out from the helicopter when it had gone out on him, leaving him unable to speak with Julia.
It was only a matter of minutes before they were at the hospital, Derek having talked to Julia all the while and not caring that Nick was breaking almost every traffic law known to man in getting them there. "We're here." he let Julia know, dodging people as he and the others ran for the elevators. "Good," Julia breathed, another contraction hitting "Do you have - mmmmmm!" Derek looked back and saw the teddy bear he was sure Julia was asking about, just as they all three entered the elevator and the doors closed. "I have him." he said, only to instruct his wife "Breath Julia." He even started to breath the way they had learned in lamaz classes, hearing Julia echo it as she rode out the contraction. That was when the elevator stopped in mid-floor and he looked up at the lights indicating what floor the elevator was on. The floor he needed was right above him. "Derek?" Julia asked as the contraction ended, having heard a few curse words uttered in the background. Derek looked up at the ceiling panels and then at Nick, before speaking into the phone "It's alright Julia, I'm on my way. I have to hang up now but I will be there in just a moment." "I love you." he added, meaning it and tone sincere. Julia closed the phone half laughed half cried as she put the phone on a nearby medical table. "Love you too." she said, right before another contraction hit and her body started to push instinctively. Derek put the phone in his jacket pocket and motioned for Nick to give him a hand up, only to hold his hand out for the teddybear from Alex and tuck it into his jacket once he got it. Then, on the count of three, Doctor Derek Rayne was being hefted onto the top of the elevator and through a panel, only to work his way to the next set of elevator doors and pry them open. With maintainance and other assorted people watching from the lobby area of the elevator he crawled up and out of the shaft, then started toward the maternaty ward and the delivery rooms beyond. A doctor caught him on the way and helped him clean up and slip into some greens. Seconds later he was rushing into the delivery room and to his wife's side. ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
