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ever. I definitely picked the wrong profession .
    “Porter, that’s good gossip. Colton wants you in the OR ... it’s probably on Facebook by now.” He laughed.
    “You think that’s funny ... what the hell am I gonna do in the OR?”
    “Don’t touch shit for one. Wouldn’t want ya infecting the sterile field.” He chuckled again.
    “Glad you find this funny. Is this some kind of sick joke? I can just picture myself throwing up, or better yet passing out,” I moaned, shaking my head in defeat. “Anyway, why are you scrubbing? Thought the case was Guy’s.”
    “Yeah, well it’s mine, and Guy is pissed. You think I’d miss my favorite case? Colton rocks a left frontal lobectomy. We’ll wake her up mid-surgery and get her to talk to us ... it’s awesome.”
    “Awesome? Do you hear yourself, her brain’s gonna be wide open while she’s talking … that’s insane!”
    “Kiddo, you just wait, it’s going to blow your mind.”
    “Yeah, literally—my head might just explode.”
    Jackson laughed out loud. “Dramatic much? You’ll be fine.” He looked at his watch. “I gotta run. See ya in there.” He opened the steel door to the stairs and was gone.
    I cinched my eyes shut and rested my head in my hands. “Lee, save me!” I whined.
    “I’ll save you, babe. I’d gladly switch places with you in a heartbeat.” She stopped typing and leaned in a little closer. “I wish he made all those googly eyes at me. I’m even wearing a smaller scrub top so the girls look perkier.” She grabbed her boobs and gave them a lift, squeezing her cleavage through the small V-neck hole.
    “You’re a nut, I just met the man last night. What the hell does that even mean?”
    “You’re kidding me, please tell me you’re not that naive.”
    “Lee, quit the BS!”
    “Oh really, that hot scorching surgeon can’t take his smokin’ eyes off you. Hunter better keep his paws to himself or it’s gonna get ugly.”
    “Huh? What are you even talking about? Do you ever listen to yourself?” She was crazy. “That’s it, you’re officially crazy. Is this what you do—sit behind the nurses’ station and analyze our every move?” I pushed up from my chair and rounded the counter. “You’ve got some imagination ... and Guy, really, he flirts with everyone. He watches you wiggle your ass every time you walk away, for god’s sake.”
    “You’re missing the point.” She got right in my face, her voice sassy as all hell. “This isn’t about Guy. It doesn’t take a freakin’ brain surgeon to figure out what a certain neurosurgeon is thinking. He wants you!” She pointed her finger right at my chest.
    I covered my face with my hands, speechless, as the blush crept up my cheeks. He doesn’t even know me, why on earth would he want me?
    “Lili,” Sam snapped.
    I jerked out of my daze.
    “What?” I clipped, completely flustered.
    “Did you just hear what I said?” He leaned on the counter right next to me.
    “Sorry, Sam, what?”
    “I said, I found you some blue scrubs. Here, take the damn things. It’s not my fault you have to go to the OR. I’ve got work to do. No time for this.”
    I grabbed the scrubs and shoved them under my arm. Sam was definitely annoyed and probably overwhelmed with the demands of being a new intern.
    “Thanks. I’m going to change. I need to get off this floor.”
    “She’s flipping out about a bunch of things today,” Leanne chimed in.
    I looked over my shoulder and gave her a dirty look before storming toward the elevator.
    “Page me when you’re done and I’ll meet you by the OR,” Sam yelled as the elevator doors closed.
    Sam stood with me in the long sun-filled hallway outside the operating room suites. It had the most beautiful view of the Schuylkill River. If you had to go under the knife, at least your last sight was serene. God, that was morbid.
    “He told us to meet him here. You stay put, I don’t want him pissed because I lost you. I’m gonna run inside and