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brushed her off, only to find her later at the bedside of one of his patients.  Intelligence flashed in her eyes and he knew she was as sharp as they came.  The fact that she’d held back when he knew she knew the answer pissed him off.  To have knowledge and not use it was the highest form of idiocy and he wouldn’t tolerate it, especially from someone that could end up assisting in his OR.
    She had a bit of spunk in her though, he’d give her that.  Her sassy comment to the asshole intern that had barged in the room like a bumbling buffoon had proven that.  She would be a challenge and challenges were something that interested him.  And if he was being honest with himself, the new little intern did interest him.  He’d bet his life that smart mouth could be put to several good uses.
    He changed clothes in his bedroom and then opened the door to a second bedroom that housed his home gym.  A few hours working up a good sweat would push those eyes and that mouth out of his mind.  The last thing he needed right now was the distraction of an unwanted woman, amazing eyes or not.

    A coffee cup slid across the nurse’s desk in front of Athena where she was charting vitals on the three patients she’d seen so far that shift.  Glancing up, she smiled gratefully at Sabine who always seemed to know exactly what she needed.  Their friendship was one of the things she treasured most in her life; she might drive her crazy with her insane ideas, but her fun-loving spirit was what made her who she was.
    “Thanks.  How’s it going in the ER?” she asked.  Webster had split them up that morning and Sabine had been one of the interns assigned to the ER for the day.  It actually was one of the better assignments as the chances of being picked to observe in the OR were much higher than when rounding on patients and prescribing medications like she’d been doing all day.
    “It’s fucking unreal, Thene.  You wouldn’t believe the shit that’s come through the door.  A guy had a nail file in his eye. A nail file!  His girlfriend shoved it there after finding pictures on his phone of him and another woman.  But get this, it was his cousin, she just flipped out and wouldn’t listen to the explanation!  They were able to get it out without surgery though,” her excited recounting ended with a frown, showing her disappointment at not being able to scrub in on the eye surgery.
    Clarence and Oscar joined them, Clarence tossing an apple in the air and catching it before taking a bite.  Oscar hung back a bit awkwardly, still not sure of his place in the group.  It’d been two weeks since their first day and Athena had yet to hear him say more than five words unless he was speaking to Webster or a patient.  Even Dick had warmed up slightly, although he was still a creep as far as Athena was concerned.
    “Dude, I can’t believe you’re not more animated about this!  We were in the OR, come on, crack a smile or something,” Clarence said around a mouthful of apple.
    “Wait, you were in the OR?  Today?  Like during a surgery?” Athena tried and failed to keep the jealously out of her tone.
    “Damn right.  Motor vehicle accident. Woman came in with multiple fractures and lacerations and some major damage to her abdomen.  Smith was running the ER today and took us in with him.  It was fucking awesome, Athena.  You guys gotta get in on a surgery,” Clarence was definitely riding the adrenaline of his first experience and although she wanted to remain envious, deep down she was happy for him.  It gave her hope that not all the residents and attendings’ thought they were wastes of space and would actually teach them. Oscar even cracked a grin and nodded to back up Clarence’s story.  Apparently the experience had even affected him.
    “Not fucking fair.  I was down there and Armstrong pulled out the damn nail file instead of going to surgery,” Sabine complained, brushing Dick’s arm away when he came up