Stand By Me 1

Chapter 1: Where It Began

The thunderous fall of the six feet 4 inch man on the cold hard ground was bone crushing; to add salt to injury, a cutlass ripped right through his forearm carving out a 10 cm deep laceration that torned completely all of his tendons. Pete was in pain and bleeding like hell. Being alone in the farm, he grapped some herbs and applied it on the injured part. Momentarily having some relief, but he needed help.

On the other side is leila, a young, brilliant and feisty med student who believed in fairytales. She admired a mesmerising photo she took with her beau, totally oblivious of the fact that her consultant was staring at her ready to mount an assault.

"Leila, what's the answer to the question I just asked?" Terry, the consultant asked.
She was completely baffadled, but quickly spurred out the answer she heard being whispered, which turned out to be right. Call it a sheer stroke of luck. No messing with Dr. Terry!

"Thanks", said leila to the guy who whispered the answer. He has been crushing on her since day 1, but has never bolted the courage to ask her out. He felt like he suddenly owned a million dollar private jet when leila showed appreciation. Seconds later, she switched her mind back to Dave, her boyfriend and couldn't wait for their dinner date.

Just when the theatre section was about to be dismissed, Pete was rushed in as an emergency. Terry chose Leila to assist. You know what that mean? Dinner plans with beau have to be cancelled.

They prepared the man for surgery. When the forearm was cleaned and examined, it was realised that his median nerve had also been severed.

The surgery was lasting longer than anticipated and the anaesthesia was wearing off. Pete started complaining of pain, but Terry in his usual bellicose state, was not taking any of that. He told him to 'Hold it in'. The anesthetist came to his rescue by topping up the anesthesia.

Terry was bitterly complaining about how tiring his day had been as he expertly sutured the last of the tendons. He then motioned to Leila to compete suturing the skin.

She changed out of her scrubs and looked up her phone to read a text message from beau. " I'm at the lobby waiting for you". She jumped for joy and in a flash, had already descended to there.

There he was, looking breathtaking in his white blazer and a blue pin- striped button- down. He ran to her, held her by the  waist and said the eight letter words: "I love you". The adorable couple intertwined their hands, walking side by side totally in love.

Still smiling in the dreamworld...