It could all have been so different
Set in the past, if Susan had never left and Elizabeth had never come.
This story incorporates lyrics of a song to help get parts of the storyline across more strongly. The name of the girl in the song is Mary lou, although for the purposes of this story making sense I have changed it to Susie Sue.
Song lyrics are in bold type and thoughts are in italics.
Chapter One: Just to look at her amazed him
Nothing ever changed in the ER. Patients came in, some sick some just attention seekers, some died most lived. More seemed to live when the expertise of Dr Mark Greene and Dr Susan Lewis were involved. There was something about that coupling that brought a strange light to the other wise emotionally stale atmosphere of the ER.
They seemed to complement each other perfectly, even their jokes seemed to bounce off each other. Their friendship had never seen downs only ups. They were always there for each other, professionally or personally. Susan was there to listen when Mark went through his rather traumatic divorce. He knew he had sacrificed his family for his career, to stay in the ER and not go private. Surely there must have been some other factor to him staying. No normal man would have given up the woman he loved and his daughter for the doldrums of the ER.
Today was a particularly slow shift. Mark was tired. He had only just stepped off a plane from seeing Rachel in St Louis. He couldn't believe Kerry wouldn't let him extend his holiday by one day. It had been Jen that made him stay, she had to do some last minute work so Mark decided to look after Rachel instead of the nanny doing it. He had to catch a later flight, it landed just and hour and a half before his shift started.
He had just finished extracting a button from the ear canal of a small child when Susan came in. As usual she was smiling laughing with Chen about something.
"So", asked Mark, "what is about the ER that amuses you both so much?"
"Oh, oh god, I can't breathe" said Susan trying to fight the laughter
"Susan saw her first stripper last night, at a Hawaiian bar", Chen announced.
"Hey shut up!" Susan exclaimed. "It was funny though Mark, the guy really wasn't equipped to be a stripper, I mean I know size isn't everything but come on!"
"A guy can be really sensitive about things like that Susan, you should watch what you say" Mark seemed a little disgruntled
"Mark, I'm sorry, I didn't realise" Susan burst into fits of laughter again. "No, we had a guy in earlier, tried to enlarge his penis himself after his girlfriend mocked him" Mark tried to explain
"Oh, Oh dear" Susan fought to quash the laughter.
Mark could see it coming out and smiled the cute smile, just slight up turn of the mouth at each edge.
She was infectious, everything about her was. Just to look at her amazed him. Susan and Chen giggled their way to the Doctors lounge and moments later emerged, still with smiles on their faces but ready to begin their duties once more as members of the medical profession.
Both went over to the desk and picked up charts.
"Oh nice" Susan looked a little sick " I haven't done one of these in ages"
"What you got?" Mark enquired "Enema insertion of a 83 year old man. Just what I want with the remainder of a hangover" Susan looked a shade of pale green
"Hey, remember what they told us at med school. It can always be worse." Mark tried to make her feel better
"I thought nurses did these now?" Susan questioned
"Nah, Kerry didn't want us to be bored so we have to do the nasty jobs too. And no good passing it to Malik or Abby, Kerry has her eye on everyone today. Must be PM.." Mark stopped realising what he was about to blame Kerry's mood on.
"Don't even, Mark!" Susan exclaimed, with a bit of a grin. "We can be moody without it being PMT or PMS, it's usually called Men."
"Um somehow with Kerry I don't think its Man trouble" Mark stated
"Hey there's always Romano, he's a guy, he bugs her. He's usually responsible for peoples' bad mood. I believe that is score one to Dr Lewis" She grinned again
"Oh yeah? Ok. I'll let you have that one. But be warned I'll draw equal by any means possible" He said
She just grinned and she drifted off down the corridor.
She's beautiful. Any man would be lucky to have her.
Was Mark really thinking this. What was he talking about, he had Susan. She was his best friend. But maybe, just maybe it was her that made him stay. Was he frightened of losing her friendship and never seeing her again? Well now he wouldn't have to worry about that. He wasn't leaving and neither was she. They were together with the team in the ER. Sometimes he felt like the ER team was his new family.
"God I'm sad" Mark thought. "I've become like a nun. I'm married to my job!"
"Hey dopey, this is no time for daydreaming, my old guy keeps making a pass at me. I'm staring at his rectum and he's trying to come on to me. It's disgusting" Susan was more green now than she was earlier.
"Want to swap?" Mark asked sympathetically "I have a woman in exam 1 with several thorns in her arms from falling into her rose bush chasing her dog."
"Tetanus shot?" Susan asked
"Yeah, hasn't had one for a while. May need some antibiotics too, some went pretty deep. Just need to extract them and dress them" Mark could see the colour coming back
"Thanks Mark, you're an angel" Susan looked relieved
"I know, just one of my many charming features" Mark went to sort the old guy out while Susan carefully muttered to herself
"Yeah just one of many" But instead of a hint of sarcasm, there was sincerity.
Set in the past, if Susan had never left and Elizabeth had never come.
This story incorporates lyrics of a song to help get parts of the storyline across more strongly. The name of the girl in the song is Mary lou, although for the purposes of this story making sense I have changed it to Susie Sue.
Song lyrics are in bold type and thoughts are in italics.
Chapter One: Just to look at her amazed him
Nothing ever changed in the ER. Patients came in, some sick some just attention seekers, some died most lived. More seemed to live when the expertise of Dr Mark Greene and Dr Susan Lewis were involved. There was something about that coupling that brought a strange light to the other wise emotionally stale atmosphere of the ER.
They seemed to complement each other perfectly, even their jokes seemed to bounce off each other. Their friendship had never seen downs only ups. They were always there for each other, professionally or personally. Susan was there to listen when Mark went through his rather traumatic divorce. He knew he had sacrificed his family for his career, to stay in the ER and not go private. Surely there must have been some other factor to him staying. No normal man would have given up the woman he loved and his daughter for the doldrums of the ER.
Today was a particularly slow shift. Mark was tired. He had only just stepped off a plane from seeing Rachel in St Louis. He couldn't believe Kerry wouldn't let him extend his holiday by one day. It had been Jen that made him stay, she had to do some last minute work so Mark decided to look after Rachel instead of the nanny doing it. He had to catch a later flight, it landed just and hour and a half before his shift started.
He had just finished extracting a button from the ear canal of a small child when Susan came in. As usual she was smiling laughing with Chen about something.
"So", asked Mark, "what is about the ER that amuses you both so much?"
"Oh, oh god, I can't breathe" said Susan trying to fight the laughter
"Susan saw her first stripper last night, at a Hawaiian bar", Chen announced.
"Hey shut up!" Susan exclaimed. "It was funny though Mark, the guy really wasn't equipped to be a stripper, I mean I know size isn't everything but come on!"
"A guy can be really sensitive about things like that Susan, you should watch what you say" Mark seemed a little disgruntled
"Mark, I'm sorry, I didn't realise" Susan burst into fits of laughter again. "No, we had a guy in earlier, tried to enlarge his penis himself after his girlfriend mocked him" Mark tried to explain
"Oh, Oh dear" Susan fought to quash the laughter.
Mark could see it coming out and smiled the cute smile, just slight up turn of the mouth at each edge.
She was infectious, everything about her was. Just to look at her amazed him. Susan and Chen giggled their way to the Doctors lounge and moments later emerged, still with smiles on their faces but ready to begin their duties once more as members of the medical profession.
Both went over to the desk and picked up charts.
"Oh nice" Susan looked a little sick " I haven't done one of these in ages"
"What you got?" Mark enquired "Enema insertion of a 83 year old man. Just what I want with the remainder of a hangover" Susan looked a shade of pale green
"Hey, remember what they told us at med school. It can always be worse." Mark tried to make her feel better
"I thought nurses did these now?" Susan questioned
"Nah, Kerry didn't want us to be bored so we have to do the nasty jobs too. And no good passing it to Malik or Abby, Kerry has her eye on everyone today. Must be PM.." Mark stopped realising what he was about to blame Kerry's mood on.
"Don't even, Mark!" Susan exclaimed, with a bit of a grin. "We can be moody without it being PMT or PMS, it's usually called Men."
"Um somehow with Kerry I don't think its Man trouble" Mark stated
"Hey there's always Romano, he's a guy, he bugs her. He's usually responsible for peoples' bad mood. I believe that is score one to Dr Lewis" She grinned again
"Oh yeah? Ok. I'll let you have that one. But be warned I'll draw equal by any means possible" He said
She just grinned and she drifted off down the corridor.
She's beautiful. Any man would be lucky to have her.
Was Mark really thinking this. What was he talking about, he had Susan. She was his best friend. But maybe, just maybe it was her that made him stay. Was he frightened of losing her friendship and never seeing her again? Well now he wouldn't have to worry about that. He wasn't leaving and neither was she. They were together with the team in the ER. Sometimes he felt like the ER team was his new family.
"God I'm sad" Mark thought. "I've become like a nun. I'm married to my job!"
"Hey dopey, this is no time for daydreaming, my old guy keeps making a pass at me. I'm staring at his rectum and he's trying to come on to me. It's disgusting" Susan was more green now than she was earlier.
"Want to swap?" Mark asked sympathetically "I have a woman in exam 1 with several thorns in her arms from falling into her rose bush chasing her dog."
"Tetanus shot?" Susan asked
"Yeah, hasn't had one for a while. May need some antibiotics too, some went pretty deep. Just need to extract them and dress them" Mark could see the colour coming back
"Thanks Mark, you're an angel" Susan looked relieved
"I know, just one of my many charming features" Mark went to sort the old guy out while Susan carefully muttered to herself
"Yeah just one of many" But instead of a hint of sarcasm, there was sincerity.