This story takes place around Loose Ends and Such Sweet Sorrow. Carter never battled drug addiction. Instead he got support from Kerry Weaver and their friendship blossomed into love. They are now newlyweds (I know the idea of Kerry and Carter together is appalling to some ER fans but I love the idea of them as a couple. They are two lost souls that I think should be together! So sorry if I've grossed anyone out but don't worry this fic doesn't really have much Kerry and Carter romance in it.) Mark and Elizabeth are dating.

Disclaimer: All ER characters belong to Warner Bros., NBC, and Michael Crichton.( I wish Carter was mine! :) tee hee) They belong to Warner Bros.



Summery :This story is the way I think Doug and Carol should have been reunited!!



Together Again
Chapter 1: Doug's Decision


Doug Ross sat on the sofa in his living room. He looked across the room and a picture sitting on his mantel caught his eye. A beautiful woman with long dark curls smiled back at him from the picture. He got up walked across the room and removed the picture from its resting place upon the mantel. He sat down. He glided his finger across the picture. " Carol" he whispered. He missed her terribly. His mind went back to some of the memories he had shared with Carol. He remembered being stuck in the elevator with her and his patient Sophie during the benzene spill in the ER. He had tried to pry the doors open with his body. Carol got scared "Doug what if the elevator moves?" He had said "Well then you won't have to worry about commitment." He never admitted to Carol how scared he had really been. Carol had put her ass on the line for him a number of times. She helped him detox little Josh McNeal and she had helped him get a drug administrating machine for Ricky Abbott through her clinic.

One memory stuck in his head. It was night he said goodbye. It was the night Ricky Abbott died. There was a horrible school bus crash with many critical children. He had wanted to go to the scene but Kerry had told him to go home. So he went on his own and Jeanie had insisted on going with him. They roads were icy and he lost control of his car. Jeanie was badly hurt and he had a bad head lac that needed sutures. While Carol was suturing his cut he told her he planned to go to Seattle. "Go with me" he said softly. Carol said she had to think about it. Later that night she told him she couldn't go that her life was in Chicago. She asked him to stay. She broke down in tears and said "I don't want to wake up alone tomorrow." They shared their last kiss and Carol watched him walk out of the ER and her life.

Doug brushed a few tears away. He heard from Carol a few months after he left. She called him to tell him she was pregnant. Doug wanted to fly back to be with her, but she had insisted he stay there. He talked to her a few times after that. Then on Thanksgiving day 1999 Carol called to tell him she had two beautiful baby girls that his first daughter Tess was delivered in the ER by Kerry and that baby number two Kate was delivered by c section up in OB. He had two little girls. He wished he had been there for their birth but he was glad Carol wasn't alone that Mark and Kerry had been there for her.

Carol had sent Doug pictures of the girls every month so he could see how big they were getting. Tess and Kate were almost six months old now. He had missed out on six months of his daughters lives and almost a year of Carol's life. Carol was the only woman he ever really loved and he was miserable with out her. He needed to be with her. He needed to be a father to his girls. He set the picture down on the coffee table and picked up the phone and made a call to Chicago. The next call he made was to the airport. He went to his bedroom and packed his bags. He locked up his house and headed for the airport.

Doug had been waiting at the airport for an hour when the finally announced his flight. "Flight 604 to Chicago boarding at gate 29. Doug headed for gate 29. He handed the flight attendant his ticket. She smiled "Are you going to Chicago for a vacation?" she asked. He smiled " No I'm going home." He replied. He made his way to the plane. He took a seat by the window. He smiled. "I'm going home." He whispered.


Together Again ....Chapter 2: I Hate My Life....Carol' is having a bad day....coming soon