"OK, I wrote this story 12 years ago, but have since lost the notebooks. Yes, notebooks, plural. I usually stick to Rent fan fiction, but I have been a fan of ER since the pilot. The days of George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Noah Wylie, Sherry Stringfield, Julianna Marguiles and Eriq La Salle are gone, but certainly not forgotten. When I originally wrote this story 12 years ago, I didn't not have a computer and I highly doubt fan fiction was even a thought in peoples minds. I hope I can do for ER, what I've done for Rent and that's write highly original stories while still honoring the way ER was written.
Renthead621
If you have any questions due to either not remembering the original cast of ER, or just not understanding my description, please PM me. I would be happy to clarify everything. Even though TNT is not up to the old episodes yet again, I have seen them all so many times, I know everything about ER because I'm a loser and have nothing better to do but watch re runs over and over and over again. LOL Have fun and enjoy. Thank you.
It was an unusually uneventful afternoon in the Cooke County General ER. A petite young woman stood outside staring up at the hospital. She held a picture in her hand. She looked down at it. It was picture of her father holding a young boy. He had dark hair and was smiling ear to ear. Her father told her it was her older half brother and he was a doctor in Chicago. Before he left for the umpteenth time the previous month, he told her everything. He apologized for keeping it from her all of these years and urged her to find him. So, Darrien Ross took her father's advice. She used to be very close to him until her mother died of cancer 5 months earlier. She was 23. When her mother died, Ray Ross became very distant from his only daughter. He would leave for a month, and then return as if nothing had happened. As she continued to stand outside of the ER, a young man in a white coat approached her.
"Um... do you need help with anything?" he asked looking down at her. He had dark hair and was very handsome. His hospital badge said John Carter, Medical Student.
"No, it's OK ... um, John. I'm fine." she smiled looking up at him.
"How did you...?" he started until she pointed to his badge. "Right. Dead giveaway. You look really familiar. Have we met before?" he asked looking down at her trying to place her face.
"No, we haven't. I've never been to Chicago before. Have you ever been to Baltimore? That's where I'm from." she asked smiling up at him.
"Sorry." he apologized smiling back.
"Carter, are you coming?" Dr. Benton called out from the ambulance bay.
"Yeah. Um... I have to go. Um... I'll see you around." he smiled rushing over to Dr. Benton who was wheeling the gurney into the hospital as the paramedics called out her vital signs. Darrien took a deep breath before starting towards the entrance. When she entered the emergency room, there were people standing behind a long desk. She walked over to it and tried to get someone's attention.
"Um... excuse me. I'm looking for a doctor." she started looking over at a young nurse. She had beautiful flowing, wavy brown hair and dark eyes.
"Well, we have an over abundance of those. What seems to be the problem?" she asked smiling at her.
"I'm sorry, I'm looking for a Dr. Doug Ross." she said looking over at her.
"Sure sweetie. Just wait right here." she smiled looking over at her before turning around. "Doug. One of your girlfriends is here." she smiled before walking away.
"Jealous Carol?" he smiled looking over at her before going towards Darrien. "Hi. I'm Doug Ross." he smiled looking down at her.
"Hi, I'm Darrien." she smiled looking up at him nervous. More nervous than she thought she would be.
"Hi Darrien. How can I help you?" he asked looking down at her.
"Um... I'm Darrien. I'm here about Ray Ross." she said looking up at him as his smile fell from his face.
"OK, why don't we go outside and talk?" he said coming out from around the counter to her. "Mark, I'm gonna be outside. I'll be right back." he called out before starting towards the door.
"Not too long Doug. The ambulance is 5 minutes out." Mark called out, but apparently Doug wasn't listening. "Why do I even talk around here?" he asked looking down at one of the nurses.
"We've been asking that for years." Haleh answered smiling before walking away from him.
"Who sent you here? Did Ray send you?" Doug asked looking down at her.
"Doug, you have no idea who I am, do you?" she asked looking up at him.
"I'm assuming since you're asking about Ray he must have screwed you over." he said looking down at her.
"No, he's my father." she said looking up at him.
"If Ray is your father, that means you are my half sister." he answered looking down at her.
"Um, yeah. I am." she smiled looking up at him.
"I have a half sister and he didn't tell me. That's just like Ray." he said rubbing the back of his neck looking down at her. "Is he dead?" he asked looking down at her.
"Not exactly. Um... Ray hasn't been around in a while and I'm really getting worried about him. He's usually back by now, but..." she started when he interrupted her.
"Listen, Darrien? I'm sorry. I just learned that I have a younger half sister that Ray didn't tell me about. And as you can tell, he's not exactly dependable. He'll turn up sooner or later." he said looking down at the young woman.
"Doug, dad just told me about you, otherwise..." she started before he interrupted her again.
"He's not my dad Darrien. He's just the man who impregnated my mother and did nothing but disappoint us my whole life. I'm sorry you came all this way, but I have nothing more to say on the subject of Ray Ross." he told her as an ambulance pulled up. He left her and attended to the patient who had just arrived. As she stood there watching her brother, she became upset and angry. Here she was, in Chicago looking for her father and her brother had just blown her off. Before she knew it, she was walking over to him yelling at him.
"Doug, what is your problem? He may not have been the perfect father, but he is our father. I would think you'd be a little worried about him." she yelled looking over at him.
"Listen, I don't even know you, so I understand you not seeing my side of this, but Ray Ross has caused me nothing but heartache my entire life. Now if you'll excuse me. I really need to take care of this patient." he told her as he wheeled the gurney into the ER and Darrien followed.
"I'm not going anywhere Doug." she yelled as he ignored her and continued to the trauma rooms. Darrien turned around and went outside. She dug through her large pocket book for her cigarettes. When she didn't find them, she walked over to the bench to search more thoroughly. As she took out the cigarette pack, there was a shadow over her as if someone was standing over her.
"Hey, are you still here?" he asked smiling down at her.
"Oh, hey John." she said looking up at him taking a cigarette out of the box.
"Well, you know my name but I have no idea what to call you." he smiled sitting next to her.
"I'm sorry. I'm Darrien. Darrien Ross." she said looking down at her lap holding back tears.
"Ross? As in..." he started when she interrupted her.
"Doug's sister. Um... yeah, I am. Well, I'm his half sister actually. Too bad it's the half he hates." she said looking up at him with tears in her eyes.
"Hey, it's OK. I'm sure he'll come around. Dr. Ross is a really nice guy." he said moving closer to comfort her.
"I'm sorry John. I shouldn't be dumping this on you. I'm not usually like this." she said looking up at him.
"It's OK. I'm gonna be a doctor. I'm used to hearing people's problems." he smiled looking down at her.
"Well, thanks John. I really should be leaving though. Doug doesn't seem to want to talk to me and I'm starting to think this was a mistake. Coming here." she said looking up at him before closing her bag and getting up.
"OK, well if you ever need anything. Like someone to talk to, I'm here, OK?" he said smiling up at her.
"Thank you John. I really appreciate that. I hope I see you again sometime." she smiled looking down at him before leaving the ambulance bay. John got up and walked back into the emergency room. He looked around looking for Dr. Ross.
"Hey Chuny, have you seen Dr. Ross?" he asked looking over at the attractive nurse.
"He's in trauma 2." she smiled before walking down the hall to attend to a patient.
"Thanks." he smiled before rushing into trauma 2. "Dr. Ross, can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked entering the room.
"Sure Carter. Let me know when his labs come back." he said looking over at Malik.
"Sure thing, Dr. Ross." he answered looking over at him as Drs. Ross and Carter left the trauma room.
"What's the matter Carter?" Doug asked looking over at him.
"I ran into Darrien outside. She's really hurt." he said looking over at him.
"Carter, you don't know what the story is with Darrien." he told him walking away from him.
"I know she needs her brother." he called out as Doug turned around and walked back to him.
"Carter, it's a little more complicated than that." he told him quietly looking around with his hands on his hips.
"It's not that complicated Dr. Ross. Darrien came her to see you and she left here really upset. I think she needs to talk to you." he said as Doug looked at him.
"She was upset?" he asked looking down at him.
"Yeah, she was." he said looking up at him.
"Which direction did she go?" he asked looking towards the door.
"Towards the subway." Carter smiled as Doug rushed out the door. When he got outside, he noticed Darrien was sitting on the bench crying.
"Darrien, are you OK?" he asked looking down at her.
"I tried to leave, but then I realized that I have nowhere to go." she cried looking up at him.
"I'm sorry about before. You just caught me on a bad day and that mixed with the mention of my not so favorite subject, I came off as a huge jerk." he told her sitting on the bench.
"I'm sorry I intruded on your life like this. I didn't know Ray hadn't told you about me. When he left Baltimore last month, he said he was coming to Chicago. I assumed it was to tell you about me. I guess not." she said wiping her eyes.
"I'm sorry Darrien." he said putting his arm around her and holding her to him. "I guess I'm a lousy big brother, huh?" he asked smiling down at her.
"That's OK. You've only been a big brother for a half an hour. You'll get the hang of it." she laughed looking up at him.
"And you've been here a half an hour and already made a friend." he smiled looking down at her.
"Who?" she asked looking up at him.
"Carter." he smiled as she moved away from him.
"You mean John?" she asked smiling over at him.
"John, huh? That's interesting." he laughed looking down at her.
"Yeah, he's nice, I guess." she said looking down embarrassed.
"Nice, huh? He came in to talk to me about you." he smiled as she looked up at him.
"He did? Why would he do that?" she asked tucking her hair behind her ear.
"Well, it doesn't take a doctor to see what's going on. He likes you." he smiled looking over at her.
"Yeah right." she laughed blowing him off.
"OK, don't believe me. But I am your big brother." he laughed leaning in to hug her.
"You're my big brother. I like the sound of that." she smiled looking up at him.
"Me too little sis." he smiled leaning down to kiss her head. "Darrien, I get off at 6. Do you feel like going to dinner? Unless you have a date with John?" he teased as she elbowed him in the stomach.
"No, I don't have a date with John, wiseass." she laughed looking up at him. "I'd really like that. We could get to know each other. I mean, we're brother and sister and we don't know much about each other." she smiled looking up at him.
"OK, how about you go to my place and get cleaned up and changed and I'll meet you back here at 6?" he suggested reaching into his pocket for his house keys.
"I couldn't. I can stay at a hotel or something." she said looking up at him.
"No way. No sister of mine is gonna say in a hotel. Now go to my place and I'll see you later." he smiled before kissing her head again.
"Thank you Doug. Um... I'll see you at 6." she smiled before leaving to go to his apartment.