New beginning, New Horizons – Chapter Two

Chicago Med Fanfiction

Rheese (Rhodes / Reese)

Declaimer: I do not own any of the characters and I'm not raising any profit from this story.

Sarah freshen up in Connor's bathroom and put on his bathrobe as she realised her day clothes were still in the back of his car and she wasn't going to wear the expensive new dress she was given yesterday. Sarah walked through to the kitchen and watched Connor cooking eggs on the strove. She sat on one of the tall chairs by the breakfast bar and just watched him cooked. "Do you want some juice?" He asked breaking the silence. "Love some." Connor turned down the gas on the hob so he wouldn't burn the eggs and went to the fridge and produced a glass jug of orange juice. He grabs a glass and filled it to you brim. He turned towards Sarah and smile then he realised she was wearing his bathrobe. He placed the glass in front of her and leaned forward to peck her lips with his. He went back to hob and turned off the gas and cut the eggs in half and transferred them onto two plates.

"Sorry It's not much, I just realised I haven't got much food in, except eggs." He stated as he placed the plate of eggs in front of her. He grabbed two folks and walked around to sit down next to her and give her a folk. She looked at the eggs "It looks delirious, thanks" she replied. After she finished her eggs Sarah turned towards Connor "what's going on with us?" Connor took a deep breath and looked into her eyes, "I don't know, but I do know this is more than one night, this feels different, a very good different." "I agree, which means I have to go and see Joey and break up with him." Connor was startled by her statement, he had forgotten she already had a boyfriend and suddenly felt very guilty. "Stop!" Sarah proclaimed "I forgot about him as well, I was the one whom should feel guilty not you. Now this is what we are going to do, 1. You go a get my clothes from your car, 2. I get dress and meet Joey somewhere, 3. I break up with him, 4. You look at the folder you haven't had the courage to open, 5. I will came back from the meeting with Joey and we decide what the next steps are for you and me." Connor chuckled "very assertive, I think I like it! Okay I agree with your plan, I just go and get your clothes, see you in a minute."

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Sarah was waiting for Joey in a coffee shop a block from her apartment. She thought she would be nervous, however she was pretty calm, she thought back on her relationship with Joey while she waited for him and realised she had felt comfortable for a while in their relationship. Joey made too many decisions for her, believing he knew what was best for her. She also didn't know how he would react about her quitting Pathology, which she was sure he would know about by now. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by Joey sitting the chair opposite her. "Hi Joey" "Hi" he simply replied.

Sarah knew she had to get right to the point "Joey, I want to break up" he was shocked he wasn't expecting this. "But why, is it because you quit Pathology" "No, I wouldn't break up with someone for such a petty reason, no there someone else." "Someone else, who?" he questioned, anger slightly appearing in his voice. "I know you have a right to be angry, I didn't mean for it happen." "Who Sarah?" he asked again with a stern tone. "Connor!" she replied immediately. "Dr Rhodes?" "Yes! Please don't be angry with him, it's my fault, please just accept this." "Okay, okay this not like a compete with a man like Dr Rhodes is it. Good luck, Sarah I hope he doesn't hurt you." He stated as he got up from the table.

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Hearing a knock on his door Connor opened the door to Sarah "How it go?" he asked. "Pretty well, could have gone worst then it did. But you know it's always hard to break up with someone. I feel bad for him." Connor nodded his head. "Well, when I broke up Sam, Dr Zanetti, she informed me she had taken a job at John Hopkins." "WOW, what a …" Connor cut her off by kissing her. "Don't go there your better than that." Connor commented.

"So, what was in the folder?" she asked. "The usual, cremation, party after to celebrate his life, he noted a few times it better he a party and not sombre affair. He ashes to be scattered in the ocean in Hawaii." "Sounds, like he knew what he wanted. You want help in organising everything?" He felt touched by her offer, he placed both his hands and kissed her hard as a thank you for the offer. He pulled back "I would love for you to help, but shouldn't you be having fun after graduating." "Connor there no place I rather be then helping you. Also, I have experience organising funerals." He looked at her shocked, she was so young, she shouldn't have experienced organising funerals, he felt that was just wrong. He needed to know how. "You do?" she nodded her head. "I had to organise my parent's funeral just after starting my second year in college. My parents had come to visit at college, they were involved in a fatal car crash on the way home. There was no one but me to organise the funerals. My parents were only children and my grandparent's died when I was young." "Oh Sarah. I hope you never have to experience anything like that in the future again." "but that is inedible everyone dies." "Well I plan not too for a very no long time."

They spent the rest of the day on the phone and organising everything that Dr Downey wanted to happen. The only thing left to do was to book the flights and hotel in Hawaii. Before he did that, he wanted to convince Sarah to join him, he didn't think he could do it on his own. "Sarah, join me in Hawaii." "Love too!" surprised of her immediate agreement. "I thought I would have to bargain with you." Sarah kissed him, the first she had initiated since they work up this morning. "Connor, you will need an emotional shoulder to lean on and I want to be that shoulder. So yes, I'll join you. But we will have talk about payment when we come back." "You don't have to pay me back, I have enough for both of us." "Connor, it's sweet that you want to support me, but since I was 19 have been on my own and I have money, just no access for a month. Connor there something you don't know about me, I'm an owner of a multiple billion-dollar company, my parents company, that is managed for me. My trust account not available until a month after graduation" "Okay." A little bit overwhelmed, wow she's richer then him. "But I still insist to pay for the flights and hotel as you are going there to support me. Everything else we'll pay equally." "I suppose I can deal with that." "Okay great! I'll research the options and booked everything. So, next problem, your job!" Sarah moaned. "Do we have to do that now, could we wait until we are back from Hawaii." "Sure, we can also discuss options there." Connor got up from the couch and went into the kitchen and started prepare dinner.

"I thought you had no food" Connor looked over that her "I got some while you were out." "Really I was only gone 45 minutes." "I only got enough for tonight and tomorrow, it didn't take long." "So, what are we having." "Chilli." Suddenly he remembered when he tried buying lunch for the whole ED Sarah asked what to get if your vegetarian. "You're not actually a vegetarian, are you?" "No, I just did like the sound of the options when you tried buy lunch." "Good to know."

An hour later they finished dinner and Connor insisting on taking Sarah to Bed and she couldn't stop giggling.

To be continued…