A/N: Okay, this was just going to be a one shot, but then today when I was supposed to studying for my accounting exam, I wrote this ending. So, here you have it.

Ice cream and a smile

Two years later.

"Dr. Porter, there's a male in curtain two with heart palpitations," one of the nurses called out to Felicity as she neared the nurse's stand.

"Ah, okay," Felicity remarked as she scribbled one final note onto a chart and handed it to the admin clerk behind the desk. "Did you put him on a monitor?"

"Well, I was going to, but the guy is kinda an ass," the short woman replied. "And I'm not starting my night with an butt hole sandwich. Not tonight. No way," the woman said rolling her head on her neck to show her attitude. She handed the chart to Felicity and plastered the look on her face that said you're the doctor, missy.

Felicity sighed heavily and looked at her watch. Fifteen minutes until the end of her shift and just like the nurses, she didn't want to deal with any jerk before she went home. I have dinner plans with Noel and I don't want to be grouchy or mean or in a bad mood with him, she thought as she grabbed the chart and shuffled slowly down the hall.

I have too much to tell him, she thought smiling warmly. She ran her hand across her stomach and wondered what the life growing inside was doing at that minute. She knew it was barely even a life, just a cell mutating a thousand times. All the same it was a life she and Noel created. Ben knocked up three other women, but never once could figure out how to make it work with me. Noel and I weren't even trying, she mused as she stopped next to the curtain two.

She pulled back the curtain and walked to the side of the bed without looking. "Hi, I'm your doctor, Dr. Porter … mister …. Nrain," Felicity mumbled staring at the chart in disbelief. That must be a typo, she thought staring at the paper. "Cole Nrain?" she repeated looking up at her patient. His warm brown eyes met hers with laughter. "Noel!' she half laughed half exclaimed covering her mouth.

"Dr. Porter, my heart is killing me," he said trying to grimace in pain. "It hurts so badly for the woman I love that sometimes I can't stand it."

"You're crazy," she laughed setting the chart down on the bed.

"No Felicity, I'm not … I mean, yeah, I am," Noel stammered jumping down from his perch. "Look, I just got to say something and if it's too soon or you want to knock me across the head with that chart, then fine … I'm just going to put it out there."

"Noel what are you talking about?"

"Shh, no talking ... yet … just let me do the talking. And then you can talk, okay?" Noel interrupted her. He took Felicity's hand in his and ran his fingers down the side of her face. "I have loved you for forever. For geez … ten years. I've loved you as my friend; I've loved you as my partner. I've waited for you through all those years when you were with ….when we were with other people and in the end we keep finding each other. So I'm thinking there is a reason for that," Noel rambled and then looked deep into her eyes. He looked around the curtain area and ran his hand through his hair. He swallowed hard and shoved his hand into his pocket. "Felicity Porter," Noel said as he dropped down to one knee. "Will you marry me?"

Felicity felt heat crawl up her face and take her breath away. She stared into Noel's deep brown eyes and a wave of memories flushed over her. She had been engaged to Ben and even though they were planning a wedding when he died, he had never got down on his knee to propose. The ten years that Noel spoke of, she had spent most of that time with Ben. She had chased him and loved him, yet he always managed to break her heart. Every time, she went back to Noel. Noel Crane was the constant in her life that brought her solace in the face of her fears. Comfort when she was lost. Happiness and laughter when she wanted to cry.

"Yes," she whispered as tears formed heavy in her eyes. "Yes Noel Crane, I will marry you." She grabbed his hand and held it to her stomach and watched as the moment of realization cross his face.

"Are you?" he muttered looking up into her eyes.

"Yes," Felicity whispered. "I want to give you a son," she added, knowing it sounded so cliché. Noel just shook his head and stood up.

"No a girl," he argued as he cupped her head in his hands. "I want a girl that is beautiful just like her mother." He brushed his lips across hers and then drew her into a long deep kiss.

The private moment was immediately interrupted by Richard. "Hey moron! Did you give her the ring?"

"Hurry up Felicity say yes!" Meghan wailed. "The ice cream is melting."

"You guys are so not nice!" Javier grumbled. "Let them be a smooch doochy."

"They can smooch doochy the rest of their life," Elena argued. "I'm starving! I want to go eat. Felicity get out here!"

Noel and Felicity pulled back from the kiss and held each other's gaze for a moment before giving into laughter. Noel dug his hand into his pocket and pulled back the curtain.

"Felicity has graciously agreed to be my wife," Noel informed every person in the ER. "Which is good, since she's pregnant with my kid, I need to make an honest woman out of her." As the cheers went up in the room, Noel slid the diamond on her hand.

Felicity stared down at the platinum band and the sparkling diamond that was set on it. The stone had a hypnotic lure to it and she thought back to a session with Dr. Pavone. She was right, I was in love with both Ben and Noel, but I didn't need to look in the drawer. Life did that for me.

Laughter from the room drew her focus back to the moment. She picked up a cup of punch and let her ER staff and her friends toast the newly engaged couple. After the crowd chanted speech for a few seconds, Felicity stepped up to the plate.

"Our friends can tell you, since day one…. We were never so right about each other."

The End