Thy Will Be Done

"You did not have to come all the way here."

"Of course I did Red, otherwise, what are friends for. Now, tell me about your day today. Tell me of your experiences in a... County ER."

Kerry shook her head as she ate her pie in Doc Magoos. "You make us sound like... the missing link." Emily Feare tilted her head to one side, and Kerry gave in, "Fine, fine, we killed a clown."

Emily started chuckling and it progressed into a full fledged belly laugh. Kerry managed to get to her water before it was spilled all over the table. Emily put a hand up, then covered her eyes with it. She was a short woman, even shorter than Kerry by a bit. She had dark gray hair with spots of darker black interspersed. She had a sharp featured face, except when she smiled, or practically collapsed into her food laughing.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." She had a light accent, Kerry guessed Scottish, but Emily had grown up all over the world, and it could be heard in her voice. She managed to get herself under enough control to clear her throat a couple of times and speak again, "I'll behave."

Kerry rolled her eyes, "Uh huh... I heard that the day before you went running through the Quad buck naked."

Emily rolled her eyes, "I was twenty. So, what about this hot Doctor?"

Kerry rolled her eyes, "Doctor Malucci. Want his number?"

Kerry jumped out of her seat a bit as Emily kicked the red head's shin. "I do not. So..." The smile that had practically been etched on her face since she'd gotten to Chicago left it. "So..."

"Not here..." Kerry shook her head, "Please..."

Emily narrowed her eyes at Kerry, but gave into her request. "And the... firmly tumor headed guy?"

Kerry sighed, "He's always thought he was in charge anyway, that I... stole his job of Chief of the ER. That he deserved it more than I did." Kerry shrugged. "I'm used to it. I did what I had to do for my ER," Kerry winced, "I doubt if most of the ER will see it that way. They'll think that I... ratted out a colleague, or that I'm not cutting him any slack at all. Doesn't matter that none of those things are true, I'm used to it."

Emily watched Kerry while they finished their pie and Kerry paid. They collected their coats and opened the door and were stopped dead in their tracks. In front of them stood Kim.

Kerry nodded a greeting, "Kim."

Kim took a step to the side to let them both by, "Kerry."

Kerry and Emily moved by Kim. Emily started to speak, but Kerry pulled her along before a syllable could escape. They were halfway to the El station when Emily pried her arm loose. "That's her, she's gorgeous." Emily looked Kerry up and down with a smirk. "Ya sure you didn't imagine this kiss?"

"Ha. Do you see me laughing at your joke Em. Ha..."

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Kim sat down at the bar and let her breath out slowly. It had been a long week, though after that first day she hadn't seen Kerry quite as much. It had been a relatively sane week for the ER. After a moment she glanced around the place. A voice came from behind her back. "Looking for me?"

Kim turned and smiled at the short dark skinned, dark haired woman. "Sandy, yes, hello."

Sandy held a hand out and Kim shook it. A smile graced her features, "You don't really remember me, do you?"

"Night's a little, fuzzy, yes..."

Sandy slid into the stool next to the tall blonde one. "I've had some nights like that. A woman?"

Kim shrugged, "What can I say, sometimes I'm a walking cliché. I'd also like to apologize for whatever horribly lame moves I used on you last week as well."

Sandy laughed, "Nah, you were quite a... chivalrous lady, just seemed a bit sad." Sandy paused, "Kate your girlfriend?"

Kim nearly choked, "Oh, god no. No, we're just friends." She turned on the stool so that she faced Sandy. "You should just ask."

"Good, are you seeing anyone?"

Kim shook her head, "Nope. You?"

"No, so are you off?"

Kim glanced up and at Lisa. "I am... and I love Doc Magoos, but..."

"Not the best place for footsies?"

Kim smiled again, "Somethin' like that."

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"Are you?"

"No... I... no. I don't know."

Emily was silent, waiting to see if Kerry would speak again. Kerry didn't, so Emily did. "I was 17, 16. The middle of puberty. I thought of it like a battle in some sexuality war. Back then, one moment I was sure that I'd get married, the next I was sure that I would never. There was this upper classman, she was third in her class, wore glasses and peasant skirts. Lordy... No one explained it to me, this battle, and then, one day, sophomore year of college I met Dena. Yeah..." Emily sat back in her chair. "It all fell into place like a demented jenga game. I was gay."

Kerry sat across her living room. She looked as if she'd just been struck by lightning. She didn't even blink, and her mouth was open in a slight 'oh' shape. She stared at her friend of 18 years. Finally she managed to find her voice, "You're gay? How did I not... we went to four years of college... how. You're gay?"

Emily sat and laughed and laughed and laughed again. After a little while she calmed down and coughed a couple of times. "Sorry Kerry, it's just quite a thing. You really didn't know?" Kerry mutely shook her head, "I never spoke of a husband, boyfriend."

"Or girlfriend..." Kerry didn't let Emily's gaze go.

Emily nodded and stood. She walked over and sat down next to Kerry on the sofa. She took the red head's hand in her own. "That's true, and it's for a very stupid reason." Emily paused, "I was scared out of my mind because I, sort of..."

Kerry shook her head and, leaned it back and closed her eyes. Emily was buoyed by the fact that she didn't pull her hand away. "This has been an... interesting month. I take it that you're saying that you... fancied... me a bit?"

Emily pulled her hands away, "Once upon a time, our four years of college, then from a distance, basically until I..." She trailed off and waited for a minute, "You're not going to ask?"

Kerry frowned at Emily for a second before understanding dawned on her face, "What's her name?"

"Toni."

Kerry tilted her head to one side, "She's in Chicago." Emily nodded with a smile. "May... I'd like to meet her."

Emily narrowed her eyes with faux seriousness. "To make sure she doesn't have a tail?"

Kerry pulled Emily closer, "To make sure she's worth of you LiLi..."

Emily groaned, "What will it take for you not to use that nick in front of her?" Kerry chuckled evil-y and they lapsed into silence, simply sitting there. "You still have no idea what to do or what to feel..."

Kerry nodded, "It's, it's not just that she's, a she. I've never felt this, not even for, not for anyone."

Emily gave Kerry a squeeze, "It'll be... whatever happens will be meant to happen. It will be right."