Angel In The ER
Part 7/a: "Dr. Carter"
By: Jade14
Summary: A cancer patient shakes up the ER. Part 7/a told from Dr. Carter's point of view. Read parts in order!
Rating: PG.
Disclaimer: I own nada.
Author's Notes: This is my first ER fic. Excuse the medical terms, I'm no doctor, I'm only 14! Each part is told by a different person's point of view. These stories are supposed to be short, because they are small exchanges between the characters in a big story, they are not meant to stand alone. Send feedback to jade14er@aol.com . Visit my ER website at:
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Thanx and enjoy!
Characters You Know (So Far): Dr. Dave, Randi, Mark Greene, Malik, Kerry, Jing-Mei, Carter, Luka, Chuny, Haleh, Elizabeth, Cleo, and Benton.
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Dr. John Carter walked into the ER, compleatly exhausted. He had left a sixteen hour shift, just to go home for five hours and them be on again for another ten. Life officially sucked.
Carter sighed and walked to the desk. At least he could catch a few words with Randi before he got on. He really couldn't describe how he felt about Randi. She was beautiful, sure, but there was just something else...he couldn't put his finger on it. Maybe it was the fact that she never treated him differently, after Lucy died, and he went to Atlanta. The first day he came back, everyone was nice, but no one joked around with him like before. No one talked to him like a normal person. It was like he was delicate glass, and everyone was afraid he would break. Everyone but Randi. He walked up to the desk, and she was all ready with her jokes, gossip, and snide comments. He founded that he started to count on her for that. She was the only one he could count on to treat him the same. Maybe that was why he found his spare thoughts occupied with images of her face..
" Hey, Carter, where you at? Narnia?" Randi's voice jolted him out of his daydream.
" Sorry, Randi. Just came here to catch up on my gossip." he teased her. She glared at him.
" All you doctors, think your so great..."
" So your not going to tell me anything?"
" I never said that." Carter smiled and put his elbows up on the counter facing Randi.
" Okay, shoot." Randi leaned in close to him.
" Did you hear about Dave?" she asked looking as if she was about to burst with information.
" No, what did he do this time?" Carter was expecting to hear about some girl he was dating or a recent feued with 'Festus' as Dave Malucci liked to call Dr. Weaver. The information he got, though, shocked him to the bone.
" He has a daughter." Randi whispered.
" WHAT?!!?" Carter stood up straight and looked at Randi in surprise. " Are you sure?"
" Yup. He just brought her in here a few minutes after you left. Apperently she has lukemia. He said he had another kid too. He's in the locker room if you want to talk to him."
" Yeah, I was heading that way anyway. See ya later, Randi."
" Bye, Doc."
Carter headed in the direction of the locker room, tired, even though he was eager to talk to Dave. It was going to take a lot of coffee to get him through this shift. Carter came to the locker room door an pushed it open. Dave was standing next to his locker, fumbling with the lock and muttering curses in Spanish. He finally got it open and stuck his head inside, looking for his name tag.
" Hey, Dave. What's up?" Dave stood up suddenly, startled at Carter's voice, and slammed his head on the top of his locker. More Spanish swearing, then:
" Damn it Carter! What the hell do you want?" Dave glared at Carter, rubbing the soreness out of his head,
" Sorry, Dave. Just wanted some coffee." Carter decided it was not such a good idea to talk to Dave right now, and went across the room and started to pour himself a cup of coffee. Dave's shoulders slumped in exhausten and he sighed.
" I'm sorry, man. I guess I'm just a little uptight right now. Woah, you look like Hell."
" Thanks for noticing. I didn't get too much sleep." An odd look overtook Dave's face, a look that Carter had seen all too often. Malucci had some crazy idea up his sleeve.
" Hey, Carter, I have a proposition for you."
' Oh, G_d. Here it goes.' Carter thought.
" How would you like to get off this shift after only a hour or two of work?" Malucci asked him.
" I'm listening."
" Well, I'm in a sort of predicament. I guess you heard about my daughter?" Carter nodded. " Well, she's gonna be in here for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to get her some clothing and toys to hold her over. But the problem is I don't want to leave her here."
" So what does that have to do with me?" Carter asked.
" Well, I was hapoing you would pick up my other daughter, Isa, from school, and then go to my house and get some stuff for me. I'll cover your shift. Whan your done getting the stuff, you can just go home and sleep, or whatever. Please?"
" Well..."
" Oh, thanks Carter, I knew you would help me out." Dave patted Carter on the back and got to his feet. "I just have to call Isa's school and tell her that you are picking her up. Thanks again, buddy." Dave pinned on his name tag and ran out of the room.
Carter sighed once again. What had he gotten himself into? Oh, well, at least he would get out of work.
Carter left the locker room and went over to the board. He had decided to talk to this Malucci kid and try to gauge if her sister was going to be a pain on the ass or not. He saw: S. Malucci-Exam 5. Carter took the short walk over there and opened the door.
A small girl, about six or seven, was sleeping on the bed. She cradled her hand with an IV needle in it in her other hand. Her black hair was fanned out behind her. Carter noticed the huge blood bruises on her arms and legs an winced.
' Kid must have it bad." he thought. She looked seriously sick. Oh, well, she seemed civil enough. Then again, she was sleeping.
Carter closed the door to Exam 5 and walked back towards the desk. Malucci was waving to him, trying to his attention. Carter turned and headed over too him.
' Here we go.'
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(End of Part 7/a)
~*~Notes~*~ Part 7/b comming soon! I write the following parts after I have read the previous story's reviews, so please review and write suggestions! Thanx.
Coming Soon: Part 7/b: Dr. Carter
Part 8: Nurses
Part 9: Dr. Kovack
Part 10: Dr. Chen
Part 11: Abby
Part 12: Dr. Benton
Part 13: Dr. Romano
Part 14: Nina