AN: OK, so it's a Susan fic now..so sue me, I changed it(however, those who own the
show should not sue me cuz i am makin no money from this and it's all fun...you're done with
most of them anyways, can't you just let me borrow them? hehe) AND
I know it's "Susie"(the baby) but that gets confusing with "Susan/Susie" the
adult, so I am calling the baby "Suzie"
Susan looked down at the flashing light on her beeping pager. it was hard to see through the yellow trauma gown. "Sorry Mark, I'd better take that."
"It's ok, Susan, the patient isn't even here yet, go ahead. I'll get Doug."
Susan ripped off the gown and gloves and walked out of trauma 1. She grabbed her pager and immediately turned sheet white, dropping it and letting it clatter noisily to the floor. "MARK! MARK!" She yelled frantically. Mark turned from the inside of the trauma room and saw her panicked face. "Oh my god, OH MY GOD! MARK!" Carol nodded to mark, indicating that there were enough doctors who were on to cover for him and Susan, telling him it was OK to go. She told Haleh to go get Doug and any of the on call doctors, as well as Benton. Mark raced out of the room and looked at Susan's shaking body.
"Susan, what is it?"
"Come with me. Please." She added, running over to the stairs. Mark followed close behind as she headed up towards the daycare center.
"Susan, what is it?" He asked breathlessly when they paused outside the daycare center door.
"It's Chloe." She replied, storming into the daycare center. "Where is she?" Susan asked angrily.
"Dr. Lewis, I had to call you, I'm sorry, but you see...she's over there." Annie saw that Susan didn't need an explanation.
Susan turned and saw Chloe standing angrily by Suzie. Stephanie, a frightened daycare employee, was holding Suzie tightly away from the irate and drunken Chloe.
"Chloe, get away from her!" Susan yelled, stepping forwards towards them.
"Susie, you can't stop me! I am her mother. I deserve to have her!"
"You don't deserve a damn thing! You're a drunk, you're on drugs, and you can't take care of yourself, let alone a baby!"
"What is this, Susie? I this because you don't have anyone to love you, so you need my baby?"
"This is because 'your baby' needs someone to love her!" Susan took Suzie, who was crying and screaming hysterically, from Stephanie. "Thank you, Annie and Stephanie, for getting me. You'll understand if I don't let her stay the rest of the day, she needs to go home."
"Of course, Dr. Lewis. We're sorry."
"You did everything right. It's not you that's the problem. Chloe, I suggest you get the hell out of here. I don't even want to see you anymore, despite the satisfaction of seeing you restrained by security and dragged off to jail, I'd rather you just left. Just leave me and Suzie alone."
Susan turned and comforted the crying baby. She and Mark walked back down the stairs later, Mark still shocked by the scene in the daycare center and all of the other children's frightened faces. Halfway down the stairs, almost back at the emergency room, Susan burst into tears. Mark walked her down a few steps to the landing, where he hugged her and Suzie tightly.
Mark leaned Susan against the wall for support while he gently took Suzie from her, rocking the crying baby as he let Susan lean back on him rather than the hard wall. "Susan...shhhh, it's OK. Chloe's gone, Suzie's here, safe, with us. OK, OK. shhh, it's all OK now." He spoke to her like she spoke to little baby Suzie, but she was too upset and scared to notice. She enjoyed the comfort of his arm around her. She dropped her head to his shoulder, letting his tears fall on his green scrubs.
Mark saw Chloe descending the stairs. She stared longingly at the little scene on the stairs, Mark holding Susan and Suzie. He responded to her by hugging them tighter and glaring at Chloe. She turned her head slightly abd wouldn't look at him directly for a few seconds. But soon her eyes were drawn back to the scene and she had to look once more.
*go* he mouthed to her. *please go*
*i'm sorry. i love her.* Chloe mouthed back
*i know* he replied silently.
Chloe nodded and continued walking downstairs and out into the ambulance bay.
Mark held Suzie and Susan closer, trying not to let on to Susan that anything had happened. She hadn't seen, luckily, she had had her head buried in his shoulder. He stroked Susan's hair gently. He thought of his 'conversation' with Chloe. *i love her*, she had said. But he couldn't tell whether she meant Susan or Suzie.
Susan looked down at the flashing light on her beeping pager. it was hard to see through the yellow trauma gown. "Sorry Mark, I'd better take that."
"It's ok, Susan, the patient isn't even here yet, go ahead. I'll get Doug."
Susan ripped off the gown and gloves and walked out of trauma 1. She grabbed her pager and immediately turned sheet white, dropping it and letting it clatter noisily to the floor. "MARK! MARK!" She yelled frantically. Mark turned from the inside of the trauma room and saw her panicked face. "Oh my god, OH MY GOD! MARK!" Carol nodded to mark, indicating that there were enough doctors who were on to cover for him and Susan, telling him it was OK to go. She told Haleh to go get Doug and any of the on call doctors, as well as Benton. Mark raced out of the room and looked at Susan's shaking body.
"Susan, what is it?"
"Come with me. Please." She added, running over to the stairs. Mark followed close behind as she headed up towards the daycare center.
"Susan, what is it?" He asked breathlessly when they paused outside the daycare center door.
"It's Chloe." She replied, storming into the daycare center. "Where is she?" Susan asked angrily.
"Dr. Lewis, I had to call you, I'm sorry, but you see...she's over there." Annie saw that Susan didn't need an explanation.
Susan turned and saw Chloe standing angrily by Suzie. Stephanie, a frightened daycare employee, was holding Suzie tightly away from the irate and drunken Chloe.
"Chloe, get away from her!" Susan yelled, stepping forwards towards them.
"Susie, you can't stop me! I am her mother. I deserve to have her!"
"You don't deserve a damn thing! You're a drunk, you're on drugs, and you can't take care of yourself, let alone a baby!"
"What is this, Susie? I this because you don't have anyone to love you, so you need my baby?"
"This is because 'your baby' needs someone to love her!" Susan took Suzie, who was crying and screaming hysterically, from Stephanie. "Thank you, Annie and Stephanie, for getting me. You'll understand if I don't let her stay the rest of the day, she needs to go home."
"Of course, Dr. Lewis. We're sorry."
"You did everything right. It's not you that's the problem. Chloe, I suggest you get the hell out of here. I don't even want to see you anymore, despite the satisfaction of seeing you restrained by security and dragged off to jail, I'd rather you just left. Just leave me and Suzie alone."
Susan turned and comforted the crying baby. She and Mark walked back down the stairs later, Mark still shocked by the scene in the daycare center and all of the other children's frightened faces. Halfway down the stairs, almost back at the emergency room, Susan burst into tears. Mark walked her down a few steps to the landing, where he hugged her and Suzie tightly.
Mark leaned Susan against the wall for support while he gently took Suzie from her, rocking the crying baby as he let Susan lean back on him rather than the hard wall. "Susan...shhhh, it's OK. Chloe's gone, Suzie's here, safe, with us. OK, OK. shhh, it's all OK now." He spoke to her like she spoke to little baby Suzie, but she was too upset and scared to notice. She enjoyed the comfort of his arm around her. She dropped her head to his shoulder, letting his tears fall on his green scrubs.
Mark saw Chloe descending the stairs. She stared longingly at the little scene on the stairs, Mark holding Susan and Suzie. He responded to her by hugging them tighter and glaring at Chloe. She turned her head slightly abd wouldn't look at him directly for a few seconds. But soon her eyes were drawn back to the scene and she had to look once more.
*go* he mouthed to her. *please go*
*i'm sorry. i love her.* Chloe mouthed back
*i know* he replied silently.
Chloe nodded and continued walking downstairs and out into the ambulance bay.
Mark held Suzie and Susan closer, trying not to let on to Susan that anything had happened. She hadn't seen, luckily, she had had her head buried in his shoulder. He stroked Susan's hair gently. He thought of his 'conversation' with Chloe. *i love her*, she had said. But he couldn't tell whether she meant Susan or Suzie.