Disclaimer: I don't own In A Heartbeat or ER where the title of this story comes from.
A/N: A CSO is kind of like a judge's secretary, if anyone watches Judging Amy they know what I'm talking about… and as usual the names of parents and kids are the same as in all the rest of my stories.
Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Ch. 1- Permanence of Change
Caitie Roth, sat at her desk tapping her fingers on it. She only had a few minutes before her next case.
"Judge Roth?" said Caitie's new CSO, Helen. '"Mrs. Valerie Connell is here to see you."
"Thank you, Helen. Send her in." Helen nodded and showed Val in.
"Hey, Val." Caitie replied putting on her judge's attire. "I'd love to talk, but I'm due in court soon." She looked at Val, she wasn't smiling. Actually, Val looked unhappy, sad even. "What's wrong? Tyler? The baby?" Caitie asked. "Brooke? Or your parents?"
"No, no. It's Jamie." Val stated. "He was in a car accident, early yesterday."
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The thirty- one year old sat motionlessly as she sat in the airplane. Marguerite, Jamie's wife- or actually soon to be ex-wife- urged Caitie not to come, since there wasn't much she could do. But, Caitie didn't mind, even though it was a long trip from Boston to California, it was Jamie, after all, her "backup" best friend.
She thought about a time, eight years ago when Jamie came to her apartment. Jamie had been twenty-one at the time and she had been twenty-two, both had graduated from college. Jamie was heading to California to med school and she was in law school. Everything had turned out the way they had planed. Tyler, Hank, Val where all on their way to med school as well, Tyler and Val dating each other.
However, Jamie had come up to her saying: "Marguerite and I are getting married." Caitie had been astonished. They had only been going out for about two or three months., and had tried to persuaded Jamie to wait a few more months. It hadn't worked, the two had married the next month.
Caitie, smiled at that memory. It was the same as now. Things had worked out for what it seemed, everyone but her. Tyler and Val had long since married and had a small son, Thomas. They had a family practice together, and were living near Caitie in Boston. Hank had married as well, to a woman named Angela. They had a daughter, Molly, who was three. Hank was a surgeon in a hospital in Florida. Brooke was president of a successful company she had started with Nick, her fiancée.
Caited sighed. She loved her work, but every night she came home to no one by her cat. She thought of Jamie. He lived in northern California, with two kids, Elizabeth and Nathaniel. Until recently, he had a wife too. He was head doctor of the ER, and had a beautiful house.
Jamie.
She hoped he was alright. Marguerite hadn't been able to tell her much over the phone. "Welcome, to sunny California." the airline attendant said to the passengers.
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A/N What do u think? Chapter 5 of Hit and Run and When it Rains it Pours will be up soon, I just felt like writing something new…
A/N: A CSO is kind of like a judge's secretary, if anyone watches Judging Amy they know what I'm talking about… and as usual the names of parents and kids are the same as in all the rest of my stories.
Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Ch. 1- Permanence of Change
Caitie Roth, sat at her desk tapping her fingers on it. She only had a few minutes before her next case.
"Judge Roth?" said Caitie's new CSO, Helen. '"Mrs. Valerie Connell is here to see you."
"Thank you, Helen. Send her in." Helen nodded and showed Val in.
"Hey, Val." Caitie replied putting on her judge's attire. "I'd love to talk, but I'm due in court soon." She looked at Val, she wasn't smiling. Actually, Val looked unhappy, sad even. "What's wrong? Tyler? The baby?" Caitie asked. "Brooke? Or your parents?"
"No, no. It's Jamie." Val stated. "He was in a car accident, early yesterday."
* * *
The thirty- one year old sat motionlessly as she sat in the airplane. Marguerite, Jamie's wife- or actually soon to be ex-wife- urged Caitie not to come, since there wasn't much she could do. But, Caitie didn't mind, even though it was a long trip from Boston to California, it was Jamie, after all, her "backup" best friend.
She thought about a time, eight years ago when Jamie came to her apartment. Jamie had been twenty-one at the time and she had been twenty-two, both had graduated from college. Jamie was heading to California to med school and she was in law school. Everything had turned out the way they had planed. Tyler, Hank, Val where all on their way to med school as well, Tyler and Val dating each other.
However, Jamie had come up to her saying: "Marguerite and I are getting married." Caitie had been astonished. They had only been going out for about two or three months., and had tried to persuaded Jamie to wait a few more months. It hadn't worked, the two had married the next month.
Caitie, smiled at that memory. It was the same as now. Things had worked out for what it seemed, everyone but her. Tyler and Val had long since married and had a small son, Thomas. They had a family practice together, and were living near Caitie in Boston. Hank had married as well, to a woman named Angela. They had a daughter, Molly, who was three. Hank was a surgeon in a hospital in Florida. Brooke was president of a successful company she had started with Nick, her fiancée.
Caited sighed. She loved her work, but every night she came home to no one by her cat. She thought of Jamie. He lived in northern California, with two kids, Elizabeth and Nathaniel. Until recently, he had a wife too. He was head doctor of the ER, and had a beautiful house.
Jamie.
She hoped he was alright. Marguerite hadn't been able to tell her much over the phone. "Welcome, to sunny California." the airline attendant said to the passengers.
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A/N What do u think? Chapter 5 of Hit and Run and When it Rains it Pours will be up soon, I just felt like writing something new…