Back to Your Heart
Part 6
"You got everything?" Mark asked the babysitter as he left
"Yes Dr. Greene I'm fine go out and have a good time and tell my uncle I said hi" she said
"Okay thanks for doing this we will be back at midnight help your self to anything in the refrigerator" Mark said as he walked out the door
"That was nice of Carter for finding us a babysitter" Elizabeth said "I hope Ella can stand one night without us" she said
"She can honey don't worry she was asleep when we left she shouldn't be too much trouble for her" Mark said soothing his wife "We need to have a night to ourselves without worrying about her"
"Okay lets enjoy tonight besides I would like to hear old stories about you," she said giving him a kiss on the cheek. At Carters house Carter was walking around the apartment trying to tie his tie
"Hey Susan can you help me out here I'm having a little bit of a problem" he said
"Sure come here, why does this tie look familiar?" she asked
"You bought it for me" he said
"I did didn't I?" she said
"Yep its one of my favorite ties but it seem to have a problem with wanting to tie tonight" he said
"Well not anymore there you go" she said finishing
"Thanks" he said, he looked into her eyes for a while then the doorbell rang "Oh the guests have arrived" he said as he ran to answer the door "Hi Mark and Elizabeth come on in" he said taking Elizabeth's coat off
"Thank you Carter wow you have a lovely home" Elizabeth said as she walked in
"Thank you Elizabeth have a seat you guys want something to drink?" he asked
"Yeah Ill have a beer," Mark said
"Me too" Elizabeth said
"All right two beers coming, up how about you Susan?" he asked
"Oh Ill have one too" she said
"Ill help you get them" Mark said getting up leaving the two women to themselves
"So" Susan said
"So" Elizabeth said, "So you have lived in Phoenix for a couple of years right?" Elizabeth asked
"Yes its really nice out there, but I missed Chicago too much and came back" she said
"Okay here are the beers dinner should be ready shortly" Carter said handing Susan a beer and sitting down next to her. They all sat there in an awkward silence for a while, until Susan decided to break the silence
"So Mark, how did you guys get together?" Susan asked
"Well Elizabeth came to us a year after you left and she was dating Peter for a while and Elizabeth was supposed to give this speech and I was one of the people attending that conference well we got there late and we were looking all over the place for this conference room and ended getting locked in the basement so we are down for there for a hour maybe and we finally get let out and by the time we found the room the conference was over, so we decided to go to a bar that was there in the hotel, and we are sitting there talking drinking and I hear the tango playing in the background from a wedding that was going on so I ask Elizabeth if she wanted to crash a wedding we did the tango and things just kind of grew from there" he said
"Wow how romantic" Susan said
"Yeah, Mark is not much of a romantic but he can be" Elizabeth said
"Well I think dinner is ready" Carter said going into the kitchen to get the roast out of the oven
"Well I better get in there before he breaks something" Susan said following him into the kitchen. They brought the roast out to the table and set it down. They ate dinner in silence.
"Wow that was good Carter you did a good job," Mark said
"Yeah well it was really all Susan I'm not that good of a cook
"Well it was good Susan" Elizabeth said
"Thank you Elizabeth" Susan said
"Well I propose a toast" Carter said, "To good friends may there always be good times like this" he said
"Cheers" they all said
"Well I'm going to put a pot of coffee on why don't we all adjourn to the living room" Susan said
"Sounds good" Mark said. They all walked into the living room and sat down
"So Carter, how are things going with you and Susan" Elizabeth asked
"Pretty good we are becoming better friends" he said
"That's good" Elizabeth said
"So how do you take your coffee Elizabeth?" Susan asked
"Cream and sugar" Elizabeth answered
"Okay here you go Mark black right?" she asked
"Yep" he said as he took the cup from her hand
"Carter just cream here you go," she said as she handed him a cup
"Thank you Susan," he said. Later on that night they were all laughing and telling jokes
"Remember that time we put a cast on Carter's leg Mark?" Susan said laughing hysterically
"You did what?" Elizabeth said
"Well it was a really slow morning in the ER around Christmas time I believe" Susan said, "Me and Mark were really bored and Carter was asleep in one of the exam rooms well we went in there and while he was sleeping put a cast around his leg" she said
"You did not," Elizabeth said laughing
"Yep, then we got on the intercom and told him to run to a trauma room stat and he comes rushing out of the room falling all over the place and the whole staff is watching him laughing in hysterics" Mark said
"Ha, ha, ha everyone loves to play a joke on the poor med-student" Carter said not looking to amused
"Well it's getting late and we need to get home now," Mark said looking at his watch
"Yeah I'm sure your niece would like to go home," Elizabeth said, "Well thank you again for a lovely evening" Elizabeth said, I really enjoyed it"
"Yes I really enjoyed getting to know you better Elizabeth" Susan said walking with Carter to show them out the door
"Ill see you guys tomorrow at work" Carter said "drive safely"
Part 6
"You got everything?" Mark asked the babysitter as he left
"Yes Dr. Greene I'm fine go out and have a good time and tell my uncle I said hi" she said
"Okay thanks for doing this we will be back at midnight help your self to anything in the refrigerator" Mark said as he walked out the door
"That was nice of Carter for finding us a babysitter" Elizabeth said "I hope Ella can stand one night without us" she said
"She can honey don't worry she was asleep when we left she shouldn't be too much trouble for her" Mark said soothing his wife "We need to have a night to ourselves without worrying about her"
"Okay lets enjoy tonight besides I would like to hear old stories about you," she said giving him a kiss on the cheek. At Carters house Carter was walking around the apartment trying to tie his tie
"Hey Susan can you help me out here I'm having a little bit of a problem" he said
"Sure come here, why does this tie look familiar?" she asked
"You bought it for me" he said
"I did didn't I?" she said
"Yep its one of my favorite ties but it seem to have a problem with wanting to tie tonight" he said
"Well not anymore there you go" she said finishing
"Thanks" he said, he looked into her eyes for a while then the doorbell rang "Oh the guests have arrived" he said as he ran to answer the door "Hi Mark and Elizabeth come on in" he said taking Elizabeth's coat off
"Thank you Carter wow you have a lovely home" Elizabeth said as she walked in
"Thank you Elizabeth have a seat you guys want something to drink?" he asked
"Yeah Ill have a beer," Mark said
"Me too" Elizabeth said
"All right two beers coming, up how about you Susan?" he asked
"Oh Ill have one too" she said
"Ill help you get them" Mark said getting up leaving the two women to themselves
"So" Susan said
"So" Elizabeth said, "So you have lived in Phoenix for a couple of years right?" Elizabeth asked
"Yes its really nice out there, but I missed Chicago too much and came back" she said
"Okay here are the beers dinner should be ready shortly" Carter said handing Susan a beer and sitting down next to her. They all sat there in an awkward silence for a while, until Susan decided to break the silence
"So Mark, how did you guys get together?" Susan asked
"Well Elizabeth came to us a year after you left and she was dating Peter for a while and Elizabeth was supposed to give this speech and I was one of the people attending that conference well we got there late and we were looking all over the place for this conference room and ended getting locked in the basement so we are down for there for a hour maybe and we finally get let out and by the time we found the room the conference was over, so we decided to go to a bar that was there in the hotel, and we are sitting there talking drinking and I hear the tango playing in the background from a wedding that was going on so I ask Elizabeth if she wanted to crash a wedding we did the tango and things just kind of grew from there" he said
"Wow how romantic" Susan said
"Yeah, Mark is not much of a romantic but he can be" Elizabeth said
"Well I think dinner is ready" Carter said going into the kitchen to get the roast out of the oven
"Well I better get in there before he breaks something" Susan said following him into the kitchen. They brought the roast out to the table and set it down. They ate dinner in silence.
"Wow that was good Carter you did a good job," Mark said
"Yeah well it was really all Susan I'm not that good of a cook
"Well it was good Susan" Elizabeth said
"Thank you Elizabeth" Susan said
"Well I propose a toast" Carter said, "To good friends may there always be good times like this" he said
"Cheers" they all said
"Well I'm going to put a pot of coffee on why don't we all adjourn to the living room" Susan said
"Sounds good" Mark said. They all walked into the living room and sat down
"So Carter, how are things going with you and Susan" Elizabeth asked
"Pretty good we are becoming better friends" he said
"That's good" Elizabeth said
"So how do you take your coffee Elizabeth?" Susan asked
"Cream and sugar" Elizabeth answered
"Okay here you go Mark black right?" she asked
"Yep" he said as he took the cup from her hand
"Carter just cream here you go," she said as she handed him a cup
"Thank you Susan," he said. Later on that night they were all laughing and telling jokes
"Remember that time we put a cast on Carter's leg Mark?" Susan said laughing hysterically
"You did what?" Elizabeth said
"Well it was a really slow morning in the ER around Christmas time I believe" Susan said, "Me and Mark were really bored and Carter was asleep in one of the exam rooms well we went in there and while he was sleeping put a cast around his leg" she said
"You did not," Elizabeth said laughing
"Yep, then we got on the intercom and told him to run to a trauma room stat and he comes rushing out of the room falling all over the place and the whole staff is watching him laughing in hysterics" Mark said
"Ha, ha, ha everyone loves to play a joke on the poor med-student" Carter said not looking to amused
"Well it's getting late and we need to get home now," Mark said looking at his watch
"Yeah I'm sure your niece would like to go home," Elizabeth said, "Well thank you again for a lovely evening" Elizabeth said, I really enjoyed it"
"Yes I really enjoyed getting to know you better Elizabeth" Susan said walking with Carter to show them out the door
"Ill see you guys tomorrow at work" Carter said "drive safely"