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Behind Closed Doors, part two, story about Carter and Lucy.Written By Louise Mills.
Authors Note: This fiction places during summer of 1999 when officially Lucy is not a medical student as she is one her summer holidays.
August 1999,
John and Lucy were helping each other carry the boxes from the back of the van they hired to their new apartment, they had got together. They would of never imaged they would been moving in together and getting married this time next week, then they first met each other, nearly a year ago. They both had agreed they wouldn't tell any of their friends or people who worked at the hospital they were married until after she had graduated. They had decided to tell people they moved apartments, but not to the fact they were living together. So they would not tell people at the hospital exactly where they lived in case they have some unannounced visitors.
Of course they had told their families, and explained what a delicate situation they would be in and that they couldn't be persuade that it was a mistake to get married. But fortunately their families accepted the marriage well once they were over the initial shock of it. John's parents insisted on a big wedding, which John and Lucy accepted, but explain to their families again not to expect their friends to be coming from the hospital.
Once everything was unloaded of the van, John and Lucy dropped on the couch from exhaustion. "God, I always forgot how tiring moving was," said John. "I remember it like yesterday, oh stupid me of course I would, I only moved into my old apartment just over 2 months ago." Lucy joked to John and he smiled at her. "Like I said I could of moved into your apartment Luce." "And like I said not a possibility!" "You always said you was going to explain why, but we never got around to it." Lucy turned to John and she expressed a dirty look, "That's because we always got distracted." "Oh yeah," he said with a cheekily grin on his face. "So why couldn't we?" "Because just before you proposed, Carol, Chuni and Haleh had came round to look at my new apartment. Meaning after that…" "Everyone would know where you lived! I got it." John started to laugh, "God I'm glad they still weren't there when I arrived." "So are we going to put everything in its place now or later." "It probably be better if we do did it now Luce."
They were surprised how quickly they had actually unpacked everything, they both thought it would take them until they got married but it only took the weekend! "God, I wish I didn't have to go to work today!" "You have to, they got suspicious when you said you had to take two weeks off next week. I'm just glad I didn't have to work at the hospital during the summer. Just image how suspicious that would look with both of us with the same weeks off!" "Yeah, oh can't I just call in sick?" "John!!" "Okay I go." He got off the chair and walked over to the coats and put his on, "I get off at 8pm, so it there's no emergencies I be home about 8.30pm." "Okay honey." Lucy got up and ran over to John and kissed him goodbye.
John walked up to the reception desk of the ER, and cheerfully said, "Good morning everyone!" and they replied, "Morning carter." All looking suspiciously at him, he signed in and walked towards the lounge, not realising how they were looking at him. The nurses on the desk all suddenly gathered around, once John was out of sight in the lounge. "Okay, that's just over two months now his been in is mood." Chuni said to Malik, Josh and Haleh. Carol over heard what they said as she approached the desk. "Who you talking about?" She said being captivate about what she heard, "carter" Haleh answered. "What about him?" Malik answered Carol next question, "haven't you noticed how much more cheerful Carter's been since, well since Lucy left for the summer." Carol nodded, John was always cheering before but how he had been over the pass few months was way over the top for John. "That's it Lucy?" "Explained please because you lost me." Josh said, "Lucy left for holidays, now his more cheerful because there's no more med student to watch out for!" Chuni said please with herself, thinking she got why he was so cheerful. Carol started shaking her head, "I don't that's it, you remember the first day Lucy went on her holiday, and he was absolutely miserable and distracted." They all nodded at Carol, "And what was the only thing missing from day the day before, when he was his normal self." "Lucy" Malik shouted. "Exactly so it's not because of Lucy not being here, it's more like his acting…" Carol all the sudden went quiet a buzzard though went though her mind. He was in love, and if he was missing Lucy on her first day off for months and was extremely distracted could it be he was in love with Lucy. After all they did kiss in exam 6 a few months before, if he realised he loved her and wasn't seeing her everyday he be miserable. Oh god that's it his in love with Lucy, and their having a secret relationship. God I'm good! "Earth to Carol, Earth to carol!" "What?" "You stopped in med sentence, what's he acting like?" Chuni asked, "Like his in love!" They all looked at each other, "then it's your job to find out!" "Why mine?" Carol question. "Because it's your theory and it does add up, he is acting like his in love!" Haleh finally said. "Okay!" "So any ideas with who Carol?" Josh asked Carol didn't want to lie, but she knew it would be for the best. "Not a clue!" She said and headed towards the lounge.
"morning John!" "Morning Carol." "So tell me are you in love with Lucy?" John was differently taken back by the question and it showed. "What?" he said trying to sound affended and shocked by the question, but Carol instantly noticed what he was trying to pull off. "John it's no use on me, to sound shocked by the question, you may convince other people but you should know me well enough it doesn't work on me." "No Carol of course not she my med student." "Was your med student and plus your lying." John knew he couldn't hind it from Carol now, she knew he was lying; he had never been able to be lie well. "So how long have you two been together?" "Just over two months." He said in a defected tone, "Don't worry you know I can keep a secret." "I know!" "So you be keeping it a secret until she graduates right." John nodded, but Carol knew she was missing something. "John, what haven't you told me?" "Nothing!" He said sharply and quickly, "John you're lying, and if you don't tell me I'll never help you again." Dave walked though the door as carol said the last sentence. "Oh Carter don't you know never lie to a women, especially a pregnant women!" "Dave, get out!" carol snapped at Dave, "okay just get myself a coffee!" He poured his coffee and was out of the door before you could say emergency. "John!!" "Okay there is but I will have to talk to Lucy!" "No now!" "She won't like it and I will be guessing you won't too! Once I tell you, promise me now you won't say a thing especially to Weaver and Greene." "I promise now tell me!" John took a deep breathe in he knew he was going to regret is then he got home tonight. "We are getting married next weekend." Carol was shocked, then it sunk in and she shouted at the top of her voice. "YOU ARE WHAT!!!"
Everyone on the ER reception desk turned towards the direction of Carol's voice from the lounge. "Obviously he said something that shocked her!" Chuni said getting curios of what was happening in the lounge. "Maybe someone could innocently go into the lounge to get something and see what their saying." "Won't work," Dave said immediately. "How come?" "A minute ago I went to get a coffee, and Carol bit my head off when I said to Carter it was no good lying to a pregnant women." "Did you hear what he was lying about?" "No, I only heard Carol say, 'John your lying and if you don't tell me I'll never help you again." "Must have been about who his in love with?" "What?" "Yeah Dave that's the whole reason she went in there in the first place."
"carol, can you shout any louder I don't think the people in the next state heard you!" The information John told her sunk in more, and she started to become a little bit happy for John and Lucy, but she still had her concerns. "Don't you think your rushing things?" "No," "Then I'm happy for you both!" "Really, so can you do me a favour, please explain all of this to Lucy she'll kill me when I get home." "Sure, I have her new number there!" "Um, Carol that's her old number, you know I said I needed this weekend off to move, well we sort of moved in together! And now you can be the only one who knows this!" "Oh I know, give me the number!" John was starting to walk out of the lounge when Carol stopped him. "John congratulations, ad plus don't be so cheerful, most people think your in love from you being more cheerful, most people know how you have been acting your in love, but they don't to who." "You guessed?" "Yeah but I know you to well, I know the signs you give out then your in love and can tell who to by the way you act, others can't."
"He did what?" "Now Lucy calm down, it's my fault when I asked him weather he was in love with you or not? He said he wasn't, but as you know I can tell when he lies. I near enough forced it out of him. I promise I won't tell anyone!" "Carol, you want to come over for dinner, and we can give you the tour!" "Love too, so are you still mad with John?" "No, I know how stubborn you can be! Oh and of course you are coming to the wedding aren't you? "I wouldn't miss it!!"
End of part Two…
