Carter and Lucy had been going out for seven months now. It was their
seventh month anniversary next week! Everyone got all starry-eyed when they
saw them together. Everyone at the hospital found it extremely strange to
see them kissing in public because everyone still thought of them as exact
opposites who hated each other.
"Lucy!" called Dr. Kerry.
Lucy came stampeding down the hallway, tripping over a cord. She landed on her chin. There were little murmurs across the room as she got up.
"Lucy, you ok? That was a pretty nasty fall," asked Elizabeth, who had witnessed the entire thing.
"I'm fine. I got to go help Kerry. Be back later, you guys."
"Too much frickin' time on the internet," criticized Peter, jokingly.
Everyone laughed a bit as Carter came running down the hallway. He had a patient all the way on the other side of the building. He sighed tiredly as he kept running. He tripped but steadied himself before he hit the ground.
"Is it just me or do those people need cleats?" asked Abby.
"Or the hospital needs to stop using the extra-slippery wax on the floor," continued Carol, filling out a form.
"Done with that?" asked Elizabeth, reaching for it.
"No, not yet. Almost though."
"Erase Mr. Sardine off the board, please."
"Sardine? Isn't that a fish of some sort?" asked Dr. Anspaugh, picking up a form.
"Yeah. Just like anchovies. Sardines are canned."
As everyone talked about fish and pizza the rest of the day, Carter was thinking elsewhere. He was in the lounge on his break and Mark was sitting there too.
"You know, everyone seems to think you and Lucy are complete opposites," Mark informed, to break the silence.
"I know what they say."
"Aren't you a bit bothered?" he continued.
"Nope."
"All right."
Mark got up and walked out the door as Lucy and Elizabeth walked in. Carter, still occupied with his paperwork, didn't notice Lucy. She stood next to him and kissed his cheek. He looked up and grinned.
"Hi. Sorry."
"Paperwork. I understand. I hate paperwork."
"Yeah. Paperwork isn't so bad. It's okay, it just gets on my nerves sometimes."
"Where'd Mark go?" asked Elizabeth, feeling a bit awkward with Lucy and Carter in the same room.
"He left just before you guys came in," answered Carter.
"Ah. See you later, Carter. Lucy."
"Bye," they said in unison. Carter got Lucy a cup of coffee as they sat down and talked. Carol walked in, sitting down across from them, staring intently.
"What is it with this hospital?!" cried Carter, frustrated.
Carol laughed and poured herself a cup of coffee. She told them about the staff's awkward feelings about seeing them and thinking about the time they were in the Lounge together and Lucy walked out with her sweater inside out and everything. Lucy laughed as Carter blushed.
"You guys are exact opposites. I think that's why we're amazed to see you two together and not fighting. Though when you do fight, I think that you shouldn't be in a hospital with so many medical instruments," she admitted.
They laughed and kissed each other intently. Carter's break was almost over and Lucy wanted to go up to the roof to see if she could see any birds or something. Nature was one of Lucy's hobbies.
"LUCY!" called Carter from the hallway. Lucy came running to where he was standing. He whispered something in her ear, before kissing her quickly, and heading off to a patient he was supposed to attend to.
"What just happened?" asked Elizabeth, still quite confused.
"I have no idea," replied Peter.
"We're doctors, yet we're still amazed by love," chuckled Dr. Anspaugh.
After their shifts were over, Carter had arranged for a date. Everything was set. Everything would be exactly like their first date. Well, maybe not exactly.
Lucy sat there, in the hairdresser's shop, waiting as the hairdresser curled her hair. As she sat reading the magazine, for the millionth time, the hairdresser dubbed her ready to leave and not to let the curls get wet. She went to the store to look for a new dress and found a beautiful peach- colored, satin dress and bought it. She went to her friend's house to help her with her make-up and she dug through her closet to find a pair of comfortable high-heel shoes. She put on a beautiful necklace that her mother had given her and sparkling diamond earrings.
Carter, however, polished his shoes, showered, deodorized, and gelled back his hair. He changed into his (uncomfortable) tuxedo and found himself looking ready. He bought a bouquet of roses and rented a horse and carriage.
As the doorbell rang, Lucy twirled a curl around her finger and checked her make-up as she opened the door. She sighed happily as Carter held out a bouquet of roses and she accepted them, placing them in a vase.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked, taking her arm.
"Yeah. Sure. Where're we going?" she asked, suspiciously.
"Nowhere. Here, get in the carriage," he ordered, helping her up. He stepped into the carriage soon and the driver trotted down the road to the hospital.
"The hospital?" she asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Come on."
Everyone was surprised, to say the least, to see Carter and Lucy dressed up fancily and in the hospital. Carter led Lucy up to the roof where there was a little café table set up with a lit white candle and two dishes on each side.
"Wow."
"Heh. Sit down."
As they ate, quietly, they occasionally noticed the glances coming from inside the building. He stifled his chuckles as he pointed to the window where all the gossipy nurses were staring and talking (gossiping, like always).
He told her to close his eyes and he pulled a small box out of his pocket and knelt down before her.
"Open your eyes."
She opened her eyes to see him kneeling there, before her. Gazing into her eyes, Carter took a deep breath.
"Lucy, I know you. I know what you're feeling and I want you to know I love you. I don't want to have to live a life where we live our lives separately. I care for you the same way you care for me. Will you marry me?"
She wiped a tear from her eye and she knelt down to his height. She looked deep into his eyes. "Yes."
He got up and lifted her in the air, spinning her around before kissing her. It made her dizzy. Either the feelings or the spinning. Either way, she was content in where she was and so where the nurses.
"Oh my gosh! KERRY! LIZZIE! COME HERE!" they yelled excitedly. Two new faces showed up, covered with confusion.
"What?" asked Elizabeth, in her thick English accent. "What happened?"
"CARTER PROPOSED!"
"On the hospital roof?" asked Kerry, shocked.
"YES! Don't they make a cute couple?" sighed Carol, happily.
Carter and Lucy walked inside, completely overwhelmed by their own feelings that they forgot the entire staff was standing on the other side of the door. They opened the door and got showered with yells of congratulations and raucous cheering.
"Lucy!" called Dr. Kerry.
Lucy came stampeding down the hallway, tripping over a cord. She landed on her chin. There were little murmurs across the room as she got up.
"Lucy, you ok? That was a pretty nasty fall," asked Elizabeth, who had witnessed the entire thing.
"I'm fine. I got to go help Kerry. Be back later, you guys."
"Too much frickin' time on the internet," criticized Peter, jokingly.
Everyone laughed a bit as Carter came running down the hallway. He had a patient all the way on the other side of the building. He sighed tiredly as he kept running. He tripped but steadied himself before he hit the ground.
"Is it just me or do those people need cleats?" asked Abby.
"Or the hospital needs to stop using the extra-slippery wax on the floor," continued Carol, filling out a form.
"Done with that?" asked Elizabeth, reaching for it.
"No, not yet. Almost though."
"Erase Mr. Sardine off the board, please."
"Sardine? Isn't that a fish of some sort?" asked Dr. Anspaugh, picking up a form.
"Yeah. Just like anchovies. Sardines are canned."
As everyone talked about fish and pizza the rest of the day, Carter was thinking elsewhere. He was in the lounge on his break and Mark was sitting there too.
"You know, everyone seems to think you and Lucy are complete opposites," Mark informed, to break the silence.
"I know what they say."
"Aren't you a bit bothered?" he continued.
"Nope."
"All right."
Mark got up and walked out the door as Lucy and Elizabeth walked in. Carter, still occupied with his paperwork, didn't notice Lucy. She stood next to him and kissed his cheek. He looked up and grinned.
"Hi. Sorry."
"Paperwork. I understand. I hate paperwork."
"Yeah. Paperwork isn't so bad. It's okay, it just gets on my nerves sometimes."
"Where'd Mark go?" asked Elizabeth, feeling a bit awkward with Lucy and Carter in the same room.
"He left just before you guys came in," answered Carter.
"Ah. See you later, Carter. Lucy."
"Bye," they said in unison. Carter got Lucy a cup of coffee as they sat down and talked. Carol walked in, sitting down across from them, staring intently.
"What is it with this hospital?!" cried Carter, frustrated.
Carol laughed and poured herself a cup of coffee. She told them about the staff's awkward feelings about seeing them and thinking about the time they were in the Lounge together and Lucy walked out with her sweater inside out and everything. Lucy laughed as Carter blushed.
"You guys are exact opposites. I think that's why we're amazed to see you two together and not fighting. Though when you do fight, I think that you shouldn't be in a hospital with so many medical instruments," she admitted.
They laughed and kissed each other intently. Carter's break was almost over and Lucy wanted to go up to the roof to see if she could see any birds or something. Nature was one of Lucy's hobbies.
"LUCY!" called Carter from the hallway. Lucy came running to where he was standing. He whispered something in her ear, before kissing her quickly, and heading off to a patient he was supposed to attend to.
"What just happened?" asked Elizabeth, still quite confused.
"I have no idea," replied Peter.
"We're doctors, yet we're still amazed by love," chuckled Dr. Anspaugh.
After their shifts were over, Carter had arranged for a date. Everything was set. Everything would be exactly like their first date. Well, maybe not exactly.
Lucy sat there, in the hairdresser's shop, waiting as the hairdresser curled her hair. As she sat reading the magazine, for the millionth time, the hairdresser dubbed her ready to leave and not to let the curls get wet. She went to the store to look for a new dress and found a beautiful peach- colored, satin dress and bought it. She went to her friend's house to help her with her make-up and she dug through her closet to find a pair of comfortable high-heel shoes. She put on a beautiful necklace that her mother had given her and sparkling diamond earrings.
Carter, however, polished his shoes, showered, deodorized, and gelled back his hair. He changed into his (uncomfortable) tuxedo and found himself looking ready. He bought a bouquet of roses and rented a horse and carriage.
As the doorbell rang, Lucy twirled a curl around her finger and checked her make-up as she opened the door. She sighed happily as Carter held out a bouquet of roses and she accepted them, placing them in a vase.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked, taking her arm.
"Yeah. Sure. Where're we going?" she asked, suspiciously.
"Nowhere. Here, get in the carriage," he ordered, helping her up. He stepped into the carriage soon and the driver trotted down the road to the hospital.
"The hospital?" she asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Come on."
Everyone was surprised, to say the least, to see Carter and Lucy dressed up fancily and in the hospital. Carter led Lucy up to the roof where there was a little café table set up with a lit white candle and two dishes on each side.
"Wow."
"Heh. Sit down."
As they ate, quietly, they occasionally noticed the glances coming from inside the building. He stifled his chuckles as he pointed to the window where all the gossipy nurses were staring and talking (gossiping, like always).
He told her to close his eyes and he pulled a small box out of his pocket and knelt down before her.
"Open your eyes."
She opened her eyes to see him kneeling there, before her. Gazing into her eyes, Carter took a deep breath.
"Lucy, I know you. I know what you're feeling and I want you to know I love you. I don't want to have to live a life where we live our lives separately. I care for you the same way you care for me. Will you marry me?"
She wiped a tear from her eye and she knelt down to his height. She looked deep into his eyes. "Yes."
He got up and lifted her in the air, spinning her around before kissing her. It made her dizzy. Either the feelings or the spinning. Either way, she was content in where she was and so where the nurses.
"Oh my gosh! KERRY! LIZZIE! COME HERE!" they yelled excitedly. Two new faces showed up, covered with confusion.
"What?" asked Elizabeth, in her thick English accent. "What happened?"
"CARTER PROPOSED!"
"On the hospital roof?" asked Kerry, shocked.
"YES! Don't they make a cute couple?" sighed Carol, happily.
Carter and Lucy walked inside, completely overwhelmed by their own feelings that they forgot the entire staff was standing on the other side of the door. They opened the door and got showered with yells of congratulations and raucous cheering.
