*Five years later*

"Lucy!" called Kerry, from down the hall.

"Yeah?" she replied, stacking a form on the already high pile.

"Take your daughters out of here. I don't think they should be here."

"Okay. I'll be right back."

"Yeah. Take the day off and have Carter cover for you. I'm sure he can do it."

"Ok. Thanks."

Lucy ran to fetch her 4-year-old and her 3-year-old. They were massive causes of destruction and the fact that they were in the hospital did not do one thing to ease Lucy's mind. She seized them and placed them in the car.

"Annabelle," stated Lucy.

"Yeah, mommy?" asked her 4-year-old.

"We're going home, ok? It's almost dinner but I think Ralina's really tired, so I'm going to put her in for a nap. Now, what do you want to do?"

"I dunno, mommy. I'm kind of tired too. Can I go to bed?"

"Sure, sweetheart. Daddy's going to have to go to work, though, so when we get home, you give Daddy a big kiss before you go to bed, ok?"

"Uh-huh."

Lucy started up the car and drove out of the hospital parking lot and joined the traffic jam lined up outside the highway. When she saw a chance to drive out of the traffic jam, she took it and she wove in and out of the alleyways she knew by heart and back to the nice suburbs she lived in. She parked the car and woke her oldest daughter up. Annabelle cradled Ralina in her arms while Lucy opened the front door of the house and stepped inside. Taking Ralina from Annabelle, Lucy placed Ralina in her bedroom, upstairs. As soon as she heard the rhythmic breathing of her precious daughter, she knew she was asleep. She helped Annabelle get ready for bed and tucked her in. She found a note on the kitchen counter and she picked it up and read it.

"Hey there, Luce. If you're reading this, you're probably home from the hospital. Well, I'm probably heading out to the hospital right now. Call me on my cell. See you later. I love you. Bye."

She sighed as she walked outside to the living room and picked up the cordless phone. She dialed Carter's familiar cell hone number and heard someone pick up.

"Hello?" answered the person.

"Hi Carter. It's me."

"Hey there. So, you read my note."

"I sure did. You gonna try and get off early today?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Annabelle and Ralina are asleep. They're so tired. Kerry gave me a partial day off because she doesn't think that they should be at the hospital."

"Oh. Well, I'll get off as soon as I can, ok?"

"Yeah. Thanks."

"It's no problem. Alright. I gotta go so bye."

"Bye."

Lucy clicked the phone off and lay on the sofa. She was living this perfect life. She had a beautiful house, two beautiful daughters, and a wonderful husband. She was a doctor and everything was perfect. She sighed and yawned and closed her eyes. Before she could stop herself, she fell asleep.

Carter walked in at around nine 'o' clock to find Lucy asleep on the sofa. He smiled to himself and he went and kissed her. Her eyes fluttered open and she yawned.

"Hey. Good morning," he greeted.

"More like good night. Annabelle and Ralina are asleep."

"Yeah. You told me before. Anyway, what do you want to do?" he asked.

"I don't know. Hey! Your pager's beeping."

"So is yours."

Carter and Lucy each reached for their pagers and checked the number. It was the same number on both the pagers and they each reached for their cell phones and dialed the number simultaneously.

"Hello?" answered Kerry. "Hi Carter. You two have the week off. We can cover for you. We'll only page you two when its an emergency. Spend some time with your family."

"Gee, thanks, Kerry," Lucy gratifyingly stated.

"It's okay. I have to go, bye."

Lucy clicked her phone off. Carter looked at her and they burst into a fit of laughter.

"C'mon. What do you say to some spaghetti?" he offered.

"I don't feel like cooking."

"I didn't say you'd have to."

"Oh! Thanks. I'm starving."

"So now you're starving."

"Only when someone else is cooking."

"Uh-huh."

Carter made spaghetti for them both and they ate and chatted before going upstairs after a long and tiring day.