Author's Note: I'm SO sorry for those of you who have been waiting for
a new chapter (not many of you have actually been looking forward to a
new chapter, I bet). I was involved in a severe traffic accident a
couple of weeks ago and spent the past couple weeks recovering, and I
just really haven't had that much time on my hands to post another
chapter. So, thanks for being patient!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters...blah blah blah...blah blah
blah...Characters property of NBC/John Wells/Michael Chrichton/whoever
the hell else...blah blah blah...just don't sue me....blah blah blah...
you get the picture...blah blah blah....
Dedication: To Hugmonster (ERudition)/PaulMcCraneFan(TWoP forums) You
rock!!!!
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Susan shook the snow off of her as she walked into the ER ambulance bay.
It was November and the temperatures had plummeted and it had snowed
earlier that morning, and it seemed that winter had finally taken over.
She set her keys, gloves, and her coat in her locker as she grabbed her
briefcase with charts and her cappuchino. If she was lucky she wouldn't
have any immediate patients to see and that way she could catch up on
her dictations and other paperwork. As she walked out to the admit desk
, she saw Chuni, Lily, Randi, and Haleh gathered in a circle whispering.
As soon as she spotted the group, they immediately stopped talking and
everyone but Randi headed off in different directions.
"Hey, Dr. Lewis! So, umm...who are the flowers from?" Randi said as she
looked at Susan curiously, twirling her gum in her fingers.
"What flowers?" Susan asked.
"Duh! The huge boquet right over there." Randi said, pointing the the,
indeed, huge boquet of an assortment of beautiful flowers on the other
side of the desk. Susan wrinkled her forehead, wondering who the
beautiful flowers could possibly be from. She picked up the card and
began reading:
"After your shift gets over, meet me at Hilden Park by the water
fountain. I've got something special planned for someone special in my
life...you.........."
The card wasn't signed, but Susan had a vague thought about who it
might be. And if she so much as told Randi who she thought they were
from, she would be laughed right out of the place.
"So, Susan...spill the beans! Who are they from?" Randi said, still
twirling her gum through her fingers, her eyes wide as she looked at
Susan.
"Well, they're from my secret admirer." Susan said, with a smirk, as
she grabbed her charts and left the desk, leaving Randi with a confused
expression on her face.
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Susan's shift had gone by terribly fast. A 10 car pile-up on the
freeway sent an assortment of injured people to County, and for the
majority of her shift she was juggling patients around. As she glanced
at the clock, she noticed her shift had been over for 5 minutes. "Oh
shit..." Susan muttered under her breath. She quickly signed out all of
her charts, made the necessary arrangements, and ran to her locker.
She ran a brush through her hair, although she doubted it would do much.
As she pulled her coat on quickly, she dropped her stuff off at the
desk. Randi, Haleh, Chuni and Lily were all gathered around waiting for
her. "Go get 'em." Chuni said, walking away. "Dr. Lewis has a hot
date!" Haleh said, mockingly. Susan just stood there, totally
embarrased. "Well! What are standing here for, Susan? Go get em!" Randi
said, pushing Susan out the door. Soon Susan found herself in her car,
driving toward Hilden Park. Once parked, she sprayed herself with some
perfume that she kept in her briefcase. After checking in her rearview
mirror and noticing that her makeup had worn away and given her not the
most flattering look, she got out of the car and threw her mittens on.
She began walking toward the water fountain. By the water fountain,
there was only one person standing there. The person there, sensing
footsteps behind him, turned around. As she hoped and suspected, it
was....Robert. He was wearing a pair of nice dress slacks, a polo
shirt, and a very nice jacket. Realizing that she was staring, she
looked up and smiled, meeting his warm, brown eyes.
"Susan, you look..." Robert said, shaking his head.
"Like hell!!!!" Susan said, as they both burst out laughing, as they
both took a seat at the nearest park bench.
"So, how have you been holding up?" Susan asked.
"You know, your the first person to ask me that. Honestly, I've been
great. Although I must admit that I don't mind not having to get up at
3 A.M. to operate on some blockhead that blew his appendix." Robert
said, with a smirk. They both paused, not really knowing what to say.
"So, your probably wondering why I wanted you to come here, right?"
Robert asked, after a minute.
"Yea, I'm just a little bit curious." Susan said. "You wouldn't believe
the razzing that I got from the girls at work. They still don't know
who sent those flowers." Susan said, laughing.
Robert smiled at the last comment."No, actually I wanted you to meet me
here so that I could show you my appreciation for everything you've
done in the past couple weeks. It hasn't been easy for anybody involved
in this, but you don't understand how you've helped me." Robert said,
his face in a very serious, yet somehow warm, gesture. "So, let me make
it up to you. Come on, let's go." Robert said, standing up, helping
Susan up to her feet.
"But! Where are we going? Have you looked at me lately? I'm in no
fashion to go anywhere!" Susan said, objecting to his comments.
"No, you look beautiful. Just come with me." Robert said, taking her
hand as they walked over to his car.
Susan found herself unable to stop smiling as they drove to the other
end of town. Not a word was said between the two, yet there was a quite
distinct attraction sensible. After a few minutes, Robert stopped the
car at a resturant on the east side of Chicago. Susan had never been to
the resturant before, much less know what it was even called. Susan
looked down at her outfit. Scrub bottoms and an old college sorority
t-shirt. Hmm...not the best. Susan just shrugged as Robert grabbed her
arm and pulled her into the bar. Once inside, the atmosphere was quite
apparent. There was a pool table in back, big screen tv's, a bar, a
resturant nook, and just lots of people. Very relaxed and easy going...
just what she needed after a day like today. Robert guided her over to
a table in the resturant nook of the bar and they sat down. Robert
seemed to know quite a lot of people that were at the bar, because he
nodded and greeted almost everyone that they passed, and they greeted
him like an old buddy. Susan thought that was surprising, because she
was sure that Robert wasn't "that" kind of person, or atleast one to be
caught dead at a bar. As they both sat down, Robert just looked at her
with a smile on his face.
"So, what do you think?" Robert said, grinning.
"This is great! This is just what I need after a day like today! How'd
you guess?" Susan said.
"I'm offended, Susan. I am a doctor, too, you know. Contrary to what
people at work say, I sometimes get stressed out. I guess I come here
as my, "release", you could say. Nothing like getting plastered after
being in surgery all day." Robert said, with a grin after saying the
last phrase.
"I'm all for that tonight!" Susan said with a laugh.
Soon, a waitress appeared and Robert ordered both drinks and dinner for
himself and Susan.
While he ordered, Susan sat there in amazement. She thought she had
Robert figured out, from what she had seen at work. But she was
learning new things about him all the time. "Maybe today won't be such
a bad day after all..." Susan thought....
Meanwhile on the other side of the bar,
Chuni, Haleh, and Lily were playing a game of pool, getting drunker and
drunker with every round...
"Nothing like getting drunk with your girlfriends after a long day at
work." Chuni said, raising her 3rd margaurita in the air.
"Yea, too bad Jing-Mei and Randi couldn't make it." Lily said.
"Wow...this place is pretty busy. Of course I don't blame anybody, this
place is great, Chuni. How'd you hear about this place?" Haleh said,
scanning the people in the bar.
"Oh, I just showed up one night. The waiters at the bar are really hot,
so I just kept coming back. And I guess it just stuck, I really like
this place." Chuni said, between drinks.
"Hey! I see Susan!!!!" Lily yelled out.
"Yea. I see her too! Who is that she's with?" Chuni said, trying to
find out who Susan's "mystery man" was.
Haleh, who was busy drinking her diet Coke (since she lost over 100
pounds, she doesn't drink anymore). She nearly spit her drink all over
Lily and Chuni. "Oh my gosh!!! It's Dr. Romano!!! He's sitting with
Susan!!!!!!!!!!" she said, her eyes huge.
"What? Dr. Romano???" Lily said, setting her drink down to have a look
herself.
"DR. ROMANO????" Chuni said, spitting her drink all over the guy next
to them, clearly not caring about him. "What? Susan? and Dr. Romano? Do
you think they're....going out???" Chuni said, peering over the counter
at Dr. Romano and Susan, who were busy eating dinner and laughing,
chatting the whole time.
"Wait! Remember the flowers? Who else do you think those were from?
Duh! It's Dr. Romano!!! How could we not have seen it?" Haleh said,
having figured out the connection between Susan, the flowers, and her
"secret admirer".
"Ooooo...have we got some good gossip to tell Randi and Jing-Mei at
work tomorrow!" Chuni said, raising her glass in a toast.
All three of them raised their glasses, thinking of ways to spread
their recent discovery of Susan's "secret" relationship around work........
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So, what's going to happen at work, now that the cat is out of the
bag??? Stay tuned for the next chapter (I promise I'll work on getting
it posted, since I'm such a lazy pile and I tend to procrastinate a
lot...)
Anyways, if your still reading this piece-of-crap story, thanks for
sticking it through!!!
a new chapter (not many of you have actually been looking forward to a
new chapter, I bet). I was involved in a severe traffic accident a
couple of weeks ago and spent the past couple weeks recovering, and I
just really haven't had that much time on my hands to post another
chapter. So, thanks for being patient!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters...blah blah blah...blah blah
blah...Characters property of NBC/John Wells/Michael Chrichton/whoever
the hell else...blah blah blah...just don't sue me....blah blah blah...
you get the picture...blah blah blah....
Dedication: To Hugmonster (ERudition)/PaulMcCraneFan(TWoP forums) You
rock!!!!
________________________________________________
Susan shook the snow off of her as she walked into the ER ambulance bay.
It was November and the temperatures had plummeted and it had snowed
earlier that morning, and it seemed that winter had finally taken over.
She set her keys, gloves, and her coat in her locker as she grabbed her
briefcase with charts and her cappuchino. If she was lucky she wouldn't
have any immediate patients to see and that way she could catch up on
her dictations and other paperwork. As she walked out to the admit desk
, she saw Chuni, Lily, Randi, and Haleh gathered in a circle whispering.
As soon as she spotted the group, they immediately stopped talking and
everyone but Randi headed off in different directions.
"Hey, Dr. Lewis! So, umm...who are the flowers from?" Randi said as she
looked at Susan curiously, twirling her gum in her fingers.
"What flowers?" Susan asked.
"Duh! The huge boquet right over there." Randi said, pointing the the,
indeed, huge boquet of an assortment of beautiful flowers on the other
side of the desk. Susan wrinkled her forehead, wondering who the
beautiful flowers could possibly be from. She picked up the card and
began reading:
"After your shift gets over, meet me at Hilden Park by the water
fountain. I've got something special planned for someone special in my
life...you.........."
The card wasn't signed, but Susan had a vague thought about who it
might be. And if she so much as told Randi who she thought they were
from, she would be laughed right out of the place.
"So, Susan...spill the beans! Who are they from?" Randi said, still
twirling her gum through her fingers, her eyes wide as she looked at
Susan.
"Well, they're from my secret admirer." Susan said, with a smirk, as
she grabbed her charts and left the desk, leaving Randi with a confused
expression on her face.
________________________________________________
Susan's shift had gone by terribly fast. A 10 car pile-up on the
freeway sent an assortment of injured people to County, and for the
majority of her shift she was juggling patients around. As she glanced
at the clock, she noticed her shift had been over for 5 minutes. "Oh
shit..." Susan muttered under her breath. She quickly signed out all of
her charts, made the necessary arrangements, and ran to her locker.
She ran a brush through her hair, although she doubted it would do much.
As she pulled her coat on quickly, she dropped her stuff off at the
desk. Randi, Haleh, Chuni and Lily were all gathered around waiting for
her. "Go get 'em." Chuni said, walking away. "Dr. Lewis has a hot
date!" Haleh said, mockingly. Susan just stood there, totally
embarrased. "Well! What are standing here for, Susan? Go get em!" Randi
said, pushing Susan out the door. Soon Susan found herself in her car,
driving toward Hilden Park. Once parked, she sprayed herself with some
perfume that she kept in her briefcase. After checking in her rearview
mirror and noticing that her makeup had worn away and given her not the
most flattering look, she got out of the car and threw her mittens on.
She began walking toward the water fountain. By the water fountain,
there was only one person standing there. The person there, sensing
footsteps behind him, turned around. As she hoped and suspected, it
was....Robert. He was wearing a pair of nice dress slacks, a polo
shirt, and a very nice jacket. Realizing that she was staring, she
looked up and smiled, meeting his warm, brown eyes.
"Susan, you look..." Robert said, shaking his head.
"Like hell!!!!" Susan said, as they both burst out laughing, as they
both took a seat at the nearest park bench.
"So, how have you been holding up?" Susan asked.
"You know, your the first person to ask me that. Honestly, I've been
great. Although I must admit that I don't mind not having to get up at
3 A.M. to operate on some blockhead that blew his appendix." Robert
said, with a smirk. They both paused, not really knowing what to say.
"So, your probably wondering why I wanted you to come here, right?"
Robert asked, after a minute.
"Yea, I'm just a little bit curious." Susan said. "You wouldn't believe
the razzing that I got from the girls at work. They still don't know
who sent those flowers." Susan said, laughing.
Robert smiled at the last comment."No, actually I wanted you to meet me
here so that I could show you my appreciation for everything you've
done in the past couple weeks. It hasn't been easy for anybody involved
in this, but you don't understand how you've helped me." Robert said,
his face in a very serious, yet somehow warm, gesture. "So, let me make
it up to you. Come on, let's go." Robert said, standing up, helping
Susan up to her feet.
"But! Where are we going? Have you looked at me lately? I'm in no
fashion to go anywhere!" Susan said, objecting to his comments.
"No, you look beautiful. Just come with me." Robert said, taking her
hand as they walked over to his car.
Susan found herself unable to stop smiling as they drove to the other
end of town. Not a word was said between the two, yet there was a quite
distinct attraction sensible. After a few minutes, Robert stopped the
car at a resturant on the east side of Chicago. Susan had never been to
the resturant before, much less know what it was even called. Susan
looked down at her outfit. Scrub bottoms and an old college sorority
t-shirt. Hmm...not the best. Susan just shrugged as Robert grabbed her
arm and pulled her into the bar. Once inside, the atmosphere was quite
apparent. There was a pool table in back, big screen tv's, a bar, a
resturant nook, and just lots of people. Very relaxed and easy going...
just what she needed after a day like today. Robert guided her over to
a table in the resturant nook of the bar and they sat down. Robert
seemed to know quite a lot of people that were at the bar, because he
nodded and greeted almost everyone that they passed, and they greeted
him like an old buddy. Susan thought that was surprising, because she
was sure that Robert wasn't "that" kind of person, or atleast one to be
caught dead at a bar. As they both sat down, Robert just looked at her
with a smile on his face.
"So, what do you think?" Robert said, grinning.
"This is great! This is just what I need after a day like today! How'd
you guess?" Susan said.
"I'm offended, Susan. I am a doctor, too, you know. Contrary to what
people at work say, I sometimes get stressed out. I guess I come here
as my, "release", you could say. Nothing like getting plastered after
being in surgery all day." Robert said, with a grin after saying the
last phrase.
"I'm all for that tonight!" Susan said with a laugh.
Soon, a waitress appeared and Robert ordered both drinks and dinner for
himself and Susan.
While he ordered, Susan sat there in amazement. She thought she had
Robert figured out, from what she had seen at work. But she was
learning new things about him all the time. "Maybe today won't be such
a bad day after all..." Susan thought....
Meanwhile on the other side of the bar,
Chuni, Haleh, and Lily were playing a game of pool, getting drunker and
drunker with every round...
"Nothing like getting drunk with your girlfriends after a long day at
work." Chuni said, raising her 3rd margaurita in the air.
"Yea, too bad Jing-Mei and Randi couldn't make it." Lily said.
"Wow...this place is pretty busy. Of course I don't blame anybody, this
place is great, Chuni. How'd you hear about this place?" Haleh said,
scanning the people in the bar.
"Oh, I just showed up one night. The waiters at the bar are really hot,
so I just kept coming back. And I guess it just stuck, I really like
this place." Chuni said, between drinks.
"Hey! I see Susan!!!!" Lily yelled out.
"Yea. I see her too! Who is that she's with?" Chuni said, trying to
find out who Susan's "mystery man" was.
Haleh, who was busy drinking her diet Coke (since she lost over 100
pounds, she doesn't drink anymore). She nearly spit her drink all over
Lily and Chuni. "Oh my gosh!!! It's Dr. Romano!!! He's sitting with
Susan!!!!!!!!!!" she said, her eyes huge.
"What? Dr. Romano???" Lily said, setting her drink down to have a look
herself.
"DR. ROMANO????" Chuni said, spitting her drink all over the guy next
to them, clearly not caring about him. "What? Susan? and Dr. Romano? Do
you think they're....going out???" Chuni said, peering over the counter
at Dr. Romano and Susan, who were busy eating dinner and laughing,
chatting the whole time.
"Wait! Remember the flowers? Who else do you think those were from?
Duh! It's Dr. Romano!!! How could we not have seen it?" Haleh said,
having figured out the connection between Susan, the flowers, and her
"secret admirer".
"Ooooo...have we got some good gossip to tell Randi and Jing-Mei at
work tomorrow!" Chuni said, raising her glass in a toast.
All three of them raised their glasses, thinking of ways to spread
their recent discovery of Susan's "secret" relationship around work........
________________________________________________
So, what's going to happen at work, now that the cat is out of the
bag??? Stay tuned for the next chapter (I promise I'll work on getting
it posted, since I'm such a lazy pile and I tend to procrastinate a
lot...)
Anyways, if your still reading this piece-of-crap story, thanks for
sticking it through!!!