I was inspired to write this fanfic by the good people over at the
Television Without Pity site.
This fanfic is not based on one specific episode, but rather on a string of different plot lines we've seen over the years. I have always preferred Mary to Lucy in the 7th Heaven series, but lately the writers have turned her into such a bimbo that she's ridiculed by everyone, most of all her family. This work is focused on Mary and I've tried to being some humanity back to her.
None of these characters belong to me, they are sole property of the WB or Brenda Hampton. Yadda, yadda, yadda…
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CHAPTER TWO
When Mary and her father reached the hospital, they found Annie frantically pacing up and down the hall of the intensive care ward.
As soon as she saw the two of them approaching, she ran to Mary and hugged her. But her affection didn't last, as she grabbed Mary's forearms, looked her in the eye and said angrily, "How could you have done something like this to your sister? Don't you ever think, Mary?"
"Please, keep your voice down, Annie. We'll have plenty of time to talk about this later. Right now, we need to focus on Lucy," said Eric in a soothing tone. He knew he had to calm his wife's anger. If she knew the whole story of what had happened tonight, there's no telling what she would do, even right here in the hospital.
"You're right," replied Annie all the while keeping her angry gaze fixed on Mary.
Just then, a doctor with blood-stained scrubs came bursting out of the IC unit. She came towards the Camdens while snapping off her rubber gloves, also covered with blood.
"Hi. I'm Doctor Glass. You're the Camdens, right?," without even waiting for a reply, the young doctor continued, "I've been looking after your daughter, Lucy. She's got a lot of internal bleeding and she's going to need emergency surgery. I'm just going to need you to sign a consent form before we send her up to the OR."
"Well, I'm not signing anything until Dr. Hastings gets here and explains everything to me!" shouted Annie angrily, attracting attention from the other families waiting in the hall. She continued, "I know nothing about your medical training, and besides you look pretty young to be here. What are you, an intern or something?" Annie turned to her husband and snapped "This is not the kind of person I want working on MY daughter!"
"Calm down Annie, calm down. I'm sure Hank will be here any minute. Until then, let's just listen to what Dr. Glass has to say. If she wasn't competent, she certainly wouldn't be here right now."
"Yeah, that's what you said about that doctor who tried to kill me and Matt too!" retorted Annie hotly.
"Well, the two of you can discuss my credentials all night if you want to. But the fact is, your daughter is lying on a bed in there bleeding to death. So the two of you had better make a decision. Like I said, there is severe internal bleeding and the ultrasound shows extensive damage to the right kidney. If we get her up to the OR fast enough, there's a good chance we can save your daughter, but in cases like these, every second counts."
"I don't care what she says," stated Annie angrily. "I refuse to listen to this inexperienced intern. When Hank gets here, I am going to make sure the whole hospital knows about how badly we were treated. How my daughter received second-rate care from lowly interns. This is a disgrace!"
"I only need one parent's signature," said Doctor Glass turning to look Eric in the eye. "If your daughter dies, it won't be the hospital that's responsible, but you."
Eric knew what he was risking going against his wife. But he figured the risk of losing Lucy was greater than Annie's wrath. He grabbed the paper and quickly signed where Dr. Glass indicated.
At this Annie became hysterical and started screaming at her husband, "Just what do you think you're doing! Since when do you know what's better for MY children than I do!"
Reverend Camden just turned away from his wife and went to sit on one of the benches with his head in his hands.
*****
Mary had backed away from her parents and the doctor once the discussion got heated. She had found an empty chair at the end of the hall and was trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible. She knew better than to approach her mother when she was like that. Her "mood swings," as the family liked to call them, had always been there. But it seemed they had gotten worse and more frequent since her mom had begun experiencing "changes."
As Mary was sitting in the chair, she couldn't stop thinking back about what had happened tonight. She knew that once her mother found out about her drinking tonight, she would never be forgiven. And maybe she was right. Everything had been her fault, after all. If she had never convinced Lucy to come to the party, the two of them would have been safely at home, doing homework or studying for finals.
"When did I get so stupid?" Mary thought to herself, "It seems like the only thing I'm good at, is screwing things up. Ever since high-school, all I've done is screw up my life. And now look what I've done, I've screwed up Lucy's too."
After her Mom's reaction tonight, Mary didn't think her Dad would risk telling Annie the truth about what really happened tonight. But she knew her mom would find out somehow, someday. Probably Ruthie would tell her. She had an uncanny way of knowing everyone's deepest darkest secrets. And she never hid anything from their mom.
Anyway, it wouldn't really matter if her mom knew the truth. Drinking or no drinking, it was Mary who had been behind the wheel, Mary who wrecked the car, Mary who had put her sister in the hospital. She knew that it was already too much for her mother and the rest of her family to forgive.
This fanfic is not based on one specific episode, but rather on a string of different plot lines we've seen over the years. I have always preferred Mary to Lucy in the 7th Heaven series, but lately the writers have turned her into such a bimbo that she's ridiculed by everyone, most of all her family. This work is focused on Mary and I've tried to being some humanity back to her.
None of these characters belong to me, they are sole property of the WB or Brenda Hampton. Yadda, yadda, yadda…
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CHAPTER TWO
When Mary and her father reached the hospital, they found Annie frantically pacing up and down the hall of the intensive care ward.
As soon as she saw the two of them approaching, she ran to Mary and hugged her. But her affection didn't last, as she grabbed Mary's forearms, looked her in the eye and said angrily, "How could you have done something like this to your sister? Don't you ever think, Mary?"
"Please, keep your voice down, Annie. We'll have plenty of time to talk about this later. Right now, we need to focus on Lucy," said Eric in a soothing tone. He knew he had to calm his wife's anger. If she knew the whole story of what had happened tonight, there's no telling what she would do, even right here in the hospital.
"You're right," replied Annie all the while keeping her angry gaze fixed on Mary.
Just then, a doctor with blood-stained scrubs came bursting out of the IC unit. She came towards the Camdens while snapping off her rubber gloves, also covered with blood.
"Hi. I'm Doctor Glass. You're the Camdens, right?," without even waiting for a reply, the young doctor continued, "I've been looking after your daughter, Lucy. She's got a lot of internal bleeding and she's going to need emergency surgery. I'm just going to need you to sign a consent form before we send her up to the OR."
"Well, I'm not signing anything until Dr. Hastings gets here and explains everything to me!" shouted Annie angrily, attracting attention from the other families waiting in the hall. She continued, "I know nothing about your medical training, and besides you look pretty young to be here. What are you, an intern or something?" Annie turned to her husband and snapped "This is not the kind of person I want working on MY daughter!"
"Calm down Annie, calm down. I'm sure Hank will be here any minute. Until then, let's just listen to what Dr. Glass has to say. If she wasn't competent, she certainly wouldn't be here right now."
"Yeah, that's what you said about that doctor who tried to kill me and Matt too!" retorted Annie hotly.
"Well, the two of you can discuss my credentials all night if you want to. But the fact is, your daughter is lying on a bed in there bleeding to death. So the two of you had better make a decision. Like I said, there is severe internal bleeding and the ultrasound shows extensive damage to the right kidney. If we get her up to the OR fast enough, there's a good chance we can save your daughter, but in cases like these, every second counts."
"I don't care what she says," stated Annie angrily. "I refuse to listen to this inexperienced intern. When Hank gets here, I am going to make sure the whole hospital knows about how badly we were treated. How my daughter received second-rate care from lowly interns. This is a disgrace!"
"I only need one parent's signature," said Doctor Glass turning to look Eric in the eye. "If your daughter dies, it won't be the hospital that's responsible, but you."
Eric knew what he was risking going against his wife. But he figured the risk of losing Lucy was greater than Annie's wrath. He grabbed the paper and quickly signed where Dr. Glass indicated.
At this Annie became hysterical and started screaming at her husband, "Just what do you think you're doing! Since when do you know what's better for MY children than I do!"
Reverend Camden just turned away from his wife and went to sit on one of the benches with his head in his hands.
*****
Mary had backed away from her parents and the doctor once the discussion got heated. She had found an empty chair at the end of the hall and was trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible. She knew better than to approach her mother when she was like that. Her "mood swings," as the family liked to call them, had always been there. But it seemed they had gotten worse and more frequent since her mom had begun experiencing "changes."
As Mary was sitting in the chair, she couldn't stop thinking back about what had happened tonight. She knew that once her mother found out about her drinking tonight, she would never be forgiven. And maybe she was right. Everything had been her fault, after all. If she had never convinced Lucy to come to the party, the two of them would have been safely at home, doing homework or studying for finals.
"When did I get so stupid?" Mary thought to herself, "It seems like the only thing I'm good at, is screwing things up. Ever since high-school, all I've done is screw up my life. And now look what I've done, I've screwed up Lucy's too."
After her Mom's reaction tonight, Mary didn't think her Dad would risk telling Annie the truth about what really happened tonight. But she knew her mom would find out somehow, someday. Probably Ruthie would tell her. She had an uncanny way of knowing everyone's deepest darkest secrets. And she never hid anything from their mom.
Anyway, it wouldn't really matter if her mom knew the truth. Drinking or no drinking, it was Mary who had been behind the wheel, Mary who wrecked the car, Mary who had put her sister in the hospital. She knew that it was already too much for her mother and the rest of her family to forgive.