Chapter 9: Halloween
SCENE: JO AND ALEXS LOFT
(Amber sits at the table in her pajamas eating her eggs and bacon while Alex and Jo get ready)
Alex: Hey red or yellow tie?
Amber: (Too busy eating) The ugly one.
Alex: Jo! Red or yellow tie?
Jo: (In the bathroom) Mm. Why don't you compromise, go with orange? Hey, can you come help me with my dress?
Alex: What about blue?
(Alex walks to the bathroom where Jo pops up)
Jo: Boo!
(Amber turns to see Jo in her wedding dress wearing death makeup)
Jo: Seriously? You can't even pretend to be scared?
Alex: Nothing's scarier than my real life.
Amber: Or mine.
Alex: Oh yeah? I got half a dozen investors coming to see Pac North today. Gotta convince them to sink more money into it.
Jo: You found a janitor giving himself a CT scan. That place has nowhere to go but up.
Amber: Yeah, well that's neat but I've been hiding in my brother's loft because two nights ago I yelled out 'I don't want to marry you' to my boyfriend in front of all our friends and coworkers. That is scary.
(Amber chomps off a piece of bacon)
Jo: Hey, have you seen my wedding shoes?
Alex: Why are you wearing your wedding dress?
Jo: Uh, it's expensive. I'm gonna wear it every Halloween.
Alex: To work?
Jo: No. I have the day off. I'm gonna stay home, I'm gonna eat most of the candy, and scare all the trick-or-treaters.
(Alex and Jo kiss)
Alex: Love you.
Jo: (Eats a lollipop) Love you.
(Alex leaves the loft and Jo stands in front of Amber with a knowing look as she sucks on the lollipop)
Amber: What?
Jo: You know you can't avoid this forever, right? Eventually your gonna have to go back to your place which is also Andrew's.
Amber: And until then I will stay here and eat the candy with you.
Jo: No, you won't.
Amber: Yeah, it's my day off too.
Jo: You do know I work at the same place as you right? So, I know your scheduled to work today.
(Amber groans as she finishes her breakfast. Jo takes the empty plate and puts it in the sink)
Jo: All right time to get ready. Let's go.
Amber: (Whimpers) Please let me stay I am begging you. We can watch horror movies and scare the kids together you know how horrifying I can get.
Jo: I do but I also know when you're avoiding something and making it worse than it needs to be.
Amber: It can't get worse than this.
Jo: Amber, go to work, save lives, eat some candy if you can. And if you happen to run into the Italian have an honest conversation with him about why you don't want to get married, it's the least he deserves. (Points to the bathroom) Go!
Amber: (Groans) I hate it when your right.
(Amber gets up to take a shower with Jo smiling in victory while she sucks on the lollipop)
AN HOUR LATER AT THE RESIDENTS LOUNGE
(Amber stands between Levi and Taryn getting ready while they talk)
Levi: And then I reminded her that I'm going to Capitol Hill with Nico for Halloween, and she got all weird.
Taryn: She's sad you're not helping her hand out candy.
Levi: Well, that's what I thought, but then she asked me not to post pictures. She said a lot of our family follows me.
Taryn: She doesn't want them to know you still dress up for Halloween?
Levi: Yeah, if by 'still dress up for Halloween' you mean 'are gay,' then I think so.
Taryn: I thought she was cool with it.
Levi: Yeah. So, did I. (To Amber) You can answer this, how did your mom take it when you came out?
Amber: (Puts her coat on) She was okay with it.
Levi: Exactly see what I mean?
Amber: But she made my childhood a living hell so it was the least she owed me
Levi: (Sighs) Fair enough. I'm not gonna let her ruin Halloween. I'm gonna power through rounds so that I can leave early and meet Nico.
Taryn: Mm. What's your costume?
Levi: (Holds up a fake sword) It's a paladin. From "Dungeons & Dragons." (Amber narrows her eyes in confusion) It's a subclass of fighter who has the ability to heal wounds and cure diseases.
Taryn: So, it's a nerd suit.
(Amber chuckles as she walks away with Taryn)
Levi: They can detect evil.
Taryn: (Pretends to be intrigued) Oh. What about you?
Amber: It's a surprise I think you'll like it.
(Amber bumps into Andrew as he walks to the lounge dropping her stethoscope)
Andrew: (Picks up her stethoscope) Sorry here.
Amber: (Takes it and gets flustered) Thanks.
Taryn: (Feeling awkward) I-I'm gonna…
(Taryn walks away leaving the two of them in the hall)
Andrew: I missed you last night. And the night before.
Amber: (Sighs) Yeah, I figured after…that, you would put me on the couch and my brother's loft has a more comfortable one.
Andrew: (Nods in understanding) Yeah, we really got to get a new couch.
Amber: (Looks up hopeful) There's still a we?
Andrew: (Unable to answer) Um…I should get ready I have a case with Avery so…
Amber: Yeah, yeah, I'm on the pit so…
(Amber and Andrew walk away from each other awkwardly)
Amber: (Sighs) Damn it.
AN HOUR LATER AT THE BREEZEWAY
(Amber eats Halloween candy with Sam and Casey as they wait for a trauma with Teddy leading them)
Sam: Man, I love Halloween, it's the one of the two nights a year I get to binge on chocolate and not feel guilty about it.
Casey: What's the other night?
Sam: Valentine's Day.
Teddy: (Eats a mini-Twix) What about Christmas? It's a pretty sweet holiday.
Sam: I ate ham and tamales on Christmas, I lived in Florida so I couldn't hide the holiday weight behind coats.
Amber: Ha, it's the opposite for me, I eat candy almost every day and I never had a weight problem.
Sam: (Glares at Amber) I hate you.
(Two ambulances pull up and they get to it. Vic wheels out a man in a striped suit and blue tie with an ax on the left side of his chest)
Vic: Victor Tailor, 32-year-old male. BP is 90/70 vitals are all over the place. His wife rode with us.
(A woman dressed as Emily from Corpse Bride comes out hysterical)
Woman: Oh my god oh my god-
Teddy: What's your name?
Woman: E-Elizabeth.
Teddy: Okay Elizabeth we're gonna take good care of your husband. Karev, Bello take him to trauma one Parker set up the cath lab.
(Casey goes to cardio. The others go to trauma one)
Amber: How did this happen?
Elizabeth: (Freaking out) W-We were at the park we were talking to guests when Victor went to use the restroom. T-There was an ax throwing contest a-and one of them missed. I-Is he gonna be, okay?
Teddy: (Ultrasounds around the ax) We'll know for when we get a good look at his chest. Karev, what do you see?
Amber: I see a small hemoperitoneum around the chest cavity.
Sam: Small? How is that possible? He has an ax to his heart he should be dead.
Elizabeth: (Freaks out) Oh my god!
(Teddy and Amber glare at Sam who realized what she said)
Sam: But uh he isn't because we've got him and uh…
Teddy: Bello why don't you go up and book a chest x ray.
Sam: I can do that.
(Sam leaves the room)
Elizabeth: (Tears up) Y-You can fix him, right? You have to fix him! We just got married!
(Amber and Teddy look at each other)
Elizabeth: We dressed up like this and got married at the park it was a Halloween wedding.
Teddy: Okay ma'am I know your worried but our nurses are gonna take you to the waiting room while we work on your husband. Take her please.
(Nurse Helen takes a sobbing Elizabeth out of the trauma room)
Amber: (Inserts Epi) And I thought my brothers wedding was a mess.
MEANWHILE AT THE PEDS FLOOR
(Andrew, Jackson and Levi enter the dark room to two mother's arguing while their daughter is in bed)
Jackson: Excuse us. I'm sorry. Good morning. Dr. Schmitt's gonna go ahead and get us started today.
Levi: Mary Rose Hawkins-Garrett, age 11, diagnosed at months with xeroderma pigmentosum, making her unable to withstand UV light without risk of severe burns or skin cancer, which is why we have the curtains for protection.
Jackson: Okay. Mind if I go ahead and take a look?
Andrew: Mary Rose was admitted for second-degree burns on her arms, due to apparent UV exposure.
Lily: We don't know how it happened. I mean, she's never out in the sun without protective clothing and sunscreen.
Mary Rose: Where's Dr. Alex?
Jackson: You know what? Dr. Alex just started a new job at another hospital.
Anne: Oh. He's been her doctor since she was born. Did he quit because of the "hospital from hell" article?
Jackson: (Bends the truth) Something like that. (Observes the burns) So, by the looks of it, this UV exposures happened in the last couple days, certainly long enough for your arms to get infected. It's a large enough area that I think we'll need to debride in an operating room.
Lily: She needs surgery?
Jackson: You really don't know how this happened, huh?
Anne: No. We're careful. Dr. Karev knows.
Jackson: Okay.
Mary Rose: Will I be done in time to trick-or-treat? Halloween's the one night where all the kids are outside, and I can be with them without my stupid protective helmet.
Andrew: Oh, even if Dr. Avery and I work as fast as we possibly can, y-you're probably still gonna have to stay, uh, a night or-
Jackson: You know what? The hospital does have a pretty great Halloween party. I mean, it's got games and trick-or-treating. And we've got a really cool costume parade. And I'm pretty sure there's no helmet required. Is that right?
Andrew: Nope.
Jackson: Yeah. So, uh, how's that sound? Pretty good? (Mary Rose nods) All right. Well, Dr. DeLuca will go ahead and get you started, and I'll see you in a minute.
Lily: Thank you.
(Jackson and Levi walk away)
Levi: There's no party. Dr. Karev always assigned it to a resident, and he's not here anymore, so...
Jackson: So, you'll make sure it happens.
Levi: Oh, I have plans.
Jackson: I know. I just gave them to you.
(Levi is left annoyed at the task he was given)
LATER AT CT
(Amber and Teddy stand by as they wait for the scans to come up Maggie walks in)
Maggie: Hey what do we got?
Teddy: Penetrating trauma to the chest yet vitals are stable so far.
Amber: Which is weird since he has an ax to the heart. His wife the corpse bride said they got married today the same time there was an ax throwing contest.
Maggie: (Winces) Bad timing.
Teddy: More like catastrophic. (Her pager beeps) Damn it, trauma coming in, can you?
Maggie: Go I got this.
(Teddy leaves the room)
Amber: Man, this is just the kind of thing I needed today.
Maggie: Because it allows you to scrub in or because it's an excuse to avoid DeLuca after you brutally rejected his proposal.
(Amber gives Maggie a stank eye)
Maggie: Don't give me that look, you're the one who choose to yell out your refusal in front of the entire bar our coworkers go to.
Amber: (Sighs) How mad is he?
Maggie: Do you remember how mad I was when Jackson left me in the middle of the street by the woods in a fog and didn't come back at all?
Amber: Your still mad about that so yes.
Maggie: DeLuca is half that mad and honestly, I don't blame him.
Amber: (Groans) Why did I leave that damn voicemail? This never would have happened if I had just taken my sister to a strip club like I wanted.
Maggie: Oh! Scans are up. What do you see?
Amber: (Looks at the screens) The computer is obviously broken; the scans are backwards.
Maggie: (Grins) No they're not.
Amber: (Looks confused but realizes) No! He has dextrocardia?
Maggie: (Smiles) Yep, the reason the ax didn't hit his heart is because his heart is on the right side of his chest instead of the left.
Amber: (Smiles in joy) I have wanted to see this since med school.
Maggie: Every resident has. I love Halloween.
Amber: Same.
Maggie: All right, based on the scans he's got a small hemoperitoneum and pericardial effusion we'll have to take him to the O.R.
Amber: (Smiles) I'm on it, this is the best day of my life.
(Maggie chuckles as Amber skips out of the room)
LATER AT O.R. 3
(Jackson and Andrew work on Mary Rose in the dark)
Jackson: She is lucky, I mean that's a hell of a burn, but not quite past the dermis.
Andrew: (Deflecting) Yeah well just wait till she's older when she discovers love and happiness and disappointment and heartbreak. Those burns don't go away with surgery.
Jackson: I take it that things are still uneasy with She-Karev?
Andrew: If by uneasy you mean we haven't had an actual conversation since she blurted out loud how she didn't want to marry me in front of our friends then yes, it is very uneasy.
Jackson: Yeah, well what did you expect from a Karev that you proposed to?
Andrew: I didn't propose I just…I just wanted to know if we were ever gonna get there in the future but apparently Amber acted like she was in one of those horror movies she loves so much.
Jackson: Yeah, well for some marriage is a horror movie. I know I felt that way for a while.
Andrew: Yeah, but you still got married.
Jackson: And divorced.
Andrew: Still, Amber and I have been dating for a year now and she said she wants to commit but that she doesn't want the marriage that comes with it.
Jackson: Does commitment have to include marriage for you guys?
Andrew: (Sighs) No it doesn't but-
Jackson: And do you guys love each other?
Andrew: Of course, we do.
Jackson: And do you still want to be with her?
Andrew: …In spite of the fact that she humiliated me yes, I do.
Jackson: Then there's your answer, I guess. Gauze, please. (They stand up to wrap Mary Rose's arms) You know your girlfriend's history with her parents so maybe take that into account on why she doesn't want to get married.
(Andrew looks on in thought)
MEANWHILE IN O.R. 1
(Maggie works to drain the fluid out of the heart with Amber doing image guidance)
Amber: (Sighs in wonder) I never thought I would actually get to see a heart on the wrong side of the chest but here I am.
Maggie: I know it's beautiful. Okay I got the fluid out of the way and the bleeding is under control so the ax should be good to remove. Do you want to do the honors?
Amber: (Eyes wide) God yes.
(Amber slowly and carefully removes the ax from Victor's chest before handing it to a nurse)
Maggie: Good now you can tell me why you rejected your boyfriend's proposal while I get to work on repairing the pericardial effusion.
Amber: (Groans) He didn't propose, he was basically gaslighting me into trying to reconsider marriage to suit his own needs and wants.
Maggie: How so?
Amber: Well, he brought up a hypothetical scenario promising there would no real reaction and the moment I said no he was badgering me with questions on why I don't want to get married making it seem like I was the crazy one for wanting kids and a lifelong commitment but no marriage.
Maggie: Amber you and I both know DeLuca isn't the gaslighting type, he the type of guy who wants to show a woman he loves her in every way possible.
Amber: (Sighs) I know that but he can show me without marrying me that-that is out of the question Maggie.
Maggie: Why is that? What do you have against marriage?
Amber: (Scoffs) It's a barbaric custom that automatically places the woman as a someone else's property from being given away by her father to another person. It decreases your finances essentially leaving you broke for a ceremony that lasts a full hour. And then there's the divorce rates that are-
Maggie: (Knows she avoiding the real issue) Don't give me the rehearsed answer you read on an article tell me what you have against marriage?
Amber: (Tries to change the subject) How many cases of dextrocardia have you had? Because this seems-
Maggie: Amber, I like to think that we're friends as well as colleagues so I want you to know you can tell me anything. Plus, you gave me a sore butt so I think I got a hold over you for the rest of your life. Spill.
Amber: (Inhales and exhales) Maggie…marriage ruins lives' I'm not speaking cynically I'm speaking from experience watching my mother pick up the pieces of her life slowly and painfully due to her so-called husband leaving her. Marriage did that to her and it's the same for everyone else.
Maggie: I mean that's not how you feel about Jo and Alex.
Amber: They're the exception not the rule. I mean look at this guy he got axed at his wedding, he's lucky his heart wasn't in the normal position otherwise he would have made his wife a widow on their wedding day.
Maggie: Yeah, but you have to admit it was pretty romantic how they dressed up and got married. And I'm speaking after my disastrous relationship ended in a disastrous way.
Amber: The point is I don't want to get married to anyone. I have felt this way for as long as I have lived and that is not gonna change. I love Andrew DeLuca I do and I want to build a life with him but I don't want marriage on the table because of my mother's trauma from it.
Maggie: Okay you are justified to feel that way but you need to let DeLuca know that.
Amber: I did.
Maggie: No sweetie, you told him you didn't want to marry him.
Amber: (Groans as she realizes her mistake) I am such an idiot.
Maggie: Yeah, you really are. Kelly clamp.
(Amber hands her the clamp as they get to work)
LATER AT THE PIT
(Sam gets the labs from a woman in trauma with scratches all over her from running out of a corn maze. Amber spots her and rushes to her)
Amber: Excuse me, do you have an update?
Sam: Uh on your disastrous love life no sorry. But hey while you're waiting take these to the lab.
(Sam hands a confused Amber the labs)
Sam: Pits filling up fast so tell them to put a rush on it got it?
(Sam turns around as Amber looks at the bags in confusion)
LATER ON THE SURGICAL FLOOR
(Amber and Maggie review their post ops when Andrew and Jackson walk by them)
Amber: Hey just the person I was looking for.
Jackson: Can it wait? I've got a patient to check on.
Maggie: (Spiteful) Oh she was talking to DeLuca but thank you for letting us know that you're busy.
Jackson: (Annoyed) Ah meet me in Mary Rose's room when you're done.
Andrew: Yeah.
(Jackson leaves the floor)
Amber: Can we go somewhere private and talk?
Andrew: Yeah.
CUT TO THE DOCTORS LOUNGE
(Amber closes the door behind them and shuts the blinds turning to Andrew)
Amber: Okay so I think we got off on the wrong foot that night and I said something that you took out of context.
Andrew: How so?
Amber: Well, I said I didn't want to marry you-
Andrew: (Hurt look) Yeah, I remember that too well.
Amber: Yeah, but I need to apologize not just for yelling it out loud in that bar but for how I made you think that it was solely about you. And so, I want to explain to you what I meant that night, can you let me do that?
Andrew: (Crosses arms) I'm listening.
Amber: Okay…when I told you that I didn't want to marry you I meant I didn't want to marry anyone ever.
(Andrew's hurt lessen as he listens attentively)
Amber: I have felt that way for a long time Andrew I felt that way before we met, before we got together and nothing changed that during the time, we've been together.
Andrew: You didn't feel that way when you left that voicemail.
Amber: Yeah, when I was hammered to the point of having mush brain. I was out of my faculties that night I didn't know what I was saying.
Andrew: I get that and I get that your parents had a horrible marriage but-
Amber: If you get it then you wouldn't be dragging this on. Andrew, you know the story of my parents, marriage trapped my mother with a man who abused her and her kids. And if you recall it tied your mom to someone who was mentally unstable. I am trying not to be like my parents.
Andrew: Yeah, and I'm trying not to be like mine too but…we're not our parents Amber we're us.
Amber: Yes, exactly we are us and what we have is so good, it's perfect even and I don't want to change that. Can't we just continue what we are for now?
Andrew: Amber…I want to move forward. I love you and I'm not saying I want to get married today I just…I just need to know if it's ever gonna happen someday.
Amber: (Holds Andrew's hands) Andrew…you were the first person who ever made me feel loved. You are the first person who showed me what it was like to love and I want to build a life with you…but I just can't marry you.
(Andrew nods in understanding with a sad look on his face)
Amber: Please respect me on this.
Andrew: (Sighs) Okay.
Amber: Thank you.
(Amber leans forward and kisses Andrew gratefully)
MEANWHILE AT THE PIT
(After surgery Koracick goes to the pit and finds labs discarded on an empty bed. He picks it up disgusted by the carelessness)
Koracick: Bello!
Sam: (Sam runs to him) Yes Dr. Koracick?
Koracick: What is this? I found these labs discarded on a bed.
Sam: (Looks at them confused) I-I gave those to She-Karev sir I swear.
Koracick: Which She-Karev? I'm calling them 1 and 2, 1 being the attending and 2 being the resident.
Sam: Um 2 sir.
Koracick: (Smiles) Perfect this day has made me want to yell at someone and this gives me ammo on 2, show me where she is.
Sam: (Regrets doing this to Amber) Yes sir.
CUT TO THE SURGICAL FLOOR
(Amber and Andrew leave the lounge and are spotted by Koracick and Sam)
Koracick: Hey 2!
Amber: (Rolls her eyes) What is it?
Koracick: I know that residents are essentially babies with MD's but this (Holds the labs) this is incompetence taken to a whole new level.
Andrew: What are those?
Koracick: These are the labs 2 was supposed to bring up to path but instead she left them on a bed and went about to do whatever it is she did.
Amber: (Confused) What are you talking about? I wasn't given any labs.
Sam: I approached you at the pit like two hours ago, I gave them to you and told you to put a rush on it.
Amber: (More confused) No you didn't.
Sam: Yes, I did.
Amber: (Frustrated) No you didn't.
Koracick: Well, she says you did and unlike you Bello can actually do basic resident orders.
Amber: (Insulted) Listen to me, you egotistical psycho I haven't been in the pit since this morning you can check the O.R. log I was on a case with Pierce two hours ago. Now if you'll excuse me I have post ops to check so whatever this is I'm walking away from it.
(Amber turns and bumps into a woman carrying a coffee that spills to the ground)
Amber: (Groans) Sorry.
(Amber looks up and sees a woman that looks exactly like her standing in front of them, the only difference is her hair is down while Amber's hair is up. Amber stands there with wide eyes and no words as does her look alike)
Sam: (Mind boggled) P-Please tell you are seeing this too.
Koracick: (Equally shocked) If you mean am I seeing two incredibly attractive women who look alike then yes.
Andrew: (Eyes wide) What is going on? What am I looking at?
(Amber starts to lose consciousness and faints but Andrew catches her)
CUT TO BLACK
SCENE: PATIENT ROOM
(Amber slowly wakes up to find Andrew looking at her with worry)
Andrew: Amber can you hear me? Are you okay?
Amber: (Wakes up) Yeah, I just had the strangest dream, I dreamt-
Koracick: That you were face to face with a woman who looks exactly like you?
Amber: (Looks up to see Koracick and Sam in the room) Yeah how did you know?
(Koracick and Sam move sideways to reveal the look alike behind them)
Amber: (Freaks out) Whoa God!
(Amber leaps out of bed and grabs a bed pan ready to defend herself in the corner)
Andrew: (Tries to calm her down) Amber, Amber it's okay, it's okay-
Amber: (Still freaking out) What is this?! What am I seeing?!
Sam: (Eyes wide from the outburst) Dr. Amber Karev meet Elizabeth Tailor, your patient's wife from this morning.
(Amber stands there shocked until she realizes who she is)
Amber: Corpse Bride?
Elizabeth: Yeah, I guess you didn't see the similarity with the blue makeup and blue wig.
Andrew: (Gently grabs bedpan) Amber, I got it, I got you, okay?
(Amber calms down and lets him take the bed pan)
Amber: A-Am I…are we…?
Koracick: No, you're not I did a blood test while you were out cold and you two amazingly are not related.
Amber: (Confused) Then how-
Sam: Do you know how there are case studies that show you have at least one person in this world you share all eight facial features with? (Demonstrates Elizabeth) This is your one person.
Amber: …This is so freaky.
Andrew: Yeah, tell me about it.
Amber: Wait why are you in scrubs then?
Elizabeth: I wanted to change out of my costume and a nurse offered me this. I-I've been running all over the hospital trying to get someone to get me an update on Victor but-
Amber: Nobody has told you?
Elizabeth: (Crying) No is he okay? Please tell me if he's okay.
Amber: (Stands in front of her) He's okay, he's out of surgery I'll take you to him come on.
(Amber leads a distressed Elizabeth to the ICU with the others left behind still shocked)
Koracick: (Chuckles) I can't believe God made two of them, do you think the corpse bride has a thing for older men?
Andrew: (Groans) Gross.
Sam: Yeah, seriously read the room, Dr. Koracick.
(Andrew and Sam leave in disgust with Koracick left confused)
Koracick: What?
LATER IN THE ICU
(Amber stands outside Victor's room with Elizabeth shocked at how he was still alive)
Elizabeth: Victor is fine? H-He had an ax to his chest.
Amber: Yes, but he has dextrocardia, his heart is on the right side of his chest so the ax missed it completely. But even so he needs to rest for several weeks or so, he should wake up anytime now.
Elizabeth: (Sniffles) God, we just got married, how did this happen?
Amber: Terrible aim?
(Amber looks at Elizabeth as she shudders in relief and anxiety before getting an idea on how to cheer her up)
Amber: Elizabeth, are you a fan of Stephen King movies?
Elizabeth: (Narrows her eyes) Um yeah Victor and I have a King Binge once every year. We even thought of dressing up as Carrie and her date but decided Burton was better, why?
Amber: (Chuckles and puts her hair down to match Elizabeth) Because I think I have something that might distract you.
LATER AT THE LAB
(Levi sits at a table making a sunflower costume for a kid when his phone beeps getting a text from Amber saying, 'Need u, meet me at the lounge)
Levi: (Sighs) So much for leaving early today.
CUT TO THE THIRD FLOOR
(Levi walks out of the elevator surprised to see that it's empty)
Levi: What the hell? Hello?! Is anyone here?!
(Levi walks uncertainly out of the elevator past the station and takes a left to the lounge only to stop at the sight of Amber and Elizabeth ten feet away holding hands wearing the same scrubs with a blank look on their faces)
Amber and Elizabeth: (Creepy voice) Hello Levi.
Levi: (Stands frozen in fear and gets scared) W-W-What is this?
Amber and Elizabeth: (Creepy voice) Come play with us.
Levi: (Breathes heavily) This is not happening, this is not happening, this is not happening.
Amber and Elizabeth: (Walk slowly towards him) Come play with us Levi, forever…
(Levi gasps and walks backwards as they get closer tripping and fall on his butt before crawling backwards as they continue)
Amber and Elizabeth: And ever, and ever.
Levi: (Screams as he continues to crawl too afraid to stand up) No please! I don't want to play with you!
(Amber breaks character and cackles while Elizabeth pulls away laughing as well. The doors open revealing the doctors and nurses on the floor coming out most of them laughing as well. Sam, Taryn and Casey come out of the lounge laughing and holding a video camera)
Amber: (Still laughing) Oh my god you should see your face right now!
(Amber continues laughing as she helps Levi up who looks at her confused)
Sam: Best Halloween prank ever!
Casey: (Holds the camera while smiling) You've really outdone yourself Karev, this is gonna go viral!
Amber: (Bows) Why thank you all.
Elizabeth: (Smiling) Oof you were right this was fun; I can't wait till Victor finds out.
Levi: (Confused) W-What is going on here?
Taryn: Your best friend punked you, keep up.
Levi: (Looks at Amber and Elizabeth back and forth) H-H-How are you-
Amber: She is my doppelganger apparently. Levi Schmitt meet Elizabeth Tailor.
Levi: (Still stares at them) Hi. How could you do that to me?! I think I actually peed myself!
Amber: Gross. Come on Levi it's all in the name of Halloween I saw an opportunity when my patient's wife happened to look exactly like me, you would do the same.
Levi: No, I wouldn't!
Amber: Yeah, your right you wouldn't but I did.
(Amber laughs again along with Elizabeth)
Levi: (Still mad) Mean! You are both mean!
(Levi storms out of the floor with Amber and Elizabeth still laughing)
Elizabeth: Do you think he'll be okay?
Amber: He'll be fine he's just gonna have nightmares for the next several weeks or months.
Sam: (Chuckles) Man I love Halloween.
LATER AT THE ICU
(Andrew enters Victor's room to check on him slightly unsettled by Elizabeth's presence)
Andrew: Elizabeth?
Elizabeth: (Chuckles) Yes, I feel like I should've kept the costume on you're the third person who thought I was that doctor.
Andrew: Yeah well, the resemblance is very uncanny. I just came by to check on your husbands' vitals.
(Andrew looks at the monitor when Elizabeth speaks up)
Elizabeth: You know he didn't believe in marriage either.
Andrew: (Turns to face her) What?
Elizabeth: The nurses and doctors here talked to me like I was Amber and from what I could tell she rejected you because she didn't want to get married is that right?
Andrew: Yeah, that's about right. She thinks marriage is a death sentence due to how she grew up.
Elizabeth: Yeah, it was the same for Victor. His parents split up when he was five, it was messy and scary. They would each steal weekends from each other not because they wanted to spend time with Victor but so they could spite each other. I've been with him since we were sophomores in high school so I witnessed it firsthand and saw how it made him cynical towards marriage.
Andrew: He still married you though, so what happened?
Elizabeth: (Sighs) I kept expecting him to propose to me after we graduated college, after we've been together for six years. Every dinner we took every stroll in the park I practiced crying and saying yes for that moment I thought was gonna come but it didn't for two years. When I knew he wasn't gonna marry me I broke it off with him…I thought our relationship was gonna go nowhere without getting married. But then I got a call about a year ago from my sister, she was in the ICU…after her husband had beaten her so bad that her jaw was dislocated.
Andrew: I'm sorry about that.
Elizabeth: Yeah, so was I…do you know what I realized at that moment? I realized that Victor was more of a husband to me not being married than most real husbands are ever gonna be. I told him that after my sister got better and I knew that I didn't want to be married. (Holds Victor's hand) I just wanted him. (Chuckles) And he finally proposed to me a week later. He said that when he realized I wouldn't love him less if we didn't get married…that's when he knew he had to be my husband. And so, we decided to have a Halloween wedding, dressed as Victor and Emily and after we said our vows he got hit with an ax. I wonder what that says about our future.
Andrew: (Grins) Maybe it's a good story to tell the grandkids.
Elizabeth: (Chuckles) Yeah, I highly doubt their gonna think of us as boring after that.
(They quiet down when Victor groans as he slowly wakes up)
Victor: Lizzie?
Elizabeth: Hey, it's me. I'm right here I'm not going anywhere.
Victor: Was I hit with an ax?
Elizabeth: (Chuckles) Yeah but your okay, your heart is on the other side of your chest thank God. At least we have a wedding we'll never forget right?
(Victor grins before Elizabeth kisses him causing Andrew to leave the room)
LATER THAT NIGHT AT THE RESIDENTS LOUNGE
(Levi stands in front of his cubby getting ready for the parade when he feels a tap on his shoulder. He turns around and yelps when he sees Ghostface from Scream in front of him. Ghostface lets out a female laugh)
Amber: (Takes mask off reveling her smile) My god you are way too easy!
Levi: (Gulps) I hate you, why are you dressed like a demon?
Amber: Uh I think you mean why am I dressed like an iconic horror movie figure? Have you never seen Scream?
Levi: Nobody around here watches as many horror movies as you, if they did, they would be seriously deranged just like you.
Amber: Whatever this costume is a classic and I think the kids are gonna love it.
Levi: I think you'll give the kids another reason to stay at the hospital.
Amber: (Puts her mask on and notices Levi's sunflower costume) No nerd suit?
Levi: I felt more like a sunflower today, unlike you who feels like a psycho.
(Levi walks past Amber who fake lunges at him causing him to yelp)
Levi: (Scared) Oh my god.
(Amber shakes her head before her phone rings)
Amber: (Answers it) Yeah?
Alex: Hey are you busy?
Amber: Um the costume parade is about to start why?
Alex: Me and Jo are going to the courthouse and we want you to join us.
Amber: (Confused) Courthouse why? (Realizes) No! it's finally happening?!
Alex: Yep, and we want you to be our witness.
Amber: I-Yes! Absolutely I will be there! Wait why do you want me there?
Alex: Jo wants you there and I figured if I invited you to two out of three of my weddings, you'll finally shut up about the first one you missed.
Amber: (Quickly grabs her purse) No promises I will be there as soon as I can bye.
(Amber quickly heads out of the lounge)
CUT TO THE COURTHOUSE
(Amber runs down the hall in her costume before finally finding Jo and Alex as they are next in line to get married)
Amber: Did I miss it?
Alex: No, you didn't, we're next. Nice costume
Jo: (Chuckles at her costumes) I see I'm not the only one who decided to dress up scary for Halloween.
Alex: No, she's just the only one who actually looks scary.
Amber: (Flattered) Thank you.
Judge: Next!
Jo: Oh! It's our turn let's go!
(They head to the flower arch where a man stands under it on his podium. The judge looks at the three of them confused)
Judge: Which of you is getting married?
Amber: These two are I'm just the witness, you won't even know I'm here. It'll be like I'm actually Ghostface.
Judge: …Okay, names?
Jo: Josephine Alice Karev or I guess it's still Wilson. We uh we got married last year but forgot to mail in the license-
Amber: Which is amazingly stupid. (Alex and Jo look at her) Right your day not mine, continue.
Alex: And now we're here to rectify that mistake so we can actually be husband and wife in the eyes of the law so let's get to it. My name is Alexander Michael Karev by the way.
Judge: Very well then. We are here to celebrate the marriage vows on this Thursday of October 31, 2019, between: Alexander Michael Karev and Josephine Alice Wilson. A marriage is a ceremony of expressed love, and it also represents one of life's greatest commitments conducted in a public and meaningful manner. Please join hands, face this direction and affirm that you do.
(Jo and Alex face each other with Amber by Jo's side still wearing her costume)
Judge: Do you Alexander Michael Karev take Josephine Alice Wilson to be your lawful wedded wife, and will you pledge to her your love and honor, your faithfulness and tenderness, and promise to cherish and care for her according to the laws of man and the ordinance of God in the Holy Bond of Matrimony?
Alex: (Smiles) I do.
Judge: Do you Josephine Alice Wilson take Alexander Michael Karev to be your lawful wedded husband, and will you pledge to him your love and honor, your faithfulness and tenderness, and promise to cherish and care for him according to the laws of man and the ordinance of God, in the Holy Bond of Matrimony?
Jo: (Smiles) I super do.
Judge: Please recite your vows after me, I Alexander Michael Karev…
Alex: I Alexander Michael Karev…
Judge: …take Josephine Alice Wilson to be my wife…
Alex: …take Josephine Alice Wilson to be my wife…
Judge: …to have and to hold from this day forward…
Alex: …to have and to hold from this day forward…
Judge: …for better or worse…
Alex: …for better or worse…
Judge: …for richer or poorer…
Alex: …for richer or poorer…
Judge: …in sickness and in health…
Alex: …in sickness and in health…
Judge: …to love, to honor, and to cherish…
Alex: …to love, to honor, and to cherish…
Judge: …till death do us part.
Alex: …till death do us part…
(Amber smiles behind the mask)
Judge: (To Jo) Now you repeat after me; I Josephine Alice Wilson…
Jo: (Smiles) I Josephine Alice Wilson…
Judge: …take Alexander Michael Karev to be my husband…
Jo: …take Alexander Michael Karev to be my husband…
Judge: …to have and to hold from this day forward…
Jo: …to have and to hold from this day forward…
Judge: …for better or worse…
Jo: …for better or worse…
Judge: …for richer or poorer…
Jo: …for richer or pregnant…
(Amber hears the last word and takes her mask off revealing her shocked face)
Alex: (Shocked) What?
Amber: What?
Jo: I'm pregnant.
(Alex and Amber stand there frozen in shock)
Jo: (Laughs) Scared you! I got you so good.
Amber: (Shakes her head) What? You're not pregnant?
Alex: (Smiles) Wait. You're not pregnant?
Jo: (Amused) No. Oh, my God, you should've seen your face.
Amber: (Pissed) Oh my god! You had better give me a niece or nephew after this I am not kidding.
Judge: (Clears his throat)
Jo: (Stops laughing) Sorry. I'm sorry.
(Amber puts her mask back on to hide her disappointment over not becoming an aunt as they continue)
Jo: For richer or poorer…
Judge: …in sickness and in health…
Jo: …in sickness and in health…
Judge: …to love, to honor, and to cherish…
Jo: …to love, to honor, and to cherish…
Judge: …till death do us part.
Jo: …till death do us part.
Judge: Now exchange the rings.
(They exchange rings)
Jo: Are you sure you want to do this officially? Because there's no backing out now.
Alex: I didn't back out when we weren't legally married and I won't back out once we are that I promise you.
Judge: May the circles of your wedding rings remind you of your unending love for each other. They are tokens of love and faithfulness and symbols of eternity. Please repeat after me: With this ring I thee wed.
Jo: With this ring I thee wed.
Alex: With this ring I thee wed.
Judge: By the power vested in me by the state of Washington, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
(Alex and Jo kiss to solidify their marriage with Amber clapping at their marriage finally being legalized)
LATER THAT NIGHT AT ANDREW AND AMBERS APARTMENT
(Amber enters the apartment in her costume and finds Andrew on the table studying looking up amused at her)
Andrew: (Chuckles) Is this the part where you stab me with a knife?
Amber: (Takes her mask off) I think I've done that enough the past few days. Sorry I'm late I had to go to Alex and Jo's wedding.
Andrew: What?
Amber: (Sits across from Andrew) Yep, they went to the courthouse to finally legalize their marriage. I came as a witness to their loving union, partly so I don't hold it over my brother that I missed his first wedding.
Andrew: And did it work?
Amber: No, I'm still holding it over him, he should've known that before inviting me.
Andrew: (Chuckles) Well I'm glad you went…listen I respect that you have your opinions over marriage I do and-
Amber: (Thinks he's breaking up with her) Andrew, I'm the same person that I was before that voicemail, I love you and I want to be with you. The only difference is that you know that I can't give you what you want.
Andrew: Your what I want, our life together is what I want. I do want to get married someday that much I know but…I also want you. Amber, you need to know that I'm not gonna love you less if you decide that you don't want to get married.
Amber: (Surprised) So you would be willing to throw marriage off the table for me? Because three days ago you had a completely different opinion. What changed?
Andrew: I uh took some advice from your clone and took a hard look into our past together and I realized that even without marriage you are still willing to commit to me. I mean knowing that you're willing to move in with me and have kids with me it's…it's more than enough for me.
Amber: Are you sure? I need you to be sure.
Andrew: I am sure that I want you. I am sure that I want us to break our family pattern and love each other and have a future together, no matter what it looks like. That I am sure of.
Amber: (Touched) You know…seeing Alex and Jo getting married made me think that they're the exception to my views of marriage. It got me to thinking about us and how we made it through so many obstacles and we're here living in your apartment loving each other and committing to each other. It…it got me thinking that maybe we're the exception too.
Andrew: (Eyes widen in shock) Are you saying you changed your mind?
Amber: (Exhales) Look I'm not saying that I want to get married I just…I just think that maybe, maybe someday might be an option.
Andrew: Maybe? Okay I can work with maybe…and until then I am more than fine with what we have now.
Amber: (Grins and kisses Andrew) Hey, Halloween isn't over for another couple of hours, what do you say we celebrate with the time we have left?
Andrew: (Intrigued) What do you have in mind?
Amber: Well, I can get my sexiest costume and you can have your way with me for the rest of halloween, what do you say?
Andrew: (Grins) I like that idea very much.
Amber: Good I'll meet you in the bedroom.
(Amber puts her mask back on causing Andrew alarm)
Andrew: What are you doing?
Amber: This is my sexiest costume. I'll be wearing it while you do what you want with me.
Andrew: (Chuckles) No I am not; this is nobody's fantasy.
Amber: (Leans toward Andrew in full costume) Well it's mine, come on kiss me.
Andrew: No, I am not kissing you in that.
Amber: (Teases) Come on kiss me.
(Andrew laughs before standing up and going to the bathroom with Amber following him in her costume)
Amber: Just one kiss come on!
Andrew: (Amused) Get away from me or I am gonna call the cops and say a crazy lady in a Ghostface costume tried to seduce me.
Amber: It's probably the least insane thing they've heard today.
(Andrew laughs and closes the bathroom door with Amber inside as well)