May 10, 2001
Jing-Mei laid on her couch with a glass of white wine in her hand. The lights were dimmed. She needed to relax. Tonight had been nerves wrecking. First Kerry tells her that she might not get a chance to be chief of staff and then She had to have a case with a mentally slow woman who lost her brother. Jing-Mei took a slug of the wine and closed her eyes. She heard the front door open.
"Man...You missed a great game, Sweety." John said walking in. He was sweaty and dirty. "We totally killed Maintenance. Why is it so dark in here? Abby got a triple and put us over. Luka actually made it on base. Luckily, Malucci hit a homerun and we won. It was so fun and you should have-" John stood above the couch. "Deb, are you okay?"
"I'm just peachy." She said with a few tears escaping from her eyes. "My career is a joke...not...Everyone around me is a joke." John said down next to her.
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked. Jing-Mei shook her head and started to cry. John wrapped his arms around her pulling her close to him.
"I might n-not get to t-take th-the chief p-postion." She said into his chest.
"What? Why?" John asked rubbing her back.
"Because I took maternity leave and didn't get enough hours and probably wont. I sort of snapped at Weaver." Jing-Mei said sniffling into his sweaty shirt.
"She knows you're a terrific doctor and you'll get the position."
"You're not mad that i'm going for it are you?" She asked.
"Absolutely not. This is what you've been striving for your whole medical career. You have what it takes to be in charge." John said. Jing-Mei smiled.
"Thanks, john." She said, "Oh, Hon?"
"Yeah?"
"Take a shower. You reek." Jing-Mei smiled.
May 11, 2001
The sunlight cascaded down on Jing-Mei. She snuggled into John's naked chest. She smiled slightly. This was heaven. All her problems seemed to fade when she was with snuggled with John. The doorbell rang and she jumped slightly.
"Mmph...Go get it." John mumbled waking up slightly. Jing-Mei sat up and grabbed her bathrobe. Jing-Mei slowly walked to the door as she tied the robe.
"Who is it?" She asked running her hand through her hair.
"Jing-Mei, it's your mother." Jing-Mei's heart stopped. Oh my god. She had a naked john in the other room.
"Mom...W-What are you doing here?" Jing-Mei asked raising her voice hoping John could hear her.
"Can I come in?" Jing-Mei quickly opened the door.
"Sorry, Mom." She said. Mrs. Chen eyed her daughter up and down.
"You're not dressed. Its nine am and your not dressed?" She asked walking into the apartment.
"I ah...I had a late night." She said, realizing she hadn't seen her mother since she was pregnant. "Mom, what are you doing here?"
"Can't I come see my daughter?" Mrs. Chen asked.
"You've never come over for a visit before. You've never even been here since Dad bought it." Jing-Mei said crossing her arms.
"I heard about your son." She said.
"Direct and to the point. What about Michael?" Jing-Mei asked. Mrs. Chen shrugged.
"Giving him up for adoption. Give Chen blood up for adoption." Jing-Mei couldn't help but to laugh.
"You were so quick to dismiss him when you found out he was part black. What happened to make you change your mind?"
"Nothing has changed my mind. I still feel the same way, Jing-Mei." Mrs. Chen said, "but you should have kept him. He was your child."
"God, Mom. I couldn't have done it by myself. I couldn't have been a single mother with my job." Jing-Mei said, "I do regret it sometimes, mom, now that I have J-...Never mind I need to go get dressed. Sit down or something."
"All right." Jing-Mei dashed down the hallway and burst into her room.
"My mother is here. Get dressed." John jumped out of bed.
"What!?" He cried. Jing-Mei threw her hand over his mouth.
"My mother is here." Jing-Mei said throwing clothes at him. "God I feel like a sixteen-year-old." John quickly put his pants on almost catching himself in the fly.
"Oh god. Oh god. What are we going to do?"
"I...I don't know." Jing-Mei said throwing her clothes on, "Maybe we can tell her that your were here cleaning something...or or fixing something."
"I was fixing your shower." He said.
"No! I was wearing a robe. She'd get on me about how un-lady like that is when you have male company." Jing-Mei said starting to stress, "Oh god."
"Let's just tell her." John said.
"She'll disown me."
"She already did with Michael." John said. Jing-Mei stared at him. Her heart thumped loudly.
"Shit." She cursed. John smiled weakly.
"Jing-Mei!!" Mrs. Chen called out. Jing-Mei bit her lip. John took her hand in his.
"Come on." John said trying to look brave. Jing-Mei shivered slightly as John pulled her out into the hallway. Mrs. Chen stood up when saw John and Jing-Mei coming. "Hello Morning, Mrs. Chen." He flashed her a smile.
"Good morning John." She said quietly. Mrs. Chen looked at her daughter, "Jing-Mei? What is John doing here?"
"We...We live together. We're in love and...Yeah." Jing-Mei said nervously. "We've been seeing each other for a few weeks and its nice. He makes me feel happy for once."
"Are you two getting married?" Mrs. Chen asked.
"Someday maybe." John said. Jing-Mei smiled shyly. Mrs. Chen grabbed her purse and jacket. She stood up and walked to the door.
"Mom, Where are you going?"
"Home." She said, "I believe you, Jing-Mei. All I ask is for you to be with an Asian man. You're Asian."
"I'm American." Jing-Mei said.
"First having an illegitimate child with a black man and now this." She said opening the front door. "I can't believe you Jing-Mei."
"Don't you like John??" Jing-Mei asked.
"As a friend. Not as anything more." She shook her head.
"Fine, Mom. Go. I really don't care what you think anymore." Jing-Mei said. "I'm happy with how my life is going now. I am happy at where am I right now. I love John and nothing you can say or do will change that so just leave." Mrs. Chen stared at her daughter for a moment before turning and leaving. John and Jing-Mei watched her get in the car and drive away with out another word. "I can't believe that woman. Can't she just be happy that I'm happy?"
"Maybe...It'll take sometime to get used to." John said, "I am a pretty lovable man."
"She just makes me SO angry sometimes." Jing-Mei said. John wrapped his arms around Jing-Mei.
"You have me and I have you and that's all that matters right now. We have a life together, a very happy life together and it'll only get better." John said. "I love you more then I ever thought possible, Deb." Jing-Mei smiled blushing ever so slightly.
"I love you too, John." She said touching his cheek, "and you're right. All that we need right now is each other." She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him close, "I couldn't imagine myself with anyone but you, John. You're my world." John smiled resting his cheek against hers.
"You're my everything, Deb."
