September 27, 2001

Jing-Mei slammed the locker door. Being Chief Resident was hard, Especially on days like these. She couldn't even go to Mr. Carter's Funeral. She hoped John wasn't too upset about that. running the ER was harder than she thought it was going to be. She yawned as she walked through the finally slowed down ER.
"Have a good night, Dr. Chen." Lydia said.
"You too, Lydia." She smiled walking outside. Jing-Mei fumbled through her purse and found her car keys. She walked to her car and jumped when she saw John sitting on the hood of the car, "John what are you doing here?"
"I decided that I shouldn't drive cause Gamma and I drank a lot." He smiled to his fiancee.
"Yeah, I can smell you from here." Jing-Mei shook her head unlocking the door, "How was the funeral?"
"It was like a funeral." John said, "And of course my parents were their usual selves....mad that you didn't come." Jing-Mei growled.
"You told them why I couldn't make the wake right? I tried talking to your mother but well....you saw how backed up we were." she helped John into the car.
"it's okay. She was her bitchy self." John chuckled.
"I see." She chuckled getting into the car herself.
"Abby came to the wake." John said.
"Did she now?" Jing-Mei looked at him.
"jealous?" John chuckled.
"Why would I be jealous of Abby?" Jing-Mei snickered.
"Because Shes my friend." John closed his eyes.
"You're allowed to have female friends." she said, "I'm not Luka."
"What's that suppose to mean?" John asked.
"I can totally see how jealous Luka is because youre Abby's friend." Jing-Mei smiled.
"Is he really?" John asked.
"Oh come on." She said, "Tell me you see it."
"I guess..." John said. Jing-Mei chuckled as she drove down the street.
"I'm not jealous if that helps." she said, "You can have Abby as a friend." john chuckled softly.
`"Thanks." he yawned slightly.
"are you sure you're okay....about your grandfather?" Jing-Mei said. John ran his hand through his hair and nodded.
"Yeah...I'm okay." he said, "We were never really that close."
"I know...but he's your grandfather." She said. John sighed.
"I'm okay." he smiled.
"Good." She said, "Let's get you home and washed up. You stink."
"I love you too, Deb." he laughed.