Well, that was about one month ago and today was the big day. My brother
got married. It was beautiful. The grass and the trees were as green as
could be. The ceremony was outside an old mansion. The sun was shining
bright and it was warm. I had the best seat in the house, right in the
front.
The music started playing and Abby started down the aisle with her mother
arm in arm. She looked so different than most of the times that I had seen
her. She was not in her scrubs or wearing sneakers. Her dress was really
pretty but I knew what it looked like since I had gone with her to pick it
out. My brother, standing ever so straight waiting for those "I dos,"
looked so different but I could not put my finger on it. There was
something about him that just did not look normal. It was not that he was
in his black and white suit and not his blue hospital scrubs, but something
that no one could see except for him.
Throughout the day I was not letting myself go unnoticed. I chatted away
with everyone including some of my cousin's doctor friends. Dr. Benton and
Dr. Corday were asking how I was doing. Dr. Corday's husband, Dr. Greene
was there too. I had a nice talk with Dr. Lewis during the dancing. I
thanked her for her support during my hospital visit. Carter had invited
everyone from the hospital that he knew and worked with in the past. Luka,
Carol, and Doug were just some of them. There were a lot of kids there.
Carol and Doug brought Tess and Kate. Rachel, Dr. Greene's daughter was
there also. Dr. Benton even brought Reese with him. I was glad to have them
to hang around with.
Although I liked hanging around with kids, we all decided that we would
have more fun hanging around with the "cool guys" As our little trademark;
we went around tapping people on the shoulder and then either pretending
that we didn't do anything and blaming on someone else. We had a lot of fun
playing around. The kids also pretended that we were sick and fall down to
the ground so that someone would have to help us. There was one incident
where I kept bent over and agonizing that my stomach hurt and that I
thought I was appendicitis, but they all knew that it was impossible for me
to have it again.
As people were leaving and the crowd was getting smaller and smaller by the
minute, Carter and Abby were saying their "good-byes" as people left. They
were getting ready to leave themselves. As they got ready to leave I had a
sinking feeling. I hoped that Carter would not forget something like he
always does. To my surprise it seemed like they weren't even going to say
goodbye to me. Crossing my fingers, I hoped that he wouldn't forget.
"Hey, aren't you forgetting something?" I had to remind them as they walked
by. Carter stopped, looked around, and started walking past me as if he
didn't realize what I was talking about. He stopped yet again and looked
like he was making sure he had done everything as he paced back and forth.
As his eyes lit up and a smile appeared on his face, he came running back
with his arms wide open and gave me a big hug. I had a feeling that he
wouldn't go away without saying good-bye to his little troublemaker.
"I told you that I would get you back." And oh, boy did he get me. I knew
that he would never leave without saying good-bye to his favorite and only
sister. And now there was another woman in the house to talk to about girl
things. And if I ever was sick or needed to go to the hospital again I knew
that I would never be alone.
