Please go easy on me with this fanfiction. It's my first fic on the web and
there might be some incorrect sentences or misspelled words in it, because
I'm only a 16-year old Dutch girl, who happens to be quite good at her
English but sometimes messes it up.
Thank you.
Things To Remember.
It was only just a week ago since Mark Greene, the beloved ER doc, had died from brain cancer. It had been so hard for Elizabeth and her family; luckily they received a lot support from their family and ER friends. Elizabeth knew that the fellow ER people were severely hurt by this loss, especially Carter. The other day they spoke to each other, mostly about Mark, in his good and his bad days. They laughed and cried. It was then when Carter asked Elizabeth if she would speak at Mark's funeral. Elizabeth had been thinking it over since she had arranged the funeral, she wasn't sure. There were so many things she wanted to tell him, and yet so many things she didn't know how to tell him. She started to think of her times with Mark, and it made her smile. She had decided.
And thus she now stood in front of the microphone, facing all her loved ones. She cleared her throat, breaking the silence. "Mark. there are so many things to remember. Good things, and bad things." She smiled, trying to hold back her tears. "You were an amazing doctor. You saved a lot of people, and they are all there with you, in thought. Mark, you always brought some humour in our so often stressful and hard job. That's what really created the sentence 'always look on the bright side of life'." She tried to smile, she saw Susan did. "You must remember the first day we really met, when I had to give a panel presentation? You accompanied me, but we missed it and landed in the middle of a wedding reception and danced the Tango. That was when I really was falling for you." She laughed, a bit nervously. Her thoughts were elsewhere, back on that night, dancing the Tango in his arms, having fun. "Mark, we always had fun. At the arcades or throwing snow balls at each other. And we had some difficult times." She swallowed the ball that was hanging in her throat. "That day when I was only babbling on about my problems with the malpractice while you had so much more to be worried about." She couldn't choke back her tears and let out a sob. She seemed to need someone to comfort her and Carter stepped forward and came next to her, putting his arm around her. "Are you alright?" he whispered so no one could hear. Elizabeth nodded and continued. "We went to every medical doctor in town, my God we went everywhere searching for an option." She was again having a hard time, Carter gently rubbed her back. She breathed out. "The second opinion turned out to be a good one, and it could succeed. And we thought it had." again a sob. Rachel placed her hand against her eyes. Chuny, standing close, placed her hand on Rachel's shoulder. "Mark. I still cannot find a way to apologise for the hard time I gave you afterwards. And Rachel." Rach looked up guiltily. Elizabeth looked at her for a second, then looked aside and continued. "I will never forgive myself. The horror when I found out your cancer was back. it's indescribable. You didn't want any more medication because it meant a few months extra to live, but also those months in bed being sick. You rather wanted to spend those few. months you had left with your family then laying in a bed." she sobbed and wiped her tears. "I loved our little time on Hawaii while also realising it was our last." She placed her hand on her mouth, breathing out heavily. Carter squeezed her shoulders. Elizabeth looked at the coffin and sighed. "Mark. I love you."
Things To Remember.
It was only just a week ago since Mark Greene, the beloved ER doc, had died from brain cancer. It had been so hard for Elizabeth and her family; luckily they received a lot support from their family and ER friends. Elizabeth knew that the fellow ER people were severely hurt by this loss, especially Carter. The other day they spoke to each other, mostly about Mark, in his good and his bad days. They laughed and cried. It was then when Carter asked Elizabeth if she would speak at Mark's funeral. Elizabeth had been thinking it over since she had arranged the funeral, she wasn't sure. There were so many things she wanted to tell him, and yet so many things she didn't know how to tell him. She started to think of her times with Mark, and it made her smile. She had decided.
And thus she now stood in front of the microphone, facing all her loved ones. She cleared her throat, breaking the silence. "Mark. there are so many things to remember. Good things, and bad things." She smiled, trying to hold back her tears. "You were an amazing doctor. You saved a lot of people, and they are all there with you, in thought. Mark, you always brought some humour in our so often stressful and hard job. That's what really created the sentence 'always look on the bright side of life'." She tried to smile, she saw Susan did. "You must remember the first day we really met, when I had to give a panel presentation? You accompanied me, but we missed it and landed in the middle of a wedding reception and danced the Tango. That was when I really was falling for you." She laughed, a bit nervously. Her thoughts were elsewhere, back on that night, dancing the Tango in his arms, having fun. "Mark, we always had fun. At the arcades or throwing snow balls at each other. And we had some difficult times." She swallowed the ball that was hanging in her throat. "That day when I was only babbling on about my problems with the malpractice while you had so much more to be worried about." She couldn't choke back her tears and let out a sob. She seemed to need someone to comfort her and Carter stepped forward and came next to her, putting his arm around her. "Are you alright?" he whispered so no one could hear. Elizabeth nodded and continued. "We went to every medical doctor in town, my God we went everywhere searching for an option." She was again having a hard time, Carter gently rubbed her back. She breathed out. "The second opinion turned out to be a good one, and it could succeed. And we thought it had." again a sob. Rachel placed her hand against her eyes. Chuny, standing close, placed her hand on Rachel's shoulder. "Mark. I still cannot find a way to apologise for the hard time I gave you afterwards. And Rachel." Rach looked up guiltily. Elizabeth looked at her for a second, then looked aside and continued. "I will never forgive myself. The horror when I found out your cancer was back. it's indescribable. You didn't want any more medication because it meant a few months extra to live, but also those months in bed being sick. You rather wanted to spend those few. months you had left with your family then laying in a bed." she sobbed and wiped her tears. "I loved our little time on Hawaii while also realising it was our last." She placed her hand on her mouth, breathing out heavily. Carter squeezed her shoulders. Elizabeth looked at the coffin and sighed. "Mark. I love you."