An All American Love Story
Ch. One: "I'm Fine"
Ok all.here we go. let's make this quick. No I don't own anything and no I don't believe that I am ripping anything off from anything {if I cam let me know} I just hope you all are patient with me and enjoy the story. This is just a little off from what happened on the real show {since otherwise Romano would be dead and we wouldn't have a story.} but regardless of that, I hope you just go with it.
It was a colder night than usual. But then again Chicago winters seemed to get colder every year. Elizabeth had the night shift and she was just about to leave home. "I put the trash out, I have my purse, I called the sitter." Elizabeth talked to herself as she went through her checklist. She had always done silly little things like that ever since she was young. Once she finally got down to leaving she realized that she was going to be late.
"Damn" she said as the El-train stalled again. The drivers had wanted to go slowly because of all the ice that had accumulated on the track, yet this had caused it to stall four times already, turning a five minute train ride into a thirty minute disaster. She was almost running down the stairs of the station once she got off of the train. The frigid wind ripped across her face and painfully stung her eyes. As the sight of the ambulance bay came into her vision she took off at an all out run. Elizabeth concentrated on avoiding the snow yet she forgot about the ice. As soon as she reached the entrance of the ambulance bay she was launched backwards as her feet slipped out from under her body. She hit the pavement with a smack. "Bloody hell!" A cold sing resonated throughout her body and she gasped for breath. Instead of getting up right away she laid on the ground assessing her injury. Right as Elizabeth had figured out that nothing was broken and she didn't have a concussion she heard a familiar voice coming from the side of her.
"Lizzy! Are you ok? You took a pretty bad header there."
"Great" she thought. "The only thing worse then falling is having Romano see you do it." "I'm fine." She stated sternly. Disregarding his outstretched hand she got up on her own. Dusting herself off she was searching for an excuse for why she had fallen. Elizabeth raised her head to look Romano in the face but he was already walking back to where he had been standing. She too walked over, only a few feet behind him and passed her eyes over the memorial of pictures and flowers. After waiting a few moments she turned to walk away. As she almost reached the door to the hospital she looked back and watched as Romano put something down among the flowers and then shuffled down the block in the direction of his parked car.
It was the start of a horrid night. She could tell that something was bothering him since he hadn't made his usual snippy remarks. She was torn between the decision to be a good person and talk to him or to make her life easier and go into work.
"Robert wait!" Elizabeth yelled. She walked towards him and started to speak again. "Are you ok?" she asked as she passed the memorial. It was only then that she saw what he had laid down. It was a picture of him, her and Anspaugh that had been taken about a year ago.
"I'm fine." He muttered as he worked on getting his keys out of his pocket. Elizabeth again looked at the door of the hospital. It would be so easy to have a quiet night studying charts and not have to deal with someone else's problems. But there was something in his voice that made her stay.
"Robert." Elizabeth started again, not wanting to sound overly concerned. "Would you like to join me for a walk?" Romano looked at Elizabeth, searching her face for any hidden agenda. After looking at her for a good thirty seconds he finally answered.
"Why not."
Ok all.here we go. let's make this quick. No I don't own anything and no I don't believe that I am ripping anything off from anything {if I cam let me know} I just hope you all are patient with me and enjoy the story. This is just a little off from what happened on the real show {since otherwise Romano would be dead and we wouldn't have a story.} but regardless of that, I hope you just go with it.
It was a colder night than usual. But then again Chicago winters seemed to get colder every year. Elizabeth had the night shift and she was just about to leave home. "I put the trash out, I have my purse, I called the sitter." Elizabeth talked to herself as she went through her checklist. She had always done silly little things like that ever since she was young. Once she finally got down to leaving she realized that she was going to be late.
"Damn" she said as the El-train stalled again. The drivers had wanted to go slowly because of all the ice that had accumulated on the track, yet this had caused it to stall four times already, turning a five minute train ride into a thirty minute disaster. She was almost running down the stairs of the station once she got off of the train. The frigid wind ripped across her face and painfully stung her eyes. As the sight of the ambulance bay came into her vision she took off at an all out run. Elizabeth concentrated on avoiding the snow yet she forgot about the ice. As soon as she reached the entrance of the ambulance bay she was launched backwards as her feet slipped out from under her body. She hit the pavement with a smack. "Bloody hell!" A cold sing resonated throughout her body and she gasped for breath. Instead of getting up right away she laid on the ground assessing her injury. Right as Elizabeth had figured out that nothing was broken and she didn't have a concussion she heard a familiar voice coming from the side of her.
"Lizzy! Are you ok? You took a pretty bad header there."
"Great" she thought. "The only thing worse then falling is having Romano see you do it." "I'm fine." She stated sternly. Disregarding his outstretched hand she got up on her own. Dusting herself off she was searching for an excuse for why she had fallen. Elizabeth raised her head to look Romano in the face but he was already walking back to where he had been standing. She too walked over, only a few feet behind him and passed her eyes over the memorial of pictures and flowers. After waiting a few moments she turned to walk away. As she almost reached the door to the hospital she looked back and watched as Romano put something down among the flowers and then shuffled down the block in the direction of his parked car.
It was the start of a horrid night. She could tell that something was bothering him since he hadn't made his usual snippy remarks. She was torn between the decision to be a good person and talk to him or to make her life easier and go into work.
"Robert wait!" Elizabeth yelled. She walked towards him and started to speak again. "Are you ok?" she asked as she passed the memorial. It was only then that she saw what he had laid down. It was a picture of him, her and Anspaugh that had been taken about a year ago.
"I'm fine." He muttered as he worked on getting his keys out of his pocket. Elizabeth again looked at the door of the hospital. It would be so easy to have a quiet night studying charts and not have to deal with someone else's problems. But there was something in his voice that made her stay.
"Robert." Elizabeth started again, not wanting to sound overly concerned. "Would you like to join me for a walk?" Romano looked at Elizabeth, searching her face for any hidden agenda. After looking at her for a good thirty seconds he finally answered.
"Why not."