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"Mama! Hurry up, we promised Aunt Susie we'd be in Chicago two hours ago."
"Wait...Christie, how do I look?" Mom twirled around so I could check out her outfit.
"Stop worrying about seeing Carter!" She looked at me, pleading for an answer. "You look great mom" She smiled, and I knew that's just what she wanted to hear. "Can we go now?"
"Yes, and I'm not worried about seeing Carter" Wow, I didn't know it was okay for parents to lie to their children. It didn't matter though, I knew how nervous she was about going to Chicago after sixteen years, so if she needed to lie to me to make herself feel better, I was okay with that.
We checked out of the motel and made our way to Chicago.
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When we pulled up to aunt Susan's house, I felt excitement take over. I hadn't seen her in nearly six months, which seemed like an eternity considering how close she was to mom and me. She'd practically helped raise me. She even lived in New York with us the first two years of my life. Then when she moved back to Chicago, she would come to visit us every chance she got. I sighed thinking of New York...we left so much behind there.
"You okay?" I must have had that 'homesick' look on my face. Mom said she's never seen me look so sad. The truth is though, being here changes everything.
"Never better" I smiled and knocked on the door. The door flew up and aunt Susan enveloped us in the biggest hug ever. Truthfully, I couldn't breath but I didn't want to spoil the moment. When she finally let us go she pulled us inside. The heat from the house hit my face and in some weird, yet comforting way I felt at home here.
"How was your trip?" Aunt Susan was grinning from ear to ear and it made me giggle.
"Oh it was one fun party, let me tell you...driving for hours in a small car. It's great Sus, you should try it sometime." Ah, that's my mom. Always having some sarcastic remark.
Susan chuckled. "I missed you Abby." I can't remember the last time I was in a room filled with this much happiness. "Are you two hungry? We could go out to eat and then maybe...stop by County." Then I remembered why we were here. Susan told mom that there was an opening for a nurse at County. She was on the phone with mom for hours begging her to at least consider it. I knew mom wanted to come back here more than anything. She hasn't been here in sixteen years, not even for a visit. So I talked her into coming back.
"Sure, that sounds great" I didn't wait for mom to answer, I knew she would say that she didn't want to stop by the hospital tonight, but I wanted to meet the people from mom's past. I looked over at her and she gave me her death glare. The one she gave me when I got in trouble. I stuck my tongue out at her and put my coat back on.
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"So does Carter know mom's back?" I needed something to break the silence that filled the car on the way to County. I didn't even know Carter. I just knew of him. That mom and Carter used to date a long time ago, then he went to Africa, and mom moved to New York. Oh and I also knew that she was hopelessy in love with him.
"No he doesn't know I'm back, does he?" Mom asked turning to Susan.
"No, he doesn't know anything except that you moved away when he was in Africa, he thinks we lost touch" Things just got confusing.
"Why doesn't he know anything?" I had to ask, even though I probably wasn't suppose to know. I love how aunt Susan always lets the stuff I'm not suppose to know slip on 'accident'.
"Your mom told me not to tell him, or anyone else for that matter. She wanted to get away from here completely." She did it again.
"Okay, stop talking like I'm not here."
"Well we wouldn't have to if you would tell me these things mom." There was that death glare again. It's a good thing we arrived at the hospital before things got crazy. I'm pretty sure I jumped out of the car in record time.
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The ER was packed. Doctors, nurses, and med students were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Ha, who says THAT anymore? I guess I do.
"Mom, where's the restrooms?" Okay, so I don't care about the restrooms. I just want to wander around a little bit.
"Over there." She wasn't even paying attention. She just instinctively pointed to where the restrooms were.
I walked off, peeking into the rooms I passed. "Ouch!" Some idiot just knocked me down.
"Oh, I'm sorry Miss" Okay...so maybe he's not exactly an idiot, he was a doctor. He was good looking too, with an accent. He reached out his hand to help me up. Okay, now he's staring at me like I'm a ghost.
"Don't worry about it Doctor..." I look over at his nametag as he helps me up. "Doctor Kovac." He's still staring and I'll admit, I'm a bit freaked out. "Doctor, I don't mean to be rude, but you keep staring at me and it's making me a bit...nervous." He smiled at me.
"Oh I'm so sorry. You just look so much like someone that used to work here"
"Who?" I ask, knowing very well it was my mom he was referring to.
"Her name was Abby Lockhart. She was a nurse here."
"Oh, well I can explain that. She's my mother." Oh I wanna laugh so hard at the expression on his face. I refrain though, I didn't need these strangers who I was bound to see all the time, thinking I was crazy.
"She's right over there if you want to see her" I pointed to where mom and aunt Susan were standing. "It was nice meeting you Doctor Kovac"
He nodded at me. "You to...I'm sorry I didn't get your name"
"I didn't give it, but it's Christina" I smile and walk away.
So now I'm thinking that trip to the restroom is a good idea after all. I definitely drank too much soda at dinner. A woman was coming out as I was going in. She stopped and looked at me. Great, another one's looking at me like I'm a ghost. I find that a bit rude actually. Eh, I might as well have some fun.
"Abby?" Whoa, I know I look A LOT like my mom, but no one has ever thought I was her. I'm a little shorter, and I have my father's eyes.
"No, my name is Christina, Abby's my mom"
"Oh, I'm sorry...you just look so much like her"
I smiled at the woman. " It's okay, I'm used to it."
"Is Abby here?"
"Yeah, she's right outside with Susan" Go talk to her so I can go to the restroom lady.
"Thanks Christina. By the way I'm Kerry" What? This is the mean bitch mom was always making fun of with aunt Susie? There's no way.
"Nice to meet you" I smile and shake her hand. She walks out of the bathroom and probably goes to see mom.
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I walk out of the restroom and see mom standing, talking with a few of her old friends and coworkers. I glance around and catch the eye of another doctor. The people here have serious staring issues.
"Let me guess, I look like someone that used to work here?"
"Yeah...she was a nurse"
"Abby Lockhart?"
"Yeah, that's her"
"She's my mother" Wow this guy turned so white when I said that. I hope he's alright.
"Your...mother?" I nod. I wonder who this guy is. He's handsome, maybe he used to date mom back in the day. Oh...this must be Carter.
"Are you John Carter?" I have to know. He nodded. He must be having trouble trying to form words.
"I'm Christina" I stick out my hand and he shakes it.
"Nice to meet you." He smiled at me. Mom always said he has an amazing smile. She was right. "Is your mom here?"
"Yeah she's right over there" I point to where she's standing and watch as Carter slowly makes his way over there. I follow him over to her.
Most of the people standing around mom were people I had already met...well ran into anyway. Aunt Susan saw me, and motioned for me to come over to her.
"Hey sweetie" Mom smiled at me. She seemed so happy to be back here, I could tell she felt at home here, surrounded by these people that were once her close friends. "This is my daughter Christina." They all nodded. "Wow, I thought you would all be more shocked. This place sure has changed"
"I had time to get over the shock." There was Doctor Kovac again with his sexy accent. Did I just think he was sexy? He's like...my mother's age. Ick. "We met a few minutes ago." Well you knocked me over actually, but whatever.
"I met her too." Kerry spoke up. Why does everyone think she's so mean? She seems pretty decent to me. "Gallant, quit standing around and go help out in trauma 2!" Okay now I get it, but still if there's a trauma, shouldn't he be in there...saving a life?
I heard Carter clear his throat. I don't think mom acknowledged him yet because she was obviously shocked when she looked over at him. "I met her too." He made eye contact with mom. It was a pretty intense moment.
"I didn't meet her" Wow, who is this guy and why is he so attractive? Mom didn't break eye contact from Carter. I wonder if she even heard this guy talk. How could she not? His voice was so nice.
"I'm Greg Pratt." I think I'm probably blushing, but I try to ignore it. I gladly shake his hand.
"Nice to meet you Doctor Pratt." He smiles at me, and I think my heart melts.
"Well" Susan speaks up. "We should be going, Abby's first day back starts early in the morning."
"You're coming back here to work?" Carter was still gazing into mom's eyes. Good job Sus, you just broke the mood for them.
"Yeah, I am." Carter grinned at mom.
"It'll be great to have you back" Oh please, would you just kiss her already? Mom smiled and said her goodbyes to everyone. She couldn't stop smiling at Carter though. It was pretty adorable.
This was definitely the start of something very interesting. Maybe living in Chicago wouldn't be so bad after all.
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"Mama! Hurry up, we promised Aunt Susie we'd be in Chicago two hours ago."
"Wait...Christie, how do I look?" Mom twirled around so I could check out her outfit.
"Stop worrying about seeing Carter!" She looked at me, pleading for an answer. "You look great mom" She smiled, and I knew that's just what she wanted to hear. "Can we go now?"
"Yes, and I'm not worried about seeing Carter" Wow, I didn't know it was okay for parents to lie to their children. It didn't matter though, I knew how nervous she was about going to Chicago after sixteen years, so if she needed to lie to me to make herself feel better, I was okay with that.
We checked out of the motel and made our way to Chicago.
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When we pulled up to aunt Susan's house, I felt excitement take over. I hadn't seen her in nearly six months, which seemed like an eternity considering how close she was to mom and me. She'd practically helped raise me. She even lived in New York with us the first two years of my life. Then when she moved back to Chicago, she would come to visit us every chance she got. I sighed thinking of New York...we left so much behind there.
"You okay?" I must have had that 'homesick' look on my face. Mom said she's never seen me look so sad. The truth is though, being here changes everything.
"Never better" I smiled and knocked on the door. The door flew up and aunt Susan enveloped us in the biggest hug ever. Truthfully, I couldn't breath but I didn't want to spoil the moment. When she finally let us go she pulled us inside. The heat from the house hit my face and in some weird, yet comforting way I felt at home here.
"How was your trip?" Aunt Susan was grinning from ear to ear and it made me giggle.
"Oh it was one fun party, let me tell you...driving for hours in a small car. It's great Sus, you should try it sometime." Ah, that's my mom. Always having some sarcastic remark.
Susan chuckled. "I missed you Abby." I can't remember the last time I was in a room filled with this much happiness. "Are you two hungry? We could go out to eat and then maybe...stop by County." Then I remembered why we were here. Susan told mom that there was an opening for a nurse at County. She was on the phone with mom for hours begging her to at least consider it. I knew mom wanted to come back here more than anything. She hasn't been here in sixteen years, not even for a visit. So I talked her into coming back.
"Sure, that sounds great" I didn't wait for mom to answer, I knew she would say that she didn't want to stop by the hospital tonight, but I wanted to meet the people from mom's past. I looked over at her and she gave me her death glare. The one she gave me when I got in trouble. I stuck my tongue out at her and put my coat back on.
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"So does Carter know mom's back?" I needed something to break the silence that filled the car on the way to County. I didn't even know Carter. I just knew of him. That mom and Carter used to date a long time ago, then he went to Africa, and mom moved to New York. Oh and I also knew that she was hopelessy in love with him.
"No he doesn't know I'm back, does he?" Mom asked turning to Susan.
"No, he doesn't know anything except that you moved away when he was in Africa, he thinks we lost touch" Things just got confusing.
"Why doesn't he know anything?" I had to ask, even though I probably wasn't suppose to know. I love how aunt Susan always lets the stuff I'm not suppose to know slip on 'accident'.
"Your mom told me not to tell him, or anyone else for that matter. She wanted to get away from here completely." She did it again.
"Okay, stop talking like I'm not here."
"Well we wouldn't have to if you would tell me these things mom." There was that death glare again. It's a good thing we arrived at the hospital before things got crazy. I'm pretty sure I jumped out of the car in record time.
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The ER was packed. Doctors, nurses, and med students were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Ha, who says THAT anymore? I guess I do.
"Mom, where's the restrooms?" Okay, so I don't care about the restrooms. I just want to wander around a little bit.
"Over there." She wasn't even paying attention. She just instinctively pointed to where the restrooms were.
I walked off, peeking into the rooms I passed. "Ouch!" Some idiot just knocked me down.
"Oh, I'm sorry Miss" Okay...so maybe he's not exactly an idiot, he was a doctor. He was good looking too, with an accent. He reached out his hand to help me up. Okay, now he's staring at me like I'm a ghost.
"Don't worry about it Doctor..." I look over at his nametag as he helps me up. "Doctor Kovac." He's still staring and I'll admit, I'm a bit freaked out. "Doctor, I don't mean to be rude, but you keep staring at me and it's making me a bit...nervous." He smiled at me.
"Oh I'm so sorry. You just look so much like someone that used to work here"
"Who?" I ask, knowing very well it was my mom he was referring to.
"Her name was Abby Lockhart. She was a nurse here."
"Oh, well I can explain that. She's my mother." Oh I wanna laugh so hard at the expression on his face. I refrain though, I didn't need these strangers who I was bound to see all the time, thinking I was crazy.
"She's right over there if you want to see her" I pointed to where mom and aunt Susan were standing. "It was nice meeting you Doctor Kovac"
He nodded at me. "You to...I'm sorry I didn't get your name"
"I didn't give it, but it's Christina" I smile and walk away.
So now I'm thinking that trip to the restroom is a good idea after all. I definitely drank too much soda at dinner. A woman was coming out as I was going in. She stopped and looked at me. Great, another one's looking at me like I'm a ghost. I find that a bit rude actually. Eh, I might as well have some fun.
"Abby?" Whoa, I know I look A LOT like my mom, but no one has ever thought I was her. I'm a little shorter, and I have my father's eyes.
"No, my name is Christina, Abby's my mom"
"Oh, I'm sorry...you just look so much like her"
I smiled at the woman. " It's okay, I'm used to it."
"Is Abby here?"
"Yeah, she's right outside with Susan" Go talk to her so I can go to the restroom lady.
"Thanks Christina. By the way I'm Kerry" What? This is the mean bitch mom was always making fun of with aunt Susie? There's no way.
"Nice to meet you" I smile and shake her hand. She walks out of the bathroom and probably goes to see mom.
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I walk out of the restroom and see mom standing, talking with a few of her old friends and coworkers. I glance around and catch the eye of another doctor. The people here have serious staring issues.
"Let me guess, I look like someone that used to work here?"
"Yeah...she was a nurse"
"Abby Lockhart?"
"Yeah, that's her"
"She's my mother" Wow this guy turned so white when I said that. I hope he's alright.
"Your...mother?" I nod. I wonder who this guy is. He's handsome, maybe he used to date mom back in the day. Oh...this must be Carter.
"Are you John Carter?" I have to know. He nodded. He must be having trouble trying to form words.
"I'm Christina" I stick out my hand and he shakes it.
"Nice to meet you." He smiled at me. Mom always said he has an amazing smile. She was right. "Is your mom here?"
"Yeah she's right over there" I point to where she's standing and watch as Carter slowly makes his way over there. I follow him over to her.
Most of the people standing around mom were people I had already met...well ran into anyway. Aunt Susan saw me, and motioned for me to come over to her.
"Hey sweetie" Mom smiled at me. She seemed so happy to be back here, I could tell she felt at home here, surrounded by these people that were once her close friends. "This is my daughter Christina." They all nodded. "Wow, I thought you would all be more shocked. This place sure has changed"
"I had time to get over the shock." There was Doctor Kovac again with his sexy accent. Did I just think he was sexy? He's like...my mother's age. Ick. "We met a few minutes ago." Well you knocked me over actually, but whatever.
"I met her too." Kerry spoke up. Why does everyone think she's so mean? She seems pretty decent to me. "Gallant, quit standing around and go help out in trauma 2!" Okay now I get it, but still if there's a trauma, shouldn't he be in there...saving a life?
I heard Carter clear his throat. I don't think mom acknowledged him yet because she was obviously shocked when she looked over at him. "I met her too." He made eye contact with mom. It was a pretty intense moment.
"I didn't meet her" Wow, who is this guy and why is he so attractive? Mom didn't break eye contact from Carter. I wonder if she even heard this guy talk. How could she not? His voice was so nice.
"I'm Greg Pratt." I think I'm probably blushing, but I try to ignore it. I gladly shake his hand.
"Nice to meet you Doctor Pratt." He smiles at me, and I think my heart melts.
"Well" Susan speaks up. "We should be going, Abby's first day back starts early in the morning."
"You're coming back here to work?" Carter was still gazing into mom's eyes. Good job Sus, you just broke the mood for them.
"Yeah, I am." Carter grinned at mom.
"It'll be great to have you back" Oh please, would you just kiss her already? Mom smiled and said her goodbyes to everyone. She couldn't stop smiling at Carter though. It was pretty adorable.
This was definitely the start of something very interesting. Maybe living in Chicago wouldn't be so bad after all.
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