Me: Hey guys! I'm back with the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it and oh
yeah! I don't own any characters!
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The Campbell's spent the rest of the night reuniting. Jessie and Lizzy had smiles on their faces while Andy stood in the doorway behind her ex-husband and her two daughters, smiling herself. Les was finally snapping back into the dad mode after being out of it for about two years. Later, Andy and Les both tucked their daughters into bed. Jessie smiled up at her two parents before shutting her eyes and Lizzy did the same. Once they were back downstairs, Andy made a pot of coffee and they sat on the couch to talk.
"I can't believe you're back." She stated.
"I can't believe you've accepted me back." Andy looked up at him wide-eyed. "I mean..back in Philly."
"Right." She sighed and looked back at her cup of coffee steaming in the air. "So, how are you?"
"I'm good. Especially now that I'm here." She looked up at him again. "I mean in Philly." Andy nodded and laughed at the situation.
"Why is this so hard?"
"I don't know." He exclaimed in between laughs.
"I mean, we've been through a lot but-"
"We should still be able to hold a conversation." He finished her sentence, thinking exactly what she was thinking.
"Yes, that's what I was going to say." At that moment their eyes met and they fell silent, just staring at each other. "You should go Les."
"Yeah, It's late. I should leave." But Les didn't move and neither did Andy until she repeated herself and then he made his way to the door.
"I'll walk you to your car." Andy slipped on her jacket and they headed outside.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow then when I pick up the girls."
"Yeah, I guess so." They stood facing each other and waiting for whatever was going to happen.
'Should I shake her hand? Hug her? Kiss her cheek? What?!' Les thought to himself.
'Oh, what's he going to do? What is he going to do?!' Andy thought. After a bit of hesitation, Les made his decision and leaned in to kiss Andy's cheek. She just responded with "Goodnight."
"Bye." Then he got in his car and drove off.
"God, what the hell am I doing?!!" Andy said to aloud to herself and sighed while walking back inside her house.
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Lu walked into Peter's exam room to find him on his cell phone the next morning.
"Yeah. I have to go......Yes, I'll be there and I won't be late...What am I going to wear?....What do you want me to wear?..." Lu looked at him curious about who he was talking to. "Yeah.a tux again.ok.of course. No, thank you. Mmm.hmm....I love you too. Bye." Peter hung up the phone and looked at his girlfriend standing in the corner with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Who was that?"
"Umm..nobody.it's not important." There was a pause and Lu looked at him a bit disappointed. "I have to go."
"Where?"
"Just out to the garden, ok?!" He said defensively and headed out of the office.
"But Peter!-" But he was out the door before she could stop him. Lu walked out of the exam room and to Lana. "Something's going on with him Lana. But what?"
"Honey, I'm in psychology classes and I don't think I can even answer that one." Lana replied while typing on the computer in front of her.
"Dr. Delgado to the ER. Dr. Delgado to the ER." The intercom rang as Lu ran in the direction of the Emergency Room not knowing what kind of patient she was going to deal with next.
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As Andy poured her coffee that morning, Jessie answered the front door and she could hear that it was Les.
"Good morning Andy." He said while she picked up her briefcase and walked towards him and her daughters next to him.
"Good morning." Andy turned to Jessie and Lizzy. "Be good."
"Yes mother!" Jessie said sarcastically.
"I mean it now." Jessie rolled her eyes and looked at her Dad.
"Can I drive? Please?!" Les looked from his seventeen-year-old daughter's eyes to Andy's. She just shrugged.
"Umm.we'll see." Jessie then sighed and they all headed out to their cars.
Andy headed to Rittenhouse as Les, Jessie, and Lizzy headed to the park for their day of fun and bonding. When they arrived, Lizzy ran into one of her good friends, Maggie.
"Come on Liz, come hand with me on the swings. I need to talk to you about 'you know who'." Maggie begged.
"Sorry Magges but I'm hanging out with my Dad today." Lizzy responded.
"You know what, just go ahead." Les said.
"What?"
"Go ahead, I have to talk to your sister in private anyway."
"Are you sure?" Les nodded. "Ok. Just come and get me when you're done." Les nodded again as Lizzy ran off to the swings with Maggie.
"What do you need to talk to me about?" Jessie asked once her sister was gone.
"I just wanted to catch up with you. You're a senior in high school now Jess. You've got to have some kind of drama in your life, right?" Jessie laughed as they walked towards a gazebo with a bunch of benches. "So, I know you have a boyfriend. How's that going?"
"Actually." Jessie said quietly while looking at her walking feet.
"Oh no. What's wrong?"
"Bryan and I aren't really getting along anymore. I'm seeing different sides of him."
"Good or bad sides?"
"Bad." She whispered trying not to cry in front of her father. Les sighed and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Jessie nodded. "Ok."
"I think I'm going to dump him."
"How long have you been dating him?"
"Six months."
"Wow, that's a pretty long relationship for being in high school."
"That's why it's so hard." She was still looking at her feet.
"Well, are you sure that it's over between the two of you?"
"Yeah. We just aren't right for each other anymore. Besides, I'm kind of interested in somebody else."
"Really? Who?"
"It's nobody."
"Hm..nobody. Sounds like a very unique person. I'd like to meet him." Jessie laughed as they sat down in the gazebo.
"Very funny..you've met him before. A long, long time ago.before you and Mom got the divorce." Jessie spoke of her parents splitting up easily now.
"Hmm..I'm still drawling a blank though sweetie."
"Don't worry about it Dad. Nothing going to happen between me and my new interest."
"Why not?"
"Because there's this one person who wouldn't allow it." Les looked at her concerned. "I call her Mom." He chuckled.
"Come on, tell me who this boy is Jessie."
"Ok, ok. His name's Marc. Marc Delgado."
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Andy walked into Rittenhouse and noticed that Lana was standing next to Milo and they were both staring at her.
"Good morning Dr. Campbell." Lana said half-smiling at her. Everyone at the clinic knew that Andy's abusive ex-husband had returned the night before. Now they all were waiting to know what had happened when he arrived.
"Good morning Hawkins." Andy smiled at Lana and gave Milo a nod. "Dr. Morton." She then headed into her office.
"Dr. Morton?" Lana asked herself aloud. "I wonder what happened last night between her and that man." Milo looked at her frowning.
"I'm about to go find out." He said and walked into Andy's office without knocking. "Hi."
"Hi." She responded while slipping into her white lab coat. Milo fell silent waiting for her to start talking but Andy didn't say anything.
"So..?"
"So what?"
"What happened after we hung up the phone last night?"
"Umm...nothing much." She answered and headed back out to Lana's desk to get a patients file.
"Nothing much?"
"That what I said." Milo sighed. "What more of an answer do you want?" Andy turned around and looked at him. After seeing his face expression she added, "Nothing happened Milo."
"Andy, why am I getting the impression that that 'nothing' really means 'everything'?"
"Because you're getting paranoid and jealous for no reason." She whispered to him as Lana was sitting at her computer and glancing up at them. "Nothing happened." She reassured him again.
"The more you say that, the more I-"
"Dr. Campbell?!" Dr. Jackson called from a little ways down the hall, interrupting Milo. When he finally approached them and saw their faces, he realized that he was intruding. "Am I interrupting something?" Andy looked from Milo to him.
"No, we were just finished here." She said while giving Milo one last glance and heading down the hall with Dr. Jackson by her side.
***
Lu finished with her patient in the ER and decided to chat with Nick for a minute.
"Nick?"
"Hey Lu."
"What are you doing?"
"Oh, just waiting for any emergency." Lu laughed. "I talked to Dana yesterday.
"Really?! Oh my gosh. How is she?" Lu asked surprised.
"Good."
"Yeah? Did you call her or did she call you?"
"She called Rittenhouse, I answered." Nick looked around the ER then back at Lu.
"I imagine that was awkward. Am I right?"
"I was a little at first, but after getting after the shock of hearing her voice and her calling, it was ok."
"How long did you talk?" Lu asked.
"Only a few minutes. I had another emergency in the middle of her telling me about Virginia. She talked to Dr. Jackson after that and said she would call back today to talk to everybody else."
"Did she ever talk to Peter?"
"I'm not sure."
"Oh." Lu sighed as the Emergency doors opened and revealed a bloody man on a stretcher.
"Well, I got to take this."
"Have fun." She added and then slowly made her way back to her office.
"Lu?" Lana called after her once she was inches away from her office.
"Phone for you on line one."
"Who is it?"
"Dr. Dana Stowe!" Lana said wide-eyed.
"What?!"
"It's Dana!" Everyone was so shocked to hear from her.
"I.I'll take it in my office." Lu rushed inside her office as Andy came walking back from talking to Dr. Jackson.
"Dr. Campbell?"
"Yes Hawkins."
"I was instructed to tell you that Dr. Morton will be calling you later."
"Oh, great." She said plainly at the thought of having to explain something to him that she didn't really know how to explain.
"Oh, and Dr. Campbell?"
"Yes?"
"There is a phone message for you." Andy walked to Lana and grabbed the pink piece of paper in her hand and read it aloud.
"Listen to your radio tonight at eight o'clock on 102.3." Andy looked at Lana confused. "Who is this from?"
"They didn't say. Just left the message and hung up." Andy sighed and headed back towards her office.
***
"Dana?" Lu asked into the receiver of the phone.
"Hey Lu!"
"Gosh, how are you?"
"I'm good."
"Well..that's good." Dana laughed quietly on the other side of the phone. "I heard you talked to Nick and Dr. Jackson yesterday."
"Oh, yes I did. I wanted to talk to Dr. Jackson first but Nick answered so I talked to him, then Dr. Jackson and then I wanted to speak with you but you were busy in the ER so I asked to talk to Peter and he was busy, so Dr. Jackson put Lana on the phone and I talked to her a bit and then I just said that I would call back tomorrow to talk to the rest of you guys."
"Interesting. I wish I could have seen the look on your face when Nick answered the phone." Dana laughed again.
"No you don't, believe me."
"That awkward huh?"
"Not as awkward as talking to Lana. When did that women get so smart?!"
"Well, she does have a masters degree in Psychology now Dana."
"What?!" Lu laughed and placed her feet on the top of her desk. "Well you guys seem to be pretty busy around there lately."
"Yeah, that's how it is now. No time to socialize on work hours. In fact I don't think I've talked to Andy about her problems lately. I need to remember to do that." Lu said really talking to herself now.
"Andy?"
"Oh. Dr. (Colonel) Andy Campbell. The doctor who got your job."
"What problems does she have?"
"Oh you know, the regular ones. She divorced her abusive husband about two years ago and he moved to California and now he's moved back to spend more time with their two daughters, and she's handling that while trying to plan a wedding by January 23rd and I've heard that her fiancée isn't to pleased about Les, her ex, returning home."
"You call those regular problems?"
"Well, I guess they are a bit more extreme then usual but so are mine."
"Yours?" Dana asked curiously.
"Yep. Marc, remember him, my son?"
"Yes!"
"Well, he got into some bad drugs and I had to send him to two months in rehab."
"Oh my gosh! Marc?!"
"Yep, Marc. That kid never lets me sleep. And then there's my boyfriend. He's acting strange and it seems like he's keeping so many secrets right now."
"Who's your boyfriend?"
"Peter."
"WHAT?!!" Lu laughed as Dana jolted up on her couch wide-eyed.
"I'm dating Peter now Dana."
"OH MY GOSH! That was unexpected."
"All though, I don't know how long that's going to last. I swear, my biological clock is running out of time and I still haven't found myself a steady man."
"Welcome to the club! I've had only three boyfriends since I moved back to Virginia and I'm currently single at the moment and have been for awhile. Why is it that nobody wants to be involved with a women doctor who has two children?"
"Umm.Dana, It might just be you."
"Excuse me?"
"Andy has two daughters and she's getting married, again!"
"Well that's her." Dana said snotty-like, not liking this women doctor already.
"Hey, Dr. Campbell is a very lovely women. She's actually a lot like you Dr. Stowe. She plays by the rules but occasionally throws the doctor handbook out the window when I convince her to."
"That does not sound like me Delgado!"
"Wow, now you sound like her! She always calls people by their last names."
"Right."
"Anyway, Peter loves Marc though. And he said that he loved me but..I don't know anymore Dana."
"Aww Lu. I'm glad I caught you at a good time in your life." She said sarcastically.
"Yeah, but it feels good to talk to somebody new..well...old.you know what I mean!"
"Haha! It's good to talk to you to Lu." Lana walked into the office.
"Lu, Dr. Jackson needs to speak with you right now in his office."
"Oh boy, what did I do now?"
"Huh?" Dana asked confused on the other side of the phone.
"Oh, Dr. Jackson needs to talk to me now. I'm gonna have to talk to you later ok?"
"Oh, what did you do now?"
"That's what I want to know. I'll talk to you later Dana."
"See ya Lu." Lu hung up the phone and headed out of her office while looking at Lana and talking to her about her conversation with Dana.
***
That night Andy was driving home at seven fifty-five and remembered the message she got earlier.
"Listen to your radio at eight o'clock on 102.3." She repeated to herself. Andy thought about it for a minute and then flipped the radio station to 102.3. After a few minutes of just driving she looked at her watch. "It's eight o'clock." Andy stopped the car at a red light and listened closer to the radio. Back at Rittenhouse, Lana grabbed Lu and they both sat down and turned on their radio to 102.3 to listen to whatever was going to happen.
"And we're back with more requests. Let's see..we have another great song for you and after we will talk with the man who request this song and why. Here's 'When I Fall In Love' By Nat King Cole." The voice on the radio disappeared and the music started to play.
"Maybe I'm old-fashioned
Feeling like I do.
Maybe I am living in the past.
But when I meet the right one,
I know that I'll be true.
My first love will be my last.
When I fall in love,
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love.
In a restless world like this is,
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun.
When I give my heart,
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart.
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I fall in love with you.
When I give my heart,
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart.
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I fall in love with you."
'I love Nat King Cole.' Andy thought to herself while driving down the road, ten minutes from her home.
"So that was Nat King Cole's 'When I Fall In Love.' One of our classics that everybody's gotta love. And here we have on the line the man who requested this song. Mr. Les Campbell." Andy's jaw dropped and she pulled over on the side of the road to listen to the radio. Lu and Lana stared at the radio in shock. "So Les, tell us, who was this lovely song dedicated to?"
"Well, this song is for my ex-wife, Andy Campbell...truth is, I still love her and I need her. I want my first love to be my last. She was a my first love and I want her to be my last."
"Well, you heard him ladies and gentlemen...so Andy, if you're out there then why not give this guy a second chance huh? Thank you Les for talking with us and I hope you have a lovely evening and I hope that you get the girl you're after." Andy pushed the power off button on her radio and sat in shock.
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The Campbell's spent the rest of the night reuniting. Jessie and Lizzy had smiles on their faces while Andy stood in the doorway behind her ex-husband and her two daughters, smiling herself. Les was finally snapping back into the dad mode after being out of it for about two years. Later, Andy and Les both tucked their daughters into bed. Jessie smiled up at her two parents before shutting her eyes and Lizzy did the same. Once they were back downstairs, Andy made a pot of coffee and they sat on the couch to talk.
"I can't believe you're back." She stated.
"I can't believe you've accepted me back." Andy looked up at him wide-eyed. "I mean..back in Philly."
"Right." She sighed and looked back at her cup of coffee steaming in the air. "So, how are you?"
"I'm good. Especially now that I'm here." She looked up at him again. "I mean in Philly." Andy nodded and laughed at the situation.
"Why is this so hard?"
"I don't know." He exclaimed in between laughs.
"I mean, we've been through a lot but-"
"We should still be able to hold a conversation." He finished her sentence, thinking exactly what she was thinking.
"Yes, that's what I was going to say." At that moment their eyes met and they fell silent, just staring at each other. "You should go Les."
"Yeah, It's late. I should leave." But Les didn't move and neither did Andy until she repeated herself and then he made his way to the door.
"I'll walk you to your car." Andy slipped on her jacket and they headed outside.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow then when I pick up the girls."
"Yeah, I guess so." They stood facing each other and waiting for whatever was going to happen.
'Should I shake her hand? Hug her? Kiss her cheek? What?!' Les thought to himself.
'Oh, what's he going to do? What is he going to do?!' Andy thought. After a bit of hesitation, Les made his decision and leaned in to kiss Andy's cheek. She just responded with "Goodnight."
"Bye." Then he got in his car and drove off.
"God, what the hell am I doing?!!" Andy said to aloud to herself and sighed while walking back inside her house.
***
Lu walked into Peter's exam room to find him on his cell phone the next morning.
"Yeah. I have to go......Yes, I'll be there and I won't be late...What am I going to wear?....What do you want me to wear?..." Lu looked at him curious about who he was talking to. "Yeah.a tux again.ok.of course. No, thank you. Mmm.hmm....I love you too. Bye." Peter hung up the phone and looked at his girlfriend standing in the corner with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Who was that?"
"Umm..nobody.it's not important." There was a pause and Lu looked at him a bit disappointed. "I have to go."
"Where?"
"Just out to the garden, ok?!" He said defensively and headed out of the office.
"But Peter!-" But he was out the door before she could stop him. Lu walked out of the exam room and to Lana. "Something's going on with him Lana. But what?"
"Honey, I'm in psychology classes and I don't think I can even answer that one." Lana replied while typing on the computer in front of her.
"Dr. Delgado to the ER. Dr. Delgado to the ER." The intercom rang as Lu ran in the direction of the Emergency Room not knowing what kind of patient she was going to deal with next.
***
As Andy poured her coffee that morning, Jessie answered the front door and she could hear that it was Les.
"Good morning Andy." He said while she picked up her briefcase and walked towards him and her daughters next to him.
"Good morning." Andy turned to Jessie and Lizzy. "Be good."
"Yes mother!" Jessie said sarcastically.
"I mean it now." Jessie rolled her eyes and looked at her Dad.
"Can I drive? Please?!" Les looked from his seventeen-year-old daughter's eyes to Andy's. She just shrugged.
"Umm.we'll see." Jessie then sighed and they all headed out to their cars.
Andy headed to Rittenhouse as Les, Jessie, and Lizzy headed to the park for their day of fun and bonding. When they arrived, Lizzy ran into one of her good friends, Maggie.
"Come on Liz, come hand with me on the swings. I need to talk to you about 'you know who'." Maggie begged.
"Sorry Magges but I'm hanging out with my Dad today." Lizzy responded.
"You know what, just go ahead." Les said.
"What?"
"Go ahead, I have to talk to your sister in private anyway."
"Are you sure?" Les nodded. "Ok. Just come and get me when you're done." Les nodded again as Lizzy ran off to the swings with Maggie.
"What do you need to talk to me about?" Jessie asked once her sister was gone.
"I just wanted to catch up with you. You're a senior in high school now Jess. You've got to have some kind of drama in your life, right?" Jessie laughed as they walked towards a gazebo with a bunch of benches. "So, I know you have a boyfriend. How's that going?"
"Actually." Jessie said quietly while looking at her walking feet.
"Oh no. What's wrong?"
"Bryan and I aren't really getting along anymore. I'm seeing different sides of him."
"Good or bad sides?"
"Bad." She whispered trying not to cry in front of her father. Les sighed and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Jessie nodded. "Ok."
"I think I'm going to dump him."
"How long have you been dating him?"
"Six months."
"Wow, that's a pretty long relationship for being in high school."
"That's why it's so hard." She was still looking at her feet.
"Well, are you sure that it's over between the two of you?"
"Yeah. We just aren't right for each other anymore. Besides, I'm kind of interested in somebody else."
"Really? Who?"
"It's nobody."
"Hm..nobody. Sounds like a very unique person. I'd like to meet him." Jessie laughed as they sat down in the gazebo.
"Very funny..you've met him before. A long, long time ago.before you and Mom got the divorce." Jessie spoke of her parents splitting up easily now.
"Hmm..I'm still drawling a blank though sweetie."
"Don't worry about it Dad. Nothing going to happen between me and my new interest."
"Why not?"
"Because there's this one person who wouldn't allow it." Les looked at her concerned. "I call her Mom." He chuckled.
"Come on, tell me who this boy is Jessie."
"Ok, ok. His name's Marc. Marc Delgado."
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Andy walked into Rittenhouse and noticed that Lana was standing next to Milo and they were both staring at her.
"Good morning Dr. Campbell." Lana said half-smiling at her. Everyone at the clinic knew that Andy's abusive ex-husband had returned the night before. Now they all were waiting to know what had happened when he arrived.
"Good morning Hawkins." Andy smiled at Lana and gave Milo a nod. "Dr. Morton." She then headed into her office.
"Dr. Morton?" Lana asked herself aloud. "I wonder what happened last night between her and that man." Milo looked at her frowning.
"I'm about to go find out." He said and walked into Andy's office without knocking. "Hi."
"Hi." She responded while slipping into her white lab coat. Milo fell silent waiting for her to start talking but Andy didn't say anything.
"So..?"
"So what?"
"What happened after we hung up the phone last night?"
"Umm...nothing much." She answered and headed back out to Lana's desk to get a patients file.
"Nothing much?"
"That what I said." Milo sighed. "What more of an answer do you want?" Andy turned around and looked at him. After seeing his face expression she added, "Nothing happened Milo."
"Andy, why am I getting the impression that that 'nothing' really means 'everything'?"
"Because you're getting paranoid and jealous for no reason." She whispered to him as Lana was sitting at her computer and glancing up at them. "Nothing happened." She reassured him again.
"The more you say that, the more I-"
"Dr. Campbell?!" Dr. Jackson called from a little ways down the hall, interrupting Milo. When he finally approached them and saw their faces, he realized that he was intruding. "Am I interrupting something?" Andy looked from Milo to him.
"No, we were just finished here." She said while giving Milo one last glance and heading down the hall with Dr. Jackson by her side.
***
Lu finished with her patient in the ER and decided to chat with Nick for a minute.
"Nick?"
"Hey Lu."
"What are you doing?"
"Oh, just waiting for any emergency." Lu laughed. "I talked to Dana yesterday.
"Really?! Oh my gosh. How is she?" Lu asked surprised.
"Good."
"Yeah? Did you call her or did she call you?"
"She called Rittenhouse, I answered." Nick looked around the ER then back at Lu.
"I imagine that was awkward. Am I right?"
"I was a little at first, but after getting after the shock of hearing her voice and her calling, it was ok."
"How long did you talk?" Lu asked.
"Only a few minutes. I had another emergency in the middle of her telling me about Virginia. She talked to Dr. Jackson after that and said she would call back today to talk to everybody else."
"Did she ever talk to Peter?"
"I'm not sure."
"Oh." Lu sighed as the Emergency doors opened and revealed a bloody man on a stretcher.
"Well, I got to take this."
"Have fun." She added and then slowly made her way back to her office.
"Lu?" Lana called after her once she was inches away from her office.
"Phone for you on line one."
"Who is it?"
"Dr. Dana Stowe!" Lana said wide-eyed.
"What?!"
"It's Dana!" Everyone was so shocked to hear from her.
"I.I'll take it in my office." Lu rushed inside her office as Andy came walking back from talking to Dr. Jackson.
"Dr. Campbell?"
"Yes Hawkins."
"I was instructed to tell you that Dr. Morton will be calling you later."
"Oh, great." She said plainly at the thought of having to explain something to him that she didn't really know how to explain.
"Oh, and Dr. Campbell?"
"Yes?"
"There is a phone message for you." Andy walked to Lana and grabbed the pink piece of paper in her hand and read it aloud.
"Listen to your radio tonight at eight o'clock on 102.3." Andy looked at Lana confused. "Who is this from?"
"They didn't say. Just left the message and hung up." Andy sighed and headed back towards her office.
***
"Dana?" Lu asked into the receiver of the phone.
"Hey Lu!"
"Gosh, how are you?"
"I'm good."
"Well..that's good." Dana laughed quietly on the other side of the phone. "I heard you talked to Nick and Dr. Jackson yesterday."
"Oh, yes I did. I wanted to talk to Dr. Jackson first but Nick answered so I talked to him, then Dr. Jackson and then I wanted to speak with you but you were busy in the ER so I asked to talk to Peter and he was busy, so Dr. Jackson put Lana on the phone and I talked to her a bit and then I just said that I would call back tomorrow to talk to the rest of you guys."
"Interesting. I wish I could have seen the look on your face when Nick answered the phone." Dana laughed again.
"No you don't, believe me."
"That awkward huh?"
"Not as awkward as talking to Lana. When did that women get so smart?!"
"Well, she does have a masters degree in Psychology now Dana."
"What?!" Lu laughed and placed her feet on the top of her desk. "Well you guys seem to be pretty busy around there lately."
"Yeah, that's how it is now. No time to socialize on work hours. In fact I don't think I've talked to Andy about her problems lately. I need to remember to do that." Lu said really talking to herself now.
"Andy?"
"Oh. Dr. (Colonel) Andy Campbell. The doctor who got your job."
"What problems does she have?"
"Oh you know, the regular ones. She divorced her abusive husband about two years ago and he moved to California and now he's moved back to spend more time with their two daughters, and she's handling that while trying to plan a wedding by January 23rd and I've heard that her fiancée isn't to pleased about Les, her ex, returning home."
"You call those regular problems?"
"Well, I guess they are a bit more extreme then usual but so are mine."
"Yours?" Dana asked curiously.
"Yep. Marc, remember him, my son?"
"Yes!"
"Well, he got into some bad drugs and I had to send him to two months in rehab."
"Oh my gosh! Marc?!"
"Yep, Marc. That kid never lets me sleep. And then there's my boyfriend. He's acting strange and it seems like he's keeping so many secrets right now."
"Who's your boyfriend?"
"Peter."
"WHAT?!!" Lu laughed as Dana jolted up on her couch wide-eyed.
"I'm dating Peter now Dana."
"OH MY GOSH! That was unexpected."
"All though, I don't know how long that's going to last. I swear, my biological clock is running out of time and I still haven't found myself a steady man."
"Welcome to the club! I've had only three boyfriends since I moved back to Virginia and I'm currently single at the moment and have been for awhile. Why is it that nobody wants to be involved with a women doctor who has two children?"
"Umm.Dana, It might just be you."
"Excuse me?"
"Andy has two daughters and she's getting married, again!"
"Well that's her." Dana said snotty-like, not liking this women doctor already.
"Hey, Dr. Campbell is a very lovely women. She's actually a lot like you Dr. Stowe. She plays by the rules but occasionally throws the doctor handbook out the window when I convince her to."
"That does not sound like me Delgado!"
"Wow, now you sound like her! She always calls people by their last names."
"Right."
"Anyway, Peter loves Marc though. And he said that he loved me but..I don't know anymore Dana."
"Aww Lu. I'm glad I caught you at a good time in your life." She said sarcastically.
"Yeah, but it feels good to talk to somebody new..well...old.you know what I mean!"
"Haha! It's good to talk to you to Lu." Lana walked into the office.
"Lu, Dr. Jackson needs to speak with you right now in his office."
"Oh boy, what did I do now?"
"Huh?" Dana asked confused on the other side of the phone.
"Oh, Dr. Jackson needs to talk to me now. I'm gonna have to talk to you later ok?"
"Oh, what did you do now?"
"That's what I want to know. I'll talk to you later Dana."
"See ya Lu." Lu hung up the phone and headed out of her office while looking at Lana and talking to her about her conversation with Dana.
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That night Andy was driving home at seven fifty-five and remembered the message she got earlier.
"Listen to your radio at eight o'clock on 102.3." She repeated to herself. Andy thought about it for a minute and then flipped the radio station to 102.3. After a few minutes of just driving she looked at her watch. "It's eight o'clock." Andy stopped the car at a red light and listened closer to the radio. Back at Rittenhouse, Lana grabbed Lu and they both sat down and turned on their radio to 102.3 to listen to whatever was going to happen.
"And we're back with more requests. Let's see..we have another great song for you and after we will talk with the man who request this song and why. Here's 'When I Fall In Love' By Nat King Cole." The voice on the radio disappeared and the music started to play.
"Maybe I'm old-fashioned
Feeling like I do.
Maybe I am living in the past.
But when I meet the right one,
I know that I'll be true.
My first love will be my last.
When I fall in love,
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love.
In a restless world like this is,
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun.
When I give my heart,
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart.
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I fall in love with you.
When I give my heart,
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart.
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I fall in love with you."
'I love Nat King Cole.' Andy thought to herself while driving down the road, ten minutes from her home.
"So that was Nat King Cole's 'When I Fall In Love.' One of our classics that everybody's gotta love. And here we have on the line the man who requested this song. Mr. Les Campbell." Andy's jaw dropped and she pulled over on the side of the road to listen to the radio. Lu and Lana stared at the radio in shock. "So Les, tell us, who was this lovely song dedicated to?"
"Well, this song is for my ex-wife, Andy Campbell...truth is, I still love her and I need her. I want my first love to be my last. She was a my first love and I want her to be my last."
"Well, you heard him ladies and gentlemen...so Andy, if you're out there then why not give this guy a second chance huh? Thank you Les for talking with us and I hope you have a lovely evening and I hope that you get the girl you're after." Andy pushed the power off button on her radio and sat in shock.
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