Title- Jealousy and Deceit
Disclaimer- ER belongs to NBC etc.... yes, we've admitted the truth now... *sigh*
Author- Katelyn this time.... *_* Caitlin helped me a bit...
Author's Note- We were never really specific about the timeline, so umm maybe this should be an alternate universe, Kerry isn't a lesbian, and all the doctors work together... Everybody from seasons 1-7 accept for Lucy and Kim....
~*~
Kerry strode into the lounge, her thoughts overtaking her "ability to treat patients" as Mark had put it... He didn't know exactly what was bothering her, and as usual she denied anything he assumed was wrong with her, her work façade would not fall. Even though she hid it, she couldn't help but feel jealous of Susan, getting to spend the day with John... She scowled in distaste as she played with her locker combination
'He'd never want to be with me, he probably sees me as some old 'disabled' (A/N- I don't mean anything by this...) hag' she mumbled as she opened her locker, knowing all too well her words were true. (A/N Caitlin did that last part about her words)
She took a shaky breath feeling the tears welling up in her eyes. She was just calming herself when Carol entered the lounge.
"There's a trau-"she stopped at the sight of Kerry wiping her tear- stained face. "Um Kerry, it's none of my business but are you ok?" she asked sympathetically.
'I don't want your pity,' Kerry thought to herself. "No, I'm fine," She said holding back a sob.
"Well Mark told me to get you; some trauma is coming in. There was a store robbery..." Carol said still looking at Kerry; her eyes prying for the truth
"I'm fine Carol, thanks for asking though," Kerry said noticing her stare.
"Anytime," Carol said and brushed her arm soothingly on Kerry's shoulder as she said goodbye and left the lounge.
Kerry stood there, still feeling the warmth of Carol's gesture. It was nice to know that some people saw her as more than just their boss.
After Kerry had dried her tears she exited the lounge ready to treat the remainder of her patients. If Carter wanted to be with Susan, it was none of her business... She thought bitterly.
~*~
Kerry sighed heavily as she exited the trauma room. She had treated the instigator of the incident, he had been shot by police in the abdomen and now he was being sent up to surgery. She was really tired so she decided to take a nap in any vacant exam room. When she went up to admit, she found a stack of charts waiting for her "John Hancock," as Chuny called it.
"Ok Chuny," Kerry said and groaned. She attempted to grab all the charts and head into Exam four and as she was taking them to exam four, she tripped on the leg of her pants and fell helplessly to the floor, every chart spilling its thick contents onto the cold tile floor.
"Damn," she cursed as she attempted to pick some of the paperwork up. (A/N- I thought this was more dramatic)
"Here, let me help you," Mark said and picked everything up for her. He then helped her up from the floor and asked where she was off too with such a large load of charts.
"Exam four" Kerry said embarrassedly, (A/N- is that a word?) while Mark followed her there. Just set them there, she said and sat on the empty bed.
"Kerry, you look like hell; take a rest I'll do these for you," Mark said and took the charts back.
"No, its fine, you shouldn't go to that trouble," Kerry said and got up.
"No, I'm serious, get some sleep." Mark said motioned to the nearby gurney, and with that left the room charts in hand.
~*~
Kerry just hated getting out of things like that, she hated the fact that Mark was doing her work for her, it made her feel insignificant... 'Maybe it's better because Mark is probably sharper than I am now,' she thought to herself as she sat down on the gurney and fell asleep.
~*~
"Some girl, by the name of Marissa is asking for you," carol said quietly trying not to startle Kerry's sleeping form.
"What?" Kerry huffed. "I discharged her hours ago," She growled as she whipped the covers off herself now wide awake.
"Well she's back complaining of wrist pain and she's asking for you," Carol explained.
"Alright, I'll be right there," Kerry said and groaned as she lifted herself from the warm gurney.
"She leant heavily on her crutch as she staggered over to chairs and called for Marissa.
"Here I am." She hollered a huge smile playing on her face.
~*~
"What seems to be the trouble?" Kerry asked sliding on her glasses.
"I got home and umm, yea, I tripped and fell and my wrist was slammed against a wall." She said and chuckled to herself.
"Are you telling me psyche didn't admit her?" Carol asked when Kerry pulled her aside to give her the orders.
"Yep, that's what I'm saying," Kerry said.
"Alright, get x-ray in here, and page orthopedics! She might need a pin" Kerry said.
"A pin for my shirt, how cool would that be?" Marissa cried in jubilation.
"Yes..." Kerry sighed heavily.
After x-ray was through, it was diagnosed as a fracture of the 3rd metacarpal..." Kerry informed Marissa and wrapped her arm in a bandage.
~*~
Kerry looked at her watch, it was going on 3:30 pm, she'd slept from 1 to 2:45, and was now on the line trying to get transport down to take an elderly woman to the ICU.
~*~
Susan plopped herself down onto a park bench. She watched John and Alyssa as they tried to get Mike's kite into the air.
She pulled out her pocket planner and mirror and glanced down as she opened her plan book.
"Medical Conference board meeting, resident reviews, strippers' convention *classes start Tuesday*... "I must turn Carter on," Susan muttered and scrunched her nose at the thought. That insolate brat had spoiled her plans for that. Now she was taking stripping lessons, all for John.
After she bagged the millionaire, she fully intended to divorce him and get him for all he's worth in court. She snickered at her own folly. It was fool proof.
Checklist
Seduce Carter
Date Carter
Marry Carter
Divorce Carter
Sue Carter
Get Carter's Money
She continued writing things down in her pocket book, not realizing that Carter had snuck upon her and was stealthily listening to her plans.
"Who's Carter?" He asked becoming perplexed. "Oh nobody," Susan said in a giddy voice. She grinned noting Carter's incompetence.
John sat down on the other side of the bench still looking perplexed. Susan sighed realizing Carter wouldn't figure out her plan. She decided to go see what the munchkins were up to...
THE ER
~*~
Abby and Luka had just entered the ER and were getting their orders from Kerry when a twenty year old GSW victim was wheeled into the ER. "Twenty year old male, GSW to the left neck and chest," A panting Doris Pickman announced as she pumped oxygen into the man's still pale lifeless body. Doris and her crew left the Doctors to take care of the man.
"Ok, get me an 8.0 ET tube, and page Corday, he's going to need surgery." "He needs a chest tube," Luka said realizing an intubation would be near to impossible. "How about a tracheotomy," Kerry suggested. "The wound has penetrated the area," Luka informed her as he pressed fresh gauze onto the oozing wound. "Ok, set me up, open a chest tube tray," Kerry said and sighed. "There's 50 cc's (SP?) Of blood in the output," Chuny called from the end of the gurney as she brought a few blood bags. "Put that o-neg on the infuser stat!" Kerry said as she fiddled with the chest tube. "Did you call the blood bank?" Elizabeth asked as she entered the room. "Yea, I got 3 of o-neg, they're hanging on the rapid infuser," Chuny explained. "Ok, this guy needs to get to the OR," Kerry said and stepped out for Elizabeth to get at the patient.
~*~
About a half hour later, Kerry dragged herself out of the trauma room. The patient would be going up to surgery and had a steady pulse. Kerry ripped off her gloves and her gown. She slid into the lounge and opened her locker. She pulled out her bottle of water. She took a sip and slid the bottle back into her locker. She quickly exited the lounge glancing at her watch. It was 4 thirty and she wanted to go home... She decided to head to the admit desk and work on some charts, she'd leave later when more of the docs came in. As she reached the desk, she got word of another patient, was on her way. Kerry got up and made it to the ambulance bay doors just as the patient entered the hospital. "Thirty-six year old female vs. Jeep, the kids and husband followed us. Kerry looked down at the patient and gasped.
"Susan?" she asked with mock sympathy. "Where are the children?" She demanded; her first soothing tone becoming icy. "Carter's bringing them in, they're fine," Susan said exasperatedly. She winced as the doctors put her onto the gurney. "Looks like a compound fracture," Kerry said. "Page orthopedics and x-ray," she said and signed the chart. She looked towards the clock and met Carter's gaze from the hallway. Her eyes met his giving him a cold stare.
Kerry gave Susan some Vicodin (is that spelled right?) for the pain and signed another chart. She then made her way outside to speak with Carter. She told Lilly to take the kids to the desk and ask Jerry to watch them.
Disclaimer- ER belongs to NBC etc.... yes, we've admitted the truth now... *sigh*
Author- Katelyn this time.... *_* Caitlin helped me a bit...
Author's Note- We were never really specific about the timeline, so umm maybe this should be an alternate universe, Kerry isn't a lesbian, and all the doctors work together... Everybody from seasons 1-7 accept for Lucy and Kim....
~*~
Kerry strode into the lounge, her thoughts overtaking her "ability to treat patients" as Mark had put it... He didn't know exactly what was bothering her, and as usual she denied anything he assumed was wrong with her, her work façade would not fall. Even though she hid it, she couldn't help but feel jealous of Susan, getting to spend the day with John... She scowled in distaste as she played with her locker combination
'He'd never want to be with me, he probably sees me as some old 'disabled' (A/N- I don't mean anything by this...) hag' she mumbled as she opened her locker, knowing all too well her words were true. (A/N Caitlin did that last part about her words)
She took a shaky breath feeling the tears welling up in her eyes. She was just calming herself when Carol entered the lounge.
"There's a trau-"she stopped at the sight of Kerry wiping her tear- stained face. "Um Kerry, it's none of my business but are you ok?" she asked sympathetically.
'I don't want your pity,' Kerry thought to herself. "No, I'm fine," She said holding back a sob.
"Well Mark told me to get you; some trauma is coming in. There was a store robbery..." Carol said still looking at Kerry; her eyes prying for the truth
"I'm fine Carol, thanks for asking though," Kerry said noticing her stare.
"Anytime," Carol said and brushed her arm soothingly on Kerry's shoulder as she said goodbye and left the lounge.
Kerry stood there, still feeling the warmth of Carol's gesture. It was nice to know that some people saw her as more than just their boss.
After Kerry had dried her tears she exited the lounge ready to treat the remainder of her patients. If Carter wanted to be with Susan, it was none of her business... She thought bitterly.
~*~
Kerry sighed heavily as she exited the trauma room. She had treated the instigator of the incident, he had been shot by police in the abdomen and now he was being sent up to surgery. She was really tired so she decided to take a nap in any vacant exam room. When she went up to admit, she found a stack of charts waiting for her "John Hancock," as Chuny called it.
"Ok Chuny," Kerry said and groaned. She attempted to grab all the charts and head into Exam four and as she was taking them to exam four, she tripped on the leg of her pants and fell helplessly to the floor, every chart spilling its thick contents onto the cold tile floor.
"Damn," she cursed as she attempted to pick some of the paperwork up. (A/N- I thought this was more dramatic)
"Here, let me help you," Mark said and picked everything up for her. He then helped her up from the floor and asked where she was off too with such a large load of charts.
"Exam four" Kerry said embarrassedly, (A/N- is that a word?) while Mark followed her there. Just set them there, she said and sat on the empty bed.
"Kerry, you look like hell; take a rest I'll do these for you," Mark said and took the charts back.
"No, its fine, you shouldn't go to that trouble," Kerry said and got up.
"No, I'm serious, get some sleep." Mark said motioned to the nearby gurney, and with that left the room charts in hand.
~*~
Kerry just hated getting out of things like that, she hated the fact that Mark was doing her work for her, it made her feel insignificant... 'Maybe it's better because Mark is probably sharper than I am now,' she thought to herself as she sat down on the gurney and fell asleep.
~*~
"Some girl, by the name of Marissa is asking for you," carol said quietly trying not to startle Kerry's sleeping form.
"What?" Kerry huffed. "I discharged her hours ago," She growled as she whipped the covers off herself now wide awake.
"Well she's back complaining of wrist pain and she's asking for you," Carol explained.
"Alright, I'll be right there," Kerry said and groaned as she lifted herself from the warm gurney.
"She leant heavily on her crutch as she staggered over to chairs and called for Marissa.
"Here I am." She hollered a huge smile playing on her face.
~*~
"What seems to be the trouble?" Kerry asked sliding on her glasses.
"I got home and umm, yea, I tripped and fell and my wrist was slammed against a wall." She said and chuckled to herself.
"Are you telling me psyche didn't admit her?" Carol asked when Kerry pulled her aside to give her the orders.
"Yep, that's what I'm saying," Kerry said.
"Alright, get x-ray in here, and page orthopedics! She might need a pin" Kerry said.
"A pin for my shirt, how cool would that be?" Marissa cried in jubilation.
"Yes..." Kerry sighed heavily.
After x-ray was through, it was diagnosed as a fracture of the 3rd metacarpal..." Kerry informed Marissa and wrapped her arm in a bandage.
~*~
Kerry looked at her watch, it was going on 3:30 pm, she'd slept from 1 to 2:45, and was now on the line trying to get transport down to take an elderly woman to the ICU.
~*~
Susan plopped herself down onto a park bench. She watched John and Alyssa as they tried to get Mike's kite into the air.
She pulled out her pocket planner and mirror and glanced down as she opened her plan book.
"Medical Conference board meeting, resident reviews, strippers' convention *classes start Tuesday*... "I must turn Carter on," Susan muttered and scrunched her nose at the thought. That insolate brat had spoiled her plans for that. Now she was taking stripping lessons, all for John.
After she bagged the millionaire, she fully intended to divorce him and get him for all he's worth in court. She snickered at her own folly. It was fool proof.
Checklist
Seduce Carter
Date Carter
Marry Carter
Divorce Carter
Sue Carter
Get Carter's Money
She continued writing things down in her pocket book, not realizing that Carter had snuck upon her and was stealthily listening to her plans.
"Who's Carter?" He asked becoming perplexed. "Oh nobody," Susan said in a giddy voice. She grinned noting Carter's incompetence.
John sat down on the other side of the bench still looking perplexed. Susan sighed realizing Carter wouldn't figure out her plan. She decided to go see what the munchkins were up to...
THE ER
~*~
Abby and Luka had just entered the ER and were getting their orders from Kerry when a twenty year old GSW victim was wheeled into the ER. "Twenty year old male, GSW to the left neck and chest," A panting Doris Pickman announced as she pumped oxygen into the man's still pale lifeless body. Doris and her crew left the Doctors to take care of the man.
"Ok, get me an 8.0 ET tube, and page Corday, he's going to need surgery." "He needs a chest tube," Luka said realizing an intubation would be near to impossible. "How about a tracheotomy," Kerry suggested. "The wound has penetrated the area," Luka informed her as he pressed fresh gauze onto the oozing wound. "Ok, set me up, open a chest tube tray," Kerry said and sighed. "There's 50 cc's (SP?) Of blood in the output," Chuny called from the end of the gurney as she brought a few blood bags. "Put that o-neg on the infuser stat!" Kerry said as she fiddled with the chest tube. "Did you call the blood bank?" Elizabeth asked as she entered the room. "Yea, I got 3 of o-neg, they're hanging on the rapid infuser," Chuny explained. "Ok, this guy needs to get to the OR," Kerry said and stepped out for Elizabeth to get at the patient.
~*~
About a half hour later, Kerry dragged herself out of the trauma room. The patient would be going up to surgery and had a steady pulse. Kerry ripped off her gloves and her gown. She slid into the lounge and opened her locker. She pulled out her bottle of water. She took a sip and slid the bottle back into her locker. She quickly exited the lounge glancing at her watch. It was 4 thirty and she wanted to go home... She decided to head to the admit desk and work on some charts, she'd leave later when more of the docs came in. As she reached the desk, she got word of another patient, was on her way. Kerry got up and made it to the ambulance bay doors just as the patient entered the hospital. "Thirty-six year old female vs. Jeep, the kids and husband followed us. Kerry looked down at the patient and gasped.
"Susan?" she asked with mock sympathy. "Where are the children?" She demanded; her first soothing tone becoming icy. "Carter's bringing them in, they're fine," Susan said exasperatedly. She winced as the doctors put her onto the gurney. "Looks like a compound fracture," Kerry said. "Page orthopedics and x-ray," she said and signed the chart. She looked towards the clock and met Carter's gaze from the hallway. Her eyes met his giving him a cold stare.
Kerry gave Susan some Vicodin (is that spelled right?) for the pain and signed another chart. She then made her way outside to speak with Carter. She told Lilly to take the kids to the desk and ask Jerry to watch them.