She assumed she was dreaming. Sleeping in Mark's arms for a whole night, feeling that relaxed, that perfectly warm, safe… She opened her eyes softly and smiled, seeing his face, set so peacefully on the pillow. But they weren't at home in bed. They used about the same amount of room in their bed at home but this wasn't home. She tried to move as little as possible, checking her watch, eight am.
Then she remembered she was working. Or had been until an hour ago. She leaned out of his embrace and got her pager from where she'd left it on the chair. No pages. That's odd. She should probably go down and sign out but moving was totally out of the question. She slipped her arms back under the blankets and around his chest, pulling herself closer again.
"Good morning." He whispered groggily.
"I'm sleeping." She nestled her head beneath his chin.
"Good." He kissed her hair and let his eyes fall shut again.
Susan jumped when her pager went off, waking Mark with remarkable talent and almost falling out of bed. "Oh, sorry." She laughed at herself and reached over to get at the pager… again. It was the ER. What? They don't page me all night – when I am on – but they page me now – when I'm not…
She climbed out of bed and tucked the sheets back around Mark before using the phone by his bed. "Yeah, hi, it's Dr Lewis here. Someone paged me?"
"Oh, um…" Jerry clearly didn't know what she was wanted for. "Anyone page Dr Lewis?"
"I hope not." She could hear Kerry in the background and had to smile.
"Oh, yeah, Dr Greene's wife and daughter were here." Someone else added.
"Are they here now?" Jerry sounded annoyed that he had to ask the obvious, clearly having reached his daily word quotient... or was the his daily work quotient...?
"I'll check chairs." Kerry again.
"Jerry?" Susan called him back to the phone. "If you find them can you tell them Mark's room number and send them up?" Mark had sat up behind her and slipped his arms around her, pulling her back into bad.
"Sure thing Dr Lewis."
"Thanks." She hung up and laughed, turning in Mark's arms and kissing him just as Jenn and Rachel walked in.