Chapter 3:
It was early the next morning when Rita woke up. She went into the kitchen like normal to say good-bye to her uncle. But this time she had to hide her excitement.
"Morning Rita" said Benton
"Hello" she replayed
"Don't forget you have to come to the ER at noon. If you wait there I'll be by to pic you up and walk you to the consoler"
"Okay, see you at noon" she said as Peter walked out.
Rita went into her room to get dressed. On her bed she laid out her light pink kinda tight (but it worked for her because she had nice curves) sweatsuit with a white tanktop and her white sneakers. She went to take a shower and the whole time she had a grin on her face, and nothing could take it away at this point. She got dressed, read a little, then got her purse and took off for the ER.
As she walked down the street taking in the busy sound of Chicago, Rita still had that same little smile on her face. She walked into the ER and noticed that it was very busy, so she sat in chairs and waited. It was now 11:55 and she hoped that Dr. Carter would walk by soon so she could catch another glance of him.
Three minutes waiting Carter walked over to her.
"Hi Rita, I don't know if you remember me from the other day, I'm John Carter. Your Uncle asked me to bring you to your appointment because he's stuck in surgery" he said
"Yea I remember you, okay we can go"
They took the elevator up to Rita's appointment and chatted on the way. Just some friendly stuff like, how are you doing, why are you in Chicago, and what not. Carter really liked her. He thought she was cute, sweet, funny, smart, and fun to be around. She felt the same way about him.
When they got to the door they paused.
"Oh, looks like we're here, I'll be back to get you at one. It's been nice talking to you" He said with a smile.
"Yea, I'll see you at one" she replyed
Rita was closed off during her session. She never really felt safe talking to same random person about her inner most thoughts. She even felt it difficult to talk to her best friend back in Harlem at times. So she just grinned her way through the session, not really giving away too much personal information to this new person in her life.
The next time Rita looked up at the clock it said 1:00. The woman she was talking to said it was a nice session and Rita walked out slightly laughing to herself. There he was...leaning against the wall looking more handsome than ever in his long white doctor's coat. He smiled and walked over to her.
"How did it go?" Carter asked with a smile
"All right I guess"
As they walked and talked once again, Rita could tell something was on his mind.
"Umm...I don't really know if I should be asking this but...would you like to go out with me sometime. I understand if you don't want to, or if you can't because of Dr. Benton"
"I'd love too. And...I think we just keep it between you and me. My uncle doesn't have to know" she said with a little giggle in her voice.
"Okay, how about tomorrow...around...8?"
"Yea, that would be great, see you then" Rita said as she walked out of the ER doors.
Rita couldn't believe what had happened. It felt like a dream. She actually got what she wanted for a change, and was happy. She could wait until tomorrow night, it was going to be incredible.
When Rita got back to the apartment she laid down on her bed face up. Then all of a sudden she had a big smile and jumped up shouting YES and laughing.
The young girl couldn't wait until tomorrow...for it was truly gonna be...her dream date.
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