TITLE- The Private Life of Kerry Weaver pt 6

AUTHOR- Jarodsangel33

EMAIL- Jarodsangel33@netscape.net

CATEGORY- drama

RATING- PG

SPOILERS- None... takes place during Season 8 right after Susan's return/

ARCHIVE- Anyone's free to read... if they want to post to link to this, or add it to their pages... email me first for verification and permission.

DISCLAIMER- I don't own ER or any of the characters, they belong to NBC, and their writers and creators. I am just using them for the story.

AUTHOR'S NOTES- This is a fic dedicated to my friends ... although at times they call me crazy for my... show addictions. This is my 1st ER fic, I have low medical terminology.

SUMMARY- What if something were to happen to Kerry... who would end up being there for her during her time of need? A new friendship begins here. Between JC and KW... more of a friendship story... nothing shipperish... yet

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Kerry sunk into her chair. She was exhausted. Her mother's words echoed in her head as she sipped on some coffee. She hated dragging Carter into her personal life, and she didn't want him to be hurt. he was the innocent in this one, Kerry couldn't help feeling guilty.
About an hour later, Kerry decided to turn in for the night. She left John to think for a while.. He sat by the stereo and began to look at Kerry's cd's. He'd remembered telling her she had an eclectic collection. He chuckled at the memory. He pulled down the cd case and began to browse,
Tracy Chapman "Collection", Beth Neilson Chapman "Sand and Water", Grace Jones "Ring of Fire", and more...Carter chuckled to himself as he recalled when he stayed in Kerry's house. He remembered those drinks she used to make, and how she would always be awake at 5 AM every morning. He remembered never knowing how she did it all, he inhaled the deep vanilla smell of her house, and oh how he missed its warm homey feel. He stretched his arms and stood up. He carefully returned Kerry's music to its proper place and headed downstairs to his old room. He grinned when he saw that it hadn't changed. He'd left his old posters and they were still up. I guess Kerry was hoping I'd come back for them, he thought to himself as he got undressed. ~*~
About two hours later, he awoke running a cold sweat. He wiped the beads of sweat that had been forming on his forehead away and took a deep breath. He decided to get a drink. He slowly quietly tiptoed up the stairs and entered the kitchen area. He grabbed a glass from the stained glass wooden cabinet and filled it with fruit juice. He quickly gulped it down and put the glass in the sink. He sat down on the couch and flicked on the TV. He began to watch some evening soap opera and fell asleep.
About an hour after this, Kerry awoke hearing a thud. She quickly threw her robe on and came out into her living room. She found Carter on the floor still asleep. The TV was on and he was curled up on the floor her blanket partially on the couch. 'He must've fallen,' she thought as she stepped over him and flicked the channel. Since she was awake she thought she'd watch a little TV. She flicked to another channel and was amused by Joan Rivers. She kept channel surfing until she found a good movie. It was called Deep Impact. She settled there and began to carefully pull John back on the couch. She finally after a little struggle got him back onto the couch and settled, she let out a deep sigh and leant back to watch the movie. In about ten minutes, she was out like a light. She somehow managed to lean over and snuggle close to John. When he awoke just minutes later, he smiled at the gesture. ~*~
Carter got entangled in the movie. He watched anxiously as the main character Jenny Lerner dealt with her life, her parent's divorce, his remarrying, then the news of the comets, then how her mother died, and then he noticed it. The actress playing Beth looked exactly like Kerry. It was almost uncanny. He looked from one to the other and was like whoa!
"Kerry, Kerry wake up," John whispered.
"What is it John?" Kerry mumbled half asleep.
"Do you have a twin?" John asked in shock.
"No, I did but she passed away," Kerry said as she began to wake up.
"Wait, why do you ask?" She asked now fully awake.
"Kerry, look at this!" Carter said and pointed to the actress on the TV. Her character is Beth Stanley and I swear she looks just like you!" John said enthusiastically.
"Yes. that does sort of, must be coincidence," Kerry said uncomfortably.
"John, we can't do this," She said and looked into his deep chocolate brown eyes.
John let her go, and sighed heavily. He decided it was best that they didn't cross any boundary lines. They were balanced on a fine line. and he would not be responsible for breaking the line.. Especially with Kerry in her fragile state of mind.