The Lucky Ones

Chapter Nine

You'll be my New Year's Day, my Valentine
Now I ain't gonna stop until I make you mine
You'll be my April Fool, my Mardi Gras
The music on my tongue when I sing fa la la
You'll be my flower child, in the month of May
My sunny summer lover on my holiday
You'll be my autumn leaves, my Halloween
The winter snow and everything that's in between
This year I'm gonna take you home
This year I don't wanna be alone

The next couple of weeks passed by quickly. Carter and Lucy both worked together on Thanksgiving, but they were apart on Christmas. Lucy went to see her mother and grandfather, but didn't think that it would be a good idea to bring Carter with her. It would've looked too suspicious if both Lucy and Carter asked for the same few days off, and they wanted to avoid suspicious actions. Now it was New Year's Eve. Carter and Lucy weren't lucky enough to get the night off, but at least they were working together. Carter was still letting Lucy and everyone else think that he was still going to therapy. Lucy was still going to therapy twice a week and was working through her problems, but was turning back to her old self, so she was going to stop going soon. They had been very careful not let anyone find out about their relationship, and although they had been the subject of many rumors and pools, no one else except Dave knew about their relationship. Tonight Carter and Lucy had made a pact that unless they were in the middle of a trauma, they wouldn't let anything stand in the way of kissing when the clock struck twelve. Luckily for them, the ER had been surprisingly quiet.

Dave snuck up on Lucy at the front desk. "Hey!" he greeted.

"Dave! You scared me!" Lucy smiled. She looked him over. He was actually wearing a tux. "You're dressed nicely."

"Thanks."

"I think this is the first time I've ever seen you this dressed up." She commented. "You clean up nicely."

"Well I thought I'd try and look tonight. I have a hot date and tonight is New Year's Eve." He reminded her.

"I know that." She smiled, thinking about her plan to surprise Carter. "So who's the lucky girl going out with Dr. Dave tonight?"

"Sandy? Cindy? Sally?" he shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

"You don't even know her name?" Lucy exclaimed.

"I know it!" He re-assured her. "I just have forgotten it right now."

"I can't believe you've forgotten her name!"

"Well, it's hard to remember every girl's name." He explained.

"Yeah," she rolled her eyes, "you seem to go out with a different girl each night."

He smiled. "I can't help it if every woman I meet wants a piece of Dr. Dave!"

She laughed and shook her head. "You're impossible!"

"Yeah. I know." He paused. "Are you working through midnight?"

"Yep. I'm on until three." She nodded. "Not all of us can get dressed up and go on dates tonight."

"I guess you're right. Someone has to stay behind and take care of the sick people. But tonight it's not me!" He laughed.

"I hope your date goes well. Happy New Year Dave!" She smiled as he left.

"Happy New Year Lucy!" he shouted back.

A couple of hours later

"Chuni, where's Carter? I need him to sign off on a patient of mine." Lucy asked when she approached the front desk.

"I think he's in the lounge." Chuni replied before burying her head in a catalog again.

"Thanks." She took the chart with her and went into the lounge. She found him asleep on the couch. He looked peaceful, and as she stood in front of him, she wondered what he was dreaming about. Looking back at the door to make sure that they were alone, she knelt down beside him and gave him a long, slow kiss.

His eyes fluttered open and he smiled brightly when he saw her there. "Hey."

"Sorry to wake you, but it's important." Lucy apologized.

"That's ok." He said, getting up on his feet. "Feel free to wake me up like that anytime you want. So what's up?"

"I need you to sign off on a patient so that she can be released." She handed him the chart.

After looking over the chart, he saw that Lucy had completed everything correctly and nodded. He got out his pen and scribbled his name. "There you go."

"Thank you." She smiled.

"So what time is it?" he asked, wrapping his arms around her waist.

She looked at her watch. "It's about 11:44. Almost the new year."

"And almost time for a New Year's kiss." He smiled wickedly. "Maybe we should practice a little?"

She sighed. "You know we can't right now."

"Oh come on! Just a little kiss?"

"I just can't say no to you." She smiled as she kissed him.

He reluctantly pulled away, not wanting to be caught kissing her in the lounge. "What can I say? You've spoiled me rotten."

She laughed. "Why don't go on up to the roof and I'll go discharge Mrs. Johnson?"

"But it's cold outside. Can't we just meet up in an exam room?" He suggested.

She shook her head. Meeting in an exam room would ruin her surprise. "I know it's cold outside, but we don't have very good luck in exam rooms. Do you really want Chuni to find us like she did last year?"

"No." he shook his head. "That's the last thing I want."

"Good. Then go up to the roof and I'll join you there in a few minutes." She smiled.

"Ok. I'll see you in a few." He gave her a quick kiss before she left. When he got to the roof, he saw a blanket stretched out on the ground. On the blanket were a stereo, two glasses, and a bottle of sparkling cider. He shook his head and wondered how Lucy did this.

Lucy opened the door to the roof and saw that John was already sitting on the blanket. He had already opened the bottle of cider and was turning on the stereo. She sat down next to him on the blanket. "Hey. I'm here with two and a half minutes to spare."

"Good." He smiled, pulling her closer to him.

"Do you like it?" she asked, pointing to the set-up she had orchestrated in front of them.

"Yeah, I do. I can't believe you did this. How in the world did you get all this stuff up here without anyone, especially me, noticing?"

"I have my ways, but it wasn't easy. Luckily, the ER hasn't been too busy, you fell asleep and Chuni was always on the phone ordering stuff from that catalog. I thought that this would be a nice way to ring in the New Year." Lucy explained.

"And it is." He kissed her. "It's much nicer than being in an exam room."

Then he gave her a glass of cider and raised his glass to her. "Here's to you Lucy. I've seen the way you've been throwing yourself into therapy and I'm really glad that it's helping you. I love you."

She raised her glass to him. "Well here's to you John. I didn't think that I could enjoy life again, but you've proved me wrong. The therapy that I'm in wouldn't have helped if it wasn't for you and your support. I love you."

"You do?" he asked, hoping that she wasn't just saying that because that's what she thought he wanted to hear and that this wasn't another dream of his.

"Yes." She shook her head. "I truly, deeply, love you. I've known for a while now, but I was just waiting for the right moment to tell you."

He took her glass and sat it down next to his. "You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that." Then he grabbed her face and kissed her with more passion than he had ever used in his whole life.

When they finally separated, Lucy looked down at her watch. It was midnight. "Happy New Year John."

"Happy New Year Luce." He gave her another soft kiss. "This year's gonna be wonderful, and you know why?"

She shook her head. "No. Go ahead and enlighten me."

"Well there's a saying that says the person you kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve will be the person you are with for that year. Since I kissed you at midnight, I get to spend the year with you. And I don't think you know how happy that makes me." He explained.

"Oh I think I know how happy you are, because I'm just as happy." She kissed him. "You are right though. It will be a wonderful year. I'll get to graduate and become a doctor, and we'll be able to let the whole world know how much we love each other."

"It will be nice to tell everyone about our relationship and end all of the rumors."

She laughed. "Yeah, I'm getting tired of the rumors and the pools about our relationship."

"So am I." He looked over at the stereo and held out his hand to her. "Since we have music, wanna dance with me?"

"Love to." She smiled, taking his hand. They started moving to the beat of the slow song; their bodies pressed up as close as they could get to each other because of their coats being in the way. After a couple of minutes, she decided to speak. "I wish I could freeze this moment."

"Why this moment?" he asked with a chuckle. "Couldn't you think of a moment when we're not out in the cold?"

"I don't feel the cold." She looked up at him. "I never feel cold when I'm with you. I just get this overwhelming sense of warmth and security. I love you."

"I don't think I'm ever gonna get tired of hearing that." He leaned down to kiss her. "Tell me again?"

Lucy giggled, burying her head in his chest. "I love you, I love you, I love you." She looked up at him again. "And that will have to sustain you until we get off work, because we should really be getting back now."

"Alright." He grumbled as they headed back inside. Right before they got to the door, she blocked her path. "Just one more time, please?"

"You're insane! You know that?" she laughed. "But I still love you."

"And I love you too." He smiled, holding the door open for her.

Song Lyrics: "This Year" By: Christina Aguilera

A/N: Sorry this chapter seems to be a little shorter than my other chapters. But anyway, I'd like to express my gratitude to everyone who has reviewed this story! Thank you!! :)