The Lucky Ones
Chapter Fourteen
I've seen her expression
as she looks in your direction
it's there in her eyes
you say there's no connection
you don't thinks that's her intention
baby you must be blind
I know that she wants you
I know it instinctively
I know she wants you
I know that she wants you
she wants you
you say you're in love with me
A couple of weeks later, Carter walked out to the kitchen after taking a shower and dressing. He found Lucy cooking in the kitchen and she seemed to be humming a tune. Standing against the doorframe, he tried to figure out what the song was. But he was having no luck figuring it out. He smiled and chuckled as she started dancing to the tune she was humming, which promptly alerted Lucy to his presence.
"God Carter! You scared me! How long have you been there?" she asked, turning around. She could feel her face turning beet red from embarrassment.
"Long enough. You know, you're even more cute when you're embarrassed." He said, closing the space between them and giving her a kiss.
She blushed slightly, embarrassed that he caught her humming and dancing. "I made breakfast."
"I see. Thanks." He grabbed a plate and sat down, while Lucy did the same. But while he was eating, she was still staring at her engagement ring. "You better take that off soon before you forget, because you can't wear that to work."
"I don't want to keep taking it off." Lucy frowned.
"Well it's only for a little while. In a couple of months, after you graduate, we can tell everyone."
"Yeah." She smiled again. "Do you have a particular time you'd like to get married?"
"I'd marry you right now if I could."
"Good answer, but not the one I'm looking for." Lucy scolded. "C'mon! When do you think we should do it?"
"Anytime after your graduation is fine with me."
"Could we get married in June?" Lucy asked.
"June? Sure. Are you going to be able to plan a wedding by June? That is only a couple of months from now."
"Well it depends. How big of a wedding are we going to have?"
"I don't know. I hadn't even thought about that."
Lucy laughed. "Typical guy!"
"The only thing I really care about is that I get to marry you. Everything else is not important to me." He smiled. "But we should save this discussion for a later time. We should get to work."
"Yeah, you're right." Lucy grabbed her coat and then they left for work. "Geez, when did it start snowing?" she asked, pulling her coat tighter around her body.
"I don't know. But it sure is coming down hard. I wonder how much snow we're going to get." Carter wondered aloud.
About noon, Lucy was coming out of exam one with a chart. As she dropped it off at the front desk, Chuni picked up the phone. Lucy started to walk over to the lounge when Chuni called after her.
"Lucy! Phone for you on line 3."
"Thanks." Lucy smiled, picking up the phone. "Hello? Lucy Knight."
"Lucy? Hello, this is Millicent Carter."
"Oh hello. How are you?" Lucy asked.
"I'm fine dear. How are you?"
"I'm wonderful. By the way, thank you so much for the gift."
"You're welcome. So I take it that John gave you the ring?" Millicent asked, hoping that she would be able to plan a wedding soon.
"Yes." Lucy replied, the smile on her face getting wider.
"I'm so happy for you both! Have you set a date yet?"
"No, not yet."
"Well if you need any help, please don't hesitate to call me."
"I won't, and I probably will need your help. Thank you so much again. It means a lot to me." Lucy told the older woman.
"I'm just glad to see you both happy."
Lucy saw an ambulance pull up. "I'm sorry, but I've gotta go. We've got a trauma coming in."
"That's ok. You and John should come by for dinner again soon."
"I'll see what I can do. Thanks for calling." Lucy hung up and went to assist Dr. Greene with the oncoming trauma.
After sending the trauma patient upstairs to surgery, Lucy went back to the front desk to see what the board looked like. She took a look out the window. "Man, it's still snowing pretty hard." She commented.
"Yeah. We're supposed to get a ton of snow today." Dave replied.
"So Lucy, who was that on the phone earlier?" Chuni asked, a little suspicious.
"It was a family member of mine." Lucy replied casually, knowing that there was no way she could tell Chuni that it was Carter's grandmother. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a break." She hadn't seen Carter much since their shift had started. She opened the door to the roof and saw Carter talking with Anna. She stood there staring for a few moments, trying to figure out if she should listen or not. Before she decided, she heard something that got her attention.
"I still love you John." Anna paused. "I never stopped, and I was a fool to leave you behind. It was the worst mistake of my life, and I've regretted it every single day. We had something special, didn't we?"
Carter thought about it for a moment. "Well, yes, we did."
Anna walked a little closer to him. "So, maybe we should explore the possibility that we could rekindle that relationship." Anna suggested with a smile.
Lucy quietly closed the door to the roof. She leaned against it and started to cry. Not wanting to take a chance at anyone seeing her cry, she ran into the nearest bathroom.
Meanwhile, back on the roof. "Look, if I've given you the wrong impression since you came back, I'm sorry. But I'm not interested in you as anything more than a friend now. What we had was special in it's own way, but it's in the past and that's where it needs to stay." Carter replied, getting up.
"Is there someone else?" she asked, hurt that he was rejecting her.
"I really don't want to be having this conversation with you. I'm sorry. But this can never happen again." He walked off the roof.
After crying in the bathroom for about fifteen minutes, Lucy finally emerged from the bathroom and decided to walk down to the ER. She knew that Anna was after Carter! She had told him as soon as Anna came back. So why couldn't Carter see it? She had left the roof before hearing Carter's response to Anna practically throwing herself at him mostly because she couldn't handle it if he wanted Anna instead of her. She didn't want to doubt Carter's love, but he loved Anna first. This was confusing her and stressing her out. Could this day get any worse? She walked up to the front desk and saw Chuni. "Does anyone need some help?" she asked, looking at the board and the empty waiting area.
"I think Anna does. The paramedics just brought someone in. Oh, and they said that the city is shutting down the streets due to the snow. Apparently we're in for a large snow storm, so it looks like we're all going to be stuck here for awhile." Chuni replied.
"Great." Lucy said unenthusiastically. "So where is Anna?"
"Curtain two." Chuni replied.
"Ok. I'll go see if she needs help." Lucy replied. Then maybe I'll scratch her eyes out. She looked at her nails and shook her head. No, my nails aren't long enough to do any real damage. Maybe I could just punch her a lot. That thought made her smile. As she approached curtain two, she heard a voice which made chills go down her spine—and definitely not the good kind of chills. The smile that had graced her face fell immediately. It couldn't be. God wouldn't be that cruel to me right now. I must be wrong. I have to be wrong. She pulled back the curtain and came face to face with none other than Paul Sobricki. "You." She stated in a mere whisper. A whisper was all she could muster.
"Oh, um, it's you." Paul stuttered, recognizing Lucy.
"You two know each other?" Anna asked with a smile, not aware of the history between them.
Lucy just stared at Paul. "What the hell are you doing here?" She whispered.
"I fell on some ice outside my office building..." Paul replied. "I'm sorry about happened..."
"You're sorry?" Lucy screamed, finally finding her voice again. "Exactly what are you sorry about? Using the knife to stab Carter and me? Almost killing us? Throwing our lives into a tailspin? How dare you lay there and have the nerve to tell me that you're sorry?"
"Look, I know this is hard, but I'm better now. You're a doctor. I was sick. You know that it wasn't really me that did that to you and your friend..."
"Shut up! I don't care." Lucy whispered, not wanting to listen to him or see him anymore. She had gone to therapy. She was supposed to be past this. She wasn't supposed to fall apart like this anymore. But she could feel herself being pulled back into the memories of that night as she closed her eyes. Suddenly the song that was playing in the background infiltrated her mind. The pumping base line filled her mind, followed by the lyrics: Come on baby tell me Come on baby tell me Come on baby tell me Come on baby tell me Yes we aim to please. She could once again feel the knife, digging its way through her skin and she could see Carter falling to the ground after being attacked. She saw the confusion and terror in his eyes. Suddenly she couldn't breathe. She realized that she was going to be sick, and ran off towards the bathroom. She must have run into a half of dozen people, including Carter, but they were all a blur as she continued on to the bathroom. Taking a few deep breaths, she ran into a stall and proceeded to throw up.
"Chuni, what's wrong with Lucy?" Carter asked, very concerned about the way she was just running through the halls.
She looked up from the paperwork she was doing. "I dunno. Last time I saw her, she went to go help Anna in curtain two." Chuni replied.
I have to go find out what's happened. He walked over to curtain two. "Hey Anna, what did you say to Luc-"He stopped when he saw who Anna was treating. It all became clear to him then. "What the hell are you doing here?" Carter yelled.
"I didn't ask to be brought here. I slipped on some ice and hurt my head." Paul explained.
"John, I'm sorry. I didn't know...Lucy, she..." Anna started to talk, but Carter was already gone. "Chuni, call security and get them to Curtain Two ASAP. Also page Mark. Paul Sobricki is back in the hospital. I'm going to go find Lucy."
Chuni wasted no time in calling security and Mark.
Carter knocked on the women's bathroom door. "Luce, are you in there?" He got no response, but this was where he saw her go. "Luce?" he knocked again. "Ok. I'm coming in." He entered the bathroom to find that it was empty, except for Lucy, who was curled up in a ball, sobbing. He ran over to her and wrapped his arms around her. "It's ok. He can't hurt you. Security's on their way down. He'll be gone soon." He kissed the top of her head.
"I saw him and I couldn't breathe." She cried, letting herself be comforted by him.
"Shh. It's ok. Everything's going to be ok."
Lucy finally calmed down, but then she realized that Carter was with her. Carter—the guy who was probably going to break up with her to get back together with Anna. She pushed him away, sending him crashing down to the floor.
"What was that for?" he asked, confused.
"You know what Carter? I don't need you to coddle me and tell me everything will be ok. So just leave me alone!" she yelled, leaving the bathroom.
Carter sat there in the women's bathroom, wondering what had just happened.
Lucy walked straight to the front desk, where Mark was.
"Oh Lucy...I'm sorry. I don't know how he ended up being brought here." Mark apologized. He could tell that she was shaken up and that she had been crying.
"That's ok. When will he be gone?" Lucy asked, trying to be strong.
"That's the thing. The upcoming blizzard has closed all the streets. Everyone is stuck here until the storm passes and they can clear off the roads." Mark replied.
"You mean he's staying here?" she said, trying very hard not to yell.
"Yeah. But right now, I have security watching him. We have him restrained and we're going to clear a room for him upstairs so that he won't be in the ER anymore."
"Great. This day just keeps getting worse and worse by the minute." Lucy complained.
"Why don't you go find Carter and take a break until I can get him admitted upstairs? Maybe go to the cafeteria?" Mark suggested.
"Ok." She sighed. "I'll go to the cafeteria. I'll take a break. But tell Dr. Carter not to follow me." she stormed off.
Carter walked up to Mark. He had been behind Lucy and heard her say that she didn't want him to follow her. Not only that, but she had called him Dr. Carter. She only did that when she was really upset with him.
"What's that about?" Mark asked, watching Lucy storm off angrily. "You guys haven't fought in months."
He shrugged. "I really don't know. It's probably just because he's back, but I'm going to go find out." He replied, walking after Lucy.
Lucy sat at a table in the cafeteria by the window, staring into her coffee and taking deep breaths to try and calm herself. She was almost calm again when she saw Carter sit across from her. "I don't want to talk to you." She said, not looking at him. If she didn't talk to him, then he couldn't break up with her. It was childish, she knew that, but she didn't really think that she could handle breaking up with him—especially today.
"That's fine. I don't want to talk either." Carter replied with a grin. "I just came to drink my coffee."
"There are plenty of empty tables here. Why don't you go sit at one and leave me alone?"
"Do you really want me to leave you alone?" he tested her.
"Yes I do!" Lucy half-yelled.
"Look, I know you're upset about Sobricki. I am too, but..."
"This isn't about him. Not everything in my life has to be about him!" Lucy exclaimed, getting up from the table. She started to walk off, but Carter grabbed her arm. "Let go Carter."
"Just listen to me, ok?"
"No. How many times do I have to say it? How many languages will it take for you to understand that I don't want to talk to you right now?"
"Luce I'm worried..."
She pulled her arm away from the light hold he had of her arm. "I don't want to talk! So just save your breath and leave me alone." And after saying that, she walked off.
Carter stood there in the cafeteria, watching her walk away with a confused look on his face.
Song Lyrics: "She Wants You" By: Billie Piper & "Battleflag" By: Low Fidelity All StarsA/N: I have brought Anna back to be the stereotypical "jealous ex", and she will definitely be trying to stir up a lot of trouble between Carter and Lucy. But just because she tries to break them apart, it doesn't mean that she actually will. Or will she?