Disclaimer : I don't own any of the characters. If I did, I'd be in my penthouse right now, writing an episode which brings Doug back ;)...I rated it PG-13, just in case...
What happened so far : Susan left from her own birthday party. Doug found her crying on the roof and wanted to take her home. She asks him in, they get drunk and end up sleeping together
THE MORNING AFTER
When the sun shone brightly through the windows and lit the room, Susan finally woke up. She was terribly hung over from the last night and feeling like shit. At first, she couldn't remember a single thing that happened the previous night, but when she turned her head, she saw Doug lying next to her.
Her jaw dropped. "Oh my god..." She mouthed and jumped up from the couch. When covering her private parts with a blanket, she knocked over an empty bottle of tequila with fell on the floor and smashed into smithereens. She looked at the broken bottle, then she looked at Doug. And suddenly, she remembered.... her blurred memories from last night slowly became clearer...she remembered spending the evening with Doug on the roof, asking him in for some drinks and everything that happened afterwards. Woken up by the sound of breaking glass, Doug opened his eyes and saw Susan. He was just as surprised and shocked.
For a few minutes, neither of them spoke because they were still shocked.
For so many years, they had been nothing but good friends... but apparently, it took only a couple of drinks to change everything forever. They both knew that things would never be the same again, now that they had spend the night together. Even though neither of them technically was in a relationship, they were both fully aware of the fact that it had been terribly wrong. They had just done the worst thing they could have done to Carol...
Doug and Carol had broken up a long time ago, but after Carol's wedding with Tag had been cancelled off, everybody thought that Carol and Doug would end up in each other's arms again soon, since there was still so much chemistry and tension between them.
Even though Doug and Carol never reunited, Carol was jealous all along when Doug dated other woman. He didn't like it when she was seeing other men, too. Being still unsure about his own feelings for Carol, Doug was conscious of the fact that he had still cheated on her when he'd slept with Susan. To make things worse, Susan wasn't just any woman. She wasn't like one of these nurses or med-students Doug didn't even know by name....she was Carol's best friend.
But Doug had not only cheated on Carol, he had also betrayed his best friend, Mark.
Although Mark was more or less happily married to Jennifer, there had always been some chemistry between Mark and Susan for as long as Doug could remember. Needless to say that Mark would still be angry and disappointed if he found out about it.
Susan wasn't feeling any better since she had cheated on her two best friends as well.
Susan got to know Carol when she began her residency at County, and they had soon become best friends. And ever after Carol's suicide attempt, the bond between the two woman became stronger and they grew even closer. When Tag cancelled his wedding with Carol, Susan had been there for Carol and helped her best friend through a rough time, just like she had done earlier when Doug and Carol had broken up. She knew that Doug was still on Carol's mind. Now that she had slept with Doug, who was not only Carol's ex, but also the man Carol was still in love with, she had done the worst thing she could have done to her best friend.
And then there was also Mark. Her best friend Mark, who had always been a very special someone for her. She had met him at her very first day at County and they had been really good friends ever since. Her friendship with Mark was a very deep and very special one, and even though Mark had moved to Milwaukee to be with his family, they had kept in touch and were still really close. She knew that Mark would be upset if he found out about it.
Susan had never felt so miserable in a long time. And it wasn't only because of the amount of Tequila she'd consumed the evening before, but because she knew what she had done to two of the most important people in her life. Susan didn't want even want to imagine Mark's reaction, and let alone Carol's.
...TBC...
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