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. When waking up together, they realize what they've done to Mark and Carol. They were both late for work, and Randi and Jerry already suspect something. Susan and Doug talked about their ‚mistake' and agree on telling Carol and Mark about it.
SURPRISE
Susan walked slowly down the corridor. Her mind, however, was racing. In about an hour, her shift would be over and she was supposed to go over to Carol's and tell her about that incident with Doug. She tried to think of different ways how to start that conversation, but she didn't come up with anything appropriate. This is so difficult... I wish I wouldn't have to deal with it... I wish I wouldn't have slept with him....How could I do this to Carol? I'm a terrible best friend, Susan thought while she bought herself her bottle of Evian from the drinks machine. She pressed the ice cold bottle against her forehead. Her head hurt like hell and she felt as if had been overrun by a truck. The Aspirin she'd taken earlier this day had already either already eased or been too low-dosed to be effective against this major headache Susan was suffering from.
Susan had been standing there with her Evian clutched to her forehead for less then a minute when Wendy approached with some charts in her hands. "You ok?" she asked Susan.
"Yeah. Just a bad headache. I'm alright," Susan lied and forced herself to smile. Right now, she was anything but alright. She had a guilty conscience, was ashamed of what she'd one to her best friends, and her head felt as if it was going to explode.
"Weaver gave me those for you," Wendy said and handed Susan the charts she'd brought with her. "A wrist fracture, a deep 3-inch lac, and a dog bite."
Susan sighed. "I'll take care of them. I'll be right back." She handed the charts back to Wendy and hurried to the doctor's lounge.
When Susan opened the door she couldn't believe her own eyes. In fact, she was so surprised...or even shocked that she almost dropped the bottle of water which she was still holding in her hands.
"Hey Susan!" Mark greeted her happily.
When she heard him call her name, she knew that it wasn't a dream (which she hoped) or a leftover from her alcohol consumption the last (which she believed), but reality. Out of all the people Susan knew, Mark was the last person she'd expected to meet in the doctor's lounge that day. After all, he lived almost 100 miles away.
"Mark!" Susan exclaimed. She put her Evian on the sideboard and walked towards Mark to hug him. As she brought her arms around him, she felt her bad conscience kicking in again. Her heartbeat went faster and shivers ran down her spine. She didn't know whether she was happy to see him or not, since she hadn't made up her mind yet about how she was going to tell him. Susan had hoped not to meet Mark before next week, but now he was standing there, right in front of her, and she was completely unprepared. "How come you're here? I thought you had to look after Rachel while Jen is in New York?" she asked stiffly.
"Rachel is staying with her best friend. Sorry that I couldn't be here in time for your birthday party, but I decided to come and surprise you today."
"Oh wow...thanks," she said weakly. Susan could barely look at him and avoided eye contact as far as possible. She had no idea what to say. Mark had driven all the way down to Chicago to see her because he couldn't make it to the birthday party. She couldn't possibly tell him that she had slept with Doug. Not here. Not yet. Not now. Still, she knew that she would have to tell him sooner or later.
Mark looked at Susan. He noticed that Susan behaved quite strange today, not like herself at all. She didn't really look at him, and when she had hugged him, it felt really awkward. Mark tried to think of any reasons for Susan's weird behavior.
Was she disappointed that he couldn't attend her birthday party? Was she mad at him? Just when he was about to ask her, the door opened and Wendy came in. She was pretty surprised to see Mark there, just like Susan had been earlier. "Dr. Greene!" she exclaimed and walked over to them. "How are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm fine, thanks. Nice to see you again, Wendy," Mark replied and smiled at the dark-haired nurse.
"Dr Lewis.... the 3-inch laceration, " Wendy began, looking at the suture kit she'd brought along.
"...a wrist fracture and a dog bite. I know, Wendy." Susan finished the sentence. Then she turned to Mark. "Mark, my shift is over in an hour...."
"No problem, I'll wait here."
"Thanks." Susan took the suture kit with her and hurried to curtain one while Wendy and Mark chatted some more.
...TBC...
I finally brought Mark in....you've all been waiting for that, haven't you? ;)
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