A/N: Hey, there! So glad to be back! here it is, the sequel to State of Mind. This picks up right where that left off so you should definately read that first. I started to write this as just a 2 part series and it's develpoed into a 3 part! So, look out for that too. When it's more develpoed, I'll let you know. Ass you know, I don't own anyone. I wish I did, but I don't. Also, all of the opening quotes are Peace of Mind by Nonpoint. Thanx for all the reviews!
LucyBethFan: Thanx! Sorry it took so long to update!
Cartergal131: Thanx to you too! I really tried to get everyone to picture the scene with Dave and his son.
Chapter 3:Total Recall
"You shouldve been satisfied
You should have been full inside
You could have been happy
Simply with your peace of mind"
Peter commited perjury on the witness stand in order to gain custody of Reese. When Romano refused to give him a more even schedule, Peter resigned and sought a job at the clinic where Cleo was newly employed. Peter was granted custody of Reese and he and Cleo decided to move to the suburbs together. Meanwhile, Carter's father visited for Christmas with the news that he was getting divorced. Kerry and Sandy Lopez finally went out on a date and Abby caught Nicole in the Maternity Ward, recovering from her abortion.
Abby had a horrible birthday, beginning with her meeting her new squabbling neighbors. She treated a young woman hoping to get pregnant by taking fertility drugs and discovered that Luka was going to Bosnia for two months as part of the Doctors Without Borders program. If that wasn't bad enough, her ex-husband told her that he was getting remarried. She took care of a young boy abandoned in the ER after the death of his mother and Paul Sobricki was admitted with a head lac after slipping outside his office and Abby unsuccessfully tried to keep Carter from seeing him. Carter did and flipped out on both Sobriki and Abby. Lucy saw him too when she came in after slipping on some ice outside her apartment on a job hunt for her and Dave. Luka took care of her upon her request and discovered the fall gave her a broken wrist, putting her job hunt off for at least a month for healing. As the two doctors talked more while she prepared to leave, she came face to face with Sobriki.
After the loud and emotional reunion, Carter became jealous of the attention Luka gave Lucy and how she accepted it. Abby's day ended with her sharing a beer with her new neighbors while Carter had problem of his own. His mother was back in town, just getting in the way, and refusing to admit to her mistakes. He also met with Chen, who revealed that she had the evidence to take Kerry down in the Marfan's case. Kerry and Lopez were an item until Sandy discovered that Kerry had not widely come out yet. Mark, pleased that Rachel tested negative for the drug test, became enraged when he found cigarettes and condoms in her room.
Chen returned to the hospital with proof of Kerry's misplaced pager and demanded her job back, threatening a lawsuit. Kerry didn't like the idea, but Romano forced her to do it. As her colleagues watched, Sandy Lopez planted a kiss on Kerry while they fought in front of Admit desk, effectively outing her. Carter attempted to mediate between his bickering parents but to no avail while Mark and Elizabeth's opinions on Rachel's future differed, but Mark decided to keep her in Chicago for the time being; Rachel, obviously, liked the idea. Abby attempted to mediate, like Carter, between her fighting neighbors after Brian beat Joyce.
Eleanor Carter tended to a young Leukemia patient, trying to make up for Bobby's death many years ago. Mark treated the victims of a letter bomb and later treated his own daughter when Ella was rushed in after swallowing some of Rachel's Ecstasy, earning Rachel an argument with both Mark and Elizabeth. Abby treated a young girl who had been chauffering her drunken mother around. Abby also hid Joyce in her apartment while Brian searched for her and caused a ruckus. An allergic Gallant treated a blind man with a dog while Chen returned to the day shift, working with Kerry for the first time. Romano gave some of Kerry's duties to Susan, making her mad, until she made a new friend on her way home. Elsewhere, Dave continued the job hunt for Lucy and actually bumped into Chen on her way to County. The two talked and she told him that she'd help him get his job back since she had the evidence against Kerry. He left telling her that he'd think about it and let Lucy know.
Mark worried that his brain tumor may have returned as Elizabeth told him that she would leave him if Rachel wasn't sent back to St. Louis to be with her mother; Mark refused to send Rachel away and Elizabeth moved out taking Ella. Susan had a busy day running the ER after several staffers came down with food poisoning after eating tainted bagels donated by a pharmaceutical company. Luka returned from Bosnia to cover shifts while Eleanor Carter fled the hospital after realizing how poor Mickey's condition was. Carter talked her into staying to comfort the boy during his treatment. Finding that Brian had beat Joyce yet again, Abby encouraged her troubled neighbor to seek help in a group home or talk to a social worker at the hospital. Brian later confronted Abby at her apartment and punched her for interfering. At County, Luka and Susan treated Abby, who had a broken nose and a few cuts and bruises. Luka later found Brian at a bar and beat him, threatening to kill him if he touched Abby again. No one knew he'd done it since he's scared Brian, but that didn't stop Brian from telling his lawyer he was beat up directly after the "fight" with Abby, making her look guilty.
Mark learned that his tumor was back and inoperable, giving him 4-5 months to left live. He didn't tell anyone but his closest friend, Susan, and told her that Elizabeth was living in a hotel. Elizabeth later confessed to Peter after giving him the last of his unfinished charts at County that she thought she'd left Mark. Susan cared for Mark after his first radiation treatment, spending the night in his apartment while Rachel stayed at a friends place. Abby learned that the case against Brian was dropped because somebody beat him up. Abby didn't know who would do that but started to suspect Luka. After seeing Brian enter her building, she seeked comfort at Luka's where he was engaged in a game of Pictionary with his friends. Meanwhile, Jerry and Frank clashed leading to a fist fight in which Chen was knocked over. Kerry promptly gave them a weeks suspension but Chen lied telling her that she only tripped on a cord, saving Jerry and Frank's ass' happily while avoiding her stalker.
Chapter 4: Secrets, Lies and Mischief Pt. 1
Preview: Follows the plot of Secrets and Lies with a bit of Lucy to round things out.
