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.
Cartergal131: Glad you're still with me. I always look forward to your reviews!
Chapter 5: Secrets, Lies and Mischeif Pt. 2
"Still waiting for my peace of mind now
No strings attached to the
Promises given to the
Faces and places of those that I hate
Its the impossile way that I think"
Saturday Morning...
Abby hurried down a hallway, a little lost, searching for a room. Juggling a coffee in one hand and the bag on her shoulder, she looked at her watch and quickened her pace. Dammit! I'm late! She finally came up to door that read where she was suppose to be. With a sigh she entered the lecture room, prepared to be embarassed about her tardiness, but to find Carter, Susan, Luka and Gallant already there. Luka and Gallant were both reading papers while Carter and Susan drank some coffee.
"I thought I was late." Abby said relieved as she went to sit down next to Susan taking her jacket off.
"You are late." Carter informed her earning him a dirty look. Why does he have to be such an ass? Abby thought annoyed.
"Does anyone know how long this is supposed to last?" Susan asked with a bored sigh looking at the guys.
"All day, I think." Luka replied from behind his newspaper, not even bothering to look at her.
"What are they going to do? Show us videos?" Abby asked with a smile at the thought and how stupid that would be.
"Sexual harassment videos." Susan added with mock enthusiasm.
"Role playing and long lectures is what I heard." Carter said disgustedly. "Acting out inappropriate behavior. You two should excel at that." He said indicating Abby and Susan.
"Would you drop it?" Susan asked with an annoyed tone, but Carter wouldn't. He was clearly pissed off about having to be there. Carter didn't really do anything, or so he thought. "At least I'm not the one who put that thing in her locker." Susan stated accusingly.
"Yeah, right." Carter replied with a laugh. Susan turned toward Abby with raised eyebrows.
"Don't look at me!" Abby said with a laugh raising her arms in defense.
"Luka?" Susan asked turning around to look at him. Luka looked up and smiled, making Susan smile believing it was him, but shook his finger indicating it wasn't him. Susan's smile faded as she turned around and started to laugh. "But you should have seen her face!"
"It isn't funny." Carter stated sourly at how she could be laughing about their situation. This would go on their permanent record and could possibly scar them for their entire careers.
"Sure it is!" Susan insisted looking at him but Carter simply looked at her dourly before drinking his coffee. She turned around and looked at Abby again. "This is going to be a very long day." She sighed and at that moment they heard another voice outside the room. As it got closer they learned it belonged to a woman.
"Ha, ha, very funny." She said sarcastically to someone. "Look, I'm gonna be out the rest of the day so..." The door handle turned and all of them looked to see if it was the instructor. "...I'm gonna need you to take care of...my..." Carter gasped and nearly choked on his coffee as he saw Lucy trail off on her phone. "...Patients." She finished with a heavy sigh.
"Lucy?" Carter asked rhetorically. He thought he was seeing things; everyone was speechless at the sight of Lucy Knight in their lecture room-a Sexual Harrassment lecture room. Of all the people in the world, she was the last one they ever expected to walk in.
"What?" She said going back to the voice on the other end of her phone. "Right. Yeah, okay. Look, Dave, I gotta go but call me if her condition worsens, okay? Thanks. Bye." She hung up and stared at everyone in the room as she closed the door.
"Oh, my god!" Abby said chuckling and putting her hands on her face. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, if this is the Sexual Harrassment Seminar, I'm being completely embarassed in front of my old collegues." She said moving to sit next to Abby, she would've sat next to Luka but he looked a preoccupied. Lucy took off her jacket and bag setting them on the chair next to her. This is great, this is just great. Just what I need to complete my day.
"Was that Dave Malucci you were talking to?" Luka asked going back to his paper, obviously over the shock of Lucy's presence. Luka, he was always the quiet saint or the brooding jerk.
"Yeah, it was. We're working at Mercy now." She replied with an unnoticable smile. She was happy to be at Mercy and working again, helping people, saving lives. Dave was happy too, not only for the same reasons as Lucy but because he was respected there and he wasn't treated the way Kerry had treated him.
"Mercy?" Carter said leaning forward in his chair. "Really?" He said with laughter in his voice. Lucy working at Mercy was funny to him in one sense: that she shouldn't. She belonged at County, she belonged with him. Or so he thought.
"Yes! Really!" She said with an annoyed tone giving him a dirty look. "God!" She turned around and adjusted in her chair as Susan and Abby watched the two fight with intrest. Both were still mad at each other, it was obvious to everyone-even Susan could tell, a woman who just met Lucy that moment and only heard stories about her.
"Oh, what!" He asked leaning back in his chair again, laughter in his voice,his hands raised defensively. What did I do now! I haven't seen her in about a month! What could I have done!
"Nothing!" Lucy lied innocently shouting at him really annoyed now. The last time she saw Carter after she quit was when Paul Sobriki was admitted the same day she broke her wrist. Lucy blew off Carter of course, still mad at him, but more so than usual since she found out all the charges on Sobriki had been dropped because he pleaded insanity. It just wasn't fair. He deserved to burn in hell for what he did but, no, he got off easy. He got his life back with no guilt whatsoever. Lucy knew he felt guilty after she told him off, that she was sure of.
"What did I do now!" Carter asked with a cocky smile on his face. Lucy just groaned in disgust at how immature he was being. Everyone was silent for a moment due to the animosity and tension slowly growing into a ticking time bomb, but that was broken all too soon.
"So!" Abby said excitedly turning to Lucy, startling her in the process. "What are you in for?" Abby had a devious smile on her face and Lucy just chuckled at that.
"That's my business, Abby, not yours." Lucy replied coldly with a coy smile.
"We'll tell you ours if you tell us yours." Abby said with a wicked smile.
"I'm sorry, I'm still confused." Susan said next to Abby shaking her head. "How do all of you know each other?"
"Lucy Knight, new MD and Resident at Mercy. I used to be Carter's Med student." She said looking up at him and he looked back. Susan noted on the tension between them and held out her hand to Lucy, bringing her back to reality.
"Susan Lewis, MD recently returned from Phoenix. Nice to meet you." Abby proceded to tell Susan about all the stuff that happened, the good anyway, when Lucy was around. Her favorite story being the guy with the carrot. Lucy laughed as Abby finished the story and the three girls started to make more small talk, but Lucy never mentioned why she was there. Carter scoffed under his breath at how immature the girls were being now followed by him getting up and going to the window to watch the snow fall. Luka just read his paper silently and Gallant read his completely embarassed while trying to keep to himself.
Chapter 6: Secrets, Lies and Mischeif Pt. 3
Preview: Later that morning...
