Ch. 6

A Dream Come True

Lu sees Ben sitting on her couch in her office

Ben: Hi Lu

Lu: OMG Ben what are you doin here I thought you were in Virginia

Ben: Im here to ask you a question

Lu: thinking to herself omg am I having another dream, swallowing really hard what do you have to ask me?

Ben: reaching in his pocket and getting on one knee Luisa will you marry me

Lu: I don't think I can Ben tears coming down her cheeks I told you I couldn't move with you

Ben: I know Lu but I just put in my resignation while I was in Miami. They want me to go back to Miami for a week and finish my assignment then I'll be back…so will you marry me?

Lu: YES! With the biggest smile on her face

Ben places the big diamond ring on her finger and picks Lu up and kisses her

Lana walks in while they're kissing

Ben: Lu said yes Lana!

Lana: I see!

Lu: smiling from ear to ear Lana did you set this up?

Lana: Who… Me? Laughing

Lu: I love u girl

Lana: I love u to baby

They hug

Dr. Jackson walks in

Dr.j: What's goin on in here…Ben I thought you were gone

Ben: Yea I was but I couldn't live without Lu so I proposed to her and she accepted

Dr.J: well congratulations to the both of you

Lu: thank you Dr. Jackson

Soon after Lu thanks Dr. Jackson she sees everybody standing outside her office including patients then Andy comes in

Andy: whats goin on Lu

Lu: Ben just proposed to me

Andy: and from the smile on ur face and from all these people standing out her I take it you said yes

Lu: yes! Laughing

Andy: Im so happy for you! Peter comes in

Peter: I heard outside Lu congratulations!

Lu: thank you Peter and Andy

One week later...

Ben surprises Lu while she's at home "Knock knock"

Lu: who is it?

Ben: Jehovah's witnesses

Lu gets silent cuz she doesn't want to talk to them

Ben: Open up Lu I know you're in there

Lu: Ben! She opens the door

Ben: I didn't know u could be so mean to Jehovah's witnesses

Lu: Jumps on Ben and Kisses him all over his face what r u doin here baby

Ben: I told you ill be back in a week…so now we can pick out some stuff for the wedding

Lu: I already did! Very excited

Ben: yay! Mocking Lu's girly voice

Lu: look at this dress Lana showed me from the wedding magazine she had

Ben: that's really nice…oh have u called Marc yet cuz u know I want him to be one of my best men?

Lu: I tried getting in touch with him but I guess he was in class or at work

Ben: oh ok

Lu: I know your tired so we can talk about the wedding later after u get ur rest

Ben: Hold on I just have one question…when do u want to have it

Lu: ok since we're in November now I'm saying we should have it on July

Ben: that sounds really nice…u know anything u want u can have Lu

Lu: I love u Ben

Ben: I love u to

6 Months later...

2 months until the big day

It's a Tuesday morning at the clinic

Lu: I can't believe it's almost here Lana!Lana I'm getting so nervous even though its 2months away! What if one of us get cold feet

Lana: oh Lu don't talk like that…people only get cold feet when they don't love each other and I can see it in the both of your eyes that you love each other very much

Lu: Lana I really do love him so much

Lana: I know baby, I remember when yall first met…you had this little attitude towards him and you acted like you didn't like him…and that's when I knew yall were meant for each other

Lu: laughing yea I remember that…Lana I want you to come with me to pick out my dress and I need to get my brides maid dresses…Lana will you be my maid of honor?

Lana: of course kid! So who's going to be ur brides maids?

Lu: im goin to ask Andy and im going to call Dana and see if she could come from Virginia…I getting wound up just talking about it I cant wait!

Lana: Me to! Well let me go back to my desk so Dr. Jackson don't come in here and give us a speech about doing our jobs…but when I see Andy ill tell her that you want to see her… and we'll go out tonight to look for dresses.

Lu: but we cant stay out long cuz tomorrow I got all night clinic and I need to get some sleep

Lana: yea u better get a lot of sleep!

Later that day...

Andy: hey Lana who's my next patient

Lana: nobody until 5:30, so you have half an hour and Lu wants to see you

Andy: ok where is she

Lana: In her office talking to her soon to be hubby smiling

Andy: Awww that's so cute, just call me when my patient arrives

Lana: will do!

Andy knocks on Lu's office door

Lu: hanging up with Ben oh come in Andy

Andy: Hey Lu how are u

Lu: im great and you

Andy: Im fine, so Lana said you wanted to see me

Lu: well I want to ask u a question

Andy: sure…what?

Lu: Well I asked Lana to be my maid of honor and she said yes and I would like to know if you could be one of my bride's maids?

Andy: I'd be honored Lu

Lu: Really!

Andy: yes of course!

Lu: thanks a lot Andy!

Andy: no thank you for asking me… so its just me and Lana

Lu: no, im going to call Dana, my last partner and ask her to be my other brides maid

Andy: O really? Well this should be a wonderful wedding cuz I have never met Dana before, ive just heard of her so hopefully she says yes so I can meet her

Lu: yea that would be so nice

Lana came in Lu's office to tell Andy that her 5:30 is here

Andy: well Delgado ill talk to you later and thanks again

Lu: your welcome Andy… oh and me and Lanaare going to look for dresses later would u like to come with us?

Andy: sure…I would love to come see you later

Lu: ok bye

The next morning...

Lu is walking in the clinic

Lana: morning kid… we had fun last night didn't we

Lu: yea we did and we found some gorgeous dresses also! Im so excited!

Andy: coming out from her officeLu those were some beautiful dresses we got last night

Lu: I know! They were gorgeous… well I have to go call my son so see yall!

Lu goes into her office and calls Marc at his dorm

Marc: Hello?

Lu: Hey baby

Marc: Hey ma…how are you

Lu: Im doing great

Marc: oh no! What's going on mother?

Lu: Ben proposed to me and I said yes and we're getting married in 2months

Marc: really! That's great mom

Lu: And Ben wants you to be one if his best men

Marc: Tell him of course I will and thank him for me

Lu: ok I will, so when are you coming down

Marc: like in 2 weeks

Lu: yay! Ok baby cant wait to see you

Marc: I can't wait to see that big smile on ur face when u see me! Mom can I ask u a question?

Lu: sure honey

Marc: r u happy

Lu: yes I am very happy… y u ask?

Marc: I just wanted to know…but ill talk to u later I love you mom

Lu: love u to baby bye be careful

Marc: I will bye

They hang up with each other

Then Lu sits in her chair with a smile on her face thinking of Marc coming. Then she remembers that she has to call Dana…so she dials Dana's number

Dana: hello?

Lu: Dana?

Dana: yes this is she; may I ask who's calling?

Lu: its Lu

Dana: Hey Lu! How r u

Lu: I'm doin wonderful…how about u

Dana: I'm doing great now that I've heard from u! So what made u want to call me

Lu: well I just got engaged and I wanted to ask u if you would like to be one of my bride's maids

Dana: omg Lu that is great…yes of course I would love to! When is it?

Lu: 2 months…July

Dana: oh Lu your wedding is going to be beautiful

Lu: Thank u so much Dana! You don't know how much this means to me!

Dana: No thank u! This means a lot to me too!

Lu: So when do u think you'll be down here and you know when you come u can stay at my house

Dana: Oh Lu you don't have to do that I can just stay at a hotel

Lu: Oh no its no problem… really

Dana: ok if u say so, and don't forget that I have a baby that still cries late at night and early in the morning

Lu: I'll get use to it again

Dana: laughing ok…we should be there no later then 1 week before July I want to spend time with my partner

Lu: I can't wait Dana!

Dana's baby just woke up from her nap now she's crying

Dana: I'm sorry Lu but I got to go

Lu: no its ok I can her loud and clear!

Dana:laughs it was so nice hearing from u…ill talk to u later bye Lu

Lu: Ok by Dana

They both hang up

Lana comes in Lu office

Lana: Lu u better get ur butt out here, you got all these patients and its only 11pm we still have hours to go gurl!

Lu: sorry Lana im coming

So Lu and Lana went out there and Lu got ready to take care of patients all night...