Disclaimer in first chapter-

A/N: Okay I guess it's safe to say now. "A Perfect Match" was the original name for "The Good Fight." Sorry I didn't update Friday, I was at a conference all weekend. Well anyways, if you're like me, you probably are completly not excepting ER Thursday and next week, so won't be into reading any of those fictions. I'm with ya there. So, r&r&r (read, relax, review)

Ch 2. Dr. Lucy Knight

.:Many Many Years Ago:.

Carter stood at the back of Lucy's graduation hall; he watched her laugh with her friends and her mother, who seemed so proud of her girl. He noted the present table, Carter hoped he could get there, and get out without Lucy noticing her. As he started to walk over, of course Lucy's blue blue eyes met with his. He smiled and nodded a hello as he began to walk out.

"Wait, Dr. Carter!" He heard yell behind him and he turned around.

"Hey, I didn't want to disturb you or anything, just uh…" he was lost. There was something about her today; maybe it was her eyes sparkling. Or the fact that now, she wasn't a little med student; she was a doctor.

"I wanted to see you, I didn't get to yesterday."

"Yeah… I was off," he shrugged and smiled a little.

Lucy responded to his smile with one of hers.

"So what are you planning on doing this summer?" Carter asked as he realized how weird it would be without Lucy treading the halls of the ER.

"A couple of my friends and myself are renting a cabin in Florida," she laughed a little, "Nothing but relaxing and working on my tan."

"That sounds like heaven after how hard you've been working for the past what? Twenty six years?" He looked at her as her eyes drifted to, and set upon the floor.

"Thanks, Carter," she said as her eyes met his, "I wouldn't…." She stuttered, "I know we had our times, but you definitely made it all worth while." Her soft pink lips grew a smile.

"How so?"

"Well look! Me here! Dr. Knight, intern at psyche in a few months… I owe you."

"I didn't do it Luce, you did, not me."

Lucy's smile grew and her eyes sparkled more making her, if possible, more beautiful. "So I guess I'll see you in a few months…"

"Yes you will, Dr. Knight."

She reached her arms up and wrapped them around his shoulder as she stood on her tippy-toes. Carter also put his arms around her back and rubbed it gently. He smiled and took a deep breath of her coconut smelling hair as he enjoyed this hug like no other before.

Backing away she smiled at Carter, "See ya." And with that she backed away and went back to her party. She knew Carter had a shift.

Carter stood back, watched Lucy for a little, and then winked at her as he backed away into his jeep.