Summary: Ray and Sarah get on with their daily life. Featuring the much-anticipated wedding of Abby and John. Sequel to Breath of Life. Please read it before, or it gets confusing…

Disclaimer: ER is not mine. If it were, then Carter would not be leaving. And Abby and Carter would be married already. And I would be with Ray…

Author's Note: Well here it is, number 2 in what I have decided to be a trilogy. I hope you like it.

Beat of Life

"Hey, Frank. How are you today?" The perky red head asked as she went and sat down behind the desk.

"Particularly grumpy today! Why?" the irritable desk clerk replied.

"Then you perhaps wouldn't like these?" the red head added, revealing a large cup of coffee and donut.

"Sarah, you are the only thing that makes this job bearable."

"Frank, dude. Why are you eating a donut? You had a heart attack last year," a large black doctor yelled at him.

"Don't worry Dr. Pratt. It's no sugar, low carb, low salt, and whole wheat. And its filled one hundred percent fruit filling, too!" Sarah called back, then added in a whisper to Frank, "Really, its not. You owe me, big guy!" Just then the phone started to ring violently on the table.

"Cook County General ER. How may I direct your call?" Sarah asked, with the most professionalism in her voice. Ray walked up to the desk as she hung up the phone. "Forty two year old male, acute onset chest pain, ETA 3 minutes."

"Nice to see you too." Ray answered. "How was school?" He asked the 15 year old.

"Pretty good. I passed the Trigonometry test. Barely, but it was passed. Oh and Arya and I had this long conversation about the difference between Diet Coke and Caffeine Free Coke. Other then that uneventful." Both Barnett's laughed. "Ray, your chest pain is here."

Author's Note: Ok, I know its short, but bear with me, we still have a wedding, parent/teacher interviews, and Ray and Sarah cooking, so if you'd like more, as always click the button. Thanx