ER ➸ John Carter

⋆Part 9: Daydream⋆

"You're pretty."

I walked into my bathroom to do my hair for the Christmas party tonight. It was starting at 9 p.m. so I still has enough time. It was a kind of elegant party so I decided to treat myself and buy a new dress. It was a long dark red silk dress and it had a low back with thin straps. I curled my brown hair in loose curls and put on some hair spray so it stayed in place. I put on a bit of brown eye shadow and a wing with my black eyeliner. After that I put on some blush and highlighter and I called it a day. I grabbed my black heels and put them in a bag for later. I grabbed my clutch, keys and wine as a thank you gift for doctor Greene. I checked the time, crap 9:00.

I turned off the lights and locked the door behind me. I ran down the stairs like a maniac trying not to break my ankles or fall down but I was running late and I needed to hurry. I ran to my car and put all my stuff on the passenger's seat and I started the car. It was about thirty minutes driving, I decided that it was okay to be fashionably late. I was almost there so I parked my car at the beginning of the street because there probably wasn't going to be any parking space up ahead. I switched from my sneaker to my heels and I got out of the car. I walked to the address that Carol gave me. I pulled my fake fur coat closer to me because it was really cold. I was almost there when it started to snow. Small snowflakes fell in my hair as I walked up to the door.

ahh I love snow!

I pushed on the doorbell and shortly after the door opened. A small girl stood before me, she was about ten years old. She looked a bit confused and turned around.

'Daddy? Someone's here.' She said and I saw doctor Greene smile and walk up to us.

'Hello there!' I smiled at the little girl and she smiled at me. 'You're pretty.' She said and I laughed.

'You're pretty too.' I smiled.

'Hello Valerie.' Doctor Green said. 'Hi doctor Green.' I said back.

'You can call me Mark.' He said smiling and he asked me to come inside.

I took off my coat and I walked into a beautiful home. You could smell the champagne and you could softly hear a Christmas song play on the piano. I followed Mark to the living room and a waitress offered me a drink.

'Thank you.' I said as I grabbed the champagne. The room was beautifully decorated with a big three and with lights everywhere. There were a lot of people there but it wasn't too crowded. A few couples were dancing but most where talking.

I saw John standing in the back, I walked up to him to say hi. I tapped on his shoulder and he turned around. I noticed that he was also in a suit. His hair was pushed back, not sticking out everywhere.

'Hey, you came.' I said cheerful and I couldn't keep my eyes off him.

'Yeah, I did.' He said smiling looking at me up and down and his eyes grew wide. 'You look...' he said as he raised his eyebrow. I felt my cheeks flush and our hands brushed together.

'Thanks John.' I mumbled as I starred at him.

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John and I talked for a while and he went to get me another glass of champagne. I told him that I wanted to go find Carol while he did. I couldn't find her, so I guessed that she wasn't here yet. I did ran into doctor Lewis.

'So, how are you holding up? Benton can be very though.' She asked.

'It's fine, he's not my favorite person but I have John so we can be annoyed together.' I said.

'I see your really close.' She said and I frowned. 'You and Carter.' She said and I laughed.

'We are, we've actually become great friends the last few weeks.' I told her and she smiled.