AFTERTHOUGHTS PART 1-Carter

RATING-PG

SPOILERS-Season finale-"Rampage"

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SUMMARY-Carter's thoughts after "Rampage". A little Carter angst.

AUTHOR'S NOTES- Okay, I'm sorry if this sucks, I am in a huge writing block and this sorta just fell out while trying to write the next chapter for "Irse Flotando". Sorry to all those ppl who killed themselves waiting for the next chapter of "Irse Flotando" . . . damn writing block! Also, sorry-I know this is REALLY short! (it LOOKED longer written in my notebook!) Anyways-on with my tortured writing!


*why, why, why, why, WHY did I do it?!?* Carter thought to himself. He had basically just poured his heart out to Abby and what she did with it could make or break him. Carter had never felt this way about anyone other than Lucy. He knew, according to NA, that you weren't supposed to have a relationship with anyone for a year starting at your entrance into the program, so that was why he had done it today. It had been a year since that day, one he used to think of as horrible, but now as simply fateful. He knew, for the rest of his life, he would never forget the look of compassion in Dr. Benton's eyes after he had come out after Carter. He could now see that same look in Abby's eyes and knew they were meant to be together. When they had started to become friends, he thought he could deal with being just that. Just friends. But now he knew he couldn't. What he had told her had been complete truth. He really didn't want to wish bad things upon her and Luka, but knew that if things stayed the way they were, he would. It wasn't that he had something against Luka, it was just that he knew Luka wasn't right for her. *Maybe I shouldn't have done it* He knew Abby had been in a tough spot already, with her mom moving to a place she hadn't been for at least twenty years. And she was constantly going to be waiting for the other shoe to drop. Well, there was nothing he could do about it now-except hope that she felt the same way also.