Chapter 1
"Only fifteen minutes to go until my shift is over," thought Abby to herself as she
walked towards the admit desk. It had been a quiet night shift, which she was
more than grateful for. Kerry was adding a name on to the board and when Abby
saw it her heart stopped. "C-Carter's back?" she stammered.
"Yup guess Africa was too much for him," said Kerry as she walked off. Abby
stood there for a second completely immobile and unable to breathe. How could
Carter be back? And how long would he be back for? What would he say about her
and Luka? All these questions were spinning through her mind just as Luka
startled her,
"Hey, " he said as she spun around.
"Hey," she said, "Carter's back,"
"Really?" Luka questioned. Luka seemed happy and very nonchalant about the
whole thing and Abby couldn't understand why she felt as though the room was
spinning and she was about to throw up. Luka noticed she was tense,
"Hey you okay?" he said.
"Yeah, no I'm fine." Abby assured him.
"Alright see you later?" Luka said walking off.
"Yeah, see you later."
As Abby breathing calmed down, she tried to convince herself that everything was
fine. When Carter had left Chicago they had been somewhat of casual friends,
nothing like they were before they had dated but they were still friends. Abby had
no reason to get worked up over Carter's returning especially because she was
finally happy here with Luka, and nothing, not even Carter coming back could
change that.