Immediately after Lockdown
Oh my god, I'm actually kissing her! Carter thought to himself as he held her face in his hands.
I can't believe he finally kissed me! This is amazing! Abby could barely contain her excitement over the fact that John Carter had finally made a move.
After what seemed like an eternity they broke apart from each other and each took a step back Neither of them had the nerve to look at the other and instead focussed on the standard issue hospital gurney, the white washed ceiling, the floor tiles, anything to avoid confronting what they had just done
That one, ok we're all adults here, lets be honest. Those two kisses had the potential to change everything. And not necessarily for the better.
After what seemed like an eternity of nervous silence, carter finally broke it.
"So.." He began but was quickly cut off by Abby.
"You kissed me" she said.
"Umm...Yeah, yeah I did" replied carter anxiously
He paused to see her response but she just looked at him.
"Are you mad?" he asked gently
"Uh, ..umm, well, i.it ..we.ummm" was all she could get out. Heck it had been difficult enough for her to get her brain to function long enough to blurt out her previous comment
"I knew it! You're mad at me. I should never have done it, it was stupid and i.I was.. I mean.it, i..you know what? I'm just gonna go now, so I'll see you around."
Carter began to move towards the door when Abby finally managed to form a coherent sentence.
"Errrr, john. We're in quaranteen. You can't leave." She said, trying to suppress a smile.
He turns around and Abby couldn't help but notice a slight blush creeping up on his cheeks.
"Right. Of course. I knew that" he sat awkwardly on the edge of the gurney. He hadn't looked her in the face since sitting down and had no idea of the admiring look on her face as he took a deep breath and continued. "Look, I'm sorry for that whole kiss thing. It was totally out of order and I guess I was just caught up in the moment or something and."
He never got to finish because before he knew what was happening Abby had closed the distance between them and had grabbed his face in her hands and the next second they were kissing. Again. A gentle, yet incredibly passionate kiss which knocked the wind out of both of them.
That one kiss answered all of Carters questions.
"you're not mad about me kissing you are you." It was a statement more that a question. And besides, he already knew her answer.
She looked at him and gently shook her head.
"I jumped to conclusions there a bit didn't I?" he asked. Again already knowing that he had done.
Abby smiled at him before saying in a joking tone "yeah, just a little"
"Sorry" was all Carter could muster at that point
She joined him on the gurney and took his hand and leant her head on his shoulder.
"Don't be" she said. "I thought it was kinda sweet actually"
After a few moments of just sitting as they were Abby yawned slightly.
"Long day, huh?" carter said
"You could say that".
"Why don't you get some sleep" he said, patting the gurney.
" What about you? Where will you sleep?" she teased, surveying the room, which contained little else in terms of furniture.
" well now, I'm sure there'll be room for the both of us on there" he said with a smile.
"Is that so?"
" Well you know, it might be a bit of a tight squeeze. But I'm sure we'll manage somehow." He continued.
He looked down at her and smiled as he bent down to kiss her gently before they both lay down on the gurney for some well deserved rest
"goodnight Abby"he whispered gently.
And with that, they both fell into peaceful slumber.
In each others arms.
They really were going to be ok.
*#*#*#*#
"Lets just stay this way in bed
feels so good inside your arms home is everywhere that you are"
Oh my god, I'm actually kissing her! Carter thought to himself as he held her face in his hands.
I can't believe he finally kissed me! This is amazing! Abby could barely contain her excitement over the fact that John Carter had finally made a move.
After what seemed like an eternity they broke apart from each other and each took a step back Neither of them had the nerve to look at the other and instead focussed on the standard issue hospital gurney, the white washed ceiling, the floor tiles, anything to avoid confronting what they had just done
That one, ok we're all adults here, lets be honest. Those two kisses had the potential to change everything. And not necessarily for the better.
After what seemed like an eternity of nervous silence, carter finally broke it.
"So.." He began but was quickly cut off by Abby.
"You kissed me" she said.
"Umm...Yeah, yeah I did" replied carter anxiously
He paused to see her response but she just looked at him.
"Are you mad?" he asked gently
"Uh, ..umm, well, i.it ..we.ummm" was all she could get out. Heck it had been difficult enough for her to get her brain to function long enough to blurt out her previous comment
"I knew it! You're mad at me. I should never have done it, it was stupid and i.I was.. I mean.it, i..you know what? I'm just gonna go now, so I'll see you around."
Carter began to move towards the door when Abby finally managed to form a coherent sentence.
"Errrr, john. We're in quaranteen. You can't leave." She said, trying to suppress a smile.
He turns around and Abby couldn't help but notice a slight blush creeping up on his cheeks.
"Right. Of course. I knew that" he sat awkwardly on the edge of the gurney. He hadn't looked her in the face since sitting down and had no idea of the admiring look on her face as he took a deep breath and continued. "Look, I'm sorry for that whole kiss thing. It was totally out of order and I guess I was just caught up in the moment or something and."
He never got to finish because before he knew what was happening Abby had closed the distance between them and had grabbed his face in her hands and the next second they were kissing. Again. A gentle, yet incredibly passionate kiss which knocked the wind out of both of them.
That one kiss answered all of Carters questions.
"you're not mad about me kissing you are you." It was a statement more that a question. And besides, he already knew her answer.
She looked at him and gently shook her head.
"I jumped to conclusions there a bit didn't I?" he asked. Again already knowing that he had done.
Abby smiled at him before saying in a joking tone "yeah, just a little"
"Sorry" was all Carter could muster at that point
She joined him on the gurney and took his hand and leant her head on his shoulder.
"Don't be" she said. "I thought it was kinda sweet actually"
After a few moments of just sitting as they were Abby yawned slightly.
"Long day, huh?" carter said
"You could say that".
"Why don't you get some sleep" he said, patting the gurney.
" What about you? Where will you sleep?" she teased, surveying the room, which contained little else in terms of furniture.
" well now, I'm sure there'll be room for the both of us on there" he said with a smile.
"Is that so?"
" Well you know, it might be a bit of a tight squeeze. But I'm sure we'll manage somehow." He continued.
He looked down at her and smiled as he bent down to kiss her gently before they both lay down on the gurney for some well deserved rest
"goodnight Abby"he whispered gently.
And with that, they both fell into peaceful slumber.
In each others arms.
They really were going to be ok.
*#*#*#*#
"Lets just stay this way in bed
feels so good inside your arms home is everywhere that you are"