A/N: Okay, so this is Abbie's promise from my story, Heals in Time. I want to post this while I figure out where to place it within my story.
People who love you most of all can keep a secret. They could love and protect you no matter the cost. They could keep you safe during the day and hold you close at night. But only if the person loves you back, they will understand why they need you to be by their side. ~ Kathy Abbot
September 25, 1990
12:07 a.m.
"You look bored." Abbie Carmichael says as she looks over at Casey Novak one more time, silently cursing herself for being suckered into helping Casey, again.
Casey turns her head and sighs. "Sorry, I just.. I just can't focus."
"It's not that difficult Case, you just multiply that number with nine, divide the answer from that by five and then..." Abbie begins again. Casey spaces out after that. She doesn't care, she hates math. Abbie knows that she hates it. She also knows if she ignores Abbie's lesson, she'll give up and do the lesson for her.
"After that you just add up both answers." Abbie finishes, then looks at Casey. "You get that honey?"
"No, I never do. Abbs, I'm just not good at this. I hate math." Casey said before she closes her notebook and tosses it on the floor, crossing her arms across her chest and huffing loudly. "Fuck math."
"Such foul language, what has math ever done to you?" Abbie tells her, attempting to surpress a laugh.
"It makes me cry every year. Why did I let you talk me into taking Algebra 2?" Casey whines.
Abbie rolls her eyes and holds Casey's hands. "Irish Angel, I always do your homework. I always will when it comes to numbers, don't worry." She squeezes her hands and smiles at the redhead. "I figured if you took an honors math course, you would be able to leave school early your senior year like I do." She brushes a few strands of red curls behind Casey's ear. "Besides that, I owe you for talking to me when I first moved here."
"Well, you seemed nice." Casey laughs. "Then I discovered that you were great at math and a senior. So I figured I could play nice with you and you would eventually do my math homework for me."
"Well, well my little redhead, since we are being honest with eachother..." Abbie begins as she smiles at Casey.
"Yes Abbs?" Casey asks with a smug smirk on her face.
".. I chose to be your friend because you were a little spitfire and your hot. I chose to continue speaking to you because I pretty much figured I could use you as my sex toy." Abbie says as she raises an eyebrow and grins at the girl next to her.
"I'm straight idiot." Casey answers, still smirking.
"I know. But you can't blame a gal for trying." Abbie says as she smirks at Casey.
"It isn't legal either Abbs." Casey says as she softens her expression.
"SO? Fuck legal actions!" Abbie tells Casey's as she lets go of her hands to throw her own up in the air.
"And you want to be a lawyer?" Casey asked through a laugh.
"Yep! A lawyer with a hot, young, very illegal sex toy." Abbie says, lightly kissing Casey on the lips.
"Moron." Casey smiles and wipes her lips. She then turns her attention to the clock on Abbie's nightstand. "Dammit."
"What?"
"It's passed midnight. Take me home?"
"Wow, your mom is late tonight." Abbie says as she looks at her clock.
"I know." Casey sighs. "Please Abbs?" Casey pokes her bottom lip out and and looks at Abbie with sad green eyes.
"Well..." Abbie says, pretending to think about it.
"Please Abbie! Please?" Casey pleads.
Abbie smiled at her reaction. "Just because I like to hear you beg, of course Novocain, let's roll." Abbie grabs her keys off her nightstand and bolts out the door.
"Hey wait up!" Casey yells as she grabs her backpack and notebook off the ground and follow Abbie out the door.
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When Abbie and Casey pulled up to Casey's house, all of the lights were off. Casey looked at her house, a terrified look was in her eyes. She looked like she was going to cry if she had to leave the safety of Abbie's car.
"Novocain, if you don't want to be alone, I could stay with you. Or we could go back to my house." Abbie offered, seeing the fear in Casey's eyes.
Casey thought about it for a second, then opened her door. "Abbie, will your parents let me stay over?"
"Yes! You shouldn't be alone. You just turned 15." Abbie opened her door and walked to Casey's. "Let's go grab you an overnight bag and leave a note for your parents." Abbie grabbed Casey's hand and led her to the front door. "Where are your parents anyways?"
"They are at a dinner. An army thing I think." Casey shrugged. "I didn't really pay attention to the details. But they said the would be home a little after eleven to get me from your place."
"Well hell, must be some party." Abbie smiled and let Casey open the front door. "Just grab your shit so we can get home. I'm getting tired, and you can't legally drive my ass back to my place."
"Thanks Abbs, just had to rub that detail in, didn't you." Casey asked sarcastically as they walked in. "Give me a few minutes."
"You get two." Abbie said as she watched Casey run upstairs to her room.
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September 26, 1990
3:28 a.m.
"Cassandra? Casey honey wake up." Abbie's mother, Ashleigh said as she tried to wake the teenager. "Casey? Sweetheart, please get up."
"Hmmmm, Abbie go away." Casey said in her sleep as she turned over.
Ashleigh's face soften as she shook her again. "No baby, it's Ashleigh. Please Casey get up. Dustin and I need to get you to the hospital." She reached across Casey and slapped Abbie's arm. "Get up Abbie, help me out."
Abbie rubbed her eyes and turned towards her mother."Case, there better be a damn good reason why your getting me up before the sun." Abbie slowly opened her eyes to see her mother standing by her bed. "Mom? What in the world are you doing in here?" Abbie's mother leaned over Casey and whispered something to her daughter. Abbie's eyes grew wide and tears began to form. She yanked Casey up from the bed roughly. "Get up, now Casey."
"Abbie?" Casey mumbled, half asleep.
"Come on Novocain." Abbie begged as Casey fell back asleep. Abbie picked Casey up bridal style and followed her mother out of her room.
They met Abbie's father in the driveway and rushed to the hospital.
Casey began to stir when Abbie's father hit a speed bump. "Abbs, what's going on?"
Abbie was choking on her own tears, as she stroked Casey's hair.
"Abbie?" Casey asked again with panic in her voice as she sat up away from Abbie's arms.
"There's been an accident Casey." Ashleigh said as she looked back at her daughter and Casey.
"Who?" Casey asked.
"Your parents." Ashleigh answered, wiping her eyes.
"Wh-what? No.." Casey's eyes began to fill with tears, Abbie reached over and held Casey against her. Casey buried her face in Abbie's hair as she began to cry. "No, no, no..."
"Hurry up Dustin." Ashleigh told her husband, then whispered, "We don't have much time."
"I know." Dustin replied as he fixed his rear view mirror to the backseat. He watched his daughter hold her best friend in her arms. The girls began to look blurry. He wiped his eyes and looked back at the road. Hold on baby girl.
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September 26, 1990
7:28 a.m.
At the hospital, Casey, Abbie and Abbie's parents waited for any news on the Novaks. Abbie's parents had gotten up to talk to one of the doctors. Abbie and Casey were sitting in the waiting room. Casey had cried herself to sleep in Abbie's lap. Four hours of pure torture. Abbie thought Casey was going to drown herself in her tears. She wouldn't breath for a few seconds, which terrified Abbie. All she was able to do was cry and choke on her tears. The noises Casey made while she was crying were becoming unbearable. But Abbie refused to put her down. She silently held her and allowed her to cry. Until Casey cried herself to sleep. A nurse finally came out of the ER doors and looked at Abbie.
"Are you Abbie Carmichael?" She asked.
"Yes." Abbie whispers, trying desperately to not wake up the sleeping girl in her arms.
"Mrs. Novak keeps asking for you. Will you please come with me?" The nurse asks quietly, looking at Casey's sleeping form with a sad look in her eyes.
Abbie's father came over and lifted Casey off of his daughter's lap carefully.
"You go with the nurse Abigail, I got her." Dustin says in a hushed voice, then looks at his wife. "Ashleigh, go with Abbie."
"Okay." Ashleigh nods and takes Abbie's hand in her own as the follow the nurse through the heavy ER doors.
The nurse led them passed a few doors, one containing Casey's father. There were a few doctors around him, blood covering him and the doctors. The room was silent, Abbie had a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach, she knew he was dead. Abbie felt as if she was going to be sick. She covered her mouth with her free hand as she made a gagging noise. The nurse and her mother stopped to look ather. Her mother held her tightly as they continued to walk. She whispered loving words to her daughter as they passed the room, hoping it would help her nerves. It didn't help her at all, it just made her feel worse. They finally arrived to Casey's mother's room.
"Abbie?" Casey's mother asked, as the nurse, Abbie, and her mother enter the room.
Abbie stepped away from her mother and walked towards the hospital bed. Casey's mother looks extremely pale. She has blood on her and has blood flowing slowly from a wound somewhere on her head. "Yes, yes it's me. How are.." Abbie answers, but she was unable to finish her sentence.
"Abbie, I don't have much time." Casey's mother told her, as she reached out to hold Abbie's hand. "I need you to promise me something honey."
"Yes, anything." Abbie said as she held back tears.
"Please honey, keep my Cassandra safe."
Abbie's tears began to weigh down her eyelids. "I-I will Mrs. Novak."
Casey's mother began to cough up blood, Abbie knew she was dying. "You have to promise me Abigail."
"I promise." Abbie said as tears stained her cheeks. "I promise- I promise to keep Casey safe."
Casey's mother smiled weakly and coughed again. "Thank you." She said faintly as she lightly squeezed Abbie's hand. Her head dropped on the pillow and her grip on Abbie's hand loosened as her limp hand fell. An alarm went off and a three doctors rushed in the room, pushing Abbie and her mother towards the door.
"We're losing her." A doctor says facing the nurse. "Kimber, take them back to the waiting room." The nurse that brought them into the room nodded and led them out of the room.
"Abbie-" Ashleigh said as they walked slowly back to the waiting room. Trying to grab ahold of Abbie's hand
"Mother, don't, please. Please not right now." Abbie said as she pulled her hand away and walked passed the ER doors. Leaving her mother behind.
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September 26, 1990
9:28 a.m.
Casey woke up a few hours later. She looked up at Abbie.
"Abbie, I had a terrible nightmare." Casey says as she rubs her eyes.
Abbie looked Casey in the eyes, as told her the bad news. Casey lost all of the color in her face. She cried again. Abbie held her as tight as she could without sufficating the girl. She looked across the room to see her parents. They both looked at Casey, they didn't know what to say to her. They couldn't even image the pain that was coarsing through the girl's veins. Abbie couldn't believe what had happened that night. Everything was perfectly normal, Casey was whining about hating math, Abbie was amused by Casey's whining, then this happened. Her parents were dead. They made a stupid mistake. They weren't drunk, but they weren't sober. The doctor came out and explaining the car wreak to Abbie and her parents while Casey was sleeping. It was unavoidable. No one could have prevented the accident. Abbie had no idea what was going to happen to Casey. She wasn't going to let Casey got into foster care. She would fight to keep Casey with her. She was eighteen, she could adopt her. Her parents could take Casey in, they could love her. She knew that she would keep the promise she had made to Casey's mother. She would keep Casey safe forever. No matter what she had to do, or how much Casey would hate her for it. She would protect her.
I made a promise, I will keep it.
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