It was another busy day at county general hospital for the ER staff. It seemed like every one was on over load including Dr. Lockhart who was taking a minute to breath at the admit desk. She smiled to her self as she realized that this was the first time she felt at home back at county after her abduction only a couple months ago. Susan came up and yelled out "Multiple GSW in 5 minutes!"

"How many?"

"Three but one is in really bad shape." Susan replied

Abby took a deep breath and scanned the ER quickly. She spotted Carter and Wendall just across the room, probably making dinner plans. He seemed so happy but she still missed him.

"Abby!" Luka called out and broke her out of her trance. He was rolling a gang member screaming in pain to the trauma room. "Get the next one!"

Pratt was already out in the ambulance bay helping the paramedics bring him down. One started yelling out the bullet, but Abby didn't hear him.

"Loose…" she whispered under her breath.

"ABBY!" Pratt yelled "you got this or not!"

She stared at him blankly for a moment then shook her head and stepped aside.

"Alright I'll take him. Come on people lets move!" Pratt seemed a little ticked but he'd never seen Abby get so flustered at the sight of a GSW to abdomen.

Abby just stood there in shock, staring at the ground when another ambulance came tearing into the ER. All of a sudden it all came back. The night air of two months ago ran through her nose, the taste of her cigarette burning her tongue, and the voice of a kid yelling 'Help!' rang in her ears. She felt dazzed and confused as the ambulance bay whirled around her.

"ABBY!" Sam called out "Are you okay?"

Abby turned and just looked at her with all the pain she thought had finally gone away. "I'm fine" she mumbled under her breath as she walked back into the ER and straight into the lounge. How could this have happened? She broke into tears as she struggled to sit down on the couch.

"Abby?" She heard Susan whisper. "Abby, what's wrong?"

Susan felt her stomach turn when she heard who had just come into the ER. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah" Abby replied as she lowered her head."

"Alright stay in here as long as you want and you're off for the rest of the day. Hell, take another month if you need to. I'm off in a couple hours. You want me to stop by?"

Abby took another deep breath, closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Too bad I'm coming. I'll see you then."

Susan walked out of the lounge and saw Pratt coming toward her with a look of defeat on his face.

"Pratt, did he make it?" Susan asked

"No, he…"

"Good" Susan cut him off "make sure he gets down to the morgue NOW and don't let Abby see him again."

A few minutes after Susan had left her, Jake came into the lounge and saw her trying to regain her composure.

"Hey" he said. "What's wrong?"

"Hey" was all abby could get out.

Jake squatted down to eye level with her and tilted his head "Looks like you've had a bad day."

Abby just smirked and replied "yeah, I guess you could say that."

"I'm off in five minutes. You want to go get a drink and talk about it?"

Abby just looked at him. She really didn't want to be alone, and did she ever feel like getting a drink! But with a med student?

"Umm no. No I really shouldn't…"

"Come on. We can go just long enough for you to catch your breath and for me to say I had a drink with the best looking doctor at County." He joked

Abby had to smile at that one. "Alright."