AUTHOR: higherbeingfriendsfan - Debz

EMAIL: debz11888@hotmail.com

CATEGORY: JC/AL

RATING: PG-13 just in case

SPOILERS: None

DISCLAIMER: Carter and Abby don't belong to me. They belong to NBC, and Warner Brothers, and all of the other people who own the rights to ER.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is set in at the time of series 10, but none of series 9 happened! Also Benton and Greene are in, because I really like them! Also this is my first fan fiction so take that into account when you read this! Also I have no knowledge of medical procedures etc. so anything to do with that will more than likely be wrong. Ok all you need to know when reading this is that Abby and Carter have been together for a year, but kept it a secret from everyone. Please review and let me know what you think (

6 o'clock

John Carter walked into the ER and looked around for his bride-to-be. He couldn't believe what he and Abby were going to do at the end of their shifts. For 3 months they had been engaged and today was when they were going to get married in secret. They hadn't told anybody in the ER that they were together and soon they were going to be married, he was so excited. They had decided to get married in a registry office, and their witnesses would be Gamma and Eric, he brother. These were the only two people who knew that Abby and Carter were together, so it seemed appropriate that they would be the witnesses.

He spotted Abby talking to Susan and he smiled, he liked the fact that two of his best friends were best friends with each other, especially after their first impressions of each other. Abby looked up and caught John's eyes. She gave a small smile and he gave one back. They were used to acting at work like there was nothing going on.

12 o'clock

Abby looked at her watch and smiled her shift was finally over and in one hour she would be marrying John Carter. 'Life can't get better than this', she thought to herself. Carter walked over to her and smiled.

"You ready to go?" he asked. "Yeah, common" she replied. They walked past ADMIT, where Randi, Chuny and Susan were chatting. "You off already?" Susan asked John "Coz I was wondering if you would take this woman in Exam 4 complaining of chest pains" "No a chance, I took a half day for a reason, Susan, but have fun!" and with that the two exited the ER

1:30 pm

Carter and Abby exited the registry office, with Gamma and Eric following. They were laughing about what they had just done, but unbeknownst to the four a photographer from the Chicago Sun Times had seen them come out of it.

The next day - 6 o'clock

Susan came rushing into the ER. Jing-Mei Chen, Haleh, Chuny, Pratt, Benton and Greene were all around the ADMIT, as it was a very slow day, and the last patient was over an hour ago. "Whoa, what's the rush Susan?" Mark Greene asked "Listen to this." Susan got her newspaper and started reading from it

"Bad news girls, Chicago's most eligible bachelor has been snatched up. Yesterday one of our photographers witnessed what well be a shock to most today. He saw Dr. John Truman Carter III, heir to Chicago's wealthiest family, coming out of a registry office, and it was definite that Dr. Carter, of Cook County General Emergency Room, is married. The lucky woman is Abigail Lockhart, also of County General. The pair have been spotted together on several occasions, including a charity event, three years ago, hosted by Dr. Carter's family. Dr. Carter is heir to $200million."

Susan finished reading to show the rest of the staff the picture of the Carter and Abby as they came out of registry office. All of the ER staff were shocked, and no-one could speak.

"This is some kind of joke isn't it?" Chuny asked "I wouldn't be to sure" Greene said, "That picture looks pretty serious"

Meanwhile

"You ready?" Carter asked "I'm not sure, I mean look we're on the front page!" Abby exclaimed Carter just laughed, "Common, lets get this over with"

Abby and Carter entered the ER and everyone just looked up, they walked to the desk.

"What the hell is this about?" Susan asked her two best friends, "This is a joke right? Right?" she asked twice looking at the two. They looked at each other, then shook their heads. "What you mean you two are married?" This time they nodded. At this the staff got animated again hugging the newly- weds, all except Jing-Mei and Susan. They were hurt that their best friends hadn't bothered to tell them. Carter looked at Jing-Mei

"You OK Deb?" John asked, pulling her away from where Abby was showing off her engagement ring and wedding ring. "Yeah, just that most people don't find out their best friend is married by reading a newspaper" "Sorry, its just", but finished when he saw her smiling "Congratulations John", She smiled and hugged her bestfriend. "Thanks Deb, you're the best" She kissed his cheek then went to where everyone else was looking at the ring. Susan didn't look as happy and ran into the lounge. Carter and Abby exchanged glances. Both followed her and both hoping they hadn't just lost their bestfriend.