Buck was fuming. 'Why is Bobby acting like this', He thought as he paced around the locker room of the firehouse. After nearly wearing a hole in the floor, Buck stopped and sat on the bench.
Hen walked in after noticing how distraught he looked.
"Yo, what up", She asked. She sat down next to him and bumped her shoulder into him. "You ok?" She finished.
"No, not at all Hen. I'm freaking out." He looked at her.
"Ok… why?" She questioned. She was not filled in on anything here.
"Abby has a daughter. She told me last night. And I wasn't freaking out about it because, I think I love her. But then when I told Bobby he went nuts. He doesn't think I'm ready to be a parent and said if I get involved with Abby that I need to… well, be ready to be a parent. So now I'm sitting here doubting myself. And I don't know what to do", Buck said frantically.
"Oh wow! Well, did you ever think about kids before?" She asked him seriously.
"Honestly, no. I don't tell people this but I was a foster kid. My mom died when I was 2 and I was in so many homes with so many shitty people, that I only ever thought about myself. I never thought about having kids", Buck said.
Hen could tell he was having a realization. 'Thanks Hen!" Buck said as he got up and walked out of the room.
It was nearly 7pm that same day. Carla had long gone home and Abby was sitting at her kitchen table painting her nails. She was thinking about Buck. She couldn't believe how well he took the news about Sage. She smiled and picked up her phone to make sure she didn't miss a text from him. She sent him a **Hey** about an hour ago, but hasn't heard back. She hasn't heard from him all day in fact.
Just then, there was a knock at her door. 'Speak of the devil', she thought.
Abby walked over to the entryway.
"I guess showing up unannounced is becoming your new thing." She said as she pulled the door open.
"Oh, Captain Nash. Hi, um,… come in." She said awkwardly.
"Hey Abby, sorry to just show up like this. I just wanted to see how you were doing." Bobby said as he stepped closer to her.
"I just wanted to make sure you were doing ok after Buck ended things. I know you guys have only been dating for a few weeks, but to hear him say he doesn't want anything to do with kids must have been rough." Bobby said as he reached out to grab her hand.
"Wait… what? He said that!" She said devastated.
"He didn't tell you yet? Oh gosh, I'm so sorry!" Bobby said.
"No, it's not your fault. I should have suspected something was up. I haven't heard from him all day." She said fighting back tears.
"I feel like such an idiot. He seemed ok with the news, but I guess he was just saying that." She sat down and wiped her eyes with her hands.
Bobby stepped closer, "Hey, you're not an idiot. Buck is a sweet kid, but he isn't ready for something like that. Its not anything you did wrong." Bobby said as he again stepped closer and pulled her into a hug.
"Thanks!" Abby said returning the hug.
She could tell that Bobby was into her. It was pretty obvious. But nothing was going to happen here tonight, she was too upset about Buck. She ended the hug and politely told him that she was really tired and would see him soon.