Title: "Water Fight"

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters

Note:

The Carter and Abby storyline continues...they're still in California.

They just might visit Disney Land again ;-)

Oh, I also want to say that a story doesn't end with a carby kiss...that's where the story begins :-)

Thursday-Carter won tickets

Friday- Asked Abby to come/requested time off work

Saturday-Arrived in California

Sunday (not mentioned in a chapter)-went shopping

Monday-Went to Disney Land

Which makes this chapter Tuesday, if that helps.

Thanks for reading and reviewing so far!!

Enjoy

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Tuesday Afternoon-

Carter was enjoying his afternoon by relaxing in the large olympic sized pool at the resort.

Lying poolside, Abby lay in a pool chair, with light blue sunglasses on, soaking up the sun.

"Hey, Abby, jump in." Carter said, from the pool. He wasn't exactly swimming, he was just hanging around in the pool, cooling off.

Only half paying attention to the world around her, Abby remarked, "Can't you see I'm relaxing right now?"

"Yeah I can," Carter said, edging closer to where Abby was lying.

"I'm busy working on my tan."

Splashing cold pool water at her, Carter said, "It's not always healthy to tan!"

"Don't! God, that's cold!!" Abby screamed.

"Get in the pool, Abby." Carter said, laughing.

"And this is coming from the man who wrote me a message in fireworks last night?" Abby asked, sarcastically.

Trying to be reasonable, he simply said, "Please?"

"Fine. Fine, I'll get in the pool."

"I don't see why you were being such a baby about it." Carter said, as she was getting in.

"Sorry." Abby said, splashing large waves of water at him.

"What was that for?" Carter said, drying his face off.

"Retaliation. Plus, you were looking kind of dry." Abby said when she stole a kiss.

"You know, I have an idea. We should have a water fight in the ER sometime." Carter said.

Laughing just at the thought of it, Abby said, "Yeah, like we'd get Weaver to use some big water gun, flinging water balloons."

"We'd do it on her day off. On a hot day, of course."

"As much as that sounds appealing, aren't we there to work and treat patients?" Abby asked.

"Well, they'd play along, too. Plus, when we're not drenching the med students, they'll watch over the sick ones."

"Okay, but I have to say, you are going to plan and organize this. Not me. I don't need another suspension." Abby laughed.

"Don't worry." Carter laughed.

"Hey, I'm not worrying." Abby said, splashing more water on Carter.

Carter just stood there dripping wet, giving her an odd look. "What? You were looking dry again."

Abby said blankly.

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Later that night, after their 'water fight', they decided to go out to dinner.

"I hope this place you heard about isn't anything fancy." Abby said.

They were both in the car, driving over to the restaurant Carter had reservations for at 7:30.

"Don't worry," Carter said, "Besides, do I look like a person who wants to spend a lot of money?"

"Do you want me to answer that?" Abby joked.

Thinking for a second, Carter replied, "No, I don't think I do."

"So, what did you say when you called County yesterday?" Abby asked.

"Oh," He laughed, remembering the rumor. "I talked to Deb. They were swamped."

"Then I guess we picked the perfect week to not work." Abby said.

"Not exactly..." Carter said, thinking of a way to tell her about the rumor.

"What do you mean?"

"They think we're off getting married." Carter said.

"Getting married?" Abby laughed. "To each other?"

"I guess so." Carter laughed.

"Who started this rumor?" Abby asked.

"They don't know. They just started to hear about it, they didn't know who started it."

"You didn't start it did you?" Abby asked.

"What?" He laughed.

"Did you start the rumor? You have started other rumors before, you know." Abby reminded him.

"True. So, true." He laughed thinking about them. "but, I didn't start this rumor."

"We can just play along when we get back." Abby said.

"Sounds like it'll be fun. We'll have to think of something by Saturday, won't we?" Carter said, pulling up to a sandy beach.

It was sometime after 7, so it wasn't dark out, but the sun was already low in the sky.

The air was warm, but there was a light breeze.

There weren't many people on the beach, but there were a few people who were just walking around.

"Where's the restaurant?" Abby asked, looking around.

"Uh, on the sand at the beach. Change of plans. We're having a picnic." Carter smiled.

"We don't have any food." Stunned Abby said.

"Yes, we do." Carter said, getting a basket of food from the trunk.

"You brought a basket? What are you seven?" Abby joked.

"Hey, I'm trying to be romantic here." Carter said, giving her a rose.

"Thank you." She twisted the stem of the flower between her fingers,

wondering what he would surprise her with next.

Even though she didn't want to admit it in words, he was a very romantic person.

He laid a small cotton blanket on the sand, and set the basket down.

He and Abby both sat down on the blanket.

They admired the view for a few minutes, when they decided to eat.

"I have a couple of sandwiches here, if you like chicken and ham." He said.

"Yeah. What else do you have in there?" She asked, peering into the basket.

"Fruit, carrots, salad, apple juice..." He was listing the main things off the top of his head.

"When did you do all of this?" Abby asked.

"After we went swimming. That's why I got out of the pool early." He said.

"You ARE sneaky." She laughed. "Good sandwich, by the way."

"Thanks." He smiled, and took a bite of his own. Chicken wasn't his favorite, but he had known that she liked it, so that was what he had made.

"Do you want some juice?" He asked, getting out two paper cups, and a plastic bottle of apple juice.

Finishing a carrot, she replied "Yes please."

He poured their juice as if it were wine.

"To a good vacation." Carter toasted.

"To a great vacation." Abby corrected him in her toast.

Minutes passed by, and they admired the sunset, while sharing some grapes.

"You know," Abby started. She turned to look at him when she said this. "You are really romantic, Carter."

"Really?" He smiled.

She answered him with a simple kiss.

"Thanks." He said, kissing her back.

"This is amazing how perfect this is going and it's only Tuesday." Abby said, staring at the sunset.

"Yeah, and to think, we have only two days left. Better make the best of it." Carter said.

"Yeah, I know what you're saying." Abby said.

Carter kissed her more affectionately this time, and so did she.



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