Chapter 10:

David was sitting on the couch in Abby's flat with his hand in his lap as he waited for tea. He was glad she suggested the beverage after the awkward…romantic…weird moment they just shared.

Despite all of the feelings, David was ashamed of himself. He was engaged, could possibly be married and here he had kissed some girl he barely knew himself. This is not how David acted, yet he had no idea if that is how Connor acted. At that moment he was going to blame him for everything wrong at this point. Even if David had been Connor once in the past, David was convinced it was Connor's fault.

Abby sat quietly beside him again as she held out the tea cup. David muttered a 'thank you' before taking a sip. "Mmmm, Earl Grey," he smiled at her. "It was Connor's favorite so lucky guess," she admitted. "Well, you guessed right, love," he grinned as he continued to drink.

"What are we going to do?" Abby asked, desperate to know. "Don't know what you mean…" David stated as he avoided her gaze. "About this…about us and…David! Look at me!" she demanded and smiled when David gave her his attention.

"Listen, I never told Connor this but I do care a lot about him and I believe I care a lot about you. Connor and I have seen a lot together and have lived together and…I…," Abby stated to David as she let her eyes drift to the floor in front of them.

A cocky snort was probably the last reaction Abby had expected, "Care for me? Whenever I asked about "us", you would blow me off. Whenever I got close and gave you might heart you would just toss it aside. Remember that, dear Abby?" David lectured with following sharp hand gestures that made Abby grimaced. "So you do remember," she confirmed rather than ask.

"Yea, Abby, I do. I remember it taking 3 years for you to kiss me and that was a 'thank you' for helping your little brother. And even though you never ever mentioned liking me, you were horrible jealous of Caroline!" he accused.

Abby stared at him with a gapping mouth as she tried to think of a response. "I…ah, I was never jealous of Caroline…I was suspicious. And I was right to be!" she countered as she jumped off the couch. Sid and Nancy quickly ducked away as they sensed the oncoming storm.

David leaned back as he crossed his arms with a skeptical look, "Alright Abigail," he smirked using her full name knowing full well she hated that, "How do you exactly feel about Connor…about me?" he demanded. "Ah…well, I miss him…a lot," she confessed. "Really? Wouldn't that make things weird, love?" he countered as he stood up right in front of her.

Abby took a step back before she said, "We were flat mates, and it would be awkward if we began a relationship. What if it ruined our friendship?" she questioned him. "Friendship? If you were so bloody worried about our precious 'friendship' status then why kiss me in the first place? Why continue to let me live with you?" he continued demanded as his anger rose. "I Don't Know!" Abby finally shouted before she slumped back onto the couch into tears.

David, probably Connor too, could never stand a woman crying and especially if the reason was because of him. David sat quietly beside her on a couch. Yet when his soothing words failed to reach her he urged her into his lap for a comforting hug.

While he rubbed he back he asked, "Did I ever tell you how I felt when the mer creatures took you?" Abby simply shook her head as it was buried into his chest. "I was devastated completely. Lester demanded I'd be sent home and Stephen was appointed temporary team leader because Cutter did not want to give up searching for you and the boy," he began and Abby looked up at him with interest.

David smiled down at her as he wiped the tears from her cheek. Then he continued, "When…we found you I was so relieved that I foolishly race towards you," he smirked as he shook his head. "I had this notion I would be able to save you and maybe even kiss you, but all I wanted to do was make sure you were alright," he paused as he considered his next words.

"Then that creature knocked me back and took you into the anomaly and I thought…" but Abby interrupted him. "I thought it had killed you when you did not spring right back up," she admitted, "I was so glad it was you coming for me that I wondered what I had ever saw in Stephen. I screamed so much when that creature dragged me into that anomaly. All I wanted to do was check you were okay and to make sure you would be alright even if I wasn't."

David smiled as he continued to run his fingers down her face and back. "Why are you hands so calloused now?" she asked with a laugh which got the response of David rolling his eyes, "Long story for another time, love," he remarked before continuing. "I rushed as quickly as I could in that anomaly, determined to bring you back home no matter what. I wanted to make sure you were okay no matter what too," he smiled at her and she returned it but then he frowned.

"Of course I found you hanging from a cliff seconds away from falling to your death and nearly had a heart attack. Yet I sucked it up and grabbed you while I was certain I would never let you go," David stated. Abby remembered the whole ordeal with grimace as she remembered what came next.

As if he could sense her thoughts he suggested, "Why don't we skip the whole part about us almost dying and Cutter having to save us, shall we?" Abby nodded in agreement. "However, I know you heard what I finally admitted to you," he dryly stated and Abby couldn't help but begin to feel anxious.

"Honestly, I had been debating trying to tell you how I felt almost right after I started dating Caroline. I even asked Stephen for advice. I'm not completely dense, Abbs. I know she wasn't completely honest or good for me but it was nice to be wanted, you know?" he explained to her and she could feel her old Connor coming back. "I just blurted out my feeling to you at that time and wasn't even sure how you would react but just felt like you should know," he admitted.

Abby nodded in understanding before admitting her own confession, "I shouldn't have played around and just reciprocated it. I just…didn't know if you meant it, Conn. How could I when you usually keep everything lock away behind that grin of yours?" Both sat in silence as they considered the other's confession.

Abby looked over David's face with a sudden sensation of wanting to kiss him again. She had been convinced that her Connor was back right until she leaned up only to be lifted off of his lap and back unto the couch. "It's stopped raining, yea," he stated the obvious. Abby hadn't originally noticed so turned to the window to see it had indeed stopped. "Yea…so…" she began but David cut her off, "I need to call Alice," he murmured as he searched his jacket for his cell.

"Oh right," she said almost with a laugh. Right when she thought her Connor was back in her arms and home he had to remember he had a fiancé. David let go of his phone with a heavy sigh, "Straight to voice mail," he informed her.

"I need to talk to her about all of this," he continued as he headed towards the door before he stopped to turn to her, "I'll bring her back so all three of us can have a proper talk, al'ite?" All Abby could do was smile and nod before he left right out of the front door.

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Alice could not believe what Jack was saying. They had decided to wait in the hotel's café for David to hopefully come back but it had been a while. They waited at a table beside the window front as the place began to empty between the transitions from lunch to dinner. Jack had assured her that David was probably held up somewhere during the rain and he would be back as soon as it quit. Yet, that wasn't what he said that had unsettled her.

"You do realize I still care deeply about you, right Alice?" he stated as he drew his hand into hers. The nerve; Of course he was neglecting the hand with her engagement ring on it! "Jack, if you have failed to notice my ring or the fact I have told you how many times, I'll say it again. I am engaged to Hatter," she stated.

"I am quite aware of that, Alice. Yet, with all that has come to light today it might make you reconsider your relationship with the man," Jack countered. Alice sat there irritated silence when suddenly her phone started going off. She looked down to see it was David but Jack suddenly grasped her hand again, "Please don't answer it, Alice. I want to talk to you," he pleaded.

Alice relented as she tried to ignore the phone. "What do you want to talk about Jack?" "Us," he responded. "There is no 'us', Jack. It ended when you lied and deceived me during our whole relationship," she said blankly. He then smugly countered, "So we've technically really dated. Hello, my name is Jack hart and its lovely to meet you Alice," as he bent to kiss her hand.

Alice wanted nothing more than to slap his straight across the face at that moment. She pulled her hand away and was going to say some sort of comeback until she felt a strong presence from right behind her.

A.N.: So Alice and David have the beginnings of a relationship but Abby and Connor have the history of truly knowing each other, and both have their issues. About two more chapters before I begin to write the final ones so I hope you have decided.

Whether you liked this Connor/ Abby chapter or you like David/ Alice; state which one in a review and I'll tally the votes when I begin to write the ending.
David/ Alice are still in the lead- way in the lead so that pairing might win- if the Connor/ Abby people don't come back with a vengeance.

Thank you for reading! I would say that I hoped you enjoyed the chapter but that would be bias, wouldn't it? Hope to update soon!