Chapter 4
Kovac was treating a patient in exam room 3 when he saw Abby walked past the door. He quickly finished what he was doing and went to the door, "Abby!"
She turned round to see who had called her name, "Yeah?"
"Do you have a minute?"
She looked a little uncomfortable, "Sure. What is it?"
Kovac walked her out of the corridor and into a side room, "I just wanted to explain."
"Explain what?" She said with a puzzled look.
"Early today." Abby still didn't know what he was talking about. "The trauma?" Luka had noticed Abby's confusion.
"Oh."
"I don't want you to think I did that because of you and Carter."
"Me and Carter?"
"Yeah."
"What about me and Carter?"
"You know."
"No, I don't know."
"Well anyway, I did it because I didn't think Carter could do it."
"Okay. Fine."
"I just wanted you to know that."
"Alright. Now I know."
She turned and walked away. Luka opened his mouth to say something but couldn't think of anything to say.
Abby arrived at the admin desk to discover Chuny and Haleh in deep discussion.
"What you two gossiping about?"
"We're not gossiping." replied Haleh.
"Really?" Abby looked at them with raised eyebrows.
"Okay." Chuny couldn't stop herself. "Guess who I saw staring into each other's eyes."
Abby despite herself also couldn't resist decent gossip and office romance is like the holy grail of gossip. "Who?"
The two nurses looked at each other as if deciding who got the privilege of spreading the news. Chuny leaned in towards Abby and said in a whisper, "Carter and Susan."
"Carter and Susan?" said Abby in shock.
"Uh-huh. Saw it with my own eyes." Chuny said as if Abby doubted her.
"Can you believe it?" said Haleh to no one in particular.
"Carter and Susan?" Abby was still in shock.
"He did have a crush on her when he was a med student." Haleh took any opportunity to share her vast gossip knowledge.
Abby managed to not repeat the names for a third time. "I didn't know that."
"Oh yeah. But she thought he was too young."
"I guess not any more."
Abby tuned out their conservation and focused solely on the revelation that she had just been given. Carter and Susan? She couldn't believe it. They just didn't seem like a couple. Although thinking about it he did seem to look at her when she wasn't looking. And he always perked up whenever she was around. Maybe they could be a couple. Maybe she would have.
Abby was brought back into the real world to see the two nurses looking at her, "Sorry, what?"
Chuny was the one asking the question, "Do you think they will get together?"
"Err.Sure. Why not?"
"They don't seem like a couple to me." Chuny nodded in agreement with this statement by Haleh.
"I don't know. You get the weirdest couples." Abby was speaking but not really concentrating on what she was saying.
"I suppose."
"Yeah just look at."
Abby left the two nurses to discuss other weird couples they know and went to try and find Carter. She didn't know what she was going to say but she knew that she needed to talk to him. She found him in Trauma working franticly trying to save someone's life. She was about to go in when she saw Susan came in from the other room carrying some medical equipment. Abby just stood there frozen and watched the two of them working together. Many thoughts flashed through her mind at that moment. It must have looked as if someone had turned her to stone. In fact that is exactly what passed through Carter's mind when he looked up and saw her. "Abby!"
She heard her name being called and was about to look around to find out who had said it when she saw Carter waving her to come inside. "Get in here!" She opened the door and was confronted with an array of alarms going off. "We need some help."
It was the last thing she wanted to do at that moment in time but she didn't even give it a second thought.
Kovac was treating a patient in exam room 3 when he saw Abby walked past the door. He quickly finished what he was doing and went to the door, "Abby!"
She turned round to see who had called her name, "Yeah?"
"Do you have a minute?"
She looked a little uncomfortable, "Sure. What is it?"
Kovac walked her out of the corridor and into a side room, "I just wanted to explain."
"Explain what?" She said with a puzzled look.
"Early today." Abby still didn't know what he was talking about. "The trauma?" Luka had noticed Abby's confusion.
"Oh."
"I don't want you to think I did that because of you and Carter."
"Me and Carter?"
"Yeah."
"What about me and Carter?"
"You know."
"No, I don't know."
"Well anyway, I did it because I didn't think Carter could do it."
"Okay. Fine."
"I just wanted you to know that."
"Alright. Now I know."
She turned and walked away. Luka opened his mouth to say something but couldn't think of anything to say.
Abby arrived at the admin desk to discover Chuny and Haleh in deep discussion.
"What you two gossiping about?"
"We're not gossiping." replied Haleh.
"Really?" Abby looked at them with raised eyebrows.
"Okay." Chuny couldn't stop herself. "Guess who I saw staring into each other's eyes."
Abby despite herself also couldn't resist decent gossip and office romance is like the holy grail of gossip. "Who?"
The two nurses looked at each other as if deciding who got the privilege of spreading the news. Chuny leaned in towards Abby and said in a whisper, "Carter and Susan."
"Carter and Susan?" said Abby in shock.
"Uh-huh. Saw it with my own eyes." Chuny said as if Abby doubted her.
"Can you believe it?" said Haleh to no one in particular.
"Carter and Susan?" Abby was still in shock.
"He did have a crush on her when he was a med student." Haleh took any opportunity to share her vast gossip knowledge.
Abby managed to not repeat the names for a third time. "I didn't know that."
"Oh yeah. But she thought he was too young."
"I guess not any more."
Abby tuned out their conservation and focused solely on the revelation that she had just been given. Carter and Susan? She couldn't believe it. They just didn't seem like a couple. Although thinking about it he did seem to look at her when she wasn't looking. And he always perked up whenever she was around. Maybe they could be a couple. Maybe she would have.
Abby was brought back into the real world to see the two nurses looking at her, "Sorry, what?"
Chuny was the one asking the question, "Do you think they will get together?"
"Err.Sure. Why not?"
"They don't seem like a couple to me." Chuny nodded in agreement with this statement by Haleh.
"I don't know. You get the weirdest couples." Abby was speaking but not really concentrating on what she was saying.
"I suppose."
"Yeah just look at."
Abby left the two nurses to discuss other weird couples they know and went to try and find Carter. She didn't know what she was going to say but she knew that she needed to talk to him. She found him in Trauma working franticly trying to save someone's life. She was about to go in when she saw Susan came in from the other room carrying some medical equipment. Abby just stood there frozen and watched the two of them working together. Many thoughts flashed through her mind at that moment. It must have looked as if someone had turned her to stone. In fact that is exactly what passed through Carter's mind when he looked up and saw her. "Abby!"
She heard her name being called and was about to look around to find out who had said it when she saw Carter waving her to come inside. "Get in here!" She opened the door and was confronted with an array of alarms going off. "We need some help."
It was the last thing she wanted to do at that moment in time but she didn't even give it a second thought.