(Last part. Try not to cry! Extra mushy just for you...sorry if I've disappointed anybody!)
Part 10
*Beep Beep* *Beep Beep* *Beep Beep* *Beep Beep* *Beep Beep*
He awoke to the sound of the alarm ringing as he did every morning, but today he couldn't bring himself to move out of the bed. Yesterday had been so perfect, he didn't think he could handle going back to that seminar and seeing Abby looking at him as if it hadn't happened. Now that he knew what they could have had he couldn't go back to being her friend, but at the same time he couldn't bear not to see her. He let the alarm keep ringing and buried his head deep into his pillow as he felt the tears about to overtake him...when he felt somebody reach over and turn off the alarm.
His eyes shot open immediately and he quickly turned over to see who the alarm belonged to. There, lying next to him, propped up on one elbow and wearing an old shirt of his...was Abby! She looked down at him and smiled.
"Sorry I woke you," she whispered, smoothing down his wild morning hair, "I have to be in work in a couple of hours and I need to go home to get changed."
"You're here!" he said,
"I'm here," she said softly with amusement in her voice. "You thought maybe I'd run away from you?"
"But how? I mean, why?"
She laughed outright at this. "Well if you don't want me here then I'll go!" She started to move off the bed but Carter reached out and grabbed her around her waist, pulling her into an embrace.
"I'm never going to let you leave!" he said into her hair, breathing in her scent and revelling in the feeling of just holding her in his arms. "But why are you still here?
"I don't know...maybe you just did something right this time around."
Carter looked at her lying in his arms and took in her words. It felt so natural to hold her like this, to feel her body next to his and to wake up next to her in the morning. "I think you're right," he said. "I did finally do something right." He bent his head down and gave her a slow, lingering kiss that made his skin tingle, and judging by the look on her face she obviously felt the same way. He pulled away from the kiss and looked deep into her eyes, cupping her cheek in his hand.
"I love you, Abby. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I should have told you, so many times, but I was afraid of how you'd react, that I'd lose your friendship. And I never should have gone out with Susan, not while I was still..."
"Ssh." She put her finger over his lips to stop him talking, and when he was silent she removed her finger and replaced it with her lips, giving him a soft close-lipped kiss. "You don't have to say anything. It's all in the past. We're together now, we love each other, nothing else matters!"
"You love me?" Carter asked her softly, afraid he had misunderstood what she had just said.
"I do."
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"Do you have to go? Can't you just call in sick?" he said, running his hand up and down her back as she sat on the edge of the bed getting dressed.
"John, you're incorrigible!" she laughed, pulling on her boots and then turning to give him a kiss. "You know I'd love to, but I already swapped shifts from last night. Weaver would kill me if I missed two shifts in a row....John, JOHN! I really have to go!" She had difficulty pulling herself away from Carter's embrace and kisses which had interrupted her speech at several points!
"Okay," he groaned, finally releasing her, "but I'm coming to get you for Lunch, no arguments!"
"You won't hear any from me! I'll see you later," she said, blowing him a kiss as she headed out of his bedroom door.
"Abby! Abby wait!" he called out after her, a sudden thought hitting him. He heard her walking back along the hall and a few seconds later her head popped around the doorframe.
"Yeah?"
"I love you, Abby," he said simply, staring into her eyes.
"I love you too John," she smiled. "I'll see you at lunch...and get some rest!" She blew him another kiss and headed down the stairs and out of the front door, ready for another shift at County General.
Back in the bedroom Carter lay back down against the pillows with a huge smile on his face. It was Sunday, he didn't have to go to a stupid sexual harassment seminar...and Abby loved him! He hugged himself with glee and snuggled down into the covers, thinking about where he would take Abby for lunch and what they would do when she finished her shift.
With his head filled with dreams of Abby and their future life together he closed his eyes, and for the first time in months, John Carter was happy to go to sleep.
FIN
(Finally it's finished! I don't know if this felt as long to you reading it as it did to me writing it but I thought it was never going to end! My thanks to everybody who reviewed and wrote to me: Chloe, Kelly, Lynsey, Charlotte, Lily, Theresa, Viki...there are too many to mention. You've all just been so wonderful! Special thanks to Joycelyn Solo who has been great through the writing of this story, providing me with the funniest ideas and encouraging me to post this in the first place. For anybody I haven't mentioned you know I'm thinking of you. I am working on a new story and will be posting that, and reviewing all your stories, as soon as I can get near my computer for more than 5 minutes at a time! Thanks again all!)
Part 10
*Beep Beep* *Beep Beep* *Beep Beep* *Beep Beep* *Beep Beep*
He awoke to the sound of the alarm ringing as he did every morning, but today he couldn't bring himself to move out of the bed. Yesterday had been so perfect, he didn't think he could handle going back to that seminar and seeing Abby looking at him as if it hadn't happened. Now that he knew what they could have had he couldn't go back to being her friend, but at the same time he couldn't bear not to see her. He let the alarm keep ringing and buried his head deep into his pillow as he felt the tears about to overtake him...when he felt somebody reach over and turn off the alarm.
His eyes shot open immediately and he quickly turned over to see who the alarm belonged to. There, lying next to him, propped up on one elbow and wearing an old shirt of his...was Abby! She looked down at him and smiled.
"Sorry I woke you," she whispered, smoothing down his wild morning hair, "I have to be in work in a couple of hours and I need to go home to get changed."
"You're here!" he said,
"I'm here," she said softly with amusement in her voice. "You thought maybe I'd run away from you?"
"But how? I mean, why?"
She laughed outright at this. "Well if you don't want me here then I'll go!" She started to move off the bed but Carter reached out and grabbed her around her waist, pulling her into an embrace.
"I'm never going to let you leave!" he said into her hair, breathing in her scent and revelling in the feeling of just holding her in his arms. "But why are you still here?
"I don't know...maybe you just did something right this time around."
Carter looked at her lying in his arms and took in her words. It felt so natural to hold her like this, to feel her body next to his and to wake up next to her in the morning. "I think you're right," he said. "I did finally do something right." He bent his head down and gave her a slow, lingering kiss that made his skin tingle, and judging by the look on her face she obviously felt the same way. He pulled away from the kiss and looked deep into her eyes, cupping her cheek in his hand.
"I love you, Abby. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I should have told you, so many times, but I was afraid of how you'd react, that I'd lose your friendship. And I never should have gone out with Susan, not while I was still..."
"Ssh." She put her finger over his lips to stop him talking, and when he was silent she removed her finger and replaced it with her lips, giving him a soft close-lipped kiss. "You don't have to say anything. It's all in the past. We're together now, we love each other, nothing else matters!"
"You love me?" Carter asked her softly, afraid he had misunderstood what she had just said.
"I do."
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"Do you have to go? Can't you just call in sick?" he said, running his hand up and down her back as she sat on the edge of the bed getting dressed.
"John, you're incorrigible!" she laughed, pulling on her boots and then turning to give him a kiss. "You know I'd love to, but I already swapped shifts from last night. Weaver would kill me if I missed two shifts in a row....John, JOHN! I really have to go!" She had difficulty pulling herself away from Carter's embrace and kisses which had interrupted her speech at several points!
"Okay," he groaned, finally releasing her, "but I'm coming to get you for Lunch, no arguments!"
"You won't hear any from me! I'll see you later," she said, blowing him a kiss as she headed out of his bedroom door.
"Abby! Abby wait!" he called out after her, a sudden thought hitting him. He heard her walking back along the hall and a few seconds later her head popped around the doorframe.
"Yeah?"
"I love you, Abby," he said simply, staring into her eyes.
"I love you too John," she smiled. "I'll see you at lunch...and get some rest!" She blew him another kiss and headed down the stairs and out of the front door, ready for another shift at County General.
Back in the bedroom Carter lay back down against the pillows with a huge smile on his face. It was Sunday, he didn't have to go to a stupid sexual harassment seminar...and Abby loved him! He hugged himself with glee and snuggled down into the covers, thinking about where he would take Abby for lunch and what they would do when she finished her shift.
With his head filled with dreams of Abby and their future life together he closed his eyes, and for the first time in months, John Carter was happy to go to sleep.
FIN
(Finally it's finished! I don't know if this felt as long to you reading it as it did to me writing it but I thought it was never going to end! My thanks to everybody who reviewed and wrote to me: Chloe, Kelly, Lynsey, Charlotte, Lily, Theresa, Viki...there are too many to mention. You've all just been so wonderful! Special thanks to Joycelyn Solo who has been great through the writing of this story, providing me with the funniest ideas and encouraging me to post this in the first place. For anybody I haven't mentioned you know I'm thinking of you. I am working on a new story and will be posting that, and reviewing all your stories, as soon as I can get near my computer for more than 5 minutes at a time! Thanks again all!)