Title: Standing Here Until You Make Me Move. (Part three)
By Katiebabey.


Previously:
She stopped. She looked back one time, and then quickly stopped herself. She wasn't coming back.



Time seemed to freeze as Carter turned around to face the plaster pillar, and the only thing saving him from a certain fall. Carter wished time would actually freeze, then he could have time to think and when he turned around Abby would still be there. Her hair would still be humming and he would be able to catch her, or watch her leave-whatever. But when he turned around she wasn't there, infact time had not frozen and he wasn't sure how long he'd been stood there.

'I wish I could just make you turn around, turn around and see my cry. There's so much I have to say to you, so many reasons why.'

Airport

"Is anyone sat here?" Said a clumsy looking teenager. She was pretty Abby thought, if not a little sad.
"No, sure" Abby replied moving her stuff casually from the seat. One look at the girl's red, puffy eyes was enough to free Abby of her current concerns. "A runaway huh?" Abby said not really expecting an answer.
"Pretty much, I'm going to Italy to be with my boyfriend."
"Wow me too, except I have no boyfriend there, just going!" She said trying to make sense herself of what she just said.
"Aren't you a little old to be running away?" the girl hushed innocently.
"You're never to old to have problems and I guess you're never to old to runaway from them, listen, won't anyone miss you?" Abby whispered, concern in her tone.
"Not a soul. How about you?"
"Maybe one or two" Abby confided.
"Then why are you leaving? I'm leaving because there's no one for me here, if someone's going to miss you, maybe you should stay."
"Well, I haven't really decided whether I'm coming back or not yet." Abby replied passively.
"You're waiting for that guy to show up huh?" the girl said noticing Abby's painful features.
"What? No, nobody even knows I'm here"
"Oh" replied the girl simply. They both sat in silence, venturing into their thoughts.

Abby heard her name. She thought she was imagining it and stayed still going through the past few days in her mind. She suddenly looked up and blinked as she saw Carter. 'ABBY' he bellowed trying wake her from her self-induced coma.
"How did you find me?"
"Something Dave said."
"Oh" Abby whispered paralysed from the neck down.
"Look, I came here to ask you not to go" He said, bearing the reserve of a friend, but the plea of a lover.
"No, I have to go Carter"
"But what about med-school? What about Luka? What about county?" Carter pleaded.
"I just need a break." She said, still hating that she had to justify herself to people.
"Fine, but you have to come back" Carter said anxious and aggressive.
"Yeah?" Abby said playfully almost laughing at how she really didn't. "And why exactly is that Carter?" She said thinking he would not answer.
"Because I need you here" he replied simply.

Abby had made up her mind, she was going. She had to go, if only for a week, it was what she needed right now.
"I'm going Carter" she said, she reached up and kissed his cheek lightly "thank you for coming here, it means a lot to me" she stuttered holding back the tears. "And I promise I'll be back...soon" Abby wanted to take that back as soon as she said it. But the fantasy of running away was turning into reality. She turned and made her way to the plane. Reminding herself to breathe as Carter did the same.

5 weeks later

Abby had been gone over a month. She had called Luka in the first week, but nobody had heard from her since. The gossip had long faded and no one really expected her back.

Kerry-"Carter, have you heard from Abby?" Kerry asked curiously.
"No, I haven't, why, is there a problem?"
"She called me last night, she's home, coming back to work next week, just thought you should know." She shrilled, smiling at Carter's sudden intensity.
"Oh right" Carter said trying not to care too much.

'And then you walked in the room, and I was twisted in the web of desire for you.'

Carter knocked on Abby's door lightly, nervous and fidgeting for a reason he couldn't explain.

Abby opened the door. Carter couldn't believe it. Abby looked fantastic. Skin was glowing, with a perfect bronze tan and her hair was different too. It had grown longer and looked so shiny and perfect. He didn't know what to say, she looked so great; he melted and couldn't speak. So they looked at each other, in a comforting silence that lasted a long time. Both too frightened to speak unless they ruined it some how...

TO BE CONTINUED...

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