.Part 2!!!
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Abby pushed the doors at the hospital and stepped inside eagerly. The job in Florida was hers if she wanted it. But did she really want it? It was higher pay, near her brother, far away from a place that had only ever seemed to cause her pain, but it still didn't answer her question.
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Abby had taken a whole week off and used the interview as a chance to go and see her brother Eric in Florida. It was a vacation she was owed, so she took it, and had quite the tan to show off. As she walked in, Carter eyed her from behind the desk. She was tanned and smiling, which was unusual for Abby. He had to learn to take his eyes off of her. He was with Susan now, and he was very happy.
"So you get the job?" Randi shouted from the desk with great excitement. Carter was about to walk away when he heard what Randi was saying and decided to look busy at the computer. But as it turned out Abby blanked him anyway, had they really sunk as low as this?
"I did!" Abby said, surprised to hear the excitement in her own voice. Randi ran over, as well as anyone could run in 3-inch heels and hugged Abby. As they hugged she noticed Carter. They locked eyes for a second, before she looked away. She was the happiest she'd been in a long time, she couldn't bare any confrontations now.
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"So Abby, you're leaving huh?" Carter said, he'd been watching her all day, and finally managed to catch her in the stock room.
"I guess" she answered absently.
"so were you going to tell me?" Carter asked gently, not wanting to bring up the pain they had caused each other these last few months.
"sure Carter, why wouldn't I? Abby asked, deliberately misunderstanding the question.
"I wish you weren't so distant."
"I wish, you wish, we all wish a lot of things Carter, but I guess we can't always have what we want." They looked into each others eyes for a second before he turned away.
"If things had been different…"
"You know what Carter don't. Now it's my turn. I don't need this right now, we might have been, could have been whatever. You decided, don't treat me like it's my fault but don't treat me like the victim either."
"How am I supposed to treat you Abby?! I try to be your friend, you push me away."
"Why should I be your friend? As you said once, you don't get a lot out of our friendship, why the hell should I?".
"You know what? Have a nice life." Carter said, angry and hurt.
"Yeah? You too." Abby said feign smiling. She walked away, one of them always did, it was like a part of the conversation these days.
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Carter lit a cigarette. It had been ages since he had one, but now he sure as hell needed it. She always made him feel the extremes; made him totally mad, totally in love, totally hurt, totally confused. It was like the roller coaster that nobody could handle, but they always went back for more. That was Abby and right now all he was feeling was totally confused.-She was sucking him back in again, that's what she was doing. With her big brown eyes, intoxicating smile, GOD!
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Abby sat on her own. She was quitting after this one last cigarette. But damn! Why did he make her want a cigarette all the time? Was leaving the right thing to do? He was bad for her health. That's what he was. Making her smoke all the time. He was like the roller coaster that nobody could handle, but they always went back for more.
TO BE CONTINUED!
