Part 6
Abby was lying on top of her bed, looking at her wedding dress that was hung up on the door of her wardrobe and reflecting on the day. To think that this morning she had gone out just to buy a dress for her ex's wedding reception and she had come back married!
Carter was in the shower getting ready to go to work. Abby wasn't on that night so they had arranged for her to meet him over at Docs. She was just running through the sort of surprise she would have waiting for John when he came home in the morning that she didn't hear the phone ring at first! However, the incessant ringing soon dragged her away from the fantasy of John's fingers caressing her neck as she cooked him a romantic breakfast, and she inwardly groaned before she picked the receiver up. She didn't know how it was possible, but she'd swear that the phone sounded different when Kerry Weaver phoned. She gave a little breath, then picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Abby? It's Kerry here. Listen, I know that you've got the week off and I told you I didn't want to see your face around here until you'd used up all of your leave, but the truth is we're desperate. Several of the nurses have called in sick and I don't want to go to the agencies again for a while after the last one they sent us. I'll make it up to you."
"Sure, Kerry, no problem. I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Thanks Abby. See you soon."
*Click*
Abby put the receiver down. She couldn't believe this turn of events. First it looked like she was going to spend her wedding night alone, and now she would be going to work with her husband. She opened the door to the bathroom to see John stepping out of the shower and putting a towel around his waist. She stopped to admire him for a second before shaking herself and asking him: "Are you a psychic?"
"Pardon me?"
"Not two hours ago you're telling me that you wished I was working tonight so that we could be together when who should phone but Kerry Weaver, asking me to come in and cover. Admit it, you arranged it all!" She walked up to him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before being pulled into a bear hug.
"I didn't arrange it!" Carter laughed, "but I won't pretend I'm not pleased. At least we'll be together now, and I'm sure we can find some way of being left alone together for half an hour somewhere along the way…" He gave her a look that was meant to be a leer, but which came out as a lopsided grin.
"You have a sick mind, John Carter!" She gave him a little playful slap, and they both laughed as they walked into the bedroom and began to get ready for work. Suddenly a thought hit Abby.
"What are we going to tell them at work?"
"How do you mean?"
"Well, do we tell them we got married? Nobody even knows we've been dating. Perhaps we should just hint that something is going between us and then when they get used to the idea we can slip in the fact that we got married, only we we'll say that we did it later and not today…"
"Abby, calm down" he said as he came over to her and put his arms around her. "Personally I'd have no problems walking into that ER and standing on the admit desk to proclaim my undying love for you and to let everybody know that you've made me the luckiest man on the planet." She smiled, and he continued. "But if you're not ready I don't see any reason why we need to make a big deal out of it. You know what that place is like, hardly anything stays a secret for long, so there's no need for you to work yourself up into a state about a big awkward announcement when it will all probably come out by the end of the shift anyway. Besides, I think it could be quite fun keeping this our little secret for a while!"
"You see, that's why I love you! You're such a good influence on me John Carter."
"Well, what can I say to that? Besides 'I love you too'?" They shared a long deep kiss before reluctantly pulling apart and looking at the clock. It was time to go. They took the EL and walked hand in hand towards County General, only separating as they approached the ambulance bay. Carter gave her one last kiss before walking ahead of her through the double doors. In a routine they had employed regularly over the last 4 months she followed him after the space of a few minutes so as not to make anybody suspicious.
As she walked through the doors she saw that he was already with a patient. She caught his eye and saw in them the same look of desire that she felt herself.
Tonight was going to be a long night.
(I have a lot more that I would like to write for this story, but before I go any further I want to know if it is worthwhile. I have been writing this for me, but does anybody care if I post more? Does anybody want to know how the staff find out? How the wedding reception goes? Feedback, please, but only if you can be positive or encouraging)
Abby was lying on top of her bed, looking at her wedding dress that was hung up on the door of her wardrobe and reflecting on the day. To think that this morning she had gone out just to buy a dress for her ex's wedding reception and she had come back married!
Carter was in the shower getting ready to go to work. Abby wasn't on that night so they had arranged for her to meet him over at Docs. She was just running through the sort of surprise she would have waiting for John when he came home in the morning that she didn't hear the phone ring at first! However, the incessant ringing soon dragged her away from the fantasy of John's fingers caressing her neck as she cooked him a romantic breakfast, and she inwardly groaned before she picked the receiver up. She didn't know how it was possible, but she'd swear that the phone sounded different when Kerry Weaver phoned. She gave a little breath, then picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Abby? It's Kerry here. Listen, I know that you've got the week off and I told you I didn't want to see your face around here until you'd used up all of your leave, but the truth is we're desperate. Several of the nurses have called in sick and I don't want to go to the agencies again for a while after the last one they sent us. I'll make it up to you."
"Sure, Kerry, no problem. I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Thanks Abby. See you soon."
*Click*
Abby put the receiver down. She couldn't believe this turn of events. First it looked like she was going to spend her wedding night alone, and now she would be going to work with her husband. She opened the door to the bathroom to see John stepping out of the shower and putting a towel around his waist. She stopped to admire him for a second before shaking herself and asking him: "Are you a psychic?"
"Pardon me?"
"Not two hours ago you're telling me that you wished I was working tonight so that we could be together when who should phone but Kerry Weaver, asking me to come in and cover. Admit it, you arranged it all!" She walked up to him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before being pulled into a bear hug.
"I didn't arrange it!" Carter laughed, "but I won't pretend I'm not pleased. At least we'll be together now, and I'm sure we can find some way of being left alone together for half an hour somewhere along the way…" He gave her a look that was meant to be a leer, but which came out as a lopsided grin.
"You have a sick mind, John Carter!" She gave him a little playful slap, and they both laughed as they walked into the bedroom and began to get ready for work. Suddenly a thought hit Abby.
"What are we going to tell them at work?"
"How do you mean?"
"Well, do we tell them we got married? Nobody even knows we've been dating. Perhaps we should just hint that something is going between us and then when they get used to the idea we can slip in the fact that we got married, only we we'll say that we did it later and not today…"
"Abby, calm down" he said as he came over to her and put his arms around her. "Personally I'd have no problems walking into that ER and standing on the admit desk to proclaim my undying love for you and to let everybody know that you've made me the luckiest man on the planet." She smiled, and he continued. "But if you're not ready I don't see any reason why we need to make a big deal out of it. You know what that place is like, hardly anything stays a secret for long, so there's no need for you to work yourself up into a state about a big awkward announcement when it will all probably come out by the end of the shift anyway. Besides, I think it could be quite fun keeping this our little secret for a while!"
"You see, that's why I love you! You're such a good influence on me John Carter."
"Well, what can I say to that? Besides 'I love you too'?" They shared a long deep kiss before reluctantly pulling apart and looking at the clock. It was time to go. They took the EL and walked hand in hand towards County General, only separating as they approached the ambulance bay. Carter gave her one last kiss before walking ahead of her through the double doors. In a routine they had employed regularly over the last 4 months she followed him after the space of a few minutes so as not to make anybody suspicious.
As she walked through the doors she saw that he was already with a patient. She caught his eye and saw in them the same look of desire that she felt herself.
Tonight was going to be a long night.
(I have a lot more that I would like to write for this story, but before I go any further I want to know if it is worthwhile. I have been writing this for me, but does anybody care if I post more? Does anybody want to know how the staff find out? How the wedding reception goes? Feedback, please, but only if you can be positive or encouraging)
