Title - Finally

Author - no_1gal@hotmail.com

Disclaimer - None of the characters belong to me (boo, hiss) I can only wish they did 'cause then Abby and Carter would be together. (Plus, I would have Noah banned from wearing shirts while on set.)

Author's Note - My second fic! Be gentle! Please review and say if you want more. I may make this a stand-alone.

Are days always this long? Do they always drag on like this? How do I manage this every day? Those were the questions that John Carter found running round in his head. Maybe Kerry would be nice and let him have an extra long break. Things were, after all, very quiet, he thought to himself as he stood at the Admin. Desk and took a look around. One o'clock on a Tuesday morning was not a particularly busy time in the ER. They had no traumas, major or minor, and the board was practically empty. The only doctors on were Luka, Susan, Kerry and himself. And most of them had nothing to do.

Most of the nurses who were working had gone in to the lounge to gossip. What had surprised him was that Abby had gone as well. That wasn't like her. Normally, it was he and Abby who were the subject of the gossiping. He would bet his life that she was in their getting hammered for details of their relationship. An idea came to him and he decided to have a little fun. Besides, there wasn't anything better to do.

He made his way to the lounge in seconds. He let himself smile, just so he wouldn't laugh while he was doing this. Just as he open the door, it connected with someone on the other side, trying on leaving. Quickly, he let stepped back, as if the room was on fire. Realising he must have hit someone he open the door a lot more cautiously.

Abby stood on the other side looking far from pleased. She was clutching at her nose with her right hand. He gave her his best apologetic look. She seemed to accept.

"Hey Dr. Carter. We were just talking about you." A voice spoke out to him. He turned to look in the direction it had come from. Ah, Haleh.

"Really." He replied, his game already out of mind. "And why would that be?" He glanced at Abby and noticed that she was not making eye contact with him. As he had suspected, they were the main topic of the gossip.

"I have a feeling that you already know." Haleh smiled at him but it was Chuny who had spoken. His gaze drifted to her and she nodded her head in Abby's direction. Carter suddenly remembered why he was in here in the first place. They all probably thought he was checking up on them. Ha! His motives were a lot more devious! In his head he pictured himself with a sidekick both laughing evil laughs. Interesting thought.

"I believe I may Chuny." With that he turned to Abby and put his arms round her. He lowered his lips to hers and kissed her passionately. If he hadn't tuned out to everything that wasn't Abby, he may have noticed Kerry Weaver standing right behind them. Breaking apart, they both heard the unusual silence around the room. While trying to get his heart rate down John Carter turned, along with Abby, and met with the disapproving glare of his boss.

"What the hell is going on in here?"

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Really short, I know. However, filled with lots of amusing Carby. (Or at least I hope.) I am a Kerry fan. (Sometimes) it was just easier to write her as a nasty character. I was going to have her come in and say "About time." Then I thought that if I wanted to write more, I couldn't. So I changed it.