Perfection, Chapter 4 - The Honeymoon Period
"Kerry, don't be unreasonable."
"Yeah, it's not just a holiday. It's our honeymoon."
"I told you, a week. 10 days max. I can't give you anymore. I can't cope with being 2 more doctors down for long."
Susan and Luka had fought tooth and nail to get those ten days. Ten whole days alone in Paris. Pure bliss. They set off half an hour after that conversation with Kerry so she didn't have a chance to change her mind.
Sat on the plane hand in hand they were talking about the day. "It went great didn't it?"
"Yeah Luka, it was perfect. Just what I, we, wanted."
He kissed her forehead as she snuggled down into his shoulder. She felt safe and loved, something she had always longed for. She had been in love befire, Dix was great but it wasn't right. Carter, nah she was kidding herself there. She was attracted to him but there were so many things stopping it, stopping them.
Abby.
He and Abby were perfect for each other. She could never get in the way of them. Carter was in love with Abby and no one could ever come close to her in his eyes.
Susan closed her eyes. She could only hope Luka loved her as much as John loved Abby.
Abby lay on the bed. When she was pregnant before she could tell. But she didn't want it. She wasn't ready to be a mommy, she wasn't ready to have a baby with Richard. That was the main problem. But now it was different. If the test was positive she was ready. She and Carter were in love, they could cope with it.
She looked out of the window and saw Carter's car drive up to the house. Most of the wedding guests had left now so they were almost alone, apart from the staff. She was nervous. Now she was a little more used to the idea of a baby she wanted the test to be positive. She'd feel awful putting John through this is it was negative. He could read her like a book and she could do the same to him. There wasn't a lot either of them could hide. Would he forgive her? Would he blame her?
Carter opened the door and held up the packet. "I got the test!"
"Great. Let's just get this over with."
As they sat side by side on the bed waiting neither spoke. Abby wanted to break the silence. She opened her mouth and took a breath. Then she closed it again. She didn't know what to say. Should she ask about what would happen if it was negative? 'No, you've got to stay positive, it's going to be positive' she told herself.
"What were you going to say?"
"Oh, nothing. How long now?"
"A couple more minutes. How long've we been sat here, about 5 minutes?"
"Yeah must be. It seems like ages."
Meaningless small talk. She wanted to wrap her arms round him and bury her head in his chest. She wanted it to go away, she wanted the feeling deep inside that the test would be negative to go away.
"Abby, it's ready. You wanna look?"
"No, you do it."
"Abby, it's your body."
"It's out baby."
"Yup, it is." He snuck a look at the test while they were arguing.
"WHAT? You mean?"
She flung her arms around him and showered him with kisses. Everything was perfect now, with all three of them. John kissed her forehead softly and pulled her close. They were a real family now. But what about...?
"Kerry, don't be unreasonable."
"Yeah, it's not just a holiday. It's our honeymoon."
"I told you, a week. 10 days max. I can't give you anymore. I can't cope with being 2 more doctors down for long."
Susan and Luka had fought tooth and nail to get those ten days. Ten whole days alone in Paris. Pure bliss. They set off half an hour after that conversation with Kerry so she didn't have a chance to change her mind.
Sat on the plane hand in hand they were talking about the day. "It went great didn't it?"
"Yeah Luka, it was perfect. Just what I, we, wanted."
He kissed her forehead as she snuggled down into his shoulder. She felt safe and loved, something she had always longed for. She had been in love befire, Dix was great but it wasn't right. Carter, nah she was kidding herself there. She was attracted to him but there were so many things stopping it, stopping them.
Abby.
He and Abby were perfect for each other. She could never get in the way of them. Carter was in love with Abby and no one could ever come close to her in his eyes.
Susan closed her eyes. She could only hope Luka loved her as much as John loved Abby.
Abby lay on the bed. When she was pregnant before she could tell. But she didn't want it. She wasn't ready to be a mommy, she wasn't ready to have a baby with Richard. That was the main problem. But now it was different. If the test was positive she was ready. She and Carter were in love, they could cope with it.
She looked out of the window and saw Carter's car drive up to the house. Most of the wedding guests had left now so they were almost alone, apart from the staff. She was nervous. Now she was a little more used to the idea of a baby she wanted the test to be positive. She'd feel awful putting John through this is it was negative. He could read her like a book and she could do the same to him. There wasn't a lot either of them could hide. Would he forgive her? Would he blame her?
Carter opened the door and held up the packet. "I got the test!"
"Great. Let's just get this over with."
As they sat side by side on the bed waiting neither spoke. Abby wanted to break the silence. She opened her mouth and took a breath. Then she closed it again. She didn't know what to say. Should she ask about what would happen if it was negative? 'No, you've got to stay positive, it's going to be positive' she told herself.
"What were you going to say?"
"Oh, nothing. How long now?"
"A couple more minutes. How long've we been sat here, about 5 minutes?"
"Yeah must be. It seems like ages."
Meaningless small talk. She wanted to wrap her arms round him and bury her head in his chest. She wanted it to go away, she wanted the feeling deep inside that the test would be negative to go away.
"Abby, it's ready. You wanna look?"
"No, you do it."
"Abby, it's your body."
"It's out baby."
"Yup, it is." He snuck a look at the test while they were arguing.
"WHAT? You mean?"
She flung her arms around him and showered him with kisses. Everything was perfect now, with all three of them. John kissed her forehead softly and pulled her close. They were a real family now. But what about...?
