I loved tonight's episode. If you want my full review and reaction, go to
my website (www.geocities.com/incognito0686) because I don't have the
patience to write everything out again and I really want to get to my
story. This chapter is going to start right after "Insurrection" so just
pretend that everything happened in between the last chapter and this one.
Also, there will be a few spoilers for next week and I what I think will
happen. Oh, just one quick thing. I love Tom Everett Scott!!! Whoever
cast him as Eric should be promoted! I can totally see him and Carter
getting really close. Well at least I hope they will.okay, here's chapter
5.
As the phone rang the next morning, Abby groaned and reached over to pick it up.
"Hello?" She said hoarsely.
"Why hello there." A cheerful voice said on the other end. "Sleep well?"
"What time is it?" Abby said, trying to see clearly enough to look at her clock.
"7:13."
"Shit!" Abby said, quickly sitting up.
"You're on at 8."
"I know!" Abby ran a hand through her hair and stood up.
"Well I just wanted to make sure. Where's your brother?"
"He left yesterday. He got transferred to Nebraska or something. Listen, can I call you when I'm on my way in? I need to get changed." Abby said impatiently. Suddenly Abby heard a thump in her kitchen. "Wait a sec. I think someone's in my apartment."
Abby cautiously peeked around the corner of her bedroom and nearly died when she saw who was standing in her kitchen.
"Oh my god!"
"Yes?" John smiled sweetly.
"I'm going to kill you." Abby said as John leaned down to give her a quick kiss. Abby crossed her arms in front of her and frowned. "That wasn't nice."
"I know, but it was worth it to see you in those adorable pajamas."
"I don't think I've ever heard a guy say the word adorable. Are you sure you're straight?"
"You tell me." John toyed with the elastic of her shorts.
"Uch, I don't have time. I have to be at the hospital in." Abby checked her watch. "thirty eight minutes."
"I have to find three nurses to let go." Carter said grimly.
"What?" Abby said, turning serious.
"That was the only way we got more security. It was either that or no x- rays or labs after ten." John explained.
"Well what are you going to do?" Abby asked, rubbing her eye and pouring herself a cup of the coffee that Carter had made in her kitchen.
"I'm not exactly sure. I have to have the names to Kerry by the time I go in this morning and I've been thinking all night and can't come up with anything."
"Sorry."
"So how was your night?"
"Uhh.interesting." Abby gave a half smile before putting her attention back into her coffee.
"What time did you get home?"
"Are you checking up on me?"
"No, just wondering."
"I'm not exactly sure. The whole thing is kind of a blur." Abby shook her head then looked up as John gave her a funny look. "What?"
"Nothing."
"I didn't do anything I shouldn't have, mother." Abby rolled her eyes.
"I wasn't saying you did."
"You were thinking it."
"I see that ESP is coming back." Carter said sarcastically.
"I don't need this right now." Abby put down her cup and walked back towards her bedroom. "I have to get ready. You got yourself in, so you can get yourself out. I'll see you at the hospital."
Abby stomped into her bedroom and slammed the door before turning on her shower. Carter didn't leave, instead cleaned up and waited for Abby to come out. When she came out fully dressed ten minutes later, John was sitting at her dining room table.
"I'm not going anywhere Abby." He said upon seeing her disapproving look.
"Well I am. I have to work." Abby picked up her sweater and left the apartment. John locked the door and hurried after her.
"Get in my car. I'll take you in."
"No thanks. I'll take the El."
"Listen, you're going to be late if you do that. Just come with me."
"No." Abby insisted, still walking in the opposite direction.
"Abby don't do this! Don't walk away from me!" John shouted.
"What are you going to do? Fire me? Go ahead." Abby threw her arms in the air.
"I'm not going to fire you, dammit." John was still following her.
"Why not? I'm not the most qualified nurse by far, I screw up all the time, and I haven't been here as long as half the other nurses."
"You're a good nurse."
"Don't feel sorry for me Carter." Abby said whipping around.
"Then stop feeling sorry for yourself." John spoke, and immediately regretted his words. Abby glared at him before turning around and storming off. Carter went back to his Jeep and drove to County. He smiled as he went through the entrance to the ambulance bay and saw the metal detectors. The ER wasn't as busy as it had been the previous day, but was still pretty packed.
"Hey Carter." A voice called.
"Hey. What time were you on?"
"Six." Susan shook her head. "Can you believe that? It's what I get for staying out til two in the morning."
"Wow, is that when you guys finished?"
"No, that was when the party actually started." Susan joked as she walked into the lounge, followed by the other doctor. "Actually, Abby only had a couple drinks before she left. She wasn't dancing like Deb was. You should have seen it, it was hilarious."
"She's not a very personable drunk." Carter cut Susan's next words off. "You know, she's a recovering alcoholic, meetings and all. I don't think it's a good idea for you to be dragging her all over to bars and clubs like this."
"What are you talking about?" Susan asked incredulously.
"I know she needs a friend and you two get along, but her drinking is not solving her problems." Carter didn't notice that someone else had walked into the lounge until he saw Susan stop talking and look down. Carter turned around and saw Abby's upset face. After spending barely a minute getting what she needed from her locker, she went to leave again and didn't even speak as she left.
"You need to talk to her." Susan said and then left the room as well. John sighed and opened his locker.
"Damn!" John slammed his locker shut and started his day.
As the phone rang the next morning, Abby groaned and reached over to pick it up.
"Hello?" She said hoarsely.
"Why hello there." A cheerful voice said on the other end. "Sleep well?"
"What time is it?" Abby said, trying to see clearly enough to look at her clock.
"7:13."
"Shit!" Abby said, quickly sitting up.
"You're on at 8."
"I know!" Abby ran a hand through her hair and stood up.
"Well I just wanted to make sure. Where's your brother?"
"He left yesterday. He got transferred to Nebraska or something. Listen, can I call you when I'm on my way in? I need to get changed." Abby said impatiently. Suddenly Abby heard a thump in her kitchen. "Wait a sec. I think someone's in my apartment."
Abby cautiously peeked around the corner of her bedroom and nearly died when she saw who was standing in her kitchen.
"Oh my god!"
"Yes?" John smiled sweetly.
"I'm going to kill you." Abby said as John leaned down to give her a quick kiss. Abby crossed her arms in front of her and frowned. "That wasn't nice."
"I know, but it was worth it to see you in those adorable pajamas."
"I don't think I've ever heard a guy say the word adorable. Are you sure you're straight?"
"You tell me." John toyed with the elastic of her shorts.
"Uch, I don't have time. I have to be at the hospital in." Abby checked her watch. "thirty eight minutes."
"I have to find three nurses to let go." Carter said grimly.
"What?" Abby said, turning serious.
"That was the only way we got more security. It was either that or no x- rays or labs after ten." John explained.
"Well what are you going to do?" Abby asked, rubbing her eye and pouring herself a cup of the coffee that Carter had made in her kitchen.
"I'm not exactly sure. I have to have the names to Kerry by the time I go in this morning and I've been thinking all night and can't come up with anything."
"Sorry."
"So how was your night?"
"Uhh.interesting." Abby gave a half smile before putting her attention back into her coffee.
"What time did you get home?"
"Are you checking up on me?"
"No, just wondering."
"I'm not exactly sure. The whole thing is kind of a blur." Abby shook her head then looked up as John gave her a funny look. "What?"
"Nothing."
"I didn't do anything I shouldn't have, mother." Abby rolled her eyes.
"I wasn't saying you did."
"You were thinking it."
"I see that ESP is coming back." Carter said sarcastically.
"I don't need this right now." Abby put down her cup and walked back towards her bedroom. "I have to get ready. You got yourself in, so you can get yourself out. I'll see you at the hospital."
Abby stomped into her bedroom and slammed the door before turning on her shower. Carter didn't leave, instead cleaned up and waited for Abby to come out. When she came out fully dressed ten minutes later, John was sitting at her dining room table.
"I'm not going anywhere Abby." He said upon seeing her disapproving look.
"Well I am. I have to work." Abby picked up her sweater and left the apartment. John locked the door and hurried after her.
"Get in my car. I'll take you in."
"No thanks. I'll take the El."
"Listen, you're going to be late if you do that. Just come with me."
"No." Abby insisted, still walking in the opposite direction.
"Abby don't do this! Don't walk away from me!" John shouted.
"What are you going to do? Fire me? Go ahead." Abby threw her arms in the air.
"I'm not going to fire you, dammit." John was still following her.
"Why not? I'm not the most qualified nurse by far, I screw up all the time, and I haven't been here as long as half the other nurses."
"You're a good nurse."
"Don't feel sorry for me Carter." Abby said whipping around.
"Then stop feeling sorry for yourself." John spoke, and immediately regretted his words. Abby glared at him before turning around and storming off. Carter went back to his Jeep and drove to County. He smiled as he went through the entrance to the ambulance bay and saw the metal detectors. The ER wasn't as busy as it had been the previous day, but was still pretty packed.
"Hey Carter." A voice called.
"Hey. What time were you on?"
"Six." Susan shook her head. "Can you believe that? It's what I get for staying out til two in the morning."
"Wow, is that when you guys finished?"
"No, that was when the party actually started." Susan joked as she walked into the lounge, followed by the other doctor. "Actually, Abby only had a couple drinks before she left. She wasn't dancing like Deb was. You should have seen it, it was hilarious."
"She's not a very personable drunk." Carter cut Susan's next words off. "You know, she's a recovering alcoholic, meetings and all. I don't think it's a good idea for you to be dragging her all over to bars and clubs like this."
"What are you talking about?" Susan asked incredulously.
"I know she needs a friend and you two get along, but her drinking is not solving her problems." Carter didn't notice that someone else had walked into the lounge until he saw Susan stop talking and look down. Carter turned around and saw Abby's upset face. After spending barely a minute getting what she needed from her locker, she went to leave again and didn't even speak as she left.
"You need to talk to her." Susan said and then left the room as well. John sighed and opened his locker.
"Damn!" John slammed his locker shut and started his day.