I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear in the last chapter, Abby is
intentionally a naughty nurse, instead of mistakenly a naughty nurse. I'm
having a really busy week. I have Lion King tickets for tonight and John
Mayer tickets for Thursday and a huge Spanish test tomorrow and exams in
two weeks. Yuck. I hate exams. This chapter took a while to write
because I kept getting stuck. The next part should be up either tonight or
tomorrow because I already know what I want to have written so all I have
to do is write it. Several of the chapters in the future will have
spoilers for upcoming episodes that I have read, but since I'm not a
psychic isn't probably exactly correct. If you don't want to know spoilers
for episodes later in this season, you might not want to read the next
chapter. This doesn't apply to this one as much, only the starts of it.
Great, I've probably turned everyone away from reading now.good going.
LOL. As always, please review!
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"Are you off now?" Carter asked several hours later as Abby walked into the lounge.
"Yeah, just finished my last patient." Abby sighed as she came towards where John was sitting at the table.
"Girl who got shot?"
"Yeah, she didn't make it." Abby wrapped her arms around Carter's neck and rested her chin on his head. John took her hands and kissed them.
"Wanna get out of here?"
"Mmm.yeah." Abby sighed.
"How about coffee and a walk by the river?" Carter suggested.
"It's cold outside!" Abby exclaimed.
"Well then I'll keep you warm." John smiled.
Ten minutes later, they left the hospital and walked across the street to the small diner.
"Wait a minute, Luka and who?" John asked as they were coming out of the restaurant a while later, each with a cup of coffee in their hands.
"Chuny. I know, I couldn't believe it either."
"That just so."
"Wrong?" Abby suggested.
"I was going to say weird, but wrong works too."
"Uch, can we change the subject now? I really don't want to think about all this." Abby shivered.
"How long do you have that costume for?"
"A couple days. Why?"
"Because it looks really good on you and." Carter whispered something in her ear. Abby slapped him on the shoulder, but when she looked up at him she was blushing and smiling. She opened her mouth to say something, but all of a sudden there was a ring from her purse.
"Hello?" Abby said, shoving her coffee at John and digging her phone from her purse and answering it.
"No, we just went for a walk."
"Well we are both off now." Abby rolled her eyes at John.
"Why did she call there?"
"Okay, I'll call her when I get home. Thanks Susan." Abby hung up.
"What happened?" John asked.
"Maggie called the hospital asking for me. She said it was important."
"You're not going to call her now?"
"No, I'll do it when we get home."
"I wanted to talk to you about that." John said, after a moment.
"Huh? About what?"
"Us."
"Oh." Abby's face fell slightly.
"I wanted to know where we were." John looked into her eyes as they both sat down on the bench. "Well actually, I wanted to know if we're in the same place."
"We're sitting here together aren't we?" Abby said, trying to lighten the mood that had suddenly become serious.
John nodded then smiled. "We always end up here, I guess. This bench."
Taking Abby's hand, he continued. "I love you. And I think we should take the next step."
"Oh god, you're not proposing are you?"
"Well if I was, you would be ruining the moment." Carter said, shaking his head. "I think we should move in together."
"Oh."
"All this shuffling from one place to another isn't good. It's too confusing and it would just make it easier if we had one place."
"I agree." Abby smiled.
"Huh?"
"It would be easier if we just had one place."
"But." John said, sensing her hesitation.
"But I like where I am right now. I like my apartment and I like my neighborhood."
"I'm not asking you to give that up."
"So we'd live at my place?" Abby noticed John's face. "We wouldn't live at my place?"
"I have to be near my grandmother." John explained.
"Oh. Well then I guess there's only one solution."
"What's that?"
"I'll have to move in with you."
"But what about your apartment and your neighborhood?"
"I like you more than I like both of them."
"Well why didn't you tell me that from the beginning?"
"I was leading you on." Abby smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You know what, I don't think I like that costume anymore. It's making you act evil."
"Naughty." Abby corrected and laughed as Carter leaned in and kissed her on the lips.
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"Are you off now?" Carter asked several hours later as Abby walked into the lounge.
"Yeah, just finished my last patient." Abby sighed as she came towards where John was sitting at the table.
"Girl who got shot?"
"Yeah, she didn't make it." Abby wrapped her arms around Carter's neck and rested her chin on his head. John took her hands and kissed them.
"Wanna get out of here?"
"Mmm.yeah." Abby sighed.
"How about coffee and a walk by the river?" Carter suggested.
"It's cold outside!" Abby exclaimed.
"Well then I'll keep you warm." John smiled.
Ten minutes later, they left the hospital and walked across the street to the small diner.
"Wait a minute, Luka and who?" John asked as they were coming out of the restaurant a while later, each with a cup of coffee in their hands.
"Chuny. I know, I couldn't believe it either."
"That just so."
"Wrong?" Abby suggested.
"I was going to say weird, but wrong works too."
"Uch, can we change the subject now? I really don't want to think about all this." Abby shivered.
"How long do you have that costume for?"
"A couple days. Why?"
"Because it looks really good on you and." Carter whispered something in her ear. Abby slapped him on the shoulder, but when she looked up at him she was blushing and smiling. She opened her mouth to say something, but all of a sudden there was a ring from her purse.
"Hello?" Abby said, shoving her coffee at John and digging her phone from her purse and answering it.
"No, we just went for a walk."
"Well we are both off now." Abby rolled her eyes at John.
"Why did she call there?"
"Okay, I'll call her when I get home. Thanks Susan." Abby hung up.
"What happened?" John asked.
"Maggie called the hospital asking for me. She said it was important."
"You're not going to call her now?"
"No, I'll do it when we get home."
"I wanted to talk to you about that." John said, after a moment.
"Huh? About what?"
"Us."
"Oh." Abby's face fell slightly.
"I wanted to know where we were." John looked into her eyes as they both sat down on the bench. "Well actually, I wanted to know if we're in the same place."
"We're sitting here together aren't we?" Abby said, trying to lighten the mood that had suddenly become serious.
John nodded then smiled. "We always end up here, I guess. This bench."
Taking Abby's hand, he continued. "I love you. And I think we should take the next step."
"Oh god, you're not proposing are you?"
"Well if I was, you would be ruining the moment." Carter said, shaking his head. "I think we should move in together."
"Oh."
"All this shuffling from one place to another isn't good. It's too confusing and it would just make it easier if we had one place."
"I agree." Abby smiled.
"Huh?"
"It would be easier if we just had one place."
"But." John said, sensing her hesitation.
"But I like where I am right now. I like my apartment and I like my neighborhood."
"I'm not asking you to give that up."
"So we'd live at my place?" Abby noticed John's face. "We wouldn't live at my place?"
"I have to be near my grandmother." John explained.
"Oh. Well then I guess there's only one solution."
"What's that?"
"I'll have to move in with you."
"But what about your apartment and your neighborhood?"
"I like you more than I like both of them."
"Well why didn't you tell me that from the beginning?"
"I was leading you on." Abby smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You know what, I don't think I like that costume anymore. It's making you act evil."
"Naughty." Abby corrected and laughed as Carter leaned in and kissed her on the lips.