It was Christmas Eve, the ER was joyful and as usual during the
holidays, full of sick santas and ho ho hoes.
"Abby, grab me a suture kit?" Carter asked not making eye contact.
Abby gave him a sad 'im sorry but its your fault' look and handed him the kit, storming out of the room. Carter just smiled. Yeah, he had a trick up HIS sleeve. Just then Susan walked in.
"Did you guys make up yet?"
"Nah, she still won't talk to me, but i have an idea, and hopefully it'll work, because I need her, Susan." He said geting up and giving her a kiss on the cheek." Merry christmas"
"Go get her Carter!" Susan laughed as he ran out the door, punched out and left work. Just then Abby walked back in really upset.
"Please tell me he didn't leave yet."
"He left."
"Dammit!" she said aloud."Ill call him later i guess." She walked out.
"Merry Christmas!" Susan smiled.
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Carter tried to make it to Abby's before her shift ended, but he knew he couldn't use the door, so he tried the next best thing. The fire escape. It was nearly 10:30 and Abby was due home any minute. He just about reached the window when a light was flashed on him.
"What in the hell are you doing?" A policeman asked.
" Um..got.. locked out."
"Get down here, son."
Carter struggled to loosen the grip that a metal bar hed on his jacket but it was no use, he was stuck there, by his hood.
"I can't"
"And why the hell not?" The cop asked.
"I'm stuck." He laughed.
The cop didn't find this too amusing so he sent his partner up to Fetch Carter and throw him in the back of his Cop car, handcuffed.
"Kid's got a nice bow on, huh?" he asked his partner and opened the car door.
"what the hell were you doing up there?"
"I was..." He thought for a moment. don't lie john." I was.. going to give myself to my girlfriend for Christmas, I love her officer."
"Sure ya do." He said and slammed the door and walked away looking upward at the building.
Just then Abby approached, puzzled at the situation and tapped the cop on the shoulder."Excuse me?" She asked.
"Mam?"
"Umm, what happened?"
"Some guy trying to break into an apartment. claims he was giving himself to his girlfriend for Christmas."
"Really?" Abby asked thinking she might know who it would be." Do you have him?"
"He's in the car."
"He was trying to get into my apartment, officer."
"You his girlfriend?"
Abby turned toward the Car and flashed a mean look at Carter and smiled at the officer. "Yes, no. I mean. are you charging him with anything?" she asked.
" that's your call mam."
" Let him go." she demanded softly.
The officer opened the door, uncuffed Carter and left him with a few words of advice." Stay out of trouble."
The car pulled away and Carter approached Abby with a bow taped to his chest and his head down. they stood in complete silence on the sidewalk for a few minutes and Abby finally spoke up.
"What the hell were you thinking Carter?"
"I was just-"
She cut him off.
"Save it, John. Goodnight."
Carter stood still and then his eyes filled up with tears and he ripped the bow off his chest and threw it on the ground and yelled,
"Merry Christmas!"
"Abby, grab me a suture kit?" Carter asked not making eye contact.
Abby gave him a sad 'im sorry but its your fault' look and handed him the kit, storming out of the room. Carter just smiled. Yeah, he had a trick up HIS sleeve. Just then Susan walked in.
"Did you guys make up yet?"
"Nah, she still won't talk to me, but i have an idea, and hopefully it'll work, because I need her, Susan." He said geting up and giving her a kiss on the cheek." Merry christmas"
"Go get her Carter!" Susan laughed as he ran out the door, punched out and left work. Just then Abby walked back in really upset.
"Please tell me he didn't leave yet."
"He left."
"Dammit!" she said aloud."Ill call him later i guess." She walked out.
"Merry Christmas!" Susan smiled.
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Carter tried to make it to Abby's before her shift ended, but he knew he couldn't use the door, so he tried the next best thing. The fire escape. It was nearly 10:30 and Abby was due home any minute. He just about reached the window when a light was flashed on him.
"What in the hell are you doing?" A policeman asked.
" Um..got.. locked out."
"Get down here, son."
Carter struggled to loosen the grip that a metal bar hed on his jacket but it was no use, he was stuck there, by his hood.
"I can't"
"And why the hell not?" The cop asked.
"I'm stuck." He laughed.
The cop didn't find this too amusing so he sent his partner up to Fetch Carter and throw him in the back of his Cop car, handcuffed.
"Kid's got a nice bow on, huh?" he asked his partner and opened the car door.
"what the hell were you doing up there?"
"I was..." He thought for a moment. don't lie john." I was.. going to give myself to my girlfriend for Christmas, I love her officer."
"Sure ya do." He said and slammed the door and walked away looking upward at the building.
Just then Abby approached, puzzled at the situation and tapped the cop on the shoulder."Excuse me?" She asked.
"Mam?"
"Umm, what happened?"
"Some guy trying to break into an apartment. claims he was giving himself to his girlfriend for Christmas."
"Really?" Abby asked thinking she might know who it would be." Do you have him?"
"He's in the car."
"He was trying to get into my apartment, officer."
"You his girlfriend?"
Abby turned toward the Car and flashed a mean look at Carter and smiled at the officer. "Yes, no. I mean. are you charging him with anything?" she asked.
" that's your call mam."
" Let him go." she demanded softly.
The officer opened the door, uncuffed Carter and left him with a few words of advice." Stay out of trouble."
The car pulled away and Carter approached Abby with a bow taped to his chest and his head down. they stood in complete silence on the sidewalk for a few minutes and Abby finally spoke up.
"What the hell were you thinking Carter?"
"I was just-"
She cut him off.
"Save it, John. Goodnight."
Carter stood still and then his eyes filled up with tears and he ripped the bow off his chest and threw it on the ground and yelled,
"Merry Christmas!"