"You know you're the laziest guy I know," said Abby staring at the couch
where Carter is sitting.
"Aww that really hurts. I might just need a hug," said Carter pulling Abby down onto his lap where she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Plus I think it would be impossible for me to be the laziest person you know" he said smiling at her.
"You're right I think you're the laziest person in the world". She said smiling.
"Now that's impossible," he said smiling back at her.
"And why is that?" she asked.
"Well you haven't met everyone in the world," he said grinning smugly at her.
She playfully smacked his arm. "You are so annoying. I'm not sure I can handle you." She said playfully.
"You can't handle me. But you'll stick around anyways." He said smiling right before they kissed.
"Yeah I will," she agreed. They were on the couch in their apartment watching a movie. Her sitting on his lap as they fell asleep together on the couch. Her head lying on his shoulder, he could feel her breathing on his neck, which sent shivers up and down his spine. But the good kind of shivers, not the kind that creep you out. There they were falling asleep in each other's arms with the movie still going, dreaming about each other.
"You're hot," said Allen the drunken patient to nurse Abby Lockhart in a closed exam room. Dr. Carter assisting nurse Lockhart looked up annoyed.
"Umm.thank you," said Abby awkwardly.
"You know if you don't have any plans tonight you can come over and cook for me. Then maybe you can give me a little something something," he said raising his eyebrows.
Abby looked at Carter. Carter looked angry. She'd seen him this way before. It was the day that crazy patient came into the ER with a gun and held it to Chen's head a pointed it at Abby. The day Abby liked to remember as the insurrection. She decided it was a good idea to put this to an end.
"Thanks for the invite but I think I have plans tonight". She said.
"Well maybe another night then" he said licking his lips. She looked down at his thing. Yes he was definitely getting one and obviously Carter could see this also as he got up from his seat in anger and was about to say something but Abby beat him to it.
"I don't think ever," she said taking Carter's hand and leading him out of the room before he did something stupid. They left leaving the drunken patient in the exam room alone. When they got out Carter looked down at Abby and mumbled a sorry. They hugged as he wrapped his arms around her tightly as if to protect her from.everything. He held her tighter and snuggled into her neck. They stayed like that for a while before Kerry saw them and told them to get back to work before they were both out of a job.
It was almost time for Carter's shift to end. That was a good thing because he was bored out of his mind. Everyday it was the same thing. He'd get up, go to work, and come home. Only this time his schedule was more special because he wasn't alone when doing it. Still, he wished him and Abby could do something crazy like go bungee jumping but he knew Abby would never go for that. He was just about to clock out when Luka walked up to him. Carter didn't know why. There was just something he didn't like about this guy. Maybe it's just the fact that he's Abby's ex or the fact that he broke Abby's heart but he always had to clench his teeth whenever he was around him.
"Hey" Luka said.
"Hi" John said trying his hardest to be polite.
"How's Abby?" He asked getting right to his point.
"She's good why?" He asked totally confused.
"I just haven't talked to her in awhile. It almost seems like she's avoiding me," he said looking down. He was totally confused by this. Why would Abby be avoiding him and why would Luka be asking him of all people how she is. He just didn't get it. Luka walked away and Carter was about to walk into the lounge when he heard some of the nurses gossiping and normally he would just walk away but he heard Abby's name come up. Obviously they didn't see him because they just kept on talking.
"I heard that Abby is pregnant and it isn't Carters baby". Carter heard one of them say.
"Yeah I hear its Luka. I also heard that Carter is the father of Anna's baby and when Abby found out they had a fight about it. I know cause I heard them yelling at each other on the way to the EL. Anyways I heard that after Abby found out about that she went and slept with Luka and now she's pregnant with his child. She still hasn't told Carter yet though". Every nurse was shocked by this new piece of news contributed by Chuny. It left Carter stunned that they would even think such a thing. There was no way that he was the father of Anna's baby. Him and Anna never in their lives slept together. But what really worried him was the last part about Abby being pregnant with Luka's baby. That could have been why she was avoiding Luka and that could be why Luka asked how she is doing. Carter quickly pushed the thought out of his mind. He knew Abby and he knew that she would never do anything like that to hurt him. He tried to forget about it but something was nagging. He went into the lounge where he saw Abby on the couch waiting for him. She went over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss, which he didn't return. She pulled away and gave him a quizzical look.
"What's wrong?" She asked confused. Carter looked at her and pulled her arms from around his neck. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed.
"Did you sleep with Luka?" He asked.
"What?" Abby asked loudly. He looked up at her. Her eyes were confused and angry.and hurt.
"Carter why would I do that. I.I can't believe you would even ask something so stupid!"
"Oh what's so stupid about it Abby? You went out with the guy for a year what's stopping you from sleeping with him one last time?" He asked angrily.
"You. You're what are stopping me. I love you Carter and I would never do anything to jeopardize what we have. This is the best thing that's happened in my life ever. I've been waiting for you my entire life. You mean everything to me. Why would I want something more when I have you?" She asked her voice rising.
"Well obviously I wasn't enough considering you slept with Luka!" He yelled angrily.
"Carter I didn't sleep with Luka!" She yelled with tears in her voice. Why didn't he believe her? Why didn't he trust her? She looked straight at him. He looked down.
"Carter you're believing some nurse gossip over me. I love you and I know you love me. I trust you but you obviously don't trust me" she said the last part harshly.
I trust you Abby," he said softly.
"Oh yeah, then why did you just come in here and accuse me of sleeping with Luka when you just kissed Anna like 2 weeks ago! Talk about being unfaithful Carter. Hey, Anna's pregnant. Are you the father! She yelled angrily. He looked up into her eyes. The hurt and confusion was gone. It was not just anger.
"Abby you know that's not true. And I thought you said you were over Anna and I kissing".
She looked up into his eyes. Her eyes were now watery.
"Truth is Carter, I don't think I'll ever be over it," she said letting a tear slide down her cheek. Carter suddenly felt like crying himself. He knew why he accused Luka of sleeping with Abby. He was trying to push her away. He was afraid to be happy. Now that he was happy, he was scared and he was trying to push her away. Now he was just hurting her.
"Abby" he said softly stepping towards her. She held out her hand on his chest to prevent him from coming any further. But he stepped closer so he was towering over her. Her and still on his chest and her eyes still watery, she looked up at him. He leant down to kiss her but she didn't return the kiss. Another tear slid down her cheek as she looked up at him one last time before walking out of the lounge leaving him there standing alone numb. That didn't just happen. Abby didn't just leave. He snapped out of it and ran after her. She had already left the ER and was walking towards the EL. He was about to run after her when all of the sudden, a guy grabbed her and held a gun to her head.
"Do you work at County?" he asked anger flaring through his teeth. Abby lost her voice as she could feel a gun to her head. She nodded her head. It was no use lying. She knew he saw her coming out of County a minute ago. He dragged her back towards county. She saw Carter on her way there; he looked as scared as she was. She heard the man ask if he worked for county also. Carter nodded his head. The gunman pointed his gun at Carter telling him to go back inside and tell the guards to put their weapons down. He was taking the ER hostage. Carter went back inside and did as he was told. Lucky it was slow tonight as he told one of the nurses to lock the ER doors. The mad man still had his arm around Abby's neck and a gun still pointed to her head. She had nothing but pure fear in her eyes. Chen looked at her with pity in her eyes. She knew how Abby felt.
The gunman ushered everyone behind the admittance desk. Carter reluctantly followed wanting nothing more than to free Abby from the mad mans grasp. He then recognized the mad man. It was the drunken patient who was hitting on Abby earlier. Carter was so scared now, he felt like he was going to pass out.
"Whatever you want, we'll give it to you, just please let her go" Carter said his voice cracking at the last part.
"Gee I don't know doc can you bring back the dead?! The patient yelled clutching Abby harder making her flinch. Carter clenched his fists.
"Maybe, I'll just kill this pretty little thing here, and you'll know how I feel" he said smiling evilly down at Abby. Abby didn't take her eyes off Carter. He was the only thing that was keeping her from passing out.
"No!" Carter yelled which startled the gunman. He now looked angry. Carter could tell he was getting angrier by the minute. He needed to get Abby out of this mans grasp before she got hurt. He now very sorry they got into a stupid fight, which he started. But he couldn't think about that now. All that mattered was getting Abby away from the gun. Then one of the security guards did something very stupid. He went over and tried to wrestle control with the gunman. But all ended terribly. The gunman was holding the trigger and it was pointed towards Abby arm when it went off. Abby screamed in pain clutching her bleeding arm. The security guard and gunman were still wrestling while Carter went over to Abby and picked her up and put her behind the desk. Everyone screamed when the gun went off and there was now a dead security guard lying on the floor. Everyone stared in shock as the gun man smiled evilly.
Meanwhile behind the desk, Abby was losing a lot of blood as Carter took off his lab coat and wrapped it around her arm. He put her head on his lab and gently ran his fingers through her hair. He bent down and whispered comforting things in her ear. She looked up at him fearfully.
"Carter?" She weakly asked. She was crying half sobbing. Carter stared at hersoftly.
"Am I going to die?" She asked flinching at the pain in her arm.
"No. No you're not. I promise. I promise you everything will be okay". But deep down inside he had an over whelming fear. The longer they were being held hostage, the more blood Abby was losing and he feared that she might die.
"Aww that really hurts. I might just need a hug," said Carter pulling Abby down onto his lap where she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Plus I think it would be impossible for me to be the laziest person you know" he said smiling at her.
"You're right I think you're the laziest person in the world". She said smiling.
"Now that's impossible," he said smiling back at her.
"And why is that?" she asked.
"Well you haven't met everyone in the world," he said grinning smugly at her.
She playfully smacked his arm. "You are so annoying. I'm not sure I can handle you." She said playfully.
"You can't handle me. But you'll stick around anyways." He said smiling right before they kissed.
"Yeah I will," she agreed. They were on the couch in their apartment watching a movie. Her sitting on his lap as they fell asleep together on the couch. Her head lying on his shoulder, he could feel her breathing on his neck, which sent shivers up and down his spine. But the good kind of shivers, not the kind that creep you out. There they were falling asleep in each other's arms with the movie still going, dreaming about each other.
"You're hot," said Allen the drunken patient to nurse Abby Lockhart in a closed exam room. Dr. Carter assisting nurse Lockhart looked up annoyed.
"Umm.thank you," said Abby awkwardly.
"You know if you don't have any plans tonight you can come over and cook for me. Then maybe you can give me a little something something," he said raising his eyebrows.
Abby looked at Carter. Carter looked angry. She'd seen him this way before. It was the day that crazy patient came into the ER with a gun and held it to Chen's head a pointed it at Abby. The day Abby liked to remember as the insurrection. She decided it was a good idea to put this to an end.
"Thanks for the invite but I think I have plans tonight". She said.
"Well maybe another night then" he said licking his lips. She looked down at his thing. Yes he was definitely getting one and obviously Carter could see this also as he got up from his seat in anger and was about to say something but Abby beat him to it.
"I don't think ever," she said taking Carter's hand and leading him out of the room before he did something stupid. They left leaving the drunken patient in the exam room alone. When they got out Carter looked down at Abby and mumbled a sorry. They hugged as he wrapped his arms around her tightly as if to protect her from.everything. He held her tighter and snuggled into her neck. They stayed like that for a while before Kerry saw them and told them to get back to work before they were both out of a job.
It was almost time for Carter's shift to end. That was a good thing because he was bored out of his mind. Everyday it was the same thing. He'd get up, go to work, and come home. Only this time his schedule was more special because he wasn't alone when doing it. Still, he wished him and Abby could do something crazy like go bungee jumping but he knew Abby would never go for that. He was just about to clock out when Luka walked up to him. Carter didn't know why. There was just something he didn't like about this guy. Maybe it's just the fact that he's Abby's ex or the fact that he broke Abby's heart but he always had to clench his teeth whenever he was around him.
"Hey" Luka said.
"Hi" John said trying his hardest to be polite.
"How's Abby?" He asked getting right to his point.
"She's good why?" He asked totally confused.
"I just haven't talked to her in awhile. It almost seems like she's avoiding me," he said looking down. He was totally confused by this. Why would Abby be avoiding him and why would Luka be asking him of all people how she is. He just didn't get it. Luka walked away and Carter was about to walk into the lounge when he heard some of the nurses gossiping and normally he would just walk away but he heard Abby's name come up. Obviously they didn't see him because they just kept on talking.
"I heard that Abby is pregnant and it isn't Carters baby". Carter heard one of them say.
"Yeah I hear its Luka. I also heard that Carter is the father of Anna's baby and when Abby found out they had a fight about it. I know cause I heard them yelling at each other on the way to the EL. Anyways I heard that after Abby found out about that she went and slept with Luka and now she's pregnant with his child. She still hasn't told Carter yet though". Every nurse was shocked by this new piece of news contributed by Chuny. It left Carter stunned that they would even think such a thing. There was no way that he was the father of Anna's baby. Him and Anna never in their lives slept together. But what really worried him was the last part about Abby being pregnant with Luka's baby. That could have been why she was avoiding Luka and that could be why Luka asked how she is doing. Carter quickly pushed the thought out of his mind. He knew Abby and he knew that she would never do anything like that to hurt him. He tried to forget about it but something was nagging. He went into the lounge where he saw Abby on the couch waiting for him. She went over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss, which he didn't return. She pulled away and gave him a quizzical look.
"What's wrong?" She asked confused. Carter looked at her and pulled her arms from around his neck. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed.
"Did you sleep with Luka?" He asked.
"What?" Abby asked loudly. He looked up at her. Her eyes were confused and angry.and hurt.
"Carter why would I do that. I.I can't believe you would even ask something so stupid!"
"Oh what's so stupid about it Abby? You went out with the guy for a year what's stopping you from sleeping with him one last time?" He asked angrily.
"You. You're what are stopping me. I love you Carter and I would never do anything to jeopardize what we have. This is the best thing that's happened in my life ever. I've been waiting for you my entire life. You mean everything to me. Why would I want something more when I have you?" She asked her voice rising.
"Well obviously I wasn't enough considering you slept with Luka!" He yelled angrily.
"Carter I didn't sleep with Luka!" She yelled with tears in her voice. Why didn't he believe her? Why didn't he trust her? She looked straight at him. He looked down.
"Carter you're believing some nurse gossip over me. I love you and I know you love me. I trust you but you obviously don't trust me" she said the last part harshly.
I trust you Abby," he said softly.
"Oh yeah, then why did you just come in here and accuse me of sleeping with Luka when you just kissed Anna like 2 weeks ago! Talk about being unfaithful Carter. Hey, Anna's pregnant. Are you the father! She yelled angrily. He looked up into her eyes. The hurt and confusion was gone. It was not just anger.
"Abby you know that's not true. And I thought you said you were over Anna and I kissing".
She looked up into his eyes. Her eyes were now watery.
"Truth is Carter, I don't think I'll ever be over it," she said letting a tear slide down her cheek. Carter suddenly felt like crying himself. He knew why he accused Luka of sleeping with Abby. He was trying to push her away. He was afraid to be happy. Now that he was happy, he was scared and he was trying to push her away. Now he was just hurting her.
"Abby" he said softly stepping towards her. She held out her hand on his chest to prevent him from coming any further. But he stepped closer so he was towering over her. Her and still on his chest and her eyes still watery, she looked up at him. He leant down to kiss her but she didn't return the kiss. Another tear slid down her cheek as she looked up at him one last time before walking out of the lounge leaving him there standing alone numb. That didn't just happen. Abby didn't just leave. He snapped out of it and ran after her. She had already left the ER and was walking towards the EL. He was about to run after her when all of the sudden, a guy grabbed her and held a gun to her head.
"Do you work at County?" he asked anger flaring through his teeth. Abby lost her voice as she could feel a gun to her head. She nodded her head. It was no use lying. She knew he saw her coming out of County a minute ago. He dragged her back towards county. She saw Carter on her way there; he looked as scared as she was. She heard the man ask if he worked for county also. Carter nodded his head. The gunman pointed his gun at Carter telling him to go back inside and tell the guards to put their weapons down. He was taking the ER hostage. Carter went back inside and did as he was told. Lucky it was slow tonight as he told one of the nurses to lock the ER doors. The mad man still had his arm around Abby's neck and a gun still pointed to her head. She had nothing but pure fear in her eyes. Chen looked at her with pity in her eyes. She knew how Abby felt.
The gunman ushered everyone behind the admittance desk. Carter reluctantly followed wanting nothing more than to free Abby from the mad mans grasp. He then recognized the mad man. It was the drunken patient who was hitting on Abby earlier. Carter was so scared now, he felt like he was going to pass out.
"Whatever you want, we'll give it to you, just please let her go" Carter said his voice cracking at the last part.
"Gee I don't know doc can you bring back the dead?! The patient yelled clutching Abby harder making her flinch. Carter clenched his fists.
"Maybe, I'll just kill this pretty little thing here, and you'll know how I feel" he said smiling evilly down at Abby. Abby didn't take her eyes off Carter. He was the only thing that was keeping her from passing out.
"No!" Carter yelled which startled the gunman. He now looked angry. Carter could tell he was getting angrier by the minute. He needed to get Abby out of this mans grasp before she got hurt. He now very sorry they got into a stupid fight, which he started. But he couldn't think about that now. All that mattered was getting Abby away from the gun. Then one of the security guards did something very stupid. He went over and tried to wrestle control with the gunman. But all ended terribly. The gunman was holding the trigger and it was pointed towards Abby arm when it went off. Abby screamed in pain clutching her bleeding arm. The security guard and gunman were still wrestling while Carter went over to Abby and picked her up and put her behind the desk. Everyone screamed when the gun went off and there was now a dead security guard lying on the floor. Everyone stared in shock as the gun man smiled evilly.
Meanwhile behind the desk, Abby was losing a lot of blood as Carter took off his lab coat and wrapped it around her arm. He put her head on his lab and gently ran his fingers through her hair. He bent down and whispered comforting things in her ear. She looked up at him fearfully.
"Carter?" She weakly asked. She was crying half sobbing. Carter stared at hersoftly.
"Am I going to die?" She asked flinching at the pain in her arm.
"No. No you're not. I promise. I promise you everything will be okay". But deep down inside he had an over whelming fear. The longer they were being held hostage, the more blood Abby was losing and he feared that she might die.