"My First Encounter" By: Kristie

A/N: Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! I know the first chapter kind of sucked, but I hope this chapter is better. Please continue to review, it's what gives me the courage to write and post my stuff! This is also going to be mostly pure fuzz [at least this chapter], so if you don't like carby, don't read it! I think this whole chapter is going to be Abby's POV, but I'm not sure yet. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own them, never will. ( I also do not own a set of lines stated by Carter and Abby.



I felt a pair of arms around my body and smiled. I had woken up everyday to this for the past week and loved every minute of it. My back was against his chest and I felt every breath that he took. His chin rested on my shoulder, his face resting against mine. I could tell that he was still asleep. I made the slightest movement and looked at the clock. 7:25. I was surprised Hannah hadn't woken up yet; I figured at this point she would sleep till about 8:00.

He began to stir and I saw his eyes flutter open. "Morning." I said softly. He greeted me with a kiss. His arms wrapped tighter around me and I smiled. There it was again, his simple little gestures made me smile like there was no tomorrow.

"Today is Valentines Day." He said in a voice that told me he wasn't quite awake yet.

"Mhmm." I replied back. I was enjoying just laying there in his arms. "What time are you on?" I asked.

"An hour." He sat up in bed and put on his boxers and t-shirt. A chill ran down my back as he moved away. "In case you fall back asleep." he gave me another kiss, "that will get me through the day."

I rolled back over in bed and began to fall asleep. So many thoughts were in my mind. We had done a pretty good job of sneaking around the hospital without being noticed so far. Together, we decided that we wouldn't exactly have the best reputation if it got around the hospital that he was sleeping with one of his med students.

I must have fallen asleep for a while, because by the time I heard Hannah, it was 8:04. I got up and put on my robe. I passed the kitchen where I saw a note on the table. I made a note to myself to read it after I got Hannah dressed and made her breakfast. I walked into her room and found her sitting there barely awake.

I lifted her up and brought her out to the living room. There was a video tape on the coffee table and I put it in the VCR to let her wake up a little bit before I got her dressed and ready for the day. I read the note that Carter had left me.

-Abby, Your Valentines Day gift will come tonight. I miss you already. Love, Carter

The note made me smile again; I really have to stop doing that.



I dropped Hannah off at her daycare and went to the hospital. I made it in just on time. I saw Mark in the distance and waved to him. We had become relatively good friends. I had actually made a lot of friends.

Lucy was one of the sweetest people I had ever met. She was completely there to help people and was so friendly. We had established a good friendship in the past week and were even going out on Friday with Chen for a girl's night. Although, I have a feeling more people will find out about it and just become invited.

Carol was always there to help me; she showed me the ropes and gave me reassurance that I knew what I was doing when I was unsure of myself. She had a good heart, but it seemed like something was missing from it.

Dave was one of the nicest guys, but I would never date him. Not that I would need to. I could tell that major sparks were flying between him and Chen. Chen and I had gotten along pretty well too.

Luka seemed like a down to earth sort of man. I had talked to him once over coffee at Doc Magoo's. I learned a lot about him, like he had been married and had children. His family was all killed in the war. I will admit that I thought he was cute at first, but we just don't have that spark.

And then of course Carter, one person had not changed my life in the matter of days. No one in my entire life has changed my life so much besides Hannah. We just have this natural ease with each other. We can joke and tease each other, while being able to have romance and passion that has such strong emotion to it at the same time. I don't know if I can quite explain it. I feel like I have found my soul mate.

I never believed in soul mates, destiny, or any of that kind of stuff before, but now I depend on it. I believe that Carter and I were destined to be together, that he was meant to be a part of my life.

I walked out of the lounge while thinking about this and bumped right into him knocking all of his papers out of his hand. I squatted down and whispered to him, "Thank you for the note this morning, it made me smile."

"I thought it would." He said.

By now, I felt as if a thousand pairs of eyes were on me. This happened every time we whispered little things to each other like this. I immediately gave him a glance that told him to tell me to be careful or something, like he would with the rest of his med students.

"Abby, be careful of where your going next time." He turned his back towards everyone so he could restrain his laughter. I loved it when he smiled and laughed. I wished that he could of laughed; the sound is like music to my ears.

"I will." I replied. He motioned his hand to follow me, and I did. He said loud enough so everyone could hear him, "I want you to take a look at this patient."

By the time we walked into the room I burst out laughing and so did he. "I don't know how much longer I can keep this act up." I said.

"Me either." He pulled back the curtain, which revealed an older woman lying there. "She had a heart attack this morning. I think this would be a good patient for you." He said to me. What he really meant was he wanted me to deal with a patient who I knew was going to die.



I find myself sitting in the ambulance bay having a smoke. I haven't smoked since Hannah was born, but today seemed like a day where I really needed one. My patient had died, just like Carter knew she would. I wasn't used to it yet, I don't know if I ever would.

He sat down next to me and put his hand on my thigh. "You okay?" he asked.

"Fine. Just not used to it yet." I said.

"Want to hear the good news or the bad news?" he asked me.

"Give me the bad news." I always did this when someone asked me this question. I decided that if I had the worst come to me first, it could only get better.

"The bad news is, you never get used to it. The good news is, you never get used to it. At least I haven't, so you may have come out here to be alone, but your not."

I just looked at him and gave him a small smile. He already always knew how to make me feel better. "So, are you ready to party Dr. Carter?"

"Well Miss Lockhart, if you think this is a party, then you have no idea what's coming to you later." He said with that grin of his.

He was right; I did have no idea, no idea at all.

I hope you liked this chapter. Sorry it's taken so long to get out, but my mom is pregnant and I've been in charge of my 3-year-old sister and 7-year- old brother for basically the past month. So, I'm writing little bits here and there when I get time. Please Please Please review!! Thanks again to everyone who reviewed the first chapter. I'll have my post: "A Saint in the City" out probably on Saturday, I so excited for tonight, looks like we're getting some carby action! Woohoo! ~Kristie