CHAPTER 3 FOR YA!! R&R PLEASE.
It was now 2 o'clock in the morning and Carter was still not home; Abby paced the floors of their apartment watching the seconds on the clock tick by. She was beginning to panic, the hospital had called hours ago and told her what had happened atleast all that they knew. Abby had called basically everyone Carter knew even Doug and Carol, and no one had seen or heard from him. That was it, she had to go and look for him, 'something has to be wrong he would have called or something' she thought to herself. She grabbed her coat of the kitchen table and began to walk to the door. At that moment Carter entered, walking through the doorway he threw his drenched lab coat on the ground. His face was ghostly pale and his clothes were soaked with water, his eyes were swollen and fire red. Abby threw her arms around him, he barely responded to her touch.
"Oh my God, are you OK?" her hot breath on his neck soothed his ice cold skin.
He simply shook his head 'yes' and gently kissed her check.
Abby pulled back from there embrace,"Where the hell have you been"
Abby could feel the anger boiling inside her but it quickly melted away when she looked up and saw Carter's eyes. They were not full of love and light which was the way she usually saw them but empty and dark as if he was only half there.
"I went to the cemetery...... To visit Lucy"
"I'm sorry" she was ashamed of her sudden out burst.
"It's OK, I'm going to take a shower"
She watched as he slumped away "Carter, do you wanna talk about it?"
He gave her a half hearted smile,"Not right now" he barely whispered as he walked into the bathroom and shut the door.
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Carter removed his wet clothes and tossed them in the laundry basket by the door. He could barely stand up straight every ounce of energy had been drained from him. He walked to the shower and turned it on stepping back he waited for the water to warm up. When Stepping in the falling water stung his cold skin, leaning against the shower wall he felt the droplets trickle down his back.
"Shit" he ran his fingers through his hair.
He knew Abby knew what had happened today, and he was dreading having to explain it to her. The last thing he wanted to do was burden her with his troubles, but he couldn't lie to her; she could see right through his lies. He slowly washed his hair and body trying to stall for time, the water was beginning the run cold so he turned it off stepped out and grabbed a towel. Wrapping the towel around his waist he opened the bathroom door, folded clothes were laid on a chair for him left by Abby. He threw them on and buffed his hair as dry as he could with the towel. The light was off in the bedroom when he entered he saw nothing but blackness, finding his was to the bed he climbed under the blankets. Carter was happy to find that Abby had fallen asleep, her face was like an angels so beautiful. He could smell her hair sweet like ripe red strawberries; and could almost feel her heart beat. He was so tired yet could not sleep, terrified of the nightmares that might re occur in his dreams. As hard as he tried his eyes would not stay shut, so he lay awake with nothing but his thoughts and the sound of Abby's slow, shallow breaths to keep him company.
**Hope you liked it, sorry the chapters have been so short the following ones will be longer**
It was now 2 o'clock in the morning and Carter was still not home; Abby paced the floors of their apartment watching the seconds on the clock tick by. She was beginning to panic, the hospital had called hours ago and told her what had happened atleast all that they knew. Abby had called basically everyone Carter knew even Doug and Carol, and no one had seen or heard from him. That was it, she had to go and look for him, 'something has to be wrong he would have called or something' she thought to herself. She grabbed her coat of the kitchen table and began to walk to the door. At that moment Carter entered, walking through the doorway he threw his drenched lab coat on the ground. His face was ghostly pale and his clothes were soaked with water, his eyes were swollen and fire red. Abby threw her arms around him, he barely responded to her touch.
"Oh my God, are you OK?" her hot breath on his neck soothed his ice cold skin.
He simply shook his head 'yes' and gently kissed her check.
Abby pulled back from there embrace,"Where the hell have you been"
Abby could feel the anger boiling inside her but it quickly melted away when she looked up and saw Carter's eyes. They were not full of love and light which was the way she usually saw them but empty and dark as if he was only half there.
"I went to the cemetery...... To visit Lucy"
"I'm sorry" she was ashamed of her sudden out burst.
"It's OK, I'm going to take a shower"
She watched as he slumped away "Carter, do you wanna talk about it?"
He gave her a half hearted smile,"Not right now" he barely whispered as he walked into the bathroom and shut the door.
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Carter removed his wet clothes and tossed them in the laundry basket by the door. He could barely stand up straight every ounce of energy had been drained from him. He walked to the shower and turned it on stepping back he waited for the water to warm up. When Stepping in the falling water stung his cold skin, leaning against the shower wall he felt the droplets trickle down his back.
"Shit" he ran his fingers through his hair.
He knew Abby knew what had happened today, and he was dreading having to explain it to her. The last thing he wanted to do was burden her with his troubles, but he couldn't lie to her; she could see right through his lies. He slowly washed his hair and body trying to stall for time, the water was beginning the run cold so he turned it off stepped out and grabbed a towel. Wrapping the towel around his waist he opened the bathroom door, folded clothes were laid on a chair for him left by Abby. He threw them on and buffed his hair as dry as he could with the towel. The light was off in the bedroom when he entered he saw nothing but blackness, finding his was to the bed he climbed under the blankets. Carter was happy to find that Abby had fallen asleep, her face was like an angels so beautiful. He could smell her hair sweet like ripe red strawberries; and could almost feel her heart beat. He was so tired yet could not sleep, terrified of the nightmares that might re occur in his dreams. As hard as he tried his eyes would not stay shut, so he lay awake with nothing but his thoughts and the sound of Abby's slow, shallow breaths to keep him company.
**Hope you liked it, sorry the chapters have been so short the following ones will be longer**