The new chapter is up!!! None of the ER characters esp. Carter and Abby belong to me. I do hope that you like and I would like to say a massive thanks to Hna for being absolute genius and helping me BETA this. Thanks for those special people who reviewed it is well appreciated and I hope that you and some others who ever reads this will read and review as well. THANK YOU AGAIN

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As Abby walked out of the ER the cold winter air hit he lungs with a sharp bang. She had forgotten how cold it could be in Chicago in winter, and today of all days it was no help. She was of to meet the formidable John Carter whom she had, in some ways loved over the past few years. He had helped her and she had helped him in many different ways and slowly she had begun to 'love' him. So it was now or never to finally talk to him about her drinking.

It wasn't a problem it was just that night she needed to get drunk to forget things, how was she supposed to know that Carter would turn up on her door step, it was his fault he saw her like that not hers.

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"Where was she? She was meant to be here now" Carter looked at his watch and noticed it had only been 5 minutes since he sat down on the bench but to him it had felt like a lifetime. He wasn't going to have a go at her over her drinking she knows where he stands on that but he wants to tell her how he feels towards her and not have to hide, that's why he was at her place last night he wanted to explain why he had dated Susan. It wasn't out of spite towards Abby hell no he would never mean to hurt Abby in any way shape or form, it was just, just, complicated. Yeah Susan was the 'rebound guy' and that's all she was Susan would never take the place of Abby.

"Hey"

Shit she is here what do I do, what do I say?

"Earth to Carter you wanted to talk to me."

"Erm yeah, hi"

"Finally a response" She smiled a him he could tell it was a fake smile not a true Abby smile that he had grown to love whenever he saw it.

"Sit down you'll give yourself cramp stood up there"

"Yeah you're right"

As she sat down her leg brushed up against Carter sending shivers down his spine. Whenever he touched her or she touched him he would act exactly the same shivers going down his spine it was like electric surging though his body filling every corner of him till there was no more to fill, it felt good great even.

"Hellooooooo how many times are you going to be lost in thought I have to get home soon because I'm also working the vampire shift tonight"

"Sorry. Erm, Abby we need to talk and I mean really need to talk"

"That's why we are here isn't it?"

"Yes I guess so"

"So"

"Abby about last night I.."

"Look Carter what happened last night was terrible to you and to me. I'm not drinking as much as you think in fact hardly any at all it was just that night that I got completely drunk I had basically had a very, very crappy day and I guess old habits never die hard no matter how hard ya try. So before you give me the lecture I would really and truly like to say sorry"

"Okay then that wasn't what I wanted to talk about but seeing that you started that then here goes. You know my views on the whole drinking thing and you know I will always be there to help you through it if it does get bad which I hope it doesn't for your sake as much as mine"

"And it won't I total have it under control I don't even need or even want a drink at the moment and I haven't all day"

"That's great to hear but like I said that's not what I wanted to talk about"

"Oh so what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?"

He goes John, now or never

"It was why I was at your apartment in the first place."

"Why were you at my apartment in the first place anyway?"

"That is what I'm trying to tell you"

"Oh sorry"

"Anyway I don't know how much you remember from last night but I told you that I broke up with Susan"

"Yeah I kinda remember that part I was before I puked up I think"

"Yeah anyway that was the reason"

"What telling me you broke up with Susan! Come on Carter there has to be more because as far as I can remember including the small dints in my front door there has to be more"

"There is, you were kinda the reason why we broke up"

"Me!? Why me?"

"Well when you came in on me and Susan I felt bad and I know that Susan knew that. She also knew that I felt something for you and still do that's why she dumped me she thought and knew that I had feelings still for you"

"So what your telling me is that she dumped you because of you feelings towards me!"

"Yeah I guess"

Great make Abby feel better by telling her Susan dumped me because of her you know I just get better and better at this!!

"There's more though after Susan kinda finished me she told me to come and get you"

"That's why you were at my apartment to come and get me"

"To come and tell you how I feel and not hide anymore"

"Not hide not bloody hide for crying out loud do you know how that makes me feel! You break up with Susan then come to me somewhere along those lines I feel like the rebound guy"

"No no no no your not the rebound guy Susan was the rebound guy from that night at the river"

"Yes the night at the river where I opened up my heart to you where I told you how I felt towards you where you knocked mew back"

"I didn't knock you back Abby"

"Yes you did you knocked me back"

"No I felt like you still had feelings for Luka that I was the rebound guy"

"Why would you be the rebound guy? I had feelings for you before I even started dating Luka WAY before, Luka was in a way my rebound guy from you"

"Really?!"

"Really"

"Oh you see I didn't know that"

"You never asked!"

"How was I supposed to know?"

"Oh come on Carter you should of known by the way I used to spend more time with you rather than Luka!"

"Yeah but at night time you still went to him"

"Maybe because I couldn't go to you!" Abby's voice was barely audible when she said this he could tell by the way she spoke that she truly meant it

"You could come to me now"

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Abby looked into his eyes knowing that any moment she would kiss him or he would kiss her. She had been so scared to have this conversation, so scared that she had anticipated not coming but she was glad that she did, she wasnt sure what had swayed her but something had got the better of her.

"Abby"

"Yeah?"

"Stop thinking for a moment"

"Huh?"

"You think to much into things"

"Oh" She could see Carter smile, it was one of those smiles where she knew it was filled with love and anticipation.

The look he gave her made her feel special, oblivious to the rest of the world, it made her feel wanted, needed and cared for. She had never really felt like that what with her mother being ill and hardly ever seeing her brother, what she needed and wanted most was love and Carter held that for her like she did for him.

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Carter looked into her eyes and he could see the adoration that she had for him the same adoration that he held for her.

With that he lowered his head and kissed her not to passionate but passionate enough to know that that person cares for you, Abby returned the kiss just as much as Carter did.

"Carter" Abby mumbled though the kiss

"Yeah"

"Are we an 'us' now?"

"I think we are and 'us'"

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