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Having bitten her nails to shreds Abby started twisting her hair and staring at the clock. Either the clock was wrong, or Carter was very late. She watched the minutes tick by,
8:30
8:31
8:32
Abby started to imagine all of the bad things that could have happened. He said he would come at seven, he was over an hour and a half late. Anything could have happened. He could have crashed his car, he could have been run over, he could be having sex with Susan in the lounge and forgotten to look at the time. 'Get a grip Abby!' She told herself. Still, she felt so much better when she heard a knock at the door. She knew that it was Carter, it was the knock. She had heard it about a thousand times during the time in which they had been best friends. A smile crept to her face as she remembered the time when he had come to pick her up for the Carter family function and had turned up in a tuxedo. There was something very Carter-ish about his knock, that was for certain.
She opened the door to see a very flustered looking Carter.
"Hey," he said, "Sorry I was late, I didn't mean to worry you, I was about to leave the ER when a trauma came in, it was a little boy and Kerry made me stay until we had stabilised him." He smiled apologetically.
"Oh, I wasn't worried,"
"really?"
"no, actually I was just imagining you having sex in the lounge with Susan,"
"Susan?"
"Yeah, good time you came when you did, I was about ready to phone Susan and yell at her Jerry Springer style for stealing my boyfriend,"
"You know the only person I would have sex with in lounge is you," Carter said as he leant down to kiss Abby,
"Aw, that's sweet, in a twisted way," She led him into her apartment and they sat down on the couch,
"So, how was your day? Are you feeling better?"
"huh?"
"You know, you were throwing up all morning,"
"Oh, right. Yeah I'm better. So how was your day?"
"Well....." He started telling her exactly what had happened to him during the day. She started to think, 'oh god! How am i going to tell him?"
"So anyway, then I treated a woman with cancer,"
"Im pregnant!" Abby said, interrupting. 'Oh yeah, what a great way to tell him' she thought.
"Im sorry, what did you just say?" he asked in obvious disbelief.
"I'm, I'm pregnant. That's why I was throwing up. I took the test and it said that I was pregnant. Please don't be mad,"
"Why would I be mad? The woman I am hopelessly in love with is about to have my child." He kissed her, gently. "I can't believe you thought that I'd be mad,"
"That's what Susan told me, that you wouldn't break up with me because of it,"
"Susan knows?"
"Yeah,"
"So how long do you think it will be before the whole hospital knows?"
"With Susan knowing, tomorrow morning, at the latest," they were a silent for a moment, before Carter asked, "so how far along are you?"
"About a month,"
"Wow, I can't believe that in eight month's time I'll have a wife and a kid,"
"Are you asking me something John Carter?"
"Are you agreeing to anything Abigail Lockhart?"
"Depends what I'd be agreeing to," she said, teasing him.
"Well, you'd be agreeing to marry me," he said hopefully,
"Then yes, I was agreeing," She said with a smile "As long as we have the wedding before I begin to show,"
"If I had the choice I'd marry you right now," Carter said an idea dawning upon him. He grabbed Abby's hand and pulled her out of the door.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"To city hall, with a slight detour on the way so we can visit a dress shop and a jewellery store."
Having bitten her nails to shreds Abby started twisting her hair and staring at the clock. Either the clock was wrong, or Carter was very late. She watched the minutes tick by,
8:30
8:31
8:32
Abby started to imagine all of the bad things that could have happened. He said he would come at seven, he was over an hour and a half late. Anything could have happened. He could have crashed his car, he could have been run over, he could be having sex with Susan in the lounge and forgotten to look at the time. 'Get a grip Abby!' She told herself. Still, she felt so much better when she heard a knock at the door. She knew that it was Carter, it was the knock. She had heard it about a thousand times during the time in which they had been best friends. A smile crept to her face as she remembered the time when he had come to pick her up for the Carter family function and had turned up in a tuxedo. There was something very Carter-ish about his knock, that was for certain.
She opened the door to see a very flustered looking Carter.
"Hey," he said, "Sorry I was late, I didn't mean to worry you, I was about to leave the ER when a trauma came in, it was a little boy and Kerry made me stay until we had stabilised him." He smiled apologetically.
"Oh, I wasn't worried,"
"really?"
"no, actually I was just imagining you having sex in the lounge with Susan,"
"Susan?"
"Yeah, good time you came when you did, I was about ready to phone Susan and yell at her Jerry Springer style for stealing my boyfriend,"
"You know the only person I would have sex with in lounge is you," Carter said as he leant down to kiss Abby,
"Aw, that's sweet, in a twisted way," She led him into her apartment and they sat down on the couch,
"So, how was your day? Are you feeling better?"
"huh?"
"You know, you were throwing up all morning,"
"Oh, right. Yeah I'm better. So how was your day?"
"Well....." He started telling her exactly what had happened to him during the day. She started to think, 'oh god! How am i going to tell him?"
"So anyway, then I treated a woman with cancer,"
"Im pregnant!" Abby said, interrupting. 'Oh yeah, what a great way to tell him' she thought.
"Im sorry, what did you just say?" he asked in obvious disbelief.
"I'm, I'm pregnant. That's why I was throwing up. I took the test and it said that I was pregnant. Please don't be mad,"
"Why would I be mad? The woman I am hopelessly in love with is about to have my child." He kissed her, gently. "I can't believe you thought that I'd be mad,"
"That's what Susan told me, that you wouldn't break up with me because of it,"
"Susan knows?"
"Yeah,"
"So how long do you think it will be before the whole hospital knows?"
"With Susan knowing, tomorrow morning, at the latest," they were a silent for a moment, before Carter asked, "so how far along are you?"
"About a month,"
"Wow, I can't believe that in eight month's time I'll have a wife and a kid,"
"Are you asking me something John Carter?"
"Are you agreeing to anything Abigail Lockhart?"
"Depends what I'd be agreeing to," she said, teasing him.
"Well, you'd be agreeing to marry me," he said hopefully,
"Then yes, I was agreeing," She said with a smile "As long as we have the wedding before I begin to show,"
"If I had the choice I'd marry you right now," Carter said an idea dawning upon him. He grabbed Abby's hand and pulled her out of the door.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"To city hall, with a slight detour on the way so we can visit a dress shop and a jewellery store."