What seems like forever
Carter waited for seem like forever for Abby return home, she had finished work an hour ago and it only take 20 minutes on the El to get back to the apartment. He was a little concerned that she hadn't called, so he decided to call her for the second time hoping this time she may pick up. Abby heard a distance sound that kept annoying her she woke groggily to the sound of her cell and realized that she had fallen asleep at work. She cursed herself for lying down and answered her phone. "Hello" "Abby, hey, I was just wondering if you gonna grace me with your presence tonight, sometime?" Carter approached the situation light heartedly. "Carter, I am so sorry, I just rested for a minute and a minute" she looks at her watch "shit, it turned into an hour, I'm sorry, I'm on my way home right now" "It's ok as long as you're safe, I got a little worried and thought that maybe you had a better offer for tonight" Abby smiled and relaxed as she picked up her bag and coat and walked out into the ambulance bay, cautiously checking make sure no one was out there to drag her back into the nightmare that is county. The night was clear and she noticed it had got a little warmer as she walked up the stairs to the El. "So, what do you have planned for me tonight then?" Abby asked in a husky voice. "Well, my nasty, naughty little nurse, I think someone promised my a sponge bath!" Carter responded "Is that right, well hold on I'm sure I can run back and bring Malik home for you!" Carter laughed "I think I'll just have you I wouldn't want to trouble Malik at such short notice" Abby giggled to herself as she found her seat on an empty El carriage. 10 minutes later she was stepping off and down the steps still on the phone. Carter had poured a glass of orange juice for two on the table he laid and lit the single candle that stood on the tablecloth. The candle glistened surrounded by the other thirty candles he had lit in the living room and ten looming in the bathroom and bedroom. He felt everything was perfect and just right. He knew that the past few weeks had been hard for Abby, with the reappearance of her mother and disappearance of her brother, but who had turned up at a base in Michigan after another episode. And had been court marshaled there because they feared for his safety and that he might try and fly his plane again. After ten days the officers in charged thought they'd tell Abby and her mother. Better late than never. Abby nearly relapsed and Carter had felt the need to explore his fish and go snorkeling at the world's second biggest barrier reef. This time together was much needed. Carter was bought back down to earth by the sound of the doorknob turning and the little extra push needed to open the door. Abby's face said it all, from exhaustion to pure joy. The look of love and of gratitude in her eyes blew him away, making him wonder why it took him so long to make the first move after two years.
Carter waited for seem like forever for Abby return home, she had finished work an hour ago and it only take 20 minutes on the El to get back to the apartment. He was a little concerned that she hadn't called, so he decided to call her for the second time hoping this time she may pick up. Abby heard a distance sound that kept annoying her she woke groggily to the sound of her cell and realized that she had fallen asleep at work. She cursed herself for lying down and answered her phone. "Hello" "Abby, hey, I was just wondering if you gonna grace me with your presence tonight, sometime?" Carter approached the situation light heartedly. "Carter, I am so sorry, I just rested for a minute and a minute" she looks at her watch "shit, it turned into an hour, I'm sorry, I'm on my way home right now" "It's ok as long as you're safe, I got a little worried and thought that maybe you had a better offer for tonight" Abby smiled and relaxed as she picked up her bag and coat and walked out into the ambulance bay, cautiously checking make sure no one was out there to drag her back into the nightmare that is county. The night was clear and she noticed it had got a little warmer as she walked up the stairs to the El. "So, what do you have planned for me tonight then?" Abby asked in a husky voice. "Well, my nasty, naughty little nurse, I think someone promised my a sponge bath!" Carter responded "Is that right, well hold on I'm sure I can run back and bring Malik home for you!" Carter laughed "I think I'll just have you I wouldn't want to trouble Malik at such short notice" Abby giggled to herself as she found her seat on an empty El carriage. 10 minutes later she was stepping off and down the steps still on the phone. Carter had poured a glass of orange juice for two on the table he laid and lit the single candle that stood on the tablecloth. The candle glistened surrounded by the other thirty candles he had lit in the living room and ten looming in the bathroom and bedroom. He felt everything was perfect and just right. He knew that the past few weeks had been hard for Abby, with the reappearance of her mother and disappearance of her brother, but who had turned up at a base in Michigan after another episode. And had been court marshaled there because they feared for his safety and that he might try and fly his plane again. After ten days the officers in charged thought they'd tell Abby and her mother. Better late than never. Abby nearly relapsed and Carter had felt the need to explore his fish and go snorkeling at the world's second biggest barrier reef. This time together was much needed. Carter was bought back down to earth by the sound of the doorknob turning and the little extra push needed to open the door. Abby's face said it all, from exhaustion to pure joy. The look of love and of gratitude in her eyes blew him away, making him wonder why it took him so long to make the first move after two years.