"Bye," Carter said to Abby as she was about to board onto the plane. "I hope everything works out for you."

"Yeah, me too," she said, smiling. She was on the way to LA. She prayed that it would work out for her. She didn't want to come back. She would go somewhere else if it didn't. There were more good-bye's then she left. Carter watch the plane disappear into the clouds. His world somehow got a little darker.

------Couple days later(doesn't really matter when)

"Abby! Please get trauma one!" Dr. Lippin ordered. Abby had stared her first day and she was loving it. The ER she now worked in was a lot less hectic. It was a miracle because it was in the middle of LA. She was sure that it was just because it was her first day. Abby picked up the chart and followed another doctor. They worked on him. It was so quick, she was amazed again. It would have taken forever in County.

-----Back at County

"You think she'll call or something?" Carter asked Susan.

"I don't know."

"Did she ever tell you why she really wanted to go?"

"No. I would have liked to know that too."

"Stop chattering and get going!" Weaver order as she walked into the ER and saw the chairs full. Susan and Carter looked at each other and went separate ways. Carter wondered how Abby was doing. He knew he should be upset with her, but he couldn't. She had walked out on him, but he still had a sense that she was coming back.

-----Couple months later

Abby still hadn't called anyone yet. Maybe she left and didn't want thing with them anymore. He had no clue where she was or what hospital she was working in. He needed so badly to talk to her. Hear her voice again. But he knew that she wasn't going to come back again. It finally settled in him that she wasn't coming back. She never would. But then, he though, never is a really long time. Perhaps she would come back. Then he thought to himself that this was Abby. She said people don't change, and her thoughts wouldn't change either.

-----Same time, different person

She had been thinking about calling. Giving a little hi to whoever was at work. Her job was getting harder and harder; she thought she would land back into another County. She liked the atmosphere of the city. It was a lot like Chicago, without the snow. They were close to the airport. She hated it. It made her feel guilty of why she left. All she had to do was walk to the airport and she could be back in Chicago. But she couldn't. She needed to stay right where she was. She didn't want to have second thoughts on her choice.