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Chapter 2
Carter and Abby are cuddled up on the couch in her apartment.
"Come on do we really have to watch this?"
"Yes, Fear Factor is awesome."
"Abby....come on."
"Hey stop whining. I have the remote so I get to chose."
Abby holds up the remote.
"Oh really?"
Carter dives for it misses and falls to the floor. Abby starts laughing.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah."
Carter grabs her and pulls her to the floor on top of him. They are both laughing and Carter rolls over on top of her and grabs the remote. Abby grabs his neck and pulls him down for a kiss. It starts out light and then Carter deepens it and drops the remote. The phone starts to ring.
"Are you gonna get that."
Abby shakes her head.
"Let the machine get it."
They continue kissing. They hear the answering machine pick up.
"John, are you there? I'm at the hospital and they said you'd be at this number. John if you're there pick up."
Carter reaches up and grabs the phone.
"Hello? Yeah...uh...we couldn't find the phone. What did you want?"
Carter's face suddenly drops and he stands up. Abby can see the tears welling up in his eyes and gets worried. She stands up with him and puts her arms around him. Instinctively he puts one arm around her waist and holds her close.
"No, it's no problem. Yeah. I'll be there as soon as I can. Yeah. Bye."
Carter hangs up the phone and lets it drop then brings his hand up to his face. Abby gets even more worried and backs away for a minute so that she can look at him.
"Carter?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you ok? What happened?"
"Gamma just died."
Carter breaks down and Abby goes back into his arms.
"I'm sorry."
Carter nods and wipes his eyes.
"I have to get over to the house. I have to make arrangements."
"Do you want me to come?"
Carter nods his head.
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Forty minutes later they pull up outside the Carter mansion. They enter the house and walk to the study.
"John."
"Hi mom. is dad here yet?"
"No. He's in Tokyo."
"Did you call him?"
"I tried, but I couldn't get a hold of him. Who's this?"
"You remember Abby."
"Yes, but what's she doing here?"
" I asked her to come."
"This is family business John."
"Yes and she will be family sooner or later."
"You can't be serious John. A nurse?"
Abby starts to talk.
"Yes a nurse. I am a nurse. Do have a problem with that?"
"Yes as a matter of fact I do. You're not good enough."
Abby's jaw dropped. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Listen I came here because John asked me too. His grandmother just died, which you don't seem to upset about by the way, and he asked me to come with him. So, why don't we put aside our love life and talk about why we came in the first place."
"John are you going to allow her to talk to me this way?"
"Yes I am, because she's right. We're leaving now, we'll come back and talk about the arrangements when dad gets back from Tokyo."
Carter and Abby leave the house and climb into the jeep.
"You ok?"
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry I yelled at your mother."
Carter smiles.
"It's ok. She deserved it anyway."
"You want me to come to the funeral with you."
"Yeah. If you want."
" I do."
"What?"
"I want to come with you."
"Ok."
Carter stares out the windshield for a minute before starting the car.
"Carter?"
"Yeah?"
"You ok?"
"What? Oh yeah I'm fine. You ready?"
"Yeah."
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Well, that's it for chapter two. please review and tell me what you thought. Once again thank-you to those of you who reviewed.