Chapter Thirty - One of Those Days
It had just been one of those days. You know those days where everything seems to be going wrong, and when you think it couldn't get any worse, it goes and gets worse. For Carter, the day was going fine. But for Abby things weren't anywhere near being fine. Two months had passed, Luka and Susan were still together, looking like a great couple, her and Carter were doing well at the moment and she hadn't heard from her Mother for some time. But it is true that when things are going so well, other things begin to go wrong. So far she'd been spit on, peed on and bitten. But, as usual she forgot about it and made her way home at 8. Carter was off at 10 so he'd be home soon after her and then she could forget about the day which got to her more than it should of.
Key. Lock. Door. Ignition. Engine. Lights. Movement. Cars. More cars. Crash. No more lights.
It all happened so fast. She'd been in the car for no longer than five minutes. It was ironic who Abby had collided with. She now had another reason to hate the IRS. She didn't know who she'd had a crash with at the time, otherwise she may have enjoyed it slightly more than she did. It was over in seconds. One minute she was motionless, then she was driving through the green lights, then.there was nothing. A quick movement and the car was half way across the road, turned upside down and basically destroyed, apart from the life that was hanging on inside.
Sirens wailed from then on for a couple of hours. Rushing through Abby's head like the pounding you get when you've got a killer hangover from those tequila shots you did in a row cos the bartender decided to give you a special offer of 20 shots for 10 dollars. Those were bad memories too she remembered. She didn't know if she'd rather be having a hangover right now or to stay in the situation she was in. She was undecided for some time. But then the excruciating pain that was suddenly released from her stomach gave her her answer. Hangover anyday.
"Abby? Abby can you hear me?" Said a voice which she could feel was close but felt so far away.
"She's coming around. Abby? Wake up Abby we need you to speak to us." Said the other voice.
They were both male that was sure. But who were they? Paramedics? Doctors? She didn't know, but she wanted to. Did she know them? All that didn't really matter to her, but she knew there was one person she wanted to see right now and he definitely wasn't here.
"Where am I?" Abby managed.
"You're in the ambulance right now Abby we're taking you to County. You feelin' okay?"
"My stomach hurts." She said screwing up her face at a sudden jerk of the ambulance that made her stomach jab with pain.
"Okay anything else? We're almost there."
"Just my stomach." She said gripping it.
"Lie flat." He said as she began sitting up. "Okay people let's go!"
"What have we got?" Said a familiar female voice as the doors opened. "Abby!" She exclaimed.
"Susan. It's my stomach. My stomach hurts." She whispered as Susan took her hand tightly and began shouting orders.
"It's alright. You're gonna be alright you hear? Abby? Abby!" Susan exclaimed. "She's gone. Prep trauma one, get Carter and Doctor Kovac! Move!" She shouted as she began pushing Abby down the hall.
"Susan what's going on?" Luka said as she hurried past.
"Luka we need you! Get in here!" She shouted at him.
Luka rushed after her and followed her into the trauma room to see Abby lying on the gurney.
"Where's Carter?" He asked.
"Find him." Susan replied as she began putting on her gown and gloves.
Luka ran out shouting for Carter and finding nobody.
"Carter!" Luka exclaimed when he found him in the suture room. "It's Abby."
Carter jumped up and ran out, eventually finding Abby unconscious in trauma one.
"What happened?" Carter asked as he stood motionless in the doorway.
Susan's voice started fading out after a while, all he could hear was the bleeping of the monitor, and how it was getting faster and louder. His head was full of noises, some new and some familiar, but all he wanted to hear was her voice and she wasn't speaking.
"Abby, Abby honey wake up for me." He said moving over to her and taking her hand. "What happened?" He asked in a daze.
"There was an accident Carter. She got hit in her car." Susan said softly. "Luka get over here." She ordered as he began putting on a gown.
The next hour was a daze for both Carter and Abby. But they were in it together. He didn't let go of her hand till Abby went up for surgery, but they were in for a bigger shock that they hadn't anticipated.
"Carter." Susan said softly.
"What?" He said not taking his eyes off Abby.
"She's pregnant." Susan replied.
"What?" He turned to her, stunned.
"One month."
"Oh my God." Was all he could manage to muster.
"I just thought you'd like to know." She said smiling as they began pushing Abby towards the elevator. "Let me know how she does okay? I've got three hours left here." Susan said concerned as they got in the lift.
"Thanks Susan." Carter said, in a barely audible voice as the doors closed.
Susan sighed, this was going to be tough on them. She turned and saw Luka leaning against the doorframe watching her. She sighed deeply and walked towards him as he held his arms out to her.
"She'll be okay." Luka comforted.
She reached him and he wrapped his arms around her as she put her arms around his back and closed her eyes, wishing that the days events were just a bad dream.
"I know." She replied as she breathed deeply against the warmth of his body and his chest.
"When are you off?"
"Three hours. You?"
"Three hours."
"Yours or mine?"
"Yours. I'll drive you."
"Thanks Luka."
"I love you." He replied almost inaudibly.
"What?" She said looking at him suddenly.
He looked back at her and held her gaze for a while, not saying a word, but letting her know by just his eyes. She smiled slowly, and he could have sworn he saw a tear.
"I love you too Luka."
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It had just been one of those days. You know those days where everything seems to be going wrong, and when you think it couldn't get any worse, it goes and gets worse. For Carter, the day was going fine. But for Abby things weren't anywhere near being fine. Two months had passed, Luka and Susan were still together, looking like a great couple, her and Carter were doing well at the moment and she hadn't heard from her Mother for some time. But it is true that when things are going so well, other things begin to go wrong. So far she'd been spit on, peed on and bitten. But, as usual she forgot about it and made her way home at 8. Carter was off at 10 so he'd be home soon after her and then she could forget about the day which got to her more than it should of.
Key. Lock. Door. Ignition. Engine. Lights. Movement. Cars. More cars. Crash. No more lights.
It all happened so fast. She'd been in the car for no longer than five minutes. It was ironic who Abby had collided with. She now had another reason to hate the IRS. She didn't know who she'd had a crash with at the time, otherwise she may have enjoyed it slightly more than she did. It was over in seconds. One minute she was motionless, then she was driving through the green lights, then.there was nothing. A quick movement and the car was half way across the road, turned upside down and basically destroyed, apart from the life that was hanging on inside.
Sirens wailed from then on for a couple of hours. Rushing through Abby's head like the pounding you get when you've got a killer hangover from those tequila shots you did in a row cos the bartender decided to give you a special offer of 20 shots for 10 dollars. Those were bad memories too she remembered. She didn't know if she'd rather be having a hangover right now or to stay in the situation she was in. She was undecided for some time. But then the excruciating pain that was suddenly released from her stomach gave her her answer. Hangover anyday.
"Abby? Abby can you hear me?" Said a voice which she could feel was close but felt so far away.
"She's coming around. Abby? Wake up Abby we need you to speak to us." Said the other voice.
They were both male that was sure. But who were they? Paramedics? Doctors? She didn't know, but she wanted to. Did she know them? All that didn't really matter to her, but she knew there was one person she wanted to see right now and he definitely wasn't here.
"Where am I?" Abby managed.
"You're in the ambulance right now Abby we're taking you to County. You feelin' okay?"
"My stomach hurts." She said screwing up her face at a sudden jerk of the ambulance that made her stomach jab with pain.
"Okay anything else? We're almost there."
"Just my stomach." She said gripping it.
"Lie flat." He said as she began sitting up. "Okay people let's go!"
"What have we got?" Said a familiar female voice as the doors opened. "Abby!" She exclaimed.
"Susan. It's my stomach. My stomach hurts." She whispered as Susan took her hand tightly and began shouting orders.
"It's alright. You're gonna be alright you hear? Abby? Abby!" Susan exclaimed. "She's gone. Prep trauma one, get Carter and Doctor Kovac! Move!" She shouted as she began pushing Abby down the hall.
"Susan what's going on?" Luka said as she hurried past.
"Luka we need you! Get in here!" She shouted at him.
Luka rushed after her and followed her into the trauma room to see Abby lying on the gurney.
"Where's Carter?" He asked.
"Find him." Susan replied as she began putting on her gown and gloves.
Luka ran out shouting for Carter and finding nobody.
"Carter!" Luka exclaimed when he found him in the suture room. "It's Abby."
Carter jumped up and ran out, eventually finding Abby unconscious in trauma one.
"What happened?" Carter asked as he stood motionless in the doorway.
Susan's voice started fading out after a while, all he could hear was the bleeping of the monitor, and how it was getting faster and louder. His head was full of noises, some new and some familiar, but all he wanted to hear was her voice and she wasn't speaking.
"Abby, Abby honey wake up for me." He said moving over to her and taking her hand. "What happened?" He asked in a daze.
"There was an accident Carter. She got hit in her car." Susan said softly. "Luka get over here." She ordered as he began putting on a gown.
The next hour was a daze for both Carter and Abby. But they were in it together. He didn't let go of her hand till Abby went up for surgery, but they were in for a bigger shock that they hadn't anticipated.
"Carter." Susan said softly.
"What?" He said not taking his eyes off Abby.
"She's pregnant." Susan replied.
"What?" He turned to her, stunned.
"One month."
"Oh my God." Was all he could manage to muster.
"I just thought you'd like to know." She said smiling as they began pushing Abby towards the elevator. "Let me know how she does okay? I've got three hours left here." Susan said concerned as they got in the lift.
"Thanks Susan." Carter said, in a barely audible voice as the doors closed.
Susan sighed, this was going to be tough on them. She turned and saw Luka leaning against the doorframe watching her. She sighed deeply and walked towards him as he held his arms out to her.
"She'll be okay." Luka comforted.
She reached him and he wrapped his arms around her as she put her arms around his back and closed her eyes, wishing that the days events were just a bad dream.
"I know." She replied as she breathed deeply against the warmth of his body and his chest.
"When are you off?"
"Three hours. You?"
"Three hours."
"Yours or mine?"
"Yours. I'll drive you."
"Thanks Luka."
"I love you." He replied almost inaudibly.
"What?" She said looking at him suddenly.
He looked back at her and held her gaze for a while, not saying a word, but letting her know by just his eyes. She smiled slowly, and he could have sworn he saw a tear.
"I love you too Luka."
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