Title - Girl's Club Rating - PG-13 (I think) Summary - First rule of girl's club is, we don't talk about girl's club. Author's Notes - Love reviews, this is a new idea so bear with me! Disclaimer - You know it. I own them, always will. So John Wells, shove it up your ass!

"First rule of girl's club is, we don't talk about girl's club." Abby - Walk Like a Man.

Chapter One - Pink Drinks

"Abby we need you!" Shouted Lewis down the hall as she ran back into the trauma room.

She ran after Susan, dropping her current job of fixing a patient's IV and hurrying into trauma two.

"What have we got?" She asked as she hurriedly put on a gown and gloves.

"Three GSWs to the chest, 13 year old while female. Massive internal bleeding." Susan said as she finished her intubation. "Call the OR tell them to prep a room." She shouted as she moved round to the side of the patient and began listening for a heart beat.

Abby called the OR as instructed then went back to Susan's aid.

"Get me two litres of saline here, and I want that tox screen back!" She shouted as Abby rallied around getting together the IV tube.

"Here Susan." She said as she held out the tube.

"Thanks. Okay she's stable." She said after inserting the tube. "Let's move!"

They pushed the girl out, leaving Susan and Abby in the trauma room surrounded by a bloody mess.

"God my head hurts." Said Susan as she ripped off her gloves and threw them randomly on the floor.

"Yours? I feel like someone's hit me round the head with a baseball bat." Replied Abby as she removed her gown and threw it in the waste bin.

"I guess we shouldn't have moved onto that last bar. I was fine till you brought out those pink drinks! What were they again?!" She said laughing slightly as they walked out the trauma room towards the bathroom.

"God knows. I remember it tasted nice, but then by the time we got the third round I couldn't really taste anything."

"Who was that guy at the bar who bought us the second load of drinks? He tried to talk to me, but I have no idea what came out of my mouth at that point. I'm surprised I was even coherent."

"You weren't hardly!" Abby said laughing. "You didn't know what he was asking?!" She said surprised as she laughed more.

"No! I was trying to ask you but you were just laughing at me!" She said laughing harder.

"Oh my God, he wanted to take you home with him! But you were just laughing in his face so he asked me if I'd ask you!" She said laughing more.

"Really?" She asked surprised, but smiling still. "He was kinda cute though." She said as she sat down on the toilet.

"You think? Well you should have told me! You could have been back at his place within minutes!" She said laughing.

They came out the toilet and went to the sink to wash their hands.

"God I wish I hadn't of been so drunk. The night could have been even better." Susan said winking.

"Yeah and what would I have done?!" Said Abby laughing.

"Watched." Susan said before she burst out laughing.

"Oh of course." Replied Abby as she threw a towel in the bin and laughed. "Gone home to Carter probably."

"Does he know about last night?"

"No! I mean not that it would hurt him to know, I wasn't the one putting twenty bucks in a strippers thong." She said laughing again.

"Come on you were SO tempted!" She replied as she elbowed her lightly in the side.

"Yeah but I didn't. I have willpower."

"And a boyfriend. You have a reason not to; I on the other hand, have not got a boyfriend so I can do what I like." She said, stating the obvious, but it was still a valid point.

"True. Although it wouldn't have hurt to have a bit of fun. Carter knows what we do is mostly harmless." She said as they left the bathroom and headed to the admit desk.

"Morning." Carter said as they approached him at the desk.

"Good morning." Replied Abby smiling at Susan.

"Hey Carter." Said Susan, trying not laugh. "I'm in need of a coffee." Susan said as she left them at the desk and headed to the lounge.

"Break in 15 minutes Susan!" Shouted Abby at the retreating figure.

"Got it!" Susan replied as she headed into the lounge.

"So." Said Carter creeping behind Abby. "What did you guys get up to last night in your girl's club?"

"First rule of girl's club is, we don't talk about girl's club." Replied Abby seriously as she looked on the computer screen.

"You're not gonna tell me anything?!" He asked slightly put off.

"Nope. I told you, what we do is secret and will remain secret to the day we die."

"I'll ask Susan then." He said, proud of himself that he'd be sneaky and find out.

"She'll say the same. It's like an unspoken rule."

"You girls really know how to put a man down don't you?!" He said smiling at her.

"I wouldn't expect you to tell me about your wild nights with Luka!" She said laughing slightly.

"Well there wouldn't be anything to tell there seeing as Luka and I don't speak!" He said smiling as he began searching through the charts.

"Hypothetically if you did, then you wouldn't tell me." Said Abby, still concentrating on the screen.

Carter laughed. "So, when's the next girl's night out?"

"No idea. I don't think it'll be for a few days, Susan's hangover is pretty bad today." Abby said bluntly.

"And yours?" He asked.

"My what?" She said looking up, and then looking back at the screen. "I didn't drink last night."

She cringed at herself for lying, but she knew he would go mad, and it wasn't like she was drinking because she was depressed, she just wanted to have fun with her girlfriends. Deb and Susan had started drinking before they left, but Abby held out till about midnight when the proposal of a drink came every few minutes from either Susan or Deb, she decided she couldn't say no anymore.

"You didn't?" He asked in a low tone.

"No. You don't believe me?" She asked, pretending to be slightly pissed off.

"Yeah I do." He said smiling. "Glad you had a good night." He said as he found the chart he'd been looking for. "You fancy dinner tonight?" He asked her quickly.

"Sure. I'm off at 7."

"Great. See you later." He said kissing her head then walking away to treat his patient.

She sighed, she hated lying to him but what else could she do? Not drink would be a good start Abby. She cursed herself for drinking, it was so hard to say no when your friends are having such a good time. It's difficult being the boring one. So she accepted a drink. Then another one. And after a while she lost track. It was weird, when she was out drinking with people, she didn't feel like it was bad. It was the whole drinking alone thing that made her feel guilty. She wondered if it was alright really to drink just in social situations. Her thoughts were interrupted by Susan talking to her.

"What?" She said snapping out of her trance.

"I said we can go on our break now."

"Oh sure." She said dropping her hands to her sides and following Susan out to the ambulance bay.

They walked over to Doc's, Susan chatting about something, Abby silent, the occasional 'yes' or 'I don't know'. They sat in a booth and Susan began looking over the menu, and looked up to see Abby looking out the window at nothing.

"You okay?" Susan asked, concerned a little at Abby's sudden change of mood.

"Huh?" She said looking at Susan suddenly and then realising she was concerned. "Sure." She said replying then looking away again.

"Come on Abby. You were fine a minute ago, I go away and come back after Carter's spoken to you and you're all quiet." She said still looking concerned. "What did he say?"

Abby looked at Susan then looked away again, she wanted so badly to tell Susan the problem, but she just couldn't. She knew they were friends, and she knew Susan was trustworthy. In fact, she was the most trustworthy person Abby had ever met, and she didn't feel like Susan ever wanted anything in return for a shoulder to cry on.

"It's nothing.it's just. God it's so complicated." Abby said finally, sighing as she grabbed the menu and began looking over it, immediately searching for the coffee listings.

"Come on Abby, I know you well enough now to know when something's up." She said smiling comfortingly as she squeezed Abby's hand slightly.

Abby looked at Susan and saw she was sincere, how could she even doubt her anyway?

"Carter asked me if I drank last night." She said solemnly.

"So?"

"I told him I didn't." Abby said sighing.

"Why?" Susan asked confused.

"I'm an alcoholic Susan." She said bluntly. "Correction, I'm a recovering alcoholic. Well supposedly." She added, slightly embarrassed she had to let Susan know like this.

Susan didn't know what to say, it was kind of hard to take in, especially when she quickly reminded herself it was her who kept pressurising Abby into having a drink anyway. She had been so stubborn all night, refusing a drink, she just figured Abby was being boring.

"I'm sorry. It never crossed my mind that you." She cut short and just looked at the table. "You should have told me sooner. I wouldn't have kept asking you to drink if I'd known."

"You weren't to know. Don't blame yourself for what happened, but I felt you should know. I think it's going to be a problem if Carter keeps pestering me to tell him about what we get up to."

"Well you know the rules. We don't talk about girl's club to anyone, especially not the boyfriend!" She joked as she forced a smile.

"I should have told you sooner, but it's not really the sort of thing you want to bring up you know?"

"Of course. I'm glad you did though. Who else knows?" Susan asked.

"Just you, Carter and Luka. Luka found out by mistake though. But neither of them will tell anybody."

"Yeah. You don't need to ask, it's safe with me."

"Thanks." Abby said smiling.

"Well, serious chat over. But before I order a huge lunch, I think you have to tell Carter about last night."

"I thought we didn't talk about girl's club?!" Abby said mocking her slightly.

"Not about the actual EVENTS, just that you did drink. It's not fair to him that you're lying."

"I know. But he gets so weird when he knows I've been drinking."

"That's because he cares about you. I'd get like that too if I found out you'd lied about it."

"Yeah. I'll tell him tonight." Abby said sighing. "But it means that when we go out again he'll ask you if I've been drinking, he probably won't like it when we do go out you know."

"Well he can't run your life Abby. But he can give you advice and he can show that he cares. Give him a chance, he may surprise you."

"I know what'll cheer you up till then."

"Go on." Abby said smiling.

"I've got another blind date tonight."

"Oh God! Did you learn nothing from the last one?!"

"I know. You'd figure wouldn't you? My friend said he was cute, he's a lawyer from Pennsylvania."

"Wow. Just make sure he has all the normal eating habits. No vegans, or vegetarians."

"Or fruitarians." Susan added laughing.

"What?!"

"They don't eat anything that's not fallen from the tree. They think cooking stuff is killing them. Like carrots and stuff. Very weird."

"I'll say. Have you ever met one?!"

"Of course! That's how I know! We met at this 'save the trees' thing when I was in high school."

"Can I ask why you were at a save the trees rally?!" Abby asked laughing.

"I was young! And plus I was after this really cute guy who was into all that stuff."

"So what happened to him?"

"He made out with my best friend." She said bluntly.

"Oh God!" Abby said laughing. "So you got left with the fruitarian freak?!"

"Pretty much. Him and his bongos."

"Oh my God!" She said, trying to stop laughing but failing miserably.

"Oh come on it's not that bad!"

"Well it's pretty bad. I'm sure I've had worse."

"Really? I doubt it. I once had a date with a guy who turned out to be a woman. That was pretty weird." Susan said smiling then called the waitress over.

"Okay now I've heard it all!" Abby said still laughing.

"Hi. Can I get two cheeseburgers, two French fries and two coffees please." She said to the waitress, who turned to leave. "Where are you going?" Susan asked the waitress who turned to them and looked confused. "What do you want Abby?"