Okay so it didn't take me as long to update. I'll do this from time to
time. Update really quickly then not update for AGES. So enjoy it while it
lasts! And please review! There's a major shortage!
P.S. Thanks to those guys who have already, really appreciated.
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Chapter Two - Date with the Devil
That night, Carter busied himself in the kitchen, cooking chicken and singing along to the Rolling Stones as he flung a tea towel over his shoulder. Abby hadn't arrived yet, and it was just gone 8. He was about to take out the chicken when the front door opened and Abby walked in, looking pretty tired, but still pretty hot.
"Good evening." Carter said as he walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"Hey." She said simply as she removed her coat and flung it on the sofa. "We need to talk." She said quickly before he could say another word.
"Uh.okay." He said, looking a little worried as they walked to the table and sat down.
"I lied to you earlier when I said I didn't drink. I did. Actually I got completely plastered. And I'm sorry for lying to you about it, but I panicked and I didn't know how you'd react so I said I didn't so I could decide how to tell you later."
He listened intently to her, not missing a word. He felt slightly disappointed, not in her, just that she felt she couldn't tell him.
"So I'm sorry. Susan persuaded me to tell you. She didn't know about me last night, but I felt awful that I'd lied to you so I told her and she told me to be honest."
He was silent again, not knowing what to say. To say he was upset would be true, but he wasn't going to go mad at her for doing it.
"Well I'm glad you told me." He said simply. "Susan was right." He added before getting up and walking to the kitchen.
"That's it?" She asked surprised.
"What do you want me to say?"
"I don't know! Aren't you gonna yell at me or something?!"
"What would we gain from that? I'm glad you told me Abby, but I don't know what you want me to say. I'm disappointed you lied to me and that you felt you couldn't tell me, but I'm not mad."
"You're not?"
"No. I'm glad you told Susan."
"You are?"
"Isn't it good she knows now? So next time you guys go out she can help you instead of forcing drinks down your throat."
"It wasn't like that. She kept offering drinks because I was being boring and having a coke."
"Honestly Abby, I'm glad you told me, I'm glad you told her."
"Good."
"Good."
And that was that. Abby sighed and lent back on the chair. He was a touch guy to figure out sometimes. But she guessed sometimes, there are just some things that are better left unsaid. She figured this was one of those times, although she hated it, she would have to accept the fact that he had nothing to say.
"What's for dinner?" She asked as she flicked through the channels later on in the night.
"Uh.well it was going to be chicken. But that fell through." He said as he pulled out a burnt chicken from the oven.
Abby laughed and got up to walk over to him.
"So I guess it's take out?!" She said amused.
"Makes a change huh?" He said sarcastically. "I'll order it now."
He ordered the food whilst Abby threw away the remains of chicken that was now charcoal coloured and giving off a strange smell.
"All done." Carter said as he hung up the phone and plonked himself down on the sofa next to where Abby had just relieved herself onto.
"How long will it be?"
"Half an hour. You sure you can hold out that long?!"
"I'll try." She said smiling. "Ooh that reminds me."
"What?"
"Susan. She had a date tonight."
"With who?"
"Some guy from Pennsylvania."
He looked at her strangely.
"Some guy?"
"He's a lawyer apparently. Big money."
"I see."
"Probably find out he's in league with the devil or something."
"Knowing her."
"You think I should call her?" Abby asked.
"Depends. What's the time?"
"Half nine."
"Leave it till later. No doubt she'll call you."
"Probably. If she's really desperate she'll do the code call."
"Which is.?" He asked confused.
"She calls my cell twice if she wants me to call and bail her out."
"Clever. I like it."
"I thought so."
"Has she ever used it?"
"Three times already. I'm beginning to think she's undateable. Either that or she just doesn't like men."
"I doubt it's either. I enjoyed dating her." He said simply as he watched the TV.
"You did?"
"Well I mean she was good fun. She's not high maintenance like some women. I don't know why she's still single to be honest."
"But you're not with her now?"
"Yeah cos I was already in love with you."
Abby was silent. She smiled to herself then looked at the TV.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing."
"Why the silence?"
"No reason."
"I used to really like Susan, when I was a med student. Then she left, I forgot about her. She came back and I think I just thought those old feelings were still there. But they weren't."
"Why not?"
"Not sure really. She was still the same person. I think it was mainly because I was interested in you, and it's hard to like someone so much when you like somebody else. And plus, she was still in love with that guy she met in Phoenix."
"Charlie?"
"Yeah."
"Did she ever tell you about him?"
"Nope. Nobody knows."
"I'll have to ask her. I'm curious."
"I think he's the one person she never talks about."
"You think she's still hung up on him?"
"Most likely. When Susan falls for someone she falls big time."
"I noticed."
"She didn't fall for me. I think I was just something to get her mind off him."
"Did it work?"
"For a while I guess. But then she dumped me."
"She dumped you?!"
He looked at her smiling slightly then looked away.
"I thought you dumped her."
"No. She broke up with me after that sexual harassment seminar."
"Why?" She asked, genuinely interested.
"Does it matter?"
"Not really but I wanna know anyway." She said amused.
"Fine fine. She asked me to kiss her, so I did. Then she asked if I'd felt anything."
"What did you say?"
"It was nice."
"And what did she say?"
"Me neither."
There was silence for a while as Abby looked thoughtful. Then suddenly a smile spread across her face.
"Didn't she kiss you earlier and you weren't expecting it?" He looked confused. "When you and Luka had just had a dual."
"Uh.yeah."
"Did she say why?"
"She said just checking."
"For what?" Abby asked smiling.
"Second date rule."
"Oh my God really?!" She said laughing.
"Yeah why? I never got it."
"Don't worry about it. It's mine and Susan's thing."
"Right." He said confused.
"So what happened after she said she didn't feel anything?"
"She said to tell you I was, and I quote, 'hopelessly in love with you and can't live another moment without you.'"
"She said that?!"
"Yep."
"That was nice." She said simply then turned her attentions back to the TV.
"She's a nice person."
"Yeah." She said, still not taking her eyes off the TV.
"What's up?"
"Nothing. I just wonder sometimes why she's so nice."
"Well because that's the way she is I guess."
"Don't you think it's kinda sad that all she ever does is look out for other people? I mean who looks out for her?" Abby asked, slightly upset all of a sudden that nobody looks after Susan.
"Don't beat yourself up about it. She's got a lot of friends." He said comfortingly.
She looked down and turned off the TV, slamming the remote down on the sofa. "Sometimes friends aren't enough." She said quietly before getting up and walking to the bedroom, closing the door behind her.
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"So you actually FLY the planes then?" Susan said exasperatingly.
"Well yes. It's quite a skill really. There's a certain knack to flying remote control planes."
"I can imagine." She said dryly as she took another huge sip of her cocktail.
"Fourteen years and counting." He said proudly as he took a sip of his water.
"Really? Wow that's pretty impressive." She said, turning around to look at her surroundings as she rolled her eyes.
"We have these meetings once a year. Well it's more like a convention. We all go and show off our planes that we've all made by hand."
"Sounds exciting." She replied, forcing a smile.
"Oh it is! You should come along to the next one. It's in a couple of weeks, at the Chivorgon Hotel. Just a few miles from here. The 25th if I recall correctly." He said, pulling out his organiser and began searching through it.
"Sounds great, but I think I'm busy on that day, I have a medical conference to go to."
"Oh. That's a shame. We would have had a blast." He said smiling. "Can I get another water please?" He asked the bartender who was standing a little further away from them.
"Could you just wait there? I'll be right back." She said smiling as she got up and went to the bathroom. "Jesus, this has to be up there in my top three worst dates." She said sighing to herself as she fumbled around for the phone in her bag.
She began dialling a number and waited for a reply on the other end.
"Come on Abby pick up." She said to herself, jumping up and down slightly, worrying about the idea of having to spend the rest of the night with the most boring man in the world.
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"Hello?" Abby said as she grabbed her cell off the nightstand.
"Code red. Get me out ASAP!" Susan shouted down the phone.
"Oh God what's wrong?" Abby said, slightly amused.
"Well, let's put it into perspective shall we? He's spent the whole night talking about remote control planes that he makes and then flies in his spare time, and so far he's asked me what hospital I work at."
"That's all?!" Abby said laughing.
"Yes! I really need to get out of here! He's inviting me to a plane convention or something!" She exclaimed, trying not to laugh at the situation.
"Oh my God!" Replied Abby, still laughing. "I'll call you back in a sec okay?"
"Thank you!" Susan said highly as she hung up.
She put her phone back into her bag and briskly walked out the bathroom to join Mr Excitement again.
"Sorry about that."
"Not a problem. So where was I?" He asked quizzically.
"Uh.something about a convention." She replied unenthusiastically.
"Oh yes that's right. Well it's really quite interesting. You see.." He was interrupted by Susan's phone.
"Sorry hang on a second." She said apologetically as she fumbled in her bag for her phone. "Hello? What? Oh God really? Okay I'll be right there. Bye." Susan hung up and put on her most worried face.
"What's wrong?" He asked concerned.
"My Dad's escaped again." She said seriously.
"Escaped?" He asked surprised.
"Yeah. He's in the mental institute up on fourth. He can be hard to take but once you get to know him, it doesn't seem so weird when he urinates on you to say hello." She said dryly, trying to keep a straight face.
"What?! He.urinates on you?"
"Yeah. It's really not a big deal. But he thinks he's a werewolf so he'll be in the park howling all night unless I go find him."
"You better go then." He said sorrowfully, but still slightly scared.
"Yeah. It was nice." She said before getting up and walking away.
"I'll call you!" He shouted.
And she left. Safely away. She walked to Abby's afterwards, feeling relieved she'd been bailed out by her once again after a depressing and unsuccessful date. There had to be somebody out there for her, hadn't there?
P.S. Thanks to those guys who have already, really appreciated.
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Chapter Two - Date with the Devil
That night, Carter busied himself in the kitchen, cooking chicken and singing along to the Rolling Stones as he flung a tea towel over his shoulder. Abby hadn't arrived yet, and it was just gone 8. He was about to take out the chicken when the front door opened and Abby walked in, looking pretty tired, but still pretty hot.
"Good evening." Carter said as he walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"Hey." She said simply as she removed her coat and flung it on the sofa. "We need to talk." She said quickly before he could say another word.
"Uh.okay." He said, looking a little worried as they walked to the table and sat down.
"I lied to you earlier when I said I didn't drink. I did. Actually I got completely plastered. And I'm sorry for lying to you about it, but I panicked and I didn't know how you'd react so I said I didn't so I could decide how to tell you later."
He listened intently to her, not missing a word. He felt slightly disappointed, not in her, just that she felt she couldn't tell him.
"So I'm sorry. Susan persuaded me to tell you. She didn't know about me last night, but I felt awful that I'd lied to you so I told her and she told me to be honest."
He was silent again, not knowing what to say. To say he was upset would be true, but he wasn't going to go mad at her for doing it.
"Well I'm glad you told me." He said simply. "Susan was right." He added before getting up and walking to the kitchen.
"That's it?" She asked surprised.
"What do you want me to say?"
"I don't know! Aren't you gonna yell at me or something?!"
"What would we gain from that? I'm glad you told me Abby, but I don't know what you want me to say. I'm disappointed you lied to me and that you felt you couldn't tell me, but I'm not mad."
"You're not?"
"No. I'm glad you told Susan."
"You are?"
"Isn't it good she knows now? So next time you guys go out she can help you instead of forcing drinks down your throat."
"It wasn't like that. She kept offering drinks because I was being boring and having a coke."
"Honestly Abby, I'm glad you told me, I'm glad you told her."
"Good."
"Good."
And that was that. Abby sighed and lent back on the chair. He was a touch guy to figure out sometimes. But she guessed sometimes, there are just some things that are better left unsaid. She figured this was one of those times, although she hated it, she would have to accept the fact that he had nothing to say.
"What's for dinner?" She asked as she flicked through the channels later on in the night.
"Uh.well it was going to be chicken. But that fell through." He said as he pulled out a burnt chicken from the oven.
Abby laughed and got up to walk over to him.
"So I guess it's take out?!" She said amused.
"Makes a change huh?" He said sarcastically. "I'll order it now."
He ordered the food whilst Abby threw away the remains of chicken that was now charcoal coloured and giving off a strange smell.
"All done." Carter said as he hung up the phone and plonked himself down on the sofa next to where Abby had just relieved herself onto.
"How long will it be?"
"Half an hour. You sure you can hold out that long?!"
"I'll try." She said smiling. "Ooh that reminds me."
"What?"
"Susan. She had a date tonight."
"With who?"
"Some guy from Pennsylvania."
He looked at her strangely.
"Some guy?"
"He's a lawyer apparently. Big money."
"I see."
"Probably find out he's in league with the devil or something."
"Knowing her."
"You think I should call her?" Abby asked.
"Depends. What's the time?"
"Half nine."
"Leave it till later. No doubt she'll call you."
"Probably. If she's really desperate she'll do the code call."
"Which is.?" He asked confused.
"She calls my cell twice if she wants me to call and bail her out."
"Clever. I like it."
"I thought so."
"Has she ever used it?"
"Three times already. I'm beginning to think she's undateable. Either that or she just doesn't like men."
"I doubt it's either. I enjoyed dating her." He said simply as he watched the TV.
"You did?"
"Well I mean she was good fun. She's not high maintenance like some women. I don't know why she's still single to be honest."
"But you're not with her now?"
"Yeah cos I was already in love with you."
Abby was silent. She smiled to herself then looked at the TV.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing."
"Why the silence?"
"No reason."
"I used to really like Susan, when I was a med student. Then she left, I forgot about her. She came back and I think I just thought those old feelings were still there. But they weren't."
"Why not?"
"Not sure really. She was still the same person. I think it was mainly because I was interested in you, and it's hard to like someone so much when you like somebody else. And plus, she was still in love with that guy she met in Phoenix."
"Charlie?"
"Yeah."
"Did she ever tell you about him?"
"Nope. Nobody knows."
"I'll have to ask her. I'm curious."
"I think he's the one person she never talks about."
"You think she's still hung up on him?"
"Most likely. When Susan falls for someone she falls big time."
"I noticed."
"She didn't fall for me. I think I was just something to get her mind off him."
"Did it work?"
"For a while I guess. But then she dumped me."
"She dumped you?!"
He looked at her smiling slightly then looked away.
"I thought you dumped her."
"No. She broke up with me after that sexual harassment seminar."
"Why?" She asked, genuinely interested.
"Does it matter?"
"Not really but I wanna know anyway." She said amused.
"Fine fine. She asked me to kiss her, so I did. Then she asked if I'd felt anything."
"What did you say?"
"It was nice."
"And what did she say?"
"Me neither."
There was silence for a while as Abby looked thoughtful. Then suddenly a smile spread across her face.
"Didn't she kiss you earlier and you weren't expecting it?" He looked confused. "When you and Luka had just had a dual."
"Uh.yeah."
"Did she say why?"
"She said just checking."
"For what?" Abby asked smiling.
"Second date rule."
"Oh my God really?!" She said laughing.
"Yeah why? I never got it."
"Don't worry about it. It's mine and Susan's thing."
"Right." He said confused.
"So what happened after she said she didn't feel anything?"
"She said to tell you I was, and I quote, 'hopelessly in love with you and can't live another moment without you.'"
"She said that?!"
"Yep."
"That was nice." She said simply then turned her attentions back to the TV.
"She's a nice person."
"Yeah." She said, still not taking her eyes off the TV.
"What's up?"
"Nothing. I just wonder sometimes why she's so nice."
"Well because that's the way she is I guess."
"Don't you think it's kinda sad that all she ever does is look out for other people? I mean who looks out for her?" Abby asked, slightly upset all of a sudden that nobody looks after Susan.
"Don't beat yourself up about it. She's got a lot of friends." He said comfortingly.
She looked down and turned off the TV, slamming the remote down on the sofa. "Sometimes friends aren't enough." She said quietly before getting up and walking to the bedroom, closing the door behind her.
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"So you actually FLY the planes then?" Susan said exasperatingly.
"Well yes. It's quite a skill really. There's a certain knack to flying remote control planes."
"I can imagine." She said dryly as she took another huge sip of her cocktail.
"Fourteen years and counting." He said proudly as he took a sip of his water.
"Really? Wow that's pretty impressive." She said, turning around to look at her surroundings as she rolled her eyes.
"We have these meetings once a year. Well it's more like a convention. We all go and show off our planes that we've all made by hand."
"Sounds exciting." She replied, forcing a smile.
"Oh it is! You should come along to the next one. It's in a couple of weeks, at the Chivorgon Hotel. Just a few miles from here. The 25th if I recall correctly." He said, pulling out his organiser and began searching through it.
"Sounds great, but I think I'm busy on that day, I have a medical conference to go to."
"Oh. That's a shame. We would have had a blast." He said smiling. "Can I get another water please?" He asked the bartender who was standing a little further away from them.
"Could you just wait there? I'll be right back." She said smiling as she got up and went to the bathroom. "Jesus, this has to be up there in my top three worst dates." She said sighing to herself as she fumbled around for the phone in her bag.
She began dialling a number and waited for a reply on the other end.
"Come on Abby pick up." She said to herself, jumping up and down slightly, worrying about the idea of having to spend the rest of the night with the most boring man in the world.
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"Hello?" Abby said as she grabbed her cell off the nightstand.
"Code red. Get me out ASAP!" Susan shouted down the phone.
"Oh God what's wrong?" Abby said, slightly amused.
"Well, let's put it into perspective shall we? He's spent the whole night talking about remote control planes that he makes and then flies in his spare time, and so far he's asked me what hospital I work at."
"That's all?!" Abby said laughing.
"Yes! I really need to get out of here! He's inviting me to a plane convention or something!" She exclaimed, trying not to laugh at the situation.
"Oh my God!" Replied Abby, still laughing. "I'll call you back in a sec okay?"
"Thank you!" Susan said highly as she hung up.
She put her phone back into her bag and briskly walked out the bathroom to join Mr Excitement again.
"Sorry about that."
"Not a problem. So where was I?" He asked quizzically.
"Uh.something about a convention." She replied unenthusiastically.
"Oh yes that's right. Well it's really quite interesting. You see.." He was interrupted by Susan's phone.
"Sorry hang on a second." She said apologetically as she fumbled in her bag for her phone. "Hello? What? Oh God really? Okay I'll be right there. Bye." Susan hung up and put on her most worried face.
"What's wrong?" He asked concerned.
"My Dad's escaped again." She said seriously.
"Escaped?" He asked surprised.
"Yeah. He's in the mental institute up on fourth. He can be hard to take but once you get to know him, it doesn't seem so weird when he urinates on you to say hello." She said dryly, trying to keep a straight face.
"What?! He.urinates on you?"
"Yeah. It's really not a big deal. But he thinks he's a werewolf so he'll be in the park howling all night unless I go find him."
"You better go then." He said sorrowfully, but still slightly scared.
"Yeah. It was nice." She said before getting up and walking away.
"I'll call you!" He shouted.
And she left. Safely away. She walked to Abby's afterwards, feeling relieved she'd been bailed out by her once again after a depressing and unsuccessful date. There had to be somebody out there for her, hadn't there?
