Disclaimer: See first chapter
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Telling
Abby's POV
It looks like it's going to be another light day in the ER, I'm starting to hate days like these. There's too much time to think, and it's a lot harder to avoid a certain doctor, who is working today. It's been two weeks since Carter and I have talked and I still haven't told him the truth. I've seen him every day that I've worked but I just can't bring myself to do it.
"Abby have the labs come back for Mrs. Crockett yet?" Carter asks me, this is basically all we have said to each other.
"Not yet, let me go check on them." I'm good at finding ways not to talk to him, it's finding ways to talk to him that's hard.
I call up and find out that the labs are done but they're backed up and have no one to bring them down. I decide to get them, as I get into the elevator someone follows me in. I turn around to look, great, it's Carter at least it's only a few floors up.
The elevator starts to go up but after a moment gets stuck then all the lights in the elevator turn off. Carter tries to use the emergency phone only to find that it doesn't work. This is just my luck, the one time I get stuck in a elevator its with the one guy I don't want to talk to. We sit in silence for a few minutes until I finally decided that there is no better time than now to tell him.
Carter's POV
I hear Abby calling my name, saying she needs to tell me something. I ask what then wait for her to tell me.
"I-I, I lied to you Carter," I can hardly hear her, she's talking in just above a whisper.
"Lied to me about what?"
"About," She pauses for awhile, I almost say something until she says, "Caleb."
I'm shocked, I can hardly talk now, but somehow I manage to, "Is he my son?" She answer yes, I can't believe it. I have a son, I'm a dad. I'm amazed at this, I'm so lost in my thoughts I can barely hear Abby asking me if I'm mad.
"Mad at what?"
"That I didn't tell you," Right, there was the whole lying to me thing.
"Why couldn't you just tell me the truth?"
"I didn't know how you would react."
"You didn't know how I'd react? Abby, you know I want kids."
"Yeah, but it was so soon we had just gotten together and I didn't want you to think you had to take care of him or me."
"Of course I want to help take care of him, he's my son, and I would have been there for you every step of the way." We are quiet for a little while, each of us lost in our own thoughts.
Abby's POV
I'm sitting here thinking about things when Carter asks me, "Can I meet him, for real and tell him?" The lights come on and the elevator starts to move we are both sitting on the elevator floor looking at each other.
"Of course, you can come over whenever." I mean it to, I want Caleb to know his father.
"How about tonight?" I can tell he's excited and possibly a little nervous.
"Sure, come on over after work." The elevator doors open and we both get out and head to our original destinations. Maybe everything will work out.
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A/N: I know this and the last chapter were kinda short but I didn't have much time. The next chapter will be explaining to Caleb that Carter is his dad. Please review! Thanks for reading!
~Alli