Chapter 2

She was abruptly woken by the banging of the outside door, she shot up from her place on the sofa and had to sit down again due to the head rush that was caused by getting up to quickly, "John is that you?" she called out,

"Yeh" a grumpy voice came through the screen

"What's wrong honey?" Abby walked towards the door, John kicked it open and Abby jumped back, she look at him, his face was drawn and he had a huge pile of charts in his. She went to help relieve the load "why was the key in the front door Abby?" he barked

"I..ah..I Fell asleep and totally forgot, I'm sorry" Abby was taken back by the tone of john's voice

"I've had the crappest day, weaver went home, Kovac just didn't show up, Pratt and Gallant decided to have a fist fight and Chen was obsessed with one patient" "what about Susan?" Abby carefully asked

"She's in New York visiting Susie"

"You should of rung me, I would of come in" "why would I ring you, your not a doctor" Abby was taken aback by this statement.

She sat down, "I'm sorry baby" said john, coming over all apologetic as though the realisation of what he had just said hit him. He embraced her in a bear hug, "I'm so sorry Abby, I should of never said that, I'm sorry" he looked at her, she looked into his eyes and saw the look of distress he wore when he was scared.

"Don't worry john, we all say things we don't mean" john embraced her again and they sat there for what seemed like hours but in fact it was only minutes.

"Do you want to go out for dinner tonight? I can't be bothered to cook" said John

"Yeh ok then, sounds good I'll go get changed" abby stood up, a bit slower this time to avoid the head rush

"Ok, I'll just jump in the shower"

Abby strolled into the bedroom her and John had shared for the past 2 years, she sat down on the bed and sighed with relief, she felt herself relaxed and leaning backwards, "she'd have a little nap before they went out, john would be ages in the shower" she thought to herself.