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Part Two

"So, Carter's back," Susan said, leaning on the admit desk next to Abby.

"Yup." She grabbed a chart, and started studying it. "Arm lac?"

"You're avoiding the topic of conversation?" Abby shrugged. "Abby!" After no response, Susan shook her head and took the chart. "Arm lac, and then we need a serious chat."

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"What's up man?" Pratt followed Carter out of the Trauma room and down the corridor. "That wasn't like you in there."

"I've seen things you'll never see, Pratt. It changes perspectives." He pulled his gloves off, throwing them into a bin on his way past.

"I say there's something else. You want to talk?" Carter let out a small laugh. "Really man." He stopped at admit and looked at his boss, who had also stopped and looked rather uncertain. "Coffee?"

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Abby and Susan sat on a bench outside the remains of Doc Magoo's, each cradling a polystyrene mug of coffee in their hands. "So, you gonna tell me what happened?"

"There's not much to tell," Abby shrugged. "He came to my apartment."

"That's sweet." Once again Abby shrugged.

"He let himself in. He was making breakfast this morning when I woke up."

She paused for second and sipped the scolding coffee, grateful of the moment of silence it gave her.
"I didn't know what to do Susan! It's the first time I've been unsure about how to react, how to be with him. He flies away to Africa playing "Dr. Hero" leaving our relationship hanging on memories... now he comes back, welcomes himself into my apartment and expects to pick up from a few months ago..."

"Hey!" Susan hugged her reassuringly. "Abby it's obvious! He came back because he missed you, Africa gave him time he needed after his Gamma died... why else would he go straight to your apartment?!"

"I bet he only came to mine 'cause he was horny!"

Susan snorted into her coffee, looked up, and realised by Abby's expression she wasn't joking.

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Pratt lay splayed out on the lounge couch, his head dangling off the arm, while Carter made coffee.

"I rocked that trauma! I am the daddy!"

Carter raised an eyebrow: maybe confiding in Pratt wouldn't be such a great idea. He fiddled with the blinds and spotted Abby & Susan sat on a bench next to Doc Magoos. What the hell! If she could go bitching to Susan, he could certainly bitch back to Pratt!

"How are you and Deb... I mean Jing-Mei?"

"We're cool! It's all good... I take it your moods more to do with Abby rather than being back in Chicago?"

"Both! How do you know?"

Pratt sat upright, looking serious "Man, that look you've got on your face says "Chick trouble" all over it..."

"Its not exactly that bad... it's just" He sipped his coffee for a moment, and tried to think how he could explain. "Well it is that bad.. I turned up at her apartment, and she threw me out, demanded her key back, all but broke up with me"

"Hey brother! She probably thought you were out there having a good time without her, ya know! Not giving her a second thought..."

"That's not true!" he demanded

"Don't tell me that, tell her! If you've not spoken to her, how does she know you weren't playing doctors and nurses in Africa?!" he winked, and continued, looking pensive for a moment. "Were there any hot nurses?!"

Carter laughed, in spite of the situation...
"There was me thinking you were all mature & grown up! There was one nurse... but the thought of Abby kept me away ya know?! That and Luka..."

They grinned and headed back out into the ER

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"He wasn't horny!" Susan exclaimed, shocked that Abby was serious.

"He came into my bedroom."

"Yeah, to see you. Not for sex!" If the situation weren't so awful for her two best friends she'd probably laugh at the absurdity of it.

"You don't know that. And I don't know what happened when he came in...I wasn't awake."

"Abby, what are you implying?" Abby shrugged. "I cannot believe you'd ever say that. Or think it. Don't you know how much he loves you?" She sighed and looked down into her coffee. "I'm actually quite disgusted that you could say that."

"Great," Abby muttered, getting up from the bench and throwing her cup into a bin. "And I thought you were on my side here."

"I'm not taking sides. But yeah, I'm here for you to talk to. We're friends! But when you say something like that...I just find it hard to be sympathetic."

Abby fiddled with her nails, and turned back round to look at Susan. "I'm sorry." A small tear fell down her cheek. "I shouldn't have said that, it was stupid. I know he wouldn't. It was a really stupid thing to say." A few more tears began to fall. "I'm such a stupid bitch, no wonder he hates me."

"Hey!" Susan got up and pulled her friend into a hug. "He doesn't hate you. Never has, doesn't now, and never will. That man is madly in love with you." Abby couldn't help put smile slightly at Susan's words. Yeah, they were true, she guessed.

"I know." She laughed and cried into her friend's shoulder at the same time. "So why do I always screw up?"

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