Chapter 2
A Sound Sleep
The whole apartment was decorated with pumpkins and lights. Abby could smell pie cooking in the oven, and the whole room had an orange glow. She walked in and slammed the door. She was glad that this 'emergency' wasn't a real one but she was also very mad that Carter hadn't thought that she might get this upset. She yelled, "Carter! Come out here. You know you really make me mad sometimes!" Out from the bedroom came Carter, but he didn't look like normal. He was sweating and was very pale. Abby now seeing him give his weak smile said in a softer tone, "My god are you alright?" "Yeah" he said, " I didn't lie about being sick, and when I called I didn't feel all that bad but I wanted you home. Then later I got bored so I decorated a little so we could have a fun Halloween. Now that your back though, HA, I'm glad because I'm really not feeling well. I think I might have the flu." Again he gave his cute smile that just melted her heart. "Oh well you look awful. Sit down and I'll get you something to drink." While she walked into the kitchen he grabbed a blanket and sat down on the couch, pulling his feet up to his chest. "I hope I didn't make you angry. You sounded like it when you walked in, I can have all of these things down in an hour if you want." "No" Abby said from the kitchen, "I was just really worried when you called, I'm glad it's not as serious as it sounded, although you do look pretty bad." "Well I feel pretty bad." Carter said with a half a laugh. "When I woke up I felt pretty bad but I tried to go to work anyway. I got halfway down the block and thought I was going to be sick! So I just came back and called in." "Did you take your temperature?" Abby said as she handed him a glass of ice water and sat next to him. As he answered she put her hand on his forehead. "Yeah I did when I came back, 101. That's why I thought I had the flu. Then after I slept a little more and woke up again I felt a lot better. So I decided to do all of this. Then I got halfway through carving the pumpkin and I almost passed out. Sorry I didn't get to finish it. It WAS going to say 'Happy Halloween Abby' but I only got through 'Happy Hall'" "Don't worry about it." She said with a caring smile, "I will get you feeling better and then you can finish it." She kissed his head again, but this time she could feel the heat coming off of him. "Why don't you go take a nice cold shower and I'll make you some soup ok?" Carter nodded and with some difficulty got off of the couch and headed for the bathroom. "I won't be long." He said as he closed the door behind him.
Abby started to open a can of tomato soup when she heard coughing sounds from the bathroom. She walked over and knocked on the door, "Carter are you ok?" Muffled sounds and then she heard, "Yeah sorry I just thought I was going to be sick, I'm ok though." Abby waited a minute at the door and once she heard the water turn on the made her way back to the kitchen. Carter really did look bad. He was fine last night, she wondered what could come on that quickly and make him be that sick. Even though he was joking about needing to go to the hospital, if his temperature went any higher he would have to go for sure.
Ten minutes later Carter emerged from the bathroom looking even worse then before, but now at least his hair was matted with water and not sweat. Although he was already wearing his thick gray sweatpants and his long Chicago Bulls t-shirt he went into the bedroom and came back with another sweatshirt and a blanket. "I usually don't get very sick. Hell I usually don't get sick at all." Abby smiled as she entered the living room with two bowls of soup. "Well the good news about being indoors on Halloween is that there is always something on TV!" she said with a smile. "I'm sorry about getting you off of work Abby, I know it's not exactly your dream to leave work where at least you get paid for taking care of sick people to come home where you don't get paid but still have to." "Well" she said with a grin, " I get paid in another way." He smiled as she kissed him again. She felt him relax as he put his head in her lap. "Can you just sit with me for a little bit?" "Absolutely" she said as she reached for the TV remote. After finally finding the right movie, Dracula 2000, she reached for Carter's blanket and tucked it in around him. "You should really try to eat or drink something." She said to him as she stroked his hair. "I'm not really in the mood to eat. I just want to go to sleep." Carter sat up and rubbed his eyes. He put his head down and clasped his hands around his neck. Sighed. "Well I am sorry to be such a loser but I think I have to go to bed. I know it's early but could you come in as soon as you can. I would really like some company. it's dark.and scary. and after seeing those cheesy effects I'll be scared for life!" He joked. "Yeah ill be in there in a second, ill just clean this up and take a shower ok?" Carter smiled and headed into the bedroom. Once she cleaned the soup bowls she walked into the bedroom to find Carter still awake. She turned on a lamp to find her nightclothes and then sat down on the corner of the bed. He was so white and his beautiful lips were rough and chapped. He had gotten red rings around his eyes but even like that he still looked so handsome. "I'll be back in fifteen ok? You should really get some rest." Carter winked at her and closed his eyes. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. Ten minutes later she was out with her hair up in a towel. She walked quietly to the other side of the bed being as careful as she was that morning not to wake him if he was asleep. She crawled into bed and put her arms around him. She always liked to feel his steady breathing. She looked at the clock that read 9:45. It was a little early for her to be sleeping but he had asked her to hold him, and she thought the amount of times that he had held her, she owed him one. She felt as his chest rose and fell, but it did so very faintly like that of someone who is very sound asleep. In another ten minutes she awoke to the TV, she hadn't turned it off. "Damn" she thought, "Now I might wake him up." But as she moved her hands she realized that Carter had become very cold. She put her hands on his chest again to find that steady rise and fall that she loved and didn't feel it. Suddenly a panic came over her. She rolled Carter over on his back and shook his arm. "Carter, Carter!" she yelled. No response. She shook him again and then put her hand on his neck trying to feel for his pulse. Nothing. Now frantic she opened his mouth only to find it filled with blood. She jumped off the bed and headed for the phone. 9-1-1. "911 yes this is an emergency.. My Boyfriends dying!".
To be continued
Hope you like it! Tell me what you think!
Always, Kathleen
The whole apartment was decorated with pumpkins and lights. Abby could smell pie cooking in the oven, and the whole room had an orange glow. She walked in and slammed the door. She was glad that this 'emergency' wasn't a real one but she was also very mad that Carter hadn't thought that she might get this upset. She yelled, "Carter! Come out here. You know you really make me mad sometimes!" Out from the bedroom came Carter, but he didn't look like normal. He was sweating and was very pale. Abby now seeing him give his weak smile said in a softer tone, "My god are you alright?" "Yeah" he said, " I didn't lie about being sick, and when I called I didn't feel all that bad but I wanted you home. Then later I got bored so I decorated a little so we could have a fun Halloween. Now that your back though, HA, I'm glad because I'm really not feeling well. I think I might have the flu." Again he gave his cute smile that just melted her heart. "Oh well you look awful. Sit down and I'll get you something to drink." While she walked into the kitchen he grabbed a blanket and sat down on the couch, pulling his feet up to his chest. "I hope I didn't make you angry. You sounded like it when you walked in, I can have all of these things down in an hour if you want." "No" Abby said from the kitchen, "I was just really worried when you called, I'm glad it's not as serious as it sounded, although you do look pretty bad." "Well I feel pretty bad." Carter said with a half a laugh. "When I woke up I felt pretty bad but I tried to go to work anyway. I got halfway down the block and thought I was going to be sick! So I just came back and called in." "Did you take your temperature?" Abby said as she handed him a glass of ice water and sat next to him. As he answered she put her hand on his forehead. "Yeah I did when I came back, 101. That's why I thought I had the flu. Then after I slept a little more and woke up again I felt a lot better. So I decided to do all of this. Then I got halfway through carving the pumpkin and I almost passed out. Sorry I didn't get to finish it. It WAS going to say 'Happy Halloween Abby' but I only got through 'Happy Hall'" "Don't worry about it." She said with a caring smile, "I will get you feeling better and then you can finish it." She kissed his head again, but this time she could feel the heat coming off of him. "Why don't you go take a nice cold shower and I'll make you some soup ok?" Carter nodded and with some difficulty got off of the couch and headed for the bathroom. "I won't be long." He said as he closed the door behind him.
Abby started to open a can of tomato soup when she heard coughing sounds from the bathroom. She walked over and knocked on the door, "Carter are you ok?" Muffled sounds and then she heard, "Yeah sorry I just thought I was going to be sick, I'm ok though." Abby waited a minute at the door and once she heard the water turn on the made her way back to the kitchen. Carter really did look bad. He was fine last night, she wondered what could come on that quickly and make him be that sick. Even though he was joking about needing to go to the hospital, if his temperature went any higher he would have to go for sure.
Ten minutes later Carter emerged from the bathroom looking even worse then before, but now at least his hair was matted with water and not sweat. Although he was already wearing his thick gray sweatpants and his long Chicago Bulls t-shirt he went into the bedroom and came back with another sweatshirt and a blanket. "I usually don't get very sick. Hell I usually don't get sick at all." Abby smiled as she entered the living room with two bowls of soup. "Well the good news about being indoors on Halloween is that there is always something on TV!" she said with a smile. "I'm sorry about getting you off of work Abby, I know it's not exactly your dream to leave work where at least you get paid for taking care of sick people to come home where you don't get paid but still have to." "Well" she said with a grin, " I get paid in another way." He smiled as she kissed him again. She felt him relax as he put his head in her lap. "Can you just sit with me for a little bit?" "Absolutely" she said as she reached for the TV remote. After finally finding the right movie, Dracula 2000, she reached for Carter's blanket and tucked it in around him. "You should really try to eat or drink something." She said to him as she stroked his hair. "I'm not really in the mood to eat. I just want to go to sleep." Carter sat up and rubbed his eyes. He put his head down and clasped his hands around his neck. Sighed. "Well I am sorry to be such a loser but I think I have to go to bed. I know it's early but could you come in as soon as you can. I would really like some company. it's dark.and scary. and after seeing those cheesy effects I'll be scared for life!" He joked. "Yeah ill be in there in a second, ill just clean this up and take a shower ok?" Carter smiled and headed into the bedroom. Once she cleaned the soup bowls she walked into the bedroom to find Carter still awake. She turned on a lamp to find her nightclothes and then sat down on the corner of the bed. He was so white and his beautiful lips were rough and chapped. He had gotten red rings around his eyes but even like that he still looked so handsome. "I'll be back in fifteen ok? You should really get some rest." Carter winked at her and closed his eyes. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. Ten minutes later she was out with her hair up in a towel. She walked quietly to the other side of the bed being as careful as she was that morning not to wake him if he was asleep. She crawled into bed and put her arms around him. She always liked to feel his steady breathing. She looked at the clock that read 9:45. It was a little early for her to be sleeping but he had asked her to hold him, and she thought the amount of times that he had held her, she owed him one. She felt as his chest rose and fell, but it did so very faintly like that of someone who is very sound asleep. In another ten minutes she awoke to the TV, she hadn't turned it off. "Damn" she thought, "Now I might wake him up." But as she moved her hands she realized that Carter had become very cold. She put her hands on his chest again to find that steady rise and fall that she loved and didn't feel it. Suddenly a panic came over her. She rolled Carter over on his back and shook his arm. "Carter, Carter!" she yelled. No response. She shook him again and then put her hand on his neck trying to feel for his pulse. Nothing. Now frantic she opened his mouth only to find it filled with blood. She jumped off the bed and headed for the phone. 9-1-1. "911 yes this is an emergency.. My Boyfriends dying!".
To be continued
Hope you like it! Tell me what you think!
Always, Kathleen