When Abby awoke, she was lying in the empty gurney, she took a moment
before standing up so the fluids in her brain would stop swirling and
settle. She slowly placed her feet on the ground as a test to regain her
balance. There was a note taped to the side of the desk, scrawled in lilac
ink, it said. 'Think about it' and then there was a number and address. She
was tempted to crumple it into a ball and throw it into the garbage but
neatly folded it and stuffed it into her purse that was sitting on the
counter
Abby walked out in the hall and saw doctor Jamie Isaacs flirting with Denise at the counter. His neatly cut blonde hair neatly framed his face and his smoky brown eyes twinkled when he saw Abby coming down the hall. "Hey Abby-kins!" He called out to her, she looked up at him with a fleeting smile, but she was in no mood to be 'courted' by Jamie Isaacs. The smile, however, was not enough to deter him.
He followed her down the hall up the women's rest room. She turned to him and tilted her chin up to him. "You can't follow me in here Jamie" She said coldly. She started to open the door, but he forcefully placed a wide- palmed hand on the door and kept it shut. "It's the little boy isn't it?" He asked as he stared down at her with his nearly golden eyes. "His name is Cody, Jamie. And it's none of your business"
She tried the door again, but Jamie was stronger then he looked. "The hell it's not. You may be a resident now and just because I'm not your attending, doesn't mean that I don't care. I still care about you Abby" Abby tried to hold his stare but couldn't. "The only time you care, Jamie, is when everything is easy. When something bad happens you're nowhere to be found," She said as she scooped her hair over her shoulder.
"No where?" He asked, his teeth clenched. "Where am I right now Abby?" He demanded. "You're in keeping me from going to the bathroom, and I need to pee so if you would move" She said as she shoved at his long body. "Abby. I really do care about you" She suddenly spun on him furiously. "We had sex Jamie, nothing more" She shoved once again at him and pulled the bathroom door open.
Once safely inside the bathroom, she heard Jamie's footsteps leading away from the door and she turned to look at herself in the mirror. There were ugly yellow smudges under her tired blue eyes. She touched them experimentally with her index finger and sighed. She really hadn't meant to snap at Jamie like that, he was a nice guy when he wanted to be and an excellent doctor. He was more experienced then she was, for he had been at the hospital for 13 years. He wasn't as affected by death as Abby was.
She felt something burning in the back of her mouth, confused, she spit into the sink, so she was shocked to see a small ball of fire slowly sliding down the wall of the white ceramic. She quickly turned on the water and it went out. The ceramic wasn't even burned. Frightened, she rushed out of the bathroom and into Jamie again.
He caught her before she fell and studied her face. "It was about time you figured it out" He said and let her go. She was so stunned that she nearly fell again. "What's wrong with me?" She asked as she followed him down the hall as he walked away from her. "Nothing is wrong with you" He snapped. As if in a daze, she followed him wherever he went.
They ended up in his office, she slammed the door shut and turned to face him again. He wasn't looking at her but shuffling some papers. "Tell me what is going on" She demanded. He looked up at her and raised a pale eyebrow. "You're a mutant Abby. I'm surprised that it took you this long to get it through your head" She could only stare at him. "You knew. You knew all along and you didn't tell me"
His head snapped up quickly. "Of course I knew. How couldn't I?!" Abby stared at him stupidly. "That night that we had sex I knew instantly because it's inside you Abby" He wasn't shouting anymore, but his voice was viciously harsh. She wished she didn't understand what Jamie was saying, but his words made too much sense to her. "How did this happen?" She asked. His voice softened, but his eyes were hard and golden.
He stood and rubbed his hands down her arms. "Look I understand that you have some questions and anxiety. I wish I could give you all the answers you want, but I can't. However I can tell you the place that can. It's in New York however" Abby's eyes widened. "This place isn't a school is it?" Jamie stared at her for a moment before he nodded. "Yes" Abby nodded slowly and lowered herself to the plush brown leather chair that sat in front of Jamie's desk.
He went behind the desk so he could look at her. "But I'm Abby Hudson.I'm Abby Hudson" She said it as if she were trying to convince herself of that fact. "Yes, you are Abby Hudson," Jamie said softly, taking her hands in his. "But there is also this other part of you" When she only stared at him with her pretty eyes, he sighed,
"The part of you that you've been ignoring is an amazing gift. You have the ability to spit fire" She took a deep breath. "Is there any way that it will go away?" She asked. "Why would you want it to?" Jamie asked, staring at her incredulously. Her skin began to prickle and began to feel a little hot. "Are you.a mutant.as well?" He seemed to take his time to answer her question. "Yes, I am. And I've been to the school that you were talking about. It's been around for a long time Abby. I lived there for 6 years before I left to work at the hospital"
Everything seemed to be seeping into her. A smile pulled at her lips as she looked up at him. "What's your special power?" Jamie smiled as well, "I can change my appearance" Abby cocked her head to the side. "But how did this happen to me?" She asked, a little distraught. "No one knows how the mutant gene is formed, but my guess that since the male gene is dominant, you got it from your father"
Abby shook her head slowly. "I'm sorry Jamie," She said softly and tried to rise from the chair, only to find that her knees her still weak. "I suggest that you go to the school Abby" Jamie said as he moved to help her out of the chair. "The professor can answer any questions you have, and maybe you'll decide to stay for a while. I can find someone to take over your shift for as long as you need." Abby was about to protest once she was on her feet, but Jamie held up a hand quickly. "Abby, please, for once in your life DON'T argue with me" She laughed and kissed his smiling mouth. "I think I will go see this professor of yours" She said and flicked a finger under his stubbly chin.
Abby walked out in the hall and saw doctor Jamie Isaacs flirting with Denise at the counter. His neatly cut blonde hair neatly framed his face and his smoky brown eyes twinkled when he saw Abby coming down the hall. "Hey Abby-kins!" He called out to her, she looked up at him with a fleeting smile, but she was in no mood to be 'courted' by Jamie Isaacs. The smile, however, was not enough to deter him.
He followed her down the hall up the women's rest room. She turned to him and tilted her chin up to him. "You can't follow me in here Jamie" She said coldly. She started to open the door, but he forcefully placed a wide- palmed hand on the door and kept it shut. "It's the little boy isn't it?" He asked as he stared down at her with his nearly golden eyes. "His name is Cody, Jamie. And it's none of your business"
She tried the door again, but Jamie was stronger then he looked. "The hell it's not. You may be a resident now and just because I'm not your attending, doesn't mean that I don't care. I still care about you Abby" Abby tried to hold his stare but couldn't. "The only time you care, Jamie, is when everything is easy. When something bad happens you're nowhere to be found," She said as she scooped her hair over her shoulder.
"No where?" He asked, his teeth clenched. "Where am I right now Abby?" He demanded. "You're in keeping me from going to the bathroom, and I need to pee so if you would move" She said as she shoved at his long body. "Abby. I really do care about you" She suddenly spun on him furiously. "We had sex Jamie, nothing more" She shoved once again at him and pulled the bathroom door open.
Once safely inside the bathroom, she heard Jamie's footsteps leading away from the door and she turned to look at herself in the mirror. There were ugly yellow smudges under her tired blue eyes. She touched them experimentally with her index finger and sighed. She really hadn't meant to snap at Jamie like that, he was a nice guy when he wanted to be and an excellent doctor. He was more experienced then she was, for he had been at the hospital for 13 years. He wasn't as affected by death as Abby was.
She felt something burning in the back of her mouth, confused, she spit into the sink, so she was shocked to see a small ball of fire slowly sliding down the wall of the white ceramic. She quickly turned on the water and it went out. The ceramic wasn't even burned. Frightened, she rushed out of the bathroom and into Jamie again.
He caught her before she fell and studied her face. "It was about time you figured it out" He said and let her go. She was so stunned that she nearly fell again. "What's wrong with me?" She asked as she followed him down the hall as he walked away from her. "Nothing is wrong with you" He snapped. As if in a daze, she followed him wherever he went.
They ended up in his office, she slammed the door shut and turned to face him again. He wasn't looking at her but shuffling some papers. "Tell me what is going on" She demanded. He looked up at her and raised a pale eyebrow. "You're a mutant Abby. I'm surprised that it took you this long to get it through your head" She could only stare at him. "You knew. You knew all along and you didn't tell me"
His head snapped up quickly. "Of course I knew. How couldn't I?!" Abby stared at him stupidly. "That night that we had sex I knew instantly because it's inside you Abby" He wasn't shouting anymore, but his voice was viciously harsh. She wished she didn't understand what Jamie was saying, but his words made too much sense to her. "How did this happen?" She asked. His voice softened, but his eyes were hard and golden.
He stood and rubbed his hands down her arms. "Look I understand that you have some questions and anxiety. I wish I could give you all the answers you want, but I can't. However I can tell you the place that can. It's in New York however" Abby's eyes widened. "This place isn't a school is it?" Jamie stared at her for a moment before he nodded. "Yes" Abby nodded slowly and lowered herself to the plush brown leather chair that sat in front of Jamie's desk.
He went behind the desk so he could look at her. "But I'm Abby Hudson.I'm Abby Hudson" She said it as if she were trying to convince herself of that fact. "Yes, you are Abby Hudson," Jamie said softly, taking her hands in his. "But there is also this other part of you" When she only stared at him with her pretty eyes, he sighed,
"The part of you that you've been ignoring is an amazing gift. You have the ability to spit fire" She took a deep breath. "Is there any way that it will go away?" She asked. "Why would you want it to?" Jamie asked, staring at her incredulously. Her skin began to prickle and began to feel a little hot. "Are you.a mutant.as well?" He seemed to take his time to answer her question. "Yes, I am. And I've been to the school that you were talking about. It's been around for a long time Abby. I lived there for 6 years before I left to work at the hospital"
Everything seemed to be seeping into her. A smile pulled at her lips as she looked up at him. "What's your special power?" Jamie smiled as well, "I can change my appearance" Abby cocked her head to the side. "But how did this happen to me?" She asked, a little distraught. "No one knows how the mutant gene is formed, but my guess that since the male gene is dominant, you got it from your father"
Abby shook her head slowly. "I'm sorry Jamie," She said softly and tried to rise from the chair, only to find that her knees her still weak. "I suggest that you go to the school Abby" Jamie said as he moved to help her out of the chair. "The professor can answer any questions you have, and maybe you'll decide to stay for a while. I can find someone to take over your shift for as long as you need." Abby was about to protest once she was on her feet, but Jamie held up a hand quickly. "Abby, please, for once in your life DON'T argue with me" She laughed and kissed his smiling mouth. "I think I will go see this professor of yours" She said and flicked a finger under his stubbly chin.