Carter was awoken by his high-pitched alarm clock squealing in his left ear. He got up lazily and got ready for a gruelling 12-hour shift in the ER. Once ready, Carter checked his messages, hoping from one from Sara.

"You have no new messages"

Carter's face fell. But before he had time to think about the situation any further his pager alerted him about a 911 emergency in the ER. He grabbed his keys and headed to the ER. At least he would see her at work where she couldn't avoid him, and they'd be forced to communicate he thought.

Carter worked on a family who had been knocked over by a drunk driver for over 2 hours. He had sent up the father to the OR and the children were recuperating in the solace of the children's ward.

Carter headed over to the reception desk to look for Sara. She wasn't any where to be seen.

Carter: Has Sara come in yet?

Pratt:  Nope. She's taken 3 days off

Carter: What? Why?

Pratt: Oh, she's gone away for a few days. She's likely to be back by Monday

Carter: She never told me about it. Has she spoken to you?

Pratt: um…she called me about an hour ago and told me

Carter: Oh rite

Pratt: Look don't worry about it. It probably just slipped her mind to tell you

Carter: It's a bit sudden isn't it? To just up and leave.

Pratt: She asked Weaver for days off work yesterday.

Susan: Carter I need you, partial thickness burns victim coming in

Carter: Ok I'm coming. Thanks Pratt. Jerry if she calls, let me know as soon as possible.

Jerry: Will do

Carter joined Susan in the ambulance bay waiting for the victim while the reception staff began hunting for gossip.

Haleh: What happened last night? I heard Sara that she slapped Carter

Chuni: I heard that Sara ran out on Carter in front of everybody.

Pratt: No, she walked out on him and no one was really watching.

Chuni: Why? I thought they were finally getting it together, they've liked each other for ages.

Haleh: Well it seems that the affection is one sided

Pratt: No, she likes him to. Wait till Monday. They need to sort this out amongst themselves.

Haleh: Ten bucks she tells him she never wants to see him again

Chuni: You're on

Pratt walked over to the lounge and thought to himself, "baby gal, where ever you are, I just hope your ok"