Making a Wish (Decisions)
Setting: This takes place during "Beyond Repair." You'll know where.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, but I'd like to borrow Carter for a little while.
He felt numb. His whole body felt as if he had been swallowed up into a hole of nothing. He saw nothing—except him, Lucy's killer. He ran off after just after telling him that he was better.
He wasn't. Sobricki could rot in hell for all he cared. He ran to the bathroom, splashing water on his face and checking behind him to make sure that Sobricki wasn't lurking in the bathroom with the blade—the eight inch blade that had made the last two years a living hell.
He was ready to leave when a sudden nausea came over him, and he threw up.
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Twenty minutes later, Carter sat up on the roof. His eyes gazed at the stars above him and his mind wandered. His only thought: Lucy.
What if he had listened to her that day? What if he could've prevented it?
But he couldn't. He never could.
If only he had a time machine to push back time.
But he didn't. She would stay dead forever.
As a shooting star passed, he wispered, "wish you were here, Luce."
And he went back to work.
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For some reason, Carter felt strange. He was off at eleven, and while he should've been tired, he felt as if a huge weight had been lifted and was unbelievably happy. He went home in good spirits and slept, not knowing what tomorrow would bring him.
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So there's the first chapter. Tell me what you think!