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Unexpected Turn

Chapter 2

"Are you glad everything is normal again?" Susan asked with a smile as Abby walked into the ER. Abby chuckled.

"Oh yes! I am very happy. Two weeks in here with only five people. Yikes," Abby said as she walked into the lounge with Susan. It had been about two and a half weeks since the Small Pox scare.

"So, how are things?" Susan asked. Abby glanced at her.

"Excuse me?" Abby asked. Susan smiled.

"Oh come on, Abby. We all know you were in here with Carter. What happened?" Susan asked. Abby groaned.

"Nothing happened! We are just friends! Ask Chen. She was with me the most these past two weeks," Abby said almost snapping at Susan. Susan jumped, noticing how touchy Abby was on the subject. She held her hands up.

"Ok. Sorry, I just thought.... You know what? Nevermind," Susan said. Abby nodded.

"Good, because happened and nothing ever will happen. We are too good of friends," Abby said. Susan nodded. Susan looked at Abby, she knew that Carter liked Abby, and Abby liked Carter, so why couldn't they get together, oh well, thought Susan to herself.

"You are lucky to have such a good friendship," Susan said. Abby nodded.

"Yeah, I know," Abby said. Kerry popped her head into the lounge.

"Let's go! We have an MVA coming in," she called and left. Susan and Abby hurried outside to meet the ambulance.

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"10 milligrams of morophine to take the edge off and I want a chest x-ray and head CT," Susan said. Abby nodded and wrote it down in the chart. She adjusted the oxygen on the patient and checked his vitals again. After everything was taken care of she walked out of the room and took her gloves and scrubs off. She saw Carter and Pratt in a trauma room with the man's wife. She walked over up to the main desk.

"Hey Abby, this guy says you promised him you would take his I.V. out about a half hour ago, since Weaver discharged him," Jerry said. Abby groaned.

"Oh Mr. Jacobs," Abby said. She walked over to him and took care of him.

"You been busy?" the elderly man asked. Abby nodded.

"Yeah, sorry, I forgot about you," Abby said.

"It's alright. I enjoy watching the different kinds of people who come in here," he said. Abby shook her head and chuckled slightly.

"You married?" he asked. Abby shook her head.

"No," Abby said.

"You should. It's the best thing I ever did," Mr. Jacobs smiled. Abby smiled at him.

"Ok. I'll remember that," Abby said as she stood up. She walked into the lounge again to get a cup of coffee, even though she would rather have some from across the street. She saw Carter and Chen talking at the table.

"Hey Abby," Chen smiled.

"Hey," Abby said pouring herself some coffee.

"Did your guy make it?" Carter asked. Abby nodded.

"Yeah. Just had a laceration on his head and some broken ribs. What about the wife?" Abby asked. Carter shook his head.

"She had a ruptured liver and a tension pnuemo and she didn't get air fast enough. She died up in surgery," Carter said softly. Abby sighed sitting down next to Chen.

"Our first day back and it's starting out bad," Chen said shaking her head. Abby and Carter nodded in agreement. Chen left a few minutes later, leaving Carter and Abby alone together.

"So do you feel clean now?" Carter teased. Abby nodded and chuckled.

"Oh yes! I think I took like 10 showers when I got home," she chuckled. Carter joined in. They shared a laugh and then just looked at each other.

To be continued......