A/N: So here we go guys! The final chapter of Glass! I'm sorry it took so
long but things just got in the way! There may be an epilogue but here it
is now and I hope you enjoy! Also look around for my next fic!
One last memo, a HUGE shout out to my great friend Camila! Without your reviews, love and encouragement I couldn't of finished this without you!! Thank you! And I love you for it!
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That is one thing I really did miss when we were apart. Waking up in his arms. Yeah okay...I gonna hate myself later on today, but we both needed it, well, I did for sure...the amount of hormones zooming through me at that moment in time. I look up from my position on Carter's chest, he's lying flat on the bed, asleep, with me next to him, head on his chest. He's completely out of it, I can tell he's not gonna be up for a while.
Shit! Hang on? I lift my head, and look toward my nightstand...its Friday, it's 9:30am...ah..I think he has a shift...and I certainly have one this evening.
"Carter" I whisper gently nudging him.
He mumbles something incoherent.
"Carter" I say a little louder.
"What" He groans...opening one eye.
"It's half nine.."
"Oh" he groans. Not really taking it in.seeming to fall back asleep.
"John" I say slapping his stomach.
"Hey" he moans placing his hand on mine, on his stomach.
"It's nine thirty," I repeat.
"Nine thirty?"
"Yea.."
"Oh shit! I have a shift in half an hour" he curses, bolting upright.
"Sorry" I mumble quietly brushing my hair out of my face.
I watch him clamber out of bed hurriedly grabbing items of discarded clothing of the floor. I watch him dress in silence; there is definitely some tension in the air...why does sex ruin everything?
"John?" I ask
He looks up from the end of the bed, where he's tying his shoes.
"We still okay? I mean this" I gesture at us with my hands..."Hasn't changed anything? Has it?"
He looks at me for a moment before replying.
"No of course it hasn't we're still the same as before, isn't it what a couple would do?"
"Yeah but, that's just it, we're not together as such..." I waver off thinking of Kirsty
Sighing he says, "You know, we can never do anything normally can we?" He smiles
"Ha, no" I return the smile.
"Look, okay we may not be going out but we are okay about this, don't worry." he smiles and crawls up the bed toward me and plants a soft kiss on my lips.
"We're fine" I smile.
"We're fine," He repeats sealing the 'deal' so it was.
"Hey do you mind, if you let yourself out?" I say, I ache all over. Whether it was last nights 'activities' or what I don't know, but I can't move that's for sure.
"Yeah, whatever" He stands up from the bed.
"I've got a shift later so I'll see you then?"
"You sure will...I'll see you later" He gives me one last kiss and leaves.
After a few crashes and bangs, I hear the door slam and faint footsteps making there way downstairs. It makes me smile; he's so damn clumsy. I flop back down onto my pillow. I sigh contentedly. I'm glad that last night happened, it got allot of feelings sorted and put in the right place. I wasn't sure Carter was okay with what wanted with us, when I told him months back, but now I rest assured that we are on the same wavelength.
I just can't seem to get comfortable now. I wriggle about and toss the covers around. My back hurts like hell. I manage to get out of bed and put on bathrobe on. I make my way to the kitchen when I first start to get suspicious. I dull pain, shoots round the small of my back to the front of stomach. "Uh oh" I whisper, finding the nearest seat and sitting down. Not this early surely? Well, only a month to go...but still. The pain goes as quickly as it came. I stand up again. I make myself some breakfast, feeling fine, I still ache a bit, but since that bad pain it's sorta gone. Nothing to worry about...I hope. No..No I'm fine, if it gets any worse I'll call someone...
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"Evening Sus" I say happily as I walk in for my shift. Thank god she's working too.
"Hey smiler...who's made your day?" She grins impishly from behind the desk
"Ooohhh Just someone." I say cryptically walking into the lounge.
I open my locker and chuck my bag in it, grabbing my scrub jacket; I chuck it on the couch, and head to the fridge pulling out a bottle of water. I close the door, and turn to find Susan looking me straight in the eye with her eyebrow raised.
"I'm not telling!" I say sitting down and pulling on my scrub jacket.
"And I'm supposed to believe that, when you walk in full of the joys of spring?!"
"Yep" I grin
"Aaaaabbyy" She whines sitting at the table, I take it the ER is slow tonight.
"All right all right" I give in.
"Last night, I'm home watching TV stuffing my face of pretzels and ice- cream, someone knocks the door..."
"Yea...don't tell me..."
I look shyly at the floor
"Carter!"
"Huh-huh" I say " At half eleven I might add!"
"No-way"
"Anyway, we chat...like ya do...then I decide I need more ice-cream...go get some...somebody follows me to the freezer, I won't let him have any, cause it is my ice cream, he managed to get it off me...so in the end we're having this silly childish chase round my apartment, which in my state is flipping impossible..."
I Pause; Susan is staring at me, eyes wide waiting for the next part of this story.
"Soooo..."She prompts eagerly.
"Chasing round the apartment, and we hit a wall...smack into each other" I gesture with my hands, clapping them together..."and then......then...."I stop Susan ready to fall off her chair...
"Then what?"
"One thing led to another and..." I stop dead, for one reason...the lounge door just swung open and the only person who could have entered at that moment.... just so happened to be...
"Oh...hi...Carter" I smile lamely glancing at him then back at Susan, we both completely explode into hysterical laughter.
"What?" Carter looks completely mystified.
"Aww, that is so sweet" Susan manages to say between fits of giggles.
"Ah..Ladies...what the hell is so funny?" Carter tries to interrupt...but we continue crying with laughter...I mean it's not really a very funny subject.
I'm still completely in hysterics, when suddenly it happens again.
"Oh god Susan!" I say
"I know ab!" She continues laughing; she probably thinks I am still, seeing as I'm clutching my stomach as I was a minutes ago.
"NO...Susan" I say my voice wavering, at this Carter turns around from making his coffee and trying not to take any notice of us, to giving his full attention.
"Wh..What is it?" Susan gasps, trying to regain seriousness.
"Pain" I say my eyes filling with tears. I think this is it...
"What?" Carter comes over and sits on the couch next to me, his arm around my shoulders.
"I think the baby..." I can't continue, it hurts so bad.
"When did the pain start?" Susan asks, taking my hand.
"This...this morning" I say quietly...I really should of called someone then...it's got so much worse.
"Abby why didn't you tell me?" Carter says, he sounds kind of angry, but worried.
Susan glances at him with small smirk on her face, and I glance at Susan smiling very slightly.
"You had gone"
"Why didn't you ring?" Susan added
"The pain went, so I didn't bother I thought it was just an ache..."
"Abby, you knew and didn't say anything? You were an OB nurse...." Carter began.
"Look" I say stopping them both from talking; the pain has subsided for the moment.
"I'm going into labour here, a month early and all you two are ready to do is lecture me...can we just step back into reality and realise that I'm having a flipping Baby right now!?"
Susan and Carter share an exasperated glance and then look back at me.
Susan stands up and heads for the door." I'll ring OB"
"Yeah whatever" I sigh making to get up but failing miserably.
"Here" Carter gets up and opens out his hands for me to grab onto. I manage to stand, but somehow, fall into an embrace.
"I'm scared," I whisper
"That's okay, you'll be fine" He replies tightening the hug.
"Do you realise..." he adds
"What?" I say craning my neck to look up at him.
"You're having a baby"
"Well duh!" I joke as best I can right now.
"No I meant...OUR baby, you and me...how amazing is that?" He sounds almost awestruck.
"Amazing" I repeat "Carter" I whisper
"What?"
"I really do think we should get up stairs."
And with those last few words, I reach up and kiss him lightly, breaking away I smile.
We're both ready to bring a brand new life into the world, and start afresh together.
Now give me this mountainside// Cool water to lie beside// Give me these too strong eyes to the difference between truth and lies// Now give me this feeling when you kiss me baby every day and every night// That's all I need yes everything is gonna be all right//
One last memo, a HUGE shout out to my great friend Camila! Without your reviews, love and encouragement I couldn't of finished this without you!! Thank you! And I love you for it!
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That is one thing I really did miss when we were apart. Waking up in his arms. Yeah okay...I gonna hate myself later on today, but we both needed it, well, I did for sure...the amount of hormones zooming through me at that moment in time. I look up from my position on Carter's chest, he's lying flat on the bed, asleep, with me next to him, head on his chest. He's completely out of it, I can tell he's not gonna be up for a while.
Shit! Hang on? I lift my head, and look toward my nightstand...its Friday, it's 9:30am...ah..I think he has a shift...and I certainly have one this evening.
"Carter" I whisper gently nudging him.
He mumbles something incoherent.
"Carter" I say a little louder.
"What" He groans...opening one eye.
"It's half nine.."
"Oh" he groans. Not really taking it in.seeming to fall back asleep.
"John" I say slapping his stomach.
"Hey" he moans placing his hand on mine, on his stomach.
"It's nine thirty," I repeat.
"Nine thirty?"
"Yea.."
"Oh shit! I have a shift in half an hour" he curses, bolting upright.
"Sorry" I mumble quietly brushing my hair out of my face.
I watch him clamber out of bed hurriedly grabbing items of discarded clothing of the floor. I watch him dress in silence; there is definitely some tension in the air...why does sex ruin everything?
"John?" I ask
He looks up from the end of the bed, where he's tying his shoes.
"We still okay? I mean this" I gesture at us with my hands..."Hasn't changed anything? Has it?"
He looks at me for a moment before replying.
"No of course it hasn't we're still the same as before, isn't it what a couple would do?"
"Yeah but, that's just it, we're not together as such..." I waver off thinking of Kirsty
Sighing he says, "You know, we can never do anything normally can we?" He smiles
"Ha, no" I return the smile.
"Look, okay we may not be going out but we are okay about this, don't worry." he smiles and crawls up the bed toward me and plants a soft kiss on my lips.
"We're fine" I smile.
"We're fine," He repeats sealing the 'deal' so it was.
"Hey do you mind, if you let yourself out?" I say, I ache all over. Whether it was last nights 'activities' or what I don't know, but I can't move that's for sure.
"Yeah, whatever" He stands up from the bed.
"I've got a shift later so I'll see you then?"
"You sure will...I'll see you later" He gives me one last kiss and leaves.
After a few crashes and bangs, I hear the door slam and faint footsteps making there way downstairs. It makes me smile; he's so damn clumsy. I flop back down onto my pillow. I sigh contentedly. I'm glad that last night happened, it got allot of feelings sorted and put in the right place. I wasn't sure Carter was okay with what wanted with us, when I told him months back, but now I rest assured that we are on the same wavelength.
I just can't seem to get comfortable now. I wriggle about and toss the covers around. My back hurts like hell. I manage to get out of bed and put on bathrobe on. I make my way to the kitchen when I first start to get suspicious. I dull pain, shoots round the small of my back to the front of stomach. "Uh oh" I whisper, finding the nearest seat and sitting down. Not this early surely? Well, only a month to go...but still. The pain goes as quickly as it came. I stand up again. I make myself some breakfast, feeling fine, I still ache a bit, but since that bad pain it's sorta gone. Nothing to worry about...I hope. No..No I'm fine, if it gets any worse I'll call someone...
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"Evening Sus" I say happily as I walk in for my shift. Thank god she's working too.
"Hey smiler...who's made your day?" She grins impishly from behind the desk
"Ooohhh Just someone." I say cryptically walking into the lounge.
I open my locker and chuck my bag in it, grabbing my scrub jacket; I chuck it on the couch, and head to the fridge pulling out a bottle of water. I close the door, and turn to find Susan looking me straight in the eye with her eyebrow raised.
"I'm not telling!" I say sitting down and pulling on my scrub jacket.
"And I'm supposed to believe that, when you walk in full of the joys of spring?!"
"Yep" I grin
"Aaaaabbyy" She whines sitting at the table, I take it the ER is slow tonight.
"All right all right" I give in.
"Last night, I'm home watching TV stuffing my face of pretzels and ice- cream, someone knocks the door..."
"Yea...don't tell me..."
I look shyly at the floor
"Carter!"
"Huh-huh" I say " At half eleven I might add!"
"No-way"
"Anyway, we chat...like ya do...then I decide I need more ice-cream...go get some...somebody follows me to the freezer, I won't let him have any, cause it is my ice cream, he managed to get it off me...so in the end we're having this silly childish chase round my apartment, which in my state is flipping impossible..."
I Pause; Susan is staring at me, eyes wide waiting for the next part of this story.
"Soooo..."She prompts eagerly.
"Chasing round the apartment, and we hit a wall...smack into each other" I gesture with my hands, clapping them together..."and then......then...."I stop Susan ready to fall off her chair...
"Then what?"
"One thing led to another and..." I stop dead, for one reason...the lounge door just swung open and the only person who could have entered at that moment.... just so happened to be...
"Oh...hi...Carter" I smile lamely glancing at him then back at Susan, we both completely explode into hysterical laughter.
"What?" Carter looks completely mystified.
"Aww, that is so sweet" Susan manages to say between fits of giggles.
"Ah..Ladies...what the hell is so funny?" Carter tries to interrupt...but we continue crying with laughter...I mean it's not really a very funny subject.
I'm still completely in hysterics, when suddenly it happens again.
"Oh god Susan!" I say
"I know ab!" She continues laughing; she probably thinks I am still, seeing as I'm clutching my stomach as I was a minutes ago.
"NO...Susan" I say my voice wavering, at this Carter turns around from making his coffee and trying not to take any notice of us, to giving his full attention.
"Wh..What is it?" Susan gasps, trying to regain seriousness.
"Pain" I say my eyes filling with tears. I think this is it...
"What?" Carter comes over and sits on the couch next to me, his arm around my shoulders.
"I think the baby..." I can't continue, it hurts so bad.
"When did the pain start?" Susan asks, taking my hand.
"This...this morning" I say quietly...I really should of called someone then...it's got so much worse.
"Abby why didn't you tell me?" Carter says, he sounds kind of angry, but worried.
Susan glances at him with small smirk on her face, and I glance at Susan smiling very slightly.
"You had gone"
"Why didn't you ring?" Susan added
"The pain went, so I didn't bother I thought it was just an ache..."
"Abby, you knew and didn't say anything? You were an OB nurse...." Carter began.
"Look" I say stopping them both from talking; the pain has subsided for the moment.
"I'm going into labour here, a month early and all you two are ready to do is lecture me...can we just step back into reality and realise that I'm having a flipping Baby right now!?"
Susan and Carter share an exasperated glance and then look back at me.
Susan stands up and heads for the door." I'll ring OB"
"Yeah whatever" I sigh making to get up but failing miserably.
"Here" Carter gets up and opens out his hands for me to grab onto. I manage to stand, but somehow, fall into an embrace.
"I'm scared," I whisper
"That's okay, you'll be fine" He replies tightening the hug.
"Do you realise..." he adds
"What?" I say craning my neck to look up at him.
"You're having a baby"
"Well duh!" I joke as best I can right now.
"No I meant...OUR baby, you and me...how amazing is that?" He sounds almost awestruck.
"Amazing" I repeat "Carter" I whisper
"What?"
"I really do think we should get up stairs."
And with those last few words, I reach up and kiss him lightly, breaking away I smile.
We're both ready to bring a brand new life into the world, and start afresh together.
Now give me this mountainside// Cool water to lie beside// Give me these too strong eyes to the difference between truth and lies// Now give me this feeling when you kiss me baby every day and every night// That's all I need yes everything is gonna be all right//