Two days later……
5.30pm County General Hospital
Doctor's lounge
'Hey' she said as she walked into the Doctor's lounge
He looked up from the pile of charts he was working on, his eyes tired and his body weak, frustrated and sleepy he ran a hand through his hair. A smile crept across his face when he saw it was her. Everything he was feeling – lack of sleep, back pain, annoyance that he had been there doing Mark's shifts as well as his own for 3 days straight, and tiredness melted away when he was near her.
'Hey yourself'
'Carter… you've been here ten and a half hours' she said as she moved in front of him and lent back against the table.
'Uh huh, only one and a half to go'
She ran her hand through his hair lovingly and let it come to rest on his cheek with a sympathetic smile she said: 'come over when you finish'
He let out a sigh
'Its closer to the hospital than yours, and I'll look after you'
'So I need looking after do I?'
'Yes, yes you do' she said getting up and walking to her locker
'Kay, I'll see you later then' he looked back at his chart
She walked over and planted a soft kiss on his cheek, and moved away to leave
'Abby?'
She turned around but kept on walking backwards towards the door as she met his gaze
'I love you' he said with all seriousness
'I love you more' she giggled as she walked out the door.
'See you later' she called as the door slammed shut
With a sigh he went back to his charts.
7.00pm Lockheart residence
One and a half hours later he unlocked the front door and walked into the small apartment. 'Abby?'
'I'm in here'
He walked over to the bathroom to find her crouched over the bath
'Watcha doin?'
'Running you a bath' she said standing up
'Mmmmmm sounds good' he said wrapping his arms around her waist 'will you joining me?'
'No I'm meant to be looking after you, remember?'
'You would be' he said kissing her neck
She turned around to face him ' get undressed, get in the bath, and relax ok? You can try and pretend you are not tired, and that you have the energy for…. Umm things, but I know you to well John Carter!'
'Is this what you call taking care of me?'
'Just get in the bath before it gets cold'
'I love it when you get authoritve' he teased
'I give up' she said trying not to laugh as she walked out of the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She would have loved to get in that bath with him, she smiled as she thought about it, no, no she was meant to be looking after him! She knew he didn't have the energy, as much as he would like to think he did. He needed to rest.
He didn't realise how tired he was, well actually he did, it was just that when he was around Abby all he could be was happy, the aching pains and sleepiness just sort of drifted away. He jolted himself back to conciseness after nearly falling asleep in the bathtub, getting out he dried off quickly.
Finding Abby sitting on the couch watching Survivor he sat down next to her and rested his head on her shoulder.
'I'm just gonna go to bed ok?'
'Yeah, I'll be there in a minute, I just wanna see how this ends'
'Kay' he got up and made his way to the bed, crawling under the covers he felt all the fatigue from the days work.
About twenty minutes later Abby got in the bed next to him, he had his back to her, 'John, you still awake?' she said gently running her hands over his back and shoulders.
'No' he said tiredly
'You should try and get to sleep'
'Well maybe you should stop talking to me then' he said turning around to face her, and pulling her into his arms. She took his hand and kissed it softly 'are you on tomorrow?'
'Yeah but not till 12, what about you?'
'I'm on at 1, you can sleep in, you really need to'
'Well in order to sleep in I need to get to sleep first!' he kissed her cheek gently and turned back around
She smiled, most people who were as tired as he was would get really annoyed when their girlfriends kept them up, not him he had never got mad at her. He was such a kind and passionate person, a kindred spirit, her soul mate. She wrapped arms round his waist and kissed his shoulder 'I love you John Carter' he idnt reply, shethought he must be asleep already.
5.30pm County General Hospital
Doctor's lounge
'Hey' she said as she walked into the Doctor's lounge
He looked up from the pile of charts he was working on, his eyes tired and his body weak, frustrated and sleepy he ran a hand through his hair. A smile crept across his face when he saw it was her. Everything he was feeling – lack of sleep, back pain, annoyance that he had been there doing Mark's shifts as well as his own for 3 days straight, and tiredness melted away when he was near her.
'Hey yourself'
'Carter… you've been here ten and a half hours' she said as she moved in front of him and lent back against the table.
'Uh huh, only one and a half to go'
She ran her hand through his hair lovingly and let it come to rest on his cheek with a sympathetic smile she said: 'come over when you finish'
He let out a sigh
'Its closer to the hospital than yours, and I'll look after you'
'So I need looking after do I?'
'Yes, yes you do' she said getting up and walking to her locker
'Kay, I'll see you later then' he looked back at his chart
She walked over and planted a soft kiss on his cheek, and moved away to leave
'Abby?'
She turned around but kept on walking backwards towards the door as she met his gaze
'I love you' he said with all seriousness
'I love you more' she giggled as she walked out the door.
'See you later' she called as the door slammed shut
With a sigh he went back to his charts.
7.00pm Lockheart residence
One and a half hours later he unlocked the front door and walked into the small apartment. 'Abby?'
'I'm in here'
He walked over to the bathroom to find her crouched over the bath
'Watcha doin?'
'Running you a bath' she said standing up
'Mmmmmm sounds good' he said wrapping his arms around her waist 'will you joining me?'
'No I'm meant to be looking after you, remember?'
'You would be' he said kissing her neck
She turned around to face him ' get undressed, get in the bath, and relax ok? You can try and pretend you are not tired, and that you have the energy for…. Umm things, but I know you to well John Carter!'
'Is this what you call taking care of me?'
'Just get in the bath before it gets cold'
'I love it when you get authoritve' he teased
'I give up' she said trying not to laugh as she walked out of the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She would have loved to get in that bath with him, she smiled as she thought about it, no, no she was meant to be looking after him! She knew he didn't have the energy, as much as he would like to think he did. He needed to rest.
He didn't realise how tired he was, well actually he did, it was just that when he was around Abby all he could be was happy, the aching pains and sleepiness just sort of drifted away. He jolted himself back to conciseness after nearly falling asleep in the bathtub, getting out he dried off quickly.
Finding Abby sitting on the couch watching Survivor he sat down next to her and rested his head on her shoulder.
'I'm just gonna go to bed ok?'
'Yeah, I'll be there in a minute, I just wanna see how this ends'
'Kay' he got up and made his way to the bed, crawling under the covers he felt all the fatigue from the days work.
About twenty minutes later Abby got in the bed next to him, he had his back to her, 'John, you still awake?' she said gently running her hands over his back and shoulders.
'No' he said tiredly
'You should try and get to sleep'
'Well maybe you should stop talking to me then' he said turning around to face her, and pulling her into his arms. She took his hand and kissed it softly 'are you on tomorrow?'
'Yeah but not till 12, what about you?'
'I'm on at 1, you can sleep in, you really need to'
'Well in order to sleep in I need to get to sleep first!' he kissed her cheek gently and turned back around
She smiled, most people who were as tired as he was would get really annoyed when their girlfriends kept them up, not him he had never got mad at her. He was such a kind and passionate person, a kindred spirit, her soul mate. She wrapped arms round his waist and kissed his shoulder 'I love you John Carter' he idnt reply, shethought he must be asleep already.
