Abby was awakened by the sunlight peeking through her window. It took her
a minute to remember the events of the previous night. "If Luka is
gone...whos arm-" She slowly rolled over and came face to face with a
sleeping Carter. That's when it all came back. The letter, the coat, the
crying.
All of a sudden, Carter's eyes opened. "Good morning, Abs. How'd
you sleep?"
"Just fine thanks, but-" Abby suddenly felt her stomach jerk. She ran to
the bathroom just in time to loose whatever little was left in her stomach.
Carter came in looking worried. "Are you alright?" he asked, his
eyes filled with concern.
"Yeah, it's just morning sickness. Oh man! Speaking of babies, today
is the day we were supposed to go see the babies for the first time. I
can't go by myself-I should probably call and cancel."
"No, don't do that. I'll go with you, if you'd like."
"You'd do that for me? I don't wanna take away from your one day off
work."
"Eh...no biggie. C'mon. Get dressed and then we'll go."
"Oh, thank you so much, Carter. I owe ya one" she stood and gave him
a hug.
She left the room and he hopped in the shower. 20 minutes later,
they were on their way to the hospital.
"I have an appointment for 11:30 with Janet. My name is Abigail
Lockhart." Abby said when the reached the check-in desk.
"Oh, yes. She's ready for you in room 4," replied the attendant with
a smile.
Abby smiled back and walked to room 4.
"Are you ready?" Carter asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." She took his hand and he gave it a reassuring
squeeze. They walked into the room together.
"Hey!" said Janet. "How are you doing, Abby?"
"I'm not sure. I've gained a lot of weight and I'm only in my second
month. Other than that, just a little morning sickness, but nothing too
seriouus."
"Well, we'll check it out. I can't help but notice that this is not
Luka." she said, nodding her head in Carter's direction.
"Oh, it's a long story," Abby said, her eyes suddenly loosing their
sparkle at the thought of Luka. John squeezed her hand again and she
replied with a small smile.
"Well, why don't you hop up on the table and we'll see how you're
doing."
Abby climbed up on the table and pulled up her shirt. Janet spread
some goo on and turned on the ultrasound machine. After a few minutes,
Janet turned back to Abby and said, "well, I know why you've gained so much
weight. You're not having a baby, Abby"
This got her a confused look from both Abby and John.
"But, you're the one who told me I was pregnant in the first place,"
Abby said.
"Oh, you're pregnant, you're just not having a baby. You're having four!
Congratulations, you're pregnant with quadruplets!"
"Are you kidding me?!?!? I can't have four babies! Janet, could you
give me a minute?"
"Of course."
"Do you want me to go too, Abby?" carter asked.
"No, please stay," she said with a pleading look in her eyes.
After Janet left the room, Abby started up again. "I'm a single mom!
I can hardly raise one baby, much less 4!!!!!! Why did Luka have to
leave?!? These are his kids too!!!!" With this, Abby started crying
again.
Carter pulled her tightly to his chest and kissed her head. "You'll
do great, Abs. You're the strongest woman I know. I know you can do it.
I'll help out however I can too."
"W-w-will you st-stay with m-me?" she stuttered.
"Of course. Come on, lets get home."
