I remained in his arms for the longest time, I felt I belonged there, but then it hit me and I had to break the embrace. I stared at him and even though I saw nothing but love inside his eyes, I started to recall what had made me run away the first time.

"What´s wrong?" asked Carter after I violently stepped away from his hug

"I ... I can´t do this, John, not now" I said knowing I would regret those words later, but I had to do it, for the sake of my ... of our daughter

"You can´t do what?" he asked. He knew the answer but I think he was trying to understand why I was doing that.

"We have to take this slowly, please. You can´t expect me to run into your arms after what you did to me five years ago" I said trying to sound as reasonable as possible.

Carter´s expression changed, and actually, he did me a favor by having changed it because it made me realize what a fool I had been by forgiving him after all this time. He looked hurt at first, but then he looked angry, as if he couldn´t believe what I was saying.

"I should´ve known! People like you don´t change, Abby, you were immature then and are immature now!" he answered back.

"Immature? I have been raising a daughter for five years and I am doing a pretty good job!" having to hold the tears stung my eyes, but I was too proud to let him know it hurt to fight with him "Besides, you were the one who ran away, not me ..."

How could a perfect moment be ruined in such a short amount of time? I mean, we were hugging and remembering what it felt like to be loved by the most wonderful person and now, we were arguing again.

We were interrupted by Susan and Mandy who walked into the lounge "Mandy and I ..." started to say Susan, but she stopped when she felt the tension between Carter and me "Hmm, I could take her to ... uh ... to day care if you want"

"No, there is nothing to be said here" I replied and took Mandy´s hand.

Carter looked at Mandy and then took her other hand "What the hell do you think you are doing?" I asked.

"Well, you are not taking my daughter again! I have the right to be a part in her life" he said.

I shook my head "Release her hand before I call the police and have you arrested for kidnapping!" I threatened, but I knew I wasn´t kidding anyone. My eyes were saying everything and what they were screaming was that I loved him, so I had no choice other than calm down and act like the grown up this time.

I took a deep breathe and added "Look, John, we need to talk, really talk, you know?"

He nodded, he understood exactly what I was saying "Coffee and pie after my shift?"

Coffee and pie, those were the right words. He was telling me that he really wanted us to talk, to figure out what had gone wrong and solve it. I smiled and nodded.

"Coffee and pie, yes" I took Mandy and we walked out of the lounge.

Things were kind of rough right now, and I had probably made the mistake of appearing too weak by letting him embrace me like that, but I was sure things would work out. They had to.