The following day was Susan´s day off, so she called me and asked if Amanda would like to join her daughter, Lauren, in a day of fun. They´d go ski at the lake and then they´d go to the mall and eat out, that sounded like something my girl would love, so I said yes.

"Mommy! Susan is here" said Amanda sounded excited when she heard the doorbell.

I hurried to the door and smiled at Susan "Thank you for doing this" then I looked at Mandy who already had her coat and her gloves on "Be a good girl, sweetie. See you tonight" I gave her a kiss and saw my daughter walking away.

I got ready as soon as I could and went to County. I didn´t have time to go to the lounge to drop all my things off, since I was greeted by a paramedic with a patient in a pretty bad condition.

"15 year old girl, GSW to the chest, intubated at the scene" said the paramedic "BP 100/60, pulse 100"

"Let´s roll her inside" I said and helped to push the gurney "John, 15 year old with, GSW, BP 100/60"

"Get me two liters of saline and hang 2 units of O neg in the rapid infuser" said Carter, wheeling the girl to trauma two "CBC, chem 7, ultrasound to the belly and page surgery"

I went over to the phone and called Dr. Corday. "Pressure is dropping. An amp of epi?" I said glancing at Carter waiting for him to allow me to administer the drug "Bleeding in the peritoneal cavity"

Elizabeth walked in and got right down to business "Prep her for a lavage. Stomach distended. Where´s the bullet?" she asked looking at the ultrasound screen and trying to find it "Oh God, it is in her heart, it´s traveling fastly through the arteries. Let´s get her up to surgery!"

I watched Elizabeth getting the girl to the OR and smiled at Carter "Good work!"

He smiled back "Right back at ya" he sighed and took his gloves off "Bet you didn´t miss this, huh?"

"Actually, I did. I didn´t get this much excitement in San Francisco. And I didn´t get to work with such fine doctors over there" I winked and left the room.

"Abby, wait! Do you have any plans for lunch?" I shook my head "I was thinking we could try this new Thai place, does Mandy like Thai food?"

"Amanda went out with Susan and Lauren today" I replied thinking it was the perfect day to be alone with Carter "But I would love to have lunch with you"

We both went back to our usual work and met at admit at 1 o´clock.

"Ready to go?" I nodded "I hope this new place is good"

"I don´t mind, I´m not that hungry, besides, the company is what counts and well .." I gave him a sweet look "The company is great"

We got to the restaurant and were assigned to a table in a really dark corner of the restaurant. I liked it, because it was private and romantic. We started with small talk while we waited for the menus and then for our food, but it was during dessert where everything changed.

Carter took my hands and looked directly into my eyes "Abby, I think we need to talk"

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