Chapter 6: Lying Through Her Teeth
"What are you doing here?" Abby watched Carter as he took in the idea she was there.
What was she doing there? She didn't really know. The past week had passed in a blur. She was so mad when Luka had told her that Carter had left. She was mad because she knew what was going to happen. She worried about Carter. He was just setting himself up to be let down when he came back. He would think he had healed, come back and find his wounds exposed again.
She make quick decisions, things she would have never done normally. She wasn't an impulsive person, but the past week, everything she had done was based on impulse.
When Luka told her, the first thing she did was call Doctors Without Borders, she got a packet and all the information she needed. Going through it, she always had to remind herself, I am doing this for Carter.
The truth was, she was. She came her for Carter, to help him. To make sure that this time, he healed. She got on a plane and came here. And now, that she was here, she didn't know why.
As she stared at Carter, she suddenly was so unsure about what she was doing. Had she made the right choice. Could she help him heal, or had he already healed, and she had just convinced herself that she was doing it to help him.
As Abby stared at Carter, she realized what had happened, what she was doing. But most of all, she realized where she was. This place, the place Carter had come when he left her. She never understood why before, but it was a beautiful place. Beautiful, yet filled with death and disease.
"Abby, what are you doing here?" Carter repeated again. Bringing Abby out of her trance. She looked up at him, and looked him in the eye. Could she tell him she was here to help him, to heal him. She couldn't, he looked fine. Just shocked that she was there. How could she tell him now?
"I came to see what you guys were talking about. You went on and on about this place. I wanted to see what the fuss was about." Abby said, but not looking him in the eye.
Carter looked at her, almost as if not believing her. Abby didn't think he would, she was lying through her teeth. After all, she wasn't one to come here. Cater knew that. She wouldn't come here on her own. He knew that there had to be a reason behind it. But he smiled, and seemed to buy it.
"I'll give you a tour," he said. Abby looked at him, he believed it. She had convinced him, but she knew it would take a while to convince herself of the same.
"What are you doing here?" Abby watched Carter as he took in the idea she was there.
What was she doing there? She didn't really know. The past week had passed in a blur. She was so mad when Luka had told her that Carter had left. She was mad because she knew what was going to happen. She worried about Carter. He was just setting himself up to be let down when he came back. He would think he had healed, come back and find his wounds exposed again.
She make quick decisions, things she would have never done normally. She wasn't an impulsive person, but the past week, everything she had done was based on impulse.
When Luka told her, the first thing she did was call Doctors Without Borders, she got a packet and all the information she needed. Going through it, she always had to remind herself, I am doing this for Carter.
The truth was, she was. She came her for Carter, to help him. To make sure that this time, he healed. She got on a plane and came here. And now, that she was here, she didn't know why.
As she stared at Carter, she suddenly was so unsure about what she was doing. Had she made the right choice. Could she help him heal, or had he already healed, and she had just convinced herself that she was doing it to help him.
As Abby stared at Carter, she realized what had happened, what she was doing. But most of all, she realized where she was. This place, the place Carter had come when he left her. She never understood why before, but it was a beautiful place. Beautiful, yet filled with death and disease.
"Abby, what are you doing here?" Carter repeated again. Bringing Abby out of her trance. She looked up at him, and looked him in the eye. Could she tell him she was here to help him, to heal him. She couldn't, he looked fine. Just shocked that she was there. How could she tell him now?
"I came to see what you guys were talking about. You went on and on about this place. I wanted to see what the fuss was about." Abby said, but not looking him in the eye.
Carter looked at her, almost as if not believing her. Abby didn't think he would, she was lying through her teeth. After all, she wasn't one to come here. Cater knew that. She wouldn't come here on her own. He knew that there had to be a reason behind it. But he smiled, and seemed to buy it.
"I'll give you a tour," he said. Abby looked at him, he believed it. She had convinced him, but she knew it would take a while to convince herself of the same.