Sorry about the short chapters! I will make this one longer, but keep in mind, this time it will switch between both of their points of view, just you don't get confused.
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Chapter 11: Sand and Water
Abby made her way though the day, slowly, but surely. Some things shocked her, others were normal, others just depressing. She wasn't sure she could come back and keep doing this, yet she wasn't sure she could stop. This was the most rewarding thing she had ever done. She was really helping people, and the modern day technologies didn't hold her back. Of course, in some cases, they were what she really needed, but they had to make do with what they had.
At the end of the day, she wanted to collapse. She was so tired, but she wasn't quite ready to go to sleep. Walking into the dining hall, she grabbed a beer. But, then she realized what she was doing, she didn't want to get back into that, and carefully placed it back.
She turned around, hoping to see someone she could go talk to, but she noticed Carter watching her. She met his gaze, suddenly very glad she put the beer back. She wanted him to know that she didn't drink like that anymore, but she wanted him to realize it. She didn't want to have to convince him.
Neither wanted to break the gaze. Both wanting to know what the other was thinking. But when Marie approached Carter, and started talking to him, he finally turned his head away. Abby continued to watch him for a second more, before she went over to talk with some of the other people.
"She is a nice girl." Marie said to Carter, as she glanced up, realizing who he had been watching.
"Huh?" Carter said, just looking up. He hadn't been focusing, just staring at his feet.
"Abby.. she is a nice girl." Marie repeated again.
"Oh, yeah, she's great.
"Do you like her?"
"It's complicated. We have a history, we were friends for a while, then we got together, things got ugly. It was bad..... best left untouched."
"So this morning......?"
"Nothing happened. I was just comforting her, she was really shaken up. Look, we had a bad break up, but we had been really close friends before that."
"Oh, okay."
"I could tell that she was shaken up. She needed someone."
"She looked fine to me."
"She doesn't show emotion very much. You have to learn to read her. She hides her feelings."
"Why?"
"Her past, her family, she is afraid to show her emotions openly. Too afraid she will be hurt."
"How do you know all this?"
"That's what four years will teach you."
"Four years really? Wow."
"Yeah, well, it was a little more, but I was a jerk for the first part of it." Sudden;y realizing he was saying too much, why was he revealing all of this?
"You? A jerk?
"It was complicated."
"Still waiting.......
"I got addicted to pain meds, she turned me in."
"Oh...."
"Like I said, it's complicated, you really don't want to know."
"No, actually I do."
"Sorry, but I don't really want to talk about it."
Carter was suddenly a little pissed off. Marie taking the hint said ood night and went to join the others.
Carter hadn't thought of that in a while, so long ago, when she walked in on him shooting up. Then when he had told her off, then, their talk in the bar when he came back.
He still remembered the song that had played while they talked. All alone, I didn't like the feeling All alone, I sat and cried All alone, I had to find some meaning In the center of the pain I felt inside All alone, I came into the world All alone, I will someday die Solid stone is just sand and water, baby Sand and water, and a million years gone by I will see you in the light of a thousand suns I will hear you in the sound of the waves I will know you when I come, as we all will come, Through the doors, beyond the grave All alone, I heal this heart of sorrow
There was more, he couldn't remember the rest of the words. Not that they mattered, this was already enough like him... he didn't want to remember more.
Sand and water, how much that was like him now. People seem so solid, like solid stone, but it's just sand and water, and can easily crumble. How could her presence have such a huge effect on him. He didn't want to be thinking about these things, he had come here to forget them. He hated the way she was doing this to him. He was crumbling again, every time he remembered, he crumbled. But right now, he didn't want to remember, he wanted to forget. Carter turned to leave, he wanted to go to sleep.
Abby watched Carter turn and leave, he suddenly seemed so sad and depressed. Abby wondered what was wrong, she really wanted to know, so she put down her glass of water, and started after to him.
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Chapter 11: Sand and Water
Abby made her way though the day, slowly, but surely. Some things shocked her, others were normal, others just depressing. She wasn't sure she could come back and keep doing this, yet she wasn't sure she could stop. This was the most rewarding thing she had ever done. She was really helping people, and the modern day technologies didn't hold her back. Of course, in some cases, they were what she really needed, but they had to make do with what they had.
At the end of the day, she wanted to collapse. She was so tired, but she wasn't quite ready to go to sleep. Walking into the dining hall, she grabbed a beer. But, then she realized what she was doing, she didn't want to get back into that, and carefully placed it back.
She turned around, hoping to see someone she could go talk to, but she noticed Carter watching her. She met his gaze, suddenly very glad she put the beer back. She wanted him to know that she didn't drink like that anymore, but she wanted him to realize it. She didn't want to have to convince him.
Neither wanted to break the gaze. Both wanting to know what the other was thinking. But when Marie approached Carter, and started talking to him, he finally turned his head away. Abby continued to watch him for a second more, before she went over to talk with some of the other people.
"She is a nice girl." Marie said to Carter, as she glanced up, realizing who he had been watching.
"Huh?" Carter said, just looking up. He hadn't been focusing, just staring at his feet.
"Abby.. she is a nice girl." Marie repeated again.
"Oh, yeah, she's great.
"Do you like her?"
"It's complicated. We have a history, we were friends for a while, then we got together, things got ugly. It was bad..... best left untouched."
"So this morning......?"
"Nothing happened. I was just comforting her, she was really shaken up. Look, we had a bad break up, but we had been really close friends before that."
"Oh, okay."
"I could tell that she was shaken up. She needed someone."
"She looked fine to me."
"She doesn't show emotion very much. You have to learn to read her. She hides her feelings."
"Why?"
"Her past, her family, she is afraid to show her emotions openly. Too afraid she will be hurt."
"How do you know all this?"
"That's what four years will teach you."
"Four years really? Wow."
"Yeah, well, it was a little more, but I was a jerk for the first part of it." Sudden;y realizing he was saying too much, why was he revealing all of this?
"You? A jerk?
"It was complicated."
"Still waiting.......
"I got addicted to pain meds, she turned me in."
"Oh...."
"Like I said, it's complicated, you really don't want to know."
"No, actually I do."
"Sorry, but I don't really want to talk about it."
Carter was suddenly a little pissed off. Marie taking the hint said ood night and went to join the others.
Carter hadn't thought of that in a while, so long ago, when she walked in on him shooting up. Then when he had told her off, then, their talk in the bar when he came back.
He still remembered the song that had played while they talked. All alone, I didn't like the feeling All alone, I sat and cried All alone, I had to find some meaning In the center of the pain I felt inside All alone, I came into the world All alone, I will someday die Solid stone is just sand and water, baby Sand and water, and a million years gone by I will see you in the light of a thousand suns I will hear you in the sound of the waves I will know you when I come, as we all will come, Through the doors, beyond the grave All alone, I heal this heart of sorrow
There was more, he couldn't remember the rest of the words. Not that they mattered, this was already enough like him... he didn't want to remember more.
Sand and water, how much that was like him now. People seem so solid, like solid stone, but it's just sand and water, and can easily crumble. How could her presence have such a huge effect on him. He didn't want to be thinking about these things, he had come here to forget them. He hated the way she was doing this to him. He was crumbling again, every time he remembered, he crumbled. But right now, he didn't want to remember, he wanted to forget. Carter turned to leave, he wanted to go to sleep.
Abby watched Carter turn and leave, he suddenly seemed so sad and depressed. Abby wondered what was wrong, she really wanted to know, so she put down her glass of water, and started after to him.