AUTHOR: higherbeingfriendsfan - Debz
EMAIL: debz11888@hotmail.com
CATEGORY: JC/AL
RATING: PG-13 just in case
SPOILERS: None
DISCLAIMER: Carter and Abby don't belong to me. They belong to NBC, and Warner Brothers, and all of the other people who own the rights to ER.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is set in at the time of series 10, but none of series 9 happened! Also Benton and Greene are in, because I really like them! Also this is my first fan fiction so take that into account when you read this! Also I have no knowledge of medical procedures etc. so anything to do with that will more than likely be wrong.
Ok all you need to know when reading this is that Abby and Carter have been together for a year, but kept it a secret from everyone. Please review and let me know what you think :)
Thanks to everyone who reviewed, especially Sara, thanks hun it was really sweet!
John and Abby ran into the lounge. Susan was sitting on the couch in tears. Her face was covering her eyes, but Carter and Abby both knew she was crying, as her whole body was shaking. They were surprised because Susan didn't usually cry in front of others, and if someone saw her she would probably pretend she wasn't crying. Abby walked up to her, sat down beside Susan and put an arm around her best friend. Susan flinched at her touch.
"Susan, please", Abby begged, she hated seeing her best friend but it was worse when she knew that it was her actions that were making Susan this upset.
"Why?" Susan asked and looked up at two of her best friends. First she looked straight at Abby then she turned to Carter. He looked confused.
"Why, what?" He asked.
"Why didn't you tell me?" They newly-weds looked at each other and realized they didn't have a good reason.
"We wanted it to be a secret at the beginning, because we don't like when they entire hospital knows our business. Then after a couple of months we were ready to tell everyone but we just never got around to it, and then the longer it got the harder it got to tell everyone, especially you and Deb. When we got engaged, three months ago we decided that we couldn't tell everyone and we would let them find out." Carter paused, "but obviously no- one did."
"Why didn't you at least tell me?" Susan asked, tearfully. Abby and Carter hadn't realized how much this would upset Susan.
"We wanted to, so much, but we just never got the chance really. I'm so sorry Susan," Abby said to her.
"Yeah I'm sorry to Susan, we never meant to upset you," Carter spoke softly.
"I'm not upset as you would think that you never told me but I'm upset that you lied to me, not so much you Carter, but Abby you told me thousands of times that Carter and you were 'just good friends', why didn't you tell me and Jing-Mei when we asked you about it?"
"I don't know, its just that I panicked and also I wanted John there when we told you all" Abby explained.
Carter looked at Susan she looked worn out but he could tell from her eyes that there was something she wasn't telling everyone. He knew that this went deeper than just the fact that he and Abby hadn't told her they were together.
"Hey Abby, can I talk to Susan for a moment" Carter turned to his wife, she had a questioning look on her face "Please"
"Yeah OK" Abby looked at Carter, and knew that there was a reason he wanted to speak with Susan alone. She looked at Susan again and said one last time "Sorry, Susan, for everything" and with that she went back to ADMIT.
Susan now looked confused, she didn't understand why Carter wanted to speak with her privately, she thought that out of the two of them it would be Abby who would want to speak and explain herself more.
"Susan what's the real reason that you're upset?" he asked
"I just told you, the fact that you both lied to me, I don't mind that you didn't tell me, but I find it hard to believe that you both lied to me, and I hate that." Susan explained. She had now started to get a little calmer, and she didn't feel that she was going to cry again.
"Susan, I have known you for a long time, right?" Carter asked, she nodded, "Well I know you, and I can tell when your lying, and I can tell when there's something that you don't want anyone to find out. I think that the real reason you're so upset isn't because Abby and I didn't tell you, I think its something more than that. So if it is please tell me, and remember I can tell when you're lying."
Defeated Susan sighed. She didn't know if she could tell Carter why she was so upset. She knew she would have to, and he was one of her best friends, 'who better than to tell than John Carter?' she asked herself. She motioned for Carter to sit beside her.
"Alright, I'll tell you, but you're never to tell Abby. Promise me that"
"Of course I promise" Carter replied. She knew that if Abby wasn't allowed to know than it had to be something bad.
"OK I'll tell you, well I feel like nobody needs me, and that all my best friends don't like me enough to tell me anything that is life changing." She paused and looked at Carter, but instead of understanding, like she thought he would, he looked confused.
"I don't know how to explain very well, so I'll start from the beginning. Ok, Carter, you know when you first came to County, when you were a med student. Well you know Mark and I were best friends?" Carter nodded, so she continued, "Well I moved to Phoenix to look after Chloe and Susie, as you know, and when I was there Mark and I wrote on occasion. I told him when I was engaged, but he never told me about Elizabeth, Ella or the fact that he had a brain tumour. Then when I came back I had to find out, for myself. Once I moved back to Chicago, and started working at County again and we got closer than we were before I moved, I felt happy because I thought that I would finally have a friend who would tell me anything. Then when I became friends with Abby, and you, me, Abby and Jing-Mei hung out, sometimes I felt like people really wanted to be my friend, and people thought of me enough to tell me important things, and until a few hours ago I believed this. I thought that the three of you told me everything that wasn't personal and, I dunno, I believed that you all respected me as more than just another colleague. Then when I found out you and Abby were married I realised that to everyone I was just a colleague." Susan looked down, and the promise she made to herself was broken, and she broke down in tears.
Carter was shocked. He thought to himself, 'Does Susan really think this, how could she?' instead of saying anything just yet he wrapped his arm around his friend, and held her. He waited until she had calmed down then made him face her.
"Susan, I sort of understand what you mean, but your wrong I would never just think of you as someone who I work with. Your more than that, and you always will be to me. When you came back to County, I was happy to, especially since I felt like you would never judge me and think anything less of me, especially when I told you about my addiction. After we broke up I was relieved. Not because I had broken up with you, but because I knew that, as we were still friends, we always would be. I know I hurt you by not telling you about Abby and I, and I'm sorry, but you must never think that I see you as a colleague; you're one of my best friends and I hope that you still want to be my friend." He looked at Susan, she was still crying, but she was smiling.
"Of course I do", and with that she jumped into his arms again, and gave him a big hug. "Thank you for listening to me, I needed to get everything off my chest." She smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Oh and congratulations, but I must say, its about time!" she laughed and hugged her best friend again.
"Hey, Susan, you want to get a coffee?" Carter asked, standing up and holding his hands out for Susan to accept his offer. She took his hands and pulled herself up. She, then, linked her arm through his.
"I bet Abby wont be happy, she will have to give all the gossipers the details by herself!" Susan laughed. Carter shrugged.
"Maybe, but I want to have coffee with my best friend," Carter countered. Then he opened the lounge door. Susan started laughing and the two managed to get to just outside the ambulance doors, when Chuny spotted them.
"You're not leaving your wife to give us all the details by herself are you?" she asked. Susan laughed again, pulled her arm out of his and then pointed at Carter.
"I told you!"
"Look I'm going to get coffee, your explanation will have to wait another half an hour", and with that the two left the doors. The rest of the ER staff turned back to Abby.
"You should have stopped him", Jing-Mei said.
"Like it would have helped, he never listens to me," Abby told her friends then left for the lounge, this time to put her stuff away.
Meanwhile
"That was cruel, Carter," Susan said, then realised he wasn't next to her, "Carter?" She looked back and saw him tying his shoelace. He stood up. Just as he was about to say something he noticed a car driving too fast, towards Susan! Without thinking about what might happen to himself he ran and pushed his friend down. Susan cried out, when she hit the pavement. "What the hell?" she shouted, and looked up, just in time to see the car driving straight into Carter.
EMAIL: debz11888@hotmail.com
CATEGORY: JC/AL
RATING: PG-13 just in case
SPOILERS: None
DISCLAIMER: Carter and Abby don't belong to me. They belong to NBC, and Warner Brothers, and all of the other people who own the rights to ER.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is set in at the time of series 10, but none of series 9 happened! Also Benton and Greene are in, because I really like them! Also this is my first fan fiction so take that into account when you read this! Also I have no knowledge of medical procedures etc. so anything to do with that will more than likely be wrong.
Ok all you need to know when reading this is that Abby and Carter have been together for a year, but kept it a secret from everyone. Please review and let me know what you think :)
Thanks to everyone who reviewed, especially Sara, thanks hun it was really sweet!
John and Abby ran into the lounge. Susan was sitting on the couch in tears. Her face was covering her eyes, but Carter and Abby both knew she was crying, as her whole body was shaking. They were surprised because Susan didn't usually cry in front of others, and if someone saw her she would probably pretend she wasn't crying. Abby walked up to her, sat down beside Susan and put an arm around her best friend. Susan flinched at her touch.
"Susan, please", Abby begged, she hated seeing her best friend but it was worse when she knew that it was her actions that were making Susan this upset.
"Why?" Susan asked and looked up at two of her best friends. First she looked straight at Abby then she turned to Carter. He looked confused.
"Why, what?" He asked.
"Why didn't you tell me?" They newly-weds looked at each other and realized they didn't have a good reason.
"We wanted it to be a secret at the beginning, because we don't like when they entire hospital knows our business. Then after a couple of months we were ready to tell everyone but we just never got around to it, and then the longer it got the harder it got to tell everyone, especially you and Deb. When we got engaged, three months ago we decided that we couldn't tell everyone and we would let them find out." Carter paused, "but obviously no- one did."
"Why didn't you at least tell me?" Susan asked, tearfully. Abby and Carter hadn't realized how much this would upset Susan.
"We wanted to, so much, but we just never got the chance really. I'm so sorry Susan," Abby said to her.
"Yeah I'm sorry to Susan, we never meant to upset you," Carter spoke softly.
"I'm not upset as you would think that you never told me but I'm upset that you lied to me, not so much you Carter, but Abby you told me thousands of times that Carter and you were 'just good friends', why didn't you tell me and Jing-Mei when we asked you about it?"
"I don't know, its just that I panicked and also I wanted John there when we told you all" Abby explained.
Carter looked at Susan she looked worn out but he could tell from her eyes that there was something she wasn't telling everyone. He knew that this went deeper than just the fact that he and Abby hadn't told her they were together.
"Hey Abby, can I talk to Susan for a moment" Carter turned to his wife, she had a questioning look on her face "Please"
"Yeah OK" Abby looked at Carter, and knew that there was a reason he wanted to speak with Susan alone. She looked at Susan again and said one last time "Sorry, Susan, for everything" and with that she went back to ADMIT.
Susan now looked confused, she didn't understand why Carter wanted to speak with her privately, she thought that out of the two of them it would be Abby who would want to speak and explain herself more.
"Susan what's the real reason that you're upset?" he asked
"I just told you, the fact that you both lied to me, I don't mind that you didn't tell me, but I find it hard to believe that you both lied to me, and I hate that." Susan explained. She had now started to get a little calmer, and she didn't feel that she was going to cry again.
"Susan, I have known you for a long time, right?" Carter asked, she nodded, "Well I know you, and I can tell when your lying, and I can tell when there's something that you don't want anyone to find out. I think that the real reason you're so upset isn't because Abby and I didn't tell you, I think its something more than that. So if it is please tell me, and remember I can tell when you're lying."
Defeated Susan sighed. She didn't know if she could tell Carter why she was so upset. She knew she would have to, and he was one of her best friends, 'who better than to tell than John Carter?' she asked herself. She motioned for Carter to sit beside her.
"Alright, I'll tell you, but you're never to tell Abby. Promise me that"
"Of course I promise" Carter replied. She knew that if Abby wasn't allowed to know than it had to be something bad.
"OK I'll tell you, well I feel like nobody needs me, and that all my best friends don't like me enough to tell me anything that is life changing." She paused and looked at Carter, but instead of understanding, like she thought he would, he looked confused.
"I don't know how to explain very well, so I'll start from the beginning. Ok, Carter, you know when you first came to County, when you were a med student. Well you know Mark and I were best friends?" Carter nodded, so she continued, "Well I moved to Phoenix to look after Chloe and Susie, as you know, and when I was there Mark and I wrote on occasion. I told him when I was engaged, but he never told me about Elizabeth, Ella or the fact that he had a brain tumour. Then when I came back I had to find out, for myself. Once I moved back to Chicago, and started working at County again and we got closer than we were before I moved, I felt happy because I thought that I would finally have a friend who would tell me anything. Then when I became friends with Abby, and you, me, Abby and Jing-Mei hung out, sometimes I felt like people really wanted to be my friend, and people thought of me enough to tell me important things, and until a few hours ago I believed this. I thought that the three of you told me everything that wasn't personal and, I dunno, I believed that you all respected me as more than just another colleague. Then when I found out you and Abby were married I realised that to everyone I was just a colleague." Susan looked down, and the promise she made to herself was broken, and she broke down in tears.
Carter was shocked. He thought to himself, 'Does Susan really think this, how could she?' instead of saying anything just yet he wrapped his arm around his friend, and held her. He waited until she had calmed down then made him face her.
"Susan, I sort of understand what you mean, but your wrong I would never just think of you as someone who I work with. Your more than that, and you always will be to me. When you came back to County, I was happy to, especially since I felt like you would never judge me and think anything less of me, especially when I told you about my addiction. After we broke up I was relieved. Not because I had broken up with you, but because I knew that, as we were still friends, we always would be. I know I hurt you by not telling you about Abby and I, and I'm sorry, but you must never think that I see you as a colleague; you're one of my best friends and I hope that you still want to be my friend." He looked at Susan, she was still crying, but she was smiling.
"Of course I do", and with that she jumped into his arms again, and gave him a big hug. "Thank you for listening to me, I needed to get everything off my chest." She smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Oh and congratulations, but I must say, its about time!" she laughed and hugged her best friend again.
"Hey, Susan, you want to get a coffee?" Carter asked, standing up and holding his hands out for Susan to accept his offer. She took his hands and pulled herself up. She, then, linked her arm through his.
"I bet Abby wont be happy, she will have to give all the gossipers the details by herself!" Susan laughed. Carter shrugged.
"Maybe, but I want to have coffee with my best friend," Carter countered. Then he opened the lounge door. Susan started laughing and the two managed to get to just outside the ambulance doors, when Chuny spotted them.
"You're not leaving your wife to give us all the details by herself are you?" she asked. Susan laughed again, pulled her arm out of his and then pointed at Carter.
"I told you!"
"Look I'm going to get coffee, your explanation will have to wait another half an hour", and with that the two left the doors. The rest of the ER staff turned back to Abby.
"You should have stopped him", Jing-Mei said.
"Like it would have helped, he never listens to me," Abby told her friends then left for the lounge, this time to put her stuff away.
Meanwhile
"That was cruel, Carter," Susan said, then realised he wasn't next to her, "Carter?" She looked back and saw him tying his shoelace. He stood up. Just as he was about to say something he noticed a car driving too fast, towards Susan! Without thinking about what might happen to himself he ran and pushed his friend down. Susan cried out, when she hit the pavement. "What the hell?" she shouted, and looked up, just in time to see the car driving straight into Carter.