AUTHOR: higherbeingfriendsfan - Debz
EMAIL: debz11888@hotmail.com
CATEGORY: JC/AL
RATING: PG-13 just in case
SPOILERS: This chapter doesn't have any I don't think
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 :)
Thank you to everyone who reviewed this fic so far they were all so sweet :)
"John," Abby whispered, and then she started the grin. "You're awake!" she cried happily, "let me go get Elizabeth, OK?"
She gave him a kiss on the cheek, then left the room to find Dr. Corday, who conveniently, was passing by John's door, after seeing to another patient.
"Dr. Corday," Abby called, the British surgeon turned around.
"Is everything alright Abby? Is John OK?" she asked quickly, starting to panic.
"He's just woken up," Abby said happily, the grin still on her face, and soon a similar grin was on Elizabeth's face.
The two women went into John's room. Elizabeth checked John's stats, the said to him, " John, I'm going to take the tube out your throat now, you know the drill, so when I count to three blow hard."
John nodded, and then did as Elizabeth had said, as soon as the tube was out John started to cough. Abby helped him up whilst he did, then laid him down.
"Abby", John said.
"John try not to speak, OK, you need to wait a while," Abby said softly. He smiled and nodded, then closed his eyes, and fell asleep. She took his left hand in hers and kissed his wedding ring.
"Hey, Dr. Corday, will you go downstairs and see if Susan and Chen are still here, and if they are will you please tell them he woke up?" Abby asked.
"Of course, I have a surgical consult downstairs anyways," she replied.
"If they're not, please don't tell anyone else, I want them to know first," Abby said, not taking her eyes off Carter.
"Of course," Elizabeth said. She left the room without another word. Abby kept her eyes on her husband's face. Sighing Abby leant back in the chair she was sitting on and closed her eyes. As soon as she had got as comfortable as she could in the hospital chair Abby was asleep.
A few hours later
Abby woke up as she felt someone nudging her knee. After rubbing her eyes and stretching she looked over and saw John wide-awake.
"Hey", she said, smiling softly.
"Hi, sorry to wake you," he replied apologetically. Abby laughed slightly.
"That's OK, I wasn't very comfortable anyway, how are you? Are you in any pain?" Abby asked John.
"I'm OK, my back hurts though," he said quietly as if embarrassed at this.
"Do you want anything for it?" she asked, knowing his answer already. At her question Carter shook his head forcefully.
"I can't" he answered her. Smiling sadly Abby stroked his cheek.
"That's OK, baby, you don't have to have any," Abby tried to calm John down. Smiling gratefully he took her hand in his.
"How's Susan? She wasn't hit was she?" Carter asked suddenly as the memory of what happened registered. Abby was in awe of how he was still concerned about somebody else after everything that had happened.
"Don't worry Susan's alright, she wasn't hit, because of you," she told him. Seeing him visibly relax she stroked his cheek again, "sweetie, now that you know that only you were hurt, please focus on yourself, and let yourself get better." He nodded. Looking around the room he remembered the last time he had been in hospital. He knew now that his recovery was affected, then, because of Lucy's death. He also knew that it was the pain of having to live his life knowing that Lucy had gone, was what had led him to painkillers. Sighing inwardly he hoped that this recovery would be different this time, as he would be able to focus on himself. He also knew that at this time in his life he was more stable, he had a lot more close friends that would help, especially Susan and Deb, and of course, this time he had Abby.
"Hey what you thinking about?" Abby asked, seeing the far-away look in his eyes.
Shrugging John looked at her, "Nothing," he replied. He knew he couldn't burden her with his thoughts about Lucy. All through their relationship, this had been the one topic that he was most private about, and would never talk about her.
"Don't worry John, we'll all help you, your not alone this time." She told his softly, as if she had been reading his thoughts. He smiled and nodded knowing she was right. This time he felt confidant that he could recover fully, without feeling guilty that somebody was dead because of his actions.
Just then the door opened and Susan and Jing-Mei walked in, but stopped dead in their tracks when they saw John awake. Their faces broke out in grins, similar to Abby's face earlier, when Carter had woken up. "Your awake," they chorused. Rushing to the head of his bed they gave him a firm hug. John winced in pain, quickly the pair pulled back, looking sheepish.
"Sorry," they said.
"That's OK, guess you just forgot that I was knocked over," he said, jokingly. Susan and Jing-Mei laughed and instead of giving him a hug gave him a kiss on his cheek. They sat down at the edge of his bed, one at either side.
"How are you?" Jing-Mei asked looking at her best friend. To be honest with herself, she was worried he wouldn't survive, and that thought had scared her, because although she was friends with Susan and Abby, John had been the one constant in her life. He had helped her through everything, and she depended on him. Thinking back on the times he had helped her she realised that maybe she had taken him for granted, but she knew this would change everything.
"I'm in a bit more pain than I was two minutes OK," he teased, "but I'm alright." He replied, after getting a look from each of the women in the room, he added, "honestly I'm OK." He smiled, trying to reassure them, and he knew he had as they each gave him a smile in return. Just then a nurse came into the room to change his IV, and to check his stats. She left the room quickly, feeling slightly uncomfortable.
"Does anyone else in the ER know he's awake?" Jing-Mei asked Abby, who shook her head.
"Only Elizabeth. I asked her to tell you both if she saw you, but otherwise to not say anything. I wanted you to see John first, but I knew if anyone else knew, that they would come up to see him." Abby told her friends. The two women nodded.
"Do you want us to tell them?" Susan asked, silently hoping that Abby would say no. She still felt to blame about John being in this position, and she still hadn't let the fact that he was OK, and awake, sink in, and she knew that if she left the room, the feelings that something bad would happen would resurface.
"Actually Deb, Ab, will you give Susan and I a minute, I want to talk to her?" This surprised Susan, who thought that maybe he blamed her, and wouldn't want anything to do with her anymore. Abby knew why he wanted to speak to her, and Jing-Mei had a fair idea. They both knew that the guilt was eating away at Susan, and that the only way for them to subside a bit would be for John to try and convince her that. Abby stood up to show everyone she accepted John's idea. Leaning over she gave him a quick, soft kiss, and left behind Jing-Mei.
After the door had closed behind them, John turned to Susan. She smiled shyly and looked to the floor. Now that they were alone Susan felt that she couldn't look him in the eyes. She thought that Carter was just being nice when there were others in the room, but now they were alone she felt that he would yell at her, and tell her that he never wanted to speak to her again. This scared her, because although they weren't romantically involved, she felt that if he wasn't in her life, then it would be awful, because on some levels she felt a sort of sisterly bond to him.
"Susan I want to speak to you for a minute, OK?" He asked her. She nodded numbly, and thought to herself, 'this is it, this is where he's going to tell me he never wants to speak to me again.' Dreading what was coming she looked up, hoping to keep the tears, that were threatening to fall, back.
OK what do you guys think? Please review :)
Debzxxx
EMAIL: debz11888@hotmail.com
CATEGORY: JC/AL
RATING: PG-13 just in case
SPOILERS: This chapter doesn't have any I don't think
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 :)
Thank you to everyone who reviewed this fic so far they were all so sweet :)
"John," Abby whispered, and then she started the grin. "You're awake!" she cried happily, "let me go get Elizabeth, OK?"
She gave him a kiss on the cheek, then left the room to find Dr. Corday, who conveniently, was passing by John's door, after seeing to another patient.
"Dr. Corday," Abby called, the British surgeon turned around.
"Is everything alright Abby? Is John OK?" she asked quickly, starting to panic.
"He's just woken up," Abby said happily, the grin still on her face, and soon a similar grin was on Elizabeth's face.
The two women went into John's room. Elizabeth checked John's stats, the said to him, " John, I'm going to take the tube out your throat now, you know the drill, so when I count to three blow hard."
John nodded, and then did as Elizabeth had said, as soon as the tube was out John started to cough. Abby helped him up whilst he did, then laid him down.
"Abby", John said.
"John try not to speak, OK, you need to wait a while," Abby said softly. He smiled and nodded, then closed his eyes, and fell asleep. She took his left hand in hers and kissed his wedding ring.
"Hey, Dr. Corday, will you go downstairs and see if Susan and Chen are still here, and if they are will you please tell them he woke up?" Abby asked.
"Of course, I have a surgical consult downstairs anyways," she replied.
"If they're not, please don't tell anyone else, I want them to know first," Abby said, not taking her eyes off Carter.
"Of course," Elizabeth said. She left the room without another word. Abby kept her eyes on her husband's face. Sighing Abby leant back in the chair she was sitting on and closed her eyes. As soon as she had got as comfortable as she could in the hospital chair Abby was asleep.
A few hours later
Abby woke up as she felt someone nudging her knee. After rubbing her eyes and stretching she looked over and saw John wide-awake.
"Hey", she said, smiling softly.
"Hi, sorry to wake you," he replied apologetically. Abby laughed slightly.
"That's OK, I wasn't very comfortable anyway, how are you? Are you in any pain?" Abby asked John.
"I'm OK, my back hurts though," he said quietly as if embarrassed at this.
"Do you want anything for it?" she asked, knowing his answer already. At her question Carter shook his head forcefully.
"I can't" he answered her. Smiling sadly Abby stroked his cheek.
"That's OK, baby, you don't have to have any," Abby tried to calm John down. Smiling gratefully he took her hand in his.
"How's Susan? She wasn't hit was she?" Carter asked suddenly as the memory of what happened registered. Abby was in awe of how he was still concerned about somebody else after everything that had happened.
"Don't worry Susan's alright, she wasn't hit, because of you," she told him. Seeing him visibly relax she stroked his cheek again, "sweetie, now that you know that only you were hurt, please focus on yourself, and let yourself get better." He nodded. Looking around the room he remembered the last time he had been in hospital. He knew now that his recovery was affected, then, because of Lucy's death. He also knew that it was the pain of having to live his life knowing that Lucy had gone, was what had led him to painkillers. Sighing inwardly he hoped that this recovery would be different this time, as he would be able to focus on himself. He also knew that at this time in his life he was more stable, he had a lot more close friends that would help, especially Susan and Deb, and of course, this time he had Abby.
"Hey what you thinking about?" Abby asked, seeing the far-away look in his eyes.
Shrugging John looked at her, "Nothing," he replied. He knew he couldn't burden her with his thoughts about Lucy. All through their relationship, this had been the one topic that he was most private about, and would never talk about her.
"Don't worry John, we'll all help you, your not alone this time." She told his softly, as if she had been reading his thoughts. He smiled and nodded knowing she was right. This time he felt confidant that he could recover fully, without feeling guilty that somebody was dead because of his actions.
Just then the door opened and Susan and Jing-Mei walked in, but stopped dead in their tracks when they saw John awake. Their faces broke out in grins, similar to Abby's face earlier, when Carter had woken up. "Your awake," they chorused. Rushing to the head of his bed they gave him a firm hug. John winced in pain, quickly the pair pulled back, looking sheepish.
"Sorry," they said.
"That's OK, guess you just forgot that I was knocked over," he said, jokingly. Susan and Jing-Mei laughed and instead of giving him a hug gave him a kiss on his cheek. They sat down at the edge of his bed, one at either side.
"How are you?" Jing-Mei asked looking at her best friend. To be honest with herself, she was worried he wouldn't survive, and that thought had scared her, because although she was friends with Susan and Abby, John had been the one constant in her life. He had helped her through everything, and she depended on him. Thinking back on the times he had helped her she realised that maybe she had taken him for granted, but she knew this would change everything.
"I'm in a bit more pain than I was two minutes OK," he teased, "but I'm alright." He replied, after getting a look from each of the women in the room, he added, "honestly I'm OK." He smiled, trying to reassure them, and he knew he had as they each gave him a smile in return. Just then a nurse came into the room to change his IV, and to check his stats. She left the room quickly, feeling slightly uncomfortable.
"Does anyone else in the ER know he's awake?" Jing-Mei asked Abby, who shook her head.
"Only Elizabeth. I asked her to tell you both if she saw you, but otherwise to not say anything. I wanted you to see John first, but I knew if anyone else knew, that they would come up to see him." Abby told her friends. The two women nodded.
"Do you want us to tell them?" Susan asked, silently hoping that Abby would say no. She still felt to blame about John being in this position, and she still hadn't let the fact that he was OK, and awake, sink in, and she knew that if she left the room, the feelings that something bad would happen would resurface.
"Actually Deb, Ab, will you give Susan and I a minute, I want to talk to her?" This surprised Susan, who thought that maybe he blamed her, and wouldn't want anything to do with her anymore. Abby knew why he wanted to speak to her, and Jing-Mei had a fair idea. They both knew that the guilt was eating away at Susan, and that the only way for them to subside a bit would be for John to try and convince her that. Abby stood up to show everyone she accepted John's idea. Leaning over she gave him a quick, soft kiss, and left behind Jing-Mei.
After the door had closed behind them, John turned to Susan. She smiled shyly and looked to the floor. Now that they were alone Susan felt that she couldn't look him in the eyes. She thought that Carter was just being nice when there were others in the room, but now they were alone she felt that he would yell at her, and tell her that he never wanted to speak to her again. This scared her, because although they weren't romantically involved, she felt that if he wasn't in her life, then it would be awful, because on some levels she felt a sort of sisterly bond to him.
"Susan I want to speak to you for a minute, OK?" He asked her. She nodded numbly, and thought to herself, 'this is it, this is where he's going to tell me he never wants to speak to me again.' Dreading what was coming she looked up, hoping to keep the tears, that were threatening to fall, back.
OK what do you guys think? Please review :)
Debzxxx