© 2004 Kate
CHATPER 10
AN: yay! Chapter 10...wow, I just realized this is going to be very, very long! The flashback is almost done then it will be back to Molly's pov and alex, luka, sam, and susan will come into this a lot!!!! So read on...
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: I have to dress up like I'm from the 80s tomorrow, any idesas? :-)
ABBY'S POV
I would have thought that I would feel funny with this man that I have known for a grand total of three days walking with me...protecting me. Okay, maybe he is only protecting me from a stupid head lac, but hey, a girl can take all she can get.
He leads me to an empty suture room and pushes me ahead of him into the room. We enter and everything is pitch black. This seems familiar. "Am I going to need to stitch you up?" He doesn't answer so I do, "The dark room, seem familiar..."
"Ah!"
After a moment of waiting I realize that Carter hasn't made a noise. "Carter?" This is making he a little nervous. I laugh a little. "John? Where are you?" No answer. More and more blood is dripping down my face and I am stuck in a dark room...doesn't sound good, but for some reason I find it hilariously funny. I begin to laugh. Maybe if I laugh he'll start laughing too and I can find him. No such luck. "Okay Carter, this isn't funny anymore," I giggle. Who giggles? Apparently I do.
Just as I am contemplating this juvenile idea something moves behind me. I take a step towards it and just as I reach out my hand the lights flash on and I stumble forward into is chest. He laughs and I feel the vibrations through his chest. I lean against him for a second and then pull back and start to walk over towards the gurney.
When I am about a foot away he sweeps me of my feet—in more way than one—and places me lightly on the bed. Too many things are going through my mind at the moment. Have to stop talking. Maybe an inappropriate comment will help, "Normally a guy would have to buy me dinner first, but since you're my boss..." I laugh and when I look at his face I stop. Something in my eyes tells me that that may not be much of a joke.
He turns around and laughs. "Don't worry." I don't know for whose comfort he said that. "Let me just grab a suture kit and we'll patch you right up." He takes the kit of the shelf and opens it up on the table. He carefully injects the litocane into my forehead. "Only a couple of stitches." I smile up at him and he continues on.
I begin to feel sleepy and my head bobs a little before I jerk awake. With my quick movements he pulls too tight on the suture. "Ouch!"
"Sorry," he smiles sheepishly. "Don't move around so much."
"Sorry. I'm just tired. I keep dozing off."
"Are you coming down with something? You've already slept through half your shift."
"No. I just didn't sleep last night because my neighbors were having a party."
"Ah! That sounds like fun."
I roll my eyes.
"What? Not the party animal?"
"Funny. No, I don't mind the occasional party, but I left that party around midnight. It was still going around six this morning."
"Jeez. What were they doing?"
"I have no idea."
He laughs and then looks at me. I probably look exhausted. "You want to lye down?" he asks me. I look back at him and before I can answer he puts his hand behind my shoulders and lowers me onto the gurney. I look up at him thankfully and close my eyes. He finishes up the stitches as I relax.
When he finishes he puts everything away and goes to cover me with a blanket. I push his hand away and sit up. "No, don't"
"You should sleep if you're that tired."
"No, Weaver is on in..." I check my watch, "...ten minutes ago. I have to get up."
"Okay."
We begin to leave the room. I walk in front of him and when I reach to pull the door open he calls after me. "Abby?"
"Yeah?" I turn around and look at him.
He looks down embarrassed. "I was wondering..."
I look at his face. I know what is coming and I just smile.
"You want to go to dinner tonight?"
"Go out?"
He looks at me. He can't tell if I'm glad or upset that he asked me. I make him wait a minute and then smile at him. "Yeah," he answers.
Just before I can answer Weaver comes storming into the room. "Dr. Carter, Abby, get your asses out here! It's not time to just sit around." Just as quickly as she came, she left.
Carter is turning red. "I'd love to Carter." I start towards the door and then stop. I turn and walk back and place a kiss on his cheek. "Pick me up at 8."
He doesn't say anything. He just sits there as I leave. I walk back and go to meet my next patient. About ten minutes later he comes out of that room and winks at me before walking over to the patient rack and checking to board. I laugh at myself and look down and the old man on the bed in front of me. Six more hours to go.
AN2: Next time on ER, their first date, lol. Just remember, this is Molly's story. Or the whole thing is being told to Molly. When the flashback ends, which actually won't be for a while only an hour will have passed since Susan, Carter, Abby, and Molly sat down in Molly's room.
REVIEW RESPONSES (**everyone-sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was at a community service thing all day so my laptop didn't have internet access**)
SargeCruz-thank you for your continuing reviews! You are always the first one! Anyways, writing during school make school bearable sometimes. Lol.
Carby6-thank you! I plan on going for as long as I can!
Tracey-thank you! I didn't mean it was short in words, but that not much happened. (
Nikki-more coming!
Emma-I love the manly line too! For some reason I could see Abby saying that to Carter if she wasn't so depressed all the time.
Julianna-your two questions: "Will Molly and Alex fall in love?" and "Will Abby and Carter adopt Abby?" I have answers to...if you read on. Sry, I don't want to give anything away. I'll just say that I bet no one will guess what will happen, and I know I keep saying that, but everyone just needs to hang on.
Hyperpiper91-why, thank you...thank you very much!
Amz-thank you so much! Keep reading, that's the best compliment I can get, if people enjoy reading it.
CarByFoReVeR-thank you! I'm glad you came back too!
Samkafan-thank you, the sam and luka stuff is coming, just hang on. I have to get through all of this first. Just laying the foundation. Although there will still be a major carby aspect to the whole thing.
CHATPER 10
AN: yay! Chapter 10...wow, I just realized this is going to be very, very long! The flashback is almost done then it will be back to Molly's pov and alex, luka, sam, and susan will come into this a lot!!!! So read on...
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: I have to dress up like I'm from the 80s tomorrow, any idesas? :-)
ABBY'S POV
I would have thought that I would feel funny with this man that I have known for a grand total of three days walking with me...protecting me. Okay, maybe he is only protecting me from a stupid head lac, but hey, a girl can take all she can get.
He leads me to an empty suture room and pushes me ahead of him into the room. We enter and everything is pitch black. This seems familiar. "Am I going to need to stitch you up?" He doesn't answer so I do, "The dark room, seem familiar..."
"Ah!"
After a moment of waiting I realize that Carter hasn't made a noise. "Carter?" This is making he a little nervous. I laugh a little. "John? Where are you?" No answer. More and more blood is dripping down my face and I am stuck in a dark room...doesn't sound good, but for some reason I find it hilariously funny. I begin to laugh. Maybe if I laugh he'll start laughing too and I can find him. No such luck. "Okay Carter, this isn't funny anymore," I giggle. Who giggles? Apparently I do.
Just as I am contemplating this juvenile idea something moves behind me. I take a step towards it and just as I reach out my hand the lights flash on and I stumble forward into is chest. He laughs and I feel the vibrations through his chest. I lean against him for a second and then pull back and start to walk over towards the gurney.
When I am about a foot away he sweeps me of my feet—in more way than one—and places me lightly on the bed. Too many things are going through my mind at the moment. Have to stop talking. Maybe an inappropriate comment will help, "Normally a guy would have to buy me dinner first, but since you're my boss..." I laugh and when I look at his face I stop. Something in my eyes tells me that that may not be much of a joke.
He turns around and laughs. "Don't worry." I don't know for whose comfort he said that. "Let me just grab a suture kit and we'll patch you right up." He takes the kit of the shelf and opens it up on the table. He carefully injects the litocane into my forehead. "Only a couple of stitches." I smile up at him and he continues on.
I begin to feel sleepy and my head bobs a little before I jerk awake. With my quick movements he pulls too tight on the suture. "Ouch!"
"Sorry," he smiles sheepishly. "Don't move around so much."
"Sorry. I'm just tired. I keep dozing off."
"Are you coming down with something? You've already slept through half your shift."
"No. I just didn't sleep last night because my neighbors were having a party."
"Ah! That sounds like fun."
I roll my eyes.
"What? Not the party animal?"
"Funny. No, I don't mind the occasional party, but I left that party around midnight. It was still going around six this morning."
"Jeez. What were they doing?"
"I have no idea."
He laughs and then looks at me. I probably look exhausted. "You want to lye down?" he asks me. I look back at him and before I can answer he puts his hand behind my shoulders and lowers me onto the gurney. I look up at him thankfully and close my eyes. He finishes up the stitches as I relax.
When he finishes he puts everything away and goes to cover me with a blanket. I push his hand away and sit up. "No, don't"
"You should sleep if you're that tired."
"No, Weaver is on in..." I check my watch, "...ten minutes ago. I have to get up."
"Okay."
We begin to leave the room. I walk in front of him and when I reach to pull the door open he calls after me. "Abby?"
"Yeah?" I turn around and look at him.
He looks down embarrassed. "I was wondering..."
I look at his face. I know what is coming and I just smile.
"You want to go to dinner tonight?"
"Go out?"
He looks at me. He can't tell if I'm glad or upset that he asked me. I make him wait a minute and then smile at him. "Yeah," he answers.
Just before I can answer Weaver comes storming into the room. "Dr. Carter, Abby, get your asses out here! It's not time to just sit around." Just as quickly as she came, she left.
Carter is turning red. "I'd love to Carter." I start towards the door and then stop. I turn and walk back and place a kiss on his cheek. "Pick me up at 8."
He doesn't say anything. He just sits there as I leave. I walk back and go to meet my next patient. About ten minutes later he comes out of that room and winks at me before walking over to the patient rack and checking to board. I laugh at myself and look down and the old man on the bed in front of me. Six more hours to go.
AN2: Next time on ER, their first date, lol. Just remember, this is Molly's story. Or the whole thing is being told to Molly. When the flashback ends, which actually won't be for a while only an hour will have passed since Susan, Carter, Abby, and Molly sat down in Molly's room.
REVIEW RESPONSES (**everyone-sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was at a community service thing all day so my laptop didn't have internet access**)
SargeCruz-thank you for your continuing reviews! You are always the first one! Anyways, writing during school make school bearable sometimes. Lol.
Carby6-thank you! I plan on going for as long as I can!
Tracey-thank you! I didn't mean it was short in words, but that not much happened. (
Nikki-more coming!
Emma-I love the manly line too! For some reason I could see Abby saying that to Carter if she wasn't so depressed all the time.
Julianna-your two questions: "Will Molly and Alex fall in love?" and "Will Abby and Carter adopt Abby?" I have answers to...if you read on. Sry, I don't want to give anything away. I'll just say that I bet no one will guess what will happen, and I know I keep saying that, but everyone just needs to hang on.
Hyperpiper91-why, thank you...thank you very much!
Amz-thank you so much! Keep reading, that's the best compliment I can get, if people enjoy reading it.
CarByFoReVeR-thank you! I'm glad you came back too!
Samkafan-thank you, the sam and luka stuff is coming, just hang on. I have to get through all of this first. Just laying the foundation. Although there will still be a major carby aspect to the whole thing.
