Chapter 13
Rumors
A.N:
Sorry it took sooo long for me to update, but I went on holiday and then my computer had to be reinstalled! But here it is, the last chapter!
( sorry there hasn't been much drama in it! But I hope you enjoyed it!
Abby's POV (a few weeks later)
I'm never going on holiday again! We got back form our 2 week honeymoon in France, which Kerry gladly let us have, to find that we have been assigned the Graveyard shift for a week! This is our last one then we have a day off then we are back to normal shifts, and tonight has been the worst! We have had a gang shooting where we had 3 GSW and 1 MVA with 5 casualties and on top of that having a full waiting room to get through! Theres still 3 hours left, and we have managed to clear the waiting room and I have finally got to sit down and think! Rumors are going round that Susan and Mark are engaged, I'm happy for them, they deserve to be together, I know how happy marriage can make you, and they both deserve to be happy! Just as I was thinking this they walk through the door.
"hi, we felt sorry for you and decided to cover the rest of your shift!" Susan says happily
I look at them shocked "your joking!"
"Nope" Mark replies "we felt sorry that you had to work 7 graveyard shifts in a row so decided to cover your last few hours!"
"So whats been going on?" Susan asks
"well, we had a gang shooting, 3 GSWs 2 survived and a MVA 5 people all survived" Susan looks shocked "and we just finished clearing out the 40 odd people in the waiting room!"
"is that all?" Mark asks
"I think so, oh, and congratulations on the engagement by the way!"
"you know?" Susan asks shocked!
"yeah, Frank told me, why, it it a secret?" I tease them
"of course not!" Susan replies "we just wanted to tell you our selves, thats all!"
"OK, well Congratulations, I'd better go and find John before some huge trauma comes in!"
"ok, see you later!" Susan replies
"yeah, and thanks for this!"
"its OK!" Mark replies "what are friend for!" I smile at them as I leave the room to go in search for John. If I know him I'm guessing he'd be asleep! I was right! He was asleep in exam 5. Just as we leave 2 ambulances draw up.
"we left just in time" he whispers in my ear
"yep! Now lets go home before us Susan spots that we're still here!" we walk off as he puts his arm round me.
"I love you!" I whisper
"I love you too!" he replies kissing me on my head
"d'you wanna walk home?" I ask "past the river?"
"OK" he answers simply
after a while I ask some thing that been nagging me for a while.
"John, do you want to have children?" he looks shocked, well, I know he has always wanted kids but after Kem, he might have changed his mind!
He stops and looks at me "yes! Why d'you ask?"
"well, I've been thinking that, well, you know I didn't really want to have children in case I passed on the disease, but well, if we had a child, I'd love the child whatever, the only thing is, I don't want to put the child through what I went through with Maggie!"
"look Abby, I understand, but, look, you don't have the disease, and if you don't have it, theres a small chance that, if we had one, our child would have it!"
"your right!" I hug him
"so, do you want children?"
"yes, theres just one other thing!" shall I tell him about the abortion?
"whats that?" he asks cheerfully. I have to tell him!
"well, I had an abortion!" he looks shocked, I can;t look him in the eye.
"when, who?" he manages to stutter after a while
"just before Richard and I got divorced, he never wanted kids, and I was in med. school and I didn't think I was ready, it was the only option, except for adoption, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to go through with it after I had the baby!" he just looks at me. "I'm sorry John, I should have told you before!" I'm crying now.
"but, who knows?"
"well, only Maggie and Sam, and now you!"
"not Susan or anyone?"
"no!" I look down at my feet
"look, Abby, its OK, I still love you, I just wish you'd said! Did anyone know about it while you had it done?" I look down again "you didn't tell anyone?"
"no, I told Maggie after a while, but no one at the time!"
"look, Abby, I don't care! Lets just go home and not discuss this again. However I do have one question. Why did you tell Sam and not Susan?"
"well, I asked how Alex was and well, we ended up talking about that sort of thing and I just sort of said it!" we stand in each others arms for a moment then he kisses my head and says
"OK, lets go home!"
I'm so lucky to be married to him, he didn't get at all cross and he understood! I just wish we didn't have to go through a load of crap to get here!
1 month later
"John!" I yell at him
"Yeah" he turns round
"you ready for a break?"
"yeah, 5 minuets! "
"OK, see you at the front desk!"
"OK" he calls over his shoulder I go and get my coat- its freezing out side- then go and wait by the desk. Susan comes over.
"what you looking so happy about?" she asks me, "you've still got 6 hours left!
"nothing!" I answer sing-songaly. Shes about to ask me again when John comes up behind me
"you ready then?" he asks me
"yeah, you'll need a coat out there!" I warn him
"I'll be fine! I'm strong and hard, I don't feel the cold!" I laugh at him "hey what was that for?" I laugh again and walk off, he follows "no really, don't you think I'm hard?" by this time we reach the doors, they open "shit" he exclaims "your right, but it wasn't this cold when we got here!"
"no, thats because it wasn't midnight when we got here!"
"good point!" he starts to run off to the cafe opposite, I walk behind. When we get there hes already ordered 2 coffees and he passes one to me as I sit down.
"no thinks!" I say putting the coffee down.
"you, Abby, are turning down a cup of coffee in the middle of a 12 hour shift? You feeling OK?" he asks. I nod yes. "then why don't you want the cof..." he stops mid-sentence "unless your....your not. Are you?" I nod, yes, again. "oh my God, we're having a baby?" he asks
"yes!" I say aloud this time, he's speechless as he leans over and kisses me.
"so, when did you find out?" he says eventually.
"this morning, when you went to the shop."
"and you only told me now?"
"yes, well, I was kinda shocked at the time! And I wanted to make it special!"
"so this was special?"
"yes, this was the place you told me you loved me!" he smiles.
"we should be getting back!" he nods in agreement. As we get to the doors I ask
"when are we going to tell them?" he asks
"why don't we wait?"
"ok"
"you don't think its a good idea?" we're in the hospital now.
"i just want to tell people myself, and I'm sure you do!"
"OK, I understand!" he kisses the top of my head as we walk into the lounge
"hey!" Susan greets us "where have you two been?"
"oh, just getting something to drink!" Carter replies from his locker
"And Susan?" I have to tell her first, shes my best friend.
"yeah" she replies
"we have something to tell you!" by this time Carter has come over to me and Susans giving me querying looks "I'm pregnant!" I finish. She looks shocked
"but I thought....."
"i know, I decided I did want a child!"
"hey, congratulations you two!" she comes over and hugs us.
"hey whats going on?" Sam just entered the room
"nothin.." I start but Susan interrupts me.
"Abbys pregnant!"
"Susan!" I say sharply.
"Oh my God. Congratulations!" Sam hugs now!
"OK, look, I know what you two are like!" Carter says seriously "I know how much you gossip, so, please don't tell anyone!"
"OK, we promise!" they say in unison and walk out.
A few hours later
"hey Abby Congratulations!" Weaver yells at me. That must have been the 5th person that said that to me. Should have known Sam and Susan would tell someone.
"Abby, wait up!" Carter yells, I turn round
"hey!" I reply
"why did we trust them not to tell anyone?" I laugh at him
"I didn't trust them, I know they'd tell everyone! I don't know what you were thinking!" he puts his arm round me.
OK, I suppose I didn't trust them and telling them not to tell anyone was a mistake!"
"yep!" I kiss him "it does make life a lot easier though!" he looks at me questioningly "I mean, we don't have to go through the whole 'but I thought you didn't want a baby' thing, they'd have covered that!"
"yeah, good point!" he looks at his watch "we've only got 5 minuets, lets go!"
"good idea"
"hey, Jerry!" Carter yells "we're off!"
"hang on a minuet! You've still got 5 minuets left!" he replies
"look, Jerry, its only 5 minuets! And we haven't had a call from the Paramedics, have we?" that should have worked, well it does normally!
"yeah, but what are we going to do with all this food?"he asks as all the other staff jump out from behind the desk and shouts
"Congratulations!"
"Susan" John says menacingly.
"OK, OK, I shouldn't have told anyone but, you know what I'm like! Don't kill me!!!"
"OK, yes I do know what your like, and I won't tell you anything again!" I say in mock anger
"oh, come on! Have something to eat, then we'll let you go!" Sam yells
"OK, just for you, since you went through the hassle to organize it!" I hug Susan "thanks!" I say to her.
"come on, lets join everyone else!" Susan says happily. I nod in agreement as John puts his hands on my hips, turns me round and pulls me into a kiss, I pull away "we're having a baby!" I whisper
"I know, you happy?" he replies
"yeah, you?"
"yeah!" we kiss again.
OK, thats 'Starting Over' finished!!! Sorry again for the delay in updates! let me know what you think! And thanks for all your reviews!
Anna