Two months later, the wedding
"Here comes the bride..." Susan and Abby were standing at the front desk. Susan was singing to herself, exited for the wedding in two days. Abby looked at her oddly.
"What?"
"You know I'm not walking down to that, right?"
"Well yea, but it the spirit that counts."
Cater was coming with a throng of new med student behind him.
"Now take a chart and don't kill them." He exhaled, shooed them off and grasped Abby around the waist.
"Hey beautiful, hey Susan."
"Ok I'll leave you two alone, any way I hear a body fluid spill calling my name."
"Oh the one in exam 4? Because he left ama."
"Really? I'm so happy."
Cater and Abby were not really paying her much attention.
"So do you have the tuxes?"
"Check"
"Susan and Sam are coming at like ten to get ready."
"The florist and the caterer are still able to come, so now all we have to do is wait for the disaster to strike." Cater said sarcastically. They both smiled and left to take a double mva. Their shift ended at eight. They knew they were not going to miss not coming back for a month.
The morning of the wedding Carter was woken by Luka's knocking on the front door of the guest house where he stayed to honor the rule to not see the bride until the wedding; it was more for him than Abby. The knocking persisted until it was answered.
"Coming." He opened the door with his eyes shut sore from the bright September sun. "Hey, welcome."
"Good morning, I brought coffee." Luka handed the coffee cup to Carter and he drank.
"Ah thank you."
Abby knew she would not have been able to sleep if she did not take a sedative.
Abby was still sleeping when Susan arrived. But Martha let her in and gave her coffee in the kitchen. Upstairs Abby was waking around 10:30. She put a robe on and went down to the kitchen.
"Susan!"
"Abby, here comes the bride...." Susan was singing again
"You should have woken me how long have you been here?"
"Oh. Like a half hour?"
"Susan" Abby was now drinking her freshly poured cup of coffee. "Ok the dresses are in the closet upstairs and ... do you know were Sam is?"
"No but I guess she might have difficulties with Alex in the morning."
"Yea I guess." With that statement the doorbell rang and Martha went to get it. She reentered the room with Sam.
"Sorry Alex was being a pain and would not get out of bed and I left him with Carter and Luka, was that a bad idea?"
"I'm sure they can handle it may even give Carter a curve on the parenting thing."
"Oh, yea, when are you dew?"
"Not until like January or February. I got some time."
"Have you thought of any names?" Susan asked
"Do you know if it is a girl or a boy?" Sam asked before Abby could respond
"Yea, I have thought of names Carter is in his own world about a baby in this house, and getting his grandmother's stuff done and no we don't know if it is a boy or girl, yet."
They continued talking for like another half hour before Martha came in and told them the wedding was in two hours and they needed to get ready.
It was 12 o'clock and guests were starting to arrive. Carter's Family had arrived along with Maggie and Eric. Kerry and Henry, and others from the Hospital had arrived. Benton, Cleo Reese and their daughter Margaret came too. Abby had some friend from when school but the majority of the forty guests were from the hospital.
"You ready Abby?" Susan was saying through the door to the bathroom. No answer. "Abby? Are you in there?"
"Yea" She emerged as a princess in white. She had been fixing makeup from crying
"What's the matter?" Sam came over in her yellowish orange brides made dress.
"I'm getting married in within a matter of minutes to the man I have wanted for three years. Am I lucky or what?" They all giggled and left for the patio where they would make their entrances. Carter and Luka were already standing at the front of the array of chairs that were all filled. The yard was decorated with tool and red, yellow and orange roses. The string quartet was given the signal; Sam began to walk down the space between the chairs followed by Susan. Next it was Abby's turn. She came out from behind the door and the congregation stood. She was wearing a puffy strapless dress with her hair bulled back in a loose Pollyanna in her hands was a bouquet of white rose her belly was unnoticeable. Carter's eyes began to water as Abby walked towards him. He looked to his father who gave him the ok to cry. They were now standing together at the front. They continued to stare in to each other's eyes. They barely came out of their trances when the time came:
"Do you John Carter take Abigail Lockhart to be your wife to love and cherish her as long as you both shall live?"
"I do."
"Do you Abigail Lockhart take John Carter to be you husband, to love and to cherish him as long as you both shat live?"
"I do." She said in almost a whisper. They gave each other the rings and were sent in to the house. They were both crying. Sam ran to Luka and kissed Susan found Chuck in the crowd and embraced him. Maggie and Eric were crying too. The party lasted until 10. A few days later Susan and Luka came to send Carter and Abby off."
"So where are you going?" Susan Asked
"To our cottage in Canterbury."
"It's not ours; we're going back to were we well got engaged. We are also going to spend some time in France I think right?"
"Yes we are also going to France but it is ours I bought it."
"You're kidding right? You have to ask me now before you go buying the whole world."
"Sorry do you want me to get a refund?"
"No! I 'm just saying you know?" Susan and Luka were staring at them be all adorable to each other.
"Ok you two have fun and congratulation it was beautiful."
"Thank you for being their and sending us off." Abby said sweetly.
At the cottage. They arrived at the cottage at night. It was their new home away from home. At they fell asleep happily together as husband and wife. They woke the next morning to a beautiful vie overlooking the fields of flowers and wild sheep. They marveled in silence together.
"Carter, you could have bought a house in maybe Massachusetts some where a little more convenient."
"WE are married you can call me John now, ok?"
"Ok"
"I know I could have bought a house more convenient but I fell in love with this place with you and it will be a remembrance of how it began."
"I love you so much, thank you."
"I love you too, but what are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for marrying me?"
They stayed at the cottage for about two weeks then went to enjoy the city of romance, Paris. By the time they returned to Chicago Abby looked like she was pregnant. Carter and Abby were sitting on the sofa in the den watching a movie during a rain storm.
"Cater? Have you though of any names?"
"Yea, John if it is a boy and Abigail if it is a girl." Carter said jokingly
"I'm serious." She said pushing him over on the sofa.
"Have you?"
"Yes, kind of. Lillian page or Page Alexandra. I also like the name Bailey maybe Bailey Anne?"
"Oh, I like those. Have you thought of any for a boy?"
"Yes, James Patrick or Ethan Alexander or Lukas William?"
"I like those too. You're good at this naming thing."
"WE girls get good at it from naming all one hundred forty three stuffed animals and dolls."
"Did you really have that many stuffed animals and dolls?"
"Well no not that many but I had quite a few."
The next day carter and Abby went for a check up. They were waiting patiently in the small office of one of the OB/GYNs, Dr. Daniels.
"Hello, Abby John. How are things going? Any movement?"
"Yes! A whole lot."
"Well shall we have a look-see?"
Dr. Daniels brought the Ultra- sound machine over to the bed, squirted the gel on Abby's belly and put the mouse to her belly. Carter and Abby did npt realize it had begun at first and looked up to the monitor.
"You don't want to know the sex do you?"
"No thank you."
"Oh my, is that is it?" Carter said stumbling over his own words
"What John what is it? What is wrong?" Abby responded panicky. Dr. Daniels took a close look and nodded."
"You are right I think John. Abby you are having twins." Abby leaned back, she was shocked."
"Why did you just find out now?"
"Some twins tend to hide behind each other in the beginning of the pregnancy. Congratulations. I will leave you and print this."
Carter and Abby stared at the image on the screen. Carter took the mouse and rubbed it around Abby's belly.
"What are you doing?"
"I want to get a good look at them."