Disclaimer: I do not own ER, I do not own the characters, basically, I own nothing, so please do not sue! Much obliged!
We all Cry Sometimes
Chapter 5-
The next couple of days were a blur. The ER had been a nightmare, and with Christmas just hanging around the corner, Abby knew that things were only going to get worse. Everyone got sick at Christmas. Ray had been avoiding her all week, which, oddly enough bothered Abby. She missed their constant bickering in a sadistic kind of way. Mostly though, she missed the way that he had made her feel that night at the diner. It had been a long time since she had felt like that.
She kept replaying the entire scene from the examination room in her head. It bothered her that Ray was able to read her so well. It bothered her that he had pinpointed every single one of her weaknesses in one argument. It bothered her that he appeared to know her better than she knew herself. All she wanted was to be happy for once. It had been so long since she had actually been happy.
"Abby, I need you to go help Carter in exam room 4," Dr. Susan Lewis asked. Abby was still staring blankly at her chart, "Abby? Did you hear me?"
"What? Oh yes, exam room 4, got it." Abby blinked and headed for the exam room. She saw Carter working quickly and skillfully on an elderly man, about 62, who had been on duty as a security guard at the shopping centre when a young shoplifter had pulled out a knife and severely injured the man. Along with Dr. Carter, Sam Taggart, Dr. Dubenko, and Ray were in the room. Abby cringed. Before opening the exam room door however, she shook any emotion she was feeling off. She was after all, a professional, and she refused to let something as simple as a minor argument throw her off. She entered the room, put on a lead vest and quickly joined the group of medical workers.
At the end of the day, Abby spotted Ray leaving the building. She was not quite sure what she was going to do, but for some reason, she felt as though she needed to catch up to him, "Ray! Wait up a second," she called out to him. Ray turned around and stopped. Abby caught up to him and stood in front of him, unsure of what she was going to say.
"I don't have all day Abby," Ray said impatiently.
Abby shook her head, Ray sighed and rolled his eyes, he began to walk away, "You were right, Ray." Abby called out to the back of Ray's head. He stopped walking and slowly turned around, "Everything you said the other day. You were completely right. I am afraid. I'm afraid of getting hurt, I'm afraid of actually showing any emotion at all." Ray took a couple steps closer, "We could give it a shot, you know. But you have to be willing to deal with the way I work."
Ray smiled, "And you'll have to deal with my immature, irresponsible, childish behavior."
Abby frowned, "Did I really say that?"
Ray wrapped his arms around Abby, "Every word." And he kissed her lightly on her forehead. "So how bout we head over to my place, I'll cook you dinner."
"You can cook?" Abby smirked.
"Emeril's got nothing on me!" Ray took her hand and the pair began walking to Ray's apartment.