Title: Bitter Enemies
Chapter: 5
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. (Exceptfor my house, my baby and of course my husband). But nothing relating to ER.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your reviews. They really do keep me going. I've been so busy with Christmas that I was going to give this story up, but with all the new reviews I just couldn't stop now.
Authors Notes at the end.
"Nice apartment." Ray says following Abby into her kitchen.
"Thanks." She says dropping the ice cream on the table and getting spoons out of the drawer.
"Here." She turns and hands him his spoon and carton of Cherry Garcia.
He takes the spoon and ice cream into the other room and sits down on the couch. Abby finds her cookie dough ice cream in the freezer and comes to join him. She sits on the opposite end of the couch and digs into her ice cream. They begin eating their ice cream in silence.
"Abby."
"Hmmm?" She mumbles digging out a big spoonful of ice cream.
"I didn't come over here to eat ice cream."
Abby continues to eat her ice cream without looking up. Another minute of silence passes.
"Ray."
"Hmmm?" He raises his eyes to meet hers.
"I didn't invite you over to eat ice cream."
He smiles and puts his ice cream carton on the coffee table.
"So why did you invite me over?" He asks as he lays back on the couch with his head on the arm rest and his feet in her direction.
She puts her ice cream on the coffee table and turns to face him. "You're gonna make me say it?"
"Yep, I'm gonna make you say it." He grins at her.
"I wanted to finish our game of Truth or Dare." She grins back at him.
He bursts out laughing. "I gotta hand it to you Lockhart. I wasn't expecting that answer."
Abby sits up on the arm rest of the couch facing Ray and rubs her hands together. "Now lets see, where did we leave off."
Ray reaches up and grabs Abby's wrist and pulls her down on top of him, her face just inches away from his. "I'll show you where we left off." He whispers.
Abby leans her head down and gently kisses him. When she pulls back, his eyes are closed and he has a grin on his face.
"Do you like kissing me?" Abby asks.
"What do you think?" Ray opens one eye and peeks at her.
"I don't know." Abby shrugs.
"It's my turn for Truth or Dare." Ray says wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him.
"Ray, I was just kidding, I don't really want to play that game anymore." Abby says laughing.
"I know, but this will be the last one."
"Fine." Abby sighs. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Really? I guess I kinda expected a dare."
Ray laughs. "Trust me, you don't need to dare me to do anything at this point."
Abby rolls her eyes at him.
"Anyway," he continues on, "ask me who I have a crush on."
She grins at him. "Look, you don't need to rub it in that you have a crush on Frank."
"Abby."
"Let's see," She pulls away from Ray and sits down on the floor in front of the couch. "Ok, so we know its not Neela, Sam, Susan, or Jing Mei."
"Abby."
Ignoring him she continues on, "Chuny?"
"No."
"Is it a med student?"
"No." He sits up, folds his arms across his chest and looks at her.
"A nurse?"
"No."
"An attending?"
"Abby."
"Ooh, I know who it is, it's Luka isn't it?" She stands up in front of him trying to hide her grin.
He grabs her and pulls her down on his lap. "You caught me, I'm in love with Luka."
"I knew it!"
He lays her back on the couch and lays down on top of her this time.
"But don't tell him. It might make for an uncomfortable work environment."
"But then how will you ever know if he has a secret crush on you too?" She asks innocently.
"Do you have a secret crush on me?"
"Don't you mean Luka?"
"Sorry." He says playing with a lock of her hair. "Does Luka have a secret crush on me."
"I think he didn't realize he did until now." She says quietly.
Ray smiles sweetly at her.
"You know, I'm too old for you." Abby says raising her eyebrows at him.
"What about Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher?"
"Ok, I'm not that old!" She says laughing.
"I think you are incredibly sexy, especially in your little white lab coat." He grins lowering his head down to kiss her.
Her eyes flutter shut and she moans against his lips. As the kiss intensifies, their hands start to explore new territory. Ray's hands find their way underneath her shirt and he begins to stroke her sides up and down. Abby pulls at Ray's shirt trying to gain access to his back. Ray can sense her frustration as she yanks on the shirt with no luck. He breaks away from their kiss and pulls his shirt over his head and flings it across the room.
"Is that better?" He whispers laying back down on her.
She smiles and runs her fingers up and down his back. He shivers from her touch returns his attention to her lips again.
Abby moans as Ray's lips find their way to her neck again. How does he know that she loves that spot so much? He pulls his hands out from underneath her shirt and instead his hands find her cleavage at the opening of her shirt. She moans and finds his lips again, almost devouring them.
Click. The first lock is undone.
"What was that?" Ray pulls away and jerks his head up.
Click. Ths second lock is turning.
"Oh no, Neela's home!" Abby pushes Ray off of her and jumps off the couch. Panicking, she surveys the situation.
"Get in the bedroom!" She picks up Ray's shirt and hurles it at him. He catches the shirt and in seconds he is in her room and shuts the door.
She hears the front door open as Neela makes her way into the kitchen. Abby, thankful that she has so many locks on her apartment door, smooths her hair and straightens her shirt while trying to catch her breath.
Neela sees Abby by the couch.
"Hi." Neela says walking towards her.
"How was your dinner?" Abby asks trying to act innocent.
"Awful, but I don't feel like talking about it right now." Neela sighs and sits down on the couch.
"That bad huh?" Abby sits down next to her.
"You have no idea." Neela groans putting her feet up on the coffee table. "Abby?"
"Yeah?" Abby asks.
"Why do you have two cartons of ice cream on the coffee table?" Neela asks turning her head to look at Abby.
Abby grabs the cartons and rushes into the kitchen to put them in the freezer. "I couldn't decide what flavor to eat tonight."
"I thought you only stocked cookie dough." Neela calls to Abby in the kitchen.
"I stopped at the store on the way home." Abby answers, "I thought maybe I would try something new."
"Oh." Neela doesn't press the matter further and Abby sighs in relief.
"I think I'm going to go to bed now, it's been a long day." Abby mumbles to Neela heading towards the bedroom.
"Me too." Neela mumbles back getting up off the couch and heading towards the bathroom to brush her teeth.
"Night Abby."
"Night." Abby replies opening the door to the bedroom just enough to squeeze in. She shuts the door just as Ray grabs her waist and pulls her to him.
"Aaah." Abby shrieks at being startled.
"Abby, are you okay?" Neela calls from the bathroom.
Abby whips around and glares at Ray. "I'm fine Neela, I just thought I saw a spider." Abby calls back.
"Do you want me to come get it for you?" Neela responds.
"No, it really wasn't a spider, I just thought it was. I'm okay" Abby smiles at her friends offer. Neela has discovered how much Abby hates spiders and is always offering to smash the spiders for Abby. She turns around and walks towards the bed.
Ray wraps his arms around Abby from behind and whispers in her ear. "Sorry."
"You scared the shit out of me!" Abby whispers back.
"So now what?" Rays asks chuckling.
"Now, we wait until Neela falls asleep. She is a sound sleeper, and then we'll sneak you out the door."
"Oh."
"Do you have a better plan? 'Cause you can go down the fire escape if you want." Abby turns around in his arms to face him.
"No thanks. I think we'll wait for Neela." He smiles down at her. "How long until she falls asleep?"
"I don't know, could be a while." Abby responds looking up at him.
"So, what do you suggest we do while we wait?"
Ray doesn't wait for an answer as he backs up against the bed pulling Abby with him. He sits down and she climbs on him, her legs straddling his lap.
"Can you be quiet?" She whispers.
He wraps his fingers around the back of her neck and pulls her lips down to meet his.
"I'll try." He mumbles against her lips while laying back on the bed and pulling her down with him.
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