The sun was just starting to come up when they walked out into the morning
air, "Isn't it beautiful here Abby."
"It is," Abby said, as she tucked her hand into the crook of John's arm. I may never want to leave."
"We don't have to go back to Chicago." He said smiling. As much as he hated County on some days, he couldn't imagine not working there.
"Well, this is a vacation. Lets just concentrate on one day at a time."
"I plan on it." He said. "I forgot to mention that we have lunch with my mother tomorrow."
"Oh," Abby said, her smile fading.
"It will be okay Abby she won't eat you. I promise." He said, "I really want to meet this guy that my sister is marrying."
"So it's not going to be just your mother at lunch." Abby asked.
"Uh yeah." Carter said, "we have a few family engagements that we will be attending. Lunch with mother, then dinner with Barbs because the wedding is the day after tomorrow."
"Who picks where we eat?" Abby asked, thinking of what kind of food would be the quickest to fix and eat.
"We are eating at the hotel where we are staying at."
"Just promise me it won't be an all afternoon thing. Please." Abby said.
John was starting to get nervous, "it might be."
"I know. Why don't you go to lunch with your Mother, and I will join you for dessert." Abby said, hopefully.
"Do you want to spend time away from me already?" He asked.
"Not away from you, just not with your Mother."
"All right. But don't get mad if mother tries to hook me up with a blind date cause your not there to fight for what's yours."
"Never mind. I'll be there."
Carter smiled. "Sorry you have to be careful. Mother is weird about those things. She wants me to marry some dumb blonde heiress."
"Well, I only meet one of those criteria, and even that is fake." Abby said, with a toss of her hair.
"Your are my heiress." He said, "you're everything I want and need rolled into one.
"Tell me that enough, and I might just believe it."
"I will tell you that every day for the rest of your life." He said smiling at her. "This is our hotel."
"It's beautiful, John." Abby said. "Lets hurry up and get checked in so I can feed poor, little, underfed you."
Carter laughed when she said that, "you're wish is my command." He said. Carter got them checked in, what he didn't tell her was that he had reserved for them the honeymoon suite. He wanted her to have the best on this trip. He was bound and determined to show her just how much she meant to him. As they headed to the elevators Abby thought how she couldn't wait to be alone with Carter. Lunch with his mother was not going to be as fun as cuddling alone with him. Abby took the key he was holding out. She unlocked the door then opened it.
"Oh my God, John. It's wonderful." She said, still standing in the doorway. He picked her up and kicked the door closed with his foot. "Here we have no family, no distractions, and no pagers. I am all yours for the next seven days."
Abby kissed him, as he carried her farther into the room. "Do we ever have to leave?"
"Abby, I would stay here forever with you if I could, I have never felt like this with anyone before. I have never been this happy." He said, "If I could never go back to Chicago again, I would."
"Then again, after a while, never leaving this wonderful room might get a little boring."
"Abby, life would never be boring with you." He leaned down and kissed her, "where's the food."
"Is food all you can think of?" She asked. "I found out you know how to distract me, can I distract you?
Carter smiled at her, "I don't think you can, but then maybe I could be wrong."
"But then again, if I don't want you passing out from hunger, we should feed you first." Abby said. "Set me down so I can find the menu."
Carter returned Abby to the floor. He walked over and looked out the window. The view was breathe taking. This was just the place for them to spend what should be a very romantic getaway. He couldn't think of anything more than taking her to a wedding to get the love flowing.
Abby crossed the room and picked up the room service menu. "What do you want to eat? I think you can get just about anything here."
"You with strawberries and whip cream." Carter said glancing at the menu.
"Not very filling," Abby said as she slipped off her shoes. "But if that is all you want."
"Later maybe. Right now I could go for a great big steak med-rare, with oh yeah a baked potato." He said "And some of this death by chocolate cake."
"You are such a tease." Abby said. "Make it two, even though it is technically breakfast time."
Carter picked up the phone. He called in dinner for them. Carter knew better but he got a bottle of bubbly for later in the Jacuzzi that was in the bathroom.
"So," Abby asked, "What have you told your sister about me?"
"I haven't talked to Barbs in a long time. She's been pretty busy. It's been months since I've spoken to her. We weren't dating yet." Carter said, "I'm excited to see her, we were really close until she took this job over her with the family business."
"Wait a minute, she doesn't know anything about me and you are taking me to her wedding. What is she going to think?" Abby said, starting to pace.
"Abby, if I had talked to her I would have told her all about you. She's my sister, she's going to be happy for me." He said grabbing her arm, "you are too worried about my family. Barbie is going to love you as much as I do."
"When are we meeting her?"
"Tomorrow night, I told mother we weren't coming until tomorrow." He said, "I wanted one night alone with just you."
"Then we better make the most of it." Abby said, as she looped her arms around Carter. "Guess it was good that you were able to tire me out enough to sleep on that plane. Because I intend to make the most of our day alone."
Carter looked at her smiling. "Oh you do, do you. I think that I can go for that. But, "he was interrupted by the knock at the door, "plan on eating first." Carter answered the door and tipped the bellboy. "Hungry."
"Always." Abby said. "But maybe I should change before we eat."
"Why, I like you just the way you are." He said, "you can always change later, maybe I can help you with that too." He took the bottle of bubbly off the ice.
"John, what is that?" Abby asked.
He looked at her, "I know but you know that I've been hard on you about not drinking but well I think it's okay today."
"Why is today different?
"I've wanted to take you away for a long time now Abby, just you and me. No one to interrupt us, I won't be called in to the hospital. I want today to make you feel like a queen." He said.
Abby sat in the chair that Carter pulled out for her. "Don't mind me. It just came as a surprise." Carter nodded at her. He was beginning to think that he was never going to get through to her. He loved her but no matter what he tried she had this wall up around her. Maybe before they got back to Chicago he would find away around it. "It's fine Abby."
"I'm here with you, and I am happy. I guess it is safe." Abby said.
"Yeah," He said picking at dinner.
"Carter, if its going to bother you so much that you can't eat, I won't drink it." Abby said, pushing her food around on her plate
"No that's just it. I want you to relax and stop worrying about meeting my family." He said.
"Ok, I'm not worried. See this relaxed face."
He smiled at her, "you're funny when you do that."
"What" she asked.
"If that's relaxed, I'm glad I've never seen you drinking, drinking."
"Now you are confusing me."
"Abby, the face you're making." He said, "telling me your relaxed, you can't lie."
"I don't plan to. I will be relaxed. I will."
"Come here," He said standing up. Abby stood, placing her hand in Carter's. Carter pulled her close to him, he had turned the radio on before they had sat down to dinner, and he started to dance slowly with Abby. "I want you happy."
"I am. Really" Abby sighed, as she lay her head on Carter's chest. He felt her relax against him. He wanted to hold her here forever. "Abby I know I've told you I love you a hundred time, but for some reason I find that I can't stop saying it when I'm with you."
"And I know you believe it." Abby said, as she lifted her head to look in his eyes.
"I do, your amazing. I'd hate to think what life would be like for me if you hadn't come into it." She had saved his life what seemed like a long time ago. Abby wound her arms tighter around Carter, letting herself feel content. "You do make me feel special."
Carter handed her a glass, "Here's to you and me." Abby took the glass, touched it to Carter's "To us."
He smiled at her, "what would you like to do."
"Everything, as long as its with you." Abby said.
"That sounds good to me." Carter said, "look at this view."
"It is spectacular." John held her in front of him, "I wish that we could get out of this thing with mother. I don't want to see what kind of bimbo she's drug up for me." He said, "maybe we should just play sick and spend the day together."
"Don't tempt me. But this is important to you." Abby felt his warmth on her back as she leaned into him "I will be on my best behavior."
"You I am not worried about at all, you could do nothing to make me feel any less. It's her that I'm worried about."
"No more talk of mothers today. Not yours, not mine not Mother Theresa."
"Got you." He said smiling. "There's a Jacuzzi in the bathroom."
"Sounds heavenly." Abby said, turning in Carter's arms. "Shall I undress you?" she asked, playing with his buttons.
"Oh that is an offer that I can't refuse." Abby slowly undid his buttons, then pushed his shirt over his shoulders. Carter picked her up and carried her into the bathroom, He set her down on the edge of the bathtub and turned on the water. "I thought that this would be nice."
"Oh it will be." Abby said.
He kissed her as he turned on the tub, "you making a promise?"
"Sure." She said. "That's a promise I can keep."
"Oh I love it when you do that." He said as she slid down into the water pulling him with her."
"Oh, this feels good." Abby sighed. "You feel good."
Carter pulled her wet shirt over her head. "There that should be better."
"Mmmmm, I wish this moment never had to end" she whispered in his ear.
"I know, me too." He pulled her close to his chest. "I could stay here forever."
"Sounds good to me." Abby said as she wiggled closer to him. Carter kicked back. The water felt good on his back. He closed his eyes and soaked up the feeling of her lying there next to him. He was so tired from the flight, the jet lag, and 3 days worth of work. He snored. Abby smiled. She would just let him sleep until the water got cold.
"It is," Abby said, as she tucked her hand into the crook of John's arm. I may never want to leave."
"We don't have to go back to Chicago." He said smiling. As much as he hated County on some days, he couldn't imagine not working there.
"Well, this is a vacation. Lets just concentrate on one day at a time."
"I plan on it." He said. "I forgot to mention that we have lunch with my mother tomorrow."
"Oh," Abby said, her smile fading.
"It will be okay Abby she won't eat you. I promise." He said, "I really want to meet this guy that my sister is marrying."
"So it's not going to be just your mother at lunch." Abby asked.
"Uh yeah." Carter said, "we have a few family engagements that we will be attending. Lunch with mother, then dinner with Barbs because the wedding is the day after tomorrow."
"Who picks where we eat?" Abby asked, thinking of what kind of food would be the quickest to fix and eat.
"We are eating at the hotel where we are staying at."
"Just promise me it won't be an all afternoon thing. Please." Abby said.
John was starting to get nervous, "it might be."
"I know. Why don't you go to lunch with your Mother, and I will join you for dessert." Abby said, hopefully.
"Do you want to spend time away from me already?" He asked.
"Not away from you, just not with your Mother."
"All right. But don't get mad if mother tries to hook me up with a blind date cause your not there to fight for what's yours."
"Never mind. I'll be there."
Carter smiled. "Sorry you have to be careful. Mother is weird about those things. She wants me to marry some dumb blonde heiress."
"Well, I only meet one of those criteria, and even that is fake." Abby said, with a toss of her hair.
"Your are my heiress." He said, "you're everything I want and need rolled into one.
"Tell me that enough, and I might just believe it."
"I will tell you that every day for the rest of your life." He said smiling at her. "This is our hotel."
"It's beautiful, John." Abby said. "Lets hurry up and get checked in so I can feed poor, little, underfed you."
Carter laughed when she said that, "you're wish is my command." He said. Carter got them checked in, what he didn't tell her was that he had reserved for them the honeymoon suite. He wanted her to have the best on this trip. He was bound and determined to show her just how much she meant to him. As they headed to the elevators Abby thought how she couldn't wait to be alone with Carter. Lunch with his mother was not going to be as fun as cuddling alone with him. Abby took the key he was holding out. She unlocked the door then opened it.
"Oh my God, John. It's wonderful." She said, still standing in the doorway. He picked her up and kicked the door closed with his foot. "Here we have no family, no distractions, and no pagers. I am all yours for the next seven days."
Abby kissed him, as he carried her farther into the room. "Do we ever have to leave?"
"Abby, I would stay here forever with you if I could, I have never felt like this with anyone before. I have never been this happy." He said, "If I could never go back to Chicago again, I would."
"Then again, after a while, never leaving this wonderful room might get a little boring."
"Abby, life would never be boring with you." He leaned down and kissed her, "where's the food."
"Is food all you can think of?" She asked. "I found out you know how to distract me, can I distract you?
Carter smiled at her, "I don't think you can, but then maybe I could be wrong."
"But then again, if I don't want you passing out from hunger, we should feed you first." Abby said. "Set me down so I can find the menu."
Carter returned Abby to the floor. He walked over and looked out the window. The view was breathe taking. This was just the place for them to spend what should be a very romantic getaway. He couldn't think of anything more than taking her to a wedding to get the love flowing.
Abby crossed the room and picked up the room service menu. "What do you want to eat? I think you can get just about anything here."
"You with strawberries and whip cream." Carter said glancing at the menu.
"Not very filling," Abby said as she slipped off her shoes. "But if that is all you want."
"Later maybe. Right now I could go for a great big steak med-rare, with oh yeah a baked potato." He said "And some of this death by chocolate cake."
"You are such a tease." Abby said. "Make it two, even though it is technically breakfast time."
Carter picked up the phone. He called in dinner for them. Carter knew better but he got a bottle of bubbly for later in the Jacuzzi that was in the bathroom.
"So," Abby asked, "What have you told your sister about me?"
"I haven't talked to Barbs in a long time. She's been pretty busy. It's been months since I've spoken to her. We weren't dating yet." Carter said, "I'm excited to see her, we were really close until she took this job over her with the family business."
"Wait a minute, she doesn't know anything about me and you are taking me to her wedding. What is she going to think?" Abby said, starting to pace.
"Abby, if I had talked to her I would have told her all about you. She's my sister, she's going to be happy for me." He said grabbing her arm, "you are too worried about my family. Barbie is going to love you as much as I do."
"When are we meeting her?"
"Tomorrow night, I told mother we weren't coming until tomorrow." He said, "I wanted one night alone with just you."
"Then we better make the most of it." Abby said, as she looped her arms around Carter. "Guess it was good that you were able to tire me out enough to sleep on that plane. Because I intend to make the most of our day alone."
Carter looked at her smiling. "Oh you do, do you. I think that I can go for that. But, "he was interrupted by the knock at the door, "plan on eating first." Carter answered the door and tipped the bellboy. "Hungry."
"Always." Abby said. "But maybe I should change before we eat."
"Why, I like you just the way you are." He said, "you can always change later, maybe I can help you with that too." He took the bottle of bubbly off the ice.
"John, what is that?" Abby asked.
He looked at her, "I know but you know that I've been hard on you about not drinking but well I think it's okay today."
"Why is today different?
"I've wanted to take you away for a long time now Abby, just you and me. No one to interrupt us, I won't be called in to the hospital. I want today to make you feel like a queen." He said.
Abby sat in the chair that Carter pulled out for her. "Don't mind me. It just came as a surprise." Carter nodded at her. He was beginning to think that he was never going to get through to her. He loved her but no matter what he tried she had this wall up around her. Maybe before they got back to Chicago he would find away around it. "It's fine Abby."
"I'm here with you, and I am happy. I guess it is safe." Abby said.
"Yeah," He said picking at dinner.
"Carter, if its going to bother you so much that you can't eat, I won't drink it." Abby said, pushing her food around on her plate
"No that's just it. I want you to relax and stop worrying about meeting my family." He said.
"Ok, I'm not worried. See this relaxed face."
He smiled at her, "you're funny when you do that."
"What" she asked.
"If that's relaxed, I'm glad I've never seen you drinking, drinking."
"Now you are confusing me."
"Abby, the face you're making." He said, "telling me your relaxed, you can't lie."
"I don't plan to. I will be relaxed. I will."
"Come here," He said standing up. Abby stood, placing her hand in Carter's. Carter pulled her close to him, he had turned the radio on before they had sat down to dinner, and he started to dance slowly with Abby. "I want you happy."
"I am. Really" Abby sighed, as she lay her head on Carter's chest. He felt her relax against him. He wanted to hold her here forever. "Abby I know I've told you I love you a hundred time, but for some reason I find that I can't stop saying it when I'm with you."
"And I know you believe it." Abby said, as she lifted her head to look in his eyes.
"I do, your amazing. I'd hate to think what life would be like for me if you hadn't come into it." She had saved his life what seemed like a long time ago. Abby wound her arms tighter around Carter, letting herself feel content. "You do make me feel special."
Carter handed her a glass, "Here's to you and me." Abby took the glass, touched it to Carter's "To us."
He smiled at her, "what would you like to do."
"Everything, as long as its with you." Abby said.
"That sounds good to me." Carter said, "look at this view."
"It is spectacular." John held her in front of him, "I wish that we could get out of this thing with mother. I don't want to see what kind of bimbo she's drug up for me." He said, "maybe we should just play sick and spend the day together."
"Don't tempt me. But this is important to you." Abby felt his warmth on her back as she leaned into him "I will be on my best behavior."
"You I am not worried about at all, you could do nothing to make me feel any less. It's her that I'm worried about."
"No more talk of mothers today. Not yours, not mine not Mother Theresa."
"Got you." He said smiling. "There's a Jacuzzi in the bathroom."
"Sounds heavenly." Abby said, turning in Carter's arms. "Shall I undress you?" she asked, playing with his buttons.
"Oh that is an offer that I can't refuse." Abby slowly undid his buttons, then pushed his shirt over his shoulders. Carter picked her up and carried her into the bathroom, He set her down on the edge of the bathtub and turned on the water. "I thought that this would be nice."
"Oh it will be." Abby said.
He kissed her as he turned on the tub, "you making a promise?"
"Sure." She said. "That's a promise I can keep."
"Oh I love it when you do that." He said as she slid down into the water pulling him with her."
"Oh, this feels good." Abby sighed. "You feel good."
Carter pulled her wet shirt over her head. "There that should be better."
"Mmmmm, I wish this moment never had to end" she whispered in his ear.
"I know, me too." He pulled her close to his chest. "I could stay here forever."
"Sounds good to me." Abby said as she wiggled closer to him. Carter kicked back. The water felt good on his back. He closed his eyes and soaked up the feeling of her lying there next to him. He was so tired from the flight, the jet lag, and 3 days worth of work. He snored. Abby smiled. She would just let him sleep until the water got cold.