Abby stormed to the admit desk. She wiped the patient she had just discharged from the board, and slammed the rag down on the table. She grabbed a pen from the desk. "That time of the month Abby?" Frank joked, then turned back to the comic he was reading.
"Shutup Frank!" Abby yelled, and threw the pen at the back of his head.
"OW!" he yelled. Jerry snickered.
"Hey, Abby, hey!" Carter said, and grabbed her arm as she stomped away from the desk.
"Are you upset?" he asked.
"No" Abby said sarcastically, "I'm just storming around, yelling, and…..and…THROWING PENS AT PEOPLE for no reason!"
Carter was taken aback.
"Oh…my….god. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. John. I'm sorry…I just…..I just…" she couldn't go in. She put her hand over her mouth and took a deep breath. "Neela is in the OR."
His first sympathetic look turned into a look of shock. "W- why?"
"She was pregnant, and some lady punched her. She's bleeding internally." She said. She wrapped her arms around herself. Carter attempted to hug her, but Abby pushed him away.
"I'm sorry, I just need to be alone right now." She left in a haste. He watched her march down the hallway. He saw Kerry standing by the elevator, staring at absolutely nothing.
"Kerry?" he said softly, and approached her.
She looked up quickly. Her hands shook slightly. "Yeah?"
"Who's the father?" he asked.
She looked up. "I can't….just……how do you know?"
"Abby" he said sharply, "who's the father, Kerry?"
She looked down. "Ray" she whispered.
His face went white.
Ray cleared a patient from the board. He rubbed his eyes. He was tired as hell. He turned around and jumped back a little, seeing as Carter's face was inches from his. "Whoa man, no need to get so close" he said.
Carter shook his head. "Make it a habit of sleeping with girls then dumping them, Ray?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Neela."
"I never slept with Neela."
"Don't give me that, Ray. Think about, oh say, the last two months in your 'love' life."
"Well, she- no! It couldn't be, could it? She spent the night, but we didn't do- I was sort of drunk when she left- and- oh god! She's pregnant, isn't she?"
"She WAS" Carter spat, looking upon the man with disgust.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Ray asked fearfully.
"Something happened and she lost the baby. She's up in the OR, bleeding internally. Thanks a lot Ray."
Ray looked at Carter for a minute, on the edge of tears. He met a split second decision and sprinted away from his fellow doctor, heading for the OR.
