Things were quite in the ER Carter was filling in charts when Susan called him over.

"We've got a GSW coming in" Carter pulled on his glove and headed outside to great the ambulance.

"Police shot him after he threatened to shot some people in a store". The ambulance rolled and a policeman was first out.

"Get me of here!" the man had only been shot in the arm, just enough to bring him down thought Carter.

He continued to thrash against the side, while Carter put a IV in him.

"What's your name?" Carter asked not really caring.

"Steve" he replied stopping moving.

"Why can't I feel my legs?" he asked, his voice seemed calm considering he couldn't feel his legs.

"Er Susan I think we need a C-spine" he called while pressing Steve's legs.

"Can you feel that?" Carter asked.

"No, I can't move, what the hell did those cop's do!"" Carter turned to fill in a chart as he did Steve reached out and grabbed a scalpel off a near by table.

"Get him upstairs" called Susan seeing him becoming agitated again.

"I'll go with him, we need these handcuffs off" Carter told the police man waiting outside.

"Can't"

"Well he's not going anywhere he has no lower pelvic movement" sighed Carter not really wanting to argue with the cop.

"Fine" he released him from his handcuffs.

While Carter talked to the tech in x-ray Steve reached for the heart monitor now attached to him lifting his leg as he did so.

Steve pulled the wires attached to him of and lay back down.

"He's coding" called Carter reaching across for the paddles he was stopped as an arm shot up and grabbed him.

"No one move" the man sat up right holding the scalpel he had taken to Carters neck.

Carter could picture valentine's night all over again. But this time it was different there was people around he wasn't alone.

"Right were going to slowly walk this way and if anyone move this happens" the man pulled the scalpel from his neck and nicked his arm. Just superficial but it stung.

Carter followed him down the corridor and though halls of the ER.

"Hey Carter" called Sam from behind the nurses desk.

"Oh god" she then saw who was behind him.

"No body move" the whole of the reception froze.

Chen stood behind reception with Jerry. Susan treating a patient on a gurney in the corridor and Abby stood directly in front of Steve and Carter.

She froze she could see the sun glinting of the scalpel pressed against Carters neck. Tears glistened in her eyes as Pratt tugged against her arm for her to move.

She did so but was stopped as something grabbed her other arm.

"You stand by the door" Carter looked helplessly at Abby.

Abby began to move to the door when a siren went by outside. This panicked the man and he swung towards the desk pulling Carter with him.

"Did you do that?" Jerry stood sternly

"No, it's going by listen"

"They will come though they probably know your gone" Carter tried to distract the man from Abby.

"Shut up" and with that he slammed Carters head into the desk with a sickening thud.

"NO" screamed Abby as Carter fell to the floor.

Steve then grabbed Abby

"This your girlfriend?" he questioned Carter. He had a tone in his voice Carter did not like almost as if he were enjoying it.

Luckily in the confusion Susan had managed to signal to Truney to get security as she walked up behind her.

"Would you like to see your boyfriend die" he man now held Abby with one arm tightly around her neck as he kicked Carter in the stomach.

"No. Stop" tears were falling down her face.

Pratt seeing his opportunity as Steve had put down the scalpel to get a hold on Abby. Pratt lunged at him followed by Jerry. Abby was tossed to the ground as Luka and Jerry wrestled him to the floor and security ran in.

"Gurney" called Susan running over to Carters side.

"Carter are you ok" Abby managed to get out through tears

"Not bad. You?" he smiled.

After getting his head sutured and having an x-ray which Abby insisted on encase he had any broken ribs, which he didn't Carter was allowed home.

It was raining as he walked out side.

Abby was suturing a mans hand when she saw him leave. She had though she was going to lose him today and she realised that she didn't want that even watching him walk away from the ER was hard. What if something happened what if he didn't know how much she loved him. Abby not one for big displays of love had always joked with him that he would never know that she loved him because she never said so. Somehow that didn't seem right and she dropped what she was doing and ran after him.

"Abby where you going?" shouted Pratt after her looking confused.

"WAIT" Abby screamed after Carter who was just about to cross the road.

"MARRY ME" she screamed now soaked from head to toe. Stood freeing in the pouring rain but she didn't care.

"WHAT" he called back

"MARRY ME" this time Abby shouted loud enough for the whole street to hear and several members of the ER who had come outside to see what was happening.

"YES" he called back as he walked towards her.

Cheers erupted from the gathered crowd and clapping as they kissed each other.

"See I can be romantic" laughed Abby as Carter wrapped his coat around her.

6 months had passed and Carter woke not in his own house but in Luka's room.

"Hey honey" Carter rolled over.

"Well hey to you too" said Luka smiling holding out a cup of coffee.

"Argh" Carter bolted upright. "Oh god" he took the coffee from Luka.

"So ready to get married then?" Luka smiled at him.

"You look like you need some coffee". Carter hair was a mess sticking out all places.

"I think I need a shower!" he replied pushing the covers of him and heading for the bathroom.

"You scrub up well" laughed Alex watching Carter fiddle with his tie.

"Aren't you going to your friends house?"

"Yer I'm going! See you at the church, don't forget the rings" she called as he shut the door.

"Don't forget the rings" muttered Carter trying to imitate Alex.

"ER, we may have a small problem" Luka was frantically emptying his pockets.

"What?"

"I forget the rings!"

"WHAT" the whole street heard Carter cry.