Cocoa Puffs?

Abby had been up for a couple of hours now. She sat curled up in a chair watching the snow softly falling from the sky, as she sipped from the coffee cup that she held onto. An anatomy book lay in her lap but she was not able to concentrate on it just yet. The snow had captured her attention and mesmerized her. A sound from the kitchen caught her attention as she turned to see Carter half-asleep still rummaging thru the kitchen cabinets.

"What are you looking for?" Abby asked.

"Where are the cocoa puffs?" He grumbled.

"We are out of them Carter." She smiled at him.

"What I gotta have my cocoa puffs." He snipped back at her.

"Honey, it's gotta have my pops."

"I don't want pops, I want cocoa puffs." He was extremely snippy this morning. The shift before had gone terrible and he was not in the mood this morning to banter with anyone, especially since he had not gotten the chance to have his cocoa puffs. "Is it too much to ask that there be cocoa puffs in the house for breakfast?"

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." She said back to him, turning her attention back to the book that lay in her lap.

"So what if I did?"

"That doesn't give you the right to take it out on me." She spat back at him. She was not going to let Carter take his foul mood out on her.

Carter grumbled something under his breath and walked back into the bedroom. He lay back down in the bed and pulled the sheets up over his head. He was not ready to face the world just yet.

"Get up Carter." Abby yelled from her chair in the living room.

"NO!" Was the response that she got back?

"You have to be to work in an hour!" Abby hollered at him again.

"And if I don't want to." Carter said.

"Get your ass out of my bed right now. I am not your mother Carter." Abby yelled.

"Got that right." He snipped as he pulled the sheets back and started towards the shower.

"What crawled up your ass and died Carter." She snapped.

His response to her was the door slamming shut behind him as he turned the radio on and started the shower. He climbed in and let the hot water run down his body. He turned on the radio that was hanging in the shower. The song that was playing on the radio was one that he hadn't heard in a long time.

He found the grumpiness from earlier starting to fade. Suddenly it wasn't that important that he wasn't able to have his cocoa puffs for breakfast before showering. He listened to the words of the song. Unaware that the bathroom door had opened and Abby had slipped inside.

Carter could see Abby's shadow moving on the other side of the glass. He heard her voice start to sing extremely off key with the radio. He found himself amused yet mesmerized with her seductive motions. "The only thing I want, the only thing I need, the only thing I choose, the only thing that looks good on me is you."

Her shadow disappeared from the glass and he felt her arms around his waist holding onto him from behind.

Carter spun her around so that she was in front of him. "put those patent leather pants in the circular file sometimes I think I might be looking good, but there's only one thing that fits like it should, the only think that looks good on me it you."

Abby smiled as she noticed that Carter's bad mood had slipped down the drain with the dirty water. He might not have his cocoa puffs but he had her. Carter brought his lips down onto Abby's and kissed her. "I might not have my cocoa puffs, but you're all I need."