AN: thanks to everyone for all the amazing reviews hope you enjoy this chapter there's another to follow very soon!
Abby woke to the echoing sound of a certain cartoon character laughing. She groaned and lifted the pillow above her head in an attempt to drown out the noise. Warm breath touched her skin, and she turned to see Carter sound asleep.
His mouth was open slightly and each breath caused his body to move up and down in a rhythmic fashion. Abby smiled and lifted the pillow off her head content watching him sleeping. The clock beside her bed flashed 6:57, reminding her that she was a nine o clock shift.
The hyena laugh sounded again followed by a loud giggle belonging to a small child. Abby quietly stepped out of bed and wrapped her dressing gown over her body in an attempt to warm herself. She crept out the room and into the dark living-room only lighted slightly by the flickering shadows created by the television. Liana sat in a curled position, still in her pink pyjamas.
"Hey there" Liana looked up and smiled.
Abby perched herself on the end of the couch and yawned, stretching her arms up to the ceiling.
"Isn't it a little early to be up," Abby asked between a huge yawn. Liana imitated her yawn and sat up shaking her head.
"No, I've been up for ages. The loony toons are on mum," she pointed to the TV and crawled closer to where Abby was sitting.
"Yes I see," Liana rested her hand on Abby's knee and turned her attention back to the cartoon.
"That cat, is trying to eat Tweety again," Liana giggled and tugged on Abby's pyjama bottoms. Abby ran her hand over Liana's forehead and sat down on the couch lifting Liana onto her lap. Liana immediately fidgeted and crawled off Abby's lap. Abby opened her mouth to say something, when the door creaked open. Liana froze when seeing Carter's head peek out from behind the door. Her eyes followed him as he advanced towards them.
"Hi" he smiled mischievously in Abby's direction.
"Hey there," Abby returned his smile and gazed down at Liana, who's face remained blank.
"Did you stay the night?" she asked fiddling with the bottom of Abby's pyjamas. Carter fixated his eyes at Abby and nodded slowly. Confused Liana pondered on what to say next and then asked the inevitable.
"But we don't have a spare bedroom where did you sleep?" Carter grinned and looked at Abby unsure of what to say. Abby was just as unsure and was saved when a musical number came on the television. Liana soon lost interest and turned her head back to the television.
"Do you want breakfast?" Abby asked breaking the awkward silence; she stood up and padded through to the kitchen.
"What times your shift?" Carter positioned himself next to Liana, and kept his eyes on Abby.
"I'm on at nine," Abby placed some bread in the toaster and rested her back against the side so she could watch them. She smiled as her eyes wondered around the kitchen and then frowned slightly when they fell on the medication drawer.
"Liana come through here,"
"No," the quick remark shocked Abby and she asked again.
"No mum, I'm watching the television," Liana pleaded and threw her hands down on the sofa, a tantrum brewing. Abby gave in and sucked in large amounts of air.
The toast popped up and she buttered a couple of pieces, smothering them both with a large amount of peanut butter. She poured milk into a glass and wondered through to the living-room. Absent mindly, Abby handed one plate to Carter and one to Liana.
"Mmm peanut butter my favourite," Carter grinned and took a bite.
"Sorry is that ok, I could make you some umm," Abby racked her mind to what other type of breakfast food she had.
"No no this is perfect," Carter reached over and gave Abby a long kiss on her lips, after parting Abby giggled.
"Wow can't remember the last time I had a peanut butter kiss,"
"I can't remember the last time I gave a peanut butter kiss." He leaned in again but was interrupted by the smashing of glass on the floor
"Oops" Liana peered down at the broken bits of glass. Abby sighed and was about to warn Liana to stay on the couch, when she stepped down to pick up the peices. Her small face scrunched up, and she burst into tears when the pain hit her.
"Owww, Mummy," Carter immediately lifted her off the floor and held her in his arms as Abby grabbed her ankles to look at her bare feet. She winced as they were bleeding quite heavily with jarred bits of glass sticking out of the cuts.
"We better get her to the ER," Abby muttered quickly running into her bedroom and shoving on a pair of jeans and top. She took the hysterical child into her arms as Carter got dressed quickly and they hurried out into his car.
"My feet hurt" Liana screamed as the cold air hit the cuts.
Abby suddenly remembered she hadn't given her any medication this morning and worried about her mood behaviour. However they piled into the car and Carter sped through the streets going way over the normal speed limit.
Carter dropped them off in the ambulance bay, and Abby hoisted Liana onto her hip. Her screams died down a little, and she sniffed back the tears when they entered the ER. Sam was standing in admin and looked up when they walked through.
"Hey Abby, what happened?" Sam's motherly side of her came out instinctively as she saw Liana's puffy eyes. She jogged over with a worried expression evident on her face.
"I stepped on glass," Liana said sniffing back the tears.
"Ouch, do you want me to take a look at that for you,"
"No its okay I'll do it, you probably have a board of patients to attend to," Abby smiled and lifted Liana further up on her hip.
"Are you sure? Curtain one I think is free if you want to take her in there." Abby smiled and hurried through to the empty bed laying Liana down on it and drawing the curtain so they had privacy. Meanwhile Carter hurried through the automatic doors and saw just in time Abby drawing the curtain. He slipped through and saw Liana's tears had died down as Abby was inspecting her cuts.
"Hey Carter what are you guys doing here," Susan had watched them all enter and she cautiously drew back the curtain.
"We had a little accident," Carter held Susan's stare as her eyes searched into his.
"I dropped my glass of milk and then I got the bits of glass in my foot," Liana's eyes filled up with tears as Abby gently pulled out one large piece of glass.
"Oh well you know the saying, there's no use crying over split milk…" Susan smiled and Carter laughed at her witty comment.
"While you're here there's some patient satisfaction scores I need to go over with you."
"I'm not on," Carter shook his head.
"I thought you just arrived for you shift?" Susan asked confused.
"No I came with Abby and Liana; I'm not on till two."
"Carter slept over," Liana stated much to her mother's embarrassment.
"Ohh" a grin spread across Susan's face as she watched her two friends' embarrassment as they avoided her stare.
"Hey why wasn't I invited to the sleepover," Susan grinned and left the curtain chuckling away to herself.
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