Chapter 5:
Abby got off and waited in the lounge for Carter so that they could go and grab a bit to eat. She curled up on the couch as the five minutes turned into fifteen turning into a half hour turning into Abby closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Carter had gotten stuck with Larry, ah the joys of Super Larry although this time he had really done it. The schmuck had seriously injured himself. Carter shook his head as he wondered why anyone would use a bike as a ladder to reach for something in the garage, when the bike suddenly rolled Larry fell flat on his back on the concrete not only messing up his back but also hitting his head.
It took Carter almost another hour and a half to make sure that Larry hadn't done any kind of serious damage to his body. Lucky for Larry that he hadn't been unlucky for Carter as he was being kept later than he wanted to be kept. When he finally managed to get off and head into the lounge Abby was curled up on her side looking quite peaceful sleeping there.
Carter had to stop and wonder if he could get a sleeping Abby home without waking her up, the odds of that happening where pretty slim but and he didn't want her to suddenly wake up and end up hurting or maiming him.
"Abby," he reached down gently shaking her arm, "Abby… Abby…"
She stretched as she started to wake up now a little more the vision of the lounge coming into her sight a little more as the darkness of sleep left her eyes. "Hmm, Carter." She said as she moved to sit up a little more on the couch, "what time is it?"
"It's about 9." He said sitting down next to her, "sorry I got stuck with Super Larry right before shift ended."
"Ah, good old Super Larry, what did he do this time?" Abby asked familiar with one of the ER's more famous frequently flyers, they weren't sure if Larry just like the medical attention or if the poor guy really just was accident prone.
"Fell off a bike using it as a step stool in the garage." Carter said to her, "of course onto concrete."
"Now that does sound like something Larry would do." She said rubbing her eyes, "lucky for him he had you."
"Yeah lucky for him." Carter said, "how about I take you home, we can hit a drive through or something on the way or I could order in when we get there. You look tired."
"I am but I think I can wake up long enough to get something to eat with you if you still wanted to go out."
"Na, I think we should stay in, we'd be a lot harder to find." He smiled softly at her now. "Besides I think we should curl up on your couch and have some quiet time to ourselves before it gets away from us."
"That sounds like a wonderful idea." She said standing up now off the couch and holding out her hand for Carter to take, "I'm assuming you are ready to get out of here."
"More than ready." He said taking her hand into his as they started to walk towards the door to leave the hospital. He kissed the side of her head softly as they walked holding her as close to him as he could but yet walk with out smashing into her every couple of steps, "sorry about our date tonight."
"It's more than okay." Abby said, "so what if we don't go out, we are spending time together and really right now that's all that matters."
Carter smiled when she said that, "you know you are right there. As long as I'm with you it doesn't matter where we spend it."
"You are a smart man John Carter." Abby said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice nothing overly harsh.
"Ha, glad you think so."
"Hmm, yeah I do," she said as they reached the jeep and Carter opened up the door letting her inside. "So what's it going to be, I think that I am in the mood for tacos."
"That sounds good to me." Carter said as he started the jeep and headed them on there way. It didn't take him long and he had food in a bag and was headed towards her apartment once more. "Do you mind if I just crash at your place tonight?"
"Need you ask," Abby said looking over at him, "of course you can. Besides I think that we are both to tired for you to be driving any place after we eat. You have to work in the morning and my place is closer than yours. Give you a few more minutes to sleep."
"I was hoping for the few more minutes with you." He grinned over at her for a minute before focusing back on the road and finding a place near her building to park.
"That's a little sappy even for you." She said, "but sweet all the same."
"Sorry." He grinned before climbing out and running over to her side to get the door for her. They walked up to her apartment and both of them flopped down on the couch to eat.
"This is the way to end a day." Abby said, "especially a long one."
"That it is, I will have to agree with you there." He wrapped an arm around her pulling her in close to him, leaning down to give her a kiss, "but you can't end it without one of those."
She wrapped her arms around him now a little tighter, just inches away from him, "no you can't." She said right before she kissed him back.
As Carter held onto her keeping her close and not breaking the contact of their kiss, he reached up and pulled the blanket down over them both. Finally he did break it and moved Abby so that she was laying more comfortable on him. "I changed my mind." He said softly, "that isn't the way to end the day."
"What?" She said caught off guard.
"This is the way to end the day, with you laying here in my arms wrapped up snug as a bug, with nothing else around but us." He rested his chin on the top of his head. "Just the two of us."