Chapter 5
"Car, get up" Abby gently shook Carter's shoulder "Honey, get up"
"5 mor minutes, mom" Carter was grinning sleepily at her
"Har har, you big baby" Abby grinned ruefuly at him "Now up! We both have to be at work in an hour and a half. And I don't know about you but I want breakfast"
Carter looked mildly suprised at the idea of having to actually get up, let alone go to work. He groaned softly.
"I'm guessing you're going to want the shower?"
"Only if you come with me"
Abby's only response was to whack Carter upside the head.
"You're a real funny guy in the mornings, you know that?"
"So they say.." was Carter's smug reply, earinin him another dirty look from Abby
"Just shut up and get up, okay?"
"Make me" he grabbed her wrist, pulling her back down onto the couch and kissing her sense-less.
"Oh fuck!"
Abby stared disbelievingly at the clock on top of her TV. It quite clearly read 7:30, half an hour until their shift at the hospital that was 15 minutes away.
"Damn it! Car, honey, get up we're late- really late!"
And so it was that Carter and Abby found themselves dressed, without the luxury of showers, running through the kitchen, giving up entirely on the idea of breakfast or even coffee. But despite not having eaten, showered or had her coffee, Abby still felt happy. As she and Carter left her apartment and walked to the El, he leaned over kissing her gently and taking her hand.
'Maybe, just mabe' she thought 'things are going to be okay from now on'
