Not Alone
Chapter 12
"Our future? I didn't think we had one." Carter replied, with a confused look on his face. Abby looked at him. "Can I come in, or is your date still here?" she asked.
"Why does it matter to you if my date is here or not, we're friends remember?" he said, as she walked into his apartment.
She looked at him. "I want to be more than friends."
Carter looked at her. "Abby, you know you don't want that."
"You don't know what I want." Abby said with a grin. "I know that you won't wait for me forever, I love you, John, and I want to be with you."
He looked at her with a shocked look. "You told me that you wanted to just be friends, so what changed your mind?"
She grabbed hold of his hand. "John, I was scared, I didn't want you to be in a relationship where you didn't know if your girlfriend had to go clean up a mess that her mom or brother did."
"So what's changed?" Carter asked her. She looked at him. "I'm still as scared as I was before, but I realize I don't want anybody else to have you, John, I love you, and only you, I don't know what the future is going to bring, but we have to deal with it together. You can deal with my family, right?"
He glanced at her. "What makes you think that I want to be with you?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I didn't even think about that, I'm sorry, John, just forgot that I was here." She said, as she was starting to leave the apartment, he grabbed a hold of her. "You aren't going anywhere, I love you, Abby, and I'm glad that you've finally come to your senses. We'll deal with whatever comes our way, if it means I have to deal with your mom and brother all the time, I want to be with you, and only you."
"So what about your date? Won't she wonder why you aren't calling her back?" Abby said, with a grin.
"The date didn't even last an hour, I couldn't stop thinking about you, Abby." he said, as he leaned over and kissed her and led her to the bedroom.
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A few hours later,
Abby laid in Carter's arms, she looked up at him. "I'm sorry about everything." He looked at her. "You have nothing to be sorry about, I know that you were scared to be in a relationship because of your family, but you don't have to be scared anymore, I'll be with you no matter what."
She smiled. "I know you will. I just had to figure that out myself, I've got to realize that I have to get on with my life, my family isn't always going to need my help."
He put his arms around her. "I love you, Abby, always will."
"I love you, Carter," she said, as she leaned over and kissed him.
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The next day,
Carter and Abby were walking to work. "You know Susan's going to be so happy about us getting back together, she's the one that made me realize that I need to really think about us."
"Did someone call my name?" Susan said, as she walked up to them. She could see how happy they were. "You guys are back together aren't you?"
Abby smiled as she turned around. "Yes we are," she said, as she put her arms around Carter. "I couldn't be happier."
"I'm happy for both of you." Susan said, as she hugged them back. "It took you both long enough to realize that you still love each other."
"Yes I know." Abby replied. "But we're back together, that is all that matters." Carter nodded. "I don't know how long I waited for you."
"You would have waited as long as you could, John." Susan said.
"I guess you are right," Carter said, as he leaned over and kissed Abby.
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Many years later,
Abby was sitting in the living room, looking at her photo album, she couldn't believe how far her and Carter have come since that night that she got back together with him, when she realized that she couldn't be scared anymore to be with him.
She looked at a picture of her and Carter's wedding day, 3 years ago. She was happier than she had ever been before, and this time the marriage was going to work. Carter sat down next to her. "What are you looking at?"
She smiled. "Pictures of our wedding day."
"You looked so beautiful that day, Abby," he said, as he leaned over and kissed her. "You didn't look too bad yourself. I never knew I could be this happy."
"You make me so happy too, you and our daughter." he said with a smile. Abby smiled at Carter. "I never thought that I would have a child because of the manic depression, my mom and brother have, but being with you made me realize that I want to have a child. She looks so much like you." Abby said, as they walked up to the nursery and watched her sleep. Carter put his arms around her. "I think she looks exactly like her mother, beautiful," he said, as he leaned over and kissed her.
Then the baby started to cry. Abby walked up to the crib, and picked her up. Abby smiled at Carter. "I think Melissa wants her daddy."
"Da Da." Melissa said. Carter smiled as he picked up his daughter. He looked at her with this smile on his face. "I love the both of you, you two are everything to me," he said, as he put his arms around Abby.
Abby and Carter walked into the living room. Abby watched as Carter was playing with Melissa, and she realized something that day, she finally got everything that she wanted, a great husband, and a great family, she was definitely not alone anymore.
The End
