Right, exams are coming up ie first one is tomorrow :cries: so things have been slow and will continue to slow down. Just bear with me P
Thanks for the reviews, its appreaciated. In terms of Carbyness (without giving too much away) if I chose not to end it with a glorious carby reunion there will be (and is) room for a sequel. In the mean time I'm still unsure of my ending, its all going to depend on the flow of the story.
Ohh and thanks to Carbybubbles for pointing out my HORRIFIC mistake with regards to Chuck P I didn't even think when I wrote that part p, we'll just call it his occupational hazard. Well done for pointing it out though, no one else has D
Right enough of my blabbing.

Chapter 6

That night the Carter's had arranged a party for the guests. It was held right after the rehearsal wedding and took place in the same hall. Susan had left Chuck in the hotel room with Cosmo whilst Sam and Luka guarded Alex, making sure he wasn't up to his usual tricks. Jake and Abby were no where to be seen. Carter and Kem were graciously mingling and greeting as many people as they could.

"Where are Jake and Abby?" enquired Susan who sat at a table with Sam and Alex.
"I have no idea. Where's Chuck?" replied Sam.
"He's in the room with the baby. He's still pretty jet-lagged." Susan answered
"Ohh..ok, I've lost Luka."
"I know where he is" added Alex. "Yeah, I seen him at a bar giving some French girl a napkin with numbers on it" Alex smiled.

Sam looked at her son and smiled.

"Thanks Alex…way to make your mom feel good huh?" Alex gave her an innocent smile.

"Well look who finally decided to grace us with their presence" exclaimed Susan motioning in the way of the door-way where Abby and Jake were emerging from, tripping over one another on the way in. Abby hurried her pace upon seeing her friends standing watching her.
"Hey!" Abby greeted Sam and Susan

"Hey, finally decided to come down then?" Sam joked.

"Yeah what the hell took you so long?" Susan asked.

"I think I have an idea" Alex chirped in, smiling. Sam looked at him and laughed

"Okay Alex, you can go away now" Sam said

Abby and Susan laughed.
"Yeah, um sorry. Jake was doing his hair" Abby laughed.

Susan and Sam darted their eyes towards Jake and gave him a questioning look.
Jake, confused looked away and spotted Luka across the room.
He turned back round, kissed Abby on the cheek and left to go talk to Luka telling Abby that he'd catch her at dinner as he left. Abby smiled.

"You doing ok?" Susan asked her friend.

"Yeah, I thought I would have hated this, that it would he hard or whatever…but uhh, but its not..it's uhh…its all good." Abby smiled

Sam and Susan gave Abby a somewhat doubtful smile.

"You guys hungry?" Sam asked.

Abby sighed and nodded along with Susan. The three women then headed towards the buffet table set up in the back of the hall.

Once their plates were fully loaded the three friends headed towards an empty table and sat down where they sat picking at their food in silence.

"Wow, what is this, the feeding of the five thousand?" Jake laughed

Abby, Sam and Susan lifted their heads and looked up at Jake who was standing beside Luka.
"Hey" Abby greeted him.
"Hungry much?" Jake joked

Abby smiled and said "Yeah, we got a little carried away"

"I'll say" Luka said as he sat down and picked food off Sam's plate.

"Where's Alex?" Sam asked her husband

"He found a games room" Luka stated. "He'll be occupied for hours"

"As long as he isn't getting into trouble or causing chaos" Sam added.

Susan smiled at their little family dynamic. She loved seeing Luka so happy with his ready made family. She didn't really know much about what happened to Luka's family in Croatia, except of course from the details she had got from both Sam and Abby: she did however know that he went through an awful time and was left heartbroken. She often found herself in awe at him and his strength. He had lost both his children and his wife and was able to move on with his life and start a new family with Sam and Alex. She often wondered if she would be that strong if she was ever to loose Cosmo or Chuck, not that is was a re-occurring or common thought, it too often gave her chills and an overwhelming sense of fear. She did however acknowledge that she had a great support system. She had her best friends – Abby of course, and then Carter even though she was going to see much less of him but she did have an ever-growing friendship with Sam, something she was very thankful for. She enjoyed discussing kid things with her – both of them having spent many an evening talking about their sons. Her friendship with Sam is far different to her friendship with Abby. Abby doesn't have any children therefore Susan felt odd talking to her about problems with Cosmo – not because she wouldn't know what to do, but purely because she just wouldn't be able to understand as much as Sam. Susan often hoped Abby would start a family; she knew how great she was with Cosmo and could picture her as a great mother. She used to imagine her and Carter raising a family all those years ago, they would have had lots of children and Carter would have been a great father to them. She was so certain that they would be together forever, but how things change. Abby is with Jake now and Carter has Kem. She was so happy for both her friends but sometimes their synchronized relationships didn't fit together as well as she'd like. She had come to the resolution that things happen for a reason and that some things we just never meant to be. She glanced towards Abby and Jake who were sharing a plate of food. They sat laughing and joking with one another causing Susan to smile to herself. Abby was happy, but recently there just seemed to be something "off" with her.

"That is NOT a record!" Abby shrieked through laughter

"Ohh…I think it is" Jake smiled

"Susan back me up here." Abby directed towards her friend

Susan snapped back to reality at the mention of her name.

"Will you please back me up here?" Abby repeated

"Sure with what?" Susan asked
"I have went longer than a month without a cigarette" Abby said

Susan smiled at her friend and gave her an "are you kidding me" face.

Abby looked shocked and laughed "Hey, thanks for the support"
Susan laughed
"Well I don't care what either of you think, I have went longer than this before, and I fully intend to keep it up" Abby laughed.

"Well good luck" Jake added.

Abby smiled at him, a smile that remained on her face for a while.

"Hey guys, having fun?" Asked Carter approaching the table. He walked with his arm around Kem's shoulder and her arm around his waist.
"Hey Carter" Said Susan

"Hey John" added Jake whilst Luka and Sam smiled at him and Kem.

Abby looked up and noticed Carter with Kem. Her smile was knocked off her face when she said "Hey Carter, Kem"

Carter and Kem soon joined the table and the discussion between Luka and Sam became a topic for the whole table.

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