Chapter 10:
Abby wakes up. She opens her eyes and realizes that she isn't in her own bed. The memories of last night come back to her. She looks at the clock. It's late, and she needs to be getting to work soon. She turns over and sees Carter, still sleeping. She shakes him a little to wake him up. "Carter!" she whispers. Carter rolls over, mumbling something. "It's late; we need to get to work."
"Shoot, what time is it?" he asks her. Abby tells him the time. Carter lays in bed, while Abby gets up to go get ready as best as she can because she doesn't have enough time to go home and get ready. A few minutes later Abby walks out of the bathroom. Carter gets up to go in and get ready. Abby is getting dressed when she hears Carter ask her something, but she can't hear him because the bathroom door is closed.
"What?" she asks.
"I said did you use my toothbrush!"
"Yeah." Abby replies.
"Why?"
"I needed to brush my teeth with something, even if it was your nasty toothbrush."
"My toothbrush isn't nasty."
"Sure, whatever you say." Abby says teasingly, as she continues to get ready.
Carter and Abby arrive at work in Carter's Jeep. Carter gets out, and so does Abby who stays behind.
"Are you coming?" he asks her.
"In a minute."
"Why?" Carter asks as he walks towards Abby.
"Cause if we walk in there at the same time, people are gonna start assuming things." Abby states.
"Like what?"
"Like we're together, like we slept together, you know those kind of things." Abby can't believe she has to explain this to Carter.
"But we are together, and we did sleep together, so what's the problem?" Carter says, getting worried.
"I don't know, I just didn't think you wanted us to go all public." she says. "And so soon." She then adds in.
"Well if you want to keep this a secret…"
"No, its okay. It's just everything's going a little fast."
"Okay, so we will go slower."
"Okay." Abby says as she walks towards the door. "Are you coming?" she asks.
"But I thought…"
"Never mind, just come on!" she yells. Carter runs over. They hold hands as they walk inside.