Chapter 14:
"So you and Carter, eh?" asks Samantha Taggart as Abby comes out of the lounge.
"Uh, yeah," Abby says.
"Well congrats," Sam says. "Shoot, I gotta go help with this trauma, talk to you later!" she yells as she walks down the hall to the trauma room.
"Okay, how about coffee!" Abby yells back.
"Okay, whenever you're free!" Sam yells back as she opens the trauma room doors. Abby goes up to admit and grabs some charts.
"So you and Carter? Again?" asks Frank.
"Yea," Abby replies as she wonders how everyone knows about her current relationship with Carter. She shakes those thoughts from her mind as she goes to take care of the ER's many patients.
"So you and that Carter guy?" asks a little smirking boy Abby is taking care of.
"Okay, how do you know that?" she asks him, getting a little angry. The boy just giggles as Abby finishes up taking care of him. Abby leaves her patients for a minute to go find out how everyone knows about her and Carter. "Okay Frank, just tell me, how the hell do you know about me and Carter?" Frank laughs and just walks away from her shaking his head. She didn't care if the ER staff knew about her and Carter, but when little patients starting questioning her about it, she was bound to know something was up.
After taking care of some more patients, Abby decides to go find Carter to see if he was getting the same questions as she was. To her surprise, she can't find him anywhere. She asks Chuny if she's seen him, and she just tells her she hasn't, but is surprised that Abby hasn't noticed anything. As Abby wonders about this she picks up some charts, completely oblivious to what was written on the clear patient board at admit.
It isn't until about an hour later when Abby checks the patient board to see where one of her patients went that she sees it. In a big red heart is written 'Abby, I have something to ask you, Love Carter. P.S meet me on the roof when you see this.' She looks at it, becoming a little confused. She asks Frank when this was written. "About three hours ago, took ya a while to see it eh?" Abby just stares at the board, wondering what Carter could mean by this.
"Well whats you waiting for, go up there!" Frank says. Abby stands there until Frank gives her a little push. She starts running out of the ER and towards the elevator, wondering what Carter is up to. She waits by the elevator, frantically pushing the up button, even though she has pressed it about fifty times already. Finally the door opens. Abby runs in the elevator practically before everyone is out. "Sorry!" she says as she pushes by them.
Abby pushes the button in the elevator to go up to the roof. She watches the numbers go up and the elevator carries her up to the roof. It seems like forever, but finally she arrives and the elevator doors open. "John…?" she asks.
"Don't say anything just yet."
"But…"
"Abby, will you marry me?"
"But..."
"Just hear me out." Abby doesn't say anything, and Carter goes on. "I know it's soon, but we don't have to have the wedding just yet-"
"John," Carter stops. "Yes."
"Yes?" Carter asks.
"Yes!" Abby says, a big grin appearing on her face. Carter puts the ring on her finger, and Abby goes and hugs him, staying in his arms, wanting to stay like that forever. The next thing Abby hears is clapping coming from the elevator. She looks at the elevator, which is now open, full of the staff from the ER smiling and congratulating her.
"We're engaged!" Abby shrieks, showing them her ring. They all smile and give her lots of hugs.
"You're gonna be such a pretty bride!" Susan says as the elevator door closes and the rest of the ER staff go down to take care of things and leave Abby and Carter alone. Once the door is closed, Abby goes and jumps into Carter's arms. "I can't believe this…" Abby says.
"I can't believe you didn't notice my message!" Carter says teasingly. Abby smiles and kisses Carter. He kisses her back as they walk towards the elevator, which has just come back up.