Authors note: So…… It finally happened. The Carby reunion… LOVE…

Part 6:

"Hi, Carter. You want a coffee?" Susan smiled at Carter as he entered the lounge.

"Sure, thanks," he replied and sat down on her offer, even though he wasn't really in the mood for talking. He just wanted to think. But of cause Susan started to chitchat:

"That trauma was just awful and then the guy woke up and puked all over Abby…Carter is everything OK?"

Carter sighted. She must have noticed how he tensed up when she mentioned Abbys name.

"So…" Susan, now being really serious, drew the word, to get his full attention, "have you talked to her yet?"

Carter, who had been deep in his own thoughts answered rather confused: "Who?"

"Britney Spears didn't you know that she's in the ER today," she said teasingly "no Abby of cause you annoying thing."

Carter looked down at the table, trying to avoid eye-contact. "No."

"But Carter…if you really love her you've got to do something," Susan said, her voice sounding a little desperate "cuz, you do love her, right?"

Carter swallowed hard, before answering the question: "Well…yes, I do, but she has a boyfriend. She doesn't love me anymore."

He could feel Susan's glance at him, when she said: "I know she has, but you had Kem," she said, trying to encourage him "and Wendell too, I just mean…" she added. Suddenly she was interrupted by the door. And there, in the doorway Abby stood. Immediately Susan started to giggle, even though she tried hard not to.

On the other hand Carter felt absolutely no need to laugh at all. How munch had she heard? Well it seemed like enough, from the expression in her face.

"Well…see you guys around," Susan giggled as she left the lounge, completely ignoring the looks she got from Carter, begging her for help.

When she'd closed the door, Abby began to speak: "You…you really love me?" she asked nervously, not really believing what she just heard.

"I…" Carter couldn't say anything. Abby joust looked at him, then after what felt like hours, she said: "Cuz I love you, and if you are, then I'm willing to try again. I know that we have problems to solve, but we can work it out."

While she spoke, Carter had walked up to her, and without even thinking, he took her in his arms, hugged her, and gave her a soft loving kiss on the lips.

"I wanna be with you, Abby," he said, after ending the kiss, not really knowing his own voice. Seconds after he felt her lips against his own again in a deeper kiss and before he knew it her hand was under his blouse.

Carter felt himself respond on Abbys touch, but he also knew that this wasn't exactly a good place to be. Anyone could interrupt them. A thing he'd already experienced once that day.

"Abby, we need to go somewhere more…um…privet," he heard himself say between kisses.

"Basement…" was all she said, freeing herself from his embrace, taking his hand and leading the way out of the lounge.

"Um…I know this was maybe a bit hasty, but I'm glad we did it anyway," Carter said satisfied, lying on the floor in an unused room in the basement with Abby in his arms.

"Oh…and so am I," she giggled before continuing: "anyway we wouldn't have been able to do much talking nor solving any problems if we hadn't done it."

Carter looked at her with a rather confused look in his eyes, so she continued: "Well, I just mean, we were both…um, you know…so we'd probably not get the best out of talking before the first problem was solved, if you know what I mean?" she explained blushingly.

As the realisation hit him, Carter began to laugh, but he soon stopped himself. They were still in the hospital and anyway his break would soon be over and Weaver would begin to look for him, so he started to get dressed.

Just as he were about to leave, he turned and sighted heavily. Before he left her, he would have to make sure that she'd talk to Jake, her boyfriend. Otherwise this whole matter could end up in a most unpleasant way. The thing was that he just didn't know how to say it, but as so many times before, she read his mind: "Oh, I'll talk to Jake today, I promise," she said, smiling her beautiful smile at him. Oh, yeah. Everything was going to be OK.