About a couple months later…

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BE….

Abby rolled over after she hit the alarm. She hated getting up in the mornings. Uck! Jake pulled her into a hug and they laid down to cuddled for a while.

"Hey now, no falling back to sleep." He said as he nudged her.

"Just 5 more minutes" she pleaded.

"Nope it's a bran new day and I have coffee all ready for you."

Abby smiled and kissed him. "Did you sleep alright last night?"

"Best night of my life" He beamed back at her. "What time do you work?"

"At one…you?"

"Same. You know this means we'll be coming into work together."

"Yeah, but I'm sure the nurses have had us figured out for a while now."

Carter strolled into the ER with summer on his mind. He couldn't believe it was May already. He stopped short as he saw who was walking in right in front of him. Abby with Jake who had his arm around her. They walked through the doors and shared a quick kiss before Jake went up to the admit desk and Abby to the lounge. He couldn't believe it at first. He had never pictured Abby with anyone else…but whatever. Why should he care. He was in love with Wendall.

"Morning Carter!" Susan called out as he walked in. "I have a nice full rack of waiting patients for you."

"where are you off to?" Carter asked as he pointed at her coat.

"I came in at 6. Chuck needs me at home to watch Cosmo for a bit. But here take this." It was a small piece of paper. 'ER BANQUET'

"What's this?" he asked.

"We're having an evening of fine dinning and dancing. It's been so long since I got to put on a dress and kick back with friends. I talked it over with Kerry and she thought it'd be a good bonding experience for the staff. And you're coming! So don't try to get out of it."

Carter gave her an innocent look. "Fine. Does Wendall know about it yet?"

"No but I'm assuming you'll warn her. It's in two weeks." Susan called out as she walked out of the ER and handed Luka and Sam their invitation as they came back through the ambulance bay.

"Where have you two been?" Carter asked the happy couple.

"We were on break and got something to eat. What's this?" Luka asked.

"Susan's excuse to get dolled up and out of the house." They all smiled "It should be fun. But right now we have a bunch of patients so get crackin'"

Abby opened her locker and a small piece of paper fell out. 'ER BANQUET'

"You got one too?"

She turned around and smiled at Jake as he came up to her.

"Yeah, did you hear about this?"

"Yup. I told Susan we'd be there, if you don't mind."

Abby laughed to herself. "But I don't have a thing to wear." She said playfully

"Well that's fine by me" Jake replied as he leaned in for a kiss.

Just then Carter walked in. Abby and Jake jumped apart. Slightly startled and blushing.

"Oh sorry" Carter said a bit startled himself.

"No, I was just heading out" Abby said as she grabbed her lab coat. She looked Carter in the eye and felt her heart melt a bit. There was something different about the way he had just looked at her. Almost…hurt? She shook it off and walked out.

"So you and Abby…" Carter said to Jake

"Yeah" Jake replied

"Oh……well you know, she can be a hand full."

"Yeah, I know. But it's going well so far."

"Good" Carter said as he left the lounge nodding his head "Good"