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Abby got out of the New York yellow cab and swung her rucksack over her shoulder. Shut the door, removed a couple of dollar bills from her pocket and extended her hand to give them to the driver. Abby straighten herself up and swung on her heels to look around the street. The brunette huddled herself as she shivered against the freezing cold night and caught Susan's car on the corner of her eye. Abby strode towards the vehicle and glanced at the licence plate to make sure it is for definite. It read "Illinois" underneath the numbers. She blew out a sigh of relief that the trip to New York wasn't a wasted journey. Abby pulled out a piece of paper from her other pocket to glance at the number of Chloe's and scanned down the street.
Abby surprised herself that she was actually stood in front of the house itself. She climbed up to the steps and hesitated for a minute to knock on the door. She gently rapped her knuckles and waited for an answer. When the door opened Abby felt the wave from the heating hit her face.
"Oh hello?" Chloe frowned at the stranger on her doorstep.
"Chloe?" Abby asked raising her brows.
"Y-y-yes"
Abby smiled with relief. "I was wondering if Susan was with you?"
Chloe jaw dropped to the floor. Then they both heard Susan's voice coming.
"Chloe… You ok… Who is it?" Susan asked walking in the hallway and froze on the spot when she saw Abby standing at the door. She shook her head in amaze "Wha… Abby?"
Abby sighed, "Oh thank god you're ok!"
Abby and Susan stared at each other for a short moment. Chloe glanced at the pair.
"Erm… Susan?"
Susan shook her head again "Oh I'm sorry Chloe, this is Abby."
"Oh this is Abby. I've heard all about you" Chloe nodded "Don't just stand there? Come in!"
Abby stepped in the warmth "Heard about me? Good things I hope?" She smiled wryly.
"I'll go back in the kitchen and get on with the dinner" Chloe insisted as she headed off.
"How did you know I was here?" Susan yelled in her whisper.
"Well gee Susan it was a wild guess." Abby said unzipping her coat.
"Ok," Susan replied with a pause. She took Abby's coat and hung it up. "But how did you get Chloe's address?"
"I broke into your apartment," Abby grinned forcefully.
"What?"
"Yeah I had to break the door down to get in," Abby said, "Oh god! You should have seen the mess I made…"
Susan gasped with her mouth wide open in disbelief. She shook her head, as she didn't know what to say about that.
Abby stared hard at Susan. She laughed out loud "You sucker! No I didn't break the door down. Your land lady gave me the keys."
"Oh?" Susan paused and laughed nervously.
"Come on Susan I was worried, I was worried sick that you had gone missing for two weeks. You expect me to sit back and say Ah she'll be alright."
"Yeah," Susan gave a guilty sigh and rubbed her forehead "I'm sorry."
"Kerry upset you big time hasn't she?"
Susan looked up at Abby at an instant. "Did she tell you?"
"Susan, I don't think she would deny anything. I just know. She did say that she was sorry. I know what she has been like. I have kind of blackmailed her to get the time off at a short notice"
"Really?"
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"Aw isn't that cute that your best buddy come looking for you" Chloe squawked.
"Ah yes," Abby raised her brows and nodded. She felt Susan's hand discreetly under the table, sliding along her lap. Abby placed her own on top of Susan's and they clasped it together tightly. She asked "Chloe do you know where the nearest hotel from here?
"Abby!" Susan shook her head, stared at her "Why would you think we would turf you out, we can put you up here no problems."
Chloe offered, "Well that's if you want to sleep on the couch."
"Sure no problems."
"No Chloe, Abby is sleeping with me. We can share the bed." Susan demanded
"Ok, if that's what you want to do" Chloe smiled spooning some vegetables on her plate. "Yeah I don't want to hear you two in bed talking all night."
"Chloe you sound like mom." Susan wined placing her knife and fork on to the empty plate.
Chloe looked at Abby "Susie used to do this all the time when she was a kid. Yapping all night when she had a friend to stay."
"So" The blonde shrugged "Isn't that what friends do?"
"I don't know, my teen years was a bit hazy," She laughed taking a sip of her drink.
"Yeah Chloe, smoking weed out of the bedroom window with your dopey friends." Susan smirked tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear "I don't know how mom turned a blind eye on you."
"They got so used to me being a bad girl that they couldn't define what's badder!" Chloe is now laughing hysterically
Susan laughed back "Yeah you got away with murder."
Abby chuckled at the sisterly banter. She turned look at Susan "So you never got in to trouble then?"
Susan sighed "No, not really…"
"Susie was a goody goody, always got her head in the books."
Abby chuckled again "Well yeah Chloe, look at her, success in career has paid up for her."
"Not anymore…" Susan muttered under her breath.
The phone rang and Chloe went to answer it.
"And makes you think that?" The brunette frowned
"Well I practically walked out of my job, didn't I?" Susan stated the matter of fact.
"Have you? So you don't think you will be able to walk straight back in there?" Abby asked, as she remembered the conversation with Weaver earlier, she hinted that Susan maybe able to have her position back.
"What? What do you mean?" The blonde sneered.
"I erm don't know Susan," Abby answered trying to changed the subject. "I'm pretty tired after working on an early and flying out here, maybe we should talk about issues tomorrow."
"Ok we should go out together tomorrow, talk, shop and eat."
"That will be great," Abby smiled and rose up on her feet "Excuse me, I hope I'm not being rude about wanting to go to bed now".
"Sure go," Chloe waved. "Little Susie will be here soon, her dad is running late."
"Ok." Susan nodded watching every move Abby makes, leaving the dining room.
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Abby slightly opened her eye when she heard Susan crept in the dim lit bedroom. She could see Susan leaning over looking at her taking a deep breath and gave a sad smile. Susan pulled her sweater over her head and threw it on the chair. Unbuckled the belt and unzipped her jeans and slid them off. She took off her t-shirt and Abby nearly gasped at the size of Susan's breasts. Abby hasn't seen Susan in the flesh for over two weeks and her pregnancy has made her breasts larger. The blonde unclasped her bra and the brunette took a gulp as she was starting feel aroused watching Susanpeel off the clothes one by one.
Susan walked in to the en-suite bathroom, brushed her teeth and studied herself in the mirror especially her tummy to see if the bump is yet noticeable. The blonde walked back in to the bedroom and stood by the bed taking off her panties. Slipped under the covers and snuggled up to Abby. They enjoyed the warmth of the embrace that they have missed. They both drifted off to sleep.