Back to the Real World
Chapter 9
Authors Note: Thanks for reading and reviewing I will try to update often now that school is out.
Mid-Day ER
(Abby's Hospital Room)
"Come on Carter, I want to go home. I may work in the hospital but I will not become one of those nurses who live in them too. Please can't you try to get me discharged? Please."
"Abby, you know that you can't leave until we get the test results and you have to go up to OB/GYN and see someone there too."
"But Carter, ugh! Sometimes you can be so doctorish and practical, I hate that. You know one thing I have learned from lying here in bed for days."
"What?"
"I can see why people hate this and all hospitals. The room color is questionable and looks like a baby puked oatmeal up all over it. The food tastes about the same and the bedside matter is condescending."
"So then you love it here?"
"Maybe as a nurse but certainly not as a patient"
"You know that saying, That doctors are meant to be doctors and patients are made for being patients, I think that applies for you. "
"Speaking of Work, What am I going to do I can't very well do what Hathaway did and waddle about for 9 months in the ER"
"Oh come on Abby, when you waddle its adorable like a penguin or a duck. Alright just joking, I know we have to do something about work. I guess you will work for a few months and then go on leave and I will work like crazy.
"Oh boy that sounds appealing; I'll be huge, ugly, jobless, and alone."
"No, you won't. You have me and the ER staff."
In walks Dr. Lewis
"Hey you two-said by Lewis
"Oh Susan what's up, when can I get out of this hospital, I hate hospitals."
"What you work in one, Abby"
"Abby, Susan is right"
"Never mind the pleasantries, when can I waddle home"
"Probably Tomorrow"
"Fine, then I can have some real food and an actual bed"
"I am gonna go out in the hall and talk to Susan, I'll be right back okay?"
"Yeah"
(In Hall)
"What is wrong with her Carter"
"Probably all the extra baby-hormones mixed with the regular ones, you know the concoction makes a really bad aftertaste like when you get wasted on apple martinis and wake up with a hangover to die from, I think that's what is happening here. She will be happier when she is home"
"Well I hope so, if not for her sake, then for yours.
Then they walked away and continued on their lives
ER same time in Lounge
Kovac and Sam talking
"You are so hung up on Abby, that even when we have something fantastic going on between us, its like your always with her in a sense. I am sick of it, I want a commitment or I am leaving you…for good.
"Sam Please just list—"
"I don't want excuses I want answers"
"Fine, I will be honest"
"that's a change"