November 16th, 2004

Abby could still feel her lips buzzing even days after Ray kissed her. It was soft, but yet passionate at the same time. It was something Abby wanted to do more, but She hadn't seen Ray in the past four days. As for today, he was two hours late for his shift. Weaver was growing more and more angry.

"Jane, What time is it?" Abby said pulling out another chart. Jane glanced at her watch.

"Ray is three hours late." Jane replied. Abby narrowed her eyes and glared at the woman.

"That's not what I asked now was it?" She asked. Jane rolled her eyes and walked away. Abby growled. She really didn't like that girl. Hell, she didn't like many of the newbies they had now. It wasn't like Ray to be this late without calling. He loved his job. Hell, he lived at his job. Abby put her chart down and walked out into the ambulance bay. She saw Ray walking down the sidewalk. His face was covered in blood. "Oh my god. Ray." She ran up to him. "What did you do?"

"I'm fine, Abby." He said walking into the hospital. Abby grabbed his elbow and pulled him over to exam two.

"You're not fine, Ray. You're bleeding. Let me take a look." She said. Ray grumbled something under his breath but sat down. Abby shook her head as she put some alcohol on a strip of gauze. "You have a nasty gash on your eyebrow. I'm just going to wipe some of the blood away. It's going to sting."

"I can take it." Ray said as Abby began to clean the wound. Ray hissed in pain.

"What happened?" She asked.

"This fat dude broke his beer bottle over my head." Ray mumbled. Abby chuckled as she examined the gash.

"I need to suture it. Did you loose consciousness?" She asked. Ray nodded.

"Only for a minute or so." He replied. Abby shrugged as she began to numb the area.

"One minute, thirty minutes, thirty seconds. It's all serious when it comes to the brain. But since you don't have a brain you might not be affected." Abby said. Ray rolled his eyes, "Chuny, I want to get him a head CT."

"No head CT. I'm fine." He said as Abby began to stitch up to wound, "I just want to go."

"Well, you're not going home or any other place right now unless you have someone to go with you. You're not allowed to fall asleep tonight." Abby said. A smirk spread across Ray's face.

"I can think of one activity that will keep me up all night." He said. Abby tried to hold back the blush the was emerging onto her cheeks. Ray chuckled and that made her angry. He's laughing at my embarrassment, she thought.

"I'm the one stitching up your eyebrow, Ray. Don't piss me off or you'll have a nasty scar." She said.

"To match my others?" He asked, "It might look cool." Abby ignored him. Neela was right. Ray was an ass. A very tasty ass though. Chuny hung up the phone and looked at them

"CT is ready when you are." She said. Abby nodded.

"Just about ready." She said finishing up the stitch, "You need to have these taken out in seven to ten days. I don't want you to do it yourself. Have one of us do it."

"Yes, Dr. Lockhart." Ray smirked. She knew him too well. He would try it. Abby pushed a wheelchair over to him. The smile fell away from Ray's face. He shook his head. "I'm not getting into that chair."

"Yes you are. You know you have to." Abby said.

"I am fully capable of walking, Lockhart." Ray said. She smiled at him.

"If you get into the chair and cooperate the rest of your stay here, We'll have another repeat of the other night. I promise." Abby said. Ray stared at her. He could handle that right now. He sat in the chair as Abby laughed. Women could often get what they want if they used what God gave them.

"You're really evil." Ray said. Abby gave him one of his own smirks upon her face as she pushed him to the elevator.

"You have no room to judge." Abby said hitting the button, "You're the one who got into a bar room brawl."

"He said I look like a fag and I told him I didn't so we fought." Ray said.

"Well, are you sure you're not?" Abby asked.

"I kissed you. You got a rise out of me. You know I ain't." Ray said. She smiled innocently at him. She sure did get a rise out of him and she liked it.

Abby walked into Ray's room with a smile upon her face after they finished the CT and it came back to her. He was flipping through the TV channels trying not to fall asleep.

"Good news, you have a brain." She said, "Your head CT is fine."

"I told you everything would be fine." Ray said.

"You're free to go home." Abby said, "Except you don't have an apartment yet do you?" Ray shook his head.

"I'm still looking." He told her, "It's hard to find a good apartment in Chicago."

"It's hard to find a good apartment anywhere." Abby bit her lip. She was going to regret this move for a long time to come. "Why don't you come back and take my bed? Neela and I can figure something out."

"Are you sure?" Ray asked. Abby nodded.

"Yeah I'm sure. Hey, I still want you to stay awake all night so maybe Neela can take my bed and we can relax in the living room." She said. Ray shrugged his shoulders. This was going to be an interesting night.


Abby unlocked the front door and peered in. Neela was sound asleep on the couch. Abby sighed deeply. She nodded towards her room.

"Be quiet." She whispered leading Ray to her bedroom. Abby's heart pounded. She was doing this out of the kindness of her heart. Ray had no place to go and he was hot. Abby shut the door behind him. "Neela sleeps a lot."

"That's cool. Me too." Ray said falling onto the bed. "So what are we going to do tonight if I need to stay awake?" Abby looked at him. He had that look upon his face...that bad look.

"We can watch TV." Abby said grabbing her roommate. "TV is god."

"You promised me a kiss earlier today." Ray said staring at her. Damn, he remembered. Abby smirked sitting on her bed.

"That'll happen later." She said laying against her pillows. Abby closed her eyes for a moment. She had had such a long day. Putting her feet up felt so good. She felt Ray shift on her bed and felt his body near hers. Abby opened her eyes and saw Ray above her.

"What about now?" He asked. His voice was husky and it made Abby melt.

"We should do this, Ray." She told him, "you've had head trauma today."

"One of my heads is just fine." Ray smirk, "The other one on the other hand..."

"Perv." Abby chuckled. "Why me? I wouldn't have pegged me as someone you'd want to hook up with. I thought your type would be young and pretty."

"Abby, you're gorgeous and don't ever think other wise." Ray said. Abby rolled her eyes.

"One of Barnett's lines along with I'm a doctor, take off your shirt so I can look at it." She said. Ray laughed.

"I've actually used that." He said, "but I'm telling the truth, Abby. You're beautiful." God, he wasn't going to stop that was he? Okay so Abby didn't believe that someone like him would think she was pretty never the less gorgeous, but it still felt good.

"Oh shut up and kiss me." Abby said. Ray smiled. That was what he liked to hear. He leaned over Abby and pressed his lips against hers. There wasn't any shock factor in this kiss like there had been last time. She was expecting to feel the softness of his lips on hers.

She didn't hold back her groan this time. As Ray's tongue stroked her mouth, sending electricity to places that had been dormant for awhile, she groaned loudly. their breathing began to get heavy. Abby pressed her body against his as his body covered hers. She could feel his manhood pressing into her. This was great. Ray pulled his lips from hers and began to kiss her jaw line. His lips attached themselves to her neck. Abby's body quivered. God, he knew exactly what he was doing and Abby loved it.

"Ray..." She croaked out as his hand began to creep up her shirt. Ray smiled against her neck as his hand covered her bra covered breast. Her back arched into his hand.

"What do you want, baby?" He mumbled. Abby shivered feeling his tongue trek across her collarbone. Her mind was slowly shutting down. His fingers were doing amazing things to her breasts. Electricity and Heat seemed to seep from them.

"Ray..." Abby groaned. She hadn't expected the day to end like this.

"Tell me." Ray purred. Abby slowly opened her eyes and tried to regain her senses.

"We can't do this." She whispered. Abby felt Ray's fingers stop. She felt the disappointment surge throughout his body.

"Why can't we do this? You clearly want me and I want you." Ray said.

"I know, but Neela is in the next room." Abby said.

"If Neela wasn't here you'd have sex with me?" Ray asked. Abby nodded. He grumbled and fell back against the pillows.

"You're not going to fall asleep are you?" She asked. Ray shook his head.

"Trust me. No one this worked up can fall asleep." He said. Abby smiled weakly. She felt bad because she wanted Ray just as bad as He wanted her, but she knew how loud she could get and Neela was a light sleeper most nights. If they were meant to have sex, they will sometime and If they weren't, they won't.