Chapter 2: A Good Day

Abby stood in her kitchen later that night after having left Carter and the El station as fast as she could, making up some dumb excuse about a cold as she went.

The ride back to her apartment, although short, wasn't short enough. As soon as she got on, she started wondering who Carter had seen, and why he had chosen to kiss her of all things.

Abby shook her head and came back to the present. Sighing, she grabbed a piece of pie out of the fridge and sat down to eat it on the couch while watching old Fear Factor reruns. Little did she know, that, at the very same time, Carter was doing the same thing at his place.

Abby's POV

Avoiding someone is harder than it looks. Especially when that someone just happens to be your best friend. I haven't talked to Carter since that day he kissed me. I just keep making up excuses and working around him. I guess someday I have to talk to him. But not today. And probably not very soon either.

The only problem is that I really want to know who Carter saw. Was it someone he knew or someone I knew? I must say, I am a really curious person. So I decide to go talk to him as I see him entering the lounge the next day.

"Hey Carter."

"Hey!" said Carter. He's so surprised to see me actually talking to him that he doesn't know what to say.

"Listen, I-"

"Hold on, Abby," he cuts me off. "There are some things that I need to tell you."

I nod, as if to encourage him to continue.

"That day last week… after work… I shouldn't have done that." Ouch. That stung. Is he really telling me that he regrets kissing me?

"Not that I didn't enjoy it," Carter told me. Well, that made me feel a little better.

"I just want to know-" I began.

"Just listen, please," Carter said again.

He grabbed my arms and pulled me down onto the couch next to him. "The man that I saw that day at the station… well, it was Brian."

"What?" I asked. "Are you sure?"

"Well, he looks just like the mug shots," Carter said. So not the time for your lame jokes, Carter.

"Oh… and you were hiding me?"

Carter just gave me one of his weird looks; where I couldn't tell what emotion he was trying to convey.

"Yeah…" he said. And I think maybe I shouldn't feel this way, but… it's just that… I liked it."

"Liked what?" I thought I knew what he was talking about, but I wanted to be completely sure.

"This," he said. Leaning over just a little bit, Carter smiled and looked straight at me with a question in his deep brown eyes. Slowly but surely he eased closer to me. I couldn't take it anymore. I placed a soft and gentle kiss on his lips.

Pulling away, I looked up at him. Neither of us spoke for about five seconds. It was definitely the longest five seconds of my life. Then I gained my confidence back.

"Who were you hiding me from this time?" I asked.

Carter just smiled and put his finger under my chin, then captured my lips with his again.

An amazing feeling spread throughout my entire body. The warmth radiated all the way to my toes as we kept on kissing. I wanted to stay like this forever.

Carter's POV

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be kissing Abby Lockhart. But that's exactly what I'm doing right now!

We went on making out for at least five minutes, until Chuny came in to tell us about the trauma. We quickly jumped apart.

"Hey Carter, we got a multiple GSW coming in, ETA is 7 minutes." Chuny left the room, but did a double take and came back in when she realized what we were doing on the couch. "Were you two just... you know?"

"What?" I asked innocently. Then Abby put her arms around my shoulders possesively and started kissing my neck.

Chuny ran out of the room, obviously disgusted.

"What was that for?" I said.

"It was the only way I could think of to make her leave," Abby stated simply.

I grinned as she moved to sit on my lap and pressed my lips to hers. "Something tells me this is going to be a good day," I said.

Sorry this chapter is kind of short, but i wanted to get something up. Thanks SOOOO much for the reviews, they really make me feel good! I hope you guys like it so far, please read and review.