Carter's POV
It was official. Abby and I were dating. And I was on cloud nine.
It had been two weeks since I kissed her that day on the platform at the el station We were spending all of our time together. I definitely had nothing to complain about. Abby, however… I think she was having some doubts.
"Carter," she asked one morning as we lay in bed basking in the sunlight that came shining through the window.
"Unh," I grunted. I wasn't really feeling too peppy that morning.
"John!" she said as she put her hand on my arm.
"Yeah?"
"I have to ask you something."
"Okay," I nodded. "What's wrong?"
"It's serious," she said.
Oh god, I thought. She's going to give me the talk. The one about where we're going, what we're doing, and all that good stuff.
"All right, what's bothering you?" I asked.
"Well, I was wondering… if this doesn't work…"
"This?" I was confused.
"This, like… you and me together."
"Hey, don't say that," I told her. "Of course it's going to work."
"Okay, but… if it doesn't… we'll still be friends, right?"
"Always," I smiled.
She smiled back. I pulled her into my arms, right where she belonged, and kissed her on the top of her head. "Always."
Abby's POV
"So how's… you and Carter?" Susan asked as we sat on the couch in the lounge sipping coffee.
"It's good. Really good."
"But…"
"But what?" I asked
"There's something wrong," Susan said.
"Well… I'm just really scared that, you know… we won't be friends anymore," I told her.
"Don't worry Abby, I'm not jealous. We can still be friends."
"No, not you and me, I was talking about Carter and me." I laughed. "But we can still be friends, too."
"Oh," she said. "I get it." She thought about it for a second. "But Carter and I broke up and we're still friends," Susan said.
"Yeah, but you two weren't really together. I mean, you didn't really do anything."
Susan laughed at my comment. "Sure, we didn't have sex, but did you two do it yet?"
I blushed and turned my head the other way.
"When, this week?" Susan asked. I shook my head.
"Last week?" I nodded.
"Last Monday? The day you two got caught making out in the lounge?"
I laughed at the bewildered expression on her face. "And every day since then," I told her.
"My god, Abby!" she was so amazed that I started cracking up.
"We didn't do it the whole time we were dating, but you two did it on the first date!"she told me. Susan and I started laughing our heads off, even though it wasn't really that funny.
"If it makes you feel better, it was my idea."
"Your idea?" Susan said.
"Yeah, I was the one who wanted to do it." I informed her and took a sip of coffee.
"So," Susan said, her voice taking on a serious tone. "Is he any good?"
"Susan!" I exclaimed, spitting my drink all over my pants.
Just then, who else but Carter walked into the room. He gave me a confused look as Susan started giggling at his perfect timing.
"Hey, you," Carter said, giving me a peck on the cheek before moving to he corner of the room to go get a cup of coffee. "Sorry to interrupt your… whatever you were doing," he said. "Carry on."
Carter's POV
Well that was weird, I thought as I left the lounge and walked over to admit. They were probably talking about me, I mused.
And of course they have good reason to. I've never seen Abby so happy, and I'd like to think that I'm mostly responsible for her newfound happiness. In fact, some of the staff here at County have even come up to me and asked what was up with her. Well, I think we've been the topic of discussion ever since Chuny walked in on us and then told the whole hospital…
I was brought out of my daydreams when a trauma came in. Nothing like a little blood to make your day even better.
Abby's POV
I walked up to Carter, who was standing in front of a computer at the admit desk. I put my arms around his waist from the back and stood on my tiptoes to peek over his shoulder. "What are you up to?" I asked.
"Just checking up on some things," he mumbled.
"Wanna grab some dinner?"
"Oh, I'm sorry," he said, turning around to face me and grabbing my hands. "I forgot our shifts ended at the same time today. I have to cover for someone."
"Yeah, that's all right," I said, trying not to look too disappointed. "I'm kind of tired anyway. I'll just go home and get some sleep."
"I'm sorry Abs," he repeated.
"No, really, it's fine. Maybe I'll catch up with Susan."
"Okay," Carter said. He leaned down and gave me a soft, sweet kiss. "Can I come by tonight?"
"Sure you can," said Frank after witnessing our kiss. "Just promise not to do that in public. It's making me sick!"
We laughed and I headed out the door.
Sorry it took a while to update. I tried to make this chapter a little longer, though. I hope everyone likes it. Please review, I'm still not sure where to go with this and any ideas would be appreciated.