Chapter 6: He complicates it

Authors note:I dont own primeval waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! ok ill stop havin hissy fit now

'Oh my God that film was class wasn't it Connor'

'Hell yeah it was awsome he is sooo funny that man'

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The quilt fitted round her body so snuggly it was thick and warm and deep red a head burrowed into the numerous matching coloured girl was young in features and small in stature, tears streaming down her face stinging the dry cracked skin as if salt was being poured into a wound the clear liquid passing over her nose and over her lips the saltyness her mind she knew it would get worse before it got better she knew that with more memory returning everyday she knew what happened she'd lost her unborn baby ,she couldn't even protect it so what kind of a mother would she be when it was born the thoughts questioned her guilt was so much to bare after everything that happened as yet another man walked out on eye lids became heavy and fat, dark tones appeared underneath her eyes as they drifted the pupils decreased in size the eye colour became soft and the sleep deprivation took her body into a almost dead hours slowly passed as she stirred in her dreams they were more like glorified nightmares than dreams as she tossed and turned this way and that.

'Aargh!!'help help!' it sounded like someone was being violently attacked outside or was it? Abby shot up in the bed shivering and crying only to find Connor kneeling on her bed his arms clasped either side of her shoulders to keep her steady.

'Arggh!get off me!' she wrestled him her nervousness showing in her voice.

'Abby! Abby!, look it's me it's Connor' he took her in his arms.

'Why,why you here your'e supposed to be at Carolines'

'I was I phoned your mobile to make sure you were okay but when you never answered after the fifth time I thought something was wrong so I came back only to find you screaming help in your sleep.'

'Oh..' drifted out, her voice gone ,she wanted to say something better but she was in too much shock to register what had gone on.

'So' he continued whilst flicking on the bedside lamp 'you want to tell me why you were screaming like that'.The student sat back down next to Abby who was still shivering and took her hands tightly into his.

'Wow someone's got sweaty hands there really wet it feels more like paint actually' His eyes gazed down at the pale hands in his when something red caught his eye when he suddenly cottoned on.

'Er Abby why are your hands covered in blood?Whats happened whilst I was gone' his tone panicked his voice anxious

'Nothing I fel..I fell asleep why?' it came out all tense and fragile even though she tried to hold back the tears she just couldn't it was all too much-Micheal,the crash,the baby,Connor.

'Connor's grip tightened as he pulled her hands under the light for a better look,blood was smeared across her hands and part of her fingernails were stained with dry blood whilst the palm contained fresh blood that was still trickling out bit by bit .He dabbed at the blood with a tissue trying to inspect the hands but more blood came it was from small rips in the flesh across the centre of her palm rather like the same shape as fingernails...

'Abby you did this in your nightmare'

'Did what?'.She sounded pretty clueless like she had no recolection of what had happened.

'Abby look at your hands there covered in blood you've doug you're nails inchs into the palms of your need to get you back to the hospital.'

'Connor no I don't want to' she looked terrified like a small child when told off.

'Come on it's okay Abby I'm with you your safe'

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Back at the hospital Abby was in a room on her own looking completly terrified whilst Connnor and the nurse spoke outside

'So Connor what exactly happened?'

'Well this has been going on for about a week she wakes up screeming and crying shouting for help

'So nightmares then basically' she snapped back her tone short to the point

'Yeah but thats not it they seem so real as if she is actually being physically attacked you've seen what injury she did herself there must be something you can do?'

'We''ll run a few tests then your free to take her home unless you'd prefer she stayed here'

'Er no I'll take her home she'll be ok wih me'

They ran every test possible blood sample,brain scan everything possible until they found there answer.

Mr Temple? the nurse called causing Connor to shoot up out of his slouched position

'It appears Miss Maitland is in severe denial'

'Really why?'

'Well just all the things thats happened over the course of the last few months that you told us about has built up and basically the only way her body can cope with it is by sorting it out in her dreams but her grip from reality is slipping are letting Miss Maitland home on the count that you make sure she takes these' she stated handing Connor a pack of tablets

'Okay thankyou for making sure she is ok.'

Connor shuffled after the nurse his feet not lifting from the ground once all the way along the corridor into Abby's sat there staring down at the floor tears in her eyes they were dead they showed no hope no happiness and Connor was the only one in this world who knew about what was going eyes met as his hand reached over to hers-a reality grip something grounded that she could hold onto forever until she was ready to let go.

'Come on Abs it's ok now' he whipsered leading the way out of the hospital his arm clenched tightly round hers.

The tyres screeched against the slippy tarmac grinding to a halt ,everything was wet the rain had pelted down for the entire drive home ,the day turned into night, the sky dark, lightning rumbling far-away the occassional flash seen causing them to car doors swung open as they sprinted cautiously towards the front door letting themselves in and Conor swiftly legging it back to lock up the mini before rushing back in the flat. The day grew more fierce the thunder now straight overhead as the rain spat against the windows and flashes lighting up the entire room as Abby drew herself closer into Connor as they sat snuggled together on the sofa there eyes locked for seconds before Connor made his move ......there lips entwined Connor pulling Abby up the stairs towards her bedroom their lips not parting once..

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The morning sun rose shining on through the drapes up at the bay window as Connor squinted his eyes open scanning for the bedside, ten fifteen the purple L.E.D.'s read out causing Connor to crash back into reality,he recongnised this bedroom and it certanly wasn't Carolines or his. Shit. It was Abby's ,what the hell was he doing here, then it hit him again he'd seduced her and Caroline would kill him if she ever found out but then something disturbed his thoughts, something warm and tender yet so soft and snuggly,it was Abby waking up.

'Hi she said sleeply then it hit her too 'Oh my god Connor'

'Abby I know I'm so sorry'

'What the hell happened?.. oh wait, yeah' as the relisation dawned on her 'we slept together' her voice muffled as she snuggled into him more

'Abby I have to go Caroline will kill me if she finds out Abby I'm so sorry I mean it I really am last night was just..just a mistake'

He looked Abby in the eye as he got dressed causing her face to drop she looked so horrified and upset

'But Connor...I thought..I thought you were in love with me.'

'Abby I am or I was or I don't know but I'm with Caroline now and it's not fair on her exactly is it? me just going off then sleeping with my best mate but obviously were not even that anymore.

'Why not?'

'Abby we can't be best mates we slept together for crying out loud'

Then in seconds he was gone,the front door slamming shut behind him leaving a heart broken Abby in bed alone,confused and upset.

'Oh Rex ,I've been so stupid how could I actually think Connor wanted me over Caroline, I'm a mess he doesn't want me ,he wants a girl who knows what she wants, and I'm certanly not that type of girl,how could I have fell for him I mean it's Connor, were best mates but now I just can't believe him if Caroline wasn't in the picture he would of still been here or would he? I think its safe to say I've lost him for good too.