part1

Abby had had a really stressful day. Fifteen minutes before her shift ended, she decided to take a short break to the roof for a quick cigarette before going home. Since the roof was almost always empty, she always went up there when she was stressed and wanted to get away from the chaos in the ER.

As she opened the door to step onto the roof, she noticed two people were already occupying the area. She was about to turn around to leave them alone, but one of the people caught her eye. As she saw him lean down to kiss the woman, she backed out of the doorway, embarrassed and mortified at the same time. She ran down the stairs quickly, still ashamed of what she had witnessed. Almost not wanting to believe it, she held back the tears that were starting to form. She couldn�t let anyone know what she had seen.

Why had Carter been kissing Susan? He had told Abby that she had too much baggage and she was too attached to Luka. She had heard a rumor that Mark and Susan had been an item before she left for Phoenix. Wasn�t that baggage too? Was she actually jealous? God, why was she acting like this? It was natural for two people to kiss. It was just strange to see Carter kissing someone else. Well Luka had moved on from her, shouldn�t Carter move on also? But John was different. It wasn�t a past relationship to just get over. It was the thoughts of what might have been or could have been. All these thoughts ran through her head as she gathered her belongings out of her locker and prepared to go home.

As she reached to open the door to the lounge to leave, it opened from the other direction.

�Oh, Abby, I�m sorry. Did I hit you?� Abby could tell Susan had been laughing but had stopped as soon as she came through the door.

�Uh, no. Excuse me, I have to go.� Abby said quickly and rushed from the room. She was already through the ambulance bay doors before Carter joined Susan in the lounge.

�Oh, you just missed Abby. She was acting really strange though. I think I hit her with the door when I was coming into the lounge. I apologized, but she blew me off.� Susan explained to Carter.

�Hmm, I wonder what�s wrong with her.� John thought to himself, but aloud replied, �I�m sure she didn�t mean to be rude.�

�So, you want to go get something to eat?� Susan asked, hopefully.

�I am so sorry that I forgot to tell you. I promised Gamma I�d go visit her.�

�Oh, that�s okay. Tomorrow is fine.� Susan said, somewhat disappointed. Carter could sense her disappointment, but he couldn�t let down his grandmother. He gave Susan a quick kiss on the cheek before leaving the hospital.