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| All I Ever Needed; Some carby angst (PG) | |
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| lemonjelly | Dec 28 2004, 01:49 PM Post #76 |
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ok then, thanks to Katie, Faith, Chicago and exploradora for the reviews. here is the final chapter now - so have a happy new year everyone even though it's only the 28th...but still. Enjoy! Love LJ xXx All I Ever Needed. Chapter Twelve. What Will Always Be Abby was in shock. Everything suddenly seemed so distant and hazy except for him standing in the middle of the room, trying to look her in the eye. She recalled Luka’s quiet farewell and she remembered the front door shutting softly behind her – all as a faint memory. The room spun and she gulped for air – remembering, finally, to breathe. “Hey,” she greeted, back. She frowned in thought. “Erm – how did you, I mean, I thought you – “ she gestured at the door, confusedly. “Susan gave me the spare key – “ Carter dangled it from his fingers just like he had done with his own set of keys. “I hope you don’t mind,” he added. “Oh, no – not at all,” she waved her hand vaguely. “Good,” It seemed strange – this tense and overly polite conversation they were having while they stood in the dark living room, her hair still dripping and her eyes still red. “How was your flight?” she heard herself say and then took a step back, wondering what had possessed her to say that. He nodded courteously. “It was good, thank you,” Carter answered. He shook himself – was it really him saying all this? “So – you’re pregnant, then.” “Uh – yeah, that’s right,” she nodded slowly. There was a long and awkward pause. The rainwater dripped off her hair and splattered loudly on the floor, just to accentuate the silence. Carter’s leg jerked, suddenly, as though he began to take a step towards her but thought better of it. He laughed, sharply and uncertainly as he rubbed the back of his neck. Then: “Forgive me,” he blurted, suddenly. “What?” Abby asked. He bit his lip and rubbed his eyes. “Erm – I didn’t mean it like – erm – right,” he squinted into the dark, chewing furiously on his bottom lip. “Listen – I, I know this isn’t enough, but I just, I just need to sort this out. I’m sorry, Abby. I’m so sorry and –“ His eyebrows knitted together as he searched his mind for the rest of his apology. There was so much he had to say – where had it all gone? “Look, it doesn’t matter,” Abby told him, hurriedly. “It doesn’t matter, John.” He looked up at her with a pained expression. “No, it does. It really does, Abby,” he answered, “because I owe it to you. And because all I ever do to you is let you down. I hurt you and let you down.” Abby walked to him, instead, and she turned his face to hers. He looked deep into her eyes and all he found was forgiveness. He couldn’t take it; he looked away. “It’s okay, John,” she insisted. “How can you say this?” he asked, shaking his head. “How can you forgive me just like that? I let you down – all the time.” She shrugged and smiled slightly. “Well – not all the time.” “All I do is let you down. And leave. I leave the whole time, too. Just when we need to stay together and sort things out, I run away. I leave you, when I need to stay. I jump on a plane to the Congo. Just when we have to stand by each other.” “But you come back – you came back,” “That’s hardly enough,” “It’s enough for me,” “I went off because I didn’t understand. I had to try and work out what happened between us. I should have stayed.” “You came back,” she repeated, softly. She took hold of his hands. “And I thought I could go off and find all those fabled things that money couldn’t buy and I didn’t get it – I found nothing.” He looked down at his hands in hers and then straight at her. “I was looking for all these things in all the wrong places. I didn’t see it then – I had it all already. And I had found them all in you,” “John – “ “I’ll make it up to you – I promise,” he let his hands, still entwined with her own, fall upon her pregnant stomach and he whispered, sadly: “I’ve missed out on so much; I should never have left.” “But you came back. We’ve been through a whole lot – but you’ve come back, even after it all,” she maintained with a smile. Then, at last, he kissed her. When they drew apart, a tear rolled down Abby’s cheek. She wiped it away and saw it had fallen from his shining eyes. He smiled slightly, despite the tears blurring his vision. “I’ll always come back.” There’s a couple and they stand in a darkened room. Rain and tears drip to form tiny puddles on the living room floor but it all doesn’t matter now; they don’t really notice. They stand, hand in hand and as they kiss, they know – things will be okay. They have each other now and, as it turns out, it was all they ever needed. Thanks Love LJ xXx |
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| Luka's Divota | Dec 28 2004, 01:53 PM Post #77 |
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Resident (500+ posts)
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG That was SO AMAZING...possibly one of the best ficks i have EVER read. It was amzingly written and i loved it to bits
I hope you're gonna write more fics, cuz i LOVE your style of writing, and this story was just...absolutely fan-bloody-tastic
love katie xxxx |
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| Faith | Dec 28 2004, 02:02 PM Post #78 |
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Hospital Chairperson (3,700+ posts)
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WE WANT MORE, WE WANT MORE!!! (At least I do
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| Luka's Divota | Dec 28 2004, 02:06 PM Post #79 |
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Resident (500+ posts)
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yeah...i follow-up story would be nice...maybe after the little one has been born
but if you dont want to, just another story writtenby you would be wickedkatie xxx
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| exploradora | Dec 28 2004, 02:31 PM Post #80 |
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yay!!!! Thanks so much for writting this fanfic! It really helps the Winter break ER is taking go by faster. I cant believe we have to wait til mid January for a new eppy!!! anyway, amazing story and thanks again! |
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| rawr_she_said | Dec 28 2004, 03:13 PM Post #81 |
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Nurse (-100 Posts)
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okay, i don't post on here nearly as often as i should, but that's beacuse i haven't actually written anything. i read this story on fanfiction.net, not once, but probably about five times. i love it!!!!! yay!!! it's probably one of my favorite fics ever. i think this ending is perfect, and it doesn't need to continue, but it would be awesome if you were to ever write something else. and then maybe i'll write something too, haha.
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| Chicago | Dec 28 2004, 06:13 PM Post #82 |
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Nurse (-100 Posts)
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oh my god! I don't know what to say. This story ist great, amazing, brilliant ... I love it! so, when comes your next story?! :rolleyes: Chicago |
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| lemonjelly | Dec 29 2004, 06:17 AM Post #83 |
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hey wow, you read it on ff.net? that's cool - i was thinking of posting Beyond All Of Everything up here after this - what a cop-out, right? i just haven't written anything for ages and ages, so i thought i might get back into it if i re-post some of my latest stuff. did you read Beyond blah blah blah? sorry, i can't be pissed to write the whole thing... jesus im so lazy... but yes - if you read it, do you think it's a gd idea to post it up here because i was thinking i might go ahead and write a sequel to that... |
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| rawr_she_said | Dec 29 2004, 06:18 PM Post #84 |
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Nurse (-100 Posts)
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yes yes yes!!! post that one with the long title that i'm too lazy to type too!! i hadn't read it before, because i thought i didn't have the attention span to read 24 chapters, but then i read the first chapter today and i got hooked, and couldn't stop until i finished it. i love it!!! i think a sequel would be awesome, too. i don't want to say too much, but it would be cool if you included the other...characters (i don't like calling them characters, they're too much like real people)...too, and just some more about people's...marriages, i guess. again, i don't want to say too much. maybe we should be pming about this. how do pms work on here? --anna
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| jadedXbrownXeyes | Jan 1 2005, 03:09 PM Post #85 |
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lemonjelly omg I love it SOOO much!! It was suuuccch an amazing fic!! Please please please go on!! I'll definately read it! I love the way you write and I love this fic!! AGgh! I wanna know what's gonna happen!! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Xx<3xX And def post your other one! |
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Luby Fanart Challenge: Vote here! I still have Carby love <3 sometimes you need to forget what you feel, and remember what you deserve Thanks SO much to *luby4eva* for my beautiful banners!!
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