After Abby had informed Amber of how she was supposed to act when she was on the drug, she left Amber to get some rest and headed into the room where the other three women were waiting. She was glad that she was going to tell them that there wouldn’t be training today and hopefully not ever if they could form a plan to take Romano down.

A few hours later Romano and Carter returned from the day of work, like it was perfectly normal that all of the missing doctors were in his house. Amber was feeling a lot better and she was in her room working out, getting prepared to fight some one that she almost didn’t stand a chance against. Romano was a master black belt, and she was only a fifth degree which meant that he could take her down rather easily. She thought at first that he was at a disadvantage because he only had one arm but then she remembered that Karate had everything to do with using your enemies energy against them. When she heard some one approaching she quickly dove back into bed and tried to look as sick as possible. Romano came in and sat down next to her carrying a bag of food that smelled like Chinese take out. She was starving from working out all day and she couldn’t wait to eat but she had to play it off like she was still just a little sick.

“Mm that smells good.” She said in a weak voice, he came over and felt her head and found that the fever he thought she had, had broken. He smiled and took out two containers of food and chopsticks because he knew how much she liked to eat with those. She slowly sat up and opened the first container which was lo mien and smelled it gently. “I’m hungry now…my stomach doest hurt any more.” She smiled at him and started to eat as slow as she could force herself to, she didn’t need him to think she was one hundred percent better. He sat down next to her and turned the TV on to some sitcom but he had no intention of watching it, and he began to eat his food too. It was weird because she wasn’t getting any bad vibes from him, it was also as if he really did care for her which was a little confusing.

“I’m glad you are feeling better.” He said and he looked over to her, “We don’t have to do anything tonight if you aren’t up for it.” He got up and walked over to the table that was in the corner of the room and started to eat once again in silence. She watched him for a moment, she felt sort of strange, this wasn’t the Romano that she knew from county general he was a completely different person. She took a deep breath and got out of the bed and joined him at the table.

“Are you okay…sir?” She quickly added onto the end of it thinking that’s what he expected her to say. He looked at her for a moment and then went back to his food, she frowned slightly and picked up her chopsticks once again and started to eat.

In the other room Weaver was laying on the bed trying to control her breathing even though it caused her immense pain. Susan was sitting at the table eating the dinner that Abby had provided for them and Corday was sitting across from her just staring at the food but she had absolutely no motivation to eat.

“Come on Elizabeth you have to eat something.” Susan said as she took a sip of her wine, she was amazed that they had even provided wine in the first place, “You don’t want to end up like…well…” She sort of nodded in the direction of Weaver who wasn’t paying any attention to them anyway. Corday looked over at Weaver and took in a deep breath before grabbing one of the rolls that was on the table and biting into it.

“Shut up Susan.” Weaver muttered and she carefully rolled onto the side of her that wasn’t bruised and pulled the blanket up over her head. She didn’t want to eat, she didn’t want to sleep, she just wanted to curl up somewhere and die from all the pain and humiliation she was feeling at that moment. A few minutes later Abby walked into the room with a rather large smile on her face and she went and sat down at the third chair that was at the dinner table.

“Amber spent the day doing some physical training now until she can get her strength back up we are going to have to go along with Romano…” Abby paused and waited for Corday or Lewis to complain, Elizabeth opened her mouth to say something and then shut it, she decided to wait till Abby was finished talking first, “But, Amber has promised to make this as easy on you guys as she possibly can. She’s going to try to keep him occupied which means I have the task of distracting Carter.”

“So what you just want us to sit in this room until Amber finally decides to attack him?” Corday blurted out, she didn’t want to be there, and she didn’t even want to think about being forced into sex with Romano again. Abby sighed and ignored Corday’s comment before looking over to Susan to see what her reaction was.

“Hey as long as you keep the food and wine coming I’ll be fine…but I think you should check on Kerry.” She said and then finished what was left in her glass before reaching for the bottle and pouring herself some more. Abby looked at the both of them wondering why they just didn’t check her out but then she remembered how much those two didn’t like Weaver. She thought they might have pulled together to get through this time of crisis but it was now clear that Susan and Elizabeth had formed their own little group excluding her. Abby walked over to the bed and sat down next to Weaver and then leaned over to see how she was doing. Kerry wasn’t asleep yet so she turned her head to look Abby in the eye, she didn’t want help she just wanted everyone to leave her the hell alone.

“I’ll be fine, if you really want to help me get me a vicodin.” Weaver muttered and then she turned her head away so it was resting on the pillow again. She didn’t realize that Abby actually had access to vicodin, and she also didn’t realize that Abby was going to get her just that. Abby nodded slightly thinking that Weaver’s injuries and humiliation deserved some sort of pain killer and the left the room to go get it. As she walked down the hall she began to wonder how she might have been able to prevent things from getting as far as they had. She whished she would have done something earlier but now it was too late and she was going to have to do everything she could to be the strong one of the group.

The next morning Amber was down in one of the lounges with Romano feeding him breakfast, Abby was sitting there watching them as she and Carter ate at a table from across the room. Amber looked rather happy and Abby couldn’t believe how this woman could pull herself together enough to act like she was still some air head under Romano’s control. Amber giggled and then started to kiss Romano passionately and Abby began to worry that something was very wrong, it didn’t seem to her that Amber was the least bit disgusted. There was no look in her eyes that confirmed it, or even subtle body language she was acting just as she had in the days before. She wondered if Romano had decided to give her some other drug, or something happened…what she didn’t think about was the possibility that Amber was actually falling in love with Romano.

“Abby I’m going to go into work for a few hours…have lunch ready when I get home.” Carter announced before getting up and leaving the room. His head had been pounding on and off for the past few days but luckily he wasn’t able to draw the connection with the replaced needles, her just thought that he needed more pain killers for it to work.

“Amber…” Romano pulled away from the kiss for just a moment, “I need to go pick up your birthday present but I’ll be home within the hour.” He smiled at her and she smiled back a little excited to find out what he had gotten her, or was going to get her. She got off of his lap and heard Abby mutter something to herself before she cleared her and Carter’s plate and headed into the kitchen. Amber waited till Romano had left before walking into the kitchen to help her clean up.

“Amber, did he drug you again?” Abby asked her after she carelessly dropped the dishes into the sink, she thought that she was going to lose her mind if the whole drugging thing started up again. Amber smiled at her and picked up and apple and bit into it.

“No, you told me to act like an idiot so that’s what I’m doing.” She replied and then took another bite of the apple and started to chew it loudly.

“You looked like you were actually enjoying your time with him…” Abby picked up a towel and dried off her hands and then set it down on the counter, “You don’t actually like him do you?” Amber took another bite of the apple and though about it, she didn’t know if she should answer the question truthfully or if she should lie.

“No…yes…maybe just a little…” She offered a weak smile in Abby’s direction, which caused the poor nurse to finally go over the edge.

“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? HUH?” She stepped up getting into Amber’s face even though she was considerably shorter then her, “YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID TO YOU! And you KNOW what he made you do to KERRY…how the HELL can you stand there and…” She clenched her fists and growled slightly before actually throwing a punch at Amber’s face. Amber’s hand darted up and caught the fist before it made contact and she held onto it tightly.

“You need to get laid…I think you’re the only one in this place who hasn’t had sex with Carter or Romano in…god…who knows how long.” Amber continued to hold her fist and she took another bite of her apple.

“What the hell are you getting at?” Abby whispered harshly…Amber stood there for a moment chewing on her apple, finally she swallowed and set it down and pulled Abby into one hell of a hungry kiss. At first she tried to pull away, but a few moments later she felt herself kissing back, she didn’t know why or even how it was turning her on but it was. She finally pulled away from Amber, her face completely red and she stepped over to the sink and started to do the dishes in silence.

“You liked that didn’t you?” Amber purred into her ear as she stepped up behind her, Abby clenched her teeth but she remained silent, she didn’t want to admit to Amber or even herself that she enjoyed that. Amber leaned in and started to kiss at Abby’s neck gently before sliding her hand into the front of Abby’s jeans and into her panties. Abby gasped slightly but she didn’t make any attempt to pull away from the other woman’s touch. Amber smiled and then went back to kissing her neck, she slipped a finger into Abby’s hot little body and started to move it in and out expertly, it was clear that she knew what she was doing. Abby groaned slightly and sine Amber was behind her it wasn’t hard for her to pretend that it was some one else doing this to her, she decided to pretend like it was Carter, back in the days before he had become a complete asshole. Amber added another one of her skilled fingers and moved them in and out a little faster causing Abby to moan even louder. She started to grind her hips down to drive Amber’s fingers deeper into her, she was loving every second of it. Amber continued for a while moving her hand at various speeds keeping Abby on the brink of an orgasm for almost forty five minutes before Abby couldn’t take it any more.

“Amber stop it…let me cum…”

“Beg for it Abby…” Amber whispered into her ear before she started to nibble at Abby’s ear lobe, Abby moaned loudly and started to grind her hips down but no matter what she did she wasn’t able to bring herself to an orgasm.

“Fine…Amber please let me cum…” She begged and Amber smiled from behind her. She then added yet another finger and let her palm press firmly against Abby’s clit, which almost instantly brought the woman to a screaming orgasm, she was thrusting her hips and her knees started to buckle but Amber supported her to keep her standing. Abby’s hands clutched at the kitchen counter as she screamed and orgasmed not once but four different times. She never thought that she would ever be brought to orgasm by another woman, but on the other hand that was probably the best orgasm or series of orgasms she had ever had. Finally Amber moved away from her and started to suck on her fingers, Abby took in a deep breath and turned to look at her, she felt like a whole bunch of tension had just been lifted from her. Amber brought the fingers out of her mouth once more and pulled Abby into a gently kiss running her fingers through the smaller woman’s soft hair. Abby kissed back and then pulled Amber into a hug and started to cry, she didn’t know why she was crying but it had been the first time since she had got there that she had cried…but this time she was actually in the arms of some one she felt safe with.