Abigail Caine never imagined that her life would turn out the way it did. She met Horatio Caine outside the grocery store. She had seen him there many times before. When he would see her he would smile and she would blush. After a few months of that game, Horatio raked up the courage to ask her out. Abigail didn't know who he was exactly.

"Excuse me ma'am" he had asked shyly.

Abigail had turned around to see the redheaded man smiling at her.

"Hi"

"I've seen you here for a long time and we've been smiling at each other for months now. I was wondering if you would have dinner with me" he stood and waited for an answer.

Abigail was shocked but extremely happy about his request.

"I would like that"

Horatio had smiled at her. "I'm Horatio Caine"

Now she knew where she knew him from. Her brother was detective at MDPD and he had often spoken highly of the redheaded lieutenant. "I'm Abigail Patterson"

"Hi Abigail, it's nice to be able to put a name to your beautiful face" he said.

She remembered blushing. "Well, you do know how to make a girl blush."

"I'm sorry" he said looking back up at her.

"Oh it's alright. How about I give you my number and call me to set up dinner plans?"

"Alright, but I must warn you, I'm a cop and my schedule is hectic."

"I understand. I'm a nurse. Just whenever you get the chance" she said looking at his bright blue eyes.

"I'll call you soon" he said as he took the piece of paper from her.

"I'm looking forward to it Horatio."

When they went their separate ways, Abigail went one way he went the other. Before they were both gone from the aisle Abigail turned around.

"You can call me Abby" she said to the man.

He smiled. "Bye Abby I'll call you soon."

They both went on with their shopping.

She snapped back into reality. Someone was calling her name.

"Earth to Abby" yelled her best friend and fellow nurse Kara.

"What do you need Kara" she said looking at her friend.

"Nothing but your gonna need to hear this" the young woman said.

"Ok, what's up" she said as she turned her chair to look at Kara.

"The lieutenant is on his way" she said.

"Oh no. what's wrong? Is he ok" she quizzed her friend.

Kara Laughed at Abby's response.

"One of his suspects came into contact with a bullet and is being brought here. Horatio's coming with him" the nurse said.

Abby quickly sighed a sigh of relief. After that fateful day in the grocery store, Horatio called her 3 days later asking her to dinner. They had gone to dinner that night, and that's how it started. Now 6 months later she was packing her things in her apartment in anticipation of the following week. Her lease ran out and she was moving in with Horatio. She smiled as she pulled back her dark brown hair. She was excited to see him today. She was expecting to see him the following night, to celebrate her 28th birthday. She stood up and decided to check on her patients before the love of her life arrived. She bustled around and finished just seconds before she heard the doors to the trauma room open. In came multiple officers and doctors and nurses, Kara being one of them. Abby stood in the nurse's station waiting to see the redhead pass by. When he came around the corner she smiled. He didn't know she was working today. He walked right by the nurse's station, he was concentrating on telling his officers to make sure he was handcuffed to the gurney and they stayed with him. They all made into the trauma room. Kara noticed that Horatio was still with them.

"Uh, lieutenant Caine" she yelled over the commotion.

The redhead looked at the young nurse at the head of the bed. "Yes?"

"We're gonna need you to fill out some paper work at the nurse's station if that's ok" she said smiling.

"Of course, go to the nurse's station?" he inquired.

"Yes sir."

Horatio turned around and walked out to the nurse's station. It seemed as though no one was there until he saw someone in the med room. He could just see the sleeve of the nurse's purple scrubs. He walked to the room and knocked on the window.

"Just a sec!"

Abby opened the door, to see her Boyfriend standing in front of her. She smiled. The shocked look on Horatio's face made her laugh.

"What? Do I look that different with my scrubs on" she joked.

"I didn't know you were working today" he said.

"I wanted to surprise you when I heard you were on your way" she said as she smiled.

"The nurse in the trauma room said that I needed to fill some paperwork out" he said.

"Was this nurse in pink scrubs with long blonde hair?"

"Yes, she was" he answered.

"That's Kara. My best friend, you met her right after we started dating, but only for a minute. She was getting you out here so I could see you. Gotta love her" she said as she smiled.

"Well, by the looks of it. Your man is gonna need surgery, so you'll be here for awhile. Why don't I make sure my patients are going to survive and then go downstairs for something to eat?"

"That sounds great sweetie." He leaned down and kissed her. Abby was a tiny woman, she only stood about 5 feet 2 inches tall, the 6'2 lieutenant stood quite a bit taller than her.

She quickly went through each of her patients, told another nurse she was going on break and grabbed Horatio's hand as they walked to the elevator to go to the cafeteria.