Abby sighed and rested her head back on Carter's chest. Maybe if they stayed like this for a bit longer, she could avoid having to tell him and potentially steal his power without him knowing. And yet that couldn't be the case, since Abby felt Carter pull away, so she let go of him. Abby focused for a moment and tried to use the empathic power the child had given her to keep two, or rather three, of them all calm but when her eyes followed Carter's and he saw the test in the basket, Abby took a step back against the wall.
Her breathing quickened a little when she saw how pale Carter had become and she took a seat on the edge of the bathtub. Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm, Abby kept thinking to herself as she watched Carter actually pull the box out of the garbage and turn towards her. Her stomach turned and she grimaced as the emotions of herself, the child, and Carter all hit her like a tidal wave. She couldn't handle this right now - it was way too much and she just wanted to cry or vomit or just curl up in a ball on the floor.
"Oh gosh," Abby bent over and stuck her head between her legs to try and stop herself from vomiting, as she tried to block out all of the emotions that were overwhelming her. After a minute, Abby sat up and leaned sideways, her head resting against the wall. She rubbed her temples, as if that would help the migraine-like pressure from all of the emotions disappear. "Can I please have your power?" she said through closed eyes, in the general direction of Carter. She didn't want to be able to control anyone else's emotions and she didn't have the patience to learn how to work the empathic power right this minute anyways. She needed to be able to talk to Carter about it instead of trying to sift out her emotions from her own emotion from Carter and the baby's emotions.