Luka looked into Abby's eyes with disbelief at what she was saying to him. He smiled, and stood, taking her hands in his, as he stepped back to kneel onto one knee, taking her hands he looked up into her eyes and smiled softly. "Abigail Lockhart... would you do me the great honor, of becoming my wife? Legally?" He smiled.
Abby smiled, and gave this little excited giggle—so out of character for her, but wasn't this whole event? "Yes." She filled with excitement she never imagined even this moment could bring… none of the fear that she felt should keep her from making such a decision. Luka really was the one, she was positive this was the reason she did not feel anything but joy.
Luka smiled, as he stood and leaned in to kiss her softly. "Wait here…. I'll be right back." He said as he stepped back away from her… "Don't go away." "I won't…" Abby said with a smile and some curiosity as she watched him walk into the next room.
He returned a moment later with a little box. He smiled and opened it, to reveal a beautiful marquis-cut diamond engagement ring. "I bought this... a few months ago, after Joe came home from the hospital... I was waiting for you to decide you were ready." He said as he slipped the ring onto her finger. "Wow… Luka. It's beautiful…" She smiled as she looked at the engagement ring and then to him.
"Yes… I'm definitely ready. I think I've been ready for a long time, I just wasn't wanting to admit to myself and certainly not to you. But when you were up on that roof… I just… I kept thinking…. 'okay that's it I blew it. I'm going to lose him and it's just going to be over and I never told him how I really feel.. how much I really do love him and that I do want to spend the rest of my life with him…' and I was just terrified because it was like… 'I can't believe how s—" Luka cut her off by just kissing her for a long moment and then after pulling away from her, he looked into her eyes and smiled. "And look… I'm right here… and everything worked out. It's okay." Abby nodded, knowing he was right.
Luka smiled. "Now you have made me forget the other thing I wanted to tell you tonight…" "Other thing?" Abby's eyebrows rose with curiosity, until Luka smiled and shook his head dismissively. "It was nothing important… But there was something else… But I think I'll wait a few days, keep you in suspense."
Abby laughed. "Oh.. tell me!" She gave him a playful little shove to his arm as he grinned, shook his head and turned to walk into Joe's room. "Luka!" She followed him.
"Shhh.. it took me over an hour to get him to sleep…" Luka spoke softly as he looked in to check on Joe.
"Tell me.." She softened her tone but did not cease seeking the information that she so desperately wanted already. "Nope…" Luka said with a grin and slipped past her into the hallway, not without another shove. "You are wanting to play rough now hmmm?" He said with a teasing grin as he walked into their bedroom. "Not unless you tell me your big secret!"
"It's not a secret Abby…." Luka said, as he sat down on the bed and took her hands pulling her in close to him and tried to kiss her but she shifted her face away and smiled. "Well if it's not a secret why won't you just tell me?" Luka smiled, and leaned back a bit looking up at her, until he watched her cross around him to stretch out on the bed, and turned her attention back to him. "It's not a … secret. It's a surprise. I'll tell you later."