April 28, 2002

Abby rushed into the trauma room and handed Carter a pint of O neg. A MVA had come in. He was riding his bike on the road without a helmet when a trailer crashed into him. Abby hooked the blood up. She would much rather be up in OB, but they were short staff. Lydia was home sick.

"Is there an OR free?" Carter asked. Abby nodded.

"Peter and Elizabeth are up there waiting." She said. Carter thanked her and pushed the victim out. Abby sighed and took her latex gloves off. She walked out of the trauma. It was her first day back since her maternity leave and she had already gotten thrown up upon, knocked to the ground, assisted with a MVA, GSW, and heart attack patient. She walked to the admit desk, "Randi, have you seen Luka?"

"Yup." Randi said sucking on her lollipop and staring at the computer screen. Abby crossed her arms.

"And where was that?"

"Curtain four." She said not looking at Abby. She sighed and walked to curtain area four, but saw no signs of her husband. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was near the twins feeding time. Being an hour early wouldn't matter.

"Randi, I'm going to the nursery." Abby said walking past the admit desk.

"Have fun." Randi mumbled. Abby sighed and got into the elevator. Going back to work was harder than she thought. She loved being home. She was home for six months, and loved it, but they needed the money. Granted the twins were just a few floors above her, but it was still hard not having them right there with her.

Abby didn't want to miss any of the twin's growing up. They just started to sit up by themselves for awhile before falling back down. They just started eating less and socializing more. She didn't want to miss a single tihng, a single word, a single step, a single crawl, nothing. Abby stepped off the elevator and walked to the nursery.

"Abby." Sheila Shae, the nursery caregiver, crossed her arms and looked at the nurse.

"Ah...hi. I wanted to check on the twins."

"Your husband beat you to the punch." Sheila pointed across the room and Abby saw her Croatian husband sitting in the corner playing with the twins. Abby smiled and walked over to him.

"Dr. Kovac, what are you doing here?" Abby kneeled down to the floor and crossed her legs. James cooed with happiness when he saw his mother.

"I couldn't concentrate on my work knowing that the twins were up here without us." Luka said dancing a small blue teddy bear in front of Sasha. She cooed and giggled, grabbing at the bear. Abby sighed.

"I know." She said, "do you think I came back to work too early?"

"Do you?" He asked.

"I don't know." She shrugged watching James trying to scootch. "I like being a housewife and a mom, but I also like being a nurse...and we need the money. I don't know...Maybe we should look into a nursery that isn't right next to us...There are a lot of good daycares in Chicago."

"But can we afford it?" Luka asked. Abby shrugged.

"I'm back at work now. I don't see how we couldn't afford it in due time." Abby said. Luka nodded.

"Well...how about we try this for at least a month or two and In July, we can look into a new nursery." Luka said kissing Sasha's soft hair. Abby nodded and smiled leaning against a bookshelf.

"Okay." She said watching the twins. "I can't believe this Luka."

"What?" He asked sitting next to her.

"We're parents. James and Sasha are our children. They're growing so fast. I just can't believe it." Abby said, "It's so surreal."

"I know." Luka smiled watching the twins play. "Imagine them going to kindergarten." Abby groaned.

"No! No! We still have four and a half years for that. Let's enjoy them this small." Abby said. Luka smiled wrapping his arms round Abby.

"You're right. This stage goes so fast." Luka said remembering his other children. "It goes too fast." Abby glanced at him knowing he was thinking about Jasna and Marko. She kissed his cheek.

"The twins will know about them. Don't worry." She said.

"Why should they know?" Luka asked.

"Because Jasna and Marko are their brother and sister. The twins should have a right to know about their own siblings." Abby said. Luka smiled softly.

"I love you so much Abby." He said as his pager went off. Luka groaned standing up.

"Get back to worse, Dr Kovac." Abby smiled as Luka dragged her up.

"You too, Nurse Kovac." Luka kissed Abby's nose.

"Take care of our babies, Sheila." Abby said kissing the twins.

"I always do."

* * *

Abby walked up to the admit desk where Dave was annoying Amira and amusing Randi. He turned to Abby.

"Abby, I have a joke for you." He said. Abby crossed her arms knowing it'd probably be a crude one.

"Go ahead." She said.

"Okay. A Jewish lawyer was troubled by the way his son had turned out. So he went to go see his rabbi. 'I nought him up in the faith, spent a fortune on educating him,' the fellow complained, 'and now he's converting to Christianity. Where did I go wrong?'. The rabbi smiled, 'Funny you should come to me. I, too, brought up my boy in the faith put him through the university, spent a fortune. Then on day he tells me he decided to become a Christian.'

'What did you do?"

'I turned to god for the answer.'

'And what did God say?'

'He said, funny you should come to me...'" Dave looked at Abby. She tried to hold back her laughter, but couldn't.

"Okay...that was a good one." Abby admitted. Dave smiled with triumph.

"I read it out of this month's playboy." He said. Abby shook her head.

"That's our Dave." She said glancing toward Trauma two. She watched her husband work. He worked well under pressure unlike her. He threw off his gloves and ran out of the trauma. She watched Kerry curse and continue working. Abby followed Luka. "Sweety, you okay?"

"I'll be gad when this day is over with." He growled. Abby sighed and massaged his shoulders.

"When you get home I'll release all this tension I feel building up in your shoulders." Luka smiled softly.

"Thank you." He said.

"Oh! It'll be my pleasure." Abby chuckled