She finally finished at 7pm. She told Kerry that she felt ill, and she knew she'd believe her after everyone had spent the day commenting on how rough she looked. She had finished an hour early, which meant she had managed to avoid Luka. He had looked so upset all day, and had been in an awful mood. Everyone kept commenting on it, and even Dave had quizzed Abby over it. She knew they must be that day's topic of conversation.
"So you've had an argument with Luka?" he asked
"I don't see why it is any of your business" she replied
"Well its all our business as he's been grumpy all day. Did you know that he threatened to fire me for hitting on this cute chick? Even the chief doesn't do that!"
"Grow up Dave!"
She walked out the ER and headed home. She was going to spend another night without Luka. It felt weird to her as for the past 8 months they had hardly spent any time apart and she had got used to him being around. She decided that she would have to get use to it. After the way he had just walked away, she knew that she had ruined their relationship.
She stopped at the store on the way home and picked up an extra large tub of Haagen-Daz. She walked past the vodka and gin, and knew that she didn't need it. An extra large tub of cookies and cream ice cream would cheer her up just as well. She paid and continued on her way home.
She was snuggled on her couch in her pyjamas, watching a movie. It was her favourite, a real feel-good film but tonight it wasn't doing the desired job. Maybe one day, she'd find her own Patrick Swayze and she could have her own version of Dirty Dancing. She had eaten too much ice cream and she still felt sick, as well as miserable. There was a knock at the door. She glanced at her clock and saw that it was 9:45. She wasn't expecting anyone. She wondered who it could be as she got up. Maybe it was Carter with another pizza. She opened the door and there stood Luka
She just stared at him. She hadn't expected to see him She held the door wide and he came in.
"You're watching this movie again?" She smiled
"It's a classic," she said, turning the TV off
"I looked for you at the end of the shift but Kerry said you had gone home ill. Are you OK?"
"I'm fine, but I couldn't tell her the real reason for me feeling terrible. Luka what do you want? If you've come to ask me if I'm Ok then you can see I'm physically fine, and if you want to know anything else, I told you everything that happened" she said quietly, looking down at the carpet
"Abby, I love you" She looked up and their eyes met. "I'm sorry I walked away this morning but it was a shock and you hurt me, but I realised today that I love you more than ever. Beside I think Dave wants us to get back together because I almost fired him today" He laughed before continuing. " I don't want to lose you, you are the best thing that has happened to me in years. I want us to get over these problems. Do you?"
"I do. I'm sorry, I don't know why it happened but I love you too"
He leaned in and kissed her and relief washed over Abby as she kissed him back.
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They were sat on the couch, her head was resting on his chest and he was playing with her hair. They were both in silence but Abby knew that she had to learn to talk to him.
"I don't know why I find it easier to talk to Carter" she said softly "He reminds me off Eric and we've always been quite close. When my mom went off the rails when we were little, we'd take care of each other. I suppose I just felt safe with Carter" He didn't say anything, he just held her in his arms. She was tiny compared to him and he hoped she felt safe. She continued "But then Carter told me that he'd fallen in love with me and I just felt confused. He told me 'that he didn't want to be my friend anymore because it might be doing something for me, but it wasn't doing anything for him'. I felt like he'd only been my friend because he saw a chance to get close to me, and not because he wanted to just be my friend. And then you told me you had turned my application form in, and offered to pay my tuition. I guess I just freaked because it meant we would be quite committed" She wiped the tears that had fallen from her eyes. She couldn't stop and realised that she had cried more in the past few days then she ever had before in her life.
"Sssssshhhhhh" Luka tried to calm her. "I'm sure Carter didn't mean it like that, I doubt that he never meant to hurt you. I didn't mean to scare you by offering to pay your tuition. I simply thought that going back to med. school was important to you and I wanted to help," he said, kissing her head
"I know that. No-ones ever done anything like that for me before. I supported Richard while he was at med. school, and then when he was going to do it for me, he slept with the nurses, we got divorced and he stopped paying the tuition" she laughed, although Luka knew this still hurt her. He realised that all his life people had been making false promises to Abby and he made a mental note to never do this to her.
"Come on, why don't we watch the end of the film, I know the end is your favourite part" he reached for the remote
"I thought you hated this movie?"
"It's growing on me," he said as they snuggled down
Abby breathed a deep sigh of relief. She was so pleased that Luka had come to her apartment that night. She knew that even though they had only talked for a short while, they had grown closer and the future looked brighter. Would they manage to stay together? She didn't know, but she was going to work hard at it for one simple fact, she loved him.
"So you've had an argument with Luka?" he asked
"I don't see why it is any of your business" she replied
"Well its all our business as he's been grumpy all day. Did you know that he threatened to fire me for hitting on this cute chick? Even the chief doesn't do that!"
"Grow up Dave!"
She walked out the ER and headed home. She was going to spend another night without Luka. It felt weird to her as for the past 8 months they had hardly spent any time apart and she had got used to him being around. She decided that she would have to get use to it. After the way he had just walked away, she knew that she had ruined their relationship.
She stopped at the store on the way home and picked up an extra large tub of Haagen-Daz. She walked past the vodka and gin, and knew that she didn't need it. An extra large tub of cookies and cream ice cream would cheer her up just as well. She paid and continued on her way home.
She was snuggled on her couch in her pyjamas, watching a movie. It was her favourite, a real feel-good film but tonight it wasn't doing the desired job. Maybe one day, she'd find her own Patrick Swayze and she could have her own version of Dirty Dancing. She had eaten too much ice cream and she still felt sick, as well as miserable. There was a knock at the door. She glanced at her clock and saw that it was 9:45. She wasn't expecting anyone. She wondered who it could be as she got up. Maybe it was Carter with another pizza. She opened the door and there stood Luka
She just stared at him. She hadn't expected to see him She held the door wide and he came in.
"You're watching this movie again?" She smiled
"It's a classic," she said, turning the TV off
"I looked for you at the end of the shift but Kerry said you had gone home ill. Are you OK?"
"I'm fine, but I couldn't tell her the real reason for me feeling terrible. Luka what do you want? If you've come to ask me if I'm Ok then you can see I'm physically fine, and if you want to know anything else, I told you everything that happened" she said quietly, looking down at the carpet
"Abby, I love you" She looked up and their eyes met. "I'm sorry I walked away this morning but it was a shock and you hurt me, but I realised today that I love you more than ever. Beside I think Dave wants us to get back together because I almost fired him today" He laughed before continuing. " I don't want to lose you, you are the best thing that has happened to me in years. I want us to get over these problems. Do you?"
"I do. I'm sorry, I don't know why it happened but I love you too"
He leaned in and kissed her and relief washed over Abby as she kissed him back.
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They were sat on the couch, her head was resting on his chest and he was playing with her hair. They were both in silence but Abby knew that she had to learn to talk to him.
"I don't know why I find it easier to talk to Carter" she said softly "He reminds me off Eric and we've always been quite close. When my mom went off the rails when we were little, we'd take care of each other. I suppose I just felt safe with Carter" He didn't say anything, he just held her in his arms. She was tiny compared to him and he hoped she felt safe. She continued "But then Carter told me that he'd fallen in love with me and I just felt confused. He told me 'that he didn't want to be my friend anymore because it might be doing something for me, but it wasn't doing anything for him'. I felt like he'd only been my friend because he saw a chance to get close to me, and not because he wanted to just be my friend. And then you told me you had turned my application form in, and offered to pay my tuition. I guess I just freaked because it meant we would be quite committed" She wiped the tears that had fallen from her eyes. She couldn't stop and realised that she had cried more in the past few days then she ever had before in her life.
"Sssssshhhhhh" Luka tried to calm her. "I'm sure Carter didn't mean it like that, I doubt that he never meant to hurt you. I didn't mean to scare you by offering to pay your tuition. I simply thought that going back to med. school was important to you and I wanted to help," he said, kissing her head
"I know that. No-ones ever done anything like that for me before. I supported Richard while he was at med. school, and then when he was going to do it for me, he slept with the nurses, we got divorced and he stopped paying the tuition" she laughed, although Luka knew this still hurt her. He realised that all his life people had been making false promises to Abby and he made a mental note to never do this to her.
"Come on, why don't we watch the end of the film, I know the end is your favourite part" he reached for the remote
"I thought you hated this movie?"
"It's growing on me," he said as they snuggled down
Abby breathed a deep sigh of relief. She was so pleased that Luka had come to her apartment that night. She knew that even though they had only talked for a short while, they had grown closer and the future looked brighter. Would they manage to stay together? She didn't know, but she was going to work hard at it for one simple fact, she loved him.