D: I don't own ER. Just borrowing it for awhile.
A/N: Just wanted to first point out that I don't intend to have Carter being a jerk.by the end. Quite the opposite actually. The way I have him acting now is because of the fact that he cares for Abby and it frustrates him to no end that she doesn't see that she has a problem. I am VERY familiar with this type of story line, have gone through it myself with family members and I know what it's like to be in a role like Carters. You are a totally nice person, but when someone you love is destroying their lives right in front of you and they don't seem to get it, you turn real nasty to get them to 'get it'. So, I'm not upset that I got some rather..enlightening reviews on how I was portraying Carter. That just shows me that a lot of you have never had the 'pleasure' of being in a situation like that and THAT I am very grateful for. It's not fun at all. Especially when you are young. I hope this explains a little bit for you. But Carter will still be playing mean for a little bit more, but don't worry, it'll change a lot, promise! But also, a lot of Carby fics have kind of marred up Luka's character too, so I don't really see a problem when it comes the other way around. We all know these fics are like AU's to some degree. Anywho, he's not gonna stay that way forever, so please keep reading!!! I hope I didn't offend anyone or turn anyone away from this story!! I loved writing it and I hope you enjoy reading it!! Please review and tell me what you think, no matter what you think! I read and take into consideration ALL that you guys say!! So, enjoy!
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The next day Abby came on at 11:00am. She was doing better since she was able to talk it all out.
'Luka was right, it does feel better to let it all out. Abby thought as she helped hold a young boys arm in traction as Susan put it in a bright green cast.
"Abby? Where were you just now?" Susan said, smiling kindly.
"Oh..sorry..had a rough day yesterday..but got to talk it all out and I, surprisingly, feel much better." Abby said smiling.
"Poured your heart out to Carter, huh?" Susan said grinning. Abby frowned.
"No..he wasn't listening this time. No..I went out with Luka. He was SOO sweet." Abby said, kind of to herself, smiling a little. Susan's eyes got wide and she grinned.
"Why, Ms. Lockhart,.do you still have FEELINGS for our Croatian Doctor?" Dr. Lewis teased. Abby looked startled.
"No!..of course not!..I'm with Carter now." Abby said as they finished up. But Susan couldn't mistake the spark in Abby's eyes when she mentioned Dr. Kovac. Susan just grinned even more doing a 'RIIIIGHT!' face. A few hours later Luka came on and his eyes immediately lit up when he spotted Abby.
"Hey Abby. How are you doing?" he asked smiling kindly at her. She couldn't help but grin back and reply.
"Much better. Thanks to you. Thank you Luka. I needed that." Abby said truthfully as Carter went by, having heard the last part of the conversation. Luka nodded towards him when Abby stood staring at Carter's retreating back, a hurt look on her face.
"And him?" he asked.
"Not a word. Just let him be it's obviously over nothing. I'm fine now. If he'd open his eyes, maybe he'd see that. I just wish he wasn't so miserable." Abby commented.
"If it was nothing, he wouldn't be so upset." Luka pointed out. Abby just smiled at him and shrugged it off. Just then a call came in, Luka took off after it and Abby heard a snicker behind her.
"Shut-up Dr. Lewis!" Abby joked behind her, following Luka. For the rest of the day Carter constantly ignored Abby. No matter what she did or said, he just kept his distance, not listening to her. Luka saw how this was making Abby more and more upset. Finally, by the end of her shift, Luka stopped her in the lobby.
"Abby? Where you going now? "he asked when he saw her in one of her 'moods', worried she'd go someplace by herself and something might happen to her.
"It's okay Luka. My brother's in town, he's supposed to meet me for a dinner and some pool. Don't worry." Abby said flashing him a smile at his obvious concern.
"That's impossible. I'll always will." Luka said seriously. Then he flashed her one of his grins and her heart skipped a beat. She forced herself to shrug it off and politely excused herself to meet her brother.
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By 9:00ish that night, at the end of Luka's shift, Randi got yet another call from Nurse Lockhart.
"No Abby..I'm sure he didn't come OR call. Okay..hey, eat something okay? He'll show." Randi said, before hanging up. Luka couldn't help but over hear.
"Abby's alone? What happened to her brother?" Luka asked, feeling worry creep up his spine.
"She's been waiting for him all night. He hasn't shown or called. She's had one too many from what I could tell." Randi said, shaking her head. Luka still had 45 minutes left to go, but he wanted to go find her.
"Where is she?" he asked, worried.
"A joint called Milo's" Randi said shrugging. Luka nodded then went back to work, anxious for his shift to end.
About 15 minutes later a call came in.
"Kovac! Let's go, we got a multiple victim bar fight! Mostly lacerations and blunt trauma. We need muscle power. They say one guy is nuts!" Susan said handing him a gown. Just then Eric was brought in, barely strapped down, going nuts with Abby followed close behind, walking unsteadily and behind her on a second gurney, a guy with a nasty broken arm and barely conscious.
"Abby?! What happened?! Are you okay?!" Susan said first. Abby didn't follow her; she just followed Eric, with a hand clutched to her side and a sad lost look in her eyes. Once she saw them struggling with him, she came to life.
"Don't hurt him! He's just upset! Let him calm down! Be careful!" Abby yelled out hoarsely slightly slurred. Carter came in the side and instantly saw Abby. First he was scared for her; till he realized what state she was in and automatically jumped to conclusions.
"Abby? What's going on here? Did you get into a bar fight or something?" Carter asked, disappointment in his eyes. Just then Eric went hysterical because the nurses were trying to put an IV in.
"Nooo! No needles! Abby! Tell them to stop! Please!" Eric yelled, completely incoherently. This just broke Abby's heart and she burst into tears.
"It's okay Eric! Calm down. They're trying to help you." She slurred out between her tears. Carter noticed this and got upset again. He HATED when she drank like that!
"You've been drinking again!?! How much did you two down this time!?" Carter said, trying to detain Eric. Abby got fire-eyed and stared back at him.
"He's NOT drunk. He just got there when..DON'T HURT HIM!!!" Abby screamed as Carter, cause he was upset about Abby, used too much force to hold down Eric and Eric cried out in pain. Luka yanked Carter off of him and bellowed for him to get out. That's the only thing that got through to Carter.
"She SAID he didn't drink anything! There's something else wrong here. Everybody! Let him go! Now!" Luka yelled as everyone released Eric and he quieted down instantly. As long as no one was all over him, he didn't feel the need to struggle against them.
"Okay..Eric, we have to put an IV.-" Luka said a moment later in a very calm voice as Abby watched on in awe. Carter felt bad for letting his emotions run away with him and tried stepping towards Abby to speak to her.
"Abby..you shouldn't dr-."he started but was cut off when she glared ice at him.
"Leave. Me. Alone." She said evenly. He just sighed loudly and ripped off his gown in frustration, storming out. He didn't even notice she was trembling, holding her hand to her side, and a small gash on her temple. Susan and Carrie had Eric under control, so Luka went to Abby.
"You need to be looked at. Come on, he's in good hands." Luka said gently steering her to the room down the hall.
"You're gonna need X-rays on that wrist, as well as your head, just in case. I wanna put you on fluids. And a banana bag. You're showing signs of shock." Luka relayed softly. Abby just gazed at him with saddened eyes and nodded. She flinched when he put her on fluids and as he examined her tender wrist. After X-rays, he stitched her cut up using the smallest of stitches so she wouldn't have a huge scar like when she was assaulted awhile back.
"Well, your wrist isn't broken, but you have a concussion. You'll stay overnight, mostly for observation." Luka announced as he came back in with all the results. She nodded.
"And my brother?" she asked in a tiny voice.
"He's in restraints, sedated a little. Only thing wrong was a nasty splinter in his hand and a bad bruise, from the..struggle." Luka relayed as he got a half cast splint ready. (half a cast, wrapped all up in ace bandages) He shaped it to her left wrist. She bit her lip as he did this, her wrist very tender.
"He's got it too..Just like my mom." She said hoarsely, looking up at Luka with tear filled eyes. Luka just looked at her sadly and nodded.
"He'll be evaluated by the psychologist. Put on meds. He'll be okay, Abby." Luka comforted. She just nodded.
"Do they know the history?" she asked as he finished her cast.
"Yes. I spoke with them. So, what happened?" Luka asked, tapping her cast. Abby smirked then, rolling her eyes.
"That @$$ who came in with us tried to hit on me and didn't take no for an answer. When he grabbed my wrist was when Eric came in. He just went nuts..he eventually smashed the guy with a barstool. I guess in the struggle to get Eric to stop I fell and hit my head. Needless to say, we're banned from Milo's now." Abby said, remembering as much as possible. She shuddered as tears came back. Luka rubbed her arm trying to calm her. She smiled at him appreciatively.
"Why are you so good to me?" Abby asked, thinking she already knew the answer.
"You don't have to ask me that." Luka replied, smiling mischievously. They stared at each other a moment till Abby got a little nervous.
"Time to move you upstairs. I'll check on your brother for you before I go. Unless you want me to stay, or call..Carter?" Luka said, not wanting to leave.
"No, Luka. You've done enough. Thanks. And, I just want to be by myself right now." Abby answered. Luka nodded and left. Within the half-hour, Abby was comfortably upstairs, and Luka was on his way home, Abby on his mind.
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A/N: There's the second chapter, I hope you liked it! You can tell me by pressing the little purple button on the bottom, Please?!?! Love getting reviews, makes me post faster. Next Chapter should be coming soon! Thanx!
A/N: Just wanted to first point out that I don't intend to have Carter being a jerk.by the end. Quite the opposite actually. The way I have him acting now is because of the fact that he cares for Abby and it frustrates him to no end that she doesn't see that she has a problem. I am VERY familiar with this type of story line, have gone through it myself with family members and I know what it's like to be in a role like Carters. You are a totally nice person, but when someone you love is destroying their lives right in front of you and they don't seem to get it, you turn real nasty to get them to 'get it'. So, I'm not upset that I got some rather..enlightening reviews on how I was portraying Carter. That just shows me that a lot of you have never had the 'pleasure' of being in a situation like that and THAT I am very grateful for. It's not fun at all. Especially when you are young. I hope this explains a little bit for you. But Carter will still be playing mean for a little bit more, but don't worry, it'll change a lot, promise! But also, a lot of Carby fics have kind of marred up Luka's character too, so I don't really see a problem when it comes the other way around. We all know these fics are like AU's to some degree. Anywho, he's not gonna stay that way forever, so please keep reading!!! I hope I didn't offend anyone or turn anyone away from this story!! I loved writing it and I hope you enjoy reading it!! Please review and tell me what you think, no matter what you think! I read and take into consideration ALL that you guys say!! So, enjoy!
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The next day Abby came on at 11:00am. She was doing better since she was able to talk it all out.
'Luka was right, it does feel better to let it all out. Abby thought as she helped hold a young boys arm in traction as Susan put it in a bright green cast.
"Abby? Where were you just now?" Susan said, smiling kindly.
"Oh..sorry..had a rough day yesterday..but got to talk it all out and I, surprisingly, feel much better." Abby said smiling.
"Poured your heart out to Carter, huh?" Susan said grinning. Abby frowned.
"No..he wasn't listening this time. No..I went out with Luka. He was SOO sweet." Abby said, kind of to herself, smiling a little. Susan's eyes got wide and she grinned.
"Why, Ms. Lockhart,.do you still have FEELINGS for our Croatian Doctor?" Dr. Lewis teased. Abby looked startled.
"No!..of course not!..I'm with Carter now." Abby said as they finished up. But Susan couldn't mistake the spark in Abby's eyes when she mentioned Dr. Kovac. Susan just grinned even more doing a 'RIIIIGHT!' face. A few hours later Luka came on and his eyes immediately lit up when he spotted Abby.
"Hey Abby. How are you doing?" he asked smiling kindly at her. She couldn't help but grin back and reply.
"Much better. Thanks to you. Thank you Luka. I needed that." Abby said truthfully as Carter went by, having heard the last part of the conversation. Luka nodded towards him when Abby stood staring at Carter's retreating back, a hurt look on her face.
"And him?" he asked.
"Not a word. Just let him be it's obviously over nothing. I'm fine now. If he'd open his eyes, maybe he'd see that. I just wish he wasn't so miserable." Abby commented.
"If it was nothing, he wouldn't be so upset." Luka pointed out. Abby just smiled at him and shrugged it off. Just then a call came in, Luka took off after it and Abby heard a snicker behind her.
"Shut-up Dr. Lewis!" Abby joked behind her, following Luka. For the rest of the day Carter constantly ignored Abby. No matter what she did or said, he just kept his distance, not listening to her. Luka saw how this was making Abby more and more upset. Finally, by the end of her shift, Luka stopped her in the lobby.
"Abby? Where you going now? "he asked when he saw her in one of her 'moods', worried she'd go someplace by herself and something might happen to her.
"It's okay Luka. My brother's in town, he's supposed to meet me for a dinner and some pool. Don't worry." Abby said flashing him a smile at his obvious concern.
"That's impossible. I'll always will." Luka said seriously. Then he flashed her one of his grins and her heart skipped a beat. She forced herself to shrug it off and politely excused herself to meet her brother.
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By 9:00ish that night, at the end of Luka's shift, Randi got yet another call from Nurse Lockhart.
"No Abby..I'm sure he didn't come OR call. Okay..hey, eat something okay? He'll show." Randi said, before hanging up. Luka couldn't help but over hear.
"Abby's alone? What happened to her brother?" Luka asked, feeling worry creep up his spine.
"She's been waiting for him all night. He hasn't shown or called. She's had one too many from what I could tell." Randi said, shaking her head. Luka still had 45 minutes left to go, but he wanted to go find her.
"Where is she?" he asked, worried.
"A joint called Milo's" Randi said shrugging. Luka nodded then went back to work, anxious for his shift to end.
About 15 minutes later a call came in.
"Kovac! Let's go, we got a multiple victim bar fight! Mostly lacerations and blunt trauma. We need muscle power. They say one guy is nuts!" Susan said handing him a gown. Just then Eric was brought in, barely strapped down, going nuts with Abby followed close behind, walking unsteadily and behind her on a second gurney, a guy with a nasty broken arm and barely conscious.
"Abby?! What happened?! Are you okay?!" Susan said first. Abby didn't follow her; she just followed Eric, with a hand clutched to her side and a sad lost look in her eyes. Once she saw them struggling with him, she came to life.
"Don't hurt him! He's just upset! Let him calm down! Be careful!" Abby yelled out hoarsely slightly slurred. Carter came in the side and instantly saw Abby. First he was scared for her; till he realized what state she was in and automatically jumped to conclusions.
"Abby? What's going on here? Did you get into a bar fight or something?" Carter asked, disappointment in his eyes. Just then Eric went hysterical because the nurses were trying to put an IV in.
"Nooo! No needles! Abby! Tell them to stop! Please!" Eric yelled, completely incoherently. This just broke Abby's heart and she burst into tears.
"It's okay Eric! Calm down. They're trying to help you." She slurred out between her tears. Carter noticed this and got upset again. He HATED when she drank like that!
"You've been drinking again!?! How much did you two down this time!?" Carter said, trying to detain Eric. Abby got fire-eyed and stared back at him.
"He's NOT drunk. He just got there when..DON'T HURT HIM!!!" Abby screamed as Carter, cause he was upset about Abby, used too much force to hold down Eric and Eric cried out in pain. Luka yanked Carter off of him and bellowed for him to get out. That's the only thing that got through to Carter.
"She SAID he didn't drink anything! There's something else wrong here. Everybody! Let him go! Now!" Luka yelled as everyone released Eric and he quieted down instantly. As long as no one was all over him, he didn't feel the need to struggle against them.
"Okay..Eric, we have to put an IV.-" Luka said a moment later in a very calm voice as Abby watched on in awe. Carter felt bad for letting his emotions run away with him and tried stepping towards Abby to speak to her.
"Abby..you shouldn't dr-."he started but was cut off when she glared ice at him.
"Leave. Me. Alone." She said evenly. He just sighed loudly and ripped off his gown in frustration, storming out. He didn't even notice she was trembling, holding her hand to her side, and a small gash on her temple. Susan and Carrie had Eric under control, so Luka went to Abby.
"You need to be looked at. Come on, he's in good hands." Luka said gently steering her to the room down the hall.
"You're gonna need X-rays on that wrist, as well as your head, just in case. I wanna put you on fluids. And a banana bag. You're showing signs of shock." Luka relayed softly. Abby just gazed at him with saddened eyes and nodded. She flinched when he put her on fluids and as he examined her tender wrist. After X-rays, he stitched her cut up using the smallest of stitches so she wouldn't have a huge scar like when she was assaulted awhile back.
"Well, your wrist isn't broken, but you have a concussion. You'll stay overnight, mostly for observation." Luka announced as he came back in with all the results. She nodded.
"And my brother?" she asked in a tiny voice.
"He's in restraints, sedated a little. Only thing wrong was a nasty splinter in his hand and a bad bruise, from the..struggle." Luka relayed as he got a half cast splint ready. (half a cast, wrapped all up in ace bandages) He shaped it to her left wrist. She bit her lip as he did this, her wrist very tender.
"He's got it too..Just like my mom." She said hoarsely, looking up at Luka with tear filled eyes. Luka just looked at her sadly and nodded.
"He'll be evaluated by the psychologist. Put on meds. He'll be okay, Abby." Luka comforted. She just nodded.
"Do they know the history?" she asked as he finished her cast.
"Yes. I spoke with them. So, what happened?" Luka asked, tapping her cast. Abby smirked then, rolling her eyes.
"That @$$ who came in with us tried to hit on me and didn't take no for an answer. When he grabbed my wrist was when Eric came in. He just went nuts..he eventually smashed the guy with a barstool. I guess in the struggle to get Eric to stop I fell and hit my head. Needless to say, we're banned from Milo's now." Abby said, remembering as much as possible. She shuddered as tears came back. Luka rubbed her arm trying to calm her. She smiled at him appreciatively.
"Why are you so good to me?" Abby asked, thinking she already knew the answer.
"You don't have to ask me that." Luka replied, smiling mischievously. They stared at each other a moment till Abby got a little nervous.
"Time to move you upstairs. I'll check on your brother for you before I go. Unless you want me to stay, or call..Carter?" Luka said, not wanting to leave.
"No, Luka. You've done enough. Thanks. And, I just want to be by myself right now." Abby answered. Luka nodded and left. Within the half-hour, Abby was comfortably upstairs, and Luka was on his way home, Abby on his mind.
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A/N: There's the second chapter, I hope you liked it! You can tell me by pressing the little purple button on the bottom, Please?!?! Love getting reviews, makes me post faster. Next Chapter should be coming soon! Thanx!