Thank you for the reviews, and sorry for any confusion you may have had
with the last chapter. Anna asked Carter because she was staying at their
house and needed one of them to know where she was going. Luka is not a
deadbeat parent as you'll read in this chapter. Happy reading.
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"Chocolate milk?" Susan questioned looking into Luka's nearly empty shopping cart.
"Anna is coming over today," he explained.
"You don't have to make up stories for me," she joked.
"I'm not making up stories," Luka told her.
"I was joking," Susan said. "How long is she staying?"
"A few weeks until school starts," he stated. "Are you going to miss me?"
"I don't know. I think two months in South America with you was enough," she responded.
"You don't have to be a stranger. We just can't have a sleep-over," Luka said.
"You don't think Abby would approve?" Susan questioned.
"No, I don't think Anna would approve," he told her as they approached the cashier.
Meanwhile, Anna sat in the passenger's seat humming to her the music playing through her headphones.
"Anna," Abby said not taking her eyes off the road.
Anna didn't respond.
"Anna," Abby said again.
Still nothing.
"ANNA," she finally screamed.
Anna pulled her headphones away from her ears. "What?" she asked.
"Your dad should have gotten in last night," Abby said.
"And?" Anna questioned.
"You should call him, he has been gone for almost two months," Abby told her.
"Do I have to spend the rest of the summer with him?" Anna asked.
"You don't want too?" Abby questioned. "I thought you liked spending time with him."
"I do, but it's boring. When he goes to work, I have to stay in the apartment. He freaked out once when I left to go rent a movie," Anna complained.
"Well, he doesn't exactly live in the best neighborhood," Abby stated.
"It was in the middle of the day," Anna explained.
"It's for less than a month, you'll survive," Abby told her daughter.
"Maybe," Anna mumbled as she pushed her headphones back over her ears.
~*~* Later that Day *~*~
"Is there anything left at your mom's?" Luka asked her. He was unloading her suitcases out of Abby's car.
"Mom, only let me bring two suitcases," Anna explained.
"Only," Luka teased.
Abby came over to where they were standing. "If you need anything, let me know," Abby told her. "And be good." Abby kissed Anna's forehead before she got back into the car and drove away.
Luka took the larger suitcase and lead Anna inside the building. The tiny elevator was cramped with the two humans and baggage. They stepped out on the third floor, and Luka opened the door with his key.
"Did you buy it?" Anna asked. She was referring to the chocolate milk that she liked to drink, and her dad constantly forgot to buy for her.
"Yes, I remembered," he told her as he brought the suitcases into the bedroom.
"Couch or bed?" he asked her.
"Couch, unless you bought a TV for your room," Anna said.
"Where is your inhaler?" Luka asked.
"What difference does it make?" she questioned.
"You should put it somewhere safe," he told her.
She pulled the inhaler out of a pocket and handed it to him. "Happy?"
"Yes, I'll put it in the kitchen," Luka said. "What do you want for dinner?"
"Pizza?" Anna asked hopefully.
"All right, but we aren't having pizza everyday," he told her.
Anna ignored the last part, and said, "Make sure it has pineapple on it."
Luka order the pizza while Anna unpacked a few things. She put her shoes on the floor of the closet and decided that was enough unpacking for now. Before she joined Luka in the living room, she pulled out a Hello Kitty stuffed animal. Anna didn't even really like it, but she liked to hide it around the apartment for her dad to find in strange places. She kicked one of Luka's shoes under the bed and set Hello Kitty next to it.
"The pizza was going to take two hours to deliver. Do you want to go down to Mario's?" Luka asked her.
"Sure, but I need to change," she explained.
"What is wrong with what you're wearing?" he questioned.
"Nothing, I just want to wear something else," Anna said.
A few moments later, Anna returned wearing a pink sundress.
"Ready?" he asked. She nodded, and they left the apartment.
Mario's was 6 blocks away, and the sidewalks were nearly empty the area was mostly businesses that were closed for the evening. Anna walked in front of Luka. He didn't take any offense; she always did that on the way to Mario's.
Anna started to walk a little faster; it was a game she played with Luka. She liked to see how far ahead she could get before he noticed and told her to wait. When the game originally started when she was six, she could hardly go five feet before he would call out "Anna." If she went to far, he would take her hand, and the game was over.
Anna ran the last block so she would have to wait for Luka outside the restaurant.
Luka arrived a few moments later, and they went inside to get a table. Once seated, Luka asked, "How long have you been wheezing?"
"Huh?" Anna questioned.
"You're wheezing," he told her.
"No, I'm not. I'm just out of breath from running," she said.
The waiter came over and took the orders. Anna was glad; she didn't want to talk about wheezing anymore.
By the time they had finished dinner, it was dark. Anna walked right next to Luka, because he would want her to. Not because she was scared, okay maybe she was a little scared.
"Do you want to watch a movie tonight?" he asked.
"No, I'm really tired," Anna said.
"I don't have to work tomorrow, so we could do something," Luka told her.
"Yeah, that would be nice." Anna yawed.
Inside the apartment, Anna sat on the sofa resting her head on the arm. When Luka appeared a few moments later with bedding, she was already asleep. He covered her with a blanket and left the pillow and sheets on the floor.
Luka went back to his room and picked up a book. It wasn't even nine o'clock yet, and he wanted to let Anna sleep.
The next morning Luka slept late. When he finally awoke, he began cooking breakfast for himself. He would make something for Anna later. After eating, he turned on the TV to watch the news. There were the usual stories about crime and politics. Anna was half hanging of the couch wheezing away.
Anna rolled over and looked up at him. "What time is it?" she asked.
"Eleven," Luka answered.
"At night?" Anna questioned.
"No, it's morning," he told her.
"Oh, I don't feel like I slept at all," she said as she sat up.
"Have you been having trouble sleeping?" he asked.
"No, I think it's because I went to Adventure Kingdom the other day. I didn't really get much sleep yesterday," Anna explained.
"Hungry?" he asked.
"No," she said standing up, "I want to go see a play for some reason. You know at that one place that does all the Shakespeare."
"I'll check the times," Luka told her. He opened the phonebook and called the theater. "Taming of the Shrew is playing at 1:00."
"I want to go," Anna said.
"Then you'd better get ready," he replied.
After watching the play, Luka and Anna stepped out into the sunshine.
"I don't all the stuff Katharine says at the end about serving her husband," Anna stated.
"The play was written in a different time," Luka said.
"I know, but I'd end it differently," she told him.
"You're trying to say you would do a better job than William Shakespeare?" he questioned.
"Yes, I think she was acting that way because she didn't love herself. She thought she was ugly, so she wanted everyone else to think that too," Anna explained.
Luka nodded and said, "That's one way to look at it."
"You don't think so. Well, what do you know about being a girl?" she asked.
"I know nothing," he told her throwing his hands up in defeat.
They walked a few blocks in silence.
"Are you mad at me?" Luka asked.
"No, I'm thinking," Anne responded.
"About what?" he asked.
"About a different ending for the play," she told him.
"I don't know how you ever got to be so smart," Luka commented.
"You're smart, or at least you should be you are a doctor and all," she told him.
"Yes, but when I was 12 I wasn't thinking about rewriting Shakespeare," he said.
"Well, I'm different," Anna stated.
"I can not argue with that," he teased.
Anna rolled her eyes and said, "Let's go shopping."
"For what?" Luka questioned.
"Clothes, books," she started to list.
"Do you really want to go shopping?" he asked.
"Yes," Anna replied.
"Shopping it is," Luka told her.
"Yay," she said.
*Author's Note*
I hope you like the second chapter. I have some drama planned for future chapters, right now I'm just trying to introduce the characters and their relationships with one another. I can't wait to read your reviews, keep them coming.
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"Chocolate milk?" Susan questioned looking into Luka's nearly empty shopping cart.
"Anna is coming over today," he explained.
"You don't have to make up stories for me," she joked.
"I'm not making up stories," Luka told her.
"I was joking," Susan said. "How long is she staying?"
"A few weeks until school starts," he stated. "Are you going to miss me?"
"I don't know. I think two months in South America with you was enough," she responded.
"You don't have to be a stranger. We just can't have a sleep-over," Luka said.
"You don't think Abby would approve?" Susan questioned.
"No, I don't think Anna would approve," he told her as they approached the cashier.
Meanwhile, Anna sat in the passenger's seat humming to her the music playing through her headphones.
"Anna," Abby said not taking her eyes off the road.
Anna didn't respond.
"Anna," Abby said again.
Still nothing.
"ANNA," she finally screamed.
Anna pulled her headphones away from her ears. "What?" she asked.
"Your dad should have gotten in last night," Abby said.
"And?" Anna questioned.
"You should call him, he has been gone for almost two months," Abby told her.
"Do I have to spend the rest of the summer with him?" Anna asked.
"You don't want too?" Abby questioned. "I thought you liked spending time with him."
"I do, but it's boring. When he goes to work, I have to stay in the apartment. He freaked out once when I left to go rent a movie," Anna complained.
"Well, he doesn't exactly live in the best neighborhood," Abby stated.
"It was in the middle of the day," Anna explained.
"It's for less than a month, you'll survive," Abby told her daughter.
"Maybe," Anna mumbled as she pushed her headphones back over her ears.
~*~* Later that Day *~*~
"Is there anything left at your mom's?" Luka asked her. He was unloading her suitcases out of Abby's car.
"Mom, only let me bring two suitcases," Anna explained.
"Only," Luka teased.
Abby came over to where they were standing. "If you need anything, let me know," Abby told her. "And be good." Abby kissed Anna's forehead before she got back into the car and drove away.
Luka took the larger suitcase and lead Anna inside the building. The tiny elevator was cramped with the two humans and baggage. They stepped out on the third floor, and Luka opened the door with his key.
"Did you buy it?" Anna asked. She was referring to the chocolate milk that she liked to drink, and her dad constantly forgot to buy for her.
"Yes, I remembered," he told her as he brought the suitcases into the bedroom.
"Couch or bed?" he asked her.
"Couch, unless you bought a TV for your room," Anna said.
"Where is your inhaler?" Luka asked.
"What difference does it make?" she questioned.
"You should put it somewhere safe," he told her.
She pulled the inhaler out of a pocket and handed it to him. "Happy?"
"Yes, I'll put it in the kitchen," Luka said. "What do you want for dinner?"
"Pizza?" Anna asked hopefully.
"All right, but we aren't having pizza everyday," he told her.
Anna ignored the last part, and said, "Make sure it has pineapple on it."
Luka order the pizza while Anna unpacked a few things. She put her shoes on the floor of the closet and decided that was enough unpacking for now. Before she joined Luka in the living room, she pulled out a Hello Kitty stuffed animal. Anna didn't even really like it, but she liked to hide it around the apartment for her dad to find in strange places. She kicked one of Luka's shoes under the bed and set Hello Kitty next to it.
"The pizza was going to take two hours to deliver. Do you want to go down to Mario's?" Luka asked her.
"Sure, but I need to change," she explained.
"What is wrong with what you're wearing?" he questioned.
"Nothing, I just want to wear something else," Anna said.
A few moments later, Anna returned wearing a pink sundress.
"Ready?" he asked. She nodded, and they left the apartment.
Mario's was 6 blocks away, and the sidewalks were nearly empty the area was mostly businesses that were closed for the evening. Anna walked in front of Luka. He didn't take any offense; she always did that on the way to Mario's.
Anna started to walk a little faster; it was a game she played with Luka. She liked to see how far ahead she could get before he noticed and told her to wait. When the game originally started when she was six, she could hardly go five feet before he would call out "Anna." If she went to far, he would take her hand, and the game was over.
Anna ran the last block so she would have to wait for Luka outside the restaurant.
Luka arrived a few moments later, and they went inside to get a table. Once seated, Luka asked, "How long have you been wheezing?"
"Huh?" Anna questioned.
"You're wheezing," he told her.
"No, I'm not. I'm just out of breath from running," she said.
The waiter came over and took the orders. Anna was glad; she didn't want to talk about wheezing anymore.
By the time they had finished dinner, it was dark. Anna walked right next to Luka, because he would want her to. Not because she was scared, okay maybe she was a little scared.
"Do you want to watch a movie tonight?" he asked.
"No, I'm really tired," Anna said.
"I don't have to work tomorrow, so we could do something," Luka told her.
"Yeah, that would be nice." Anna yawed.
Inside the apartment, Anna sat on the sofa resting her head on the arm. When Luka appeared a few moments later with bedding, she was already asleep. He covered her with a blanket and left the pillow and sheets on the floor.
Luka went back to his room and picked up a book. It wasn't even nine o'clock yet, and he wanted to let Anna sleep.
The next morning Luka slept late. When he finally awoke, he began cooking breakfast for himself. He would make something for Anna later. After eating, he turned on the TV to watch the news. There were the usual stories about crime and politics. Anna was half hanging of the couch wheezing away.
Anna rolled over and looked up at him. "What time is it?" she asked.
"Eleven," Luka answered.
"At night?" Anna questioned.
"No, it's morning," he told her.
"Oh, I don't feel like I slept at all," she said as she sat up.
"Have you been having trouble sleeping?" he asked.
"No, I think it's because I went to Adventure Kingdom the other day. I didn't really get much sleep yesterday," Anna explained.
"Hungry?" he asked.
"No," she said standing up, "I want to go see a play for some reason. You know at that one place that does all the Shakespeare."
"I'll check the times," Luka told her. He opened the phonebook and called the theater. "Taming of the Shrew is playing at 1:00."
"I want to go," Anna said.
"Then you'd better get ready," he replied.
After watching the play, Luka and Anna stepped out into the sunshine.
"I don't all the stuff Katharine says at the end about serving her husband," Anna stated.
"The play was written in a different time," Luka said.
"I know, but I'd end it differently," she told him.
"You're trying to say you would do a better job than William Shakespeare?" he questioned.
"Yes, I think she was acting that way because she didn't love herself. She thought she was ugly, so she wanted everyone else to think that too," Anna explained.
Luka nodded and said, "That's one way to look at it."
"You don't think so. Well, what do you know about being a girl?" she asked.
"I know nothing," he told her throwing his hands up in defeat.
They walked a few blocks in silence.
"Are you mad at me?" Luka asked.
"No, I'm thinking," Anne responded.
"About what?" he asked.
"About a different ending for the play," she told him.
"I don't know how you ever got to be so smart," Luka commented.
"You're smart, or at least you should be you are a doctor and all," she told him.
"Yes, but when I was 12 I wasn't thinking about rewriting Shakespeare," he said.
"Well, I'm different," Anna stated.
"I can not argue with that," he teased.
Anna rolled her eyes and said, "Let's go shopping."
"For what?" Luka questioned.
"Clothes, books," she started to list.
"Do you really want to go shopping?" he asked.
"Yes," Anna replied.
"Shopping it is," Luka told her.
"Yay," she said.
*Author's Note*
I hope you like the second chapter. I have some drama planned for future chapters, right now I'm just trying to introduce the characters and their relationships with one another. I can't wait to read your reviews, keep them coming.