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Abby had never in her life wanted the clock to move so slowly. But, eventually, it did reach six o'clock. She made her way to the lounge, and found she wasn't the only one there. Carter, Susan, Chuny, Haleh and Jing-Mei were waiting inside.

She walked over and sat down next to Susan at the table. Susan smiled at her, but Abby couldn't manage one herself. They were waiting about five minutes before Luka arrived. He walked through the door and stopped when he saw them all standing there. Jing-Mei stepped forward.

'I've got to go see to a patient, so I'll say goodbye now.'

'Me too.' Said Chuny. They both hugged Luka and headed quickly out of the lounge. He waved as they disappeared.

Everyone waited as Luka grabbed his things from his locker. He turned around and Abby felt the bottom drop out of her stomach.

'Guess this is it then?' Said Carter. Luka smiled as shook his hand, and they pulled each other in a manly slap-on-the-back hug.

'At least you didn't kiss me this time.' Smiled Carter.

'Hey, I was delirious.' Carter's smile fell.

'I'm gonna miss you, you know' He said.

'Likewise.' After that it was a solemn affair. A few falsely happy words were said, but everyone was sad he was he leaving. Luka made it round the room, hugging them goodbye. Finally he made it to Abby. She tried to smile, but she couldn't stop her bottom lip from trembling. Tears were starting to well in her eyes as she fell into his arms. She gripped him tightly round his waist and buried his face in his chest.

Abby felt the tears spill from her eyes and she hugged him as tight as she could. She breathed in deeply, smelling his familiar scent, making a memory. A thought suddenly occurred to her. This is the last time she will ever see him. But also, was this her fault? Was she going because of her? It didn't matter any way. He was leaving. She felt him kiss her softly on the top of her head and she pulled away.

'Promise you'll keep in touch?'

'I promise.' He said, reaching out and wiping a tear away with his thumb. Luka took a step away and picked up his things from the table.

'Bye.' He said.

'Bye.' Everyone replied, Susan and Carter lifting a hand. Luka smiled at them and walked out of the lounge, out of the hospital, out of Abby's life. She felt her knees weakening and flopped down on the sofa, hanging her head in her hands, clenching her teeth to stop herself crying again.

Abby didn't move until she heard everyone had left the room. She took a deep breath, and shook slightly as she exhaled, standing up from the sofa. She needed to get out of here, get home.

She hurried over to her locker, ripping the door open. Abby wrenched her jacket out, pulled it on and nearly closed the door before she noticed the envelope on the shelf. Frowning she picked it up. She immediately noticed her name written in Luka's handwriting and ripped it open, pulling out the contents, a piece of paper and a photograph. She unfolded the paper first.

Dear Abby,

I want you to know, that leaving has been one of the hardest things I have had to do. No, leaving you has been one of the hardest things I've had to do.

I also want you to know that leaving has nothing to do with you.

I guess I should use this as an opportunity to tell you some thing is should have told you a long time ago. I'm so sorry for the way I treated you after we broke up. It was totally out of order.

Also, I never stopped loving you. I don't want anything from you, I just thought you should know. I never told you before, probably because I know you don't feel the same.

I'm going to miss you so much, and I promise you I'll keep in touch. Promise me that no matter what you want in life, whatever you want to do, you'll do it. You're an amazing person Abby and you deserve so much.

About the photo; I found it at home and I was wondering if you wanted to keep it.

All my love

Luka x

She pulled the picture from behind the paper and look at it. It was from the time the guys at the hospital had played softball. She and Luka were sitting in the stalls, Luka in his Croatian football shirt, his arm around her. They were both smiling, her head resting on his shoulder. She remembered all those years ago, at the start of their relationship, when they'd been happy. But even after the non-to pleasant break-up, and the short difficult period afterwards, they'd managed to remain friends. If she thought about it now, she realised, that they'd always had that 'spark' even when they had been fighting.

She took a deep breath and put the letter in her pocket, closing her locker. Abby turned and walked out, ignoring Carter as he wished her goodnight, disappearing out of the ambulance bay and heading to the El station.