February 25th, 2003

Abby walked down the hallway, patients screaming all around her. She needed two bags of saline. Suddenly a pair of hands grabbed her and pulled her into the supply closet.

"It's me." Susan said. Abby smacked Susan's arm.

"What the hell?" She straightened her scrubs, "Trying to freak me out?"

"No. I just need to talk to you big time." She said. Abby cocked her eyebrow.

"About what?" Abby asked. Susan closed the door.

"This is in confidence because we're friends and you have experience in this." She said.

"You're confusing me." Abby said. Susan took in a deep breath.

"Last night…Luka walked me home. We were having a good time and he leaned in…" She said. Abby's eyes widened.

"He kissed you?" She gasped.

"No. Well…I turned my head and he kissed my cheek." Susan said. Abby let out a soft laugh.

"Susan!" She laughed, "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know. That's why you're here." Susan said. Abby shook her head.

"I dated the man once, but that doesn't give me the insight into Luka's brain. He's a mysterious person." She said, "What do you really want?"

"I don't know." Susan said.

"Are you looking for my okay to kiss him?" Abby asked her friend, "Because you shouldn't. If you want him to kiss you, then ask him to, but I've washed my hands of Luka. We're just friends now."

"You won't hate me if I act upon this?" Susan asked.

"No." Abby laughed. Susan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good because all night I was cursing myself for not letting him kiss me." Susan said.

"Go for it. Luka is a great man. He just needs a strong woman to set him back on track." Abby smiled as she patted Susan's arm.

"I will." Susan was grinning brightly as she left the supply closet. She spotted Luka talking with a patient. She walked up to him, "Dr. Kovac, may I have a moment with you?"

"Certainly. I'll be right back." He smiled to his patient and walked to the corner with Susan, "What can I do for you?"

"I was an idiot." She said. Luka frowned.

"An idiot? Don't call yourself an idiot." He said, "Why would you say that?"

"I've wanted to kiss you for awhile now...just to experience your lips on mine and last night I had the opportunity last night and I panicked." Susan said. Luka stared at her; "I didn't want to panic."

"What did you want then?" He asked.

"I wanted to kiss you." Susan said. Luka smiled softly; "You care to go out for dinner tonight?" he nodded.

"Sure. I would like that." He said. Susan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great. I'll see you after our shifts okay? I'll cook us dinner at my place. I'm an all right cook. If that's all right with you." She asked. Luka nodded.

"Sure." He grinned.

"Great." She repeated as she walked away. She was grinning from ear to ear. Luka sighed slightly when he spotted Jing-Mei.

"Jing-Mei, hey." He ran up to her. She smiled.

"What's up?" She asked.

"I'm going to have to cancel our dinner tonight. Something came up." He said. Jing-Mei nodded.

"That's fine. I was going to have to cancel myself." She said.

"Good. Maybe we can catch lunch sometime." Luka said.

"Maybe." Jing-Mei said.

* * *

"Don't mind the mess." Susan smiled as she flipped on the lights to her apartment. Luka chuckled softly as he looked around.

"It's a nice apartment." He said.

"Thanks." Susan smiled. "Take your jacket off. Make yourself at home." Luka looked at her.

"Do you really want to make dinner? We could order in. I'll pay." Luka said. Susan bit her lip.

"You don't trust my cooking?" She smiled.

"I do, but I would rather spend time with you while we're waiting for the food to arrive." He said. Susan nodded slowly.

"Al right. Chinese sound good?" Ceased.

"Perfect." Luka said. Susan went to the phone and hit speed dial. She called May's café all the time.

"Hi. This is delivery. Susan Lewis…yeah, hello. I'm fine." She smiled, "No. For two…yeah…Number two and four with an extra egg roll and duck sauce please…Great, thank you." Susan hung up. Luka chuckled at her.

"Do you order there a lot?" He asked. She nodded.

"Yeah I do. They have good egg rolls." Susan said. "Sit. My couch doesn't have cooties." Luka sat down.

"What are cooties?" He asked. She giggled and sat next to him.

"Never mind." Susan said, "So…You said you wanted to spend time with me before the food came…We have thirty minutes."

"Good." Luka said, "If I kiss you now will you panic?" Susan stared at him. She cleared her throat and shook her head.

"No." She whispered.

"Could I kiss you then?" Luka asked. She nodded.

"Yes. Please." She said. Luka smiled softly. Good, he thought. He had wanted this for awhile. He slipped his hand behind her head as he lowered his lips onto hers. Susan's breath caught in her throat. His lips tasted like the finest wine. Hers felt like soft rose petals against his. Susan was shocked he kissed so well. She slipped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer.

Luka took this opportunity to slide his hands around her slender waist. God, she felt so good in his hands. Susan opened her mouth inviting his tongue into her mouth. He didn't waste a moment. He said his tongue against hers causing a tiny groan to escape through her lips. Hearing that caused Luka to shiver and get slightly excited.

Why did Abby ever leave this man, Susan thought as she deepened the kiss. She was making out with the Croatian sensation. She leaned back against the arm of the couch so Luka was on top of her. She briefly opened her eyes to see his blue eyes sparkling down at her. Her heart skipped a beat and she closed her own blue eyes again.

Luka had to control himself from taking this too far. But he wanted to oh so bad, but Susan wasn't the kind of woman he wanted to sleep with and then throw away. He wanted to take his time with her. He began to kiss his way down her neck causing Susan to shiver.

"God, Luka." She whispered. Susan ran her hand through his hair, pulling him even closer. God, she wanted to sleep with this man. She wanted to feel her flesh against his. She groaned louder. Electricity and heat coursed through her body as the doorbell rang. "Oh god. Make it stop." Luka looked up at her.

"Me?" He asked. Susan opened her eyes and smiled.

"No. I never want you to stop, but the food is here." She said.

"Then we should stop." Luka sat up, "I'm hungry and I have an early shift." Susan stared at him fixing her lipstick.

"Oh…All right." She said getting up and walking to the door. He didn't want to sleep with her? Why didn't he want that?

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