Chapter four: Doc Magoo's
They were sitting in Doc Magoo's hanging over a mug of hot chocolate. No wonder they came here, it was so familiar, she absolutely loved it. As she took another sip she heard the door open and Luka came in. He spotted them immediately and came over.
"Hey Luka, are you on tonight?" she asked.
"No, my shift just ended actually." He looked a bit weird, probably feeling awkward.
"Do you wanna have a cup of coffee or hot chocolate with us?" Carter asked. Now it was her turn to be surprised. Did he really just ask that? She could see that he was just doing so to be polite, but still... it was typically him.
"No thanks, I'm just gonna head home because I'm exhausted. I'll see you tomorrow."
As he walked away they both sat in silence. Abby was pondering about Luka. She knew that he still had feelings for her, he didn't even bother to hide that fact from her. She still had feelings for him too, but they were just friendly feelings now. She loved him, but not in the way you love a man you want to marry someday. Not like she loved...
"You ready to go?" Carter asked, pulling her from her silent dreaming.
She smiled: "Yea, let me just finish this up and we can go."
He drove her home and walked her to her door.
"Thanks for coming tonight. "
"Well thank you for inviting me", she smiled. "We probably still have to talk sometime, but I'm glad we didn't have to tonight."
He kissed her on the forehead and looked at her. "When are you off tomorrow?"
"I'm on from 10 to 8pm, how about you?"
"Nah, I have the day off tomorrow" he grinned. "Do you want to do something tomorrow night? Or are you gonna be too tired?"
"No, what you wanna do?"
"Your choice, I picked the restaurant for tonight so it's up to you."
She looked at him with an evil smile. "Maybe, instead of going to a restaurant, we could eat at home tomorrow. And since you are home all the live long day..."
She let her voice trail and he started laughing. "You are not suggesting that I cook for us right? Unless you actually want a disaster to happen, you don't wanna try that."
"Oh come on, you're totally exaggerating. Your cooking isn't that bad. I was surprised the first time that you could cook and I really enjoyed it!"
He looked her over sceptically. "Insane woman... but alright", he put his hands up in defeat. "Don't come complaining to me when you're in bed with food poisoning the next day. I will not be held responsible."
"You are such a drama queen, you know that?" she smiled. "I'll come by your place when I've finished my shift, ok?"
"That sounds great. At least up until the part where we will have to eat the food", he winked.
She kissed him lightly on the lips and opened the door. "See you tomorrow".
"Bye", he said as he went downstairs.