Right Here Waiting: Chapter 3

Disclaimer: see previous chapters…

A/N: I would like to thank everyone for their reviews. I think that there will be only one more chapter left in this story. Hey, I told you it would be short. LoL. Other than that please R/R.


The sound and flashing of sirens could be heard from outside as Sam sat in the silence of the lounge. A single desk lamp illuminated the desk where Sam had situated herself to finish her charts for the evening. Sam looked at her watch and sighed. Alex had called shortly after Luka called saying he was going over a friend's house after school, and she needed to pick him up soon. The door swung open and Abby came in, throwing herself on the couch. She was oblivious to Sam's presence.

" Long day?" Sam questioned as she turned to her friend and gave her a sincere smile.

" Hugh?" Abby turned around startled and nodded, " Sorry I didn't see you sitting there. You missed a great trauma." She laughed sarcastically, " A man came in with a heart attack, and his wife couldn't keep her hands off of him. I don't know how you do it."

" Do what?" Sam looked at her.

" Help people deal with emotional baggage. You know it's been so long since I've been a nurse. Sometimes, it's hard not to get emotional yourself." Sam nodded in understanding and then looked back down at the chart she had been working on. Looking at her Abby smiled and then stood up to help herself to coffee, " You miss him don't you?" She questioned.

" Who?"

" Luka." Sam nodded, and Abby came over and put her hands around her, " I heard he called today." Sam nodded again, " Did he tell you when he was coming back?"

" Said he didn't know." Sam let out a sigh and looked up at Abby, " I don't know if I can do this by myself." A tear ran down her cheek.

" Do what?"

" Raise this baby."

Abby looked at her wide-eyed, " Sam, your pregnant?"

Sam nodded and sighed, " Yep."

" Does Luka know?"

" Yeah, he knew before I told him." She laughed, " He thought he was only going to be gone for three weeks. He thought he wouldn't even miss my first appointment. Now he doesn't even know when he's coming back."

Abby gave her friend a reassuring smile, " Don't worry, I know Luka. He'll come back. Even if it kills him."

Sam nodded and gave Abby a hug, " Thanks Abb."

Abby nodded as she stood up. She gave Sam one last smile, and then left her to finish her work.

I took for granted, all the times
That I though would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now.

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' CrAzY.

As she shut the door to Alex's room, Sam let out a sigh and leaned against the doorframe. It had been five months since Luka had left for the Congo, and she hadn't heard from him since that day four months ago. He missed more than just her first doctor's appointment, and Sam was beginning to become uneasy. Not even a phone call? She could almost hear his voice, his deep accent. The apartment was dark as Sam made her way into the kitchen. A newborn sleeper lay on the counter. It was pink with flowers. Alex had purchased it for her after she announced that she found out that the baby was a girl. She took it in her hands and brushed the soft cotton on her cheek. After replacing it in the box, she walked over to her and Luka's bedroom stubbing her toe on one of Alex's toys in the process. Alex, can't you clean up for yourself once and a while? She shook her head and pushed the door open. Within a second her head hit the pillow and she was fast asleep.

" Luka, there you are," Sam said with a laugh as she shut the car door and walked over to where Luka sat on the edge of the fountain. She gave him a slight smile and kissed his forehead, " I've been looking for you everywhere."

Luka mumbled something under his breathe in Croatian.

" What was that?"

" Nothing?"

" Luka, you know that if there's something wrong you can talk to me," Sam placed his hand in her lap.

" I know," he said with a sigh.

She pulled stood up taking him with her, " Wanna tell me what's wrong?"

" Nothings wrong. Look Sam. I can't do this now." He looked into Sam's eyes, which were now welling with tears. Had he caused them? Of course he did! He still wasn't over Danijela. It was likely he would never be over her. He had promised to love her forever, or at least till death do us part, death do us part. Then it hit him Danijela was dead. She had been for years, but he couldn't. Maybe it was just that he wouldn't. He loved Sam. There was no question, but he loved Danijela. He would never let go of her.

" I understand," Sam turned and started heading towards the car when Luka stopped her.

"I need to tell you something." Should he tell her? He paused for a moment and took a breath, " I had a family. I had a wife and two children, and I loved them all dearly." He could feel tears running down his cheeks staining them in the process, " I still love them, and I will always love them." She took her hands, " But the truth is. I love you, too. Sam, I love you from the bottom of my heart." He pulled her in and they shared a kiss. Tears running down both of their cheeks.

" Call it," Luka said looking at the clock and slapping his gloves off. He sighed and shook his head.

" Luka! Wait up," One of his female co-workers called.

He turned around and looked at her, " What is it? I'm going to go and try to sleep."

" I was wondering if you wanted to go get coffee."

Luka shook his head, " I'm sorry. I'm just really shot."

She nodded, " Maybe some other time."

" Yeah, maybe." He turned to her again, " Hey, when do you leave here for home?"

" I figured I'd stay till the end of the year."

" Why? When are you leaving?"

" I was going to leave in the next month, but I doubt that will ever happen. My Fiancé, Sam, is eight months pregnant."

" Have you talked to her lately?"

Luka shook his head, " Not since six months ago."

She handed him the phone, " You should call her."

Luka sighed, " Maybe tomorrow."

Luka slowly eased himself onto his so-called bed. He thought of Alex and Sam back home. He wondered what they were doing now. Sam was probably getting Alex off to school and leaving shortly for work himself. She must be going on maternity leave soon. He thought. As he closed his eyes, he longed to be near her to smell the scent of her perfume. It's been so long Luka. You should call her. For all you know she could have already had the baby. He wondered who the baby would look more like he or Sam. What would the sex of the baby be? That is if Sam didn't already know. With the thoughts of his new family he fell sleep.

It was a month after he, Sam, and Alex had moved into their new apartment. They had search for a long time for an apartment big enough for the three of them, and possibly the baby they may have together. They did so because they often spook of having children, and getting married. Now that they were situated they were planning on having a 9th birthday party for Alex.

Everything was just the way it should be. The cake sat in the center of the kitchen table, and balloons where every which way. Soda sat on the counter, and Luka had gone out to get Alex's present from him and Sam earlier that week. Now it sat on the floor in Sam and Luka's closet.

The doorbell rang announcing the arrival of the first guest.

" I'll get it!" Alex screamed running to the door. " Mike!" Alex said opening the door and motioning him inside, " Mike's here."

Once everyone had arrived everyone had gathered in the living room to open presents. He got games for his PS2, and forty dollars in cash.

" Hold on," Luka said going in to get the present he had got from he and Sam. He placed it next to Alex, and Alex opened it in a frenzy. There sat a brand new Xbox.

" Thanks mom. Thanks Luka." He wrapped his arms around the both of them and he and all his friends started running around the apartment. He paused for a moment and turned to Luka, " I know you and mom aren't married or anything, but I was wondering if I well… could call you dad. You are the closest thing I have ever had to a dad, and-"

Luka put his hand up stopping him mid sentence and nodded, " Yeah son, you can call me dad."

Alex wrapped his arms around Luka and followed his friends. Once everyone left Luka, Sam, and Alex sat around the table talking and eating the left over cake. Luka looked over to his new son, Alex, and smiled mischievously. He looked down at his cake and put his finger in it. Then he placed it on Alex's nose. Alex looked over at him and smiled. He took the cake in front of him and prepared to throw it, but Luka was too fast and the cake hit the wall with a thud as it slid to the ground.

" Alex, Luka. I don't wanna clean this up," Sam whined, but it was too late cake was flying everywhere. Sam shook her head and stood up when Alex and Luka came charging towards her.

" Get her!" And with that cake was smeared in her hair and down her shirt.

She looked at them and laughed, " You are going to be so sorry for that!"

After about an hour things started to simmer down and the new family sat on the floor, together, laughing.

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' cRaZy

Sam sighed as she slid down onto the couch. There was no way she remembered it being this bad with a baby. The late night feedings and the multiple diaper changings was enough to remind her though. It was hard without Luka, but she managed. He had been gone a year now, and Sam hadn't heard from him except once. That once when he called a month after he left. By now Sam was beginning to loose hope. She always knew in the bottom of her heart that something would go wrong, and this had always been the worse nightmare. It seemed as if she was finally the one with the problems. It seemed as if she was finally was the one going crazy with worry and regret. She had finally turned into Luka. He was always hung up on his late wife, and now she was hung up on him

He's probably dead. She thought as a loud cry interrupted her. Or maybe he's back, and just doesn't want to come back to us. She shook her head a tear running down her cheek. All she wanted was for him to be there with her, with them. He would never know how long or hard her labor was let alone their daughter's name. She longed to see him or hear from him.

" Come on mom! You're doing a great job!" Alex coaxed Sam. Twenty hours of labor, and nothing to show for it, yet. It seemed as if Alex grew up, and turned into Luka, and turned into at least what Luka was suppose to be doing. He was supposed to be there for her.

" One last push Sam," Susan coaxed. When Luka didn't show up she had chosen Susan to be her coach. She gave it all her might, and there was a loud scream.

" You did it mom!" Alex looked at her.

" She's beautiful Sam," Susan said with a smile.

Sam smiled and nodded.

" So what are you going to name her?" Susan questioned.

Sam looked at Alex, and he nodded, " I really wanted Luka and I to choose the name together, but Alex and I thought he wouldn't mind if we named her without him." She paused as a tear ran down her cheek, " Luka." She whispered, " Where are you?"

" So?" Susan questioned shaking Sam out of her thoughts.

Alex smiled, " Frances. Frances Marie."

The OB nurse nodded and wrote the name on the baby's birth certificate, " Frances Marie Taggart. A beautiful name."

Sam shook her head, " No. Frances Marie Kovac."

" Come on Frances," she said patting the baby's bottom, " Mommy's got to go to work tomorrow. I have to go to sleep." But it was no help. The baby continued to wail, " Oh Frances," She said with a sigh. It was going to be a long night.

" Frances not sleeping?" Susan questioned as Sam walked over to admit.

Sam nodded, " She just doesn't understand that I need my sleep."

" Cosmo was the same way when he was first born. So have you heard from Luka yet?" Susan questioned changing the subject. Sam shook her head, and gathered her up in her arms, " Don't worry hun. You'll hear from him soon. He has a daughter he needs to help raise."


A/N: I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I tried to make it longer because there is one final chapter left. Finally I'm going to finish a fanfiction! LoL. Anyway please review. I'll try to get the next chapter posted today. Remember, I said I'll try.