Chapter Two
"Hey Kovac."
"Hm?" Luka moaned. He was lying on the couch inside the lounge and he could hear Frank yell out to him from the doorframe.
"Break time's over sleeping beauty. You're needed in trauma one." Frank said then left, closing the door behind him.
Luka moaned again and peeled the newspaper that had been sitting over his head off. He sat up and placed his head in his hands. He hadn't been getting much sleep lately and he didn't get much last night. He took a week off to clear his head, but that only seemed to make things worse. At home, the pictures and memories surrounded him. Enclosing on him and reminding him of what he'd lost.
Just then, he heard the door open. Instinctively, he looked up to see who it was. He saw Abby staring back at him blankly. Luka's eyes lingered on her. Abby shifted uneasily as she cleared her throat and said, "I forgot some stuff over at your house."
Luka finally broke his gaze and nodded. He didn't want to be reminded of the fact she wasn't living with him anymore right now. The fact that she broke up with him. And also, that she didn't love him anymore. "Um, okay. I'll just uh … I'll just pack it in a box and give it to you tomorrow."
"It's just some clothes and movies."
Luka nodded again and stood up and headed for the door. Abby grabbed a hold of his arm and turned him to face her. "Luka, we can talk about this some more."
Luka shook his head and said, "No. I think you've made your point." With that, he turned and walked out the door, closing it behind him.
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Sam checked her paper then gazed at the hospital before her. 'County General, this is the place.' Sam got out of her car and staggered towards the main entrance, feeling more nervous as she took a step closer. Each time she started a new job, she felt a twinge of nervousness eat at her.
Walking in, she felt reproachful eyes gazing heavily on her from the customers waiting to be seen. Sam flashed them a small smile and sustained her walk to the front desk.
"I don't' want to!" Sam turned her head and saw that a man was running down the hall screaming "Noooo!" Running behind him was a med student urging the man to stop. "Sir, I have to give you your Haldol. Someone stop him!" The med student stopped to catch his breath as the man continued to run down the hall towards the front desk.
The scene had caught the attention of a lot of eyes and Sam quickly grabbed the syringe out of the med students hand then ran towards the man. Catching up to him, she shoved the needle into him as Carter and Luka ran up and grabbed the man to steady him.
After that, the he settled down and Luka was able to drag him away. When they were out of sight, Carter turned to Sam. "Nice job. Do you work here?"
"Thanks. Um yes, I'm Sam Taggart, the new nurse." Sam said, extending her hand.
Carter took it and shook it gently. "Really? Well that was some entrance Sam."
Sam laughed and began to feel more and more relaxed as she spoke to Carter. "Thanks, I try." She joked.
Carter smiled. "Carter!" He turned around and saw Frank yelling from Admit. "Yes Frank?"
"They need you in trauma one." He replied.
Carter sighed and turned back to Sam, wishing he didn't have to cut their conversation so short. "Duty calls. Guess I'll be seeing you around then huh?"
Sam smiled. "Yeah. I guess you will."