Broken

"Abby, don't move! Help will be here in a minute!"

Luka fumbled his phone out of his pocket and called the hospital.

"ER County General."

"Frank? It's Luka! I need a gurney behind Doc Magoo's right now!"

He let the phone fall to the floor then looked down at Abby's hand tangled around his. Her eyes met his and he could see the fear in her face. He wanted to know what happened, but he knew now wasn't the time to talk. He took off his lab coat and laid it on top of her shivering body.

"Abby, it's gonna be ok. Someone will be here soon."

She simply nodded. Luka's head sprung up when he heard gurney wheels rolling and Susan calling out Luka's name.

"Over here!"

She heard his cry and started running to him. Before looking at the ground, she started to ask "Whatcha got?" but mid-word, she looked down and saw Abby.

"Oh my god! What--"

Luka cut her off. "It doesn't matter right now, let's just get her inside."

Susan's frightened face met Luka's who was trying to hide his fear for Abby's sake. They hoisted her onto the gurney and quickly started running towards the hospital.

Susan tried to ask again. "Abby, what--"

Luka interrupted "Susan!"

She glared into Luka's eyes. "happened?"

"Carter"

Susan glanced down at Abby. "He's inside. We'll get him for you once we're inside, ok, sweetie?"

Abby responded a little restlessly. "No…no."

Confused, Susan looked up and saw Luka's guilty face. Her face exploded with shock. "Carter!"

Luka whispered to her. "I'm so sorry, Abby."

The rest of the walk to the hospital was silent. They got inside and pushed the dirty wheels to Trauma 1. Susan, Luka, Jake, and Sam worked on warming her up and discovering where all she was injured. When the x-rays came back, Susan took Luka outside the room.

"Luka, what happened to her!"

"Susan. I don't know."

"Well, you must know why Carter did this!"

Luka just looked away. Susan pulled out the films and held them up to the ceiling light.

"Broken nose. Broken cheek. 3 broken ribs." Susan pointed at Abby lying in the trauma room. "OBVIOUS wrist fracture!--"

"Stop."

"Luka!"

"Susan! I feel bad enough already! …it was my fault."

"How? What happened?"

He hesitated to answer, searching for exactly what he should say.

"I told her she had to break up with him."
"Why!"

Luka erupted. "'Cause I'm tired of having this secret!"

Susan didn't say anything. She couldn't. She just let out a short, disappointed laugh.

"You're sleeping with her, aren't you!"

Luka didn't even move his eyes away from hers.

"Oh my god! Luka!"

"What?"

"What! She has a boyfriend! How long?"

"What?"

"How long have you guys been sleeping together?"

"I don't know. A few weeks?"

"How many is 'a few'?"

"Like…5?"

The disappointed laugh again. "5 weeks…"