"Luka put me down."
He shakes his head 'no' and continues to carry her to their bedroom. He fumbles with the doorknob and almost drops her as he opens the door. He places her gently on the bed and she pulls herself up into a sitting position.
"Luka I'm fine. Go to work."
"No," he tells her as he turns his head away from her.
"Luka…Hey look at me." He turned back to her. "I'm fine. Alex is fine. The…the baby is fine."
He bends down and kisses her and leans his forehead against hers when he pulled back.
"I know just…Just don't do that again," he mutters.
"I won't. I promise," she whispers in his ear as he pulls his lips away from her forehead.
She grabs his ties and pulls him towards her for a kiss. Their lips pull away and Luka takes a step back.
"I am going to go call the hospital."
She nods her head and pulls the comforter from underneath her.
She yawns and looks at the clock. 11:03. She grabs the clock off the bedside table. She's slept for three hours. She slides out of bed and wraps a blanket around herself. After making sure the blanket doesn't drag on the floor she leaves the bedroom and finds Luka asleep on the couch with ESPN on. 'So this is luging.' She thinks to herself after watching it for a few minutes.
"What are you doing up?" He asks her quietly, opening his sleepy eyes.
"Do you want some soup?"
"I'll do it," he tells her getting up off the couch.
"I can do it, Luka," she tells him dropping the blanket she was holding onto the floor and heading to the kitchen.
He follows her closely behind and stops her from getting a can of soup out of the cabinet.
"Luka," She says between her clenched teeth.
"Sam…" he complains lightly, dropping his head.
"Stop it Luka. I can do it myself."
"I'm just trying to help Sam," he says taking a few steps away from her.
"Get out Luka!"
"All I'm trying to do is help you! You really scared me today."
Her eyes watered up and he found her in his arms before he knew it.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I know you're trying to help but I need my independence Luka."
"Okay. You need independence."
She nods her head against his chest.