Once again Sam found herself alone in the doctor's lounge with a certain handsome doctor. And it was only the beginning of her second day on her new job. So far she was loving it.
"Carter, anyone could walk in on us any minute." Sam said breathlessly as she pulled back from the kiss.
"Let them," was his only reply as he leaned in to kiss her again.
Sam managed to step back out of his reach just in time, she didn't really know anyone in the ER and she didn't want them to have a bad opinion of her. Unfortunately for Carter her common sense was coming through.
"Look, not that I'm really complaining, but what brought this on?" she asked, gesturing at the space between them.
"I missed you." he replied braving a step forward in the hopes of bridging the gap between them. "I know it probably sounds corny, but I've spent the whole morning thinking about you."
"You're right that does sound corny." She smiled. "But," she added reaching out to take his hand and entwining their fingers together. "I missed you too. Besides, you're kinda cute when you get all corny and embarrassed. Just so long as you never try serenading me, that's not cute at all."
"I won't," he reached out to push a strand of hair behind her ear. Looking at her he felt himself smile. Somehow, in the matter of a month, this woman had practically turned his life around, gave him a reason to get up in the morning. He was being corny, feeling like an awkward sixteen year old falling in love for the first time. And yet, he didn't care.
Sam watched Carter intently. She loved his smile, loved how he always smiled the minute he saw her. He was just happy to just be with her. It was a completely new situation for her, the other guys she had dated hadn't been the greatest. He almost made her believe in love again, a concept that she had given up on years previously. She was smiling more, even Alex had commented on it. And what could be bad about that? There was always going to be that voice, the voice from deep within her that told her that it was all too good to be true. That sometime soon it would all go to hell. Watching him smile, she didn't want to believe that at all.
"What are you thinking?" She asked.
"I had a great time last night." He answered wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Yeah, that movie we saw was really good. The acting was fantastic." She commented pushing as much innocence into her voice as was possible.
"That wasn't what I was talking about." Carter's voice dropped so he was just whispering the words, his face inches from hers.
"Well, that wasn't too bad either." She teased, moving backwards slightly until her back came in contact with the lockers, dragging Carter with her. She pulled his face down to hers, kissing him.
"I thought you worried about someone walking in on us?"
"Let them!" Sam said, she knew she couldn't resist him for long.
Carter didn't need any more persuasion than that. They ended up so caught up in the moment, and in each other, that they didn't hear the door open and close as someone came into the room. They jumped apart very quickly at the sound of someone loudly clearing their throat in an obvious attempt to alert the two of their presence.
"Luka!" Carter cried, "You nearly gave me a heart attack, I thought it was Kerry."
"Well, maybe if you were working instead of making out in the doctor's lounge you wouldn't be so worried about me being Kerry." Luka couldn't help sounding angry, he was being irrational and taking out his anger at the world on Carter. And all because he was dating a woman that he really liked. He forced a smile in an attempt to soften the blow.
"Hey, this coming from the guy who had a quickie in the closet with his patient's mother." Carter retorted laughing.
"Point taken," Luka nodded, he was relieved that Carter didn't catch the bitterness in his tone, the jealousy he felt at finding the two of them together. "So, are you going to introduce me?" As he asked, he braved a glance at the woman in question. She was breathing heavily, her cheeks were flushed. He had spent the whole night thinking of her, and in all that time he had managed to forget that she was taken.
"Luka, this is Sam," Carter said pulling her closer to him, "Sam this is Luka."
Reaching her hand out she shook hands with Luka, the hairs on her arms standing up at the slight touch of his hand. She had managed to forget about him, but seeing him brought it all back. Her gaze caught his, and for a brief moment it seemed that they were the only two in the room. He was sure he would have pulled her into his arms if he didn't see Carter out of the corner of his eye. Instead, he slowly let go of her hand, keeping his eyes locked with hers. He was sure he could see that she was feeling the same. But he couldn't be sure that he wasn't just imagining it.
"Carter's told me a lot about you." He said, saying it reminded him of just how much this woman meant to Carter. And he needed to keep thinking of that.
"All good things I hope." Sam answered smiling playfully at Carter. If she looked at him then it was easier to keep her mind off the Croatian beauty standing close by. She could feel his eyes on her still, and her heart thumped slightly faster knowing it.
"Of course, he's clearly crazy about you." Sam turned to look him when he said that, they're eyes locking once more. The sad reality of what could have been but couldn't passing between them.
"Well, can you blame me?" Carter questioned giving her waist a slight squeeze. He was completely unaware of the tension between the other two.
"No," Luka whispered so low that Carter didn't hear but Sam did. The intensity of his eyes on hers was too much. It was easy to focus solely on Carter when there was no one else. Having Luka there made her doubt everything, especially when she could plainly see that he was feeling the same.
Sam made her exit, saying she had to start working. The two men watched her leaving.
"So," Carter began, "What do you think?"
"She's . . ." Luka had been dreading that question, the last person he wanted to talk to about her was Carter. "She seems great, and she clearly likes you a lot. I'm happy for you."
"Thanks," Carter replied.
"I can see why you like her so much."
"Hey, don't go thinking that way Luka. We've been down that road before with Abby, remember?" Carter joked.
"Would I?" Luka joked back. He swallowed back his guilt. Sam was Carter's girlfriend, all he had to do was stay away from her. And she'd probably be spending most of her time with Carter so it shouldn't be too hard a task.