In Her Eyes
Disclaimer: I don't own ER...:(
Luka walked hesitantly into Abby's hospital room with nerves jumping in the bottom of his stomach. All he wanted in that moment was to know that the woman he loved knew who he was. He saw Abby's fragile body lying on the hospital bed and he pulled up a chair. "Abby?" His voice was very afraid and only just above a whisper. His accent revealed his anticipation. He saw her eye lids fluttering at the sound of his voice and he felt horrible for waking her. She looked at him through the fog of sleep and pain meds with a huge, weak, and messy smile once she recognized him.
"Luka. You came back." Abby's eyes spilled the tears that she had held for so long. She had been waiting to hear his beautiful voice and to feel protected from everything ever since he had left for Texas. Luka's brows drew together and he tried not to cry. He gently brushed the tears from her eyes and opened his mouth to speak.
"Of course I came back. I'm so sorry, Abby. I didn't know what was going on. Why didn't you tell me?" Frustration entered his love-filled voice and he attempted to soften it once again.
"He said that he was going to hurt you. I couldn't let that happen." To Abby this seemed like the perfect reason, but to Luka it was insane. He could definitely take care of himself. No one was going to hurt him, especially if he had hurt his Abby.
"Abby," He closed his eyes and took her hand, putting his lips to her skin. "I would have been fine. You know me, sweetie." He smiled. Abby nodded and spoke.
"I'm sorry. I should have told you, but I did have my reasons....How is Sam?" Panic entered her voice.
"Calm down." He looked to the heart monitor and swallowed nervously. "She is fine. She is resting right now and Susan is with her." Abby's heart rate had slowed to a normal speed and Luka sighed.
"She was really brave. I remember bits and pieces of it now. I remember Susan and Sam showing up and I kind of went in and out of consciousness. But I know that Susan wasn't there at one time and I heard a crash. After that I think that Susan had brought Sam back and then she passed out." Abby was looking into the distance with a bitter look in her eyes. Luka felt horrible that she had to go through all of that, but part of him was relieved because she remembered everything. As he thought about the pain she had to have been in, his blood pressure rose and he gritted his teeth against the anger that was boiling. He sighed lividly and looked back to Abby's bruised face.
"Thank goodness they went to your apartment. I don't even want to think about it if they hadn't gotten there at all." Luka closed his eyes and flexed his jaw. Abby smiled and her brows drew together.
"Is Susan alright. When she was in here before, she looked really rough." Her voice was raspy as she tried to speak above a whisper. She winced and waited for the answer.
"I don't know. She hasn't slept at all since then, but physically she is unharmed. Emotionally, I have no idea. She is not really thinking about herself right now." Luka thought more about this and realized that Susan hadn't looked anywhere near alright since she had gotten back from Abby's apartment. He pursed his lips and pushed the thought away to focus on Abby.
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Susan stood up, not wanting to know what was going wrong now. Luka had left to see Abby and Susan had stayed with Sam and Alex. She was sure that she looked like crap, but she didn't really care.
"Officer, what's the problem?" Susan's voice was gruff and unrecognizable. She was almost too shocked to listen to the answer to her own question. But she quickly shook herself out of it to hear what kind of danger they were in this time.
"Doctor, I am standing guard. Dr. Lockhart's ex-husband posted bail and so another officer and I are making sure he doesn't get to any of you." He sounded extremely serious. His eyes were slightly bored but very sincere. Susan's widened in shock and she felt like her lungs were being squeezed off from oxygen. She was hyperventilating. As she walked hastily away, every limb shook in fear. She picked up the pace, running to the ambulance bay. Susan heard a few voices calling her name, but she ignored them, needing to get some oxygen in her system. Once she was outside, not crowded with all of the pain and evil, she sat with her back against the brick wall beside the sliding doors. With her head in her hands, she squeezed her eyes shut, warm tears leaking out. She had no idea why she was reacting like this. She shouldn't be afraid. Richard didn't want to hurt her; he wanted Abby. Luka couldn't find out about this because Susan knew exactly how he was. If someone even threatened Abby, he would react with violence. That's just how Luka is. If she wasn't careful, Luka could end up killing Richard. She quickly pushed her paralyzing fear aside and headed up to the OR recovery room to make sure Luka didn't do anything he would regret later.
As she walked up the stairs, this time Pratt stopped her. "Doctor Lewis, how is Abby doing?" Concern pushed through his normal, cocky and flirty voice. Susan could see that he really cared, so she answered.
"She is actually recovering faster than we expected. She is going to be fine I think." There was hope in her tone.
"Good. We are all really worried. How are you doing?" Pratt had moved closer to her to get out of the way of other doctors.
"I'm fine. Just going to check on Abby." She smiled and walked up the stairs again. Pratt nodded and thanked her, strolling in the opposite direction. Susan was glad to be alone with her own thoughts again. As she approached the guarded hospital room of her best friend, she took a deep breath. Susan would need as much courage as possible to go against Luka.
"Hey guys." She walked in to the scene of Luka holding Abby's fragile hand in his strong ones. They both smiled and welcomed her over. "How are you feeling, Abby?" Susan's voice shook noticeably and Luka narrowed his eyes.
"I'm doing better." She smiled as she whispered with conviction.
"Good." Susan smiled. "You know I was really worried. Especially when you didn't recognize Luka." Susan chuckled and for a moment, felt like her normal self. Abby laughed which threw her into a coughing fit. Luka and Susan waited helplessly for her pain to be over. Once she could breath somewhat normally again, Luka looked to Susan.
"Do you know why there's a cop outside?" Susan swallowed, not sure of what to say.
"Uh...standard procedure. Weaver put him there. She said something about the safety of her staff being in jeopardy." She imitated Kerry, trying to be as normal as possible. Luka nodded, for a moment taking that explanation. He didn't need anymore danger in his life. Susan sighed, relieved that Luka believed her made-up reason. She actually felt pretty proud of her lying skills. The normal Susan couldn't lie at all, but the new one didn't really care as long as it protected her friends. Luka narrowed his eyes at Susan, wondering what was going on in her mind. He quickly looked back to Abby, who smiled lovingly to him. Luka smiled back with slight worry in his eyes for whatever the real reason the cop was standing guard outside. The truth would have to wait.
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