Here's the new chapter! I kind of jumped ahead in time, like 2 1/2 - 3 months... The title refers to pretty much everything...

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Chapter 18 - Still going strong

Abby smiled at the sight of Luka and Eric fooling around on the grass, trying the steal the soccer ball from one another. When Luka fell down and rolled around in the mud, she couldn't help but burst out in laughter.

"Wohoo! Go Eric! You just show him how to play soccer!" She high-fived him as he ran towards her, sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Hey! I was the one who taught him that move!" Abby just gave him a big smile and kissed him as he joined her and Eric by the tree.

"Eww you're sweaty." She grimaced her face as she playfully pushed him away.

"PDA!" Sticking out her tongue at her brother, she threw her arms around Luka's neck, just to annoy Eric.

"Aren't you like really hot? This is the warmest day of the year so far." She pulled away and shrugged her shoulders.

"No, not really. And it's only the beginning of May, it's still gonna get way hotter." Luka grabbed the bottle of water out of her hand and emptied half of the bottle in a few seconds. When he handed the bottle back to Abby he looked at Eric who was busy trying to juggle the ball on his knees.

"Well, I think I'm gonna go take me one last game. Still going to be cheering for your brother?" She gave him a seducing smile and slightly shrugged her shoulders.

"Well that depends. Let's see how good you do." He gave her a quick kiss before running out on the grass lawn, stealing the ball from a very surprised-looking Eric, which caused Abby to let out another little laugh.


"Ready for the biology final tomorrow?" She gave him a sly smile before looking away.

"Well, exams aren't my favorite thing, but I think I'll be fine." She pushed away from the ground so the swing she was sitting on stared swinging back and forth a little.

"I'm starting to get hungry, aren't you?" She shrugged her shoulders, looking at her brother playing basketball with some other kids at the other and of the playground. "We should have brought some sandwiches." Abby smiled at him and rolled her eyes.

"I can give you a sandwich." She jumped off the swing and sat down on Luka's lap. Holding on to the swing, she started kissing him. He put his hands on each side of her face, and their kiss quickly turned really passionate. After a little while, Luka pulled back.

"That is definitely my new favorite sandwich." Abby gave him another smile, one of those that made her look so beautiful.

"Oh, you want some more?" Luka replied by pulling her face closer to him, starting another round of making out.

"Oh my Gosh. I go away for five minutes, and look what happens." Abby pulled away from Luka and rolled her eyes, before turning around to face Eric, giving him a very fake smile. "Do I seriously need to keep you guys in leashes?" She got up from Luka's lap and sat down on the other swing again.

"You should just be happy that we even brought you with us." Eric attempted to roll his eyes, trying to make fun of Abby.

"What ever. Let's go guys." Abby and Luka couldn't help but start giggling when the boys started walking away. Eric tried to be cool, but it was so not working.

"Wow Eric, why didn't you tell us that your sister is so smoking hot?"

"And overly sexy?" Abby's jaw fell down, she didn't want to hear that, and she definitely didn't want it coming from a nine, maybe ten year old.

"Oh please, she's my sister. She's like so not! Or well, she is, but I do not wanna think of her like that!" When they were out of hearing range, Abby turned abruptly towards Luka.

"Did they really just say that?" Luka nodded, giving her one of his 'sexy' smiles which always cheered her up.

"And it's true." She sent him an evil stare before looking down.

"Luka, don't! You know I hate those things." When she looked back up he gave her an apologizing smile.

"I know, I'm sorry. I guess we need to train you in accepting compliments." She gave him a weak smile and shook her head.

"Naah, I'm fine with the way things are right now." She gave him another small smile. Luka motioned for her to join him, so she got up and sat down on his lap, leaning her back against his chest with her head on his shoulder.


Abby's eyes flew open the second his hand covered her mouth.

"I had a shitty day, so how about you make it a little better." It wasn't a question, but a demand. He spoke so quietly that Abby could barely hear what he said. But she did, and it scared her. He soundlessly pulled the cover off her and started tracing her ribs with his finger beneath her shirt. She tried shaking her head as well as she could with his hand pinning her down, looking over at Eric who was sleeping in his bed, right across the small room.

"We wouldn't want to wake him up, now would we?" She looked back up at Richard and shook her head slightly. "So you better be quiet. Really quiet. You think you can manage that?" This time she nodded, not breaking the eye contact with his evil eyes. "Good girl." He let go of her mouth and she could finally breath properly again.

She bit her lip and looked at the wall as Richard started undressing her. She couldn't bare thinking about the fact that Eric was laying right there, right next to her while all of this was going on. Even though she didn't believe in God at all, she found herself silently praying that Eric wouldn't wake up. She didn't care about herself at all. This was nothing. But she didn't want Eric to ever know about this, least of all see it. She'd do anything to protect him, even if that meant her dying while doing so.


"Luka!" He barely had a chance of turning around before Abby threw her arms around his neck.

"Wow, what are you so happy about?" Smiling like crazy she held out her exam report card along with the 'end of the year' grades.

"I got straight A's! Even some A+'s. Both for the exams and the regular ones." Luka handed her back the papers and put his hand behind her neck, kissing her. They quickly broke apart though, knowing they were in a public place.

"I'm very proud of you, honey." She looked down, still getting shy whenever he said something nice to her.

"Have you checked yours yet?" He shook his head and started removing his name tag.

"I haven't had a chance yet. But they should be in my mailbox when I get home." Abby just nodded and followed Luka down the hallway to the lounge.

"Oh, hey Abby." She stopped right before she entered the lounge as she heard someone say her name, and smiled at the woman in front of her.

"Hi Dr. Kovac." She scribbled something down on the chart she was holding before looking back up.

"Came to pick up Luka?"

"Well," She started following her down the hall towards admit. "It wasn't really planed, but I just felt like it." She stopped and leaned over the admit desk as Luka's mom started going through some new charts.

"That sounds reasonable enough." She looked up and gave Abby a smile. "Does it by any chance have anything to do with how much you're smiling today?" She looked away a little embarrassed, not sure how to respond.

"Oh, she's just a geek. That's all." She felt him put his strong arms around her, and without moving out of his embrace, she turned her head and looked confused at him. He just smiled widely and then looked at his mom, who looked like she was waiting for an explanation. "She didn't get one single grade below an A." Abby rolled her eyes and leaned back up against him.

"That's awesome. Congratulations." Abby just smiled as a way of thanking her. "Well, I gotta go. Have patients to see. Have fun, kids." She started walking down the hallway and Abby left Luka's embrace.

"So, coming?" She smiled playfully at him before grabbing his hand, 'dragging' him out of the hospital.