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Chapter Seven: Christmas GiftsThe next morning I woke up to find a note next to my pillow:
“I had to go for some things to my place. See you at work. And thanks for a wonderful evening,
Luka”I got up and by 7 am I was in the ER. As I wasn't going to wait for the results sitting on a chair and I remembered that I was supposed to get the Christmas cake, so I left. An hour later I had cake and results in my hand. And then Luka scared the hell out of me.
"Ahhhhhhhh… hi!" I scream.
"Hey…" he is grinning.
"Oh… hi" I turn around to look at him and put the results under the cake.
"Sorry I'm late I had to pick up the cake for the Christmas Party" I say.
"No problem… Come here."
He says while he grabs my arm gently and pulls me to a side. He has a bag and I realize he is now looking for something. He pulls out a small wooden box with a red bow on top.
"Oh wow… that's for me?"
He nods while he adds:
"Yeah, open it"
"Now?"
"Yeah…"
"I can't…" I say while moving the cake around to make a point.
"Oh, tomorrow morning then."
He says.
"Ok" I agree, turn around and then I realize something.
So I turn around again to look at him:
"Are we spending Christmas together?"
"It's what you said last night?"
Last night? I'm thinking…
When did we talk last night about…?“No, I didn’t!”
"Well, you probably don't remember other things you said last night"
He is grinning again and I have to say
"Shut up"
But either way I'm smiling like an idiot.
"I never said anything about us."
"We should" he says trying to convince me.
"We should?"
He nods. So I finally give up and say ok.
"I should change"
I turn around again to head to the lounge. But I have to turn once again to face him when he whispers:
"I'll help"
I can only grin while I keep on walking.
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Later that day we are in the lock up room, he told me he wanted to meet me there for a
"department Chief business". I walked in the lock up as if I was looking for something. He walked behind me and says:
"Hi there"
I turn around and
I swear there is something wrong with me because I'm smiling again.
"Hey…"
"So who's kitchen are we dirtying up tomorrow?"
"I don't know I haven't really giving it much thought"
Which is true… the news I have would make anyone forget about everything else!"Guess what I got you?" he says.
I'm trying to think of something but nothing comes to my mind."Give me a hint?"
"Ah, it's small"
Nice hint! It can be anything! Ok, let's use your imagination Abby!"Small..." I repeat "A necklace!"
That's a good one! And the he says:
"It's not jewelry"
Oh… so it's not jewelry… I actually wanted a necklace. We are suddenly interrupted by Ray who is telling Luka, his hyponutremia lady wants to leave AMA.
"She can't…" he says and he needs to get back to work.
Even though I know that, I make an attempt to tell him.
"Luka…"
"Yeah, what?" he is turning around to see if someone else is looking and
I just can't tell him, at least not now.
I will, it's just… this isn't the right time. So then I just say:
"You're gonna love what I got you."
"You didn't get me anything" he says.
How can he be so sure? Ok, I didn't buy him anything but I do have something. Anyway, I have to say:
"Yes, I did!"
"No, you didn't!"
"I did too!"
How does he know?"Keep guessing…" he finally says.
"Not jewelry… spark plugs…"
He snorts out a "right" and then I say:
"A glass frog"
A glass frog? Oh my God… how did I come up with that one?"How would you know?"
So… I'm
"Not even close?" Before heading out of the lock up room he says:
"Listen, page me when you have a clue, ok?"
Well, I'm sure you are not going to expect what I have to tell you! I keep thinking about whether or not I should've told him there and now.
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We do talk a little bit more during work that day but I never get the chance or the courage to tell him. Now I'm heading to Ike's and I just made a resolution.
I'm not going to go to bed without telling him! Let's just hope I can make it. I walk into Ike's as Haleh is singing with Morris!
Oh My God! Morris can sing?! Who would've thought! I keep moving to the bar where I have just spotted Luka. I leave a small red bag on top of the counter while I sit down. He smiles at the bag and says:
"What's this?"
"It's part of your present" I say. "Open it"
He grabs the bag and pull out the snow globe.
I thought it was a way of reminding him of that Christmas night at Susan's.
"Wow, thank you!"
"You're welcome" I say.
"This… this beats what I got you"
He takes his present from behind him and hands me the wooden box.
"Open yours"
I open the box and I find a golden device inside. I take it out of the box and open it.
"A compass?"
I look at him trying to understand the gift.
"I know it's corny but… seems we always find each other"
Oh, he didn't just say that. I want to kiss him! But we are in front of all the ER staff and I have to stick to my resolution! So I say:
"It's beautiful" and I smile.
I finally sigh and put the compass away. I turn around to look at him to the eyes and I say:
"Can we talk?"
I know he wasn't expecting that, but how am I supposed to tell him?
"Yeah, sure… You ok?"
"Yeah… Maybe go outside for a minute?"
He nods.
I'm about to freak out though I know he probably doesn't understand anything right now. I get my things and head outside closely followed by him.
I open the door and turn around to watch him put his coat on. And then I start:
"Ok, I don't know how to say this..."
"What?" he asks.
"Well, just that these past two weeks I've been really… I… You know I couldn't have imagined it better."
Nice way of putting it! I'm congratulating myself inside my head but then I realize this is far from over."For me too" he says.
Well, that's also good to know."Yeah, and I hadn't laugh so much or felt so good in a really, really long time… and I don't want to do anything to ruin that."
He is becoming nervous because he says:
"Hey, you won't… I promise…" he says. He grabs my arm gently and makes me stop walking to face him.
"Luka…"
"Yeah?" I turn my face away and say
"Oh man…"
This was even harder than I thought."What?" he plights for an answer now.
And finally I get some courage out of somewhere and say it.
"I'm pregnant" I left the words hanging in the air.
There was no response, just a puzzled look from his side. I'm sure this was the last thing he expected me to say but I had to let him know. He deserves it. He suddenly moves closer to me and hugs me. I wrap my arms around him and I let him hold me. I look up to him after a while. His eyes are understanding but I know he is probably scared.
The hell I'm scared! I'm terrified! What's it going to happen now? I mean, I know how Luka feels about this things. The issue is I'm not sure how I feel about it. He bends down and kisses me softly on the lips.
"Dr. Kovac, Dr. Lockhart!"