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Post by *Natalie* on Jun 29, 2007 9:07:50 GMT 10
Great update Glad Abby kinda snapped out of it natalie x
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Post by zelda on Jun 30, 2007 3:59:20 GMT 10
Not many words to comment on your latest chapters... JUST A HUGE SIGH....OF RELIEF. Abby's personal fight with herself, her guilt, her insecurities, are really well written and very intense and emotional.
ABBY facing the world again should mean some fun with TIM ( miss him) and some hot scenes with LUKA !
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Post by catkin on Jul 5, 2007 20:22:43 GMT 10
Hi there! sorry it's been a while, I've had a abit of a hectic weekend... but I'm here now! enjoy... *** Luka walked up to her door at five o’clock, just like he had done every other day. his appointment to talk through a letterbox to a woman who may or may not even be listening to him. He stopped before bending down and noticed the curtains were drawn, there was a light on. A smile spread across his face. He leant towards the door and he could hear the hum of a TV. He couldn’t help but laugh, she was up and living again. He rang the doorbell and waited, his smile faltered a little as he heard the TV noise stop but no sound to indicate someone about to open the door to him. He knocked on the door then bent down to the letterbox. “Abby it’s me...I heard the TV...” He waited but there was no reply. With a sigh he leant down to make himself more comfortable in front of the letter box. She was up at least, even if she wasn’t ready to see people, at least she was doing something. “It’s ok if you don’t wanna see me yet. I mean, it’s rubbish. I hate it...but I understand. Abby there’s something I have to tell you, I spoke to Pam today...she’s uh, she’d keeping your job for you, for as long as she can. You’re a wonderful teacher Abby and she knows it, but she needs to know if you’re coming back. So please, even if you don’t feel like talking yet, just email her to say you’ll be back soon. We need you back there...I need you back. Lunchtime just isn’t the same without you.” He smiled sadly and rubbed his eyes. He was tired of this, he wanted to see her and hold her and take away all her pain. He knew it was stupid, control issues a previous girlfriend had told him, but he couldn’t help it. Not being able to see her was driving him crazy, mainly for the simple reason that he missed her. Every thing about her. He let out a sigh and turned to the letterbox again. “ok. I’ll let you get back to your TV. I’m glad you’re up Abby, I’ll see you soon.” He pushed himself to his feet and took one last glance at the door before walking away. *** Abby had been watching TV ever since she’d got back from the shops. Her plan to buy just a few basic essentials then return to her hermit-like lifestyle had been thrown out the window when she got into the shop. It was a pack of fresh cream chocolate éclairs that first caught her eye. She’d smiled and put them in the basket. It was as if the last week had made her forget every simple pleasure there was. She’d been lost in a world of painful memories and broken sleep. She’d needed to get lost, but now she was back and buying as many delicious ready meals as she could find. Pizzas and ice-cream, oven chips and a variety of interesting sauces. She laughed as she got to the till with her basket full of student-style dream food. The boy serving her flashed her a suspicious look, but she didn’t care. She rushed home and immediately treated herself to a cake and a glass of coke as she waited for her chips and pizza to cook. Not only did she realize how hungry she was, she realized how incredibly bored she’s got. Living in her own head was driving her crazy, so she switched on the TV and let the chat show distract her from herself. Getting lost in a ridiculous world of other people over-dramatized problems. She felt happier than she had in a long time. Then the door-bell rang. She hit the remote control to turn off the sound of the TV. It was the real world, other people reminding her there was more to life then feeding yourself and keeping your brain pre-occupied. She knew who it was immediately and somehow, in spite of the comfort she felt whenever he spoke to her through the letterbox she was afraid. scared of the responsibility she had to him, and to herself. He made her happy, and here she was having just crawled out of her bed. She simple pleasures of having clean hair and a full stomach had lifted her into a strange high, but Luka was here. Luka who made her feel things and want things. She wasn’t sure if she could handle that right now. She wasn’t sure she wanted him to see her, to have to put up with her. She listened to him talk through the letterbox, sensing the disappointment in his voice at her inability to let him in. she shut her eyes against his words, feeling sick as he told her that he needed her. He stopped talking and she was alone. The flat was silent and she was alone. She stared at the TV, the artificial world that had just a few minutes ago made her so happy now made her angry. What the hell was she doing? She leapt to her feet and ran to the door, opening it wide she stared at his retreating figure and paused for a second. Just a second, before calling out his name. He turned around and a huge grin spread across his face. He wanted to run towards her and pick her up in his arms. She looked even more beautiful than he remembered. Her hair was wavy and still slightly damp, her cheeks had a little colour in them and her eyes were bright, as if she’d just woken up from a very deep sleep, which in a way he guessed she probably had. He walked towards her slowly, as if any sudden movements might frighten her. She looked afraid, just a little, behind her smile. He reached out a hand and ran his fingers through his hair. She closed her eyes and when she opened them again the fear was gone. She smiled a real smile as he leaned in to kiss her. “Would you like to come in?” He nodded, “I’d love to.” ***
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Post by ERFanRach on Jul 5, 2007 20:27:49 GMT 10
Great Update!!!!
Glad she finally got out of the apartment and let Luka in!!
Update Soon!!!!
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Post by rangooner on Jul 5, 2007 21:52:59 GMT 10
whippeeee!!! glad you're back update soon!
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Post by *Natalie* on Jul 6, 2007 6:20:41 GMT 10
Great update Glad Abby let Luka in natalie x
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Post by catkin on Jul 6, 2007 22:51:39 GMT 10
***
Tim raised a glass of red wine, “to Abby!” She’d returned to work finally. It had been a long day, the halls of the college had a new feeling to them, she could still see his face whenever she looked into a crowd of students. It wasn’t easy, but teaching kept her occupied. She was glad to be back. She’d sent an email to Pam, who’d miraculously agreed to forget the whole incident. She even got sick pay for her time off. Now she sat in the pub that she’d sat in so many times before with Tim, Jenny and Luka. She looked around at her friends as they raised their glasses to her and she smiled. Things would be ok. Not easy, they never were, but ok. After gulping down his wine Tim grinned, “now my dear, since you are back with us a celebration is in order. Luckily for us, tonight is karaoke night!” Jenny clapped her hands together with a shrill whoop of excitement causing Abby to almost choke on her drink. Abby shook her head and glanced at Luka. “Karaoke?” “of course!” Tim stood up and held out a hand to lift Abby to her feet. “no, I’m ok...maybe later.” Tim pursed his lips. “don’t think you’re getting out of this one Abby, give in to the healing hands of drunken singing.” He grinned as Jenny stood up to join him and they rushed over to sign pester the young guy setting up the karaoke machine. Luka smiled as he watched them, before turning back to Abby. “karaoke?” She shook her head. “I did it once with him. Once when I was incredibly drunk, and even then I told him I never wanted to do it again...” Luka laughed, “come on, it’ll be fun.” Abby raised her eyebrows “oh god, not you too...Luka have you ever heard me sing?” Luka grinned and kissed her on the forehead, “we can sing together, badly and loudly.” Abby shook her head, “I am no where near drunk enough to do that.” “that’s ok, I’ll just buy us another bottle of wine.” Abby watched as Luka went to the bar, and buried her head in her hands. She wasn’t getting out of this one.
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Tim and Jenny sat in a heap, holding onto each other like a pair of drunken wrecks. They stared with sappy smiles, tears shining in their eyes at Abby and Luka, singing an awful rendition of ‘I got you’. Tim sighed, “I’m so happy for her.” Jenny nodded, “oh me too. She’s so beautiful.” “she is...and he’s so beautiful.” “and they’re so beautiful together...” “they should have babies.” “oh they should! They’d have such beautiful babies.” “they could name them after us!” They both dissolved into a fit of laughter which turned into some loud an undignified drunken crying. Jenny sniffed, “why are we crying?” “because our lovely Abby is so lovely...” Jenny nodded and hugged Tim whose sobbing had become unstoppable. He sniffed in loudly in an attempt to stop and said between sobs, “she’s so lovely...but she can’t bloody sing...” And with that said he buried his face in Jenny’s shirt and sobbed until the end of the song. Luka and Abby grinned at each other, both rosy cheeked from drink and the effort of singin as loudly and badly as they could. The people in the pub cheered, and Luka grinned. “see they liked us.” Abby shook her head with a smile, “they’re cheering because we’ve stopped.” Luka laughed and leant down, kissing Abby lovingly, making the crowd cheer even louder. They went to sit down with their friends, who both looked up with tear stained faces and soppy grins to greet them. Abby laughed, “wow, was it really that bad.” Tim and Jenny nodded. “oh yeah, it was awful.” Abby shrugged, “well, you asked for it. Now are we going home before you two pass out?” Tim shook his head violently, nearly falling off his bar stool in the process. “Hell no! we’ve still got one more song to do!” He stood up with Jenny and held out both hands to Abby and Luka. Luka shrugged, “why not.” He stood up and held a hand out to Abby. She shook her head. “oh no. not again. I’ve done enough damage for one night.” Luka smiled sadly at Tim and Jenny, “sorry guys.” “No Luka, you go. Have fun.” “you sure?” She nodded and with a kiss on the forehead he left her to go and sing ‘we are family’ with Tim and Jenny. Abby sipped at her drink and watched her three favourite people acting like complete fools. This was what she needed. Total distraction. It was great to be back in the world. She glanced away from her friends for a second as a man brushed passed her table and her heart froze. It was Richard, he was standing there in the pub, wearing the same coat he’d been wearing the day he’d carried the knife. He was staring right at her. She grabbed her jacket and ran out of the pub. It couldn’t be him, he’d been taken away. The police said they had enough evidence to get him locked away in a secure hospital. He wouldn’t be released for at least five years. But it was him, she’d seen him plain as day. So she ran.
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Post by rangooner on Jul 7, 2007 3:43:07 GMT 10
*gasps* abby sure can't be happy for very long... nevertheless, great update!
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Post by *Natalie* on Jul 7, 2007 5:39:44 GMT 10
Great update Glad abby got out and performed bad, drunken karaoke.... always the best karaoke Hope it wasn't really Richard she saw natalie xx
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Post by ERFanRach on Jul 7, 2007 8:24:02 GMT 10
She can't go back to hiding on her apartment!!!
Update Soon!!!!
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Post by smile90 on Jul 8, 2007 18:58:51 GMT 10
I read your last three updates!!! I was sooo happy that abby opened her door and decided against going on hiding in her apartement.. but noooow..?? Is she going to hide again??? That can't be happening!!
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Post by catkin on Jul 13, 2007 21:26:36 GMT 10
sorry again for the slowness, funny how it's so much easier to write when i should be studying... enjoy. *** Luka frowned as he noticed Abby rushing out of the pub. She’d been so quick neither Tim nor Jenny had noticed, but something was obviously wrong. Luka dropped the mic and ran our after her. He stared into the dark street, before seeing her rushing down an alley way. He ran after her, calling out her name. she was a few feet ahead of him, totally ignoring his calls. He caught up with her and put a hand on her shoulder, making her jump and pull herself frantically out of his grip. “abby it’s me!” He rushed forwards again and placed both hands gently but steadily on her shoulders, pulling her round to face him. She stared up at him for a second, her eyes filled with fear until recognition registered in her face. Luka stared at her, afraid of the look of wild fear he’d seen. He pulled her into a hug, holding her tight in an attempt to stop her from shaking. They stood like that for a minute before Abby took a deep breath and spoke in a rugged whisper. “It was him Luka. It was Richard. I saw him.” She kept her head on Luka’s chest, knowing how stupid her words sounded. Luka pulled back to look at her, but she avoided his gaze. “Abby it couldn’t have been him...” Abby shook her head, “you think I’m going crazy?” “No. No I never said that...come on, let’s go home. I’m sick of karaoke anyway.” He let out an awkward laugh, wanting Abby to join him, wanting her to smile and show him some sign that it’d all be alright. She kept her head down and didn’t make a sound. “Abby, have you thought about going to see him?” Abby’s head snapped up, shock in her eyes. She laughed “are you crazy? I never want to see him again!” She started to walk away from Luka but he caught up with her, standing in front of her to stop her escaping. “Hey, just hear me out. I know it’s hard Abby, but you need some sort of end to this thing. You need to see him, in the hospital, where he’s safe from himself and safe from you. If you keep running away from this it’ll just keep catching up with you...think about it Abby. I’ll come with you, I’ll hold your hand through it all. I promise.” Abby looked into his eyes then, seeing the conviction with which he spoke. She didn’t want to see Richard ever again, she couldn’t bare the idea. It terrified her, but maybe Luka was right. Maybe for the first time in her life she needed to face this head on. Gain some control over a situation that she’d never controlled. She put her hand in Luka’s and let him lead her home. *** That night: Luka lay asleep, snoring lightly, his eyes twitching with dreams. Abby watched his face, wondering what lay behind the twitching. She couldn’t sleep, she wasn’t sure which truth she preferred, the idea that the man in the pub really was Richard, or that she was really so crazy that she’d imagined him there. Either way she’d decided what she needed to do, she needed to go to the hospital, just like Luka had said. She needed the last image of him to be one in which he wasn’t trying to kill her. She needed to say goodbye. She turned on her side and put a hand on Luka’s chest, tracing circles across his skin with her index finger. He stirred in his sleep and she sat up, planting a kiss on is cheek and smiling as he opened his eyes. He smiled back, “you ok?” Abby nodded. “couldn’t sleep...i think you’re right.” “I am...” “about seeing Richard. I need to see him. I’ll phone the hospital in the morning.” Luka nodded, trying to keep his eyes open. “ok, we can go after work.” Abby shook her head, “no...no I need to do this on my own.” “really? Are you sure?” Abby smiled and kissed Luka on the forehead. “thanks Luka.” ***
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Post by ERFanRach on Jul 13, 2007 21:39:49 GMT 10
Great Update!!!!!
Update Soon!!!!!
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Post by lubbylover1 on Jul 14, 2007 2:01:16 GMT 10
Great update
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Post by karo on Jul 14, 2007 11:34:37 GMT 10
great update!!
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