Christmas with the Kovacs [The End!]

[suzanne]

Poor Luka!!

Hope Abby and the baby will be ok!!

Update soon!!

[shelby]

Thanks!

Chapter 47

3 hours later

Abby's surgery was over. It went well. The baby would be able to go home in 2 weeks. All they had to do now was wait for Abby to wake up.

The problem was, they weren't sure when she would wake up. It could be a couple hours, a couple days, a couple weeks, or even a couple months. It all depended on when her body was ready.

Luka was determined though to sit by her side all day until she would wake up. As soon as visiting hours would start, he would be there. As soon as they ended, he would leave.

It was 9:00 PM, which was when visiting hours ended. He stroked his figures through her hair, and kissed her cheek. "Volim te."

At the house

Luka opened the door to see the 3 of his kids watching TV in the living room. "How's mom?," Joe asked curiously, in a very quiet voice.

"She's doing okay, still asleep, but the worst is over now. She had the baby." Luka knew that this might upset them, but he had to explain.

Bella stood up. "What? She told me I could be there! Why weren't we there for this?" Luka walked over to Bella and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Calm down. Your mom had to have surgery, she was asleep when he was born. I was with her though, holding her hand the whole time."

Bella fell back onto the chair, surprised at what Luka just said. Dani just sat there with her mouth wide open. Joe turned the TV off.

"But, she's okay, now, right?," Joe asked. "Yes, she has a tube in her throat, and will be in the hospital for awhile, but everything should be fine. How about everyone goes to bed? I'm going to go back in the morning and if you guys want to go with me, you have to get up early."

Dani and Bella ran up the stairs, while Joe still sat on the couch. He put the TV remote on the coffee table and folded his hands on his lap.

"W...was she scared, at all? What did she say?" Luka felt that it was okay to tell Joe, since he was the oldest.

"Yeah, I think she was. She told me that if anything would happen to her, that she loves you guys so much."

Joe sighed, and then stood up. "Well, I guess I'll get to bed."

Luka stood in the living room and watched Joe walk up the stairs. He turned around to turn the lights out, but Joe called down the stairs to him. "Dad, mom's a fighter, she'll get through this." Luka nodded his head, and turned the lights out.

That night in bed, he lay alone. It was hard for him to sleep. He would always to have Abby to talk to, but now, it's not like she's a phone call away. He can't even call her. She's just in his dreams.

[suzanne]

Joe is right Abby is strong!!

Poor Luka, so worried about her!!

Update soon!!

[baboune51]

yeah Abby is strong !

nice udapte !

[shelby]

Thanks guys!

Chapter 48

The next morning, they all got in the car at 7 AM to go to the hospital. Luka knew that she was still intubated and asleep, or else they would have called him.

Abby was still intubated when they got there. They all sat there until noon. At noon, Luka took them out to lunch, and then dropped them off at the house while he went back to the hospital until 9 PM. This continued for 5 days. Abby just wouldn't wake up. It was beginning to worry Luka.

Finally, that night, Luka got a phone call. It was Dr. Dubenko. Abby was awake! Luka needed to get to the hospital. He rushed to get out of bed, threw some clothes on, and told the kids what was going on.

"Wait dad, could we come?," Dani asked.

"No, why don't you guys wait here, I'll come pick you up later on. I'll call you first and tell you whats going on though."

All the kids were standing in the living room with their pajamas on. They wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, so they sat on the couch and watched TV.

Luka sped through the streets of Chicago to get to County. Once he arrived and parked his car, he rushed through the doors of the main entrance and up to the 3rd floor. He didn't want to go through the ER, too many questions would have been asked.

As soon as he got to the desk, Dr. Dubenko was there waiting for him.

"We can probably take the tube out now, I just thought you would like to be here for it.," Dr. Dubenko said to Luka as they were walking into the room where she was.

Abby was awake, her eyes were slightly closed, but she was awake, that was the good thing.

Luka sat on the chair next to Abby as Dr. Dubenko pulled the tube out. She coughed up a little blood, but that was alright.

Luka held her hand as Dubenko explained everything to her. Tears started to fall down Abby's face, Luka rubbed her back.

When he left, Luka and Abby talked for awhile. He explained everything to her again, just to reassure her that everything will be okay.

"How is he?," she asked while wiping a tear away from her face.

"He's good, he'll be able to go home next week when you can.

Same exact day too.," Luka said as he massaged Abby's hand.

"We need a name." They both thought for a few minutes. The truth was, there has been so much going on that they haven't had a lot of time to think about it.

"What about Ethan?," Abby suggested. "When I was in high school, my one best friend's name was Ethan. He was in a terrible car accident, and no one thought he was going to make it, but he pulled through."

"I like Ethan.," Luka whispered to her.

"Ethan Luka Kovac.," Abby said. Luka chuckled. "Hey, I really like how that sounds."

They sat there talking for about 2 hours. Once morning came, Luka would go home and pick up the kids so they could see Abby. Abby also wanted to see Ethan too.

"Oh, I called your mom and told her. She said that she would wait until things settled down to come and visit."

Abby laughed softly to herself. "I'm surprised she didn't freak out."

[suzanne]

Woohoo Abby's awake!!

Love the name for the baby!!

Update soon!!

[shelby]

Thanks! I will have the last chapter up tonight!

Chapter 49

At 7, Luka came home and picked up Joe, Dani, and Bella. They were all excited to see Abby and Ethan. When they got to the hospital, Abby was laying in bed flipping through the channels.

"Hey!" All the kids ran over to see her. "You know, there is absolutely nothing good on TV during the day." Luka stood there and smiled.

A few minutes later, one of the nurses brought Ethan in for Abby to hold for the first time. It was such a beautiful moment to see all of the kids together with Abby. "Abby, your camera's in your purse right?," Luka asked.

"Yeah, it should be there." Luka began to look in Abby's purse for her camera. He found it, and when he did, he took a picture of his wife with all 4 kids around her. Then, he took a picture of just Abby and Ethan.

"Joe." Luka motioned for Joe to come over and take the camera. Luka walked over and stood next to Abby. The picture was of Luka, Abby, and Ethan.

There was one more picture yet to be taken. Joe asked one of the nurses to take it. Everyone crowded around Abby's bed. Luka was on the left with Joe, and Dani and Bella were on the right. They were a complete family now.

1 week later

"Smile!," Dani said as she took the picture of Abby holding Ethan while Luka was behind her pushing her wheelchair. Today was the day that Abby and Ethan were both going home. Dr. Coburn walked with them to the elevator.

"Should we go straight out of the hospital, or would you like to stop down in the ER?," Luka asked Abby.

"How about, we go through the ER, everyone can see Ethan then." Abby began to get nervous as she sat in the wheelchair holding Ethan. Neela came up to visit, but she hasn't seen anyone else from the ER for 2 weeks now.

As the elevator doors opened to the ER, everyone began to fuss over baby Ethan. They spent about 15 minutes there, talking and catching up on what's going to happen.

Luka pushed Abby out to the car, which he had parked right outside the ambulance bay. They all piled into the car. 2 girls, 2 boys, the perfect family.

[suzanne]

Such a sweet chapter, be sad to see it end but looking forward to reading the last chapter!!

[baboune51]

The little family completely

nice udapte !

[shelby]

Thanks guys! Here's the end! Sorry it is pretty short!

Chapter 50 Epilogue

10 years later
Joe walked down one of the hallways of County General with his sister, Bella. Joe is a resident, training his new medical student, Bella. They decided to follow in their parents footsteps. Dani on the other hand, she went off and became a 6th grade teacher in New York. Ethan is only 10, but is almost as tall as Abby.

Joe has a wife, Tasha and a baby girl named Emily. Emily is only 4 months old. Bella is engaged to a guy named Jake. They met in medical school. Dani has a boyfriend, Ryan. They met at a teachers convention.

As for Abby and Luka, they are both proud to be grandparents. Whenever they work different shifts than Joe, they always offer to watch Emily. They love Tasha. She's the sweetest girl that ever entered Joe's life. It's also nice to see 2 of their children at work everyday.

Maggie comes now to see Abby a lot. She loves spending time with her great granddaughter.

Dani would come from New York to visit on the holidays and whenever she had the free time. She was there for the birth of Emily, the whole family was.

Abby would always look forward to the holidays just to see Dani. Even though Bella and Joe had moved out, she still saw them at least once a week. A Christmas for them wasn't just a regular Christmas, it was A Christmas with the Kovacs.

The End.

[suzanne]

Such a sweet ending!!

Glad everything weorked out for them!!

Can't wait to read your next story!!

[Taylor]

awww i love the ending line.
cant wait to read another story!!!