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Finally got time to post this next part... so here you go -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abby called the paramedics and tried to assess Luka the best she could. There was suddenly some banging at the front door, which brought her out of a daydream she had sunk into in the last few minutes. She quickly got up off the floor and opened the door.
“Abby?” Abby looked out at Doris and Gates standing at her door.
“It’s Luka…” Abby showed them into the lounge where Luka was lying. They all hurried in not noticing Charlotte curled up on the stairs holding her panda.
After getting him onto a gurney, they started to wheel him out of the apartment.
“Abby?” Abby stopped and looked at Gates who motioned over to the stairs.
“Lottie…” Abby walked over to the stairs and crouched down in front of her and held out her arms, which Charlotte moved into throwing her arms around her neck. As Abby stood up, Charlotte’s legs circled her waist. “Come on let’s go” Abby rubbed Charlotte’s back moving out and shutting the door.
Once they were settled in the rig, Abby tired to keep Charlotte’s head on her shoulder, not wanting her to see Luka’s face with the cuts and blood.
“Mommy?” Charlotte tried to move to look at Abby.
“Yeh?” Abby put her head back down on her shoulder.
“Is daddy going to be ok?” Charlotte held tighter around Abby’s neck
“Of course he is. We’re going to the hospital to make him better” Abby kissed the top of Charlotte’s head before looking over to Luka who was still unconscious.
The rig came to a complete stop and Abby had noticed Gates getting out of the drivers seat so she knew they were finally there. As the back door opened, Pratt and Kerry stood waiting. Pratt helped Abby climb down with Charlotte still holding on round her neck while Kerry took the bulletin from Doris.
Abby walked in behind the gurney in a bit of a daze, once she reached Admit and the gurney went in a different direction she quickly snapped back into reality.
“Jerry can you take Charlotte” Jerry quickly nodded and took Charlotte who was now crying for both Abby and Luka. Abby ran down the hall to catch up with Kerry and Pratt who had taken Luka into Trauma One.
“Abby what happened?” Kerry was checking the cuts on Luka’s face.
“We got broken into. I heard noises and Luka went to check them out” Abby watched them work on Luka.
“Did you call the police?” Pratt asked coming off the phone.
“Em... no” Abby hadn’t even thought to report it.
“We can do that, we’ll need to report the assault as well” Pratt went into the hall. Abby watched him pick up the phone knowing he would be calling the police.
“CT’s ready for him” Chuny came in handing a syringe over to Kerry.
“CT?” Abby asked looking between them both.
“He’s unconscious still Abby… ”
“I know, sorry” Abby put her hand over her eyes and took a deep breath before looking back.
“I’ll go with him, why don’t you get changed” Kerry offered
Abby looked down to her white tank top, grey sweats and sneakers.
“Ok, will you come and get me when your back?” Abby asked as she walked over to the gurney.
“I’ll come get you when we bring him back down” Kerry moved away from beside Luka to make room for Abby.
“I’ll see you soon” Abby moved Luka’s hair out of his face while kissing him on the forehead, she squeezed his hand before heading out and into the storage cupboard and picked up some green scrubs. Heading into the bathroom, she went into a stall and sat down on the seat to gather her thoughts.
She sat with her hand over her mouth trying to hold back the sobs and tears she could feel, eventually they became too much and Abby used her hands to cover her whole face and cry into her hands.
Abby heard the door open which made her breath in and shake off her tears.
“Abby?” It was Susan.
“One minute” Abby stood up and pulled her scrub top over her tank top, and quickly changed out of her sweats into the scrub trousers she had picked up. She picked up the old sweats, took another deep breath and opened the stall door, where Susan stood.
“What are you doing here?”
“I came as soon as Gregg phoned” Susan moved towards Abby and pulled her into a hug that Abby reciprocated. “Where’s Charlotte?”
“I left her with Jerry when we came in” Abby pulled away from Susan and went to the mirror before rubbing her eyes.
Susan had led her out of the bathroom and down towards the lounge. When they came into the lounge Jerry was sitting on the couch with Charlotte lying beside him on the couch sleeping. Abby didn’t hear them, but she was aware of Susan and Jerry speaking. Walking over to the couch she bent down and lifted Charlotte’s panda off the ground before putting it back under her arm.
“Abby?” Abby looked up at Kerry who was now in the room. “He’s in exam 1”
Abby moved some of Charlotte’s thick black hair off her face and kissed her cheek.
Abby walked into exam 1 with Kerry and Susan while Jerry stayed with Charlotte.
“What did the CT show?” Abby asked as she lowered the bars on Luka’s gurney and took a seat on a stool beside Luka.
“There’s a little swelling, he must have hit his head” Kerry moved across from Abby. “Nothing else apart from that”
“Good, that’s good” Abby took hold of Luka’s hand. “Now we wait” Abby looked between Kerry and Susan who both nodded before leaving the room.
It was now a waiting game for Abby, waiting for Luka to wake up.