Okay gals, it's time to say a little goodbye to this fic as it's time to see what happens at County. Morning finally rose and some people have to go to work... See you in Rumor Has It
The loud buzz made Abby start. Quickly she stretched her arm and reached for the alarm clock to make the annoying sound stop.
“It can’t already be morning…” She fought to open her eyes. The dim light coming from the window gave her little indication about the actual time. “No way, I hardly slept.” She rubbed her eyes as she checked her alarm. The green figures were taunting her. It was unmistakably time to get up. She looked a last time at this morning’s worse news and threw the clock to the floor. “No way…” She mumbled, cuddling closer to Luka. She felt him stir and lift his head.
“Shouldn’t you get ready?” He wondered with a still sleepy voice.
“Hmm… probably…” She muttered not at all motivated to leave the warm embrace.
“Probably? What kind of answer is that?” He chuckled. “What happened to you? You used to jump out of bed and race for the shower.”
“What can I say, I’m getting old… It seems I can’t handle only three hours of sleep anymore.” She sighed.
“We had more than three hours of sleep…”
“Okay, three and a half.” As she stretched, she felt the soreness in her body. The pain brought at the same time a frown and a smile on her face. “Maybe I’m too old for that too.”
“For what?”
“For you! You should come with a warning. There is no way I’ll survive a 14-hour shift today. I’m sure I can barely walk, let alone rush from one patient to another.” He chuckled again and kissed her forehead. She questioningly looked at him. “At what time do you have to be in?”
“At 8.00. Come on, Abby, you have to get ready. I’ll drive you to work. It’s on my way, I need a change of clothes anyway.” She took her pillow and put it on her head. “Abby? Come on. Don’t be a child.” He took the pillow and as he looked at her, she stuck her tongue at him.
“I know that I need to get up.” She pouted. “Don’t become all new ER chief on me!”
“We can take a shower together… and I’ll massage you to make you feel better.” She giggled at the thought.
“And you honestly think I’ll be on time if we do that? Dr Kovac, I think you’re a little overconfident.”
“Let’s see. It’s 6.10, we take a shower for 20 minutes, eat a little something for about 10 minutes, dress and get ready, that’s 10 minutes and then drive to County add 10 more minutes. It fits… We can make it.” As he was enumerating the course of actions for the morning, she rose on her elbows and frowned at him. “What?”
“I see two flaws in your timeline. First I don’t believe for a second that we will be out of this shower after 20 minutes and second you definitely can’t drive me to work.”
“Why not?” He sat up in bed and looked down at her.
“What if someone sees us?” Her answer made him roll his eyes. “At that hour, we’re bound to meet people we know, or at least people who know one of us. Can you imagine how quickly this news is going to travel through County?”
“And?” He pushed quietly.
“And?” She sat up, wondering if he had become mad.
“And who cares?” He calmly wondered.
“Well I care. I want to keep that for us.” The talking after what she called the ‘Clemente incident’ had been enough for the time being.
“Okay, I’ll drive you near the hospital…” He proposed.
“Not too close!” She forcefully reminded him.
“…and you walk the last part all by yourself, like a big girl.” Abby laughed and tenderly kissed him on the cheek.
“Okay, let’s do that.” She picked her alarm clock from the floor and put it back on her nightstand. “But now it’s 6.20, so your careful schedule doesn’t work anymore. I guess that leaves us less time in the shower.” Luka got up and shook his head. He moved to her side of the bed and taking her hand, led her toward the bathroom.
“We’ll skip breakfast.” He playfully stated. Abby laughed and prying her hand free ran to the bathroom.