[glow=red,2,300]The final chapter --I hope you enjoy it[/glow]
Luka pushed the double stroller and chatted quietly to Emillie and Joe.
"Now you can't go in and see mummy just yet ..becuse she is feeling sick and needs to sleep..but daddy will hold you up to the window one at a time and you can see her just for a minute and then daddy will get Grandma to come out and sit with you while daddy goes and sees mummy...."
Emillie had fallen asleep and paid no attention to Luka ..but Joe was wide eyed and awake ...Luka unbuckled Joe and placed him on his hip and walked towards the viewing window ..he glanced at him sideways and saw the same little serious look his face as he had seen on Abby's face so many times.
"Okay Joe if you look through here you can see mummy ..she looks like sleeping beauty..." Luka points and then looks towards Abby and sees that she is wake and Maggie is sitting beside her holding Molly..Luka's knees almost buckle and he screams out her name 'Abby....!"
Joe gets a fright and starts wailing and this wakes up Emillie and she is now frightened by all the noise and starts crying as well.
"Oh kids ..Daddy's sorry..he didn't mean to scare you...but Mummy is awake....it 's a surprise.."
The nurse comes out to see what all the noise is and offers to watch the kids while Luka goes in to see Abby.
"Why didn't anyone call me ..I would have come back sooner..."
Luka hands Joe to the nurse..
"Well when she woke up she needed to be extubated and checked and Maggie said you needed a break so we though we would wait a while and then ..well you came back..."
Luka shook his head as he walked off.
"I wanted to be here when she woke up...."
Abby stretched her arms out and Maggie carefully handed her the baby.
"She is so tiny ..like a little doll...I can't believe how beautiful she is ...."
Luka steps forward "She looks like you....."
Abby looks up and tears form in her eyes as Luka runs to her and take her face in his hands.
"Hey careful..I'm delicate.."
Luka looks frightful as he thinks that he might have hurt her..
"I'm sorry ..are you okay...?"
Abby nods "It just hurts if I move quickly.."
Luka stares into her eyes and tries to convey his feelings ..she smiles and seems to know what he is thinking.....
"Me too....."
Maggie stands up and offers to take Molly back..
"Maybe I can go and introduce her to Emillie and Joe..."
Luka hands Mollly carefully back to Maggie and gently strokes her cheek before she leaves and then sits down next to Abby..
"So how are you really feeling....?"
Abby bursts into tears and Luka's lip starts to tremble and he takes her hand in his...his voice barely a whisper.
"I thought...I lost you...."
Abby tilts her head back and lets the tears run freely.
"I was so scared Luka......scared of never seeing my children grow up of leaving you with a small baby and two young children to care for....and never spending the rest of my life with you..."
Luka kisses her on the lips and wipes away her tears.
"You and the kids are the most important thing to me ...I don't care about the ER burning down or where I am going to work...I just want you to get your strength back and as soon as you are up to it...I am booking us flights to Croatia ...all of us ..even your mother and we will spend some time together as a family..."
Abby reaches out and touches his face with her hand
"I love you...I love you so much...."
Luka kisses her hand and looks into her eyes
"I love you too..."
Abby leans back into her pillow and watches as the nurse pushes the stroller through the door and Maggie follows behind it with Molly asleep in her arms....
"I think you should have some quality time together as a family.."
Luka looks at the nurse "Thank you..I know kids aren't really allowed in here..."
Abby starts crying all over again as she sees Joe and Emillie and starts waving madly at then while Luka unbuckles them.
Joe's little chubby hand reaches up to the bed and Abby reaches down to meet it...the tears don't stop as she realise how lucky she is and how close she came to losing it all.......
The end