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Post by anna982 on Jun 20, 2006 16:19:34 GMT 10
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Post by Noora on Jun 21, 2006 23:28:04 GMT 10
Amazing. Great fic ^^
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 22, 2006 9:52:26 GMT 10
heres the update! i'll try to update again tonight or tomorrow. hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 5: The Knocks
Luka and Abby were still in the middle of their long and passionate kiss, when there was a hard knock on the door. Abby pulled away from Luka and said, “Come in.”
Dr. Coburn walked in rolling their daughter, Shelly. They both widened their eyes. Dr. Coburn said, “She’s off her IV and is much, much better. I think she is ready to feed now, and I don’t mean from liquids. Are you ready, Abby?”
“Um…yeah, ok, I’m ready.” She said.
Dr. Coburn wheeled Shelly right next to Abby and picked her up. Then she went by Abby and put her in her arms. Abby held Shelly close and whispered in her ear, “I love you, my little baby girl.”
Luka sweetly kissed Shelly on the forehead and then kissed Abby too in the same spot. Luka then said, “My two girls. Now I need my boy, but I’ll wait for him.”
Dr Coburn said, “I’m going to get a nurse to come and help you, unless you don’t need help.”
Abby replied, “No, I don’t need the help. I was a NICU nurse a while back, I had to teach this stuff. I think I can manage.”
“Ok, I’ll leave you three alone for a while.” Dr. Coburn said.
“Ok.” Luka and Abby replied in unison.
Dr. Coburn left the room and then Abby looked at Luka. He said, “Hey, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before. You can continue. I want to see my baby girl eat for the first time.”
“Ok,” Abby said, “if, you insist.” Abby undid her buttons on her pajama top and pulled Shelly closer to her. Shelly immediately began to feed. Abby made a face. “What?” Luka said.
“Oh, it’s nothing, it just feels so…amazing…and so weird at the same time.” She said to him. The there was another knock on the door. “Who is it?” Abby asked.
“Oh, it’s me, Neela.” She said.
“Oh, you can come in.” Abby said to her.
Neela walked in and saw that Abby was feeding and said to her, “Is this a bad time?”
“No, it’s fine.” Abby said.
“Ok. She’s beautiful Abby! I think she has Luka’s eyes though. You guys made a really cute one! I can’t believe she’s already here!” Neela said.
“Oh, well there’s another one in the NICU.” Luka said to her.
“Another one?” Neela said, slightly amazed.
“Yeah, we had twins. A girl and a boy. This is Shelly and my boy’s name is Joshua.” Luka told her.
“Oh my gosh, that’s amazing!” Neela said.
“Well, Joshua is only three pounds, one ounce and he’s having trouble breathing.” Abby said to Neela almost in tears.
“He’ll be fine, Abby, he has to be strong like you. Do you want me to go check on him?” Neela asked her.
“Ok. That would be great, Neela. Thank you so much. That would make me feel so much better.” Abby said to her. And with that Neela left the room and went to the NICU to check on little Josh.
Abby turned to Luka, “I think she’s done. What do you think?”
“Yeah she ate pretty much for being so little.” He said to her.
“Luka, do you think I should call my mother?” Abby asked him.
“You probably should.” He said to her.
“Ok then, I think I will. Can you get my bag and bring it here please?” she asked him.
“Sure.” He said. He went over to the chair and picked up Abby’s purse. He brought it over to her and she pulled her cell phone out. She dialed the number she never though she would want to dial. The phone began to ring.
“Hello?” Maggie said.
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 22, 2006 12:05:52 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 22, 2006 14:09:17 GMT 10
here's the update. i'll try to update tomorrow, but if i can't then i'll give two chapters on friday. hope you enjoy.
Chapter 6: Mothers
“Hi mom, it’s me, Abby.” She said.
“Oh, hi baby. Is everything alright?” Maggie asked her.
“Oh, um, yeah, I’m at the hospital.” Abby said.
“Why? Oh my gosh, is everything alright? Are you, the baby, and Luka alright?” she asked Abby, sounding very terrified and shaky.
“Oh, we’re fine, but the baby’s not inside of me anymore. I had them.” Abby told her.
“You had them?” Maggie asked confused.
“Yeah, we didn’t know it, but we had twins. They’re a girl and a boy. Their names are Shelly and Joshua.” Abby said.
“Wow! Congratulations! But, isn’t it kind of early to have them?” Maggie asked.
“Yeah it was. Josh is still in the NICU, his lungs aren’t fully developed yet, but Shelly is here with us now.” Abby said to her, almost in tears.
“Oh, well I’m sure he’ll be fine. Can I come see my daughter and grandchildren?” Maggie asked.
“Um… well sure you can.” Abby told her.
“Well, ok, I’ll come by tomorrow. Bye, Abby. Tell Luka I said hi and congratulations. I love you.” Maggie said, and with that she hung up.
“Oh my gosh! She’s coming tomorrow! I don’t know if I’m ready for this Luka. Oh, and by the way, she said hi and congratulations. But how am I going to deal with this? Am I ready for this? I haven’t seen her in almost two years and shes going to come see me like this? I still look like a whale!” Abby rambled.
“You’ll be fine, baby. And you do not look like a whale! You are the most beautiful creature in the planet, and I love you.” Luka said to her.
“Oh yeah, thanks, Luka. Uh oh, I forgot, we’re engaged too! How am I going to survive tomorrow?” she asked him.
“You’ll be fine.” He said simply.
“I hope so.” She said to him.
“Why don’t we go and visit Josh? Ok? And we’ll take Shelly, too.” Luka said.
“Ok. That would be nice. I haven’t seen him in a couple of hours. I’m starting to miss him.” Abby replied.
Luka got up from Abby’s bed and got the wheelchair by the door. He took Shelly from Abby’s arms and put her in one of his arms. Then he helped Abby up with his other arm. She sat down in the wheelchair and made a face. He handed Shelly back to her and asked her, “Are you still sore?”
“Yeah, a little bit. Just when I get up and sit down though. My legs are sore too. I guess I got it double since we had twins.” She said.
“Oh, ok. Well you were tough and you took it. You did a wonderful job. You were really good. I hope that the soreness will go away soon so we can…well, you know.” Luka said to her, and with that last sentence, gave her a dirty look.
“Oh, Luka. It will be at least a month until we can… you know, but I’ll be counting down those days.” She said.
They went out of her room and go into the elevator. Luka looked down and noticed that Shelly had fallen asleep. “She looked like an angel, just like her mother.” He thought.
When they go to the NICU, Andrea was there talking to Dr. Coburn. They smiled when they saw Abby and Luka. Luka said, “Hello.”
“Hi.” Dr. Coburn and Andrea said at the same.
“We have some good news for you. Abby you can go home tomorrow. Oh, and by the way, you can take Shelly with you.” Dr. Coburn said to them.
Luka looked at Abby, who was still sitting in the wheelchair and then she looked at him. Their eyes met and he leaned in and kissed her, then she kissed Shelly, and then he kissed Shelly. Abby and Luka said to Dr. Coburn, “Thank you.”
Abby looked over at Josh who was still in his incubator and then looked down. Luka sensed that there was something wrong and so he leaned in again and hugged her. Abby smiled and then asked Dr. Coburn, “How much longer until we get to take my little boy home?”
Dr. Coburn smiled, “He responded very well to the steroids to help better develop his lungs. He’s doing much better, and we hope to make our first attempt to take him off the vent tomorrow. If he breathes on his own well, then I think you two will be able to take him home, let’s see, well today is Thursday, so maybe by Monday.”
“Oh, good. Let’s hope he does well then.” Abby said. Luka helped her up and then walked her closer to Josh’s incubator. He brought the rocking chair closer to the incubator for Abby and she sat down. She used one arm to hold Shelly and put the other one on the plastic of the incubator.
“Do you want to touch him?” Andrea asked.
“Sure, that would be great. Thank you.” Abby said in reply. Andrea opened the door of the incubator and Abby put her hand on his tiny cheek. He looked like he was in so much pain. He was on a vent and had an IV going. Abby turned to Luka and asked, “Can you hold Shelly?”
“Of course.” Luka said. Abby put her other hand on Josh’s arm and rubbed it gently. She began to cry again.
“I’m you mom, Josh.” Abby said.
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Post by Noora on Jun 22, 2006 22:10:40 GMT 10
Good that Josh will be fine ^^ I love this fic.
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 22, 2006 23:50:20 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by jaana on Jun 22, 2006 23:57:31 GMT 10
This fic is so nice. Love it. :>
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 23, 2006 13:21:33 GMT 10
heres the update! thank you to all those taht responded to my fic. i wanted to make this a happy fic so i hope you all enjoy. i'll update again tomorrow!
Chapter 7: A Beautiful Day
The day was here. It was finally the day that Abby and Shelly got to go home. Sure, it had only been two days, but she was relieved that she could take one of her children home with her. It was nine o’clock in the morning and Abby awoke to Luka’s loud snoring. She turned to him and said, “Get up Luka, the day is here.” Then he woke up and turned to her and kissed her. She smiled and messed with his hair. She loved his beautiful, dark hair. But then she remembered, her mother was coming today. “Oh, man…I just remembered. My mother is coming today too. I guess we can’t go home until she gets here.” Luka nodded, he had something else on his mind.
“That’s ok Abby. I’ll go run home and get you a set of clothes to change into and get Shelly something to wear. I’ll be back as soon as I can.” He said to her.
“Okay, but be quick. I don’t think that I can do this alone.” Abby told him.
Luka kissed her again and then he left. He got into his SUV and got on the highway. Little did Abby know that he was going home, but not to his apartment. About a month earlier, he starting thinking about getting a house, so he looked and looked until he found the perfect one. He had it all planned out. First, he would ask Abby to be his wife. Then if all went well he would sign the lease to the house and start moving in. All the times that Abby was sleeping, he was out and about, moving things into the new house. He had to do the finishing touches on the house today so he figured he had about an hour before she started to worry. He had already had her clothes and the baby’s clothes in the car already. He just used that as an excuse. He pulled up to the house and began to work fiercely and quickly.
Abby sat in the bed feeding Shelly when she heard a knock. Abby thought, “Oh god, where is Luka? I cannot do this by myself!” She finished up with Shelly and buttoned her shirt up before she said, “Come in.”
Maggie walked in the door and immediately went up by Abby’s bedside and gave her a big hug. “Hi Abby.” She said.
“Hi mom,” Abby said.
“And who is this gorgeous baby?” Maggie asked her.
“This is Shelly Diana. She was five pounds. We’re taking her home today, so I guess you can come back to Luka’s apartment with us.” Abby told her.
“That would be great. I would love that. Thank you Abby.” Maggie said.
“Your welcome mom.” Abby gave her mother another hug and then asked her, “Do you want to hold her?”
“That would be lovely. I would love to finally hold her, even though she’s only been in this world for two days.” Maggie said.
There was another knock on the door. Luka walked inside and said, “Hello. Hi Maggie! So great of you to come.”
“It was no problem. Of course I would want to meet my grandchildren. Oh yeah, where is Joshua?”
“He’s upstairs in the NICU. We will go visit him right before we go home, which will be shortly.” Luka said to Maggie. He then whispered something to Abby and she nodded.
“Mom, we have some other news to share with you. We’re engaged!” Abby said to her mom.
“Oh my gosh! When? That’s amazing! I am so happy for the two of you.” She said.
“Well it happened yesterday.” Luka told her.
The there was another knock on the door. In walked Dr. Coburn. She looked happy. “Hi Abby, Luka, um… if you guys are ready to go then you can just sign some papers and be on your way. But…we were about to make our first attempt at extubating Joshua, so do you want us to wait for you guys so you can watch?”
“Yes, please,” Luka said, Abby nodding in agreement, “can we just sign the papers first and then get Shelly dressed first?”
“Of course,” Dr Coburn said, “Why don’t you follow me and you can sign the papers while Abby gets herself and Shelly dressed.”
“Ok.” Luka said.
Abby went to the bathroom in her room and pulled on the pair of sweatpants and tank top that Luka had brought for her. Then she went outside and picked up Shelly from her mother and laid her on the bed. Abby looked in the diaper bag and found that Luka had brought Shelly a little onesie, pants, a jacket, a blanket, and a bib. “Does he think it’s like…not summer?” Abby thought to herself. She put the onsie on Shelly and the pants, she took out the blanket and held it in one of her arms and Shelly in the other.
Luka walked into the room and said, “All done, let’s go see Joshua.”
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 23, 2006 13:49:43 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by <3 LubyII <3 on Jun 23, 2006 14:14:25 GMT 10
Great updates! Can't wait for the next one.
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 24, 2006 16:42:04 GMT 10
heres the update. enjoy!
Chapter 8: The News
Luka held Abby’s hand as they walked slowly up to the NICU. Abby was carrying Shelly and Luka carried all of their bags: the diaper bag, Abby’s bag, and his backpack. Maggie walked up with them too, she could not wait to see her other grandchild. Maggie had a gift bag in her hand and a small duffel bag for her stay. She didn’t know where she was staying yet, but she would find out soon enough.
When they reached the NICU, Dr. Coburn opened the doors for them and they walked in. She asked them, “Are you all ready?”
Abby nodded, and Luka did the same. Maggie just stepped back for a moment. They followed Dr. Coburn and went up to Josh’s incubator. Maggie stood there in awe, “He’s beautiful, but so small,” she whispered to herself.
Dr. Coburn washed her hands and put on new gloves. “Getting ready to extubate,” she called to one of the nurses.” The nurse nodded and came over, it was not Andrea. Dr. Coburn opened the incubator and pulled the top off. She looked at Luka and Abby and they nodded in agreement. Josh was so tiny, could his little body breathe on his own?
Dr. Coburn pulled the vent off and then injected something. She was ready to pull the tube. She slowly started to pull the tube out of little Josh’s mouth. When it was out, everyone looked at him. Would he cry? Would he? Luka thought to himself “Please cry, Josh, please.” Within thirty seconds Josh began to first whimper, and then gave it his all. He wailed for a couple of minutes and then stopped.
Abby looked at Luka and he smiled, but they knew it was not over. Dr. Coburn checked his heart beat and his breath sounds. She turned to Luka and Abby and said, “He’s good. He’s doing really well. He has to stay on an IV, though, until he’s ready to feed. He can go home when he’s ready to eat on his own and he has to be five pounds. But, other than that he is fine. You guys can go home now. Be happy and get some rest. I’ll see you three tomorrow.”
Luka looked at Abby and smiled. He put his arm around her and looked at Shelly. “He’s going to be fine, Shelly, your little brother will be home soon, but for now, let’s take you home.” Luka said. Abby nodded. They went over to Josh and they eached kissed him on the forehead and Maggie did the same. They said their goodbyes and were about to leave.
“We need a photo,” Andrea said, as she caught them right before they left. Luka gave Maggie his digital camera so she could take the picture for him. Abby and Luka gathered around the staff and they took the picture.
“Thank you,” Abby said and gave Andrea a small hug, since she had Shelly in her arms. Luka did the same and they left the NICU.
Abby, Shelly, and Maggie waited in the lobby, while Luka got his SUV. When he pulled up he got out of the car and went by Abby. She handed Shelly to him and he put her in her carrier. Then he strapped her in and walked Abby to the other side of the car to help her in. Maggie sat up front with Luka and they were off. Luka got on the highway and Abby said, “Where are we going? Aren’t we going home?”
“You’ll see,” was all Luka said. Abby gave him “the look” and he smiled.
They pulled up to a nice new, white house and Luka got out of the car. He helped Abby get out of the car and then went to get Shelly. He pulled her carrier out the of car seat base. Maggie got out of the car and followed Luka, she was clueless too. “Where are we?” Abby asked.
“We’re home,” Luka said, walking up the walkway to the front door.
“This is our house, Luka? It’s huge!” Abby said to him in amazement. “When did you buy it and why didn’t you ask me?” Luka knew this was coming.
“I got it a couple of months ago, but I wanted to surprise you. First I wanted to ask you to marry me, when you said yes, I knew you would like this. Good think I did get this house…we have twins!” Luka said to her.
“It’s amazing,” Maggie said to him.
He walked up to the front door and opened the door. He let Abby walk inside first, and her jaw dropped, “When did you find the time to do all of this? You moved everything in already? Everything’s painted and furnished!”
“I know,” Luka said with his grin. “let me give you the tour.”
“Okay.” Abby said.
“Luka, why don’t you give Abby the tour and I’ll watch Shelly. You can give me the tour later.” Maggie said to them both.
“Ok. That would be great.” Luka said.
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Post by anna982 on Jun 24, 2006 16:55:45 GMT 10
[glow=red,2,300]Update soon[/glow]
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 25, 2006 1:22:07 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 25, 2006 1:35:33 GMT 10
here's the update! hope you enjoy. part 2 i'll hope ot have out tonight, but if not, then tomorrow.
Chapter 9: The Grand Tour- Part 1
Luka took Abby’s hand and walked her to the kitchen. They walked to the left of where the door was and went through an opening. The kitchen was amazing, all the appliances were stainless steel, the cabinets were wooden and it was painted a nice sage green. The counter was huge and there were wooden stools. There was also a nice wooden table in the kitchen, too. It was for less formal meals. “Do you like it?” Luka asked her.
“Yeah, it’s amazing. Everything is so organized and neat. It’s perfect.” Abby said to him.
“Ready for the next part?” Luka asked her.
“Yes, please!” Abby said.
“Well, you already saw the living room, but did you see the huge plasma t.v. in there?” Luka asked her.
“Yeah, I did.” Abby said.
“Ok then, I’ll take you to one of the five bedrooms.” Luka said.
“There are five bedrooms? This house is so freaking huge!” Abby said.
“Yup, come on, there is one down here.” Luka said to her.
He took her to the bedroom and she smiled. It was painted a light blue and was a decent size. He told her, “This could be the guest room, maybe your mom can stay In here, but there are four more upstairs too, so she could pick.”
“Oh, Luka.” Abby said with a grin.
“The bathroom is right next to the kitchen.” Luka said.
“Ok,” Abby said.
“Let’s go into the basement.” Luka said.
Luka took her downstairs and she walked into the finished basement. There was a sofa in there, a flat screen t.v., lots of baby toys, a playpen, and there was another door.
“It’s so amazing Luka!” Abby said to him.
“I know!” Luka said to her.
“But, how did you find all the time to do this?” she asked him.
“When you slept, I came here. And I took a couple of days off when you didn’t know.” Luka said with a sly smile.
“There’s an office too.” He said.
They walked through the door and into another room. It had two desks and two desktop computers. Abby dropped her jaw, “We each have a computer?”
“Yup,” Luka said. “there’s a bathroom down here too. It’s right next door. It has a shower and a toilet, oh and a sink of course.”
“Cool.” Abby said.
“Do you want to see our room? It’s the master bedroom suite!” Luka asked her.
“Ok, I can’t wait.” Abby said.
Luka led her up the stairs to the main floor and then up another flight of stairs to another level. Luka asked her, “Which room do you think it is? Behind all of these closed doors is a room. Which one is it?”
“I don’t know, Luka, just show me!” Abby said.
“Okay, it’s this one, the one right next to the babies’ room.” Luka said. They turned left and went into the master bedroom.
Inside, there was a king sized bed, another television, although this one was smaller, two dressers a lazy chair (it lounges), two nightstands, and two other doors. “This is so amazing, Luka! It’s like three times the size of our bedroom now! But what’s behind that door? Or that door?” Abby said.
“Oh that, well one is a walk in closet and the other is our master bathroom. Which one do you want to see first?” Luka said.
“The closet, please.” Abby said.
“Ok,” he said.
Luka opened the door and revealed a huge walk in closet, it was about 12 feet deep, and there were clothing racks up, among various bins. Their clothes were already hung.
“It’s so…so…big! I don’t think I even have this much clothes!” Abby said.
“Well, we’ll just have to get you some more then, won’t we?” Luka said to her.
“Can we see the babies’ room?” Abby asked him.
“Sure. I was waiting for you to ask.” Luka said to her.
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