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Post by *Natalie* on Jul 29, 2006 20:51:33 GMT 10
Great update! Glad they got a date together natalie xx
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jul 30, 2006 11:33:36 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by Maryna on Aug 2, 2006 22:06:45 GMT 10
update soooooooooooon!
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Post by strawberriesnsugar on Aug 2, 2006 22:37:53 GMT 10
Hey, I'm reading this fic more on ff.net than here... but the review thing's all screwed up, so, just to let you know... I love your fic! And a great new chapter.
Continue!
B xxx
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Post by Andie on Aug 4, 2006 6:08:17 GMT 10
update again please!!! i'm really missing your writing!!!
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Post by larue on Aug 18, 2006 0:39:06 GMT 10
Wednesday Woes
Abby stopped stacking the clean towels in the bathroom closet for a moment and listened. She could hear Luka chuckling and the same three or four bars of music playing from his stereo over and over again. What was he doing? She went to work on the sink counter and put the cap back on the toothpaste tube. She frowned slightly. There it was again. The music and the chuckle. She dropped the toothpaste into the small basket on the counter that held their toothbrushes. She swiped the counter clean and then dropped the antibacterial paper towel into the trash. Curiously she made her way to the steps and down to the livingroom.
Luka was slouched way down on the black leather couch with his bare feet balanced on the glass coffee table. He had Joe’s plastic seat next to him but turned so the baby was facing him. Abby leaned over the back of the couch and smiled at Joe.
“What are you doing?” she asked. Luka started in surprise and then he grinned up at her.
“Hey, Mom....” he drawled. “Watch what we can do.” Joe waved a small barbell rattle and kicked his feet happily. Abby laughed.
“Microphone.....” Luka stage whispered as his finger tapped the rattle. He put a long finger on Joe’s chin and then used the remote control to start the music in the stereo. As the singing started, Luka pulled on Joe’s bottom lip and Abby groaned as her son perfectly lip synced along with Barry Manilow singing ‘Copacabana’. Luka chuckled and Joe waved his ‘microphone’ and kicked again, basking in the attention he was getting from his parents.
“Luka......if you’re going to play like that at least use some good music!” He laughed as she tickled their son and rubbed a hand on his tummy.
“What good music? Some of that...noise...you like? We wouldn’t be able to understand the words.....the clean ones anyway.” She smacked the back of his head playfully and Luka chuckled again. He gazed up at her with teasing, twinkling eyes and she grinned as she leaned in to kiss him. Joe kicked again.
“You too?” Abby laughed as she pressed a kiss to his cheek. His arms and legs were moving happily as they watched him for a moment......grinning like fools.
“Do you have a grocery list ready?” she asked finally. Luka shook his head.
“Nah. I know what we need,” he said. “I’ll do the shopping.”
“Luka.....” Abby whined piteously. He shook his head and straightened in his seat.
“I’ll get that cocoa stars sugar crispy whatever else that crap is that you eat for breakfast,” he groaned. “I promise.”
“And milk......” she said.
“And milk.” He shook his head and slid his feet into his sandals as he stood up. She loosened the safety belt on the seat and lifted Joe into her arms. Luka pressed a kiss to his head and to her’s as he headed toward the door. He checked his pocket for his wallet and stopped to watch her for a moment as she moved toward the stereo.
“Now this is good music, kiddo,” she crooned as she kissed the baby and pushed the buttons. Luka shook his head when she started dancing with Joe as her favorite Raconteurs’ song blasted from the speakers. She grinned and waved as Luka rolled his eyes and left.
They definitely were a contradiction in styles. They always had been. But it was fun to make it work again. They teased and cajoled, argued and made up. These days, they always made up....whenever they could. Luka shook his head as he searched the shelves and found the cereal box she wanted. He tossed it into the shopping cart and then added a box of oatmeal as well.
He’d put the grocery bags in the car and was making his way through traffic when his pager went off. He pulled it from his pocket and read the text. It was the hospital. His eyes widened and he frowned. It was Joe.
Luka put his turn signal on and waited at the crossing to change lanes and turn his vehicle around. He headed toward the hospital, his heart pumping wildly in his chest. What could have happened? He hadn’t been gone that long, had he?
His car careened into a just emptied parking spot in front of the ER. He jumped out and waved toward the angry driver of the car he’d cut off and ran inside.
“Exam three,” Jerry called out as he saw Luka approach. Without a word, Luka turned and strode toward the exam room. Abby looked up at him as he burst in the door.
“I couldn’t wake him up,” she said grimly. “He was blue, Luka.”
“He’s fine now,” Matt Gillespie said as he jostled Joe in his arms. “I think he just missed seeing all of us. You don’t bring him around to visit enough.”
The pediatric resident adjusted the oxygen prongs in Joe’s nose and handed the baby to Luka. Abby stood with her arms folded and a slight frown on her face as Luka and Matt switched places at the gurney and untangled themselves from the oxygen tubing. Matt put a reassuring hand on Abby’s shoulder.
“He’s a tough little guy,” he said, “and he’s fine, Abby.” She smiled slightly and nodded as he left the room. Luka crooned and rocked the baby as he started to whimper and then settled down again. His eyes rested on Abby’s face. She was gazing thoughtfully at Joe and then looked up at him.
“We played for a little while after you left. I nursed him and then I put him back in his seat so I could read some of the articles I haven’t been able to get to. I thought he would go back to sleep for a little while.”
“Did he have the monitor on?” She shook her head and lifted her eyes to his again.
“I was sitting right there, Luka. I was right next to him.” She shook her head and sighed. He reached across the gurney and squeezed her shoulder.
“You heard Matt, Abby. He’s fine.” She nodded and tightened her folded arms against her.
“Next time, I get to do the shopping,” she whispered. Luka shook his head and sighed.
“That’s not why.....” he said. Her eyes darted back to his and then she looked around.
“I need to get out of here,” she said. “Can you wait to sign him out and then take him home?”
“Abby....”
“Please.” Luka gazed at her for a long moment and then nodded slowly.
“His car seat is in your car, right?” Luka nodded again. She circled the end of the gurney and pressed a light kiss to Joe’s cheek. Luka stopped her as she turned away and she looked up at him.
“We will be waiting for you,” he said softly. She gazed at him and nodded. Luka stared after her worriedly and then grinned as Joe reached up for his chin. He lifted the baby to his shoulder and softly crooned a familiar Croatian lullaby.
Abby was aware that they were watching her as she left the ER. They were always watching her. Everyone. Waiting for her to mess up. Waiting for her do something to hurt the baby. Hurt him? She would never hurt him. Not intentionally anyway. He was her child. Her son. And Luka’s. The only child they would ever be able to have together. The only one. And he was in danger. Because of her. Wasn’t he? She couldn’t take care of him. She couldn’t keep him safe. What could she do to protect him? Could she protect him? What could she do?
Abby pushed her way through the people waiting to cross the street and made her way down the busy sidewalk. Her thoughts were frightening her. The words spinning through her head sounded like one of Maggie’s rants. The rants she had grown up with. Oh God. Was it happening to her too? She was panicking. She couldn’t get her breath. She stopped and leaned her hand up against the storefront window next to her. She pressed her forehead against the cool glass and gasped quietly. Her eyes opened and she focused on the room through the window. Laughing people. Dark. Glasses. Tall ones. Short squat ones. Bottles. She could hear the glass clinking in her ears. The sound was roaring in her ears. Laughing. Liquids sloshing....burning in her throat....and then peace. She wanted that peace. She wanted it again. She desperately wanted it again. She needed it.
Abby turned and leaned her back against the glass window. She looked up at the skyscrapers and darkening sky above her. The flashing street signs. The sounds of traffic moving. She stepped aside and smiled as someone opened the door to enter the bar. Her hand reached for the door handle herself and then she stopped.
Luka.
Luka and Joe.
She took a deep breath and thrust her hands into the pockets of her light jacket. She fought the bile that was building in her throat and took a deep breath. She thought about the fun they’d had with him. The music war. Her head began to clear a little as she looked around again. She hadn’t been in a while but it wasn’t far from here. She could walk.
The room was brightly lit when she opened the door. People were sitting in chairs, milling about and chatting. Someone pressed a cup of coffee into her hands but she set it down again. She found a chair and sat. Resting. The roaring was gone from her head and she sighed heavily. She looked toward the front table as someone clapped.
“Hello....I’m Nancy,” a woman said. Abby’s voice joined those that responded ‘Hi, Nancy’. She sighed again and began to relax. Peace.
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Post by Andie on Aug 18, 2006 0:51:37 GMT 10
Wow... I really thought she was going into the bar!!! i'm really glad she went to a meeting instead!!! Amazing update... loved how at ease they were with each other at the beggining!!! Wednesday Woes “Now this is good music, kiddo,” she crooned as she kissed the baby and pushed the buttons. Luka shook his head when she started dancing with Joe as her favorite Raconteurs’ song blasted from the speakers. I loooooved it!!! i totally agree with her.... and now i'll spend the rest of the day wondering which song is her favourite!!!!
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Post by <3 LubyII <3 on Aug 18, 2006 1:37:54 GMT 10
Awesome update!
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Post by rhodeisland011 on Aug 18, 2006 1:57:39 GMT 10
Wow, Larue! You are a veritable Luby fanfic machine! I love everything you write and I'm especially enjoying the current two fics your writing! Hope you keep writing for a long long time. Thanks!
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Aug 18, 2006 3:12:13 GMT 10
Great Update!
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Post by steffi1986 on Aug 18, 2006 3:49:00 GMT 10
your stories are really great, I love them all please update soon
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Post by Maryna on Aug 18, 2006 4:09:50 GMT 10
update soon!
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Post by lubyfan on Aug 18, 2006 6:26:46 GMT 10
Love it
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Post by zelda on Aug 18, 2006 6:50:40 GMT 10
OMG, I am still watching my computer with hallucinated eyes. I was nearly standing up on my chair when Luka got paged. And I was dead sure that Abby would screw up and "falls off the wagon." What a fright! You are an amazing writer, who can convey ANY kind of emotions, with stories which are so different each time. You definitely should be PUBLISHED!
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Post by Melimelo on Aug 18, 2006 7:11:17 GMT 10
Oh my heart was in my mouth...still is!
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