INT. SUSAN’S BEDROOM
Abby has come to get her coat from the pile on the bed, as she and Carter are about to leave. Luka comes in through another door (the bathroom?). He’s holding a beer bottle, and has a pair of plush dice (you know, like the kind you have in your car) draped around his neck like a stethoscope. He’s not walking quite straight, and appears to be drunk.
LUKA: Hi.
She turns.
ABBY: Hi.
LUKA: You going?
ABBY: Yeah, it’s getting late.
She sees the dice.
ABBY: Ooh, somebody knows you pretty well.
LUKA: (little grin, then) What did you get?
She hands him the snowglobe. He turns it over, a turns a crank to make “Greensleeves” start playing. (I speculate that Luka was the one who gave Abby the globe, because he knew to go straight to the crank to start the music. Just a thought.)
ABBY: You all right?
LUKA: We don’t talk much anymore.
She studies him, wondering what point he’s driving at.
LUKA: Like we don’t know what to say.
ABBY: Well, we should fix that.
She turns her back to him and continues looking for her coat.
ABBY: We could get a cup of coffee or something, or you could come over for dinner. Carter orders up a mean pizza.
Luka runs his hand along her upper arm. This makes Abby uncomfortable.
LUKA: I miss you, Abby.
She slowly turns to face him.
ABBY: Um... Okay, I'm going to take a wild guess here. You’ve been drinking.
LUKA: So?
ABBY: So... maybe we should talk about this some other time.
LUKA: You don’t look happy.
ABBY: I’m happy.
LUKA: That-That’s good. I want you to be happy. I’m just saying that if you’re not...
Abby’s fed-up with this turn of the conversation, and puts a stop to it.
ABBY: I should go.
She walks up to him, and he lets her take the snowglobe from his hand.
LUKA: I made mistakes. A lot... a lot of mistakes.
ABBY: Don’t make another one.
Carter comes to the door. The mood in the room changes.
CARTER: (to Abby_ Ready to go?
ABBY: (she’s found her jacket) Yup.
CARTER: Luka. You’re missing all the fun.
LUKA: Yeah, you should stay.
CARTER: (shakes his head) Got to go.
ABBY: (as she heads out) Are you working tomorrow?
LUKA: No.
CARTER: Lucky for you.
LUKA: Lucky for the patients.
Carter heads out, but Abby hangs back to say:
ABBY: Merry Christmas.
LUKA: Yeah.
Abby leaves.
LUKA: (softly to himself) Merry Christmas.
He takes a swig from his beer bottle. Erin appears in the doorway. She’s in a good mood in the party. She gives Luka a big smile.
ERIN: Hey. You know, it’s a party. You’re supposed to hang out with people.
LUKA: Yeah, I thought someone was maybe buried under these coats.
ERIN: (laughs) Well, Dr. Lewis has a dance floor going.
LUKA: (wry smile) Luka don’t dance.
ERIN: Come one. Show me some of those Croatian moves.
At this point, I don’t think it would be editorializing to say that she’s totally hitting on him.
LUKA: (sighs) Maybe in a minute, okay?
ERIN: Okay, well, I’m not going anywhere.
She heads back out to the party. He takes another swig of beer.
END SCENE