Disclaimer: I do not own ER. If I did, Sam would not be so hard headed and would have already moved in with Luka, Abby and Carter would be engaged, and Mark and Elizabeth would still be on the show.

A.N: Ok…this is set 2 years after the beginning of season 11. Things have progressed in everyone's relationships, but they're still with the people they're with right now, Luka/Sam and Susan/Chuck. The only difference is that Carter and Abby are together also. Carter never went to Africa and met Kim, and he and Abby never split up. Susan and Chuck are married, but the other two couples are still just dating.

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Part 1

Abby, Sam, and Susan were walking down the almost-empty ER hall, discussing the vacation everyone was getting so the hospital could be evaluated for a $500,000 grant for new surgical equipment.

"Are we crazy?" Sam asked the other two women.

"Certifiably" Susan nodded.

"I don't know" Abby shrugged, "it should at least be interesting…"

"All of us, our significant others, and me and Sam's sons in one California beach house for two weeks…interesting doesn't start to describe it." Susan smiled.

The three women laughed as they walked into the lounge to hang up their stethoscopes and grab their purses.

"So we're meeting at the airport at 2, right?" Abby asked.

"Yep" Sam nodded, "that's assuming I can get Alex moving."

"O.k. then, I'll see you guys at 2!" With that the three women walked out of County General and into the bright June sun.

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Abby walked into her apartment where Carter was packing their suitcases.

"Hey" She said, kissing him lightly on the cheek before walking into the bathroom to change.

"How was work?"

"Fine. We're meeting at the airport at 2."

"Great, I'm almost done packing."

Abby walked out of the bathroom in jeans and an old navy t-shirt.

"So…" she smiled, "What do you think we should do till we gotta leave?"

Carter raised his eyebrows. "Well, I've got a few ideas…"

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When Sam got to her and Luka's apartment, he already had their bags packed and was helping Alex with his. After changing into cotton shorts and a white tank top, Sam went to join them.

"Hey guys! How are my two favorite boys?"

"Great mom! Luka was just telling me about all the cool stuff we get to do in California. I want to learn to surf, and go snorkeling, and go to one of the skate parks, and…"

Sam didn't hear the rest of what Alex said, because Luka had come up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She leaned back on his hard chest as he whispered sweet nothings in her ear.

"…ing every day." Alex finished.

Sam nodded and tried to keep her eyes from drifting closed in Luka's protective embrace.

"Uh, Alex… could you get the rest of your stuff together without Luka?"

Alex smiled knowingly, "Sure mom. You and Luka go "clean your room.""

Luka laughed and Sam frowned jokingly at her son.

"You are WAY too mature for a 13 year old." She told him before taking Luka's hand and leading him to their room.

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Susan and Chuck were loading Cosmo into his car seat while trying to go over their checklist at the same time. The two-year-old was being less cooperative than usual and Susan was staring to get frustrated.

"Chuck, we had to leave like ten minutes ago! Come on, get in the car. I'll check the list on the way."

"Fine."

He got into the car, kissing Susan on the way.

"You know I love you, don't you?"

Susan smiled at her husband, "Yea, yea, I've heard that before."

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At the airport, Luka and Sam met up with Susan, Chuck, Abby, Carter, and Cosmo.

"Sorry we're late, we got…distracted."

Sam smiled shyly at the group and Alex shrugged.

"What she means in that they didn't realize what time it was and I had to call in the Jaws of Life to separate them and get them into the car."

Everyone laughed at this and Sam blushed furiously.

"That's it Alex! No more R-rated movies for you!"

The airport announcer came on the speaker:

"We are now boarding rows 10-15 of flight 211, Chicago to L.A."

"Well," Abby smiled, "that's us…everyone ready to go?"

Susan picked up Cosmo and Chuck shouldered his bag.

"Let's get this party started!"

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They were sitting on the runway, waiting for clearance. After holding the plane up for five minutes trying to get everyone situated seat-wise, they were now stuck on the runway, waiting for the plane ahead of them to take off so they could leave. The plane was small, each of the rows had only two seats, and they were spread out in pairs throughout the cabin. Alex and Cosmo were sitting up front, closest to the T.V. screen. Alex was teaching Cosmo how to play Motocross on his game boy advance, but the two-year-old had a hard time grasping the concept of staying on the race track.
Susan and Chuck were sitting across the aisle, arguing over which Sesame Street character was the most safety-conscious.
A row behind them sat Abby and Carter, Abby already dosing off on Carter's shoulder after her 16 hour shift the night before.

Three rows behind them were Luka and Sam. They had rigged it so Alex would be as far in front of them as possible, so as to avoid him seeing any…inappropriate acts that might take place on the 11 hour flight.
As the plane slowly began to roll down the runway, Sam turned to Luka.

"Did I ever tell you I'm deathly afraid of flying?" she asked in a slightly panicked voice.

Luka took her hand and laced his fingers through hers.

"No, but I think I may have an idea on how we can fix that…"

As the plane sped down the runway and slowly lifted into the air, Luka locked his lips onto Sam's and she forgot all about her fears.

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When Susan turned around to check on her friends, she found Abby asleep on Carter's shoulder. He smiled at Susan before kissing the top of Abby's head and pulling out a magazine.
She turned her head farther back to get a peek at Luka and Sam and had to laugh. Sam certainly wasn't concerned with flying right now.
After observing them for a few more minutes, Susan turned to Alex.

"Do they do that a lot?"

Alex turned around to glance at his mom and Luka before shrugging.

"Pretty much. Restaurants, malls, my school; we once got kicked out of Six Flags because they were practically undressing each other on the Scooby-doo water ride. It's actually kinda sad my mother has more of a love life than I do, but…"

"But what?"

"But my mom is just so happy…Luka makes her so happy…they love each other. My mom deserves happiness…we didn't have a whole bunch of it when I was little…so I think she kinda deserves this."

Susan had to smile at this sentiment. She and Chuck would be lucky if Cosmo grew up to be half as understanding as Alex was.

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