This is a new fic which I decided to write because I've come to quite like this pairing... I've got some chapters already written for this and they're all quite long so if you prefer shorter reads, this might not be great :) Please review this as I'm not 100% sure on it, thank you!

Chapter 1 – Building Bridges

Connie walked into the department and went straight over to her office. "Morning Connie" Charlie smiled at her as she walked past him. "Hi Charlie, how is everything?" He stopped next to her and lowered his voice "I don't know. I seem to think I'm getting somewhere, then realise we're not-" "Of course you are, Charlie you're his Father and he loves you." Connie wasn't great at reassuring or comforting people. She rested a hand on his arm "If you need anything." Connie smiled before opening the door to her office and leaving Charlie.

Since returning from Bucharest things had changed. She no longer felt as in control of her life as she once did, and knew that coming back into the hospital was not going to be easy. Connie needed people on her side and she had already started to mend some bridges with people.

There was a knock on the office door before Zoe appeared. "Hey, good to have you back again… Is everything alright?" Zoe saw Connie struggling with something and came in to help her. "Thanks, yeah I'm just beginning to realise how much people really don't like me in this place. I mean I wasn't oblivious to it all but liked to ignore most of it." Zoe smiled before offering to get the pair of them a drink.

Almost as soon as Zoe left someone else was at her door. Connie sighed and wished it wasn't someone looking for an argument with her over something. She opened the door to Cal standing there leaning against the door frame with a cocky grin on his face. "Mrs B-eauchamp… I was just coming to see if you were alright?" Connie frowned at the young doctor in front of her "And you would pretend to care so much because-" "Because I do, hard to believe but some people do care."

She stepped back into the office and sat down finishing some paperwork as Cal shut the door and walked up to her desk. "So what is it then? Why can't you accept that some people here do actually want to help you out-" "Dr Knight I'm really busy so if you haven't got anything important or work related to say then you can leave." He stood up and just looked down at her. Turning to walk out he stopped as he reached the door "Seriously Dr Knight stop thinking you're god's gift and get on with what your paid for." He smiled opening the door "There's the Mrs Beauchamp I know." As soon as he left she laughed to herself and shook her head, how does he do that?

The shift was dragging and Connie was finishing in resus with a patient. "Dr Knight if you're going to insist on assisting me then you could at least offer an opinion… On the case." She saw him smile and knew she had to clarify what opinion she wanted before he spoke. Rita was watching in disbelief as Cal continued to try and flirt with Connie as she knocked him down a peg every time.

Zoe was sitting upstairs in her office when Max walked in. "So then mine or yours tonight?" Zoe looked up and saw Max winking at her causing her to burst out laughing. "We live together so I'd say it's not really a choice… Or are you referring to the car as your place?" Max looked at Zoe "That was a low blow Zo!" She stood up and walked around to him "You know I was joking-" He leant down and kissed her before leaving the office to finish his shift.

Connie was leaving her office and walking to her car when she dropped a pile of paperwork on the floor. She began swearing under her breath before bending down to begin picking them up.

Cal was standing by the wall under some shelter with Ethan and Max who were both waiting for their partners to leave the ED. "So you got anything planned tonight Cal?" Max was enjoying it while he could as finally he had something which Cal didn't. Even Ethan was enjoying the situation they were all in at the moment. "Oh yeah, a nice night sitting at my brother's flat listening to him and his girlfriend speaking crap all night… Woo" Cal watched as Connie walked past and towards her car "No chance mate" Max said knowing what Cal was thinking the whole time. Connie dropped what she was carrying and Cal left the others to go over to her.

Cal bent down and helped her pick up the pieces of paper. She looked up realising who it was and carried on picking it all up. "Here let me get these" Cal finished picking it up as Connie stood up again. He handed them to her after looking at it all "Looks fun… You know I could always offer you a more interesting evening with some conversation." Connie took the pieces of paper from him and raised her eyebrow at him. "I think I'd prefer the paperwork." She turned away and walked to her car, getting in without even looking back. "No problem" Cal muttered to himself as Max walked over patting him on the shoulder "Nice try, you got her to leave quicker than I've ever seen her leave before."

Connie was sitting at home finishing some of the paper work when her phone begin making some noise. She had a text from Zoe Hey I was thinking we could all do with a break soon, would you be up for a holiday? It would be a good chance to get to know people outside of work…

Connie couldn't think of anything worse but knew she should probably go. I'll think about it. She sent the message but as a second thought sent another one Thank you. Connie put her phone down and decided to go to bed.

Cal was sitting around at home with Ethan and Lily thinking about all the places he would rather be right now. He needed to get his own place but that would mean actually taking some responsibility for a change. He stood up which got the others attention "I'm going to bed lovebirds, see you at work tomorrow." He left them sat there and went to lie down. He thought about something a patient had said to him a few weeks ago and knew that he needed to do something with his life, he needed to change things.