This is set after Long Way Down. What if Luc hadn't left Eddi for good at the end? Enjoy and reviews please x

Worried

The irritating tone of her alarm clock rang through her ears. "SHUT UP!" she yelled at it as she picked it up and threw it onto the floor, the whole thing smashing to pieces.

She sighed, knowing that today was going to be a long one. She dragged herself out of bed and picked up the book that Luc had left her the day before. Tears formed in her eyes as his memory came to mind. She quickly wiped away the tears, threw the book down and went to get ready for work.

Eddi arrived at work 15 minutes later. She walked into the locker room quickly. It felt different, even though they never saw each other in the locker room.

She missed him. She'd never thought that she'd fall in love, but she had. The thought of never seeing him again messed with her head, how would she cope? She already missed his odd humour and his smile and it was only the first day without him. Her heart longed for some of his love, or even just a quick kiss before work.

Her thoughts were rudely interrupted as Sacha came into the room. "Hey Eddi," he smiled goofily.

"Hi Sacha.""Are you ok? Where's Luc?"

Eddi felt the tears coming. "Oh he's- he's not here."

"Well I can see that." Sacha rolled his eyes.

Eddi turned away as she allowed a single tear to slip from her eye. She needed him. She wiped the tear away. "Sacha?" she put her 'I'm-innocent-I-just-need-a-day-off-work' voice on.

"Yes?" Sacha asked, he thought he knew what she was going to ask.

"I need to do something today, I've been meaning to do it for ages, I was going to go today but I can't because I'm working. Can I, maybe, if it's not too much trouble, have the day off?"

Sacha sighed.

"What do you need to do that's so important?" Sacha asked.

"I can't tell you, Sacha. But it's really important."

Sacha thought for a moment before nodding. "Fine, fine. You can have the day off. But only today, that's it."Eddi smiled widely before hugging Sacha.

"Thank you so much!" she smiled before she headed out of AAU and out of the hospital.

Right, where to start.

She took her phone out of her pocket. She let the phone rest in her hand for a moment before closing her eyes and sighing.

She scrolled down her contact list to Luc's name. Call.

She let it ring before it went to voicemail. "LUC! WHERE ARE YOU? WHY DID YOU LEAVE?" she shouted down the phone before whispering "I miss you."

She sat on the grass and cried before she felt a warm hand pressing on her shoulder. "You missed me then?"

Eddi looked up. "Luc?"

Luc nodded. "Yeah, it's me." He sat down next to her.

Eddi slapped him across the face.

"What was that for?"

"Why did you leave? You left without saying goodbye! I didn't know what'd happened! I was scared, confused an-"Her sentence was cut short as Luc pressed his lips to hers.

Eddi wrapped her arms around him. She'd missed this so much and it'd only been a day and a half.

They broke apart after a few moments. "I'm sorry." Luc smiled softly. "I got halfway to the peak district before realising I was needed and wanted here, this is where I belong now, because- because I love you."

"I love you too."

They shared a longer kiss before Luc picked Eddi up off of the floor. "Where are we going?" Eddi asked.

"I need some help unpacking! I'm not doing it all myself!"

"Luc, your van is tiny, you don't have much stuff in there anyway!"

"I don't mean the van!"

"Then what do you me-"

Eddi stopped talking as Luc handed her two pairs of keys.

"I had lots of savings for a rainy day and I traded in that van."

Eddi studied the keys carefully. There were car keys… and house keys?

"Luc, you traded your van for a car and a house? That van was your pride and joy!"

Luc smiled.

"Exactly. It was. You're my pride and joy now. I love you."

The pair kissed again. Sacha smiled from the window, they looked so happy together.