I find myself apologising a lot on this site, lol, the delay was caused by writer's block, I have plenty of ideas for this series but none on how to start it, I always find the first chapter of any story difficult. I hope you guys enjoy, please feel free to comment and criticise and also if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them and I'll see what I can do. :D

"Oh, yes, Henrik!"

She gazed longingly at the red light as she shifted in her seat.

Her hips bucked upwards to meet his thrusts.
"Ngh, ngh, ngh…"
"Yes, Henrik, harder!"

She crossed her legs uncomfortably, giving a small sigh.
Henrik's eyes glided from the road ahead to the hem of her pencil skirt, he couldn't help but smirk to himself as he watched her wiggle slightly from side to side.

"Oooh, Tabitha." He hung his head back as he rolled his hips into her.

The lights switched to amber, then green, and as Henrik pulled away Tabby leaned her head back and stared out of the window for the rest of the journey.

Thrusting into her from behind he leaned forward and began to suckle and nibble at the back of her neck.
"Oh, Henrik, that feels so good."

Pulling into his parking space he gave another glance to Tabby's smooth legs as he switched off the engine, "Ready?"
She took a deep breath, "I think so."
"Take it slowly, there's no expectation of you to perform any surgeries for a while so don't panic. Start with something simple and work your way up, I'll keep you on ward rounds for today, how does that sound?" He smiled.
"That sounds less scary." She giggled nervously.
He rubbed her shoulder, "Don't panic." He gave her a wink and got out of the car.
Tabby took another deep breath and went to join him to get her bag from the boot.

As they strode towards the main entrance, Tabby felt beside her for her lover's hand, and much to her surprise, as she held it, he made no attempt to hide it or push her away. That made her feel content, to know that now he had no real intention of hiding their relationship from their colleagues anymore, she felt almost excited to show him off to everybody.
Her open coat flowed in the slight wind, her short locks ruffled, her smile gently pulling at her lips, she walked with an air of new found confidence and satisfaction; she was determined to start afresh with her new qualification, and build on her new ideas and abilities.
But as they entered the main foyer she suddenly felt the gigantic shadow of the hospital bear down over her; with new abilities come new responsibilities, her new status of 'surgeon' held more life and death pressure, and she is also now the new kid on the block, almost the runt among the medical athletes. She made a bee line for the coffee shop, Henrik being dragged behind, confused.

"Double espresso please Laura." Tabby sighed as she finally let go of Henrik's hand to take out her purse.
"Do you think it's wise to rack up the caffeine levels so violently?" Henrik held up an eyebrow.
"What are you having?" Tabby hardly glanced to him as she sifted through the coin in her purse.
Henrik gave up, "Cappuccino please." He sighed.
As the coffees were handed to her and she paid up they both made their way to the lift.
They stood beside each other, silently sipping their coffee as they waited for the doors to shut. That's when the infamous red head entered the pod.
"Paper Girl! I hear you're now fully qualified to wield a scalpel as well as a pen." She smirked.
*Doors closing, lift going up*
Tabby turned to the wall and bashed her fist against it, "Somebody let me out, please let me out!" She cried in jest.
Henrik stayed silent as he was mildly amused by Tabby's antics.
"You're mad." The cardio surgeon shook her head, a playful twinkle in her eye, "In all seriousness though, Tabs, it's a pleasure to welcome you to the surgical team."
*Doors opening, lift going up*
She turned her head back to Tabby, "Can't wait to see you on the ice." She glanced to Henrik then gave a wink to Tabby before stepping out.

Tabby knocked back her espresso, "Ok, I'm now officially bricking it." She blew out trying to calm her breaths.
"Don't let her rattle you, she's all hiss and no scratch." He smiled to himself thinking about his description.
"Are we talking about snakes or cats? Because the last I checked Pythons don't have claws." Tabby lead the way out of the lift, giggling slightly.
"That's true." He agreed.
Making their way past Hanssen's office Tabby went to carry on to her own office before Henrik paused her.
"By the way, Tabby…"
Tabitha turned back to him and waited for the rest of his comment.
"Last night was beautiful."
"It was wonderful yes, but next time, go easy with the teeth." She stroked her hand over her shoulder.
He gave her a cheeky apologetic smirk then went back to unlocking his door and disappearing into his lair.

She wandered through the double doors of the quieter ward, taking in the surroundings, making a note of the faces she caught glimpses of. She then turned and headed out.
Pressing the button the buzz signalled the door was unlocked; pushing it open gingerly the loud hustle and bustle of the emergency ward filled her senses; the people, the noise, the activity, the smells. But again, taking note of the faces she turned and left.
She headed back upstairs and wandered quietly onto the last ward she had on her list. She didn't need to go far down the corridor to see all that she needed to before, yet again, turning and leaving.

"What happened?" She almost begged for the answer.
"Nothing." He seemed surprised at her upset.
"But I hardly recognise anyone." She bit her lip.
"Tabitha, people come and people go, each for their own reasons." Henrik tried to explain as he carried on signing off forms.
"I was gone, for what, six months?" She carried on.
Henrik paused his writing as her rant began to distract him.
"Where's Nurse Maconie? Or Dr Wilde? Or Mr Spence? Or Dr Tressler? Or-"
"They've gone."
"-Professor Hope?" Tabby ended solemnly as his words hit her ears.
Henrik gently placed down his pen, "I know you had made friends and now some of them have disappeared. You don't realise that plenty of them had left and come back."
"Like who?" She looked up from her lap.
"Ric Griffin, Oliver Valentine, Jac Naylor. And there were many who came and went who you never met."
"It's changed though." She argued, her upset pulling at Henrik.
His features softened, "I know you don't like change much but you need to embrace it. Go out, introduce yourself to everyone, and make new friends." Henrik reached over and took her hand, "Let's make a new start and let's make it good." He grinned, which gave Tabby all the encouragement she needed.

She took a reassuring breath and opened the double doors, striding onto Keller ward with a soft air of confidence. Sacha immediately recognised her and headed straight in her direction. No words needed to be said as he opened his arms and pulled her into a hug, lifting her from her feet.
"It's so good to see you again." Tabby giggled as her feet touched the floor again.
"It's brilliant. Glad to be back?" He beamed.
"Of course."
"Is this who I think it is?" Another voice joined them.
"It is, Essie, meet Dr Rees." Sacha introduced the two, "Tabby, this is Essie, my fiancé."
"Wow, he moves fast, pleasure to meet you." She shook the transplant coordinator's hand.
Essie gave Tabby a smile but gave the tall doctor a dangerous glare.

She re-entered the scarily loud and busy AAU and was greeted by a flustered looking Serena whizzing from her office.
"Tabitha, it's so nice to see you again, how did it go?" She seemed pleased to see the young doctor again as she walked and talked.
"It went really well, yes, I can now perform proper surgical procedures now." She grinned proudly.
"Hooray, a full-fledged member of the Holby team, we shall be putting your new found skills to good use then. So what brings you down to the ward of chaos?" Serena shuffled through some files on the nurses station.
"I came to meet some of the new faces." Tabby glanced around the ward and swiftly picked through the faces she recognised and the ones she didn't.
"Excellent, let me introduce you then. This is Nurse Fletcher." Serena pointed to the rugged looking nurse sat behind the desk clicking through on the computer.
"Call me Fletch." He reached his hand over.
"Tabitha Rees, but Tabby's fine. You used to work down in the ED right?" She asked shaking his hand.
"Yeah, that's right, thought I'd move up here for some peace and quiet." He gave a pointed shrug referring to the ward, "What can you do?"
Tabby giggled.
"Raf Di Lucca, it's a pleasure to meet you. We've heard a lot about you." He shook her hand before picking up a clipboard and getting back on with his duties.
Tabby suddenly looked sheepish as she wondered what had been said.
"To go from a PA to a surgeon is amazing."
Tabby turned to the gushing voice behind her, "Thanks?" Her head still racked with confusion and worry as to how much people had heard.
"Morven Shreve." She beamed as she held out her hand.
Tabby stared at the hand for moment, still in a slight daze, then softly shook it. Morven gave an awkward smile before turning and leaving for her duties again.
"I think they all like you." Serena brought her attention back, "And over there is Nurse Martinez. Very busy girl, efficient I'd say." She pointed over to where Cara was hooking up a patient's drip.

Tabby decided to tread carefully as she wandered onto Darwin, when suddenly, one of the doctor's heads shot up from the computer screen.
"She's back." Zosia smiled.
Oliver spun his chair around and, on seeing the face of the new surgeon, shot up to his feet, "Tabitha. How'd it go?"
"I could ask the same question, you guys are storming this place apparently. I also need to make an apology. Dr March I was rude and abrupt with you when I first met you-"
"No need to apologise, I understand, F1's are bugging and you were thrown in the deep end."
Tabby relaxed, "Thank you, I'm glad you understand. I'm just here to meet the newbies anyway."
"Well he's too busy polishing his ego."
They all turned to the red-head who slapped down her papers and sat at Ollie's seat.
"Who's he?" Tabby asked intrigued.
"My dad." Zosia held her head slightly as she realised the reputation her father had, and did sometimes want to disown him occasionally.
"Mr Self, neuro surgeon." Oliver explained.
"Oh dear." Tabby grimaced realising it wasn't just Orthopods who were twats, "He's made quite an impression already I see."
"Oh yes." Jac agreed still clicking away on the computer.

"Ok, I take it all back, they seem like a really good team." Tabby surrendered.
"Good." Henrik smiled pleased.
"I'll be honest though…" She caught Henrik's attention, "…I cannot wait to meet the infamous Guy Self."
Henrik's smile vanished in an instant, "Oh yes?" His voice laden with contempt.
"What's he all about?" Tabby prodded, almost amused at the disdain she sensed from him.
"He's about greed, power, and himself." He listed sharply, turning to his laptop.
"Like every other neuro surgeon then." She rolled her eyes, smirking with nonchalance.
"You will not go anywhere near him, understand?" His warning was quick, almost panicked.
As she stared at him in a puzzled shock, his eyes turned from the screen to meet with hers; a deadly serious glare meeting one of minute fear.
"Not alone." He whispered, shaking his head slightly.
She swallowed, taking in his words as memories were stirred in her head. That's when an abrupt knock at the door caused her to jump.
"Come." Hanssen called, his stoic demeanour back in business.
"Mr Hanssen. I believe I have someone to meet."