It was a crisp cold morning at Holby City hospital, another day was about to pass with not enough consultants or nurses to run the department with, which had proved recently to be detrimental to patient care. As clinical lead, Doctor Zoe Hanna was expected to set and example and ensure she gave the best patient care at all times, however this morning, this was not the case, as she was already running late, as she had slept in a her boyfriend Max Walkers flat, who was now also running late for work.

"Where the hell is Doctor Hanna?!" Charlie Fairhead was furious. They needed Zoe to actually run her department and assist the junior staff in prioritizing.

"I don't know Charlie, Ethan and I are doing our best, I've sent Lily a text to ask her to come in, and Ash is on his way" Caleb snapped back.

Noel from reception came through to see the Doctors to inform them about the serious road traffic accident that was about to come in:

"4 car pile up on the motorway, we've got 2 critically injured, 3 serious and 8 minors, ETA 10 minutes"

"Thanks Noel, I'm going to try Zoe. Again" Cal declared.

Just then, a black cab pulled up outside, out of the taxi stepped a tall, slim woman with beautiful long dark hair stepped out of the taxi. She had a stunning pair of Louboutin's on, a long, blue knee length coat. She looked up at the hospital and said

"Welcome home, Connie" behind her, a rather muscly gentleman stepped out of the taxi, he was dark skinned and had a neatly shaven beard.

"New beginnings" Jacob stated. The couple were husband and wife. She paid the taxi driver, and took a hold of her husbands hand. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek and the pair headed into the hospital hand in hand.

As soon as the walked in, Connie's face fell

"Now I know exactly why Guy wanted us here, this is a shambles" The pair went their separate ways, and agreed to meet back here, in 5 minutes, ready to work. They were both quickly back, Connie had changed into blue scrubs and had her stethoscope neatly round her neck, Jacob himself had changed into his white scrubs. The pair headed to the nurses station, looking for Charlie Fairhead. They located him quickly, himself and a few Doctors and Nurses were gathered outside the clinical leads office, doing what looked like a brief.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I thought I should introduce myself, I'm your new consultant"

"Connie Beauchamp!" Tess exclaimed, shocked.

"Actually it's Connie Masters now, and this is my husband, Jacob, he's your new Senior Staff Nurse, didn't Dr Hanna let you know we were coming?"

"She's not here yet, but Guy Self is on his way downstairs"

A few minutes of briefing continued until they were suddenly interrupted:

"Does anyone know where Zoe is?" Guy made himself known in the department quickly

"She's not here ye.." Tess started, but was quickly interrupted by Guy

"Ahh Connie, Jacob, I see you've made it, since Zoe isn't here, I'd like you two to take control of resus for this RTA coming in, show them how its done eh?"

"Our pleasure" Connie replied. The staff all quickly dispersed to their stations, Connie and Jacob were joined in resus by Cal, Ash, Charlie and Robyn. They had a lot of serious injuries coming in, therefore they needed to have plenty of staff to ensure the best patient care. Zoe had just arrived at work, and she found herself greeted by Guy

"Ahh Doctor Hanna, so kind of you to join us"

"Sorry Guy, traffic"

"Whatever, I've got you the staff you wanted, your new Consultant and Senior Staff Nurse are in resus, I've asked them to lead on the RTA. Her name is Connie, Connie Masters, but you might know her as Connie Beauchamp, and her husband, Jacob, is an excellent nurse. I'm sure you're all going to get along great"

"Connie Beauchamp! You have GOT to be kidding me"