Connie was sat at her desk filling out yet more forms, it had been a devastating day in the E.D especially for Lofty, she predicted it would take him a long time to come back from this, if at all.

She had been in the middle of shopping with Grace when she'd got the phone call. Even though the days events had been terrible, Connie was reluctant to call their girly day to a premature end. This sort of thing was part of the reason Grace left in the first place, Connie would promise to spend some quality time with her daughter and then work always seemed to get in the way.

She was brought back to the present by a knock, looking up Connie smiled when she saw Charlie lingering in the doorway.

"Hey Charlie any more news?"

"No, it's pretty quiet out there, I just thought I'd pop in and see how your doing." Said Charlie as he wondered in. "How's Grace settling back in?"

Connie left her desk and motioned to him to join her on the sofa.

"Oh she's fine, she seems happy to be here...I just hope I don't give her any reason to regret her decision to stay."

"I've every confidence in you... is she around, I'd like to say hi?"

Connie tried to hide the small shy smile that had appeared on her face by looking down at her hands. "She's not, no...Jacob offered to take her. Sooo.."

"I've seen them together a couple of times, he's good with her...they look like they get along well." Said Charlie.

"They do, Ye...their quite a pair when they get together." Agreed Connie. "She told me today that she likes spending time with him."

"And what about her mum?...does she like spending time with him?" Asked Charlie.

A huge smile grew on Connie's face as she looked back at him.

"Yes she does...quite a bit." She said blushing.

Charlie leaned nudging Connie with his shoulder.

"Good for you!" He said getting up to leave. "Don't stay here working to long." And then he was gone.

Connie was putting her coat on, she done all she could for today, now it was a case of waiting to see what tomorrow would bring.

"You done Queen Bee?"

Connie spun around to see Jacob and Grace stood in her office doorway.

"Erm...yes...how did you know I would be?" She asked confused.

"We were getting hungry so we thought we'd call in and see if you wanted anything." Explained Grace.

"But if your done we could all go out for something to eat." Continued Jacob.

Connie smiled at them both as she picked up her bag. "Well what we waiting for, let's get out of here!"

Jacob and Connie walked out hand in hand with Grace leading the way.

"Happy?" Asked Jacob looking down at her.

Connie let go of his hand and put her arm round his waist pulling his closer.

"Very."