Chapter One.

Disclaimer- All I own in this is Chloe Dean. Everything else belongs to the BBC and the creators of Casualty.

A/N - This is a fanfic I've been planning for a short while. It's where Iain has a teenage daughter but she hasn't met her mum. Chloe is eighteen. I don't know weather her mum should be Sam or Rita. Chloe suffers with depression and bi polar. There'll be mentions of self-harm in this. Chloe will get with Cal.

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"Chloe, come on sweetie. Its time to wake up," Iain said to his eighteen year old daughter. She was mentally ill and Iain knew she struggled to get out of bed at times.

"I don't want to daddy," Chloe said. Iain sighed and sat on her bed.

"Come on baby girl. I know you don't want to," Iain said. He hated his daughter suffering and he knew there was nothing he could do to help her.

Chloe wiped her eyes. "Why do you care? No one does. Not even my own mum wanted me," she sobbed.

Iain held her close. "I care because you're my baby girl."

At The ED.

Reluctantly, Chloe had agreed to go into the ED. She saw Dixie and walked over to her. "You alright lovely?" Dixie asked.

Chloe shook her head. "No, I don't want to keep making my daddy unhappy. I know I am," she said. Chloe had grown close to Dixie. "Do you think I'm making him unhappy?" Chloe asked.

Dixie shook her head. "Course not angel. You make him happy," Dixie told her. She held the young girl close. "Remember, you got him through his army days."

Chloe just nodded. Chloe stood and walked to the bathroom. She took out her razor blade and dragged it across her arm. The blood oozed out of her. She felt woozy.

With Iain.

Iain was worrying about Chloe. Dixie had gone to fetch a Casualty. Iain went to try an find Chloe. He saw the female toilets and knew he couldn't go in there. Iain saw his girlfriend Rita. "Rita, can you do me a favour?"

Rita nodded. "Sure, what is it?" She asked.

"Go and check if Chlo's in there. I'm worried about her," Iain said. He knew Rita had a bond with Chloe so if Rita could help her then he would take the help.

With Chloe.

Chloe sat on the floor in the bathroom and cried. The blood was pouring out of her. She had cut some more. The door opened and Rita walked in. "Chloe, no sweetheart."

Rita took the blade from her and held the young girl close as she cried. "Shh, its alright darling. I've got you."

Chloe held onto Rita as she though she would lose her. "I'm a horrid mess. My dad hates me. My mum doesn't want me," Chloe sobbed.

"That's not true honey. Your dad loves you too bits. I've seen how much he cares for you. Especially when you're having down days. It was him who asked me to come in here for you," Rita said. She was trying to calm Chloe down before she took her out to Iain.

Chloe wiped her eyes. "I don't want to be this way anymore Rita. I want a mum. Someone I can talk to."

Rita held her close. She knew how vulnerable Chloe was. "Look, your mum must be out of her mind to have left you. You're an amazing young girl and you're beautiful. I've seen Cal checking you out," Rita said.

Chloe shook her head. "He's just checking out the mess that I am."

Rita laughed. "Chloe, you're beautiful. Your blonde hair, your eyes. Everything about you is perfect," Rita said. She noticed the smile on Chloe's face. "Let's go and get you patched up darling."

Rita helped Chloe up and took her out to Iain. "You alright?" Iain asked.

"F-Fine."

Iain held his daughter close to him. "You're always going to be daddy's little girl. Even when you're giving me grey hair."

Chloe giggled slightly. "Who's my mum?" She asked. Everytime she tried to discuss it when she was younger, all she got told was that she was pretty and amazing. "Daddy, tell me. Please."

Iain sighed. He didn't want Chloe knowing and hating him for it. "Now's not the time sweetie. We'll talk about it more later."

Chloe nodded and she followed Rita to the cubicles.

With Iain.

Iain couldn't keep up the pretence anymore. Especially with Chloe looking like her mum. Dixie was on a break. "Dix, Chlo is wanting to know now. I don't think I can keep this up. I need to tell her," he said.

Dixie sighed. "Mate, you have to do what's best for Chlo. She's young and she's vulnerable. What you have to do is speak with her and tell her that Chloe needs a mum."

"Will that work though? Chloe is falling apart Dix, I don't know if I can handle it alone," Iain admitted. He wouldn't ever give up on his little girl. Especially when she was so vulnerable.

"The one who matters most right now is Chloe. She's the important one."

With Rita and Chloe.

Rita had stitched up Chloe's cuts. Chloe was feeling numb. She couldn't feel anything other than hatred for herself. "You alright darling?" Rita asked. Chloe nodded. Rita knew she was lying. "Look, Cal has said more than once he'd like to take you out so why don't you and I go and speak with your dad?"

Chloe shook her head. "Not tonight. I-I just want to be with my daddy, that's if he's not working tonight," Chloe said. She always felt safe when she was with her dad. "Why didn't my mum want me? Was I a mistake?"

Rita sighed. "Your dad told me that your Mum was fifteen when you were born. She was terrified of being a mum at that age but she couldn't get rid of you. When you were born, she gave you to your dad in the hopes he would raise you perfect. He did and that's all she had ever wanted," Rita said.

Chloe smiled slightly. "Then, I should be grateful to her? For leaving me with daddy?"

Rita nodded and after she patched Chloe up, she held her close. "Your dad loves you so much darling. You're his little girl and I'm betting your mum feels like an idiot for leaving you."

With Iain.

Iain went to see Chloe. He saw her with Rita and saw the bandages. He realised then that Chloe needed her mum. He had to tell Chloe the truth but he didn't know if she would handle the truth.

A/N - Who do you want Chloe's mum to be? Rita or Sam. I have storylines for both of them.

Tell me what you think of the first chapter.

R&R - it makes my whole day'xo