A/N Yes, I'm back. Sorry for all the false pretences of what I thought was my last story. It wasn't to be, it seems, the muses had other plans! Anyway, it seems whenever Real Life gets hard I get inspiration, so it's always a good thing for me to be able to write all those angsty feelings out into a story, and here it is!!! It's a Reela, obviously, set in the middle (ish) of season 13. I'm not really sure where it's set and it's kind of an A/U. Basically, all of season 12 happened, and the beginning of season 13. Neela is with Gates, Ray is with Katie (those relationships will be explained more in the chapter after this, don't worry) but I'm not sure whether Meg and Sarah are around, I'll see when I write!

I was inspired by the Jonny Was song "So What Does It All Mean" and decided to use the lyrics from that at the beginning of my chapters. This is the prologue, so it's short, and mainly just diary entries from Neela and Ray on the day they first met. I know Ray is unlikely to keep a journal, but I thought he might have an inspiration page as he writes songs, so I used a little artistic licence and just gave him a short journal too! I'll post the first chapter soon after this, and I hope you enjoy and please review!!!

So What Does It All Mean?

The day I first met you,

Well I thought you quite funny

Neela's Diary

September 7th 2004

Dear Diary,

Boring day, as usual. I was up really late last night studying, so I was probably a nightmare to talk to in work. Abby just kept thrusting coffee at me. The new interns arrived. They're all pretty... well, they're interns, it's not their fault they don't know the way round an ER. I guess I was the same. I get now why Greg and everyone were always hard on me, it's the only way to learn quickly. There's no time to be nice. There's one, Ray Barnett, who'll either get the furthest, or quit before the week is out. I'm not quite sure. He's got this cocky attitude that's either going to come to blows with Greg or Kovac and get him into trouble, or it'll make him a really great doctor. I don't know which it'll be yet. Abby wanted to take me out for drinks with her and a few others, but I was too tired, I didn't want to. A nice relaxing bath and bed is just what I need.

Your smile was a drug,

Your style was money

Ray's journal

Doctor Rasgotra is hot. Totally not my type, and I'm defiantly not hers. But she's a good distraction. Doctor Lockhart is pretty hot too, but there's something about Neela. First day was fine, the ER's busy and all, but it's fun. Got a gig tonight, some new bar that Brett's been in talks with for years, or so it feels like. We've been doing pretty well in rehearsals, so it should be good.

Inspiration: jet black hair, British accents, rushing, blood, the El, strangers, first meetings

A few years had passed since Doctor Neela Rasgotra and Doctor Ray Barnett had first met. Their first impressions had changed and developed, as had their relationship. Though they didn't know it that first day of meeting, they were to become room-mates and best friends. Feelings and circumstances would separate them for a while and bring others into their lives. They could never forget each other, or forget how much they'd once meant to each other. Nothing more than friendship had ever been shared between them... except in their dreams of course. But dreams have a funny way of coming true no matter how much you think you've moved on.

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