OK I'm back doing my second fanfiction! For some reason I thought of this while listening to Collide by Howie Day in bed at about 1 in the morning but that is the randomness of my mind. Anyway I'm starting it now after finding out Season 8 might not come until January and eating a load of Roses, I lost count how many awhile ago but I feel sick now, so I guess it's a lot!

Anyway rambling over.

JD/Elliot story

Disclaimer: I don't own Scrubs!
There will be spoilers for Season 7 generally if you haven't seen it.

Elliot's patient Shannon kills herself and JD helps Elliot through it.

'Hey Elliot,' JD said as he spotted his friend sitting in the break room. 'Hey what's wrong?' he asked as he noticed her head was hung and she was slumped in the chair.

'You remember Shannon?' She looked up, mascara stained her face, marking where the tears had run.

'Your ALS patient? Yeah, course I remember her.'

'She killed herself. It's all my fault.'

Oh my god. Poor Elliot, just be comforting don't be an idiot and say 'I told you so' you've made that mistake enough times in the past.

'Oh Elliot. It's not your fault, like you said dying was the right choice for her.' JD said as he took Elliot into a hug.

'You said I should report her though, make sure she was monitored,' Elliot said through a new bout of tears.

'But only because I didn't want you to get hurt, Elliot, I think you made a really brave choice. You let her do what was right for her even though you knew it would ultimately hurt you. I'm sure Shannon appreciated that so much. I think you made the right choice in the end, one I probably wouldn't have been brave enough to make.'

'Really? You think I made the right choice?' Elliot asked looking at him with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

'Yeah I do. Anyway I'm off now do you want me to get someone to cover for you and you can come back to my place?'

'No I need to work.'

'You sure? It's Thursday, we can watch Grey's Anatomy in our pyjamas together.' At this Elliot smiled and nodded.

'OK then, that'd be great!'

'Awesome, if you go and get your stuff and I'll go and get someone to cover for you.'

'Thanks JD, I think I could do with an evening at home.'

JD walked out into the corridor and saw Carla sorting through some charts at the nurse's station.

'Hey Carla do you know who can cover for Elliot?'

'Why does she need to be covered for?' Carla said without looking up from her work.

'You remember her ALS patient, Shannon?'

'Mm hm'

'Well she killed herself,' at this Carla looked up shocked, 'and I really think she could do with an evening at home just to talk about it, not an evening at work having more people dying on her.'

'Yes of course. I'll sort it out.'

'Thanks'

'JD ready to go?' Elliot said as she walked up to them.

'Yep, all sorted out. Do you wanna pick up some Ben and Jerry's on the way?' JD said smiling at Elliot.

'More than anything.' Elliot said grinning back.

Carla also smiled watching the pair as she thought back to them in the coffee shop with Sam. They were definitely getting closer towards a relationship; it was just a matter of time. And with them both at JD's place alone, with JD being all comforting, it could be the thing that finally makes them realise that they're perfect for each other.

'What?' JD said noticing Carla's smile.

'What? Oh nothing just, um, thought of something funny.'

'Yeah, sure.' He said looking at her oddly, 'Let's go.'

Carla smiled and silently laughed to herself as she saw Elliot lean into JD slightly as they walked away. Tomorrow was going to be interesting.

JD and Elliot were sat at home watching Grey's Anatomy and eating Cookie Dough ice cream together. Just like they used to when they lived together. Elliot was lying resting her head on JD's lap as JD stroked her hair. As the credits began to play Elliot sat up.

'I should go home.'

'No. Stay, it's late, you look way too tired to be driving. You can take my bed if you like, I don't mind taking the couch. Besides we haven't really talked yet like we used to.'

'OK then I'll stay but I'm not kicking you out of your bed.'

'Fair enough.' There was a pause before JD spoke up again, 'So how far was Shannon's ALS progressed before she…. you know?'

'Quite far her arms were almost fully paralysed.'

'See, she held on for as long as she could. I think you did the best thing for her, you were a great friend as well as an awesome doctor.'

'Thanks JD.' Elliot said looking genuinely touched by JD's comment.

'And if that RateYourDoc website included Private Practice doctors I think you'd be at the top.'

'No, really I wouldn't, you still would be.' Elliot laughed disbelievingly at this comment.

'No, I think I used to be better than you but you've overtaken me now. You're much better at interacting with patients than you used to be, and you're great at diagnosing.'

'You really think I'm that good?'

'Yeah I've always thought you were a great doctor, no matter what stupid comments I may have made in the past.'

'Well we've both made some pretty stupid mistakes in general.'

'Like in the on-call room, that could've been really stupid.' There was a long silence as they both thought about the night where they had their almost kiss right before Elliot was going to get married and JD was about to have a baby.

'Do you really think that near kiss didn't mean anything? You broke up with Keith almost straight after and I realised I didn't love Kim, that's gotta mean something right?' JD asked, almost hopefully.

'I suppose.' Elliot replied shortly.

They could both feel the tension in the room, as they struggled to think of something to say.

'Sorry Elliot, I shouldn't have brought that up. Another stupid comment from JD right?' He laughed awkwardly.

'No, we need to talk about it sometimes. And I thought about it for awhile even after we decided it didn't mean anything and I think it did mean something.' Elliot said as she took hold of JD's hand.

JD looked up at her, he was slightly surprised at this but mostly just happy. They both sat there staring into each other's eyes for a moment before, at exactly the same moment, leaning in to kiss each other. JD felt a great rush as his lips collided with Elliot's and he enjoyed the kiss that he hadn't felt in so long. His arms wound around her waist as he moved closer to her. Sadly, all too soon Elliot was pulling back from the kiss.

'JD, we can't do this. I mean, I really, really like you. More than I think I could really say but we're too close friends and we already know we don't work.'

'Yes we can. Yes we're friends but we could be so much more. Neither of us are seeing anyone else, for once we really can do this.'

'But JD we're a train wreck.'

'No Elliot, we were a train wreck. We've both been in serious relationships since then. We're both ready. Look, I didn't want to say anything at the time but when that barista in the coffee shop said Sammy looked like us I was so happy. When we sat down and Turk and Carla left and it was just us it was amazing. It felt like we were a family, a proper, normal family. Not a screwed up train wreck. We've matured, we could do this.'

'But JD do you even like me, you know in that way?' Elliot said, and JD swore he could detect a hint of fear in her voice.

'Course I do. I always have really. Plus Turk's been giving me funny looks whenever I'm with you. I think he's noticed us getting closer. So do you want to try this again? Because I really like you and I'd love it if we could just try once more, now we're ready'

'I'd love to give it another go. I really do like you JD, but on two conditions.'

'Which are?'

'We have to take thing slowly, I think we rushed everything way too much in the past and that's what made it not work.'

'Done.'

'And two, if you suddenly decide you don't really love me again I get to actually murder you.'

'Agreed. But Elliot that's not gonna happen, I really want this to work.' JD tried to reassure her.

'Awesome.'

JD leaned in to kiss Elliot again and felt nothing but happiness that they were going to try this again. This time it would work, he would try everything to make that happen.

I will try to update this as soon as possible but what with school exam's in like, 3 weeks, I might not get much time. I think I'm going to continue this a way into JD and Elliot's relationship so it could go on a bit but I'm not really sure yet, we will see.

Does anyone else agree that January-ish is ridiculously late for a Season 8 of Scrubs?? I'm glad it's coming back but I can't wait that long!!

Anyway REVIEW!! They make me happy : )