Regina is about to see her husband for the first time since he left her, three months ago. She arrived early, so she could check in to her hotel and ensure she looked fabulous. It's not that she wants him back, he left her, but she wants him to know what he's been missing.

She cabs to the hospital, and walks in the main doors. She turns to get her bearings and there he is. He's not alone, with some young girl, a brunette with a pixie cut, and she remembers what Gold told her about David moving on. She watches as he fixes the girl's jacket and then Regina approaches the oblivious couple. He sees her as he's grabbing his bag, and he looks completely stunned. Well if he answered any of her many calls, he would have known she was coming. But instead, he ignored her, as he had been doing for the past year.

She approaches them, and he whispers, I'm so sorry, and well if he's already apologizing for her, she might as well make her introduction memorable.

"Regina," he says bitterly, like she's come to ruin his life, destroy his happiness, "What are you doing here?"

His tone cuts her but she doesn't show it, won't let him see the pain he causes, "Well you'd know if you had bothered to return any one of my phone calls."

He looks annoyed, and she turns to this girl, extending her hand as she introduces herself, "Hi I'm Regina Nolan," and technically it's Mills-Nolan, but this girl doesn't need to know that.

The girl takes her hand, her face confused, and Regina tries not to smile as she asks, "Nolan?"

Regina can't help herself and responds, "And you must be the woman who's been screwing my husband."

She delights in the look on this girls face as she realizes who Regina is. It seems David wasn't forthcoming with this girl about what's going on in his life and Regina can't say she's surprised. The last year of her marriage it had been like she didn't exist, and clearly, he'd kept on pretending that was true.

This girl, who Regina still doesn't know her name, scampers off looking heartbroken for which Regina's not the least bit sorry. This girl needs to get more of a backbone if she's going to survive as a female surgeon.

She wonders if David will run off after her, but he stays. His voice grows cold as he asks Regina, "What are you doing here?"

And she can't resist playing with him, "Your hair is different."

"A lot of things are different."

"It's longer, I like it," she says as she reaches her hand up to stroke through his hair making him flinch, "It's very Prince Charming."

He asks again, growing agitated, "What are you doing here?"

She answers his question with a question of her own, "What are you doing here you just pick up and leave everything your house, your practice your friends, you had a life in Manhattan…"

"Had."

"And now you have a girlfriend in Seattle, she seems sweet."

"That ice your on, thin," he says as he begins to walk away and she knows she can keep his attention.

"She's young that hole wide-eyed ooh he's a brain surgeon thing happening, but still sweet, which is what you were going for right, the anti-Regina."

"If you came out here to win me back you can forget about it."

And of course that's what he thinks, it's presumptuous as hell and not something she's going to let him get away with.

"I did," she says approaching him, "I flew all the way across the country to reminisce over wedding photos get drunk fall into bed and make you realize you can't live without me."

He gulps at that not unaffected by her words, and she smiles to herself, pleased she at least has some effect on her soon to be ex-husband, "Relax David I'm here for work, I'm helping with the TTTS case you guys admitted last week and with. Gold's briefing-"

"Gold knew you were coming out here?"

"He asked me to come, didn't he tell you?" she asks already knowing he didn't.

"No, he didn't."

"Hmm I'm surprised... the hair though," she says bringing her lips right above that spot that drives him crazy, "You know I've always had a thing for Prince Charming."

She walks off pleased with herself for getting in the last word.

When Doctor Whale asks her if she needs an intern for her surgery, she can't help herself and asks for David's girlfriend who she now knows is named Mary Margaret Blanchard. She knows the girls father, Leopold Blanchard, a famous surgeon, and also a total creep, he taught a couple of classes at her medical school and had taken a liking to Regina, offering her a job at his hospital, with the clear indication the job was not all she would be expected to perform. Needlessly to say she turned that offer down and somehow even though she knew he was like that with others he maintained his reputation as a good guy, which bothers her to no end.

Regina knows what it's like to live in the shadow of a great surgeon, her mother is a very accomplished cardiac surgeon, and it's part of why she goes by Doctor Nolan rather than Doctor Mills, to avoid association with her mother. It's funny to her that she and David's new girlfriend have this in common.

Regina's curious about this girl her husband has obviously fallen for, it didn't take him long, but she knows what he looks like when he's in love, it's a look he hasn't given her in years. One that she craved and tried her hardest to bring back, which only left her crying on her best friend Robin's shoulder. He was there for her while her husband was slowly breaking her heart with his constant inattention and dismissal of her.

David wasn't happy, and she knew it, but she still tried desperately to fix it, doing everything in her power to make him happy again. But the more she tried, the more he avoided her.

Meanwhile, Robin was always there as her husband's absences became more and more frequent. And it was only natural that she sought comfort with him, but then she did something completely stupid and kissed him. He had kissed her back just for a minute, and it was the most alive she had felt in years. She wanted to keep going, would have, if David hadn't interrupted.

She didn't even hear David come in, too wrapped up in kissing Robin and how good it felt, until a What the hell? startled them out of their embrace, and her husband left her without giving her a chance to explain.

And that hurt more than anything else, that he was willing to throw away ten years just like that and never once turned back. She still has feelings for him, hates that she does, but she can never seem to let go when someone doesn't love her, instead she works harder trying to win back their affection. It's probably because of her mother, another person she continues to try and get to love her, convincing herself it's possible if she just does better, tries harder, even though her efforts are never successful. Psych would probably have a field day with that one if she ever let them.

There are only two people in her life she knows will be there for her no matter what, her father and Robin, even with what happened and her childish avoidance of him and what happened, she knows he would drop everything if she needed him. She thought she had that with David, but he made it clear in the last few years of their marriage that she was not a priority. No matter what she did, she was always an afterthought, if he even bothered to think of her at all.

She spots Doctor Whale and approaches him as he converses with David, "Sorry to interrupt Doctor Whale."

"You're never interrupting," he says with a creepy smile, and she wonders if he's stupid enough to be trying to flirt with her, but hopes he's just being polite.

David mutters, "She's always interrupting."

And she ignores him, "I was just checking to see if Doctor Whale secured the-"

"Intern you requested, he did," says Mary Margaret looking none too pleased.

Well let the fun begin, thinks Regina, before taking off with Mary Margaret in tow, quizzing her on their patient's condition. She's smart, quick but doesn't know the ins and outs of the condition, which she should. Regina's not going to take it easy on her just because she has to work with her boyfriend evil wife. They brief the patient. She tells her to refer any questions to Doctor Blanchard.

She can't resist commenting, "From what I have seen she is one of the hospitals most popular interns."

She's surprised when the timid girl tells her, "I could have answered your question had you given me the chance."

"Chin up Blanchard I'm this tough on everyone, not just the women my husband is sleeping with." She watches as Mary Margaret's face screw up with shock at her bluntness, and she forces herself not to smile too hard. Then Regina goes on to tell her what she needs to do for their patient.

She meets the chief resident Mal, who she'd heard referred to as the Dragon, and she likes her, a lot. In a way that's rare for her with women, if she worked here, she thinks they'd be friends. Mal gives her the low down on all the interns, and her helpful comments are punctuated by sassy commentary that makes Regina smile.

"So, how come he never mentioned you before?" Mal asks her.

She shrugs, "It probably would have gotten in the way of his dating."

Mal chuckles, "I thought his dating the intern was going to be the gossip, not that he was secretly married."

"To be fair we are separated, though I may have forgotten to the mention that to Mary Margaret when I introduced myself."

Mal raises her eyebrows at forgotten, giving Regina a pointed look before commenting, "I heard a rumour that you called her the woman who's sleeping with my husband."

"I believe I said I'm Regina and you must be the woman who's been sleeping with my husband."

Mal nods approvingly, "I wish I could have seen her face, I bet it was great."

Regina chuckles, "Yea, it really was."

There's a moment of silence then Mal asks, "So what's happening with you and the mister anyway?"

Regina's instantly defensive, "I'm not here to get him back if that's what you're asking, just to do this case."

Mal looks at her skeptically, "Are you sure about that?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Mal's all-knowing gaze is making her feel uncomfortable, so Regina breaks the eye contact and changes the subject, "So what else do I need to know about the doctors in this hospital?"

'Well there's Whale, Gold really likes him for some reason, but between you and me he's a total idiot."

Regina laughs, "Yea, I've gotten that impression."

Mal tells her more about all the doctors she doesn't like and the ones who are tolerable. They continue chatting until David approaches.

"Regina, can I talk to you?" He says while walking away, forcing her to follow.

She throws an apologetic goodbye look at Mal before she answers, "Oh so now you want to talk, I thought you'd avoid me forever, don't want to get to close to your evil wife who's ruining your happy ending with this girl."

"That took a lot of nerve requesting Mary Margaret."

And oh that's why he's willing to talk to her because it involves his girlfriend, isn't that just so… nice.

"Oh come on, she came highly recommended."

"Right," He says with an eye roll.

He should be more careful with what he says, "So you don't recommend her?"

"No, I didn't say that."

"Just not for her medical skills."

"Oh, would you shut up!"

Her pager interrupts their little spat, and she's headed to surgery with his girlfriend. It's a long one, and so she finally asks, "What did he tell you about me?"

Mary Margaret is visibly shaken, "Uh.. nothing."

"You haven't talked to him?"

"No, what's there to talk about you two are married."

"Well, I'm sure he thinks there more to talk about, just remember there are two sides to every story."

And then Regina changes the subject, and they go back to talking about the surgery before Mary Margaret can work up the courage to try and pry further.

She sees David the next day and asks 'Did you tell Mary Margaret what happened?"

"I did, What did you say to her? She wouldn't listen to me."

Regina grin that his girlfriend didn't take him back and answers truthfully, "That there are two sides to every story."

"And what is your side, Regina?"

"You weren't there, I was lonely, I needed you, and you were never there, it's like I didn't exist to you."

He scoffs at that, "Wow so that's your side of this that I didn't pay you enough attention, was that what you were thinking when you kissed my friend?"

And of course, he goes there, doesn't listen to what she's actually saying, "No by that point I wasn't thinking at all David, by that point I was just happy to get any affection. We got successful you and me, we got busy, and we got lazy, we didn't even bother to fight anymore. And Robin was there, and I missed you, and now I'm sorry, I'm more sorry than you can possibly imagine but at least I'm talking to you about it David."

She hates that her voice gets emotional, it's weakness, but he hurt her deeply with his inattention. She spent countless nights alone or with Robin wondering if she would ever be a priority to her husband. Even though she doesn't want to be, she is still so hurt over what happened and the way he was able to walk away like their time together meant nothing to him.

He walks away without a word, typical David, can't give Regina the time of day.

Later that week she walks into the elevator and hears David say, "You invited the Evil Queen to Seattle."

Gold asks curiously, "Evil Queen?"

And she knows he's talking about her so takes that as her cue, "Good morning."

"The Evil Queen speaks," says David gesturing to her, "What is she still doing here?"

Gold responds, "I asked her to stay. We have a surgeon out on maternity leave."

She pipes up then, "Actually I could use you on a consult, will you meet me up there David?"

"Yea fine."

The case is a very sick baby, her odds are slim, so slim but they have to try. She can see him frowning over the chart as he asks, "Where's the Mother?"

"Gone, she stuck around long enough to get the kid strung out and then took off, nice huh?"

"Regina…"

She knows he's going to say no, but she looks up at him begging, "David, I know it's a long shot. I know that."

But unsurprisingly her pleas don't work, "You told me that you had a newborn with an invasive mass you failed to mention she's premature underweight and addicted to narcotics. There is no way that this baby's going to survive spinal surgery."

"You don't know that." She knows this baby can survive; she just needs to get David to see it.

"And even if she does, look at her she's a mess, she's got meningitis, seizures. She's going to live a short and painful life."

"You don't know that"

"It is my job to know that"

"You're not God David."

"Excuse me?"

She switches tactics because this isn't working, "Look if a patient has any chance at survival, which I think she does, then you have a responsibility-"

"Don't talk to me about responsibility."

God when did he get so cold, was this her doing, did she ruin him too, "You took an oath, David."

"Oh, and don't you dare talk to me about oaths."

She can't believe they are doing this now but that pathetic part of her that still wants his attention cries out, "David I messed up, people mess up."

"You kissed my best friend."

And that's just not true, "Robin was hardly your best friend."

"Yes he was"

"He was my friend first. You barely talked to him until I invited him over."

"Would you just stop talking about him."

"Fine," she says, and she looks down at the little baby girl - so sweet, innocent, and pure - who shouldn't have to witness this. She squeezes her little hand, a sorry for getting caught up in arguing with her husband.

She didn't realize David was watching her until he says, "Regina don't do that."

She pleads again. "David, look at her, she's a fighter, look at how far she's come already."

"Don't get attached, don't get involved; just don't make her life more painful than it already is."

She wonders if he thinks that's what she is doing to him, but she pushes that aside and fights harder, "David please she has nobody, she needs someone to fight for her."

"She's too far gone, we have to let her go. Let her go in peace."

She has a feeling he's talking about more than the baby, "Fine David walk away. It's what you do best."

It's time for her to go, she's only making things worse for herself and for David by staying, so she heads to Gold's office and tells him firmly, "I'll be leaving in the morning."

Gold tells her "No."

She doesn't understand, "No?"

"No, I'm not accepting your resignation."

She rolls her eyes, only Gold would say something so ridiculous, "It's not a resignation Gold, it's notification. I don't officially work for you. I came here for one case. I can track the progress from New York. "

"Well, what about the premie?" And damn he really does know everything.

"I'm letting go of the premie,"

"And what about your marriage, are you letting go of that too?"

The glare she sends him should shut him up, but he stares back unaffected. She sighs not wanting to have this conversation with her former mentor, "He calls me the Evil Queen Gold."

"The Regina I know wouldn't hide from a fight."

She wonders if she's giving up too easily, if she should stay and fight, but really what is there to fight for.

"There's no fight, he wins, and I'm leaving in the morning, it's time to go back to my life."

"You know we could use you in Seattle. You could be front page news, with your reputation and the money I'll put into promoting you, Seattle Grace will become one of the foremost neonatal hospitals west of Manhattan."

She laughs, but he doesn't so she asks incredulously, "You're serious?"

"I'm ready to put my money where my mouth is. Your own service, you can hire your own team, I'll build you a state of the art NICU, and I'll make you one of the highest paid surgeons in the Northwest."

"Gold, that's insane, you can't, why would you?" She's honestly shocked. She'd never realized he had followed her career after he left New York to come manage this hospital.

He looks at her seriously, giving her a rare compliment, "You are an incredible doctor, and this hospital would be lucky to have you."

She walks in to check on her premie after a surprise surgery and there he is sitting at her incubator.

She looks at her stats, and she's doing better, "Look at that, B.P. is stabilizing."

David remarks amazed, "She's stronger since this morning. There is no reason why she should be stronger since this morning."

Regina seizes the opportunity, "She's really beautiful isn't she?"

"Tell you what if she makes it through the night and she has a little bit more strength, I'll operate."

Regina is so grateful, wants to show him just how much, and out habit, she kisses him. What surprises her is that he kisses her back. It's awkward, weird, and it shouldn't be. They used to be so in sync, but now they are not. And maybe it's just because they are in public and it's been a while, but it just feels so wrong.

She breaks the kiss and walks away, a little stunned and very much confused. She makes her way back to her hotel room, orders some dinner and tries to push away that feeling of wrongness. He's still her husband, and there is still some love there, she thinks from both of them, so it doesn't make sense.

When she finishes her dinner, there's a knock at the door. And it's David. He pushes her against the wall and kisses her passionately, and it still feels off, but this what she wanted for so long, so she pushes it away, tries to make it work. She pushes him onto her bed, hopes the change of venue will fix the problem, she's never been one for being trapped against a wall anyway.

But it's still so wrong, her stomach twists anxiously, and David is moaning as she kisses him hard, as she tries to make it work, as she tries not to focus on how much this is not working for her. He's still her husband and maybe just another minute will shut the voice in her telling her to turn the other way and run. This is what she wanted for a year, and now that she has it, it's not at all what she expected. It doesn't seem to be a problem for David, and he's kissing down her neck in a way that should be turning her on, but it's just not good. Why can't she get into this? What is wrong with her?

She can feel how much he wants her, but this is just not right. The more she tries to force it the worse it gets. She stops what she's doing and pulls away from him.

"What, Regina, what are you doing?"

'I'm sorry David, I- I can't, I thought I could but I can't, it just, it just feels wrong."

"Is this about Robin?" he asks accusatorily.

"I-"

"You know what forget it, Regina. This was a mistake."

She lets him storm out because she can't help but agree, and can't help but compare that to the last kiss she had, and how right it had felt kissing Robin, even despite the fact that she was married to someone else.

It's her last day in Seattle, that is unless she takes the job, and she really wants to, but knows David will make her life hell if she stays. She sees him with his little intern, and it doesn't hurt like it did the first time. Her eyes were opened after their horrendous kiss, and she realized just how over their marriage was, and had been for a long time. She brought the divorce papers today, so she approaches them.

And when Mary Margaret sees them, she scampers off causing David to remark, "You really are the Evil Queen. You realize that right. If she weren't a fairytale character, she'd be you. Everywhere all the time."

God he needs to get over himself, "I am so not the Evil Queen." She wants to add, and even I was you still came to my hotel room, but she rather not relive that awkwardness.

"How come you haven't gotten on your broomstick and went back to New York where you belong?"

"I thought I was the Evil Queen, not the Wicked Witch and stop being petty; it doesn't suit you."

"Stop being an adulterous bitch."

"Wow so that's how this is going to go, but I mean you are going to forgive me eventually right? I mean there was a time where you thought of me as your best friend." She really hopes he will say yes, that they can get past this because faced with the reality of leaving she realizes how much she really wants to take the job. Mal has already offered her a place to stay, should she need it, and contact information for a good realtor, and she knows she could get some good people down here for her department if she stayed.

His response surprises her, "There was a time when I thought you were the love of my life." Then he adds, "Things change."

Well, that makes two of us, she thinks wryly, as she pulls out and passes him the divorce papers.

"Your lawyer said they're okay. I haven't signed them yet. I wanted you to at least look over them first." And really she had also wanted to see if there was any chance they could get back together, but she now knows there isn't, and it's oddly comforting. She thought she'd be upset, but after last night realizing it was really over she felt free, unburdened.

"I'll sign them immediately. I want you out of here."

She sighs and tells him, "That might be hard… Gold offered me a job."

"He did what?"

"It's my dream job David, and the only reason I'm considering not taking it is because of you. I'm not asking to get back together, clearly. I just need to know that if I take it, you won't make my life a living hell. I'll stay away from you and your girlfriend, and you already know we can easily not see each other even while working in the same hospital."

"When do you have to decide by?"

"Gold wants an answer as soon as possible, but I'll have to give proper notice in New York and help them find a replacement, can't have a second Nolan quit on the spot."

"I'm not going to lie, I don't want you here but if it really is your dream job I won't stand in the way, consider it my parting gift.

"Are you sure?" she asks, cautiously optimistic.

"Just give me my space Regina."

She was planning on that anyway, "I will, thank you, David, really, it means a lot.'

She returns to New York to find her replacement and to find people for her new department. Before everything that happened, she would have picked Robin in a heartbeat. He's technically a pediatric surgeon, but he works hand in hand with her team, when it's newborns and not in utero surgery.

She avoids him for her first two days back, but he corners her in an elevator the third day.

"Regina," he says, pushed closer to her as the elevator door opens on the next floor and doctors and nurses flood in. "We need to talk. I've missed you."

He's too close to her, and all she can think about is how much better it was kissing him and how much she wants to do it again. But he'd been clear it couldn't happen again, and though he didn't say it, she knew it was because he was uninterested. And she, well she was just embarrassed by what she had done, mistaking his friendship for attraction and so had been pulling away from him ever since. She tries her hardest to ignore the effect being so close to him has on her as she answers.

"Robin, there's nothing to talk about. I'm moving to Seattle soon."

"So that's it, you're going back to him?" he asks, and he sounds almost mad, maybe even jealous, but that can't be. She wonders why he has that tone, hopes for a second he is jealous, but she must be misconstruing it.

They reach their floor and get out of the elevator together as she tells him, "No, we're divorcing, there are just a few edits to be made by our lawyers because we're selling all of our property here and then it's over."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that Regina, truly I am, you deserve so much better, but I don't want you to go."

She feels like he wants her, but he's just going to miss his best friend, and not the one who jumped him and embarrassed herself.

"I'm going to miss you too Robin."

"Can we just forget all the happened and just spend the little time we have left together. I know it makes you uncomfortable, but I miss my friend, can we just pretend it never happened, please."

Her heart sinks, even though she already knew he wanted to pretend it never happened. She curses herself for having that kiss mean so much to her when it meant nothing to him.

Choking back her pride she agrees, "Yea I'd like that."

Then there's an awkward silence that has no place being there, so they both start talking.

Robin says, "So tell me about the new job?"

As she asks, "So what have I missed?"

They both laugh and Robin suggests, "Why don't you go first."

"It's really really good Robin. I'm going to be head of the newly created department. I get to choose all of the staff, pick out the equipment in the brand new NICU, it's my dream job."

He smiles, "Wow that sounds incredible. Who do you have so far?"

They go back and forth discussing candidates, she runs all of her choices by him, and he offers some suggestions for the spots she still has to fill. Then they discuss their dream teams if they had unlimited resources and didn't have to worry about conflicting personalities.

She's touched when she is on his, and really he's on hers too, but she needs some time so she can stop pining over him and go back to being a friend. One that doesn't fantasize about pressing him against the wall and having her way with him.

Her pager goes off, and she rushes away throwing a sorry over her shoulder. In the brief glance she got it almost looked like he was checking out her ass and she wills her mind to stop hallucinating and accept he's not interested.

They have surgery together the next day, and she's reminded just how well they work together, what a great team they make. The baby pulls through with flying colours, and if all goes right, she shouldn't need any other treatment for the rest of her life.

When they are cleaning up, she lets her hair down, shakes it out, her head a bit sore from having up too tight. When she finishes fixing it in the mirror, Robin remarks, "You were incredible. I'm really going to miss working with you."

She is going to miss him too, so much, she could ask him to join her team, he's certainly been hinting if she did he'd accept, and she still hasn't found anyone for the peds spot. But no, she needs a break from him if she's ever going to get over this stupid crush, that only seems to get worse and worse the more time she spends with him. Now that her marriage is truly over her brain seems to have given itself permission to obsess over Robin, and just how attractive he is. She's always known he was attractive, but it wasn't something she ever dwelled on until after that kiss. In the aftermath, even with the disintegration of her marriage, she became hyper-aware of just how attractive Robin is and all of the amazing qualities that only serve to make him more attractive. The day after David left, she caught herself practically drooling over him in his scrubs, when she should have been mourning the loss of her husband.

Robin looks good in scrubs, the deep blue bringing out the colour of his eyes. She wills herself not to stare too much as they make their way to the elevator to update the parents.

They get in the elevator, and they are both animated, still amped up from the surgery.

He's discussing a particularly difficult part and what was going through his head. What he did in the moment was brilliant, and hearing his thought process reminds her just how smart he is, and it's a turn on. She loves how passionate he is talking about his work- he looks incredibly sexy when he's like this, all worked up and energetic. She takes an unconscious step in, and he goes silent, his eyes dropping to her lips and then the doors open.

She steps out embarrassed, hurries off to see the family, putting on her professional mask as they tell the parents about the surgery. They are so grateful to them, crying and bestowing compliments, it's a nice moment, a reminder to her of why she became a doctor.

She tries to walk off without Robin, needing a moment away from him after that almost kiss in the elevator, but he follows her, his longer legs making it so he catches up quickly.

"Regina-"

She interrupts before he can finish, not wanting to hear his rejection of her, "Robin, can we please just not, it's been a long day."

He huffs frustrated, "Regina, I know you want to pretend nothing's ever happened, but we need to talk about it."

That's the exact opposite of what she wants, "No, no we really don't." She hits the button for the elevator, hoping he isn't going to follow, but he stays.

She's surprised when he stays silent as they enter the elevator, that he doesn't push her to talk about it. Somehow it's just the two of them in the elevator, a rarity at their busy hospital.

She realizes why he stayed silent when as soon as they move, he hits the emergency stop button.

"Robin, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry this was the only way, I need to tell you some things, and I know you wouldn't give me the chance to say them."

She arches her brow and acquiesces with a, "Go on then," using her sass as a defence mechanism to hide her shame that he feels the need to trap her in an elevator so she gets the message he's not interested.

"I can't keep pretending that it never happened because it changed things between us Regina. And I tried to make it so it didn't, I really did, but I just-"

She cuts him off because she can't hear it, it's too mortifying, "Robin, I get it okay, I fucked everything up when I kissed you, and I've made you uncomfortable, you don't need to say, I've gotten the message, you don't want me and it's fine."

His face shifts from confused to recognition and then he gets closer, and he laughs as he says, "Regina, I thought you didn't want me, that you were avoiding me because I made you uncomfortable. When I said things had changed, I meant because I can't stop thinking about kissing you again, can't stop staring at you and thinking about how much I want to be with you."

And oh, oh, her face betrays the shock she feels, as she realizes she's been reading him wrong the whole time. She's frozen, just for a second, and then does what she's been wanting to all week and steps in, grabbing him as she pulls his mouth down to hers. The kiss starts out soft, but quickly becomes more passionate as she pushes him against the wall and his hands move down her back, pulling her in closer.

It feels so right, they fit together perfectly, and she never wants it to end, would fuck him this elevator if there weren't cameras staring at them. He seems to feel the same, while the kiss heats up, he keeps his hands on her waist, unmoving. It's a gentle grip, a chaste embrace if they weren't making out like teenagers but it still does things to her. She wants those hands gripping her ass, his lips on her neck, her chest, those fingers inside her. God, they need to get out of this elevator and find an on-call room, but she doesn't want to stop kissing him, lose the incredible feeling of his lips on hers.

When they break for air, he keeps his hands on her waist, smiling down at her, and her heart melts at the affection and passion in his eyes. She doesn't want to leave his embrace but is also well aware they've been in the elevator for far too long so reluctantly hits the button and it springs back to life.

She leaves his arms reluctantly as the doors start to open but grabs his hand, and he follows her lead, unquestioning. As they walk, it's really more of speed walk because she's too enthusiastic and impatient she asks him, "Any interest in moving to Seattle, I'm still in need of a peds surgeon?"

He tells her he's very interested. Then they reach an on-call room, and she drags him in, and they don't talk for a while as he shows her just how interested he is.