Thank you to all of you who read the last chapter, I really appreciate it :)

Chapter 2 coming up...

Two-Cold

Lenny woke up with a start in a bed he failed to recognize. Through the splitting headache, through the fact that he had no clothes on, and through the fact that the bleary clock read 7.30am, it didn't take him very long to realize what had happened.

Lenny, you idiot!

Scrambling out of the bed, he found his clothes and hastily threw them on. It didn't matter that they were a little sweaty; he'd be getting changed soon enough for another long day at work. The house seemed extremely empty. He was sat in a clean room, very clean at that, which had lots of pink things and posters of bands that he had never heard of.

The door suddenly clicked open and Lenny bewilderedly jumped back to see Emily looking doe eyed in a nightie. She smiled at him in a sickly sweet way.

"Whoa…erm…I'm sorry but I have to go!" Lenny stuttered as he got up swiftly from the bed.

"But…you'll call right?" Emily asked in a disappointed tone. Lenny bit his lip.

"Maybe" he said, before walking off hurriedly.

"You're late, Dr Lyons." Mr. Jordan stated bluntly as Lenny tried to sneak in through the ED doors. Lenny sighed.

"Sorry, got a bit held up".

Nick was less than sympathetic.

"And that explains why you are two hours late, does it?"

Lenny shook his head in response and looked at his boss.

"Get on with your work then", he sighed before walking off into his office.

The rest of the morning went on without much event: the usual injuries and illnesses, and the usual gossiping and bickering. But throughout, Lenny couldn't stop thinking about Emily. It was stupid, he told himself, to go with her. He barely knew her at all, not even her last name. Lenny also thought it unwise to take this fling any further, a one night stand, that's all.

Breathing in, Lenny went over to the staff room, got out his phone, and sent the girl a text.

Sorry, don't think we can take things any further. Lenny.

Sighing, Lenny watched the message send, and when he was sure it had gone, he got back to work.

"So, Lenny, what happened last night?" enquired a curious Yuki, who was holding two warm cups of tea and two sandwiches he had prepared before work despite his roommates absence. Yuki sat down next to Lenny and smiled.

"Yuki, I think I may have done something stupid", Lenny sighed, grinning slightly. Yuki nodded slowly.

"Go on."

"Well, I kind of slept with that girl from last night, after a few drinks and all…"

Yuki rolled his eyes.

"And I told her I didn't want anymore to do with it. But she seemed so…keen, y'know?" Lenny put his head against the wall and sighed. His friend smiled sympathetically, and he put his hand on Lenny's arm.

"Well, do you like her?" he asked, after a pregnant pause. Lenny thought about it before nodding his head.

"A bit."

"Well, I think you should go for it. What have you got to lose?" Yuki smiled. Noel walked in on the two doctors at that minute.

"Am I disturbing something?" he asked suspiciously, and the pair shook their heads. "There's somebody in reception that's waiting to see a Dr Lenny Lyons", he continued. Lenny looked at Noel, then a curious Yuki, and then back at Noel.

"That's me!" he stated enthusiastically, getting up and walking to reception. There, none other than Emily Rose was waiting for him. Lenny sighed.

"I'm working Emily."

The girl continued to smile.

"I know. But I wanted to tell you that, well, I really like you okay. And I wanted to know if we can start over." Lenny pondered for a second.

"Emily, I do like you. But I'm a busy man!" Emily, still persistent, but her hands on the desk.

"That's okay".

"I'm not sure it's a good idea honey, that's all".

At this, her face fell dramatically, and she stepped away.

"You told me that you really loved me last night", she shouted, stifling tears.

"But I was drunk…"

"I don't care!" Emily stormed out of the ED in tears, leaving Lenny standing and looking like an idiot.

At home, Lenny hardly touched his pizza. Yuki gave him a concerned look.

"You okay Lenny? Is this about earlier?" he enquired.

"Well yeah", Lenny replied. "I should have agreed to a date."

"Then call her! And you call me frustrating!"

Lenny nodded, picked up his phone, and called the girl…