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Chapter Two

Lily opened her weary eyes groggily and held a hand to her aching head. Her vision was blurred, and loose stands of hair were plastered to her hot and sweaty face. She felt awful. What the hell had happened last night? She had no idea how much she'd had to drink, but the room was definitely spinning, so clearly it had been quite a bit.

She groaned and ran her hands down her face, the sickness that had been there last night, suddenly returning to her stomach. She wondered what the time was and how long she had left until work. Did she even have work? She didn't even know what day it was.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a pillow landed on her head. She let out a small yelp and looked up to see Iain hovering above her, laughing to himself.

"How's the hangover?" He joked.

"Please shut up," Lily groaned, smiling to herself, and briefly closing her eyes again. "God, everything hurts. How much did I have to drink?"

"Enough," Iain chuckled, perching on the edge of the bed so that he could give her hair a stroke. "You threw up just before you went to sleep."

"Really?" Lily squinted her eyes at him. "I don't remember that. I'm sorry."

"Don't be." Iain gave a small shrug of the shoulders. "I've had plenty of wild nights in my time. Are you okay to work?"

"I'll have to be," Lily yawned. "I'll just drink some water and take some tablets, and no one will need to know."

"If you're sure." He nodded and planted a loving, wet kiss on her forehead. "I'll run you a bath."

"You look dreadful," Alicia giggled, as she strolled over to Lily.

It didn't take a scientist to work out that Lily was extremely hungover. She and Iain had stayed at the pub later than everyone else anyway, but she looked exhausted and her eyes were red and sore.

"Thanks," Lily scoffed. "Every woman loves to hear that."

"I'm surprised that you even came into work to be honest," Alicia laughed. "That's dedication. I bet that's the first time you've ever been drunk, right?"

"I'm not drunk," Lily argued. "And even if I was, no. I um...I've been drunk plenty of times before, thank you."

"If you say so," Alicia sighed, and rolled her eyes. "You just don't strike me as that sort of person." Alicia felt annoyance creep over her when Lily didn't say anything. She was obviously ignoring her. "Anyway, would you like to come to the pub again with us tonight?"

"I will have to see what Iain is doing," Lily said. "But I would like that, thank you."

She caught Alicia smiling at her. Maybe she was thinking the exact same thing as Iain, maybe she liked the fact that Lily was letting her hair down more. In a way Lily quite enjoyed the attention. It sounded weird but she liked the fact that people were joking with her and talking about 'that night at the pub.'

"If Iain can't make it," Alicia said. "Then you'll still come along, right?"

Lily nodded with a smile and said, "of course."

Fortunately, Iain was able to make it to the pub. As soon as Lily asked him, he began to joke about the raging hangover that she'd woken up with. Lily should have known that she'd have that coming, it wasn't her best moment.

"Can we stop making fun of me now?" Lily laughed, as she stood in the middle of the ambulance bay with her hands in her pockets.

Iain was sat on the back of the ambulance with his legs dangling. He continued to smile at his embarrassed girlfriend, loving the moment. As he noticed her cheeks slowly turn a bright red colour, he realised how much he really loved her. He felt like the luckiest man on earth, and he couldn't see himself with anyone else.

"What are you staring at?" Lily asked him, tilting her head to one side like a cute, little puppy.

"Just the most beautiful woman on this planet," he said. "I love you."

Lily's eyes widened and she felt drawn to tears. Iain had really said that to her. It was the first time any man had said that to her, and honestly she wasn't sure how she was supposed to react to it.

"That's the first time you've said that since we've been together," she pointed out. "I love you too."

"Well..." Iain nodded awkwardly. He wasn't sure what to say now. "Good."

"You're such an idiot," Lily giggled, throwing herself into his arms. "I'm looking forward to tonight."

"Just try and have a bit of self control this time, eh?" Iain joked, pressing his lips against her cheek.

He then repeated the three little words that he'd said only two minutes ago.

"I am going to arrange for you to have a CT scan," Lily said to a young woman in her early twenties, who lay back on a bed in a cubicle. "That will then hopefully let us know the cause of these dizzy spells that you keep happening."

"Thank you," she whispered. "Do you think it's anything serious?"

"Unfortunately, we can't tell until we see the scan results," Lily said, looking up to lock eyes with Alicia who was stood on the other side of the bed. "Doctor Munroe, do you think you could get that organised for me?"

"Yes. Of course," Alicia agreed. "I'll get right to it."

"Thank you," Lily whispered.

Alicia left the cubicle at once, whilst Lily finished up with her patient. After a while, she left and bumped straight into Robyn on the way out. Robyn looked pleased to see her; however, Lily was completely the opposite.

"Staff Nurse Miller, I'm busy," she spat.

"I just wanted to say that I'm really pleased you're joining us at the pub," Robyn said.

"Okay..." Lily gave her a puzzling look. Robyn always had been happy, but to Lily, it was a weird thing to say. "I'm pleased to hear you say that, Robyn. Thank you."

"It's just nice," Robyn elaborated a bit more. "You never used to come to the pub with us."

"Well, sometimes change can be good," Lily said. "I need to live more. Cal, he...He died at a young age and it made me realise that anything can happen at any time."

"Do you miss him?" Robyn asked.

"Of course I do," Lily said solemnly. "Everybody does."

"I know," Robyn whispered. "It's so hard to believe that he's gone. I'd love to wake up one morning to find that it's all a dream."

"Wouldn't we all?" Lily ran a hand through her hair and sighed heavily. "I really have to get back to work now, Robyn. I'll see you at the pub later though."

Robyn nodded and Lily stepped to one side so that she could move away from the conversation.

She examined her watch. Not long to go until the end of her shift.

It had been a long day, and she felt so ready for another night at the pub.

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