Does anyone remember me? LOL! I know it's been a while since I've updated but school has been soooo hectic I just haven't had time. And everyone says these are the best years of my life. Apparently. Anyywayys…enough about that. I want to thank everyone who reviewed. I'm really happy that people liked it.

On a different note, shout out to Spirited Dragon. You little minx. LOL!

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Chapter 2

'Nate?'

'Do you guys know each other?' Ray asked perplexed.

'Yeah. He was my professor in college.' Neela replied, her eyes never leaving Nate's face.

'Professor?'

It made sense Ray thought. He had never thought there would be a connection but Neela had told him where she had attended college and it was the same place that his father had worked for over 20 years. Still, he wondered to himself, for a professor and student they seem a bit too friendly. I mean, she calls him by his name. You don't call a professor with whom you have a strictly platonic relationship by his first name. Luckily for Ray, it seemed that Katey was having the same thoughts.

'Why do you call him by his first name?'

'Oh, I don't believe in all that respect your teachers crap. Of course you should respect them but calling them sir or madam just creates a physical boundary that restricts students from being able to fully capitalise educationally as they are seen to be below those who teach them.' Ray's dad answered.

'Okayyyy' Ray drawled obviously not expecting the long winded answer.

'Plus I helped him on his thesis' Neela said laughing 'So we got to know each other quite well.'

'Oh.'

'So how do you guys…wait a minute…' Neela stopped, realisation dawning on her. 'Are you two…' she trailed off.

'Ray's my son' Nate replied to her unasked question.

Neela felt her jaw hit the floor she was so shocked. She should have made the connection earlier. After all, even if Barnett was an unusual surname, Ray had told her about his father on top of which they looked exactly alike. She quickly picked her jaw up off of the floor and mentally chastised herself for the way she had reacted to seeing Nate. There was no way that Ray wouldn't be suspicious about how well acquainted she and his father were.

Neela snapped out of her thoughts and only then realised how everyone had stopped talking. She felt like kicking herself. Practically the whole ER and even Dubenko had witnessed her reaction to seeing her former professor and it had been anything but normal. Morris and Hope were probably having a field day. She wondered what rumours the nurses would start tomorrow and internally cringed at the likeliness that they would most likely be very close to the truth. Closer than they thought.

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What's the verdict? I know this is an extremely short chapter but it came out just how I'd hoped. The next one is going to be NateNeela centric and we'll find out more about their relationship. I'm hoping to put up the next chapter of Clash Of The Titans this weekend but I'm afraid I can't make any promises. Reviews would be appreciated. You see how I subtly asked and not demanded reviews there. LOL!