Cal sat up in bed, propped up by the pillows he had placed behind his back. Connie was snuggled into him as one of his arms curled around her shoulders, holding her whilst she slept. Cal realised just how beautiful she really was. He was noticing things he had never noticed before. The freckles that ran down her nose and across her plump cheeks. He noticed how even when she slept she had a pout on her perfectly soft lips. What he found most endearing about the clinical lead was the way she curled her legs up and held her hand under her face as she slept. So innocent and vulnerable, so much so that Cal wondered how she could be the same person that strolled about the ED in her laboutins, shooting down anyone who angered her or interfered with her plan to get Holby ED on the map.

Cal was starting to feel guilty for watching his Boss sleep, it was such a tender thing to witness and he felt something that he was pretty sure he had never experienced before. His heart was pounding and he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up… was this what adoration felt like? Every other woman he had been with had been fun, young and with no ties. But they were different from Connie. They just lusted after love and sex, whereas Connie was a ball breaker, hard to get. She had some sort of aura that followed her about, something that made her seem like the most desirable person in the world. Love? Cal scoffed at the idea for a second as he turned his head so that he couldn't see her, but even facing away, she was all that was etched in his mind. He let out a big sigh before looking back down at her. She was starting to stir, her legs moving about in the sheets. Her soft leg brushing against his own, a small groan falling from her irresistible lips. Cal glanced at the clock. Half past six. He supposed it was about time that he got up, but the thought depressed him. She had been drunk and in need last night, so when she woke up that would be it. She would no longer be his, he could see her face now. The look of disgust as she realised what a mess she had been in the night before. He just did not want the moment to end.

"What's the time?" Her voice made him jump slightly, stirring him from his thoughts. She was sitting up now, propping herself up with her elbows and lifting herself up. Her hair was all tousled and hanging in large curls around her face.

"Half six" He replied waiting for the explosion to come. Instead though she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand before running the same hand through her long dark hair.

"God my head is pounding. Don't suppose a coffee and paracetamol is asking too much is it?" She asked as she looked at him.

"I'll see what I can do for you Mrs B" Cal winked as he clambered out of bed and headed towards the kitchen leaving his boss sat in his bed nursing a hangover. He wasn't sure whether to mention what had happened last night when he had found her. Maybe she just wanted to forget it, besides she wasn't the type of woman to stay down for long. Cal busied himself with making Connie a coffee. He didn't need to ask her how she liked it, he was always doing her a coffee run at work. Black, two sugars. He grabbed some paracetamol from the drawer and headed back to his bedroom.

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Connie had sat herself up properly by now, her phone in her hand as she scrolled through her emails and messages. She looked up as Cal entered the room again, wearing just his tracksuit bottoms, his hair all tousled. He had obviously had a restless night.

"Anything interesting?" Cal asked as he placed the mug on the bedside table beside Connie and held his palm out with the tablets in.

"Just The normal droll from Guy Self. Thanks" She said before taking the tablets in her hand and downing them before washing it down with her coffee.

"That is perfect" She smiled as she took another few sips.

"Glad to be of service" Cal smiled as he sat back down on the bed beside her. The room went quiet for a minute all too before Cal decided to approach the elephant in the room.

"Last night…do you want to talk abo-"

"I think we should both forget about it. I was drunk and well stupid" She commented as she looked him in the eye.

"Oh..." He murmured.

"I don't suppose you could drop me at mine could you? I need to get showered and dressed, I'm not exactly looking my best" She smiled kindly at her registrar.

"Yeah, course. Let me just throw some clothes on, and we'll go" He said as he got up and searched about for a clean pair of pants to throw under his tracksuit bottoms.

"I'll be back in a minute…" Cal said as he grabbed his things and went to head to the bathroom.

"Oh for god sake, I'm a doctor. I've seen it all before. No need to be coy with me Dr Knight" Connie stated as she picked up the mug and took another sip. Cal, still feeling slightly uncertain about getting changed in front of his Boss, who also happened to be the most beautiful and hot woman he had ever met. Against his better judgement his pulled down his tracksuit bottoms and pants before clambering into the clean pair, earning a smirk from Connie as she sipped on her coffee.

"Don't suppose you can see my keys anywhere can you?" Cal asked as he pulled on his t-shirt. Connie had to practically drag her eyes from his body as she glanced about the room.

"Doesn't matter, got them. You ready?" He asked as he did his jacket up and slid his feet into a pair of shoes.

"I'd say so" She quipped as she climbed out of the bed in Cal's scrubs. She took one last glance around the room, checking nothing had been left behind. After finding she had everything, Connie followed Cal into the hallway where a sleepy looking Ethan Hardy was strolling about in his dressing gown.

"See you at work Doctor Hardy" She smiled, making Ethan feel slightly uncomfortable as she left the flat. Never in his life did he ever imagine his boss seeing him in his fluffy blue dressing gown, that was slightly too small for him. Definitely not a career highlight.