Title: Second Chance

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own the characters…. Coastal Production does!

A/N: Please R&R…enjoy!! Thank you to everyone who left a review, they made my day!! Sorry the chapters are so short. I go to a boarding school and have to try and find time between lesson and revision for GCSE's to write this :s

Approaching the car Carol saw Tony's figure leant against the window looking peacefully at rest. Carefully opening the door so as not to wake him, she slid her slender body into the driver's seat and placed her bag in the back; her eyes never leaving Tony's sleeping form. His face looked so at rest as she gazed at him. He must be exhausted after everything he's been through today she thought. She gently shut the door and started the car, deciding to let him sleep and recover some of his energy.

10 minutes later, she pulled up outside Tony's house and turned off the engine.

'Tony? ...Tony, wake up,' she whispered softly over at him. Sleep though, was not ready to release its hold on him just yet. Leaning over she placed a smooth hand on his shoulder and squeezed it while whispering tenderly into his ear.

'Wake up sleepy head, your home.'

As he began to stir, Carol squeezed his shoulder more firmly to make sure he didn't fall back into the clutches of sleep. Opening his drowsy eyes and turning towards Carol's voice, he was unnerved to realise how close she really was.

'I just had a really…great… dream,' he stated.

'Uh-huh. What about?' she added curiously; keeping the distance between them mere millimetres.

'Well…um…you were there…and….I was there…and…and…'

Watching a steady blush spread across his face she couldn't help but smile at how in the infamous Dr. Hill was uncharacteristically stuck for words. Urging him on though he decided to continue.

'…and…we were together…kind of. We were going abroad…France!' he sat silently and waited for his confession to sink in. He expected to see confusion or shock on her face, but was surprised when he saw the corners of her lips twitch upwards before opening.

'Paris?'

'Um. Yeah Paris.' After a couple of seconds silence he groaned, 'Oh I've been talking in my sleep haven't I? Sorry Carol. I must have been most off-putting while you were trying to drive.'

'Don't apologise Tony you haven't done anything.' Seeing his questioning look she clarified, 'You weren't talking in your sleep.'

'I wasn't? So then…how do you know I was dreaming about going to Paris with you?'

'Because you weren't dreaming Tony.'

Before he could say anything else, Carol closed the last few millimetres and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before breaking the contact and hurrying out of the car, leaving Tony open-mouthed in surprise. The last thing he heard as she shut the door was her soft laughter at his shocked look.

Taking a few moments to gather himself, Tony tried to process what had just happened. She really had kissed him; if only for a second. It wasn't a dream!

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