Eva woke up that morning to a text from Chris, which brought a smile to her face

Chris: Good morning beautiful

Eva: Good morning handsome

Chris: I hope you slept well. So how is today going to go? I don't want to act mean to you, even if it is just an act.

Eva: I slept wonderfully thank you, and I had an idea after you left last night, how about we act cold to each other for the first 10 minutes, just to confuse them and then when we get a break, I'll prompt someone (probably Serena) to ask what happened and we'll tell them that we went on a date but decided to stay friends which means we could still flirt and nobody would be none the wiser because that's what we did back when we were friends.

Chris: You are bloody evil I swear!

Eva chuckled and put her phone down, jumping in the shower. She decided on wearing a pair of black jeans with a baby blue vest top and black cardigan over the top. She dried her hair and put a minimal amount of makeup on. Once she was happy with her appearance, she left the house and got in her car, driving to work.

She was sat in the break room, eating an apple and flicking through a magazine which was left on the table when Serena walked in, giving her a pitying smile. Eva smirked inside.

"Hey Eva, are you alright?"

"Of course I am, why wouldn't I be?" Eva asked, putting on an act of confusion.

"Well...uhm...uhhhh..." Serena was saved by Chris who had walked in that exact moment.

"Hey Serena, Dr. Zambrano" He nodded, picking up a banana and starting to eat. Eva just nodded in his direction, not trusting herself to say something stupid and ruin the act.

"What was all that?" Serena demanded "Yesterday you were all flirty and about to jump each other's bones and now you're sworn enemies, what happened within the space of 12 hours?!" She asked, trying to cover up the fact she knew exactly what happened. At that exact moment, Proctor and Tuck walked through the door. Eva nodded to Chris, silently telling him to explain.

"Okay, so last night, Eva and I went out on a date...but it just didn't feel right" He lied "We decided that we would be better off as friends, I guess we still feel a little bit awkward about it, but we won't let it affect our work, Eva's too professional for that" He joked, Eva cracked a small smile

"I'm sure that we'll go back to normal tomorrow, I think it's just the fact that we both actually went on a date, its obvious we work better as just friends, we'll be back to witty bantering tomorrow don't worry" She added, looking at her three co-workers.

Serena tried not to look too disappointed, not only had she lost $100 but she knew how much Eva had liked Chris, she had confided in her younger friend one day when she was drunk, but Serena highly doubts that Eva remembered that. The blonde found herself wanting to wrap her arms around the brunette but before she could their pagers beeped.

"Okay, Serena with me, Eva, Chris you're on the roof...sorry" Proctor had added, after realising they probably didn't want to be together too much today after last night.

"Dude, it's fine, if you start treating us like normal, we'll go back to being normal, we'll be fine, won't we?" He turned to Eva who nodded.

Eva and Chris went up to the roof to wait for their incoming. When they made sure nobody was around, Chris pressed a quick kiss to Eva's lips.

"Good. I've been waiting for my good morning kiss all morning" She said, pouting like a three year old.

"Do you think this is going to work? Us hiding our relationship I mean" Chris asked her.

"I don't know how long I'll be able to hide my feelings for you around the others, but I think it's a good idea, for now, that is. Just until we get a bit more serious, just in case it doesn't actually work out between us and we stay friends" Chris nodded, agreeing with her.

"Do you realise, Serena said earlier that we were 'about to jump each others bones'?" He said with a chuckle. Eva sent him a quick smirk,

"There's still time left in the day" She winked at him. His throat went dry.

"Oh Dr. Zambrano you really are evil" He sighed, walking closer to her, so her back was up against the wall.

"Oh yeah. Well what are you going to do about it Dr. Deleo?" She teased, her voice deep and flirty.

He was about to say something when they were interrupted by their pagers once more, incoming in one minute.

"Well then milady, shall we get to work?" Chris asked after letting out a small, disappointed groan and she smiled at his goofiness.

Meanwhile, Tuck, Serena and Proctor were all stood at the ambulance bay, discussing what just happened in the break room

"Like I don't get it, Eva confirmed her feelings for Chris to me last year when she was drunk off her ass, and it's so obvious to everyone that Chris has feelings for her too so what the heck happened? It looked like the date was going well" Serena ranted, pacing back and forth trying to figure it out.

"Look, we're going to have to figure this out later, we can't let this interfere with our work, we need to be professional" Proctor reminded her, placing an arm on her shoulder. She let out a shaky breath and shook her head

"You're right, it's just so..." she trailed off trying to think of the right word

"Infuriating?" Tuck offered.

"Exactly" she huffed and turned her attention to the incoming ambulance, forcing her mind to focus on her work.

For the rest of their shift, whenever the three of them had any spare time, they spent it trying to figure out what exactly happened between their two colleagues, not noticing that half the time, Eva and Chris were behind them, trying their hardest to burst out in laugher at their friends and how well they were able to hide their relationship from well.