This is chapter 7, keep the reviews coming, I really do love reading them, hope you're enjoying it! Sorry for the late night upload, I spontaneously went to the Trump protest at Downing Street tonight so got back pretty late!

Serena woke up to the familiar sound of her alarm as she rolled over to turn it off, which was when she realised Bernie wasn't lying next to her. A wave of panic came over her, what if she'd gone? What if she's freaked out about the night before and run? At the same time as the panic set in, so did the thumping headache from the amount of wine she'd drunk the night before. She was brought out of her panic by a head poking around the door.

Bernie's head.

"I've made you breakfast" she said sweetly, walking in to reveal bacon, pancakes and maple syrup. Serena smiled widely and kissed Bernie's cheek as she set the plates on the bed and sat next to her. They both ate quickly, smiling lovingly at each other every now and then, appreciating each other's presence, memories of the night before flooding back.

"Thank you" Serena grinned, reaching forward and wrapping her arms around the blonde, kissing her gently on the cheek. Bernie hugged her back and leant in to kiss her, their lips brushing against each other's softly and slowly, before Bernie licked Serena's bottom lip, asking for access. The brunette accepted and Bernie slipped her tongue into her mouth, which she responded to eagerly.

Their kiss was interrupted by a call from downstairs.

"Aunty Serena, I've just come back to get ready before I go to work…" he paused, "why are there shirts on the floor?" he asked, to which Serena's eyes widened, as she cringed. She heard his footsteps coming up the stairs as she realised she was naked, under the covers, but still obviously naked, and Bernie was sat with one of Serena's dressing gowns on. Before they could do anything to save their blushes Jason was opening the door to Serena's bedroom, he looked up and stopped in his tracks.

"Hello Ms. Wolfe" he said, slightly surprised, as he just stared at both women, not knowing exactly what to say.

"Hi Jason" Bernie finally broke the silence. "Would you like some pancakes? There's some left downstairs, I can go and heat them up for you" she asked.

"Yes please" he beamed, as Bernie quickly exited the room, leaving Serena and Jason to talk.

"Why is Ms. Wolfe here?" he asked, straight to the point as always.

"You can call her Bernie you know, and because we're friends, friends stay with each other, like you do with Alan and Luke" she explained, trying to make everything as simple as possible.

"Yes, I know that, but I don't stay in their bed's eating pancakes while they're naked" he explained, still genuinely confused about the situation. Serena laughed slightly.

"Bless you for that" she said. "Well, me and Bernie you see" she brought her hand up to her neck, awkwardly fiddling with the hair at the nape of it. "We're, let's say, romantically involved" she finally spat out what she was trying to say. Jason considered this for a moment, making sure it made sense in his head.

"Like you and Robbie were?" he asked.

"Yes, just like that. Well, not just like that, I'm a lot happier with Bernie than I was with Robbie" she continued.

"Ok" Jason said simply. "I like Bernie a lot, but I thought you said she annoys you because she always leaves her rubbish in the office and can't keep a room tidy for longer than ten minutes" he said just as Bernie walked in, she chuckled at hearing this. Serena looked up at Bernie, echoing her laugh.

"Yes, and I stand by that, but when you're with someone you make compromises" she explained.

"You didn't make a compromise with Robbie" he said.

"I know, but that involved you, and I love you more than anyone who will every come into my life" she explained. Jason simply smiled, his small way of showing his appreciation for what his auntie had said.

"Right, your pancakes are on the table. What time do you start work?" she asked, slipping straight into mother mode, making Serena smile, observing how kind she was to Jason, how understanding of how he could be.

"Midday, then I'm staying at Luke's again as we have an Xbox tournament to play, but I'll be home tomorrow" he explained, before going downstairs to eat his pancakes, smiling to himself at the revelation. He'd always liked Bernie, she was easy to talk to, and was much more patient than Serena was with him most of the time.

"See you there" Bernie said as he walked out the door. Once he'd left she turned to Serena, "you told him then?" she asked.

"Yes, and he's hardly the soul of discretion so I'm sure the whole hospital will know by the end of today" she sighed. Bernie ran a hand through Serena's hair and kissed her gently on the cheek. "I'm going to jump in the shower, why don't you go down and ask him to keep it quiet? I'm sure if you ask nicely he won't mind" she suggested. Serena agreed and did just that, to which Jason didn't quite understand, however, agreed to do so. She then had a shower after Bernie and they both started getting changed for work.

"Please hurry up putting your clothes on or we'll never get to work" Bernie said.

"We have time Bern" the brunette replied, confused.

"I know that, but you being practically naked in front of me is extremely distracting and I'm finding it difficult to get on with what I'm supposed to be doing" she explained, a smirk appearing on her face as she eyed up Serena's bum.

"That was rather the idea" the brunette teased back. Once they were both changed and had put a little makeup on, they were out of the door and driving to work in Serena's car.

"We didn't really think this through, did we?" Bernie said as they neared Holby.

"Think what through?" she replied.

"You and me arriving together, when we're meant to hate each other" she further explained.

"We're early enough, just be subtle and make sure nobody is watching" she suggested. Once they got to the hospital, the car park was fairly quiet and nobody they recognised was around, so they both got out of Serena's car and walked into the front entrance, Bernie trailing slightly behind, as if they hadn't arrived together.

"I'll get the coffee, I'll sneak yours up and leave it in our office" Serena said sweetly, checking that nobody was looking before giving Bernie a wink. The blonde got in the lift and headed straight up to AAU, as soon as she entered she had Raf at her side.

"Do you know where Serena is? I need her to assist in theatre, she's meant to be here" he sounded frustrated, Bernie decided to use this to her advantage.

"How am I supposed to know?" she snapped slightly, shocking Raf with her dismissive tone, before she disappeared into her office. Serena then walked around the corner, entering the office just as Raf saw her, not giving him a chance to catch her attention, or to see her sneak Bernie's coffee into their office. She put it down on the table, smirking at her slightly.

"Nice shirt Ms. Wolfe. Didn't you wear that yesterday?" she said smugly, Bernie rolled her eyes at this.

"It's your fault" she joked, smirking back at the brunette.

"Right, I'm in theatre soon so I'll see you later, but if I don't, back to mine tonight?" she asked.

"Sounds perfect" Bernie smiled back.

"See you later, try and pretend you can't stand me remember" she winked before she left. Winking was becoming quite the habit for the brunette and it left Bernie with her mouth open, and if they weren't at work, her legs too. There was something about it that just sent her mad, Serena Campbell could be very seductive when she wanted to be.

Serena walked out onto the ward and was instantly met by Raf holding up a scan for her to look at.

"I need you to assist on this" he said, matter of factly.

"I can't, I'm already due in theatre in half an hour" she explained.

"Can you ask Bernie if she would then? She nearly bit my head off when I spoke to her earlier" Serena tried not to smirk at this, as she knew it was all part of their little plan.

"Ask Ms. Wolfe yourself, you're a big boy. Her bad moods are not my problem" she spoke coldly, as she began the rounds quickly before heading off to theatre. Raf was left shocked as Fletch walked over to him.

"You alright mate?" he asked, concerned at the expression plastered on his friend's face.

"You were definitely right about Serena and Bernie" he said. "They both have a fit of rage every time you mention the other's name" he explained, to which Fletch raised his eyebrows, a thought coming into his head.

"I'll investigate" he suggested.

"If by 'investigate' you mean straight up questioning Serena about it, do so at your own risk. They didn't even arrive in the same lift today" he sounded concerned, but his voice was tinged with the excitement that comes with potential gossip.

Fletch rubbed his hands together and headed in the way of theatre to help Serena out, going through in his head how he'd approach the conversation.