It had been 6 months since Eva and Chris came out to the rest of Alpha Team and it was nearing their one year anniversary. Chris knew exactly what he wanted to do for it but had no idea how to go around setting it up, so he enlisted the help of Serena.

The morning of they anniversary, Eva woke up to breakfast sitting in Chris' side of the bed with a note in which he apologised profusely that he had to go to the hospital early to help out because of the hurricane but he promised he would pay her back for it later. Eva smiled as she looked down at the food. There was a stack of pancakes, a cup of coffee and a glass of orange juice. She ate it and got up to go shower.

When she got to work she ran into Tuck who started telling her about incoming and that they had emergency blood banks on the way.

"Oh and Dr. Zambrano, Did anyone tell you that your dad's in trauma 2?"

Eva's face paled

"My father!?" She turned on her heel and sped off

"Papi!?" Eva ran into the room to see her dad and Chris in there. "What happened!?"

"Peaches!" Eva's dad called out when she entered the room. At the quizzical expression on Chris' face, Eva's father started telling him the story of how she got the nickname.

"Not the peaches story" she groaned "what happened to your hand?"

"I was boarding up my shop and got a bit careless with a saw"

"Careless in the sense of 3 sutures and counting" Chris interrupted.

"Papi. You of all people know that is not a trauma wound" Eva said, glaring at her father "Emergency is right next door"

"But why not come where I can at least see my own flesh and blood. Plus it gives me a chance to meet my future son in law" Eva's father said to his daughter with a wink. Eva gulped. Of course she had thought of marriage with Chris but she didn't know if he wanted it. Eva was brought out of her thoughts by her boyfriend.

"Yeah! Lighten up Peaches!" Chris sent a quick smirk her way, telling her that she is never going to hear the end of the nickname.

"So help me Chris. I will stick you in the Peaches with a Foley Catheter" Eva glared at her boyfriend and he gulped. He was about to say something when they were interrupted by their pagers.

"I'm on it, I've finished talking to your dad anyway" he said with a quick wink towards her father, immediately worrying Eva. What did he mean by that.

"Oh and Peaches?" Eva turned to face her boyfriend. "Happy anniversary sweetheart" he said with a grin. Eva blushed and smiled at him, noticing the look of all-knowing on her fathers face. She turned to him with narrowed eyes as Chris left the room.

"I know nothing. Nothing I tell you" he said with a smirk. Eva rolled her eyes and helped her father out of the chair.

Their first incoming was stressful for Alpha Team. A family of 4 was rushed into them trauma bay after a car flew into them. The luckiest of the family was their little girl who managed to get away with a broken arm. The paramedics wanted to get her to social services but Eva was adamant that she would take the little girl. She didn't want to break up the family. She was great with the girl, taking care of her when she wasn't busy. Otherwise she would be with Tuck or Eva's father. Chris would watch Eva interact with the young girl and it brought a smile to his face. He couldn't wait to start a family with the woman he loved, that is, if she wanted a child. Eva's father noticed Chris watching Eva and April and walked over to him.

"You want children" he stared, narrowing his eyes at the blonde. Chris' eyes widened and he looked over at Eva's dad

"No. Uhh...what gave you that idea"

"I wasn't asking a question, I was making an observation."

They both looked back over to Eva, who was curled up with the little girl reading her a book.

"You've got to ask her first" Eva's father turned back to him

"Ask her if she wants a baby, or about the thing we were talking about earlier?"

"Both. But do it snappy, you and I both know Eva isn't the most patient of people". They both chuckled which caused Eva to look over at them, eyes narrowed. She was happy that her father and boyfriend were getting along but something about how close they were and the fact that she had no clue about what they were talking about before she walked in, unnerved her.

A few hours later and she was back with April, who was curled up at her side, fast asleep. Chris walked over to her with two cups of coffee.

"Hey beautiful" She smiled up at her boyfriend and took one of the cups of coffee he offered her.

"Hey. How's your day going?"

"I wouldn't spend my one year anniversary any differently, except maybe lying in bed with you" he said as he sat down next to her. She smiled weakly and leant against him.

"We can dream" she laughed quietly, trying to not wake the little girl up.

"I want one" he said, looking over at April, not daring to at look Eva.

"You do?" She whispered, tears forming in her eyes. He nodded, still not daring to meet her eyes.

"Only of you want one of course."

"Yes" she whispered, almost inaudibly, Chris still heard her and snapped his head up.

"Not for a while yet though, maybe in a year or so" she continued. Chris nodded and leant in to press a sweet, short kiss to her lips and then leant his head on hers. Just enjoying their small moment together. They were interrupted by Chris' pager

"My patients awake, i should go check on him. I'll see you later beautiful. Meet me in the roof at the end of our shift okay?" Eva looked at him, perplexed but nodded anyway.

The end of their shift had been a happy one, everyone from the family survived and there were no more serious traumas. Eva looked at the clock in the break room as she got changed before she went to meet Chris up on the roof. She was confused as to why he wanted to meet up on the roof, especially since the weather was still so dismal but she shook her head and got to the elevator, heading to the roof. However, she wasn't expecting the sight that was before her...

Chris was lying, trapped under a branch that must been blown by the wind. She let out a sob and rushed over to his side to try and lift the branch off, however, she was too weak She felt for a pulse and let out a sigh of relief, at least he was alive. She grabbed her pager and sent out an S.O.S to Serena, Tuck and Proctor. Within 5 minutes they were all rushing onto the roof. They all spotted Eva, sat hunched over Chris. They all gasped when they saw the condition he was in. Proctor paged for a gurney and along with Tuck, managed to get the branch of Chris. They lifted him onto the gurney and rushed him into a trauma room.

Chris had suffered from a head trauma and several shattered ribs. He had a low blood pressure and his heart rate was inconsistent. Eva tried to go into surgery with him but Proctor stopped her before he could enter the room.

"Eva" he started softly "Go home". Eva couldn't trust herself to say anything so she just shook her head, the tears pouring.

"Okay but you're not coming into surgery, stay out here with Serena, Tuck and I will be fine. We won't let anything happen to him okay?"

Eva just nodded numbly, not wanting to argue. She collapsed into one of the chairs in the waiting room and just started sobbing. The love of her life could be dying right now and there's nothing she could do about it. Serena came out and wrapped her arms around her older colleague, trying to comfort her. Eva was touched by the gesture but it didn't really comfort her. The only one who could comfort her in situations like this was currently unconscious, fighting for his life.