Sorry this is so late in the day, but a bunch of stuff happened so, yeah. But long story short, I discovered I'm the sensible one in the family-I'm scared- and I got offered a job, which would be pretty cool, except it's mainly to babysit my brother, who, might I add, is 8 years older than me.

It was a very odd day. Please review!

Love you guys!

Hannah the Hobbit. Xx

"Don't spare the details."

Lily laughed.

"Fine!" She relented. "Well...'

Ethan looks awkwardly across at Lily. She meets his gaze, equally nervous and uncomfortable.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Ethan double-checks. Lily nods slightly.

"I'm fine." She says with a light laugh, to try and emphasise her 'fine'ness. Instead it comes out wobbly and hesitant, making her sound a little deranged. Ethan looks at her strangely and Lily can feel the heat rushing to her face. She whirls around, the black straight hair, usually bound up tightly on the top of her head, swinging loosely around her face.

"Do you want a drink? Coffee? Tea? Beer?" Great, now she sounds desperate and deranged.

"Coffee sounds great." Ethan sits gingerly on her couch, tapping his fingers on his knee nervously.

"Lily, when I said the details, I meant of the good stuff. Not you two being awkward little nerdy hermits." Lucie reprimanded. Lily looked at her reproachfully, her forgotten coffee going cold in her hands. She dumped it on the coffee table and held up her hand in submission.

"Do you want to hear it or not?" She scolded. Lucie looked away sheepishly. Lily looked triumphantly across at her. "Exactly, so shut up."

Pattern mug in hands, the two of them sit on the couch, an uncomfortable silence, every now and again broke with halting conversation, dowsing the air.

"Look, Lily." Ethan suddenly blurts out, practically throwing down the coffee mug on to the table. "I've thought of nearly a million ways to say this, and none of them are right, so I'm just going to flat out say it."

Lily frowns, worried. Ethan's eyes meet hers and they are so honest, open, that she just, melts.

"I like you... And not as friend. If you don't feel the same, I completely understand!" He flusters, adding the last sentence in a panicking rush. "I mean, I just wanted you to know and-"

"Me too."

"What?" Ethan gaps. Did she just... She can't mean that.

"I-" Lily stumbles over her words. It's so uncharacteristic that Ethan almost laughs. But then he catches himself. "I like you too." She whispers.

Lucie spluttered with laughter. Lily's embarrassed smile faded into a frown.

"What?" She asked curtly. Lucie wafted away her.

"Nothing, just you two are so like teenagers admitting their first crush, it's adorable!" She teased. Lily glared at her. Lucie stopped laughing briefly, before snorting loudly and adding.

"Oh and Cal owes me £50."

"You were betting on us?!" Lily demanded. Lucie nodded, quite proud of herself.

"Um, duh? It's us?" She said, pointing out that Lily kind of missed something obvious. "Anyway, we were on you!"

Lily's blush returned to her face.

"That's it." She mumbled. Lucie's jaw dropped.

"That's it?" She asked incredulously. "You two confess your most profound love for each other and then... Nothing?"

Lucie got up as Zoe opened the door and looked pointedly at her. She mouthed 'later!' At Lily before passing Zoe... And a little girl clinging from her hand.

"Don't annoy Connie." Zoe warned Lucie in an undertone.

"Wouldn't even dream of it." Lucie replied, striding out of the room. "DOCTOR KNIGHT YOU OWE ME FIFTY QUID SUCKA!"

"Do enlighten us Dr Carter; why does your colleague owe you a vast quantity of money?" Connie drawled. Lucie spun around, unable to hide her grin.

"Because I am a much better match maker than he." She replied, beaming happily as Cal sighed, digging around for his wallet. Lucie held out her hand, and made a 'grabby hands' motion.

"That didn't clarify anything." Connie snapped sternly. Cal counted out the money in ten pound notes. Lucie grinned.

"When does anything I say." She replied. Zoe glanced up warningly at her from the Staff Room. "We had a bet over who could set up Lily and Ethan first." Lucie elaborated reluctantly. Ethan's eyes grew huge, his face burning red, and spluttered.

"What?" He demanded. Lucie saluted him.

"You're welcome!" Lucie called. "I won 7,3 if you really wanted to know."

Ethan groaned, sinking his head into his hands. Max clapped him roughly on the back. Connie frowned disapprovingly at Lucie. She beamed at her, not even Connie's glowers being able to dampen her mood. Cal pressed the notes into her palm and she turned, grin still in place.

"Love you." She teased, her lips brushing his cheek as she skipped off.