A/N: Thank you to sarahloulabellx for this chapter, we have both been looking for fresh inspiration with out chapters, so we were keen to help each other out.

Things were finally beginning to look up for John.

He had now been drug free since his overdose and was beginning to notice just how little he thought about drugs.

Now the one thing constantly on his mind was Rachel.

She had agreed to get clean and John knew the one person who could help was his father. At first to say Jeff was fuming about his little adventure was probably the understatement of the century, however once they had explained they needed his help, he soon accepted his son's actions and even got her a place on the drug free programme in the hospital which John visited every day.

He knew all the symptoms and every emotion to do with withdrawal. That's why when she shouted or cried and even got violent he didn't cut his visit short, didn't excuse himself. No, he stayed there sitting by her bedside proud of his girl.

"Why do you keep coming back after everything I've done to you?" She cried, after a rather violent outburst one day.

He couldn't help but smile.

"Someone once told me about this guy Robert Fulham. He said something which I suppose has stuck with me for a long time now. We're all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutual weirdness and call it love. True love"

At first she had stared at him confused before cracking into a smile

"Are you calling me weird John?"

She had thanked him for saving her before he had left and now he found himself feeling guilty. She had thanked him, but had he ever thanked anyone that had saved him?

John considered this before realising what he needed to do.

Letting the lift doors close behind him, he knew which floor he needed and waited until he arrived there.

As the doors opened to the hustle and bustle of the ED department, John took a breath. He never had enjoyed crowded spaces. Even when he was roaming the streets he always avoided doorways and squats with lots of people in, but this was something he had to tackle he needed to do something to thank those that had saved him.

He noticed Zoë coming in from her fag break the moment he entered the staffroom.

"Hey Zoë."

"John?"

"Yeah listen do you have a couple of seconds?"

The last time Zoe and John had met he had been pretty out of it.

"Erm yeah. How are you feeling?"

He took a seat on a nearby seat.

"Getting there, but I came to talk about dad not me."

"Oh what's up?" She asked confused at the young man's cryptic response.

"He likes you, and you like him, so I think it's time everyone stopped worrying about me and did something for themselves."

"What are you trying to say John?"

She noticed he was finally looking at her, before it would be around or even through her, like all their previous conversations.

"Take him out ,like you planned."

He hadn't planned to play matchmaker when he woke up that morning yet it felt right like he was doing something that needed to be done.

She laughed.

"Surly your dad should be the one asking me out?"

"Yeah you and I both know he needs someone to take the leap first, so they can catch him when he lands at the bottom."

"That much is true."

"So it's a date?"

"Tell the old man to be ready for seven."

John flashed the older women the signature Collier smile and left the room.

Dixie once loved her job. Even after the accident with Sammy Malone,she had learned to love it all over again ,but now work was a chore and she really hated chores.

She hated the new rota and she wasn't the only one.

Splitting herself and Jeff up meant another partnership had to be split and then when Greg turned up she hadn't had chance to help solve the rota issue's.

This was where she found herself now although her shift ended almost two hours ago she didn't feel like going back to her new flat, where the only thing that waited for her was a cheap TV and some trashy magazine if she stopped at the shop.

"I think it's coffee time."

She would often announce things to herself, the silence was really starting to get to her before everything Jeff would stay with her late into the night if she had paperwork to do and keep her company. Before the chatter would slowly annoy her but now she would do anything to make some form of noise.

She hadn't seen Jeff for weeks and now she really was starting to miss him.

Wandering her way through the ambulance bay she realised there was no one there and the emptiness was starting to freak her out so she took the decision to go to the hospital canteen for Coffee, at least then she could enjoy some of the noise and normality of the ED.

Walking towards the staff room she heard a pair of familiar voices she was going to walk in and talk to the pair but when she heard the end of their conversation she stopped.

Had she really just heard what she thought she had?

Zoë and Jeff on a date?

It wasn't what she had just learned that shocked her; it was more how she felt about it that left her shocked.

Quickly turning on her heel she left the way she had just come trying to make sense of her feelings.

Dixie found herself sitting behind the wheel of her battered old car staring off into the distance. Her mind was a jumble of emotions but two stood out clearly she felt happy, pleased that Jeff was finally moving on and hopefully about to find happiness.

But at the same time she felt lonely. Soon the one person that knew her better than anyone else, was going to be with someone else and although her deserved it she needed to know she was not alone.

Before she knew it she was parked up staring at the place she once called home, now it no longer felt like her home this was just a house.

A knock on the door awoke Jeff who had fallen asleep whilst watching Tv.

"If John's forgot his key again, I'm going to attach it to the kid. Permanently."

Dixie nervously bounced on her feet. She never thought she would be nervous going to see Jeff but look at her now. She could so easily turn around and drive off, she was using all her will power to face her ex best friend.

Slowly the door opened up to reveal a surprised looking Jeff and very excited Little Abs.

"Dixie, what are you doing here?"

"Jeff, I'm here to help."

"Help me? How?"

He was now nervously looking anywhere but at the women in front of him.

'Get ready for your date. I know how hopeless you are when It comes to women.'

She tried to joke but it felt wrong, things were never going to be as they once were.

"Yeah I noticed, you better come in."

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