I'm so sorry this has been so long again! Got no excuses.
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The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 302.
Lily got out of bed, stretched and headed in to the shower, ready to start her day at work. She slipped in to the shower, once she was undressed and with the water already running, she stepped in and allowed the water to run over her body as she washed her hair and her body, she got out and wrapped the towel around her, before getting another one for her hair, as she walked in to her bedroom and put on some clothes as her scrubs were in her locker at work.
"Morning Chuckles. x"
Lily picked up her phone, biting her lip as she wondered what to reply to Iain, she got a warm feeling in her stomach as her fingers sped over the keys, typing out a reply to Iain.
"Good morning, Iain. x"
After sending the text, Lily walked out of her flat, locked the door and put on her helmet and started her engine before roaring off down the street.
Jessica walked in to work, after dropping the kids off at school, but she seemed distracted, or rather someone was distracting her, and she was finding it annoying.
"Iain's not the right man for you, Lily. " She could hear Ethan saying.
"I like him, Ethan. " Lily replied, it wasn't often the doctor lay her heart on the line, Jessica shook her head, a plan forming as she walked away. She went to RESUS where her patient was waiting on a bed, and went to find Lily.
"Doctor Chao?"
"Yes?" Lily narrowed her eyes.
"I need your help, Lily" Jessica asked.
"Of course you do, " Lily muttered. "Nurses never do their jobs properly. "
"I've been out of work for a while, " Jessica said, quietly.
"Where is the patient?" Lily asked.
"RESUS"
Lily nodded as she followed Jessica to RESUS, but Jessica soon placed her hand over Lilly's eyes as she saw Ethan and feeling, a firm pressure on their backs, both doctors found themselves locked in a cupboard.
The cupboard was small and both doctors found themselves standing close together, their faces almost touching. Ethan pressed his lips to Lily's.
"Ethan!" Lily yelled.
Glancing around quickly, making sure that nobody seen her, she took a breath and walked away.
"Jessica? Jessica?" Zoe laughed, when she almost bumped in to her.
"Sorry Zoe?" Jessica said. "I didn't hear you. "
"I said have you seen Ethan or Lily?"
"Distract her." Jessica thought, spinning her friend a tale
Jessica's flashback
Jessica was in her dorm, doing some studying when her phone beeped. She picked up her phone, wondering who it was.
"Jess. I need your help. " Her friend text her.
"Sure"
"I need you to pretend to be me" Her friend replied back.
Jessica stared at the words. Before replying. "We'd never get a way with it. " Jessica was a worrier, her friend knew.
Her friend text her with more details. "His name is James, he has brown hair. "
Jessica sighed, before putting her books away and looking through her clothes, wondering what to wear. She soon selected on a black dress, curled her hair and doing her make up. She made sure she had what she needed before ordering a taxi and giving the driver the address of the restaurant. She put on her belt and sat back, waiting for the taxi to arrive at the restaurant. When it did, she paid and walked inside.
"Emma?" The man asked.
"Yes, I'm Emma. " Jessica replied, watching as the man took her hand, and kissed it.
"It's nice to meet you. My name is James. "
Jessica smiled as she followed James to a table. James pulled the chair out for her as she sat down and smiled at him again.
"I run a farm. " James told her.
"I'm studying to become a nurse,' Jessica replied, looking up as a waitress placed their drinks in front of them, a beer for James, a white wine for her. She picked up her drink and took a sip, before smiling at her date.
At the end of the night, James kissed her and walked her home.
End of flashback
"Emma and James are happily married, " Jessica finished off with, smiling.
"Well, that's great, Zoe said, sarcastically. "But it doesn't help me find Ethan and Lily!"
"I'm sorry, " Jessica said, quietly. "I hope you find them. " She added, walking off to do some work in cubicles.
After hearing Lily shouting "Help, it's doctor Chow and Doctor Hardy" Zoe was located to the two missing docs. She used her keys to unlock the door from the outside (As clinical lead, she had keys to every door in the department. )
"What are you two doing in a cupboard?" Zoe asked. "Don't you know we are busy"
Ethan wasn't sure what to say, it hadn't been the first time he had found himself locked in a cupboard and he had to think about his health, while he had been sat jin the small room, his hands had shook, Lilly had questioned him on it, but Ethan had just said he was nervous about being locked in confined spaces and Lily had nodded, but Ethan knew the truth.
It was Jessica" Lily said.
"Lily, you shouldn't blame her, without having any proof. " Ethan told her. "It's not a nice thing to do. "
But Lily wasn't listening to Ethan, instead she was, fumbling in her trouser pockets, holding out some sort of badge. She handed it to Zoe, while talking. "That's Jessica's, I believe?"
Zoe nodded. It was indeed Jessica's ID badge.
"A word in my office?" Zoe turned to Jessica and she didn't look impressed.
"Fine" Jessica knew without a doubt that she was in trouble with her friend and colleague.
Once they were in her office, Zoe stared at the woman, who she had once considered one of her close friends but there was now a gap of trust between them.
"Why did Lily have your ID badge?" Zoe questioned her.
"I'm not sure" Jessica said.
"That's not good enough. " Zoe replied.
"It must have fallen out while I was in between cubicles" Jessica tried to come up with a reasonable excuse.
"You are supposed to keep it attached to your uniform at all times, " Zoe glared.
"I know" Jessica said. "I'll apologise to them, " She added.
Zoe nodded. "I think that would be for the best"
"Sure"
"Your dismissed" Zoe told her.
Nodding, Jessica left the office, making her way down the ED stairs as she sighed quitely, she didn't want to apologise to Ethan and Lily, but she knew that she had too. She found Lily and Ethan, talking to each other by the Nurse's Station.
"Excuse me?"
"It's not acceptable" Said Lily, shaking her head at Jessica.
"I know, I'm sorry" Jessica
"Forgiveness has to be earned, " Lily told her, giving her a look.
"I know" Jessica said again.
Zoe headed home, passing Jessica's flat on the way, through the window, as she stopped off at a set of lights, she saw Amelia and Lucas in the living room. she smiled as the lights turned green and she continued on her way home to her apartment. Once, she was there, she parked up and grabbed her bag, making her way to the door and unlocking it as she went through to the kitchen, grabbing a glass and a bottle, before getting her phone. She dialled a number.
"Hey, Rita, it's Zoe, fancy a coffee?" She said as she got her friends voicemail, she hadn't heard from her and she needed to talk to someone.
She knew that Rita didn't know Jessica, she needed advice from someone who didn't know her. Making herself, a black coffee, she took the mug in to the living room and grabbed her TV remote as she intended to catch up on the TV that she missed. Her phone started ringing and her ID screen showed it was Cal. Why would Cal be ringing her at almost 10:00 at night. Whatever it was, it had to be important.
"Doctor Hanna, speaking. " To Zoe, sometimes it felt like she was never off duty.
"It's Lily, " Said Cal. "There's been an accident"
"What kind of accident?" Said Zoe.
"We think she was run over. Ethan found her. "
"I'm on my way, Cal. " Zoe informed him.
When Zoe got to RESUS, she could see Lily fidgeting as Ethan attempted to get a line in to her, so he could give her fluids.
"Lily, it's ok, you need to relax, so Ethan here can help you. " Jessica spoke quietly and calmly to Lily.
She's always first on the scene. " Zoe thought to herself. "Can I have a word, Nurse Harrison?"
"Sure"
"In my office?"
Jessica nodded again as she followed Zoe up the ED stairs and waited for the woman to unlock the door.
"Did you cause that accident?" Zoe asked.
Of course not! Why would I?" Jessica's voice shook. "I lost Harry in a car accident, an accident I blamed myself for. "
"Because you were angry with her. "
"I was angry when you slept with Sean, didn't mean I wanted to hurt you, you know"
"You just gave me the silent treatment" Zoe replied.
"You can't blame me for that. You slept with my husband"
"Ex - husband" Zoe pointed out.
"That would be like me sleeping with Max"
Zoe laughed at that. "As if"
"Don't laugh at me Zoe" Jessica warned her. A knock stopped the two girls arguing.
"We've sent her up to ITU, the CT showed bruising on her brain, they are going to monitor her" Cal told Zoe.
"Keep me posted, " Zoe replied. As Jessica slipped out of the room, a feeling of anger running through her, she hated being taken for a fool.
Thanks for reading.
Next chapter: Zoe catches up with an old friend. I've already started planning the next chapter so I'm hoping it won't be too long before I upload it.
