Chapter 4
Holly sighed biting her lip unsure of whether she could confront Patrick after all this time. She stood outside the changing rooms glancing briefly at the floor. She closed her eyes and turned the handle.
Patrick jumped slightly on hearing the door opening.
"Lara?" He instinctively asked, even though he knew it was unlikely to be her. Turning he saw Holly enter. His heart skipped slightly. She was even more beautiful than he remembered. He knew she was nervous but so was he.
"Hope I'm not a disappointment?" she questioned knowing he had not been expecting her, but trying to start a conversation off anyway. He just shook his head.
"You could never be that…" He trailed off, past memories flooding his thoughts. Holly bit her lip growing increasingly nervous as time went on.
"How are you?" she asked.
"Fine. You?" she just nodded in reply. "How was Germany?" He continued.
"Yeah was good to get away from everything for a while. Help me you know." He knew exactly what she meant. The incident with Tom had freaked her out for a long time and he understood her reasons for leaving. "So any changes here? Did I miss anything?" She enquired. He smiled slightly relaxing in her company. She had always had that effect on him.
"Well you missed Josh and Colette's wedding. Max was suspended for a little while but he's back and as bad as ever. His replacement was ten times as bad as he was if you could believe it!" Holly smiled trying to picture someone that was worse than Max. "Oh and…Chloe left…"
A wave of disappointment crept over her. "Oh…when?"
"A few weeks ago. It's a long story…Anna might be able to explain better though. And…" Patrick stopped short he had been going to explain about him and Lara. She looked at him hopefully.
"And…?" She prompted.
"It's nothing." She just looked at him.
"Come on Patrick, I know you better than that." She paused. "Is it to do with the blonde SHO that was in resus? Lara, Is that her name?"
"Yeah she's called Lara. But no…" He trailed off lying. She gave him a knowing look and shook her head slightly. "Yeah ok." She smiled slightly. Other things at Holby may have changed, but you could always count on Patrick to appear to remain the same. He sighed and sat down, motioning for her to sit next to him.
"I dunno how to describe it. It's like even on a bad day she just has to show up and it makes everything ok. Like nothing else matters."
As Patrick continued to talk to her, Holly smiled secretly to herself. Relieved slightly, happy that he had moved on. Patrick Spiller had finally fallen in love with someone who appeared to reciprocate. And from what he said gave as good as she got. She knew he would be happy and that was all that mattered. She still loved him but was no longer in love with him.
"So you've finally met your match then Patrick" He paused before turning to her and smiling.
"You know I think I have…"
Holly sighed biting her lip unsure of whether she could confront Patrick after all this time. She stood outside the changing rooms glancing briefly at the floor. She closed her eyes and turned the handle.
Patrick jumped slightly on hearing the door opening.
"Lara?" He instinctively asked, even though he knew it was unlikely to be her. Turning he saw Holly enter. His heart skipped slightly. She was even more beautiful than he remembered. He knew she was nervous but so was he.
"Hope I'm not a disappointment?" she questioned knowing he had not been expecting her, but trying to start a conversation off anyway. He just shook his head.
"You could never be that…" He trailed off, past memories flooding his thoughts. Holly bit her lip growing increasingly nervous as time went on.
"How are you?" she asked.
"Fine. You?" she just nodded in reply. "How was Germany?" He continued.
"Yeah was good to get away from everything for a while. Help me you know." He knew exactly what she meant. The incident with Tom had freaked her out for a long time and he understood her reasons for leaving. "So any changes here? Did I miss anything?" She enquired. He smiled slightly relaxing in her company. She had always had that effect on him.
"Well you missed Josh and Colette's wedding. Max was suspended for a little while but he's back and as bad as ever. His replacement was ten times as bad as he was if you could believe it!" Holly smiled trying to picture someone that was worse than Max. "Oh and…Chloe left…"
A wave of disappointment crept over her. "Oh…when?"
"A few weeks ago. It's a long story…Anna might be able to explain better though. And…" Patrick stopped short he had been going to explain about him and Lara. She looked at him hopefully.
"And…?" She prompted.
"It's nothing." She just looked at him.
"Come on Patrick, I know you better than that." She paused. "Is it to do with the blonde SHO that was in resus? Lara, Is that her name?"
"Yeah she's called Lara. But no…" He trailed off lying. She gave him a knowing look and shook her head slightly. "Yeah ok." She smiled slightly. Other things at Holby may have changed, but you could always count on Patrick to appear to remain the same. He sighed and sat down, motioning for her to sit next to him.
"I dunno how to describe it. It's like even on a bad day she just has to show up and it makes everything ok. Like nothing else matters."
As Patrick continued to talk to her, Holly smiled secretly to herself. Relieved slightly, happy that he had moved on. Patrick Spiller had finally fallen in love with someone who appeared to reciprocate. And from what he said gave as good as she got. She knew he would be happy and that was all that mattered. She still loved him but was no longer in love with him.
"So you've finally met your match then Patrick" He paused before turning to her and smiling.
"You know I think I have…"