Lara returned to the A&E department and was informed of the arrival of a hit and run. A female patient with lacerations to the face, legs and arms. Max, Lara, Dillon and Duffy were on hand to treat her when she arrived and the police were informed to come in and take down some details. That afternoon Lara was kept pretty busy and hardly noticed that she hadn't seen Patrick; she was unsure whether she was avoiding him or he was avoiding her or in fact both.
It was not until a few minutes before the end of her shift that she happened to hear the familiar comments between Max and Patrick in resus.
"Ah Patrick. I see you've decided to grace us with your presence" Max retorted clearly unimpressed.
"I'm glad you've decided to keep up with the witty retorts until I leave, Max"
"Counting the days, Patrick," He replied sarcastically.
Lara grabbed her coat and walked towards Alex, who had just arrived from Theatre. "You ready?" she asked to which he merely nodded as a reply. Placing her arm in his they walked out of Holby City causing a stir in reception. "So where do you wanna go?" he asked her as they walked out of Holby.
"Where ever you think you can take me" Lara replied as she flicked her blonde hair flirtatiously starting to lengthen her pace and looking back over her shoulder towards him.
As Comfort and Nikki pulled up along side the A&E doors in their ambulance neither could quite believe what they were seeing. They exchanged confused glances, each as puzzled as the other.
The gesture made by Lara did not go unnoticed as a frowning Patrick watched her leave with Alex. Turning he scowled as Max made another sarcastic retort bringing him back down to earth. Back in reception Jack had watched open-mouthed as Lara had walked out with Alex Adams. He scratched his head, unsure if he had seen what he thought he had. Surely not…But the look on Patrick's face clearly confirmed that Jack's eyes were not deceiving him.
The rumour of Lara and Alex leaving together soon reached most ears of the hospital including those of Spencer, Tony and Dillon who continued to discuss the subject whilst they awaited the arrival of a football match riot. Spencer had been to see Holly in Paeds and decided to voice his opinion to the other two about whether Lara leaving with Alex had anything to do with Holly's return. Dillon sighed frowning slightly was fairly sure that Lara was just doing this to wind up Patrick.
It didn't take a genius to see that she was being successful.
Nikki & Comfort wheeled a young boy accompanied by his mother out of their ambulance and Colette and Anna manoeuvred him into a cubicle.
"What happened?" Colette asked calmly seeing the amount of blood seething from the boy's right hand.
"It all happened so fast!" his mother replied panicking "I just turned around for a second...I didn't even realise he had the knife..."
Anna took her to the relatives room trying to keep her calm and gave her a cup of tea telling her that it would be ok and her son would be fine.
Colette tried to calm the boy who had tears rolling down his face in torrents.
"It hurts!!" he wailed. "I know, this should take the pain away ok?" Colette said and he nodded in reply.
She cleansed the wound and gently began to sew the wound back together. She was admiring her handiwork when his mother returned slightly calmer although still anxious and shaky.
Colette told her that there was no internal damage and that they could go home. "Just you be careful in future," she said jokingly to him "ok? Don't go picking up sharp knives" His mother smiled nervously obviously still recovering from the shock of it all. As Colette watched them leave she noticed Patrick stood behind her.
"You ok?" she asked noticing the deep concentration on his face.
"Huh?" he asked springing to attention.
"Are you ok" she asked again emphasising every word.
"Yeah, yeah" he said dismissing her. Colette raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's Lara" he continued after a pause.
"Thought it might be" she said softly "Wanna talk about it?"
"Not really" he sighed, "but you're going to aren't ya"
"Not if you don't want to" she said leaving it up to him.
"Nah it's not important" he said with a wave of his hand. She just looked at him knowing he was lying.
"It must be important if it's distracting you. I'd have to be an idiot not to notice how much she means to you. Even with Holly back on the scene. So..." she prompted.
He glanced around before continuing. "Well...nah it doesn't matter."
"It's good to talk Patrick. If not to me then what about Holly?" But he'd already turned and was walking towards the lift. Colette sighed as she watched him walk away before turning and seeing Josh and Finn enter A&E. She smiled and him and went to see what they had in store for her.
It was not until a few minutes before the end of her shift that she happened to hear the familiar comments between Max and Patrick in resus.
"Ah Patrick. I see you've decided to grace us with your presence" Max retorted clearly unimpressed.
"I'm glad you've decided to keep up with the witty retorts until I leave, Max"
"Counting the days, Patrick," He replied sarcastically.
Lara grabbed her coat and walked towards Alex, who had just arrived from Theatre. "You ready?" she asked to which he merely nodded as a reply. Placing her arm in his they walked out of Holby City causing a stir in reception. "So where do you wanna go?" he asked her as they walked out of Holby.
"Where ever you think you can take me" Lara replied as she flicked her blonde hair flirtatiously starting to lengthen her pace and looking back over her shoulder towards him.
As Comfort and Nikki pulled up along side the A&E doors in their ambulance neither could quite believe what they were seeing. They exchanged confused glances, each as puzzled as the other.
The gesture made by Lara did not go unnoticed as a frowning Patrick watched her leave with Alex. Turning he scowled as Max made another sarcastic retort bringing him back down to earth. Back in reception Jack had watched open-mouthed as Lara had walked out with Alex Adams. He scratched his head, unsure if he had seen what he thought he had. Surely not…But the look on Patrick's face clearly confirmed that Jack's eyes were not deceiving him.
The rumour of Lara and Alex leaving together soon reached most ears of the hospital including those of Spencer, Tony and Dillon who continued to discuss the subject whilst they awaited the arrival of a football match riot. Spencer had been to see Holly in Paeds and decided to voice his opinion to the other two about whether Lara leaving with Alex had anything to do with Holly's return. Dillon sighed frowning slightly was fairly sure that Lara was just doing this to wind up Patrick.
It didn't take a genius to see that she was being successful.
Nikki & Comfort wheeled a young boy accompanied by his mother out of their ambulance and Colette and Anna manoeuvred him into a cubicle.
"What happened?" Colette asked calmly seeing the amount of blood seething from the boy's right hand.
"It all happened so fast!" his mother replied panicking "I just turned around for a second...I didn't even realise he had the knife..."
Anna took her to the relatives room trying to keep her calm and gave her a cup of tea telling her that it would be ok and her son would be fine.
Colette tried to calm the boy who had tears rolling down his face in torrents.
"It hurts!!" he wailed. "I know, this should take the pain away ok?" Colette said and he nodded in reply.
She cleansed the wound and gently began to sew the wound back together. She was admiring her handiwork when his mother returned slightly calmer although still anxious and shaky.
Colette told her that there was no internal damage and that they could go home. "Just you be careful in future," she said jokingly to him "ok? Don't go picking up sharp knives" His mother smiled nervously obviously still recovering from the shock of it all. As Colette watched them leave she noticed Patrick stood behind her.
"You ok?" she asked noticing the deep concentration on his face.
"Huh?" he asked springing to attention.
"Are you ok" she asked again emphasising every word.
"Yeah, yeah" he said dismissing her. Colette raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's Lara" he continued after a pause.
"Thought it might be" she said softly "Wanna talk about it?"
"Not really" he sighed, "but you're going to aren't ya"
"Not if you don't want to" she said leaving it up to him.
"Nah it's not important" he said with a wave of his hand. She just looked at him knowing he was lying.
"It must be important if it's distracting you. I'd have to be an idiot not to notice how much she means to you. Even with Holly back on the scene. So..." she prompted.
He glanced around before continuing. "Well...nah it doesn't matter."
"It's good to talk Patrick. If not to me then what about Holly?" But he'd already turned and was walking towards the lift. Colette sighed as she watched him walk away before turning and seeing Josh and Finn enter A&E. She smiled and him and went to see what they had in store for her.