Authors Note: Sorry this chapter took me so long to post. But I do have my GCSE's approaching ever quicker and my parents want me to focus on them. grr :(
So I've been re-writing this chapter and the one that follows it to be better than they were. Hope you like this and if not please let me know why so I can try to improve on it next time. :)
Oh yeah and you all know these characters don't belong to me yeah!?!
Love *Dragon Eyes*
Patrick pushed open the doors to Paeds and went to find the one person who he knew could help him.
"Holly" she turned on hearing her name and smiled at him.
"Yeah?" she asked. Then on seeing the look on his face took him to the empty staff room. Sitting down she began "So?"
"So what?" he began childishly.
"Patrick, I know you too well. What is it?"
"Well…" the look in her eyes said she already knew what was coming.
"Lara?" he nodded and let out a deep sigh.
"She's gone off with that bastard Adams from surgery" he said with obvious distaste.
"Alex Adams? The one who was with Sam Kennedy?" she asked. He nodded but looked puzzled.
"How'd…?" He started.
"News travels fast in here. You should know that" She stated.
"Well I know, or at least I hope, she's only doing it to wind me up"
"Successfully as well I see" she jumped in smiling cheekily. This was the relationship she had missed with Patrick; not an intimate relationship but the loving friendship that they'd once shared. This was how she wanted the two of them to be.
"Ha ha" he said half heartedly before continuing. "But it doesn't make a difference. I think she feels threatened by you and what we used to have. I could see the hurt in her eyes in resus…" he trailed off as a lump began to form in his throat. He had never felt so guilty before. He sighed loudly before raising his head to glance at Holly.
"You need to tell her Patrick" their eyes met and he nodded knowing what he had to do. "Look I get off in half an hour so how bouts going for a drink and you can tell me what I've missed since I've been away k?" she continued smiling, "There's nothing you can do about it tonight wait till tomorrow and tell her then." Patrick sighed knowing she was right. He knew he would have to wait until tomorrow.
Lara strolled into the pub and instantly ordered a vodka and tonic. Sitting down she watched Alex order before he came to sit opposite her.
She wasn't sure what to say but luckily he seemed quite happy to start off a conversation…about himself. She soon realised the 'smile and nod' technique worked wonders with Alex as he continued to ramble on about work, Sam, his court case, Meyer. Soon she felt her eyes wander around the pub desperately trying to find someone else that she knew and could disappear to talk to even just briefly. She sighed gently but Alex seemed to take it as a sign to continue talking and Lara glanced down at her watch. 7.05pm. Lisa should be finished work soon. It was then that Lara realised how bored she actually was; she would take Patrick being an arrogant twat at work all week over an hour and a half sat with Alex droning on about himself.
Lara began to realise there was only so much she could take of Alex Adams.... Sober.
She was determined not to waste the night though. She got up to go to the now slightly crowded bar and let her eyes roam freely whilst she waited to be served. She spotted Jack, Nikki, Anna and Tony entering the bar and made her way through the crowd of people to see them, smiling.
"Thank God you came. Alex was about to put me in a coma!" The others couldn't help laughing. "Are you guys staying here or moving on to a club later?"
"We were actually coming in here to look for Danny, Liam, Sandy and Lisa. They said they'd come out with us. We were gonna go to 'The Last Resort'. Jack's gonna be DJ-ing again tonight Wanna come?" Tony asked.
A flash of relief spread across Lara's face as she let out a sigh. "Would I ever!" She grabbed her coat and briefly apologised to Alex before walking over to Lisa, Sandy and Mubbs who had just arrived. Seeing Danny and Liam outside the group left the pub and a smile came to Lara's face as she watched Anna trying to chat up Liam. Linking arms with Lisa she smiled to herself; And I thought tonight was gonna be dull
He had decided to go and tell Lara exactly how he felt but looking at a picture of them on his wall reminded him of the pain he had caused her. He wasn't due to be in at work till 1pm. He glanced at the clock and groaned. 7:30am. He hadn't been able to sleep; too worried about Lara and what he was going to say to her. Turning over he buried himself further into his bed. "A few hours more won't do any harm" he mumbled before drifting back off to sleep. He didn't know how wrong he could be.
Lara lay sleeping on the staffroom sofa. In pitch darkness. A knock at the door slowly brought her back to consciousness. "Yeah?" she called sleepily and a figure stepped quietly into the room and flicked on the light. Lara groaned quietly, squinting through the sudden bright light before going over to the sink to splash water on her face. She needed to be fully awake for the conversation that was going to follow. She glanced at her watch, 7.30am, and groaned again. Her next shift started in a few hours and she felt like she could barely string two words together never mind being able to diagnose patients. Her mind was blurred and she couldn't remember much of the previous night but she'd been told they'd all had a good time. Yeah she thought but some of us still have to work in a few hours. She yawned closing her eyes willing the concert that was still playing in her head to stop but she was having no luck; they were insistent of continuing until the concerto was over.
"Lara? There's something, or rather someone, I need to talk to you about" Holly said breaking the silence.
"Look if this is about Patrick, I really don't have time for this," she said drying her face. She turned to face her and sighed. "It seems pretty clear to me that he's already made his choice." Holly just stared at her.
"If you're implying that me and Patrick…? You're so wrong. He loves you. He told me so." Lara just shot her a look that clearly said just leave it. Holly ignored the warning and continued further.
"Look all I wanted to tell you is don't throw away any chance that you still have with him. OK? Don't throw it all away like I did. Believe me you'll come to regret it. There's far too many 'what ifs' all ready in this world…Don't add to them." Holly said before turning towards the door. She'd only gotten a few steps forward when Lara stopped her.
"I'm sorry. I jumped to conclusions. It's nothing personal. It's just…" Lara trailed off. "I guess I was just jealous. The way he looked at you. It was obvious he loved you."
"The important word in that sentence was 'loved', Past tense. He loves you. I mean, yeah, I still love him. I always will do, but I'm not IN love with him and vice versa." Holly said moving closer to Lara, who motioned for her to sit beside her on the sofa.
"Good Morning Holby South, It's 8am and you're listening to Mark Walker on the breakfast show here at 107.7 Holby FM" Patrick groaned as he heard the radio jump to life. He'd only managed to sleep for half an hour. He slammed his hand against the radio alarm clock silencing it immediately. Yawning tiredly he decided to get up. There was no way he was going to be able to sleep now. Clumsily he made his way over to the bathroom and turned on the shower. Stepping in he allowed the warm jets of water to wash over him bringing a sense of stillness over him. He sighed contentedly as the worry and heartache slowly drifted away.
"What happened between you two?" Lara asked curiously. Then she sensed Holly's slight discomfort and instantly added; "You don't have to tell me." Holly smiled at Lara and then proceeded to tell her from the beginning about her history with Patrick. She left nothing out…Ed, Med School, Tom, everything. She felt tears returning to her eyes at the thought of Tom Harvey. Lara saw her shudder and couldn't imagine the pain and horror Holly must have been though.
"He hasn't changed at all has he?" Lara asked.
"No" Holly smiled at her, "That's one thing you can always count on…Patrick being Patrick."
The two of them sat there swapping stories about their lives. What they had done, where they had been, who they had met. They didn't even realise the time until Dillon arrived at 8:30am. He smiled at them before rushing to find Max. Holly smiled to herself as she watched him walk out. This did not go unnoticed.
"He's single by the way" Lara hinted smiling slightly.
"Huh?" was the only slightly confused reply.
"Dillon he's single. I can always hint. Find out if he's interested" Lara teased laughing slightly.
"You wouldn't!" Holly paused slightly "Mind he is cute." Holly said smiling. And at those words a plan began to form in Lara's mind.
So I've been re-writing this chapter and the one that follows it to be better than they were. Hope you like this and if not please let me know why so I can try to improve on it next time. :)
Oh yeah and you all know these characters don't belong to me yeah!?!
Love *Dragon Eyes*
Patrick pushed open the doors to Paeds and went to find the one person who he knew could help him.
"Holly" she turned on hearing her name and smiled at him.
"Yeah?" she asked. Then on seeing the look on his face took him to the empty staff room. Sitting down she began "So?"
"So what?" he began childishly.
"Patrick, I know you too well. What is it?"
"Well…" the look in her eyes said she already knew what was coming.
"Lara?" he nodded and let out a deep sigh.
"She's gone off with that bastard Adams from surgery" he said with obvious distaste.
"Alex Adams? The one who was with Sam Kennedy?" she asked. He nodded but looked puzzled.
"How'd…?" He started.
"News travels fast in here. You should know that" She stated.
"Well I know, or at least I hope, she's only doing it to wind me up"
"Successfully as well I see" she jumped in smiling cheekily. This was the relationship she had missed with Patrick; not an intimate relationship but the loving friendship that they'd once shared. This was how she wanted the two of them to be.
"Ha ha" he said half heartedly before continuing. "But it doesn't make a difference. I think she feels threatened by you and what we used to have. I could see the hurt in her eyes in resus…" he trailed off as a lump began to form in his throat. He had never felt so guilty before. He sighed loudly before raising his head to glance at Holly.
"You need to tell her Patrick" their eyes met and he nodded knowing what he had to do. "Look I get off in half an hour so how bouts going for a drink and you can tell me what I've missed since I've been away k?" she continued smiling, "There's nothing you can do about it tonight wait till tomorrow and tell her then." Patrick sighed knowing she was right. He knew he would have to wait until tomorrow.
Lara strolled into the pub and instantly ordered a vodka and tonic. Sitting down she watched Alex order before he came to sit opposite her.
She wasn't sure what to say but luckily he seemed quite happy to start off a conversation…about himself. She soon realised the 'smile and nod' technique worked wonders with Alex as he continued to ramble on about work, Sam, his court case, Meyer. Soon she felt her eyes wander around the pub desperately trying to find someone else that she knew and could disappear to talk to even just briefly. She sighed gently but Alex seemed to take it as a sign to continue talking and Lara glanced down at her watch. 7.05pm. Lisa should be finished work soon. It was then that Lara realised how bored she actually was; she would take Patrick being an arrogant twat at work all week over an hour and a half sat with Alex droning on about himself.
Lara began to realise there was only so much she could take of Alex Adams.... Sober.
She was determined not to waste the night though. She got up to go to the now slightly crowded bar and let her eyes roam freely whilst she waited to be served. She spotted Jack, Nikki, Anna and Tony entering the bar and made her way through the crowd of people to see them, smiling.
"Thank God you came. Alex was about to put me in a coma!" The others couldn't help laughing. "Are you guys staying here or moving on to a club later?"
"We were actually coming in here to look for Danny, Liam, Sandy and Lisa. They said they'd come out with us. We were gonna go to 'The Last Resort'. Jack's gonna be DJ-ing again tonight Wanna come?" Tony asked.
A flash of relief spread across Lara's face as she let out a sigh. "Would I ever!" She grabbed her coat and briefly apologised to Alex before walking over to Lisa, Sandy and Mubbs who had just arrived. Seeing Danny and Liam outside the group left the pub and a smile came to Lara's face as she watched Anna trying to chat up Liam. Linking arms with Lisa she smiled to herself; And I thought tonight was gonna be dull
He had decided to go and tell Lara exactly how he felt but looking at a picture of them on his wall reminded him of the pain he had caused her. He wasn't due to be in at work till 1pm. He glanced at the clock and groaned. 7:30am. He hadn't been able to sleep; too worried about Lara and what he was going to say to her. Turning over he buried himself further into his bed. "A few hours more won't do any harm" he mumbled before drifting back off to sleep. He didn't know how wrong he could be.
Lara lay sleeping on the staffroom sofa. In pitch darkness. A knock at the door slowly brought her back to consciousness. "Yeah?" she called sleepily and a figure stepped quietly into the room and flicked on the light. Lara groaned quietly, squinting through the sudden bright light before going over to the sink to splash water on her face. She needed to be fully awake for the conversation that was going to follow. She glanced at her watch, 7.30am, and groaned again. Her next shift started in a few hours and she felt like she could barely string two words together never mind being able to diagnose patients. Her mind was blurred and she couldn't remember much of the previous night but she'd been told they'd all had a good time. Yeah she thought but some of us still have to work in a few hours. She yawned closing her eyes willing the concert that was still playing in her head to stop but she was having no luck; they were insistent of continuing until the concerto was over.
"Lara? There's something, or rather someone, I need to talk to you about" Holly said breaking the silence.
"Look if this is about Patrick, I really don't have time for this," she said drying her face. She turned to face her and sighed. "It seems pretty clear to me that he's already made his choice." Holly just stared at her.
"If you're implying that me and Patrick…? You're so wrong. He loves you. He told me so." Lara just shot her a look that clearly said just leave it. Holly ignored the warning and continued further.
"Look all I wanted to tell you is don't throw away any chance that you still have with him. OK? Don't throw it all away like I did. Believe me you'll come to regret it. There's far too many 'what ifs' all ready in this world…Don't add to them." Holly said before turning towards the door. She'd only gotten a few steps forward when Lara stopped her.
"I'm sorry. I jumped to conclusions. It's nothing personal. It's just…" Lara trailed off. "I guess I was just jealous. The way he looked at you. It was obvious he loved you."
"The important word in that sentence was 'loved', Past tense. He loves you. I mean, yeah, I still love him. I always will do, but I'm not IN love with him and vice versa." Holly said moving closer to Lara, who motioned for her to sit beside her on the sofa.
"Good Morning Holby South, It's 8am and you're listening to Mark Walker on the breakfast show here at 107.7 Holby FM" Patrick groaned as he heard the radio jump to life. He'd only managed to sleep for half an hour. He slammed his hand against the radio alarm clock silencing it immediately. Yawning tiredly he decided to get up. There was no way he was going to be able to sleep now. Clumsily he made his way over to the bathroom and turned on the shower. Stepping in he allowed the warm jets of water to wash over him bringing a sense of stillness over him. He sighed contentedly as the worry and heartache slowly drifted away.
"What happened between you two?" Lara asked curiously. Then she sensed Holly's slight discomfort and instantly added; "You don't have to tell me." Holly smiled at Lara and then proceeded to tell her from the beginning about her history with Patrick. She left nothing out…Ed, Med School, Tom, everything. She felt tears returning to her eyes at the thought of Tom Harvey. Lara saw her shudder and couldn't imagine the pain and horror Holly must have been though.
"He hasn't changed at all has he?" Lara asked.
"No" Holly smiled at her, "That's one thing you can always count on…Patrick being Patrick."
The two of them sat there swapping stories about their lives. What they had done, where they had been, who they had met. They didn't even realise the time until Dillon arrived at 8:30am. He smiled at them before rushing to find Max. Holly smiled to herself as she watched him walk out. This did not go unnoticed.
"He's single by the way" Lara hinted smiling slightly.
"Huh?" was the only slightly confused reply.
"Dillon he's single. I can always hint. Find out if he's interested" Lara teased laughing slightly.
"You wouldn't!" Holly paused slightly "Mind he is cute." Holly said smiling. And at those words a plan began to form in Lara's mind.