Lim saw him come into the ER and she couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat. She knew his relationship with Jessica Preston was over. Finally. It took them long enough to figure out what everyone else could see (or at least she could see). They were terrible for each other. Jessica was so focused on her career and never really seemed all that interested in marriage or family life to be honest. But it didn't matter anymore. Neil and Jessica's relationship was over. Though Lim wasn't quite sure why she was so thrilled. She supposed it was because she didn't want to see her best friend get hurt any further. Shortly after Melendez came into the ER, Shaun, Claire, Jared, and another blonde doctor came to join them, "Okay, everyone I'd like to introduce you all to Dr. Morgan Reznick. Dr. Reznick was orphaned once Dr. Coyle transferred, so she'll be joining our team," said Melendez.

Claire shook Morgan's hand and smiled, "Hi, I'm Claire. Nice to meet you."

The blonde resident smiled politely and turned to Jared, "Are you the autistic one?" she asked bluntly.

Jared sighed and answered, "No."

"That's me," answered Shaun, "Dr. Shaun Murphy," Morgan went to shake his hand, but Shaun pulled back.

Suddenly, Lim thought of a way to get Melendez's attention, Get his attention? Come on, Audrey, it's not like you're interested in dating him. He just broke up with his fiancée, but Lim couldn't stop herself from saying, "We have two pretty straightforward cases here. Nice level playing field for an eager group."

Melendez rolled his eyes and shook his head. He knew exactly the direction Lim was headed, "Not interested…"

"Competition can foster teamwork which can lead to a greater understanding and appreciation of residents' strengths and weaknesses and improve patient care," Lim continued her explanation, ignoring Melendez.

"You're playing the same game Glassman had us do when we were interns. Not interested," Melendez said firmly.

Boy am I getting to him! Lim thought proudly. She grabbed one of the clipboards out of Melendez's hand and said, "Winning team gets first dibs on assisting on all surgeries next week."

"In!" all of the residents responded simultaneously.

"Out," said Melendez.

Oh, so you're going to play hard to get? I see, Neil, she thought. She motioned for all of the residents to line up and smiled, "I pick the boy genius."

Shaun didn't move at first until Jared motioned for him to join Lim, "That's you," he said.

Lim smiled at Shaun, who slowly joined her side. She glanced over at Melendez, pretending like he wasn't interested in competing with her when he clearly was. He had never passed up an opportunity to try to one up her. She finally glared at him and he sighed in defeat, "Dr. Browne," he called her over to him.

"Kalu," Lim said.

"Dr. Reznick," Melendez called the name of the only remaining resident.

"Thank you. I'm looking forward to it," Morgan said as she took the clipboard from Melendez.

"Thank you," Jared said as Lim handed him the other clipboard. The residents went to their respective triage rooms.

Lim glanced over at Melendez and smiled. He was so into this whole competition, even though he was doing his best not to show it, "Same stakes as last time?" she asked coyly.

"Absolutely," he responded and walked away from her.

Lim tried to stop it, but she couldn't help but gain a small smile, I've got you under my control now, Neil. Oh Audrey, stop it! Just like he's not interested in competing, you're not interested in screwing or doing anything else with him. Not at all. You don't care about seeing those toned muscles underneath his scrubs and dress shirts. You don't care about knowing what that tattoo you see on his neck and peeking out from under his clothes is. You don't give a damn about squeezing that fine ass. Oh stop it, Audrey, enough fantasizing about someone you could care less about. You have a patient to take care of.

As the day wore on, Lim was having a harder and harder time with their patient. Quinn was a transgender girl and Shaun was having a difficult time digesting the concept of what being transgender meant. It also didn't help that Quinn's parents and grandmother had differing opinions about Quinn removing both of her testicles and transitioning before the age of eighteen. Finally, Jared was able to figure out a solution, so Lim had the family complete their patient satisfaction survey. She met up with Melendez to compare scores, and his team had won fair and square. He gave her his famous smug smile that for some reason she had yet to figure out gave her butterflies in her stomach and made her knees buckle. She walked over to the four residents, "Well, patient satisfaction survey scores are in and it was very close," said Lim.

"Not really. She's being kind," Melendez boasted.

Oh Neil. You and your arrogance. It's honestly kind of cute, Lim thought, "Congratulations go to Dr. Reznick and Dr. Browne," she smiled at the two women.

"Yes," Morgan cheered softly.

"Thank you," said Claire.

"Congratulations," Shaun said politely.

"Thank you, Shaun. Claire and I make a nice team," Morgan glanced over at Claire.

All of their residents walked away as Melendez turned toward her, his smug smile returning to his face. Lim craned her neck to the side a little bit as he said, "To the victor belong the spoils. Pay up," he motioned.

Lim could feel her heart beating a little faster as she pulled a $1 bill out of her lab coat pocket. She then realized she was craning her neck, Straighten you neck, Audrey, she bolted her head up, "Oh, humility was never your strong suit," she smiled and handed him the money.

He looked down at the crisp bill, folded it, and stuck it in his inside jacket pocket. "Thank you, Mortimer."

Lim giggled a little and smiled, "Hmm. Don't spend it all in one place," she smirked and batted her eyelashes a little, Jeez, Audrey. Quit blinking so much! And where the hell did that giggle come from?

"Spend it? I'm gonna frame it," Melendez smiled satisfied.

Melendez walked away and Lim couldn't help but smile to herself as she headed toward the locker room, I'm sure you will, Neil.

Lim changed into her normal clothes and she couldn't help but have an extra spring in her step, so much to the point that Claire couldn't help but notice the sudden change in her superior, "Dr. Lim?"

Lim came out of her trance a little startled, but changed her smile to a less idiotic one and acknowledged Claire, "Dr. Browne, nice job today."

"Thank you," Claire said, "Are you alright, Dr. Lim? You seem pretty happy for someone whose team just lost a competition."

"What?" asked Lim, and then, realized the lovesick idiot smile was plastered on her face yet again, "Oh," she composed herself, "The point is all four of you learned something new today and exhibited great teamwork."

"Yeah," Claire said in a strange tone, "Have a good night, Dr. Lim."

"You too, Dr. Browne," said Lim. She headed out to her Ducati and rode home, reheating some leftover spaghetti for dinner. As she crawled into bed, she couldn't help but feel satisfied that her plan had worked. Neil had noticed her, Oh for fuck's sake, Audrey. You could care less if Neil notices you in that manner. You do NOT like him that way. You don't want to get him alone with you and screw him senseless. Your legs don't feel like jelly every time he gives you that cocky, yet adorable, grin of his. You weren't flirting with him just a few hours ago. You had some dirt in your eyes and you were so happy to see him so happy. You're not going to act like a teenager who's ogling her high school crush the next time you see him because you don't have a crush on him! This wasn't a 'notice me, Neil' or a 'come hither, Neil' bet. This was to help the residents and to compete with your best friend like you always have. Period. He's an asshole anyway. A handsome, adorable asshole, but an asshole none the less, Lim turned out the light to go to sleep, But the charity gala is next week if you want to give this whole flirting thing another shot because he is so damn fine.