So here it goes...five minutes of talking about being a nurse. Normally he could do this without batting an eyelid...but today was different...today he had to stand in front of a room full of stuffed shirts.

Jacob climbed up to the podium and gazed around the room. That's when he saw her...the most beautiful woman he had ever clapped eyes on...she also happened to be the most frustrating too.

It had been an hour since he'd last seen Connie by the banks of the river, since she had grilled him for risking his life diving into the water to save a young boy and it hadn't gone down very well. Connie was angry with him.

Jacob gave a half hearted attempt to tell the room about the job he loved so much, but no matter what he said he could quite paint the picture.

He let out a sigh as once again his gaze landed on Connie's. "Its the worst job in the world!" Jacob stated to the room which earnt him a few disapproving murmurs and a scowl from Connie. Ignoring the reactions he'd got Jacob scanned the room and kept talking.

"It also happens to be the best job in the world...no two days are the same...some days you can leave a shift hours late and walk out feeling ten feet tall...others feeling like your circling the gutter...and then there's all the days in between...the days where you never stop...the days where a ten minute break is a luxury..." Jacob paused for a moment to look back at Connie, his eyes boaring into hers.

"...and then there are the days that start off so unremarkable...till you meet a patient...an ordinary person that can shape the rest of your life and they have no idea...no idea that their actions...their views...have brought people together."

Connie gave Jacob the faintest of smiles to let him know that she too remembered Flo.

"I'm thankful everyday that I was persuaded to take the job working in the E.D, my life has changed for the better because of the people in it." Finished Jacob stepping down from the podium to a round of applause.

He didn't stop to soak in the praise, Jacob walked straight out and back to his room.

After listening to a few more speeches Connie had heard enough. Knocking on Jacob's door she waited patiently for him to answer.

"What?" Said Jacob violently pulling open the door.

"I...erm..." struggled Connie not knowing what to say now she was here. "Can I come in?"

Without a word Jacob stepped back holding open the door.

"What do you want Connie?...come to give me another lecture about being reckless!" Bit Jacob.

"No." Said Connie shaking her head. "I wanted to say...I'm sorry...I shouldn't have had a go at you...and to say thank you...for that great talk you just gave." She gave him a small smile.

Jacob moved to stand in front of her. "No problem." He told her simply.

Connie stepped closer, bringing her hands up to rest on his cheeks. "I was scared...when I realised you were going to jump into the water...I got scared...I don't want to ever lose you." She confessed. "I was angry at you for putting me through that...for not even realising how scared I was."

Jacob lifted his hands to mimic Connie's, resting his hand on her cheeks he guided her lips to his in a gentle exploring kiss.

That was the moment...the moment they both realised that just being in each other's company was no longer enough...they needed to be together...forever and always.