Neela stood with her mouth agape, at the same time half-smiling.

"Ray, I—"

"No, Neela, my turn. For months I've wanted to say this, but I never got the chance. Then Michael died, and what kinda bastard would I be if I sprang my emotions on you while you were mourning?"

"I gave you time, but of course along came Tony Gates. It hurt so much to see you with him. Again, chance to dramatically reveal feelings: gone."

"So here I am, telling you that I love you, in a shit house of a filing room."

Neela looked at Ray for a few seconds. Then she grabbed the lapels of his lab coat and brought his lips down to meet hers. If Neela thought that that slight touch was electric, the kiss would have to be a lightning storm. That was the kiss to end all kisses. Several minutes later, or hours maybe, the two broke apart.

Neela was left whispering, "Uhm….wow."

Ray laughed and pulled Neela in for a hug.

"You, mister, have got to stop interrupting a girl when she speaks."

"Yeah but I'd say me interrupting you turned out pretty good."

"True."

And the two proceeded to share more kisses to end all kisses.

An hour after they were sent in, Ray and Neela emerged from the filing room. Ray's jacket was tousled and his hair was severely ruffled up. Neela's hair was also out of place and the top buttons of her shirt were undone.

"Any luck finding those files?" Abby asked as soon as the two came out.

Jumping slightly, Neela replied, "Uhm, no actually. There were no cases of abuse under the same patient name, fitting the description Luka gave us, from 2003 to 2007."

Taking in Neela and Ray's tousled appearances, Abby remarked, "That's great!" and walked away.

"She's weird." Neela whispered to Ray.

"Yeah, I think she's just waiting for this." And Barnett dipped his girl romantically, kissing her for the whole ER to see.

After they broke apart, choruses of "Finally!" and "It's about time", could be heard throughout the floor.

Ray hugged Neela and kissing her cheek, whispered, "You're telling me."

THE END

Thank you for reading "Office Drama" this is my first fanfiction that I actually put a lot of thought into completing. I may put up a sequel, so please review to tell me what you think!