chapter two;

Moving my handbag from my lap and placing it on the empty chair beside me, I stood up and hugged my father.

"I could ask you the same thing." I said with a smile, "Didn't you tell me you weren't working today?"

He laughed and I sat back down on the chair. Crossing one leg over the other, I watched as he sat down beside me.

"There was a mix up with the rotas. You told me London."

I smirked, "Well, if I told you Holby it wouldn't be much of a surprise would it?"

"No, I guess not." We sat in silence for a couple of minutes before I asked, "How's Megan and Louie?"

"Megan's good thanks, she's running rings around me as usual. Louie, I haven't spoken to him recently." He sighed deeply. He looked sad that his only son never bothered to keep in regular contact. Squeezing his arm, I said gently;

"He's a grown man now Dad, you've got to let him make his own mistakes."

He just nodded, not verbally saying anything. I sighed and glanced around the hospital before he asked me how Jasmine, my step-daughter was. Nodding, I answered that she was fine and she had just begun her final year of school.

Just as he was about to say something else, a youngish looking female nurse called out that Tess wanted him in cubicles. He looked at me and I told him to go. He was about to walk away when he turned back and told me he'll buy me coffee and I laughed and told him I'll hold him to it.

I was the first born child and only daughter of Charlie Fairhead and Baz Samuels. I was concieved in 1986 after my parents became friends with benefits, honestly, it's more trouble than what it's worth. Charlie was a bit of a charlie, no pun intended and my mum was a single, young Doctor; no wonder she didn't want me.

Not that I've ever held it against her.

I was supposed to be aborted but dad found out about it and stopped her. He proposed to her and told her he would make a home for them. She accepted his marriage proposal and I guess that's how the story ends.

Well almost. Three years after I was born, my mum and dad decided to expand our family. Along came Louie in 1989. Although there was three years between us, we were quite close, I was far too protective according to my father. Everything was fine until I was eighteen and Louie was fifteen.

Mum died in a car crash and her death hit me the hardest.

"Doctor Henderson?" A voice broke the trail of my thoughts and as I looked up, I saw the man from Reception, "Mr Jordan's ready to see you now. If you wait a couple of minutes, I'll have someone take you there."

"Thank you." I whispered before I lent over, picked up my bag and stood up. Hitching the bag over my shoulder, I followed Noel over to the reception desk and lent against it, feeling the knot in my stomach return.

Taking a couple of deep breaths, I steadied myself when a young, handsome nurse walked towards me.

"I'm Jay Faldren, I could show you the way to Mr Jordan's office if you like."

Smiling, I extended my hand and said, "Lauren Henderson, nice to meet you. Thank you."

He shook my hand and I couldn't help but notice he had nice eyes. They were a nice shade of hazel and he wasn't bad looking either. Shaking my head, I knew I shouldn't be checking out the male nurses, I'm a married woman.

But there's no harm in flirting right?

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oh i forgot to mention, this is slightly au especially when talking about charlie and baz's past.

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