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Note: Alas, this brings our roomie fluff to an end. By the way, have forgotten whether the right term is 'L' or 'El'. I will blame it on me being a Brit :p. if anyone can enlighten me, that would be great.

Epilogue

It had been several months since they had become more than just roomies and Ray found it hard to believe it had taken so long. He also found it hard to believe that his incarnation as a rock'n'roll, devil-may-care, groupie lover had found a glorious peace with a slighty nerdy, straight-down-the-line professional. Looking down at the head that was resting on his shoulder, Ray knew that he wouldn't change it for all the world. Indeed, it was as though they had never been apart. To everyone else's amusement, the roomies had tried to keep things as low-key as possible by not talking about their relationship but they failed miserably as it didn't take a rocket scientist to see the smiles and touches that they shared when they thought no-one was looking. To the credit of their colleagues, none of them made an issue of it, figuring that they would make it official when they were ready.

It had been good of Luka to swing the rota so that they got a weekend off together and they had made they most of it, taking off on a short spur-of-the-moment road trip which brought them ever closer. Unfortunately, the real world got in the way and it was all too soon before Monday came round and it was time to get back to the ER.

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As the train stuttered to a halt, Neela found herself being gently shaken awake and nudged off the L by Ray. She squinted at the bright sunshine and stifling a yawn, she guided them in the direction of the coffee stand. Cradling her drink, Neela peered pensively at Ray. "I guess it's time we told them, huh?"

He gave her a reassuring squeeze. "Yeah, it's time."

"Do you think anyone knows?"

"Probably Luka and Abby."

Standing at the ER entrance, their fingers interlaced and both took a deep breath. Ray smiled his quirky smile, "Ready?"

"Ready."

She leaned up to kiss him tenderly. "I love you Dr. Barnett."

"I love you too..." he returned the kiss, "...Dr. Barnett."

Taa-daahh! And they all lived happily ever after :)…