Extreme Takeover, Holby Edition

Their parents ran the hospital during their life, and now that they're older, it's their turn.

Pairings are Jac/Joseph, Maddy/Linden, Connie/Sam, Diane/Ric and Chrissie/Olly.

Forgive me for not posting as often as I should, had my first really long exam for GCSE last Tuesday. Major pain in the butt, so am trying to focus on those. By the way, Italics further down is a flashback.

'Right, so Mason, Callie, Fin and I are errand running. It all begins now,' said Cassie.

'Yup,' replied Fin, turning to Erin. 'Are you going to be okay with Max?'

'Yeah, fine,' urged Erin.

'Look after her,' said Fin to Max.

'I will,' he promised.

As everyone left the room to do their various tasks, Max sat down, and Erin said, 'So when were you going to tell me?'

'Tell you what Rin?' he asked nonchalantly.

'That it's you!' she shouted.

'Me what?' he asked.

'That you were the one I slept with 8 weeks ago, that you were Alex's father,' she stated.

'Alex?' he asked.

'I don't know whether it was a boy or a girl, so I chose Alex, nice unisex name. Anyway, why did you not tell me?' she asked confrontationally.

'I was going to Rin, believe me,' he said. 'But I didn't know if I should. I didn't want to ruin what you and Jay had.'

'We're not together anymore!' argued Erin. 'Didn't you think I deserved to know that you were my baby's father?'

'I didn't know for sure,' admitted Max. 'I thought the baby might have been Jay's...'

'He was in Ghana you moron!' she exclaimed. 'Admit it, you didn't want the family to know, and you didn't want the responsibility. I know you too well Max! But, I am pleading with you, please tell me how it happened. What happened that made me cheat on Jay? Please...I need to know.'

Exhaling deeply, he said, 'Okay, I'll tell you.'

Sitting by her bedside, he said, 'I came over to drop around that textbook I borrowed from you, and you opened the door with tears in your eyes...'

'Rin?' he asked, using the abbreviated version of her name. 'What's wrong?'

'Jay's not coming back for 2 more months,' she said sobbingly, the held back tears being released. 'He promised that he'd be back.'

'Oh Rin,' he said, placing the book down on the table and sitting beside her.

'So wait?' asked Erin. 'You're telling me that I opened the door, saw you on the other side, and cried to you over Jay?'

'Yeah,' he replied.

'That's not like me at all,' she said. 'Must've been a bad let down.'

'Well, he did go away the day after your birthday party,' he said. 'He promised he'd be back in 3 months, you were really looking forward to his return. You were expecting him the next morning, you'd bought everything for his favourite meal, candles, the works. But then he rang you that afternoon, and said that he wasn't coming back for a while...'

'What happened next?' she asked.

'I'll make you a cup of tea,' suggested Max.

'How about a large vodka hold the coke?' she asked.

'Like that will get you anywhere,' he replied.

Bringing in a cup of tea a few minutes later, he handed it to her. She took a small sip and placed the cup on the table.

'So,' he said. 'Tell me what happened.'

She shifted away from him uncomfortably and began to recount the story. Once she had finished, Max said, 'Why would he leave a beautiful girl like you behind? I can't understand that bloke at all Rin. You deserve so much better...'

'Who would have me?' she asked. 'Look at the state of me!'

'I would,' he replied, giving her lips a sweet and tender kiss.

'Will you make love to me?' she asked, a vulnerable tone to her voice.

'Yes,' he said raspily. 'You have no idea how much I've wanted to...'

'Wait,' said Erin. 'Does that mean that you've always wanted me in that way?'

'Yeah,' he replied quietly. 'I realised how I felt at first when I saw you in your prom dress. You were a vision.'

'And you were 19,' she said, reminding him.

'You've had older,' he replied, poking his tongue out.

'Was that the start of a relationship?' asked Erin. 'Were we together?'

'No,' said Max, shaking his head. 'We woke up the next morning, you got a severe case of the guilts and called it quits. You started being really cold to me, avoiding me and stuff like that. I thought I'd done something wrong, but then I realised that you just wanted to be true to Jay...'

'Do you think we can recapture that passion and make a go of things?' she asked.

'I honestly don't know,' he admitted. 'I'd like us to date properly. Dinner, movies, the works, to try a relationship on for size, to see if it's not too weird for close friends to become lovers.'

'We should do that,' said Erin.

'When you get better though,' stated Max. 'Your health comes first.'

'Aren't you sweet,' she replied with a smile. 'Wow, it's a lot to digest!'

Running into the room, Isla said, 'It's a boy, but you already knew that! Anyway, it's a boy! His name is Kai Ramsey Byrne.'

'Why Ramsey?' asked Erin.

'For me!' she said. 'My name means Island, my middle name Nerissa means sea sprite, Kai's first name means sea and his middle name means Island too. We match and alternate at the same time!'

'Cool,' said Max.

'Yeah!' exclaimed Isla. 'Anyway, got to go, they sent me up to tell you that Kai was here, they're both fine and he weighed 11lbs.'

'Ouch!' replied Erin.

'He looks like a sumo wrestler,' said Isla with a giggle. 'Anyway, off now...'