The cold wind instantly met Eliza and Digby, as she lovingly trailed out of the grand entrance of Holby City Hospital, his limping body rested partly on her torso and arm. Carefully, the dark eyed girl lead the slightly shaking Doctor towards a nearby wooden bench, as soft murmurs began to leave his lips as he did so.
"Elsie...the...the patients..." He wheezed, his sanity begining to climb back to his mind. Eliza sighed, before carefully untangling Digby from her body, and resting him on the bench. After a few deep, slightly timid breaths, he nodded towards Elsie, who slowly placed a cool, comforting hand on his skinny shoulder.
"You feeling better?" She asked in a sympthetic tone, obviously in worry that the man sitting uncomftablly in front of her, was not the slightest part fine. However, he concious was carefully rested aside when he pulled himself up, carefully balancing himself, looking up towards Elsie, a small, nerving smile rested on his face.
"I'm fine. Thanks. Just...need a breather." He confesses, running a hand through his shortened hair. The young girl nods, before patting his shoulder in a friendly tone, allowing his smile to appear slightly less strained.
"You should...get back to the ED." He suggests, looking down towards his feet. Eliza nods, before showing a small smile in his direction. She knew not to hug him unless dire - he had never liked all of the 'Human Touch.' Slowly, she began to pace away, trailing through the Car Park, watching as the world passes around her.
Eliza meets the glass door which leads into the Emergency Department. Her left hand presses down on the door, which slugglishly pushes open, just enough for the young doctor to slide into the room.
The Emergency Department is not as loud and as cramped as she expected it to be. A few patients, three at the most, lingered on the plastic chairs, awaiting to be seen by the doctors present to the day. Her dark eyes watch them all for a moment, before her small feet guide her in the direction of the front desk, where Ethan is standing, now dressed in his light blue scrubs, conversing with Louise and Noel.
Although, she did not hear the entirety of the conversation, Elsie heard some important infomation she would need to hear, before begining to talk to the senior registrar. It started with the perky voice of Louise, instantly questioning Ethan.
"You coming out tonight?" She asks, folding her arms. Ethan pauses for a brief moment, before replying to the instant and intimidating question.
"Well...no. Myself and Lily...are going out for dinner." He announces, his face staying completely neutral. That small sentence was all Eliza needed to hear, before she swiftly walked past the front desk, not notifying her presence to any of the three colleuges lingering.
A few tears began to delicatly form around Eliza's eyes. She had been stupid, idiotic, pathetic enough to think that Ethan Hardy actually liked her. Hastily, her tears were blinked back, as Robyn, her Step-Sister, quickly approached her, her face plastered with her usual smile. Luckily, she had not seen the tears formed.
"Elsie, can we have a Doctor, seeing Mrs Leon please?" She asks, passing the folder towards the young doctor. She nods softly, before her body guides her towards the Staffroom, eager to get changed, begin her shift, and go back to whatever location as soon as possible.
Sighing, she placed the thin, dark folder upon the sideboard, before fiddling around for her tiny locker key. Once located, she continued, by walking towards the tin door, ready to open up her tiny lock of privacy.
Caleb Knight was fuming. His plan, his perfect precious plan had been thrown away carelessly. Why? Some news which had just reached his ears. Certain news of his younger brother, and Lily, going out for dinner.
He knew, deep down, he should not be jelous. He was Caleb Knight, the man who could get any girl his heart desired. And, now? He was annoyed with his younger brothers innicitive to have dinner with Lily. It infuritated him so much.
Still with angry adrenlin pumped through him, Cal made his way towards the sink, to get himself a glass of water, before continuing with the somehow worst shift in history, consisting of this bad news, getting vomited on twice, and a woman who would not accept treatment. He drew a long sigh, before his large hand reached for one of the small, glass cups, resting on the side.
As he reached to fill the glass with water, he heard a sound of snuffling, and held back tears. Curious though he was, and how much he wanted a drink, he carefully placed down the glass in it's original position, slowly walking around the small corner of the Staffroom, locating the source of the sound.
Her back against the wall, head rested in her knees, and curled up into a tiny ball, was a very sad, heartbroken Eliza Walker. Cal showed a look of confusion, as he carefully crouched down towards her level, resting a hand on her head. This made her flinch slightly, befoe she looked up, realising who was in front of her.
No words were passed, as the Registrar helped the young girl up, placing her body in front of him. His roughish hand reached up to stroke her tear stained cheek, but this only caused her to feel more tears brimming at her eyes. Cal took this into deep notice, and drew out a long breath, simmilar to the previous, and began his ever dowbtful questioning.
"What happened, dear?" He asked, folding his arms, keeping his eyes trained on her face. Elsie's breaths became somewhat shaky, before she began to relive the mentally damaging and emotionally breaking tale, from her point of perspective.
"I...I heard Ethan and Lily...going out for dinner." She paused for a slight moment, composing herself. "I thought, he kinda might of liked me." She confessed, feeling more stupid as the time passed. Cal nodded intensfully, before stroking the side of her face, this time being more gentle than before.
"Elsie, don't worry about it. If he's turned you down..." He trails off, feeling somewhat betrayed by his younger brother. The young girl sighed, her dark eyes flicking from Cal, to her feet.
"I'm gonna, go work." She announced, before trailing away, making her way towards the wooden staffroom door. She could easily feel the glance of Caleb, intensfully staring into the back of her head. Picking up the pace, she grabbed the folder resting on the side, before sliding out of the wooden door, taking a long sigh to relax herself.
A dark feeling was telling her today's shift was going to be longer than usual. Looking down towards her scrubs, she pulled her mind together, before pacing towards the main reception.
Eliza felt somewhat concidrably cheered by afternoon. Max had been one of the highest causes for her laughter, after chasing around Dylan for the entirety of the day, just to be in his presence. The 'BroTP' as she called it.
By now, Max was resting at main reception, in the presence of his younger sisters, Robyn and Elsie, writing a love song about Dylan. Running a hand through his slightly shaggy hair, he turned towards each sister, directing the question to them both.
"So, what lyric should I add next?" He asks. The girls ponder for a moment, before Robyn gives her smart answer.
"How about...Dylan is the reason I smile for a while?" She states, causing Elsie to fall into a small set of giggles. The porter snaps his fingers in acceptance, begining to terribly sing the line, in his comedic voice.
The laughter and joy, however, is soon interupted, when Ethan appears at the desk, obviously in sight, looking for a Doctor. His dark eyes soon fix onto the form of the young girl, now in deep conversation with her siblings. Sighing, not content to break up the conversation, he begins to talk.
"Doctor Walker? Can I get a second opinion?" He asks, holding the folder up. Sighing, Elsie pulls herself away from the counter, trailing after Ethan, who's brisk walk slows down, when he realises the slowness of Eliza.
Of course, by now, somebody had told him what he had done wrong. As much as he despairingly wanted to cancel his dinner plans with Lily, he couldn't find the heart to, therefore leaving the girl he loved to suffer. Silently, he began to walk in step with her, trying to somehow get her to say something.
It got too late. The two doctors had arrived at the small cubicle. Sitting in a somewhat painful state, was a middle aged woman, clutching to the cross between her two ribs. Elsie took this state in for a moment, raising her eyebrows, before turning to Ethan, the look of guilt and sorrowfulness still on his face. However, he began to talk the moment he was looked upon.
"Well...I thought it was maxiopolis." He notified, his eyes checking down to his notes. The female doctor look back towards the patient, leaning forward and carefully prodding the area in question. She quickly pulled back after a moment of pain washed over the patient, groaning.
"Yeah. I'd say get some more bloods." She responded, pulling away from the patient. Slowly, she nods, before leaving the cubicle, somewhat storming out. One of the daughter, hovering over her mother looked towards the gently floating curtains, wafted by the presence of Eliza. Ethan nodeed towards the patient, before repeating the action, pulling the curtain back, stepping out.
What he failed to notice, was Lily, standing outside, waiting for Ethan to appear from his client. This caused him to jump slightly, and stood back, waiting for Lily to begin talking, which came all too soon.
"So, for dinner, I thought we could go to Pani's?" She suggested. Ethan's face tried to hide a look of expence. Yes, he could probally afford it, but for one date? And the fact that his money that Cal had 'Borrowed,' was yet to be repaid was still not returned. Sighing, he looked towards the impatient Doctor, his face raising slightly.
"Sure. We can go." He emotionlessly responded. Before Lily could continue talking, however, he walked off, leaving the Junior Doctor alone. He really was not in the mood for talking. His guilt was taking over, and he did not feel like talking. But, he could never let Lily down now.
The end of the shift came all too soon - in Ethan's mind. The young doctor ran a hand through his blonde hair, leaving the Staffroom, now dressed in his usual attire.
Something in the brilliant mind of his was betraying him - telling him that it was not alright to go out with Lily. He knew, he would be thought a terrible person to upset two people in one day, so, he decided it would most definatly be for the best.
His pace began to slow slightly, as his eyes flickered to meet the form of Lily, standing at the end of the doorway. A smile was rested on her face, as she walked up to Ethan begining to talk. However, before she could, the doctor noticed the somewhat upset look on his face. She scoffed, before re phrasing her sentence.
"Come on Ethan. She's not worth it." She announces, taking his arm, and begining to walk with him
At that moment, something clicked in Ethan. He hastily pulled his arm away from Lily, causing a look of shock to fly over her face. His small part of anger began to grow inside him, before he harsly turned towards Lily, begining to talk in the words, trailing off of his tonuge.
"You know Lily? She is worth it. You might say, I can do better, but I don't want to do better. I love her." He pauses for a moment. "I love her." He repeats, taking a long sigh. Before Lily can respond, Ethan storms away, towards the door, his rage fuming, and mind in self state - he had ended up upseting two people.
The dark night greeted him, as he puhed open the slightly swaying glass door, with his dominant hand. His legs carried him away from his car, resting intentfully, and towards the small cafe, just located next to Holby's main hospital. On a usual night, he would go home, and binge on Doctor Who until he was feeling somewhat content, but tonight, he was in need of a sugary snack.
He knew there was no danger of Caleb burning the flat down. The woman he had been with last night was once again inviting him round for the night, not that there would be much sleep.
Slowly, he entered the trailed off Cafe, not that it was entirely full, more empty. A older woman stood behind the counter, tapping her fingers on the cash register, waiting for customers. Slowly, she turned her head towards Ethan, before the Registar became obliged to buy something from her.
Ethan walked up to the counter, a look of sadness pressed onto his face. The woman began to talk in his presence, showing him a very small smile. She began talking in her quivered voice.
"Tea, dear?" She asked, looking through her glass green eyes.
"Erm. Yes. And a doughnut, please." He responded, ajusting his glasses slightly. From the other end of the deserted Cafe, he heard a small snuff. His head snapped in the direction of the noise, seeing the last person he expected to see, but the one he wanted to talk to.
Elsie was wrapped up in Cal's jacket which she had never returned, small tears streaming down her eyes. A mug of tea sat by her, whilst a sandwich, barely touched, was resently resting.
A pang of guilt streched through him, before he turned back to the woman at the counter, a small, sad smile on his face. The older woman sighed, before begining to take his doughnut, talking in a low voice.
"She's been sitting here since this afternoon, poor dear. She hasn't eaten anything she bought. Just been upset." Her voice quivered, passing Ethan his food and bevarage, has he passed over a five pound note, smiling to keep the change. Carefully, he took his food, walking over to the chair on the left of Elsie, confidining himself to say the right thing.
"This seat taken?" He asked, causing the young girl to look up. She pulled herself up instantly, rubbing away the tears from her eyes, a dark glare she had once given him, fading away.
"I thought you had a dinner date." She scoffed, looking towards the glasses clad eyes of Ethan. He paused for a moment, before deciding to tell her the truth.
"I...I didn't want to go out with her." He replied. "I found...I...kinda liked someone else." The registar began to blush slightly, seeing a soft look pass over Eliza's face. A small smile appeared on her face, as she edged closer towards Ethan.
Ethan felt his heart rate began to raise. He was so nervous - saying the wrong thing, losing her all over again. He drew up a breath, before begining to talk once more.
"Elsie, i've never been as good as Cal with saying things...but..." He shut himself up, his eyes found themself looking at Eliza's lips. tear clad, but still kissable. His mind was a mess, and found himself leaning forward, edging closer towards her, pressing his lips to hers, in a loving moment.
A feeling of shock, relief, and love passed over Elsie, realising what was happening. Yet, it only took a slight moment for her to respond, pressing into the kiss. Ethan's hand found her chin, holding her slightly, whilst it continued.
Once she pulled away, feeling empty, she had realised what had happened. And, as much as she had enjoyed it, the girl pulled herself up and left, leaving a confused Ethan with his tea and doughtnut.
AN - Oh my god, that kissing scene was terrible! I am so, SO sorry! I don't usually write things like that, but still, damn! It was horrid. I apologise right now. Eugh. I'm going to go cry even more than I did in tonight's episode. My Ethan :0
Crimesolver - Thank you! Your support thoughtout has been brilliant :D
GypsyAbby - Haha! I absolutely love Digby's character, and really wanted to incoportate the jelousy of Ethan somehow. And the Lily part just made me feel terrible in some ways. I feel the relationship between Elsie and Ethan will get stronger, now...
-Jodie Rose Xx