Title: Moving On

Author: Raven Shadowrose

Rating: M

Pairing: ?/?

Summary: Dixie has been left broken hearted by Cyd's departure from the Holby team, what will happen when Cyd is replaced by Hannah Darbyshire and Dixie takes a liking to her? Will she find the happiness that she has been searching for, or will she end up with even more of a broken heart?

Disclaimer: I do not know or own any of the characters from Casualty, any original characters and the story are my property and I do not give permission for anyone to use this story.

A/N: This story will contain some femslash, if you do not wish to read then, by all means, back away slowly the way you came, other than that, enjoy the story and reviews are appreciated.

Thank you to chan. nelson4444 and BeethovenRIP for your reviews, I'm feeling nice... hmm, you might hate someone in this chapter

Chapter Five.

Hannah finished the braid that she was putting in her hair and closed the door to her locker, she was glad that she had reached Friday without too much drama. Polly came into the locker room and stashed her bag in her own locker. 'Hi Hannah.'

'Morning Polly.'

'Dixie asked me to tell you that she wants to see you in her office.'

'Okay.' Polly saw the look on Hannah's face.

'Don't worry, she just wants to talk through the week with you, she did it with me when I had my first week here.'

'Oh, good. Thanks Polly.'

'No problem.'

'I'd better not keep her waiting, I'll see you later.'

'See you later Hannah.' Hannah left the locker room and made her way to Dixie's office.

Dixie filed away the reports that she had been reading, she sat in her chair and straightened a few things on her desk. There was a low knock on the door and Dixie looked up. 'Come in,' she called, Dixie knew that it would be Hannah knocking on the door, she just wanted to have a chat with her about how she thought the week had gone. 'You wanted to see me?'

'I do, don't look so worried, I'm not going to bite you Hannah.'

'That's good to hear.' Dixie waited until Hannah sat down before she started talking.

'This is the end of your first week, how do you think that it has gone?'

'I think it has gone all right, not too bad anyway.'

'I'll tell you what I think, you are very professional and have a great deal of skill, you've fitted in well with the team and I think you are going to make a wonderful addition. I've even had the ED docs telling me that they like you and they very rarely do that.'

'Thank you, it really is nice to hear compliments like that.'

'I mean it, ask anyone, I do not say anything unless I mean it. Do you want to ask me anything?'

'Am I staying?' Dixie laughed and smiled at Hannah.

'You are, if you want to stay.'

'I'd love to.'

'Excellent, are you coming tomorrow night? Jeff has been bugging me to find out.'

'I am, it'll be nice to let my hair down.'

'Good, that's settled, maybe Jeff will leave me alone now.'

'Thanks Dixie, for everything.'

'You're welcome, I'll be out shortly.' Dixie watched Hannah until she left her office.

Hannah found Polly waiting for her when she came out of Dixie's office. 'What happened? Are you staying?'

'I am, everything is all right.'

'See, I knew that Dixie liked you, you wouldn't still be here if she didn't.'

'That's reassuring, I think.'

'Come on Hannah, I need a coffee.'

'I like that idea.' Hannah followed Polly across the station and into the rec room where they helped themselves to a coffee.

'You are coming tomorrow night, aren't you?'

'Let me guess, Jeff asked you to ask me.'

'He did, how did you know?'

'He asked Dixie too, is there a reason that he wants me there so badly?'

'He just wants to get to know you better, we all do, there isn't much time for that in this job.'

'Okay, I understand.'

'Shall we go and see the man himself, put him out of his misery?'

'Yes, before he asks anyone else to ask me.' Hannah let Polly link arms with her, she had got used to Polly and her spontaneous hugs and arm linking, she quite liked it. Polly was very quickly becoming a friend, Hannah was happy because everything was turning out all right.

Polly and Hannah walked arm in arm across the station and someone called Hannah's name, Hannah turned to face them and she paled instantly. 'Mother.'

'I'll get straight to the point, we are having a dinner party tomorrow evening and your presence is expected. The Masons and their son are going to be there.'

'I cannot, I promised Jeff and Dixie that I would go their house tomorrow evening.'

'Who are these people? Why are they more important than the Masons? What kind of a name is Dixie?'

'They are my colleagues.'

'I do not understand why you are being so stubborn about this. James Mason will inherit the family business one day, you will be the lady of a very large house if you marry him.'

'Mother, we have had this discussion, I will not be marrying James Mason, he is my friend and that is all. He has Anna and is very happy with her. I don't want to be the type of woman that sits at home all day and does nothing. That's your life, not mine.'

'It is the life of a Darbyshire woman, why can't you just accept that?'

'Because I don't want that life, I want to make a difference in the world and help people. I want to choose the person that I love too.'

'This is a lesbian thing, isn't it?' Hannah's mother looked behind Hannah at Polly. 'Are you sleeping with her?' Polly practically choked on her coffee.

'Mother, I am not a lesbian, I'm bisexual and I'm not sleeping with Polly, she's a friend.'

'I don't care what you are, you sleep with women, it's disgusting. You either come to the dinner party tomorrow night or never speak to me again.'

'Fine, if that's how you want it. I'll be going to Jeff and Dixie's tomorrow night whether you like it or not.'

'Fine, wait until I tell your father, he will make you do as I ask.' Hannah watched her mother leave, she hoped that Polly wouldn't judge her on what she had just found out.

Polly was stunned, Hannah's mother was a horrible woman. Polly placed her hand on Hannah's shoulder. 'Are you all right?'

'I'm okay, really.'

'Don't take this the wrong way, but your mother is horrible, how could she say that to you?'

'It's okay Polly, I'm used to it. I hope you're not bothered by what you have just found out about me.'

'Are you planning to hit on me?'

'No, Polly, you're not my type.'

'I'm not?'

'You sound disappointed. Allow me to explain, you are straight and date males, correct?'

'I do.'

'You are very beautiful and attractive Polly, but you are straight, and I would not want you to be anything other than yourself.'

'Oh, I see.'

'You don't seem too shocked about all this.'

'I have experience with friends that are lesbian and gay. It doesn't bother me Hannah, I like you, you're a nice person and that's all that matters.'

'I wish you could explain that to my mother.'

'Don't worry about it, tomorrow night will help you feel better.' Polly hugged Hannah and they walked off together to prepare themselves for the day ahead.

Jeff couldn't believe what he had just heard, he thought that Hannah's mother coming to see her would be a good thing, and then that woman had destroyed that viewpoint by being seriously horrible to Hannah. He was glad that Hannah had stood up to her and told her that she wouldn't be going to that stupid dinner party. She was trying to set Hannah up with someone like it was still the dark ages. The fact that Hannah was bisexual had come as a surprise, he didn't know what to do with that information now that he had it. It did mean that maybe there was hope for Dixie and Hannah to get together someday.

Hannah sat down on the bench in the locker room, she couldn't believe that her mother had shown up here and said all of those things. She was glad that there had been so few people in the garage to hear that outburst. She was still musing when Jeff came in. 'Is everything all right princess?'

'Yeah, I'm all right.'

'Are you sure? If it helps I heard everything out there.'

'You heard everything that my mother said?'

'I did, don't worry princess, I will take everything that I heard to my grave.'

'Thanks Jeff.'

'Do you want to talk about it?'

'I had a so-called perfect childhood, the expensive education and private lessons in music, dancing and swimming. I wanted for nothing as a child, everything that I wanted, I got. As I got older I started thinking about wanting a career, a paramedic came into school to talk about a career in the medical services and from then on I decided that it was what I wanted to be. I enrolled into college and took classes that enabled me to go and study the right things, now here I am. My mother wasn't happy, but my father supported me, I like to think that he is proud of me.'

'I'm sure that he is. You've done well here, impressing Dixie is no small feat.'

'The thing is, I hated the expectation that was placed on me, I had to grow up and be a good girl, wear the pretty dresses and go to the ball. My mother wanted me to turn into someone that would be a good wife and sit at home all day meeting with the other women and gossiping. She was furious when I told her that I was giving up the dancing lessons to focus on college. It was even worse when she found out I was dating a woman at university. Someone told her, I don't know who did it, but she didn't speak to me for the longest time. She still thinks that it is abnormal.'

'Don't worry about it, she said she was going to tell your father, what will he do?'

'Nothing, he hates those dinner parties as much as I do.'

'Don't worry, you're coming to us for the evening and that is that.'

'Thanks Jeff.'

'No problem princess.' Jeff hugged Hannah as Dixie walked in.

'Is everything okay?'

'Yes Dixie, really, I'm okay. I'm just going to go and get a drink.' Hannah left the room, she hoped that she had sounded convincing. The comments from her mother had hurt, they always did, Hannah tried to toughen herself up against them, but they always cut her right to the bone.

Dixie wasn't convinced, she turned to Jeff and folded her arms. 'What is going on?'

'Hannah just had a run in with her mother, she's a nasty woman, trying to force Hannah into an arranged marriage and a life she doesn't want. Do you think we can keep her out of the station? I heard everything Dix, Hannah might pretend that she is okay, but I think she needs cheering up.'

'Okay, she's coming for a drink with us tonight and to ours tomorrow night, we can cheer her up.'

'She's coming tomorrow night?'

'Yes.'

'Excellent.'

'You sound very happy about that Jeff, what are you up to?'

'Nothing.'

'Right, sure, I know you're up to something.'

'I am not.' Dixie snorted, she knew that Jeff was up to something no matter how many times he denied it.