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, it is Wii party time :)

Chapter Seven.

Hannah checked her make up in the mirror that hung above her fireplace, Jeff would be coming to pick her up soon. She picked up the Wii remote and the games that she had promised Polly that she would bring with her and put them in her bag. She closed the window that she'd had open and turned off the CD player, she was almost ready to go when she heard the knock on the door. Hannah opened it to see Jeff, Dixie and Polly all stood there. 'Come in, I'm nearly ready. Feel free to have a look around.' Hannah closed the door behind them and continued to get herself ready.

Polly looked at the photos on the wall, it looked as if Hannah really loved to use her camera, a lot of the pictures seemed to be from concerts. 'How many concerts have you been to Hannah.'

'Lots of them, about a hundred I think.'

'That is a lot.'

'I love music, always have, it was the only thing that I truly enjoyed doing as a child.'

'What instruments do you play?'

'Piano, violin, guitar and cello. The guitar I chose to learn, I had lessons that my dad bought me. He also bought me a guitar for my eighteenth birthday.'

'Wow.'

'I still have it, it is one of my most treasured possessions.'

'Can I see it?'

'Sure, come with me.' Polly followed Hannah up the stairs to the room where she kept her instruments. 'This is where I go to practice and play for fun.' Polly looked at the instruments that Hannah had in the room, some of them looked expensive.

'Is that your guitar?'

'Yes, do you want a go?'

'But, that's a Gibson, you'd let me play it?'

'Are you planning to run off with it?'

'No.'

'Then you can have a go.'

'I love you.' Polly picked up the guitar and held it carefully, she couldn't believe that Hannah was so generous with something that had clearly cost a lot of money.

Dixie and Jeff looked around Hannah's house. 'Hannah's dad clearly cares for her a lot to buy her somewhere like this.'

'More than her mother does,' Jeff said.

'Just what did that woman say to annoy you so much?'

'She was just so horrible to her. Trying to force her to go to that stupid party, and when she wouldn't, that woman called her some very horrible names. I know that it hurt her, Hannah might pretend otherwise, but I can see that she is hiding just how hurt she is feeling.'

'You're a good man Jeff.'

'We'll make her feel better.'

'Come on Jeff, let's go and find Hannah and Polly.' Dixie followed the sound of Polly's voice and she found them in one of the rooms upstairs.

Hannah was adjusting Polly's fingers on the neck of a guitar and showing her which strings to play. 'Look Dixie, Hannah is teaching me to be a rock star.' Dixie smiled, Polly's happiness was infectious at the best of times and right now it was filling the entire room. 'She makes a very convincing star, don't you think Dixie?'

'That she does.'

'Thank you Dixie. Hannah will you teach me how to play properly?'

'I'd love to.'

'Excellent.' Polly took off the guitar and carefully placed it back on the stand, she hugged Hannah and then Dixie. 'Dixie, I'm going to learn to play like a rock star.'

'I heard, come on, we don't want Jeff getting restless.' Dixie followed Hannah and Polly out of the room, it was time to go to the house that she and Jeff shared and start the games.

Jeff pulled up outside the house and Dixie let Hannah and Polly inside. 'Make yourself comfortable. Do you like dogs Hannah?'

'I love them.'

'Good. Little Abs, come here boy.' The dog came running into the room and straight to Hannah, she knelt down and stroked him.

'Oh, he's adorable. Hello beautiful, you're gorgeous.' Dixie was pleased that Little Abs liked Hannah, the dog had good senses and he only liked good people. 'He likes you.'

'I like him too.' Dixie smiled and left Hannah and Polly playing with Little Abs.

Jeff was in the lounge setting up the Wii ready for the evening of gaming that they had planned. 'Where are Polly and Hannah?'

'Playing with Little Abs.'

'I take it he likes Hannah then?'

'Yeah, very much. Are we ready?'

'We are, shall we bring them in?'

'Let the games begin. Polly, Hannah, we're ready.' Polly and Hannah came into the lounge and Hannah handed her games to Jeff who placed them by the television.

Hannah took off her boots and sat on the sofa next to Polly. 'What shall we start with? Any preference ladies?'

'Wii sports, maybe you can get beaten at tennis again, Jeffrey.'

'You did not beat me, you cheated.'

'As you say.' Hannah smiled at Dixie. 'I think we should let Hannah go against you first.'

'Bring it on princess, tennis it is, I've been practising.' Jeff started the tennis game as Hannah pulled on her remote.

'You will find me quite hard to beat Jeff.'

'Is that so?'

'Definitely.' Hannah focused herself and started the game by serving the ball, she'd played a lot against James and he had taught her a thing or two about how to win.

Jeff couldn't believe that Hannah was winning the game, he thought that it would be easy to beat her, he nearly always beat Dixie when they played, but Hannah was proving to be a tough cookie. 'I think my remote is faulty or something.' Hannah had won another point and he was dangerously close to losing the game. 'I think you're just saying that Jeffrey,' Dixie giggled from where she was sat. 'Hey, you're meant to be on my side.'

'I know that, I can't deny that seeing you get beaten is strangely satisfying though.' Jeff glared at Dixie and tried to concentrate, but it was no good. Hannah sent the ball sailing past his character and gained the point that she needed to win the game. Jeff took the remote off and handed it to Dixie as Hannah gave Polly a hi-five.

Dixie won her game of tennis against Polly, it was closely fought and went right down to the last point. She took great pleasure in informing Jeff that she could give him lessons if he needed it. Polly beat Jeff in the cycling and he won against her in the archery. Hannah just managed to beat Dixie in archery and lost to her in the cycling. Dixie picked up the case for the Just Dance game and handed it to Jeff. 'Come on Collier, let's see how you move. I think we'll do this one in teams and the team with the most points wins.'

'You're on Dixie, we'll beat them.'

'Don't be so sure,' Polly called from her place on the floor. 'That's fighting talk.'

'Bring it on dear Polly.'

'Okay, but we get to pick your song.' Dixie watched Polly pick up the remote and giggle as she selected a song. 'Have fun.' Dixie laughed when she heard 'Cotton Eye Joe' start up, she started laughing even more when Jeff tried to copy the moves on the screen and ended up getting hopelessly lost, she laughed even harder when he nearly tripped over his own feet. 'This is not fair, she chose a hard dance on purpose.'

'This is one of the easier dances Jeffrey, you just have two left feet.' Dixie smiled when she found out that she had got more points than Jeff. 'You set me up Polly Emmerson, I am going to get you back for that one.'

'Please do.' Dixie had her suspicions that Polly had played this game before. She watched Jeff pick a song that he thought was really hard for Hannah and Polly.

Polly smiled when she heard 'Jingo Lo Ba' by Fatboy Slim start up, she'd danced this one many times and could easily ace it. Hannah looked relaxed as they waited for the main part of the dance to start. Jeff had clearly chosen the wrong song for Hannah, she was a natural at dancing and she didn't miss a move that was shown on the screen. Polly jumped up and down when it was shown that they had nearly got a perfect score. She hugged Hannah and sneaked a look at Jeff and Dixie, Jeff looked miffed, but Dixie looked quite flushed. Polly remembered what Jeff had said about Dixie liking Hannah, maybe he was right, it looked as if Dixie couldn't take her eyes off her.

Dixie stood up and tried to make herself sound normal, watching Hannah dance had made her feel more than a bit warm. 'Who wants pizza? I'm going to order a margherita, a pepperoni and and a spicy chicken, any objections?' Nobody said anything so Dixie went into the kitchen to get the phone. She went straight to the sink and poured herself a glass of water, she drank it down and tried to compose herself. 'Dix?' Dixie jumped at the sound of Polly's voice. 'I said I'd come in and get everyone something to drink.'

'Okay, go ahead.'

'Dixie is everything all right? You look a bit warm.'

'I'm fine.'

'Are you sure? Jeff said that you like Hannah, is it true?' Dixie fiddled with the cord on the phone and nodded. 'You can't tell her Polly, she can't know. Promise me that you will keep it to yourself.'

'I promise.'

'Thank you.' Polly poured a couple of glasses of coke and put the bottle back in the fridge.

'You should try and tell her, she might not react badly to it.' Dixie ran her hands through her hair.

'I can't take that risk.'

'Dixie, can you be happy just watching her for the rest of your life?'

'No.'

'Then you need to think about what you want to do.'

'I know.' Dixie accepted Polly's hug and picked up the phone to order the pizzas, Polly was right, she would never be happy just watching Hannah, she would have to find the courage to tell her sooner or later.

Hannah looked at Dixie when she came back, she wondered what had made her react so strangely. She had been okay up until the dancing started, and then afterwards she had shot from the room as if she was being chased by something. Hannah didn't buy that she had decided to order pizza right at that moment. She wasn't sure what was wrong, but, something was going on, something that she didn't have all the facts about. Hannah decided to let it go for now, she didn't know Dixie well enough to bring it up. She was certain that Polly had talked to Dixie about whatever it was in the kitchen and Dixie seemed okay now.

Jeff had found the zumba game and Polly was trying to teach him the moves as the game went on, he was hopeless at it. 'Jeffrey dear, do you have any rhythm at all?'

'I'm not so sure Dixie.'

'I think the answer is no.' Jeff pouted and Dixie laughed.

'You're mean, at least I'm trying.'

'You certainly get points for effort Jeff.'

'That's about all I'm getting points for.' Jeff was relieved when the song was over, he carefully took the game out of the Wii and put it back in the cover. Dixie went to answer the door to the guy that was delivering their pizza and came back in with the boxes. 'At last, the food is here, I'm starving.'

'You're always starving Jeff.'

'Not always, just after being made to dance and make a fool of myself.'

'I think you did very well Jeff,' Hannah said.

'Thanks princess.' Jeff suddenly felt a bit better about himself, he wondered how Hannah knew instantly how people were feeling and how to cheer them up.

Polly watched as Dixie sat next to Hannah, she hoped that Dixie would find the courage to tell Hannah everything one day. She didn't think that Hannah would be the type to hurt Dixie if she didn't feel the same way as Dixie did. Polly hoped that Hannah did, it would be nice to see them together and for things to go Dixie's way for once. Polly helped herself to a slice of pizza and sipped at her fresh drink. Hannah would be Polly's partner in the week to come and perhaps she would give something away about how she felt about Dixie. If Dixie wasn't going to be more forthcoming about how she felt then she risked losing Hannah to someone else.

Dixie watched Hannah out of the corner of her eye, maybe Polly was right, she had to tell Hannah, just watching her wasn't enough. It would hurt if she didn't feel the same way, but it was better to find out than keep on the way she was at the moment. Could it work? Hannah was from a completely different social background. The fact that she had refused to go to the posh dinner party to come and play games and eat pizza gave Dixie some hope that Hannah wouldn't mind someone that had a few rough edges where social graces were concerned.

Hannah was quite sad when it came to the time for her to leave, she had enjoyed herself, it had been nice to relax and just have fun for a change. Hannah hugged Polly first. 'On Monday we'll discuss your lessons in becoming a rock star.'

'I can't wait to work with you and learn to play.' Hannah smiled, Polly really was a sweet woman. Hannah thought that Dixie looked a little reticent about something, maybe she was just tired, being the boss must be hard work. 'Thanks for inviting me, it was fun, I can't remember when I last had such a good time.'

'You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.' Hannah was about to move away when Dixie hugged her. 'I'll see you Monday.'

'You too Dixie.' Hannah stepped back when Dixie let go of her, she had quite enjoyed that hug. Hannah followed Jeff to the car and tried to ignore the feeling that she just might be falling for her boss.