Jill left her office and crossed the corridor into reception, a pile of paperwork clutched in her hands. Lizzie was pulling on her coat. "Working late again doc?" She asked, flicking her golden hair free from beneath the thick fabric to rest on the collar.

"Yeah, 'fraid so." She answered as she opened a draw of a filing cabinet. "Doing anything special tonight?" She asked, more out of the desire to have a conversation with someone other than a patient than a wish to know.

"Not really." She came to stand at Jill's elbow. "How about you? A nice night in with Doctor Ormerod when you get home?"

She murmured noncommittally, fighting down the pain burning in her chest, forcing herself to instead focus on filing her notes. Lizzie wished her goodnight, and she murmured back, barely registering her departure.

She made her way back to her office, glancing wistfully back at Gordon's door, knowing it would be empty, he having left long ago. She settled herself into her chair, picking up her pen and readying herself for another night of work. She had barely been home for the past two weeks, arriving home long after Gordon went to bed, and leaving as soon as Katie and Tom were up and eating breakfast. She had taken on more patients, attended as many emergencies as possible, carried out more surgeries, and generally filled her time with work, hoping to keep herself busy and keep her mind on work, and to find an excuse to stay as long as possible away from their house. Though sometimes she didn't need an excuse. Occasionally she would drift off, her mind going over everything, searching for some reason for her life to change so quickly. Then she'd catch herself, angrily wipe away any tears that had escaped her control and absorb herself with work once again.

She'd barely seen Gordon. They only spoke on medical grounds, and those moments were rare. Whenever the other needed a second opinion they'd both go to Jeff in an attempt to avoid the other as much as possible. Jill's reason was to save herself from further heartbreak, and Gordon's... she had no idea.