Scott hurried towards the hospital elevator, one eye on his watch. Dr Stanhope had asked to see him at his office at Pine Valley Hospital to discuss the next step in Madison's rehabilitation and he was running late.

…

Scott had been visiting Madison much more regularly on Marion's insistence and Scott was beginning to see the change. Madison was becoming more her old self again… the medication she was taking for her psychosis altered her sometimes and made her forgetful but Scott could see more and more of Holly's devoted mother reappearing in Madison's word and actions and less and less of her paranoia.

Things had also been going much easier for Scott since moving into the Chandler Mansion. Marion was fast becoming his rock. She loved spending time with Holly and she was full of wise word and good advice. His dad, Stuart, was there for him too; always ready to listen to Scott when he needed a sounding board for his concerns. Even Adam was helping in his way, giving Scott more flexibility with his hours at work.

The next challenge was to bring Madison home. Dr Stanhope was hoping to arrange a supervised day visit soon to assess Madison outside the confines of the hospital. Scott was seeing the doctor today to discuss the visit and talk through the results Madison's last assessment.

That was the meeting he was late for.

…

Scott slotted himself between the elevator doors just as they were closing.

"What level do you need?" a familiar voice asked as Scott paused to catch his breath.

Scott cursed his luck. The only other passenger in the elevator was Dr Cara Castillo. A woman he was so unhappily attracted too and had so far been successful in trying to avoid. In all the elevators in all the wards in this hospital, why did she have to be in this one?

"Fourteen." he said, quite formally as he nodded a greeting to Cara.

"…Are you here about Madison?" Cara asked registering that the fourteenth floor held the psychiatric unit.

"She's coming on a home visit soon." Scott said, dropping the heavy hint that he was determined to make it work with Madison now. However much he enjoyed the kiss they shared and however much he felt himself drawn to her, even now, Madison had to be his focus not Cara.

Cara smiled but it was quite tight.

"That's good news."

"It is." said Scott, not meeting her eye and cursing the elevator for not going any faster.

"And how is Holly? She must be eight months now?" Cara asked. Her tone was light, but Scott felt the hurt behind her question. They hadn't seen one another for two months when before that they had spoken almost every day.

"Almost nine months actually." said Scott. He really didn't want to talk to Cara but he also felt bad if he just left the question hanging. "I think she's trying to walk… and she's getting very clingy."

"They do at that age." said Cara, knowingly.

"And Charlie, how is he?" asked Scott politely.

"He talking… or he won't stop talking… And now he's walking he and Ian are going to become quite a troublesome twosome I can tell."

Scott nodded.

There was a brief tense silence.

"So have you gotten roped into this wedding thing for Bianca and Marissa?" Cara asked.

Scott sighed.

"I think we all have… So you're going to the wedding?"

"Charlie's Marissa's brother, so we're coming as family."

Finally, after what seemed like forever, the elevator stopped and the doors opened to the fourth floor.

"I might see you there then." said Scott, stepping out into the hallway and trying to not make it look like he was running away.

"Sure." said Cara, "It was nice talking to you…"

Her words were cut off with the elevator doors closing.

Scott felt like a heel. Cara had been a good friend to him after Madison got sick. Only now Scott was focusing on repairing his life with the mother of his child. He couldn't allow the very real attraction he still felt for Cara to get in his way. He had to keep away from her.

His focus should be on his family; it was the right thing to do!

…