A couple of hours later and Rita was starting to get exasperated. There had been several interruptions to her admin tasks but if she was honest even if there hadn't been she probably wouldn't have fared much better. She just couldn't concentrate today. She cursed as there was another knock at the door.

"Come in!" The nurse tried hard to keep any anger out of her tone. Rocker's head appeared around the door.

"Hello princess!" Rita flinched again at the use of Jeff's preferred greeting.

"Rocker, sorry this really isn't a good time. I've so much to do" Rita sighed.

"Don't you worry I won't keep you long. I just wanted to let you know that I'm moving on. My boss has asked me to help out a station down in Bristol tomorrow morning so I'm heading off there shortly."

"Oh right" said Rita confused "well that was short-lived! Don't they still need cover here?"

"Ah well the thing is…" Rocker looked down at his feet "someone made a call to say I hadn't fitted in here so… My boss wouldn't say who but…"

"You think it was Iain?"

"Well he didn't deny it. And I...err might have mentioned that I thought he might have done it because of you and he didn't deny that either" Rocker looked at Rita pointedly.

"I was chatting to the other guys about him and one of them mentioned they thought he'd been with a married woman when he was in the army and he didn't think there'd been anyone since? Actually a couple of them thought he might be, y'know, the other way inclined…"

Rita raised an eyebrow as Rocker tailed off, amusement glinting in her eyes.

"It's all good we parted amicably. I think he needs someone like you Rita he just needs a bit of help realising it. Look, got lots more lives to save elsewhere I'd best start making tracks - you let me know if I ever need to buy a hat right?

It was the third time that day Rocker had rendered her almost speechless but Rita gathered herself to address him before he left.

"Rocker, thanks. I mean it. You didn't have to do this for me… us? Especially after I… Well I guess I blew you out… Sorry. Now listen though. You're a good man and, to have got this far and be part of HART and everything, you must be a fantastic paramedic but well can you just promise me one thing?

"Go on…" Rocker shifted his weight from foot to foot seemingly embarrassed at the compliments.

"It's just… well it's just I think you might get along better with some people if you tone it down on the hero stories? I mean no one likes to feel inferior do they? I think if you concentrate on doing a good job and listen to people a bit more, you know find out what makes them tick and be able to enjoy conversations with them - like we're doing - well then you'll probably find that people want to start telling your stories for you" she reached out to touch his arm.

Rocker grabbed her into an embrace squeezing the breath out of her as he hugged her tight.

"I'll remember that, thank you sweetheart. Now you may or may not be interested to know that a certain other paramedic might still just be sat loitering in his van outside the ED? See you later princess!" Rocker turned on his heel and hurried off leaving Rita standing bewildered in the middle of her office.

Sod it it's not like I'm getting any work done here is it? Rita thought. She reached for her blue hoody and headed for the door.