LillyMayFlower: I am so glad that you liked that line! I was quite proud of it myself, haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the whole chapter, and I doubt Lily will take that too well but let's see.

Scarlett: Will do! I'm glad you liked them. There will be a whole Lily and Connie scene in the next chapter.

Charlotte: Thank you so much, humour isn't my strong point but I do try. I don't know to be honest, it's just how I always saw Lily. Like I always felt the confidence was a mask that she put on, but that's just my opinion. I could be wrong because as you say, she's always been shown to be strong and confident. Thanks though, I will try and keep her more in character :-) xx

Chapter Seven

Lily was sat on the bench outside the ED, taking the opportunity to get some peace and quiet. She knew that Connie was in a meeting about her, she wasn't stupid, and she'd made things pretty obvious.

As she sat there, she felt as if someone was watching her. It sent shivers up her spine and when she looked up, she saw that everyone around her was on their phone. They were either answering a call, replying to a text, browsing the web, but each and every one of them could have been her attacker. Tears stung her eyes and she quickly wiped them away with the palms of her hands.

"Are you crying?" A small voice asked.

She removed her hands from her face and saw a little girl standing in front of her. She had gorgeous, ginger hair and gleaming blue eyes. She wore a pretty, pink, Despicable Me t-shirt, blue jeans and white sandals, and in her arms she held a ginger cat that matched her hair.

"You can stroke Tommy if you want," she said. "He always cheers me up when I'm sad."

Lily slowly reached out and gave Tommy a gentle stroke. He started to purr, pleased at the fuss from the stranger.

"He likes that," the little girl said.

"What's your name?" Lily whispered, surprising herself.

"Scarlett," she said in a small voice.

"That's a pretty name," Lily said. "And this little fellow is adorable." Elsie nodded, looking down at Tommy in her arms. "Where are your parents, Scarlett?"

"Mummy's been hurt," Elsie said in a sad voice. "She's got my baby brother in her tummy and they are worried something has happened to him. I'm sad, I think mummy and daddy might forget me. All they talk about is the baby."

"They won't forget you," Lily reassured her.

"I wasn't allowed inside," Elsie said. "Because of Tommy, but daddy wanted to stay with mummy."

Lily faintly nodded and glanced across at the entrance of the ED. She didn't realise that Iain had been standing there, in his paramedic uniform, watching her the whole time. It meant that he'd heard her talk, to a random girl who'd only just started primary school. She cleared her throat and quickly turned away to try and avoid any questions.

"What are you doing out here, princess?" Iain asked, crouching beside the little girl. "Were you having a chat with this beautiful lady?"

Elsie nodded, her eyes still on Lily.

"Your pussy cat is beautiful, isn't he?" Iain said. "I bet he's well looked after." Elsie nodded in silence, and looked towards the ED. Iain followed her stare and saw a man who he assumed was her dad, standing by the entrance. "Is that daddy?" Iain asked her.

"Yes," she replied quietly.

"Elsie!" The man called over.

"Go on," Iain encouraged, and gave her shoulder a gentle rub, before sitting beside Lily on the bench.

"Bye," Elsie whispered to Lily, and hurried off towards her dad with Tommy in her arms.

Iain waited until she'd gone before speaking. "Children and animals are easier to talk to. When I was a child and I'd had an argument with my mum, I often used to vent my feelings to my pet hamster. He was called Po because I was obsessed with the Teletubbies."

Lily didn't say anything, but she did manage a small smile.

Iain returned the smile and tucked a strand of Lily's hair behind her ear. He leaned in to try and kiss her, but she tensed up and shook her head. She kept her eyes away from him the whole time.

"Right, so you don't want to kiss me?" Iain sighed. "Again? Look, I let it go the first time Lily, but what's going on? Do you not want to be in a relationship with me, because if you don't then please just tell me."

Lily made eye contact with him and gulped anxiously. She tried to talk, to tell him that that wasn't the problem, but she couldn't.

"I'm sorry, Lily," he whispered and stood up, with his hands in his pockets. "Maybe we should just leave things for now, yeah? A relationship only works when both people are involved, but if you're refusing to talk and kiss me..."

He didn't continue that sentence.

"I just want what's best for you," he said. "I guess I'll talk to you later. If you change your mind, then you know where I am."

He smiled faintly at her and left to go back into the ED. Lily could have kicked herself. She was so happy when Iain told her that he liked her, and she'd gone and ruined it. She was so stupid, why couldn't she have just said something?

She tried to call his name, but nothing came out. Tears rolled down her cheeks and she buried her face in her hands. Sniffing and letting out a small gasp, she looked up and saw Alicia and Louise standing in front of her. They were watching her intensely, but instead of asking if she was okay, they just walked off.

"She's twenty-nine years of age," Louise spat, as she and Alicia walked through the corridor of the ED. "She's being childish. Why doesn't she just say something?"

"It's obviously hard for her," Alicia sighed. "Did you see Iain's face earlier though? He looked so worried."

"I think Lily might have done something to upset him," Louise said. "It's obvious that he has feelings for her. If she can't tell him that she feels the same way, then it must break him."

Alicia shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe, but I'd rather not spread gossip without the full story." There was a pause, before she asked, "why isn't she talking, do you think?"

"Personally, I think it's an attention seeking thing," Louise said. "Have you ever known Lily to stop talking?"

"Louise, don't say that," Alicia whispered. "There's obviously something going on with her."

"Well, I'm going to have a word with Iain," Louise said. "He's a lovely guy and doesn't deserve to be hurt."

"Louise, maybe we should just let Iain and Lily deal with it," Alicia said, sternly crossing her arms over her chest. "Don't get involved."

"I just want to know what happened," Louise said. "Aren't you intrigued?"

"Lily's my friend," Alicia whispered, shaking her head at her.

"Even after what she did to you?" Louise reminded her.

Alicia had never forgot about the time Lily bullied her out of work, but she had forgiven her for it. She and Lily were now getting on better, and they'd both managed to put the past behind them. It was time that others did the same.

"That was a long time ago," Alicia said.

"I'm just going to talk to him," Louise said. "He looked upset earlier, didn't he? I'm sure he'll appreciate the concern."

"I guess," Alicia sighed, but she still didn't agree.

By the end of the day, Lily was the talk of the ED.

Sorry I haven't updated in a few days. I was in a production with my drama group the other day and didn't get home until midnight. Then today I felt really tired and was just catching up on sleep and Casualty. I'm off work for a bit now though so hopefully I'll be able to update more.

I wasn't sure about the whole argument between Iain and Lily, mainly because Iain is always so understanding. I thought about how hard it must be though, if Lily is acting like that and he has no idea what happened. I hope it was alright and realistic enough. If not, please do let me know. Thank you x