LillyMayFlower: Let's hope so! He did do a very good job, and the storyline was good and it was just so different from anything they've done. I loved Duffy.

casualtyfics111: We'll soon see. It definitely did not beat the helicopter crash, that was amazing, and I do get what you mean by them being out of character. I didn't like it really when Lily took that selfie, it was cute, but it was more like Crystal instead of her character. I don't quite get what that was about to be honest. Also, Jez's scenes were just weird but like I said, I don't like Jez. Overall though, I enjoyed the storyline and the way that it was filmed as well. So different!

Scarlett: Thank you Scarlett :-)

casualcasualty: It was hard writing for Iain, as I wasn't quite sure how he'd react. I hope it's okay though.

Chapter Twenty-Three

Lily curled her fingers around the warm coffee mug, slowly walking through the crowd of doctors and nurses. Connie followed her, watching and waiting for Lily to say something. Lily forced a smile and carefully held the mug out to Elle who was standing by the desk.

"Thanks, Lily," Elle said, carefully taking the mug so that nothing would spill. "Two sugars, right?"

Lily just nodded, and folded her arms across her chest.

"Lily, do you want to ask Doctor Gardner if she would like anything else?" Connie asked.

Lily opened her mouth to speak, but quickly shook her head. She couldn't, she hadn't known Elle for long. What if she said the wrong thing, and Elle judged her for it? She just couldn't take the risk.

"Alright," Connie sighed.

The doors to the ED slammed open and everyone turned their heads at the noise. Iain and Jez wheeled Darren through, a look of pure anger in Iain's eyes as he reeled off the information to Ethan and Cal. Chelsea followed behind, sobbing and holding onto Darren's hand.

"Has he woken up at all?" Cal questioned the paramedics, but Iain shook his head. "Okay, and who is this?" He asked, gesturing to the crying girl.

"This is Chelsea," Jez said, seeing that Iain was in no fit state to be answering questions. "His girlfriend."

"Help him, please!" She yelled, her screams echoing throughout reception.

"We'll get you to the relatives room," Cal said gently to her, before turning and shouting, "Can we get some help here please?" He knew that Chelsea was going to be difficult, and that Darren seemed in a pretty bad way.

"I'm going to have to go and deal with this," Connie whispered to Elle, and followed the huge group through to resus. Lily hovered near the desk for a second, before making the decision to follow Connie. She missed working, she missed helping people, and she wanted to feel as involved as she possible could. "Okay Cal, what have we got?" Connie asked, grabbing the notes from him.

"Darren Warlow," Cal informed her. "Attempted overdose at home."

Robyn entered then, after being told by Elle about the incident. She made her way over to Cal and Ethan, and listened as Cal gave her instructions. She always felt upset when patients tried to take their own life, but she managed to put on a brave face.

"What's Lily doing in here?" Iain questioned, as soon as he spotted his girlfriend. "She shouldn't be in here, Mrs Beauchamp!" He ended up shouting, which was not what he wanted to do.

"I..." Connie pivoted on the spot and saw Lily standing behind her. "Oh for goodness sake Lily, you're not supposed to be working," she said gently. "Go please."

Lily ignored her though. She tilted her head to one side and got a look at Darren's face. She gulped and tears pricked her eyes. Her chest tightened, and she suddenly felt sick. She lifted her head and locked eyes with Iain, her whole body shaking. She hurried out of resus in tears. She then knew why Iain had wanted her to leave. She had no idea where she was going but she needed to get away.

"Lily!" Connie called, concerned.

"Um..." Ethan looked and saw that his brother had already got to treating the patient.

He felt as if he needed to make sure that she was okay. Something had obviously shaken her, and she was his best friend after all. They hadn't hung out together in a while, and she hadn't said anything to him about the rape. He still cared about her though.

"I'll go," he offered quietly, and walked out of resus before anyone could stop him.

"Right," Connie sighed, shrugging her shoulders, unsure as to what just happened. "Maybe I should go as well," she whispered, biting her lip.

"Is she a doctor here?" Chelsea asked, her eyes on the doors that Ethan and Lily had just gone through. "You're trusting someone like that to treat patients? She was shaking like a leaf!"

"Maybe because you don't know what your boyfriend is really like!" Iain shouted. "You're completely clueless, aren't you?"

"Iain!" Connie scolded him, her eyes widening in shock. Clearly, she hadn't realised who was lying on the bed in front of them. "In a way, she's right. Lily isn't working at the moment, so she shouldn't have been in here in the first place."

"Take a good long look at this man, Mrs Beauchamp," Iain whispered. "And tell me why the hell I am so angry right now!" He turned and hit his fist against the wall, before running his hands through his hair in frustration.

Everyone watched him nervously, whilst Iain just pursed his lips together to try and stop himself from screaming in pain. His knuckles felt as if they were on fire. Chelsea was still crying, as Cal reeled off information to the nurses, whilst trying to save Darren's life.

"What kind of place are you running here?" She yelled.

"I am going to need you to calm down," Cal whispered.

"Iain," Connie whispered. "I think you and I need to have a chat outside, don't you? Now, please."

She gestured towards the door, handed the notes to Robyn, and walked out with Iain close behind. They went to the office for some privacy and as soon as Connie had slammed the door behind them, she jumped straight into conversation.

"What the hell did you think you were doing?" She yelled. "Behaving like that when there are patients around is totally uncalled for!"

"Just leave me alone," Iain whispered, and leaned back against the desk with his hands over his face. "Mrs Beauchamp, that man deserves to be dead! Did you not see him? It...It's him, he...He was the one who raped Lily."

Connie's eyes widened. The thought upset her and made her just as angry, but how was she supposed to know if it was him or not.

"What makes you say that?" She whispered, her voice sad and worried.

"Didn't you see?" Iain whispered back. "He had the earring, and the tattoo, both of which Lily had told the police about. That was why she ran out of resus like that, Mrs Beauchamp. She recognised him."

"Lily!" Ethan called, as he pushed open the door to a supply cupboard. He was sure that he'd seen Lily go in there, that and the fact he could hear crying coming from inside. "Lily, are you alright?"

It was a stupid question, seeing as she'd just fled resus. Lily was sat on the floor of the cupboard, with her knees held against her chest, and tears rolling down both sides of her face.

"Hey," he whispered, awkwardly shutting the door behind hm so that he could sit down with her. "Hey, come here, I...I've got you."

Lily shook her head, flinching as Ethan even made the slightest movement to give her a hug. She buried her face in her knees and Ethan gently placed a hand on the ridge of her back.

"Lily, what...What happened in there?" He asked her. "You can talk to me."

Lily said nothing though.

"Of course," he sighed, clearing his throat. Lily was hardly going to speak to him, was she? "But...I saw the way you looked at him. You're my best friend." He gulped and added in a whisper, "he...he was the one who r...raped you, wasn't he?"

Lily let out a small gasp, and faintly nodded her head.

Ethan sighed heavily and held back a lump that was forming in his throat. "I'm so sorry, Lily. I really wish that there was something I could do."

Lily just shook her head, soon trusting him enough to rest her head on his shoulder.

"It's alright," he soothed, reaching up and giving her hair a gentle stroke. "Hey, we've found him now, haven't we?" He asked. "And we know his name. Don't worry, the police will be informed and he'll go to prison."

He forced a smile for her and added, "it's over."

I hope I had everyone in character. I had no idea what Iain's reaction would be like, and I did struggle a bit with the Lily and Ethan scene. It's been a while since I wrote for them. I hope you all enjoyed it.