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Chapter 7

Zoe.

Lou came at 10 as she said she would. Jess was a frequent visitor to mine and she now had a large collection of clothes and toys, her own room, bathroom and playroom. She was my only niece and as I couldn't have children I spoilt her and enjoyed my time with her. Lou's husband had recently left her and after that she had needed to work lots to provide for Jess, she had night jobs as well as a day job and couldn't afford a nanny so I became a baby sitter. I don't mind as I love to spend time with Jess and want to help Lou but it has become a fact that Jess spends nearly every Tuesday, Friday and sometimes Saturday night here. I take her to school on a Wednesday morning, pick her up on a Friday or the occasional other day and we have a great time together but I don't really do much else, or have much time to be myself and do things other than work and look after Jess. She is (alongside work and Ash now) the most important thing in my life. Lou knows this and is very thankful for what I do but she doesn't spend as much time with Jess as she would like to so I help cover some of the costs so she doesn't have to work all the time. I earn much more than she does and always have much money to spare. I have no mortgage or loans; I don't spend too much time at home so my bills are low and don't have kids to feed. I have everything I need but Lou only just has enough to feed and house Jess and herself. I feel bad being the one who has no responsibility and is well off where she has all the responsibility and all the problems, it isn't fair. But then again like I have been told my entire life; Life isn't fair.

For the rest of the day Ash and I spent our time with each other and flirting continuously. We kissed a lot and we enjoyed each other's company. For lunch we made a picnic and decided to stop by his and get him some clothes before heading to a woodland clearing on the outskirts of Holby to have our picnic.

He lived in a regular sized three-bedroom house about a 10minute drive from the hospital. It had a reasonable size garden and was really just a normal house in Holby. It was much smaller than my own house but it seemed homely. He showed me around his house then went to his room to get changed into some proper clothes rather than his scrubs. I explored a little further and found a bedroom clearly belonging to Ella and a spare room that was full of junk. Once he was changed we headed back to my car and I drove us to the nearby woods.

For once I was wearing something sensible on my feet instead of my stilettos I was wearing trainers, I had also changed from a pencil skirt and blouse into jeans, t-shirt and hoodie. Ash was surprised to see me without my usual attire and looked impressed that I owned something other than what I wore for work.

He was wearing jeans too but he wore a shirt with the top two buttons undone on it. On his feet he wore trainers like me. His jeans hugged tight to his legs and he looked so sexy and I was really pleased to call him my boyfriend.

As we walked through the woodland to the clearing he pulled me close and put his arm around my shoulders protectively. We walked like this for a while in silence enjoying the surroundings and the noise of the animals and the trees. When we got to the clearing we unpacked the basket the food was in and spread out a rug.

"This is nice." He said as we sat leaning against each other on the rug.

"Yeah, it's so peaceful here." I agreed sighing.

"What do you want first?" he asked getting food out of the basket.

"You." I answered attempting to flirt (I was pretty pathetic with the whole romance thing. I hadn't got much practise in apart from the few boyfriends I had in the past and I didn't feel as strong a pull to them as I do to Ash. I hadn't had a boyfriend for such a long time I was nervous and didn't know what I should do).

"Well Doctor Hanna why don't we have some lunch then we could go back to mine or yours and you could get what you want." He said in a whisper next to my ear. His breath caused a tingle to go down my spine and I looked at him.

"Sounds good Doctor Ashford." I whispered back. "Sounds very good.

We sat there and he fed me strawberries, dropping them into my mouth delicately, the fruit burst with juice and was sweet and delicious. I threw cherries and grapes at him whilst he tried to catch them in his mouth. We laughed and chatted about anything and everything but work. We kissed a bit too. It felt so good to be able to have fun and enjoy my life. I hadn't had a proper boyfriend since Nick and event though I had not known Ash long I already felt closer to him than Nick.

After we had finished our picnic we packed away the rest of the food and made our way back to my car hand in hand, Ash's other hand carrying the basket.

We went back to mine after that and went to bed even though it was only 3 in the afternoon.

I wonder what happens in the bed?

A/N: I'm not going to write about what they get up to so it's up to you. The next part will be up soon hopefully, no promises though.

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