So, here you are another chapter! Sorry for the really slow update! I've been away all summer, back now though!

In this chapter it starts a few weeks after they announced their relationship to the ED. Also Lloyd hasn't left yet.

Chapter 12

Zoe.

Last week Ash had taken me to meet his daughter Ella. She was pleased to know her dad had found someone he was happy with. We got on ok but she didn't like the fact she was no longer Ash's' only girl. I think she was a bit jealous. Jess and Lou had met Ash several more times over the past weeks. Jess loved Ash and they always had such fun together. Lou teased me about the fact I had found a boyfriend who could stand me constantly.

Jess had become a frequent visitor at work as it was now the school holidays and Lou was still working in many places. Jess would come and spend the day on the children's ward playing with all the toys up there where one of the nurses would keep an eye out for her or in my office with me playing with gloves, bandages or a spare laptop I had.

When I had first bought her into work everyone was shocked that I had a little girl with me. Tess, Charlie and some of the other doctors and nurses knew that it was my niece but Lloyd, Robyn, Jamie and one of the new F2's Lily assumed she was my own child. Lily gave me a lecture about children in the workplace and the others all tried to find out who they thought the father was and would ask me suspicious questions all day before I introduced Jess to them properly as my niece. They welcomed her and would always be kind and happy around her. It pleased me to be able to help Lou out and offer Jess a happy environment for Jess to be in.

Jess loved it when she came to where I worked and all the staff in the ED loved her too. Fletch would spend his breaks with her as did Sam and Tom. Ash would always pop up to the children's ward or bring spare bandages to my office when he had the chance. Lou was always grateful and thanked Ash and I so much each time Jess spent the day with us. She was getting more and more stressed as the weeks went by. She still hadn't got a proper job; she just did odd jobs around the place.

Jess was staying at mine again tonight and coming to work with me tomorrow. Lou was already feeling bad about leaving her with me. She felt she couldn't provide for the life Jess needed. Each time I saw her she seemed more stressed than the last.

Ash and mine's relationship had been going well over the past few weeks and Ash had spent most of his time at mine he practically lived there now and hadn't been back to his house in about a week so I was planning on asking him to move into mine properly that evening.

After I had given Jess a bath and put her to bed Ash and I sat on the sofa, we were watching some random film that was on Film 4.

"Ash," I said interrupting the silence that had fallen on the room.

"Yes baby." He replied putting his arm around my neck and caressing my cheek, kissing my neck gently.

"How do you fancy moving in?" I asked looking up at him, shuffling around on the sofa to face him.

"Moving in?" he repeated, "here?"

"Yeah." I answered. "You can think about it if your not sure." I added not wanting to push him into doing anything he didn't want to.

"Not sure?" he repeated laughing. "I have never been so sure of everything in my life! Of course I'll move in, if you'll have me!"

"Really?" I smiled.

"Really!" he replied kissing my lips as if to prove that he really wanted to.

The kiss turned more heated and passionate and ended up with me topless and Ash wearing only his boxers before we decided to move to my (now our!) bedroom and continue there. He gathered up his clothes whilst I gathered up mine and we made our way upstairs trying to keep as quiet as possible as to not to wake Jess. We succeeded and continued our love making in the light of the moon peeping though the skylights.

We fell to sleep in each others embrace to be woken by the ringing of the telephone a few hours later…

What do you think? Let me know… Next chapter is more exciting!