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Chapter 44- Rhodes Reunited

Ava stepped out of the warm shower, drying her face and neck with a flannel. She made her way out to their bedroom, stood in front of her dresser arms wrapped around her waist.
Connor kissed her neck, "dinner with Ini and Victor last night was nice"
"Mhm" Ava hummed. Victor had moved to the states with Ini. Planning to open a branch of her father's company here. They'd had a sort of house warming party with Connor, Ava and Owen.
"Do you think were too coupley"
"No, why?" They weren't exactly one for PDA's. "We're not hiding our relationship- but we're not on top of each other"
"I don't know, I just don't want Owen to seem left out"
Connor nodded, "I don't know him and Ini still seem close"
"I guess, I don't know I just don't want to exclude him"
"He'll be fine" he kissed her cheek, "I'm sure he'll find someone"
"It's crazy how she hid that for long" Ava said.
Ava turned to him, "you don't have a secret wife I should know about?"
"Mhm, not that I know of" he kissed her, "you'd be my favourite anyway"
"Very funny" Ava rolled her eyes.

Ava drove them to work in Connor's car, pulling into the staff car park. They walked into the Ed together.
"Dr. Bekker, incoming patient, we need you scrubbed in"
"I love you I'll see you later" she kissed Connor's cheek, handing her coat to him.
Connor went up to their offices, leaving her coat at the foot of her desk and her coat laid over her chair. He made his way to his office and out his stuff away, logging in to his computer.
Half way through his paper work for the day, his phone buzzed.
"Hello?" Connor answered the phone.
"Why doesn't Ava eat pork?"
"Claire?" He said baffled.
"Yes, who else would it be?"
"I want you and her to drive up to Chicago and stay with me over the weekend, I'm in town and I want to see you. Both of you"
"She keeps kosher, her father was Jewish" he explained.
"You know I'll have to run this by her, and work" he clarified.
"Of course, but I'd really appreciate it if you tried"
"I'll ask her"
"Would you like me to send a car? It's a long drive"
"No, it's fine. I'll drive"

Connor didn't see Ava from the rest of their shift, always finding himself swept away into surgery while she was in her office, or in his office while she was swept away to surgery.
He waited outside her office for her to finish her shift.
"Hey" she came around the corner, kissing him briefly before opening her door.
"I just need to get by bag and coat"

She collected her stuff before taking his hand and leaving with him.
They pulled out of Mayo and Connor out a hand on her knee.
"Claire rang this morning. She wanted to know if we'd drive up to Chicago to see her for the weekend"
"Do you want to go?" Ava asked, putting her hand over his.
"Would you feel comfortable going?"
She thought about it, "yeah, we got off on a strange foot"
"I think she wants to redeem herself" he said truthfully
"We could try to see Nat and Will?"
"It's a plan"
"I'll make the calls"

*

Connor 7.08am
Hey Claire we might be in a little after lunch,
Ava got called in last night for an last minute
surgery. I let her sleep in a bit 🙂

Connor 7.09am
We'll meet for lunch

Claire 7.09am
No problem, see you then
Drive safe

Through Ava was nor happy about her impromptu lie in, feeling it made a bad impression, they were on the road within a half an hour. Ava slept for a good part of the journey in the passenger seat, their bags in the back, the long weekend ahead of them.

With lighter traffic then expected and only a short stop between them the arrived in just before lunch. Connor drove into the underground carpark of Claire's building and parked. It was a different part of town then Connor had lived in, still as well off through.
He carried their bags, getting the lift up to Claire's floor.