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Revelations

Wahay it's been a little while but here it is, again, trying to be realistic so I hope I've got most of the characters right!
Also I would like people to comment who else they would like me to incorporate into a chapter. For example I've had scenes with Sasha and Frieda so, any requests?
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Previously: Reaching the doors she turned around to Fletch and looked him in the the eye. She breathed in and prepared herself for the three words he never thought he would hear her say:

"Goodbye Adrian Fletcher"
No. He didn't want to hear those words, not from her. She felt the tears spring back to her eyes but she blinked them away as she looked at him. Those eyes... She would never forget them, not for as long as she lived. She managed to take him in more in those few seconds than she had in years of working in the same hospital as him. His tie which was always askew at the collar, his roughly kept stubble and the suit which she had bought him when all of this started. The stolen looks, flirtatious banter and winding each other up, all of the lunches and coffees in her office or on their bench - "Their bench?" She thought to herself "It was just a bench..." She realised that in her head it had always been their bench. Ever since one of Fletch's first days on Darwin
"Truce?" She had asked him "Truce." He agreed
Before that it had been her bench but after that day she didn't mind sharing it, not if it was with him. The most annoying man in the entire universe who had a habit of doing things which were unbelievably irrational and emotion-led which would turn out to be so completely right.

Then she closed the door on him.

That's it. No going back. Two goodbyes is already two too many. She took a deep breath and composed herself before shifting the box in her arms and walking to the lift. The doors opened and she stepped in beside a little girl. They both faced the door
"You're Fletch's kid aren't you" She eventually said, neither of them looking at each other
"Yup" the girl replied, popping the 'p' at the end
More silence
"You know you're going the wrong way" Jac said
The girl shrugged
"I wander around, bound to come across him eventually"
What a strange concept for a child to be happy walking alone around a strange place, Jac thought to herself, but she kind of understood about finding him eventually.
"Monkeys on typewriters" she nodded
The girl looked confused and turned her head towards Jac for the first time
"What?" She frowned
"Urr... you know... infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters will eventually write Shakespeare?"
The girl's expression remained puzzled but she opened her mouth to speak
"You're weird" she moved to face Jac properly
Jac let out a small laugh
"Right, you're Ella aren't you" less asking, more telling
"Hmm and that would make you," the girl looked her up and down, "Jac"
Jac raised an eyebrow "Aren't you a little young to be on your own?"
"I'm 8" the girl crossed her arms "aren't you a little old to be in love with my dad?"
Jac was caught completely unaware, and her face showed it.
A look of triumph appeared on Ella's face as the doors opened. She smiled sweetly before skipping out of the lift. Jac was still speechless. What the hell had Fletch been telling his kids. This didn't change anything though, if anything it made her more determined to get away from Holby and the mess she had made of everything.

Fletch stood glued to the spot in Jac's office. For the first time in a very long time, he had no idea what to do next. Ever since the shooting when he had taken it upon himself to look after her, she had always provided a reason to be needed. When he didn't know where to go, he would go to her office. When he didn't know what to do next, he would seek her out. She had become the centre of his working life on Darwin but recently she had been seeping through the cracks into his personal life and, now she was gone, the whole thing had shattered. He sat on the sofa and put his head in his hands. He still had three hours until his shift started. He decided to go find Ella and get some breakfast before taking her to school. He had dragged her and Theo along to the hospital with him this morning because, though Evie and Mikey took the bus to their school, Ella needed dropping off at hers and Theo in the creche. Fletch stood up and left the office.
"Fletch" came a voice in a thick Ukrainian accent "Where's Jac?" Frieda approached him, holding several files but Fletch didn't respond, deep in thought.
"Earth to Fletch" she clicked her fingers in front of his face and he broke out of his trance. And shook his head apologetically.
"Sorry... What did you say?"
"Still pining after Jac then?" She smirked
"Dunno what you're talking about" he replied convincingly
She raised an eyebrow but he ignored her
"I said... where is Jac" Frieda continued
"She's gone"
"Gone? Gone where, her shift has barely begun"
"I mean, she's gone gone... away"
Frieda looked confused and narrowed her eyes at him
"Did something... happen between you two?" She asks, suspiciously
Fletch sighed, there was no use trying to hide it, Frieda noticed everything.
"I kissed her" he finally admitted "yesterday"
"And...?" Frieda prompted
"And she ran away"
"Did you say anything?"
"Well no, I thought I had made myself pretty clear"
Frieda groaned
"Urgh Fletch"
"What?"
"Don't you understand? She's scared. Jac's mind will do anything to convince herself that things aren't true, to stop her from getting hurt. You need to tell her how you feel, be explicit."
Fletch looked confused
"What are you still doing here? Go!"
"What? Don't be ridiculous I'm not gonna chase after her, she told me she didn't want this"
"What she says and what she means are two very different things Fletcher"
"Not with Jac." He insisted " We both know that she says exactly what she means. I have to let her go"

Over 1000 words in that one so not too shabby;) More to come people and thank you to all my readers I can't believe over 1.5K people have read my story!! Haha it's pretty unreal but I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Also I would like people to comment who else they would like me to incorporate into a chapter. For example I've had scenes with Sasha and Frieda so, any requests?
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