Unspoken

Author - sunnycouger

E-mail - - K+

Summary - Neela wakes after a dream and has to talk to Ray.

Author's Notes - This is my first ER fan-fiction after a break from writing. Prior to my break I could be found writing way too many cursed couples stories from Harry Potter, JoA or Lost so I am looking for any help here that can help me get better because I have a few more Ray/Neela fics in the works and I want to do it as much justice as possible. So if there's blatant OOC moments then please don't be afraid to let me know. Constructive crit is always appreciated - flames on the other hand are always ignored and ridiculed.

Disclaimer - Nothing here belongs to me other than the plot. Ray & Neela are sadly in the careless hands of the ER writers. Please don't sue - I own nothing worth taking.

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Prologue

"No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys."
-Doug Horton-

She couldn't quite figure out what she was doing. It wasn't something that seemed particularly rational or smart yet she couldn't stop herself. She glanced down at her watch as she walked, head bowed against the biting night wind. She knew this was insane. It made no sense. It was completely irrational yet it was all she could do to stop her damn legs from running to where she needed to be.

This wasn't what Neela Rasgotra did. This wasn't her. This was crazy. 'He's finally done it, Neela - he's driven you insane.' The man in question certainly had a track record for driving her crazy at times. Ray Barnett was many things - infuriating, funny, insensitive, thoughtful, good-looking, cocky - he was complicated. Even so, she figured it would be impossible not to like him if you knew him. That had always been her problem though - she probably liked him too much and that was why her judgement was always slightly skewed when it came to him. Him driving her crazy was not a surprise. Her walking to his apartment at 3.30 in the morning? That was surprising.

She saw a cab drive towards her and she stuck her hand up in the air to hail it and let out a breath in relief as it pulled over towards her.

"Thank God," she muttered skywards as she opened the door and gave the address of where she had to go to the driver. As she sat on the seat she rubbed her eyes and tried to work out how the hell she was going to explain her appearance at his door.

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