(AN: thank you so much for everyone that has followed this little fic! i really appreciate it. And thank you to the people reviewed! you guys are awesome. enjoyxx)

I DO NOT OWN CHICAGO MED, IT'S CHARACTERS, OR ANYTHING RELATED.

(i guess you could say no. 21 and no. 28 were kind of related. I'll let you decide for yourselves.)

21. Taken

He had always prided himself on his ability to separate his personal life from his work. You had to do that to be a good doctor-emotions couldn't rule your decisions and he knew that. Yet every time Sarah Reese was in the room his brain didn't seem to listen to itself. She was beautiful and smart and if there was anybody in the hospital he trusted more than himself it would be her. So of course her smile had his heart beating faster and of course every time she was close he wanted to pull her into his embrace and of course a girl that amazing was taken because angels like her were a dime a dozen in a world like the one he lived in.

22. Food

They often meet at the food truck outside Med, him ordering a BLT with extra L and T and her getting a garden salad. Their paths don't normally cross while they're working so they take the time in the line to catch up. She never thought that they would get along as well as they do, being from completely different worlds, yet she finds herself telling him things she wouldn't tell anybody else during the seven minutes they spend together.

23. Toothbrush

He has a toothbrush at her apartment. He doesn't remember when he left it there but whenever he stays the night it's in the little cup by the sink along with hers. Sometimes he'll tear his apartment apart searching for his lab coat only to find out later it's hanging in her closet. Often times he doesn't even go to his own place and come Monday he'll realise he's spent an entire week at her apartment. Soon his home doesn't feel like home anymore and he realises it's because home is wherever Sarah Reese is.

24. Bake

He wishes he had just picked a cake up at the supermarket. He really does. He may be able to do a coronary bypass but baking is about five thousand times more difficult and he seriously can't imagine how some people do it for a living. But it's Sarah's birthday and he was stupid enough to think that he would be able to bake her a cake despite never having touched a cookbook before in his life. There are so many dishes he can't even find the counter and the flour may have accidentally fallen onto the floor while he was trying to measure it out. Okay and the oven probably needs a good clean because there's cake mixture all over it. And there might possibly be a burnt apron in the sink (maybe testing the matches to make sure they worked wasn't such a good idea after all). He hasn't even started to clean up when she comes home and promptly bursts into laughter that lasts nearly ten minutes straight.

25. Strong

Sometimes she regrets her decision to become a psychologist. It wasn't as easy as Dr. Charles made it look. Listening to people's problems over and over again, trying to comfort them when they were struggling, trying to calm them down when they had fits of anger or grief... She was so tired and drained. Her mind constantly replayed each conversation over and over again, trying to find anything she had missed. She would wake up in the middle of the night in tears because it was all just too much sometimes. Before he moved in she could never fall back asleep and would lie awake trying to distract herself but now when she's struggling his arms are always there and she finally know that it's okay to not be strong all the time.

26. Flower

He calls her sunflower. The first time it happens they're lying in bed and she's wearing his Chicago Cubs t-shirt, arms wrapped around him tight. The second time it happens it's when he kisses her goodbye in the morning. The seventeenth time it happens she's sick and lying on the sofa with a carton of ice cream. The one-hundred and twenty third time it happens they're trying to put up paintings in their new home. The five-hundred and sixty eighth time it happens he's on one knee asking her to be his wife.

27. First

It's Maggie that notices something is wrong first. Sarah has been trying to keep her emotions in check because she knows that her work is separate from her personal life but it's just so hard when he's there in the elevator, the cafeteria, the hallways, he seems to appear in every room she occupies. So Maggie pulls her aside and asks her what's wrong and then the tears she's been trying to hold in for so long are streaming down her cheeks and she's sobbing and telling the mother hen of the ED how broken her heart is.

28. Linger

She can feel his eyes on her whenever she's in a room with him yet whenever she glances his way he's always looking in the other direction. She wonders if she's just going crazy, if she's just imagining it all. She knows she shouldn't think about what it would be like dating the famous Dr. Rhodes, especially since she's perfectly happy with Joey, but she can't really help it. He's so distracting and it's so tempting to just give it a go but she's been the good girl her entire life and she can't stop now, so she squashes the feelings inside. But that doesn't seem to help the fact her heart flutters every time he's close.

29. Name

It takes her a while to get used to calling herself Dr. Rhodes. Even though he said she didn't have to take his last name she wanted to, because she was a Rhodes and she loved it and wanted everyone to know it. Whenever she says it a smile is brought to her face and now when they work cases together they are the Drs. Rhodes. She never thought just a simple name would make her feel so giddy but it does and she wouldn't change it for the world.

30. Scary

It's Halloween and he's dressed up in a cape and has these annoying fake vampire teeth that make him sound like he has a lisp. Had you asked him ten years ago, he never would have guessed that he would be trick or treating in his thirties. Yet here he was, carrying a four year old princess on his shoulders, watching a seven year old Spiderman run around with a bag of candy, and holding hands with the most stunning witch he's ever seen in his entire life.