"I love you, you know" Max whispered as he gently kissed his girlfriends head

Zoe smiled while she sipped her morning coffee.

She always corrected Max when he said 'girlfriend' as the word partner made her feel more in control and convinced her that they weren't acting like 'absolute bloody teenagers'

"What's wrong?" Asked Max as he rolled off the kingsized hotel bed

"Nothing" Zoe muttered

"Zoe" Max said as he raised an eyebrow

"It's just, me and you" Zoe sighed as she set down her coffee mug

"Aww Zoe not this again" Max looked at the mirror that stood in front of him and stared at flawless Zoe lying in their hotel bed. She was always worrying about what people might think of her being in a relationship with a porter 10 years her junior, after all she had spend years earning her reputation as a truly excellent doctor and a male playing party animal from what he'd heard.

"No it's not that, it's just we're happy aren't we?" Zoe signed as she climbed out of bed and wrapped her arms around Max

"Well I am and from the smile on your face this past few weeks I'd say you are too" Max laughed

"See we're happy as we are, no need to changed it" Zoe smiled then walked away as that image of the dreaded ring box came back into her head.

People always say 'third time lucky' but with Max Zoe had too much to lose, this could be her last chance of happiness.

"Well I don't know" smiled Max as he got back into bed beside Zoe "I was going to give you the key to my house, but if that's too much commitment for you..." Max laughed

"Yeah, the house you share with your sister and best mate" Zoe laughed at the idea, she was far too old to be creeping into her 'partners' house.

"It's as much my house as theirs" argued Max

"Ok, whatever" Zoe laughed as she rolled out of bed "just get up and get dressed. I've to go and see a certain doctor and tell him that I'm moving out"

"You'll have more fun with me anyway" Max joked

"Well I certainly won't miss Dylan's snoring and cooking" Zoe laughed "I'll give you that"

Once dressed, Max checked out and met Zoe at her car.

"So wh..."

"Shhhh" Zoe silenced Max as she focused on a figure at the hotel entrance. It was Tess.

60 minutes later, Max and Zoe had told Dylan the news and were now at work.

"How about the cinema" Max whispered to Zoe as he passed her in reception

"Max, I'm not 15"

"Oh come on! Your never too old to go to the cinema Zoe!" Max protested

"No" Zoe argued

"Chinese on the way home?" Max winked

"Done" Zoe smiled as she walked off

"Reception Five o'clock" Max called after Zoe

Max winked at Noel and Louise as he walked off and got on with the remaining 3 hours of his shift.

The rest of Zoe's shift flew by and soon she was stood at reception applying her lipstick with a Mirror in her right hand and the Chanel lipstick in her left.

"Going somewhere nice Doctor Hanna?" Asked Cal

"Just the cinema" smiled Zoe

"with Max" she added

"Very classy" laughed Cal

"Your just jealous that I've bagged a beautiful guy 10 years younger than myself where as your stuck with a pretty, selfish user of a girlfriend who's out for all she can get" teased Zoe

"Wake up" she muttered as she left Cal and made her way over to Max

One hour later and they were both sitting at the back of the cinema, in each other's arms.

"So what film have you chose?" Asked Zoe

"50 shades of grey" Max lied as he threw some sweet popcorn into his mouth

"What?!" Exclaimed Zoe

"I'm only joking" chuckled Max as he got a playful slap off Zoe Which spilled most of their popcorn

"Oi" shouted Max as he looked at the spilled popcorn on the floor

"It's a bit of popcorn" giggled Zoe "wise up" she added as she tipped the box over his head.