So this is my first try at anything like this, I hope you guys like it. Please review and let me know what you think. It's all based loosely around BBCs Casualty and the characters within the programme, I do not own the characters :)
Chapter 1 - I'm sorry
7:50 on a Saturday morning, the one day Zoe had not needed to be in work and she was lying in bed awake. Since coming back to Holby and deciding her and Max should keep their distance she hadn't been able to get any real sleep. As much as she hated it, things hadn't been the same for her since she stopped being around Max.
Zoe got up and thought she should get on with some of the paperwork Connie left for her. She checked her phone and she had a message from Tess 'Zoe come out tonight, we're all meeting after work.' Zoe hadn't been out since she came back, and in all honesty she didn't feel up to it, but she replied saying she would be there. She also decided to take her work into the hospital and get it done. Already at work Max was aimlessly wandering through the ED. "Someone looks happy, what happened Max? Did you get booted or something?" As much as Lofty joked, he was always concerned for Max. "Yes... No... I don't know. It doesn't matter anyway Lofty." and with that he went to his 'office'.
It was 12:30 and Zoe needed a break before she had a complete meltdown over the amount of work Connie left for her to do. She got up and headed for the exit to have a cigarette. She had tried to quit but since returning to the hospital that had completely failed. She began walking over to where she would normally sit but stopped when she saw someone already there. Zoe knew who it was, and she knew it was stupid to not go over because of it but she thought it was best. 'Just go speak to him. It won't hurt anyone.' she thought this to herself so much recently but still did nothing.
"Hey Zoe, can we talk? I know what you said before but I can't move past this, past us." Zoe didn't know what to say, she didn't want to have to depend on someone because every time she had she was let down by them. "Max, we can't do this anymore. Who were we kidding, it wouldn't work out." and she put out her cigarette and went back inside. Max wasn't going to stop, he knew she felt something he just had to get it out of her.
It had been a busy afternoon but Zoe kept her word to Tess and went over to the pub for a few hours. She sat with Charlie and Tess who were full of questions about her short time away. "So what did you do? Did you enjoy yourself?" It went on like this for a while, but eventually they stopped as they saw Lofty, Max and Cal - probably drunk - get up and start singing. Zoe got up to leave as she was tired and needed the sleep but was stopped dead in her tracks when she heard what they were attempting to sing. It was their song, the one thing that could make her crack. She turned slightly to see Max looking straight at her and she mouthed the words 'I'm sorry' then continued walking out of the pub, just as a tear fell down her cheek. Max saw this but knew he couldn't run out after her. It didn't matter though, that one reaction made him certain that she hadn't given up on them yet.