NOTE: My other stories were ones I had saved on my computer, but this is a completely new one written today. Hope you enjoy, and I'll reply to any questions you have by PM :)

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Zoe gave a groan when the alarm suddenly blared into the quiet room. Leaning over Max, she banged the top of the alarm to turn it off and then rested her head on his chest, grumbling against him, "I don't want to go in, can we stay here all day?"

"Alright with me." Max mumbled into her hair, his hand rising up her back to pull her a little closer.

They lay there in silence for another 5 minutes until the alarm on Zoe's phone went off. Grabbing it blindly from the nightstand, she launched it across the room where it hit the wall with a bang.

"One of those mornings, is it? Coffee?" Max asked, slipping from the bed.

Resting her head on Max's pillow as she pulled the bed sheets tighter around her body, Zoe gave a nod. She heard Max retrieve her phone and turn the alarm off before there was the thud of his footsteps moving down to the kitchen.

With a sigh, Zoe finally pushed off the all the blankets and climbed from the bed. From the room below, Max heard her banging about in the bathroom for a short while before the shower turned on.

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"Zoe, I-"

"I've just walked in, Rita! Give me a chance!"

As Zoe stormed off, Rita looked to Max who gave a shrug. "She woke up that way, don't blame me."

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"Is everything ok?' Tess asked Zoe softly as the doctor stormed into the staffroom and ripped open her locker.

"Fine." Was Zoe's terse reply.

"Fine as in okay, or fine as in-"

"Fine as in mind your own bloody business." Zoe slammed her locker and stomped from the room, passing Max as he entered.

"What's happened?" Tess asked him with a frown.

"No idea." Max pulled the key from Zoe's locker and put it in his pocket before unlocking his own. "She woke up like that, and I'm not game to ask. Are you?"

"Not a chance."

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The next time Zoe and Max saw one another was when he was taking a patient up to a ward and she stepped into the lift. She gave a distracted smile and then turned her back to him, waiting impatiently for the doors to close.

"Zo!"

At the sound of a voice Max didn't recognise, Zoe stepped back and banged into Max, her fingers clutching the bottom of his shirt as a tall man held the door and walked in.

"Fancy seeing you here." The man in the suit smiled as the doors to the lift banged shut and it began moving up to the next floor.

When Max felt Zoe's hand tighten on his top, he rested a hand to her hip. "Ok?" He asked softly in her ear, glancing again at the man.

Zoe gave a nod, releasing Max and giving him a half smile as he pushed the patient from the lift onto the second floor.

When the doors finally shut again, Nick turned back to Zoe. "Do I want to know why that porter was glaring at me?"

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