Giving Up?
A/N
So this is a Zax fic based on what I think (and hope) will happen Zax wise in the coming weeks and months in Casualty! It's not a one shot, it's going to be a multi chapter fic!
Reviews welcome,
Laura xxx
It had been two weeks since Zoe Hanna had become Zoe Walker.
She'd imagined the first few weeks as Max's wife to be blissfully happy, their honeymoon to be perfect... She never, ever, imagined that it would be spent at the ED, sleeping in the oncall room, because she didn't want to go home.
On the eve of her wedding, Zoe had (according to Robyn) had drunkenly started kissing the stripper who had been at her hen party, disappeared into a spare room with him and didn't reaapear until morning.
She'd told Max all this before their wedding, and he'd been understandably angry, but had forgiven her.
After the wedding, however, the two of them had rowed, Zoe had gone to Dylan's for a chat, but he wasn't there. Then, the boat had blown up. Max had got into a fight with Louis, which led to bloodshed, but the groom had been distracted by the sight of Zoe nearly drowning.
Max had never left Zoe's side whilst she was in hospital recovering from her injuries, but he had overheard Robyn talking about what had happened on the hen do and had again gotten upset.
Zoe was too scared to talk to him, but she desperately wanted to tell him that she had been very, very drunk and she didn't know what she was doing, and that she loved him and was sorry.
Connie had been observing the events from a distance, and was tired of it. Even the "Ice Queen" could see that the Doctor and the porter were perfect for each other, and, as far as she could make out, Zoe had made a mistake.
"Dr Walker? A word please." The Clinical Lead used Zoe's married name.
"Okay" Zoe frowned.
"Listen, I know that things aren't good between you and Mr Walker, but you really need to talk to him, Zoe. He sat with you all through the time you were in here as a patient." Connie said once the two women were in her office.
"Really? I don't remember that. The thing is, I'm scared" Zoe admitted. "What if he doesn't want to know? I made a mistake, I'm only human."
"I know. Which is why I'm telling you to go and tell him everything." The other doctor counselled. "And don't expect this treatment again, I don't want my reputation ruined!" She continued, making Zoe chuckle.
"Understood."
"The last I saw of Max, he was on his way outside to your smoking spot."
"Thank you" said Zoe, exiting the room.
"Are you okay?" Lily asked.
"Yes. Could you take over my patient for me, please?" Zoe asked the registrar.
"Of course."
Zoe thanked her and went outside.
She spotted Max standing at the place where they had re ignited the flame which had never really gone out. Zoe smiled slightly. Things had been so much more simple in February- before they moved in together, before their engagement, before she'd met his mum...
"Zoe?" She heard him ask.
"Hi" she smiled shyly.
"What are you doing here?"
"Well, it's my smoking spot as well as yours. Also, I've come to talk to you." She explained.
"Okay..."
"Listen, what I did on my hen night was wrong, I know it was. But, in my defence, I was blind drunk, out of my tree, whatever you want to call it, but the fact remains that I love you, and I'm sorry." The words spilled out of Zoe's mouth all at once, by now her shoulders had started to shake and she was crying.
Max gazed at his wife, and forgave her. It was clear that she didn't mean to betray him.
He pulled her close, and she snuggled into him, crying even harder.
"It's okay, I forgive you." Max murmured gently.
"Really?" She sniffed.
"Yes, Zoe. I know now that you made a mistake, we all do."
"Thank you, for giving me a second chance." Zoe smiled. "It means a lot. I love you, you know."
Max beamed back at her. "I know."
"By the way, Connie told me that you sat with me all the time I was in hospital as a patient." Said Zoe.
"I did promise to stand by your side, for better or for worse." Came his simple response.