Zoe and Max- The reveal of their relationship- Chapter one.

The phone rings in the ED that Rita answers and upon answering it hands the phone to Doctor Hannah who quickly answers the other person on the phone and puts it swiftly down.

"Rita, is Mr Hanting still in resus?"

"Yeah, why?"

"We've got two cat c patients coming in, one has more server injuries than the other after one of the prisoners attacked the other. This is the last thing the other patients need, so let's try to keep them as calm as possible and that means keeping them apart."

"Of course"

Rita answers as she walks away from Zoe

"Connie, two prisoners coming in. One with lacerations to his body and possible broken bones and the other with broken bones and possible internal injuries."

"Okay, I'll take the worse of the two."

Walking off in the other direction, as Max walks towards her carrying two take away cups of coffee and hands one of them to her.

"What's up with her?"

"Who?"

"Mrs Beauchamp, oh never mind. "

In a hushed voice he continues talking to Zoe.

"So I through that it might be nice to spend some time together. So I booked us a table at that new restaurant that's just opened up, that you wanted to go to."

"Max, that place is meant to cost a fortune. You can't keep spending your money on me."

"You're worth it, anyway tonight eight o'clock. I'll see you there."

A smile encapsulates her face as she watches Max walk away from her, and as much as she protested to him spending his money, as he wouldn't have her paying the bill when he was taking her out. The prospect of them spending the night together out weighted her guilt.

"This is Mr Haxston, he attacked another prisoner. BP is stable, he's just in a lot of pain."

Wheeling him into resus and aligning his bed up to the other one.

"On three, one, two, three"

"Thank you everyone, okay I'll take it from here Doctor Hannah. Mr Haxston I'm Mr Beauchamp…"

Zoe walks out of resus to see the other patient being wheeled in who had been assigned to her.

"Okay, Mr…. Mr Hutch, I'm Zoe Hannah and I'll be treating you today."

Zoe then proceeds to look at the damage that the blade have made to his face and body.

"Okay, so how is the pain…. Okay we'll get you some gas and air but you were lucky it could have been much worse. The blade has narrowly missed your eye. Right so what we'll do is stitch the wounds up and then take you up to x-ray to see how those ribs are yours."

Cleaning the area around then, she then proceeds to stitch the lacerations on his face and once this is done. She walks away to book an x-ray to see how bad the brake is to his ribs. After calling ahead. She heads outside. Where she sees Max, smiling at him, but he sees through it.

"That bad?"

"No, just one of those days, I guess."

"Maybe, I can make it better"

As he moves forward to kiss her. Upon doing this she stands up and pulls him with her so that they are more concealed, from prying eyes and once she pushes him against the wall she passionately kisses him. Pulling away from one and other to breath they look at each other and smile. Zoe walks away but continues looking at him.

"Come on"

Grabbing her hand and leading her forward, she pulls her hand away but follows quickly behind. He leads her towards their cupboard and to the world they look like, a doctor and porter walking along without touching or talking, but upon entering the cupboard they lock the door and are upon each other all over again. Quickly the pair undress each other, and the pair proceed to make love.

Quickly getting dressed.

"That shouldn't have happened"

"Well it did, and it's not like it's the first time or like you regret it really"

"Shut up"

Kissing him.

"Oh yeah, I need a porter"

"Oh yeah"

"Yeah, I need you to take my patient to x-ray for me"

Saluting her,

"Yes madam"

Rolling her eyes she tells him to wait for a few minutes before following her out, checking the coast was clear and leaving the cupboard. She walks into the room to check on her patient, when she hears the door open.

"Max…"

But before she can finish her sentence a knife is placed upon her throat.

"Now listen her sweetheart, you're going to do me a little favour, now there's no point trying to fight I've got you nice and tight. Okay so what you're going to do is get me clothing. Yeah, yeah"

"Okay so who needs my help going to x-ray?"

Entering the room and seeing the scene he calls out for help, and the police quickly run in who had left the room to get coffee.

"Now listen here mate I don't know what you what from her, but she's not going to be able to help you like that is she."

He says this as he slowly moves towards her. The prisoner begins to move the knife away from her neck, but she is still in danger. As Max takes another step towards the prisoner, he realises what Max is doing, and points the knife and him upon him doing his he grabs the prisoners arm and Zoe and away from him who quickly moves away as Max and the Prisoner get into a scuffle. All of a sudden Max doubles over in pain and once Max falls away from the prisoner, the police grab him by either arm, and the restrain him. As the prisoner doesn't pose a threat the knife is in Max.

"Max, Max"

"I'm okay"

But he has already begun to lose colour and consciousness. Shouting out to the other but refusing to leave him, they rush in to see Zoe holding Max with a knife in him. They quickly move him onto a bed and begin to try and save his life.

"he, he needs"

"Zoe it's find we've got this, you should go and get checked out"

Dylan tells her.

"I'm fine, I'll stop here, I wasn't hurt, I'm fine"

"Okay, it looks like the blade has caught the stomach and he's bleeding out"

Everything after this statement becomes a blur, he has to go into surgery. To stop the internal bleeding. Zoe's told to go home by Dylan, who understands, but she says she wants to stay and tells her to go wait in the relative room, and that it might be a good idea to phone his next kin.

Zoe then realises that she needs to tell Robin and Lofty and she didn't know who in his family hopefully, Robin would know who to call.

When she tells Robin she reacts the way in which she's feelings on the inside. Consoling her she takes her to the relative room where she phones Lofty and his family, who quickly turn up. Robin says that Zoe doesn't need to stay that she will be okay.

"Of, course"

Getting up and walking out of the room she walks into Dylan who is walking into the room, and he tells them all that Max is in a stable but critical position, Zoe knew better than anyone what that meant, and without thinking she begins to walk and then run to where Max is. Running into the room every member of staff stares at her and continues but she doesn't think about them for once as she begins to talk to him. The words pour out of her mouth of what he means to her and that she's sorry for ever letting him go in the first place and that she was never going to let him go again.

"I guess what I'm trying to say is that, well , what I've never said to you, Max, I love you"

A wheezy breathe comes out of him, in the time she has been going off she hadn't realised that he had begun to regain consciousness.

"i-i—I , llllove, you , too"

Hearing this she carefully places her hands on either side of his face and kisses him, and again promises to never let him go. Standing up properly, she looks around to see Max's family standing at the door, with Robin and Lofty standing with their mouths wide, but not just them the staff who had seen her running to him were also starring at her.

"I think we should give these two a minute"

Is all that anyone can say as they leave Max and Zoe alone before they have to answer the many questions, from friends.