Hi guys! First of all thank you for all the reviews on my previous story it means a lot! So as my story 'Two Lives' has finally come to end I've decided to carry it on as a sequel which is set 8 years in time as I just love the characters but feel I'll have more story lines now that the children are older! Hope you enjoy and please review and let me know what you think :) xo
"Maisie you're going to be late for school" Nick once again shouted upstairs. Maisie had only just turned 12 but she was already showing signs of being a stroppy teenager. She was in year 7 at school but was regularly getting herself into trouble. She was starting to look more and more like her mum, she had long wavy brown hair and beautiful emerald green eyes. But she was definitely like her father character wise, many things she did reminded Nick of himself.
"Maisie" Nick bellowed at the top of his voice when his daughter still hadn't appeared.
"Yes I'm coming, give me a break" Maisie shouted back moaning as she did so.
"All ready for school you two" Nick smiled as his two youngest children, Phoebe and Oliver raced out of the kitchen all ready for school. They were both now 8 years old and like Maisie they also had strong personalities although Phoebe was more shy and still clingy to her mum and dad, whilst Ollie was the more daring of the two and got himself into all kinds of mischief. He was the imagine of Nick in many ways, he had dark blonde hair and Nick's brown eyes. Oliver and Phoebe could have easily passed off as twins, a lot of their features were very similar which they had inherited from Nick.
"Yeah all ready daddy" Phoebe grinned with her infectious smile which just melted Nick's heart. She also had Nick's brown eyes along with long dark brown hair and a tanned complexion. She was the perfect mixture of both Nick and Zoe.
"We're going to be so late" Ollie moaned. This was becoming a regular occurrence because of Maisie.
"Right breakfast you two" Zoe came out of the kitchen with two slices of toast, putting one in Phoebe's mouth and the other in Ollie's. Zoe was amazing with both Oliver and Maisie she treated them just like her own children and they had both grown to call her mum even though they knew about Yvonne.
Nick laughed to himself at this, some things never change he thought.
"Maisie if you're not down in the next 2 seconds I'm going to drag you to school" Nick ordered once again, getting more and more frustrated.
"I'm coming" Maisie shouted, racing down stairs trying to put her shoes on as she did.
"Look at me" Nick frowned as he caught a glimpse of Maisie's face which she was obviously trying to hide "is that makeup?" Nick questioned her, lifting her head.
Maisie sighed "Yes dad, it's makeup" She said in a huff
"You can think again if you're going to school like that"
"I'm 12 for gods sake" Maisie complained. She acted so much older than she actually was and Nick put this down to her mixing with the wrong crowd at school.
"Yes, 12 not 20"
"Here, wipe it off quickly" Zoe said handing her a wet wipe as it was all she could find.
"All of you in the car now" Nick authoritatively demanded as the kids all began racing out of the front door "You too Dr Jordan" Nick winked as Zoe quickly put her shoes on.
"Yes sir" She grinned.
They went to drop Maisie off first as her school was closest to home. When they arrived the playground was empty as class had already started, but two of her friends were standing at the gates waiting for her.
"Have a good day sweetheart, see you later" Nick called
"Bye Maisie" Zoe said as Maisie began to get out of the car
"Yeah bye" Maisie said eagerly rushing to get out of the car and be with her friends, slamming the door slightly as she left.
Nick sighed "I don't know what is wrong with that girl at times"
"She's just growing up Nick, we all have to at some point" She tried to assure him. Zoe understood Maisie a bit more than Nick did, she reminded of her younger self, it was all part of growing up.. exploring new things whether that meant getting into trouble or not. She had actually grown to have a really strong bond with Maisie over the past years.
"She's growing up too quickly"
"Believe me I was doing worse things at her age" Zoe chuckled.. and she wasn't joking.
"Well I can imagine that" Nick laughed, knowing that Zoe had always been a bit of a wild child "She must have picked this up from you" He joked and Zoe frowned at him.
"Right here you go then you two" Nick said as he pulled up at the primary school gates "Have fun"
"Bye dad" Ollie shouted as he jumped out of the car
"Bye daddy" Phoebe sweetly said and Nick turned around giving her a kiss on her forehead as she hugged him goodbye in return. She really was a daddy's girl. "Have fun princess"
Zoe got out of the car too so that she could take them both into school to once again explain why they were so late.
She then quickly rushed out of school and hopped back into the car again.
"That bloody head teacher" Zoe moaned as soon as she got into the car.
Nick laughed "Oh she's always like that, I don't blame her"
"Well we're only half an hour late again" Zoe said as she checked her watch
"At least you're arriving with the boss" Nick winked
"That's always a bonus" Zoe chuckled
It only took them 5 minutes to get to Holby so Nick quickly parked the car up and they both raced inside late for their shift as usual.
"Finally" Tess called as she saw them both enter the ED doors "You're both needed in resus now" She pretty much demanded. Without Nick and Zoe everything pretty much fell apart, they were the main senior consultants and whenever something major came in they were always needed
With this order they both quickly threw their coats and belongings into Nick's office and ran into resus to begin what looked to be another hectic day in the ED.