Nick and Zoe, Mr and Mrs Jordan, the power couple of the Ed. Just the two of them against the world, fighting against anything life threw at them. Nice house big garden, couple of kids- happy little family. That was the dream anyway. Until a few months ago. The events still running clearly in his mind at any time of day, every day. It had all happened fast, a little too fast. One minute they were planning their future, mapping every last detail out. The next the truth all came out. Zoe wasn't pregnant she never was and she never could be. As much as it hurt him he knew he couldn't blame Zoe entirely. He had pushed her into it, didn't give her a chance to think any of it through. That was what she had said any way the night she walked out of their apartment and never came back. Living without her for last few months had been almost impossible. Living without his Doctor Hanna was proving a lot harder than he first thought it could ever be.
He was so used to waking up to her beautiful face that opening his eyes that next morning to see no silky black hair falling sexily in a pair of deep brown eyes that were so easy to get lost in was a huge shock. Her slightly fruity scent still clung to the pillows he had taken to smelling them at nick, just to give him a little bit of Zoe he knew he couldn't have anymore.
He was sat in his office tapping his pen on his pile of paperwork that seemed to be growing by the hour. The click of a pair of all too familiar heels on the corridor bringing him out of his trance she seemed to have over him 24/7. The door opened. He knew exactly who it was. The only person who could get away without knocking. Zoe. Just that name made him feel warm inside it was stupid really that he could be like a love sick puppy when she wasn't around and some kind of drooling teenager with the biggest crush possible whenever she walked or strutted into a room. He dropped the pen from his now slightly sweaty hands he was hugely nervous for seeing her for some reason. His eyes gazed up past the black patent killer heels, the figure hugging shift dress and the soft olive skin. The perfectly highlighted bob and the delicate brown eyes, he couldn't help the smile that was now tugging at his lips. She mirrored the smile just in a friendly way but that was enough for nick. He was now officially head over heels in love with this woman, not that he would ever tell her that though. Not now anyway, too much water under the bridge. Even so neither of them could deny the spark between them that every so often triggered with the smirks and sarcastic smile try threw around the Ed . Everybody else could see they despertatley needed each other, they were just chose to ignore it every time.
He finally found his voice "what can I do for you Doctor Hanna?" He asked gesturing at the chair opposite his desk for her to sit on "oh no I'm not stopping I just wanted to let you know I need a couple of days off work" he was so wrapped up admiring how her soft Liverpudlian accent pronounced certain words he barely even registered what she was saying. When he had finally fallen out of yet another daze , her words came loudly in his mind. His heart sunk a little "oh right any particular reason?" He asked "what I get up to in my private life has nothing to with you anymore, you made sure of that" she said turning on her heel and heading for the door. He let a huge sigh fall from his lips and sunk back into his chair. As she reached for the door handle it was like a sudden wave of emotions came washing over her wiping everything she had just said away. She turned back around to face him "I am sorry you know nick I didn't mean for any of this to happen" she said he simply nodded "I know you didn't I didn't either" in that moment she knew that was all she was going to get out of him. Her egotistical, power driven Mr Jordan but she wouldn't have him any other way. She smiled to herself at the thought of him being all hers once upon a time, she closed the door locking all those feelings she once had for him, still had for him away.
A little later on Zoe was sat at the nurses station laughing with jay at a joke he had just made he guessed was about him. He rolled his eyes and walked over to her. Placing down his folders with a little slam Zoe jumped "god nick you scared the life out of me" she chuckled that gorgeous smiles still playing at her soft red lips. "Um patient waiting in cubicle 5" he said opening a folder and beginning some paperwork. "That's nice" she said wrapping a strand of her silky hair around her finger. He looked up and raise his eyebrows "can you please just drop the sarcasm for once" he sighed. She stood up and raised her eyebrows back at him "or you could actually try treating some patients you know I though you were clinical lead not just a paperwork addict" she strutted off to the pulled open the curtain she flashed him a sarcastic smile and disappeared into the cubical.
For the next couple of hours nobody had seen Zoe they guessed she was on her break smoking or drinking coffee but she wasn't in her usual place on the wall just by the no smoking sign. Nick chuckled to himself thinking about how she would always break the rules to get her own way, just like him. He gazed down at his Rolex to see Zoe's break should have finished a good hour ago he frowned and fixed his eyes on the Ed doors. Watching every person walk in and out waiting for his heart beat to speed up at te sight if her. It didn't happen. She didn't walk in. Nick began to worry a little she never skived and was always back maybe five or ten minutes late but never one hour. He ran a hand through his short stubble and pulled out his phone. he scrolled through his contacts right to the end. Z.O.E just those letters held so many emotions that he was now some sort of expert at keeping hidden away. He took a deep breath and called it. It rang a couple if times but went straight to answer phone. He frowned that was another thing, she always answered phone, always. That ridiculous ringtone driving everyone insane she wanted to shut it up. He slipped away to his office to think everything over. He must have been thinking well over twenty minutes. The knock of the door and the flinging of it opened waking him a little "Mr Jordan" jay said breathlessly "please don't freak out Tess thought you should know" he said breathlessly looking worried "what is it" nick asked now a panicking "it's Zoe she's been hit by a car".