Together- The Sequel
A/N
This is a sequel to "Together", it picks up about 2 and a half years after it left off.
Reviews welcome,
Laura xxx
"Zoe, isn't it time for you to pick up Mia from nursery?" Serena asked her colleague.
The consultant glanced at her watch. "Oh, I'd better get going! I'll see you later." She said.
Zoe did in fact get the job on AAU, six months after Amelia was born she took up the post, and shared the position of Clincal Lead with Serena, who also now worked part time, to take care of her nephew, Jason.
Max worked on the same ward, but was slightly terrified of Serena!
Both Max and Zoe worked part time, they were in work on the days that Mia was at nursery or daycare and were at home with her when she wasn't. Despite a few bumps in the road, the pair of them doted on their daughter and loved being parents.
"Have you seen my darling husband, Fletch?" Zoe asked the nurse.
"Last I 'eard, he was taking a patient up to CT. I'll tell him where you've gone."
" Thanks, I'll see you later." Replied the consultant, getting her coat on and grabbing her bag.
Zoe had remained good friends with the staff whom she'd worked with on Darwin and Keller whilst she and Max had been going through the adoption process, particularly Mo and Essie. Max was good friends with Dom and Oliver.
She passed through the ED, flashing a smile at Elle and saying a quick hello to Connie.
The consultant didn't miss the emergency department, she loved being a mum. One of her favourite memories was when a then 1 year old Amelia called her "mummy" for the first time.
Zoe made her way outside, looking for her car-Max had dropped her off outside the hospital, she wasn't quite sure where she had parked.
She eventually located the black Audi Q7 in the corner of the car park. She still had her TT, but she and Max also had the larger Q7, their family car.
Zoe got in to the car, put the keys in the ignition, turned the radio on, and drove off.
The consultant drove to the nursery/preschool that Mia had been attending since she was 2-the little girl loved it, and had made lots of friends.
Zoe drew up at the nursery, got out and made her way to reception, went inside and pressed the buzzer to indicate that she had arrived.
Niamh, one of the nursery assistants, opened the door to Mia's classroom. "Mrs Walker, hello." She said with a smile.
"Hi." Zoe smiled back. "How's Amelia been?"
"She's been okay today, she had a fall when we went outside but she jumped straight back up again." Niamh answered, and then called to Mia: "Mia, your Mummy's here!"
Mia, who was all ready to go in her coat, holding her lunch box and a couple of drawings, grinned. "Mummy!" She said excitedly, jumped up from the table that she'd been sitting at and ran into Zoe's arms.
"Hello, Mia." Chuckled Zoe, giving her daughter a big hug.
"I missed you!" Said Mia, pulling away.
"Well, I'm here now." Her mum smiled.
She talked with Niamh a bit more before signing Mia out and leaving, her daughter skipping along beside her and chattering away about her day.
"Where are we going?" Amelia asked when they got back to the car.
"We're going to the hospital where me and Daddy work." Zoe replied, taking Amelia's things off her and lifting her into her car seat.
"Okay." Mia nodded. "I drew you, Mummy." She said, pointing to one of her pictures.
"Aww, that's lovely." Zoe smiled. "I'll put it on the wall in my office, how about that?"
"Yay!" Amelia grinned.
A while later...
"Are we seeing Auntie Mo today?" Mia asked her mum.
"No, not today. We'll see daddy, though. And Uncle Fletch." Zoe smiled as they entered Pulses, shifting Mia on her hip. She was carrying her because she didn't want to lose her.
Mia smiled. "That's nice."
"It is." Her mother chuckled as she turned down the corridor that led to AAU.
"'Ello, Mia, Zoe." Fletch smiled as she saw him.
"Fletch!" Mia said happily.
"Hello, little miss. How was nursery?" Fletch asked.
Mia chattered to Fletch about her day, and Zoe looked around for Max, but to no avail.
"Sorry to break up the party, but Fletch, we've got an RTC coming in from the ED." Said Serena, appearing behind them.
Fletch gave Mia a smile, Zoe a wave, and headed off.
"Hello, Zoe, Mia." Serena greeted the mother and daughter. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I'd better get going."
"See you later, I'll be in the office. There's some paperwork I need to sort out."
Zoe made her way into the office she shared with Serena, took her white leather jacket off, placed her bag down beside her chair, and logged onto her computer.
Mia, sat on her mother's knee, watched her work for a while but then began to get bored.
"Mummy..." she sighed.
"I know, sweetheart." Zoe replied. "Daddy will be here soon, I promise." She said, getting her phone out of her bag with her free hand and keeping Amelia steady with the other. "Here." She said, unlocking her phone. "You can play on the Peppa Pig game for a while."
Mia wriggled off her mother's knee and took her phone out of her hand. "Thank you Mummy."
"It's okay, good girl for manners." Beamed her Mum. Amelia sat down on the sofa in the corner of the office.
Half an hour later...
There was a knock at the office door.
"Come in." Zoe called without looking up.
"Hello, my two favourite people." Said a voice.
Zoe looked up to see her husband beaming down at her.
"Good afternoon." She grinned.
"Daddy!" Said Amelia happily, placing Zoe's phone on the sofa and running into her dad's arms.
Max picked his daughter up and whirled her around. "How's my little princess?"
Mia giggled. "I'm okay daddy." She said, and began to tell him about her day at nursery.
"Wow, it sounds like you had fun." Said her dad after she'd finished.
Mia nodded.
Zoe logged her computer off and stood up. "Mia, where's your drawing?"
"In my bag." Responded Mia, remembering that her mum had promised to put it up.
Max placed his daughter down, and Amelia got her drawing of her mum, dad, and herself out of her bag and handed it to Zoe. "Here you are."
Zoe gazed down at the drawing with a smile. "Thank you." She said, and pinned the drawing up on the notice board.
"Yay!" Said Amelia happily.
Max smiled at his daughter. "You've got another one for the fridge at home, haven't you?" Mia nodded.
"We'll put that up when we get home." Said Zoe.
"So we're going home soon?" Max enquired as Mia sat back on the sofa.
"Yeah, I just need to give some patient files to Fletch." His wife responded, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "I love you, Mary Jane."
"I love you too, Spiderman." Max smiled.
