So Zoe was one of my favourite characters in Casualty and I miss her so much. I decided to write a oneshot about what her life is like about five years after the Ed. And did anyone notice in Casualty that Zoe's hand kept resting on her stomach. That's where the inspiration for this story came from. I know this seems really unrealistic and if you are as big a Zax shipper as me then you may not like Zoe being with someone else but it had to happen at some point. Review please and I may do something like this again . Xxx
Zoe placed a hand in her bulging stomach. It had been five years since she had left the ED of Holby. She had intended to settle on Michigan but that had never been the case. Within a few months if working there she had met the CEO a laid back main in his mid thirties.
Despite him being the CEO he was painfully shy and it had taken him six months to work up the courage to ask her on a date. Of course she hadn't started at Michigan straight away.
When Zoe had left for Michigan she had been almost full term of her first pregnancy. It was a baby convinced just before their wedding and Zoe had found out a few weeks after the disastrous wedding.
She had decided to keep it private not wanting anyone to know and since she and Max werent exactly on the best terms she had decided not to tell him.
In a way Zoe had been lucky. She hadn't put on much while pregnant and no one has noticed.
Just after arriving in Michigan she had given birth to a little girl called Belle. She was Zoe's miracle and she had settled into her new life leaving Belle to the hospital crèche every morning and going to work.
But of course things had changed. A few weeks after starting to date James- the CEO she had found she was pregnant.
James had been thrilled. He had always wanted children and this was brilliant for him. The only change came when she was twenty weeks pregnant. No one at the hospital had know about her second pregnancy up until now.
They had decided that they wanted to start their family far away from Michigan. They had settled in a remote part of Cornwall -in a small fishing village and Belle who was now fourteen months came with them.
Two months after arriving in Cornwall Zoe gave birth to her second child. It was a little girl this time named Audrey. Like Belle Audrey was the spitting image of Zoe.
James was deliriously happy with his little family. Belle was like his own daughter an he adored Audrey who despite being two months early was healthy.
He had taken up Gp practise but the best thing of all was that he had proposed to Zoe. It was after she had had Audrey and she was still in the hospital. He had been so thrilled and it appeared he had been planning the proposal for ages as he had a ring and everything. Zoe had said yes because this one felt so different from the last time. This time Zoe knew she was ready. So she had said yes.
Two months after having Audrey Zoe had been throwing up in the mornings. When she got checked out she was shocked to find she was pregnant yet again. She had went from being infertile to bring it seemed over fertile.
The doctors had seemed to be shocked at her getting my pregnant so soon again but reassured her that the baby would be heathy.
James was totally ecstatic when she explained her pregnancy to him. He would soon have three gorgeous girls even if one of them wasn't exactly his. When Zoe had yet another girl this time named Brooklyn they agreed to stop trying by for more baby's.
If they got pregnant again they would love it but with three girls beetween them they felt their family was complete.
As Zoe reflected on it it was amazing. She had been told years ago that she could never have children. Now she had more than she could never imagine. (In this story Zoe was 36 when she left the Ed instead of around 41/42 because of all the kids:)
And yet again despite not trying for children Zoe found herself pregnant again only nine months later. At this point Bella was three years old and she already had two siblings and Zoe was pregnant with her third. Four amazing beautiful girls.
Zoe was happy to give birth to her fourth girl. It hadn't been an easy pregnancy and she was glad to get the healthy baby out. They had always liked unusual names so Zoe decided to call her fourth girl Seren which meant star in Welsh.
Now feeling that she was complete Zoe settled down happily into life with her four girls. Belle was now almost four.
Zoe had intended to go back to work after having Audrey. But then after she had found out she was pregnant with Brooklyn she had decided to be a stay at home mum.
Her and James had a brilliant five bedroom huge house overlooking the sea and James made good money as a GP.
They were planning their wedding for later on the year. Even though no one would be there for Zoe James was of Irish origin and had a huge family. It also helped tat he was the only one in his family with children under 18. They all doted on the girls.
Now Zoe was pregnant with their fifth and they hoped final child. She was about two or three weeks from giving birth.
If only she had known that fate would come calling. That very morning she had been thinking what Max would say if he found out about Belle. Dylan was the only one who knew about where she lived and not even he knew about the girls.
Belle was now in her first year at primary school and Audrey at nursery. Brooke was almost three and Seren fifteen months. Belle knew that she had a daddy Max who she had never met and who had given her to mummy and daddy.
As far as Belle was concerned however she had her daddy - James. It would be weird and unsettling for her meeting Max now.
This morning Zoe had decided to put Brooke and Seren into the double buggy and with Belle and Audrey walking go for a short walk down by the seafront.
There was a fair in the village this week but Zoe had decided not to go to it. She was almost full term which me at she couldnt go on any rides and the baby was pressing down on her bladder do she had to pee every five seconds.
Zoe was also huge this time round. Her belly was bigger than any of her other pregnancies. It me at people stared more.
Luckily since she had been living here for around four years she knew eveyone and was friends with most of them.
Zie pushed the double buggy down the path with Audrey and Belle close to her. She had always walked the cliff path but she had found when she was heavily pregnant it was a bit much for her.
All of a sudden Zoe caught sight of a group of people in the path in front of her. She cursed fluently under her breath but since she had a pram and two children beside her it was too late to turn back.
It was all of her old colleagues from the ED but more importantly it was someone she had been hoping never to see again. It was Max.
So this is a Zax friendship story but Zoe centered. It's not romance. I'm going to continue this but this is my third story that I have to write so bear with me if I only update like once a week. I love this story myself! Anyway please review since I'm continuing it xox