The last chapter was more from Nicks point of view, so I thought I'd do this one more from Zoe's. Please read and review.
Chapter 2: He doesn't know
Zoe lent back against the wall, thinking about what had just happened. The look in his eyes as he stepped towards her… he'd never looked at her like that before. She didn't know why she had turned away at the last second, but something inside her had changed and she didn't know what it was. What that funny feeling was. She threw her cigarette into the gutter and breathed deeply. As she turned to walk back inside, Jess caught up with her.
"What happened earlier?" Jess looked at her knowingly.
"What?" Zoe feigned confusion, but she knew what Jess was getting at.
"You and Mr. Jordan getting all up close and personal in that cubicle? I saw you so don't try and deny it." Jess pulled Zoe to a stop and reception. "Go on! I won't tell anyone!"
Zoe sighed. "Nothing happened. Really. He just needed some help with a patient. That was it."
"He needed help with something, that's for sure!" Zoe laughed at Jess' final comment, but kept playing the day's events over and over in her mind. She knew nothing would come of it – the last time she had had a relationship with another doctor, it had all ended in disaster. Men on balance were worth the hassle but medics? She couldn't get herself involved with one of them again. Or could she?
"Zoe! Dr. Hanna, there you are, I've been looking for you. I was wondering if I could start repaying this debt?" Zoe could hardly move in surprise. Nick Jordan doing something nice? There was a first time for everything…
"And how were you planning on doing that?" Zoe wasn't going to give in that easily.
"Could I buy you a drink later?" Nick gazed at her with that look in his eyes again. Her stomach flipped and that funny feeling came back. Annoyance mixed with something else. The night before he had rejected her offer, and now here he was trying to buy her a drink? What was going on?
Zoe smiled at him and walked off. She could feel his eyes on her all the way down the long corridor. Tonight was certainly going to be interesting, whatever happened. As she walked, she was met by Jay.
"So, Zoe, someone has been telling me some very interesting things about you and our Mr. Jordan" he looked at her expectantly. Jessica. She was going to kill that girl.
"Oh yes? And what might they be? NOT that it's any of your business." She turned to look at him and he quickly backed down.
"Well I'm sure it's probably nothing, you know, just ED gossip, nothing more..." and with that he turned into the staffroom. Zoe smiled to herself. Maybe she could let something happen, just this once, just for a bit of fun…