Update day! This is a small chapter as it's only a filler- next update will be the start of their holiday :D

Huge thank you to everyone who had followed, favourited and reviewed so far- it means so much!

Also, as I've written more of this, I've developed another pairing for you to look forward to- Lily/Ethan! They're my favourite ship so there'll be some cute times in store for them, I promise ^.^

Please review if you can! -Sophie x

When she arrived at her office the next morning, Zoe was pleased to find the list of names sat on her desk. Though on further inspection, she realised they must have gotten bored at one point because there were doodles all along the bottom of the paper. Zoe looked at them with a grin- hangman games that spelt out "ice queen" and "high heels", drawings of what looked like Lofty sat on Connie's feet, and a pair of superman underpants.

"Each to their own..." She muttered, scanning the list of names. In the end, the vast majority of them had put their names down, even Lily! There was a note at the bottom from Dixie saying she really wasn't up to it but to have a good time without her. Connie's name wasn't there, surprise surprise, but Zoe was expecting that, and so had concocted a plan to try get her to come along...

"Morning Dr Hanna." Connie said politely, walking into their joint office.

"Morning Connie. Nice evening?"

"After your little meeting I did, yes. You?"

"Mmm, me too. I called the hospital nearest the hotel in Australia where my friend Simon works. He said they'd be happy to give us a tour round whilst we were out there, which is amazing. They have the best cardiothoracics department in the world you know!"

"Wait, is this St Anthony's?" Connie's head snapped up from her desk.

"Yeah. Lovely place."

Connie was silent for a few minutes before speaking again.

"Is there any room on the trip still?" She asked reluctantly.

"Ooh" Zoe sucked in her breath, looking down at the sheet. "I don't know, we're pretty full..."

"Ok." The consultant said, looking back down again, "I guess I could go by myself sometime."

"Oh hang on, yes, I think there's one place left!" Zoe said, feigning a miracle. Connie looked at her, finally realising.

"You only mentioned that so I would go didn't you." She said, raising her eyebrow. Zoe grinned and nodded slowly.

"Mm. Put my name down will you. But only because I needed to sleep on it." She warned as Zoe grabbed her pen, "not because you tricked me into it."

"Whatever you say." She said knowingly, laughing to herself as she wrote her name down.

By the end of the month, Zoe had booked 5 rooms and sorted out the sleeping arrangements. They were as follows-

Room 1- Charlie, Ethan and Ash

Room 2- Cal, Big Mac and Noel

Room 3- Max, Robyn and Lofty

Room 4- Rita, Louise, Lily and Tess (the latter two had become good friends since the crash)

Room 5- Zoe and Connie.

Having to stay with Connie for 10 days was going to be a challenge, but it was one she'd have to face for the sake of her team and their holiday. The clinical lead opened up her emails and sent one out to the staff, informing them of the finer details of the trip.

"Hello all,

Last few things for the holiday-

1. Max, I still need the £50 you owe me!

2. See attached the sleeping arrangements- NO MORE SWAPPING, THIS IS FINAL!

3. The coach will pick us up from here at 3:00am on the 10th, so be here for 2:30 for a prompt set off please!

4. Our plane flies at 6:00am, stopping off in Singapore some hours later to re-fuel.

5. We land at 6pm our time, but 5:00am on the 11th Australia time, so prepare for some serious jet lag!

Not long to go now guys!

Zoe x"

She pressed send, leant back in her office chair and sighed contently.

Not long now at all.

Just before the end of her shift, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!" She called, piling up the paperwork she'd attempted to finish that afternoon. Max poked his head round the door and grinned cheekily.

"Got your £50, thanks to that email otherwise I'd have forgotten." He said, waving a bunch of notes in the air.

"Oh thanks, give us it here and I'll pay it in tomorrow." She said, standing up and taking the money off of him. Before she could do much else however, the porter slipped in, shut the door, pulled Zoe in front of it, and started to kiss her.

"Max! Not here, Connie might find us!" She hissed, trying to shove him out of the way.

"Mine then when you clock off?" He asked, flashing her a true puppy dog look.

Zoe looked out the window before turning back to him.

"Mine." She whispered flirtatiously, winking before shoving him out of her office.

"But whyyy?" Max whined childishly, kissing Zoe's neck. They were in her queen size bed, with not a scrap of clothes between them.

"Because people will talk!" She said exasperatedly, shuddering as his mouth started to move down her body, "we're not going out as far as they know, remember? Anyway, I tried to keep the rooms male or female."

"What about Lofty, Robyn and me hm?" He breathed against her skin.

"Robyn's your sister and Lofty's your housemate! I highly doubt there'll be any goings on there Max."

"But Zo! How am I gonna last a full 10 days without any of this?" He stopped and looked up at her, placing his chin gently on her stomach.

"Oh don't you worry, I'm pretty sure there'll be some time to ourselves somewhere." She whispered, tracing circles on Max's bare back, and feeling him shiver.

"I hope so." He murmured back, before continuing his descent, "And I'm really looking forward to seeing you in a bikini..."