As soon as Max heard Zoe's voice he knew she had seen his arms. He could tell by her facial expression which showed pity and her eyes which were nearly overflowing with water which would cause her to have a flood of tears streaming down her face. She would be upset if it was anyone else but they have been flirting recently and they were quite close.
Max completely ashamed to see her face anymore leaned his head against one of the lockers not even bothering to put on his long sleeve top. Zoe walked in and closed the door not knowing what to do so she walked over towards him and wrapped her arms around his waist and rests her head on his shoulder.
Zoe knew that if she asked him all of the questions she wanted to ask him he would shut down so she decided to leave it but show that she cared for him by comforting him.
"Max?" she said
"Yeah?" he answered after about a minute of silence
"Come to mine and we'll have a couple of drinks and if you want to talk about it you can" she told him sincerely
"Okay" he answered
He finally turned around and brushed some hair that had fallen out of place back behind her ear As he did this she smiled at him. He turned around and put on his long sleeve top but it brushed on his cuts so he winced which he regretted because he heard Zoe's sharp intake of breath. He also put on his jacket that he had been wearing throughout the day on because he was starting to feel cold.
As soon as Max finished getting his things and Zoe picked up her coat they walked out of the hospital together and towards her car. Max opened the passenger seat while Zoe went to the drivers seat, as she started the car and pulled out of the hospital car park, he immediately leaned his head against the window and stared at all of his surroundings.
After 10 minutes had gone by they pulled up at Zoe's big house and Max felt Zoe's eyes glancing over at him all the way through the car drive, it made him feel uncomfortable at first but he got used to it. She had just found out his secret that he had been able to keep anyone from finding out over 10 years.
They grabbed wine glasses and walked up to Zoe's bedroom and just laid on her bed facing each other talking about their day at work and all about themselves so they could get to know more about each other. Unfortunately, Zoe couldn't get Max to talk about his problems because every time she brought the topic up he would automatically change the conversation. She knew that she had to be patient because he would eventually talk to her in his own times and she didn't want him to feel pressured to open up to her.
They continued talking to each other until about midnight until they finally crawled into bed. Max took off his shirt so he would be more comfortable not bothering about his arms being on show because he felt comfortable around Zoe and he knew that she wouldn't judge him.
They fell asleep with his arm round her waist and her head on his chest.