Ok so I decided to continue with this one,thank you for all the lovely reviews. This is set in series 26 but at the beginning , so Ruth and jay are still there. Hope you like it !

After Zoe left Nick office she went down to the ED but not without stoping at the bathroom first to clean herself up. She wiped away her tears and reapplied her make up. Zoe was standing by the nurses station when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Tess.

"You ok ?" She looked at Zoe with a knowing look. Tess had immediately thought what every other person in the ED was thinking when she saw Zoe's reaction to the phone call.

"Yea, I'm fine, just a patients results that's all" Zoe hated having to lie through her teeth, but couldn't stand that look of pity in her colleagues eyes.

"Ok, well you know where I am"

"Thank you Tess" Zoe knew her colleagues were suspicious, that was one of her reasons for doing what she did next but also she just needed it.

Reception was quiet and Zoe continued to get those looks of pity, no one but Tess had spoken to her. She broke the silence.

"Ok, who's up for the pub after this shift then" Zoe plaster a fake smile across her face. Her announcement was followed by a melody of "yes" and then of course there was that one party killer.

"Ruth..." Charlie knew it was worth a try even though everyone knew what her answer would be.

"No, thank you, I think I will just have a quiet night in" Jay so jumped to her side.

"Come on, just one drink"

"NO" she then picked up her files and stormed off. Not even Jay could melt the frosty Doctor Winters.

Everyone went back to work and Charlie was walking to resus when he felt his pager go off in his pocket. It was Nick asking him to come to his office.

...

Charlie opened the door to see Nick sitting at the desk doing paper work.

"Mmnn, I was summoned"

"Yes, thank you for coming, well what I really wanted to ask is have you noticed anything different with Doctor Hanna"

"If your referring to the phone call, she told Tess it was just a patients results. I don't think anything is wrong, she jested asked us all to the pub this evening" Charlie could see the worry lines on Nick's forehead deepen.

"Or is that just her way of coping with it"

"I'm not quite sure what you're getting at"

"Oncology Charlie !"

"Like she said a patients results"

"How many times to they call the ED with results asking for a specific Doctor and say its urgent? I found her in tears Charlie!" the expression on Charlie's face dropped, he now knew what Nick was implying.

"Ok, well let's not jump to conclusions, for all we know it could just be her mother" they both sat there in silence for a few moments considering this option when there was a knock on the door. It was Zoe.

"Oh I'm sorry, I'll come back later" Nick and Charlie both looked up, both equally shocked at who was standing in the doorway, maybe they would be finding out the truth soon enough.

"No, no, I was just leaving" Charlie brushed by Zoe and gave her that same look of pity as he left.

"Listen, Zoe is everything ok?"

"Yes, you just keep pushing don't you, I'm FINE... Anyway that's not why I'm here" Nick was now dumbstruck why the hell was she standing on front of him.

"I need tuesday off, I promise I will make up the time"

"Ok, anything interesting"

"What I do in my personal life is no longer your business" the fury rose with Zoe she turned around to storm out but something stopped her when she reached the door.

"I'm sorry, we are going for a drink tonight if you want to come?"

"No thank you, I have plenty of paperwork to do" Zoe left, slightly disappointed that Nick rejected her offer.

Nick sat at his desk, the thoughts in his head driving him crazy. He had to know and she obviously wasn't going to tell him. Nick got up from his desk and walked over to the sofa, he picked up the phone and pressed the green button twice to ring the last number.

"Hello this is Doctor Clarke... Ah Sarah this is Nick Jordan from the ED... It's nice to hear from you again Nicolo, so the ED is where you ended up... It is so where did you end up?... Gynaecological oncology, but I'm guessing you didn't ring me to get in touch with an old friend...well...is this to do with a certain doctor Hanna... You could say that... Well Nicolo you know more than anyone that patient confidentiality applies... So she is a patient of yours then?... You know I can't answer that... What if I were to tell you I was her partner ?... Well then I would tell you to speak to Doctor Hanna, I'm sorry Nicolo but you know how it is, I hope to bump into you some time... Yes I understand thank you, and Sarah it was nice to hear your voice again"

The line went dead, now he was sure.

Please review, I hope it was up to standard. I have a few ideas for the next few chapters. I promise I will update soon.