Max woke up the next day and looked around the room, the room service was still there, untouched. He smiled to himself, there was something about Zoe he couldn't resist and the same for her with him. They'd fallen into bed as soon as they were back and fallen asleep soon after.

He looked over at his sleeping girlfriend, he loved watching her sleep, she was so beautiful, he was the luckiest guy alive and he knew it.

Zoe began to stir as her alarm went off 'mm, what time is it?'

'It's 6am' Max said 'the same time you set your alarm for when your on the day shift!'

'Ha ha, funny man' Zoe said throwing her pillow at him.

She suddenly jumped up, remembering the house 'oh we have to get ready Max, I need to call Steve and put in our offer on the house!'

'Zoe, calm down, we start work at 7am, they don't open until 9am!' Max said.

Zoe laughed, 'oh yeah! I may be a little bit excited! I'm off for a shower as we still need to get ready!'

'Well I'd better join you, save time' Max winked.

Zoe invited him in, she loved being with him, he was insatiable, she'd never felt as wanted by anyone as much as she felt with Max.

The shower took a lot longer than expected due to not much showering. 'Max, we're going to be late' Zoe shouted as she grabbed a towel. She rushed around drying her hair whilst Max laid on the bed. She threw her hairbrush at him, sometimes his laid backness was annoying, especially as she was rushing!

'What was that for?' Max exclaimed.

'Why aren't you rushing like me?' Zoe asked.

'I'm ready! Shower, dressed, good to go! I don't know why you wear so much make up, you're naturally beautiful!'

'Men!' Zoe tutted. She pulled a dress out of the wardrobe, she was looking forward to having her own place again, she'd have to go to Dylan's to get some clean clothes after her shift.

'Do you think we should tell Dylan and Robyn about the house first, I mean before we put the offer in?' Zoe asked.

'Yeah I think that's a good idea, it's only fair. I'll take Dylan you take Robyn?' Max joked. He wasn't looking forward to telling his sister he was moving out. They'd only got close again over the past couple of years he didn't want to ruin that.

'She'll be fine Max, I'm sure she will be happy for you' Zoe tried to reassure him.

'For us' he corrected her.

They arrived at work bang on time. They were walking hand in hand into the ED when they heard a whistle.

'Hey, Dr Hanna, you know if you ever need a real man...!' It was Cal, he'd found the idea of Max and Zoe amusing although he had to hand it to Max, the guy had pulled it out of the bag.

'She'd do well to avoid you Dr Knight' a voice came from behind him, Connie. Of course, it had to be her. Cal put his head down and walked sheepishly inside, what was it about that woman?

'Hey, am I not enough of a real man for you?!' Max looked at Zoe.

'Relax, it was a joke!' Zoe said. Max picked up Zoe and threw her over his shoulder.

'MAX! What are you doing?' She said trying not to laugh!

'I'll show you a real man!' He tried to carry her over to the entrance but failed miserably!

'What, am I too heavy for you?' Zoe glared at him.

'Of course not, turns out real men don't come with muscles!' Max laughed, he was out of breath, funny considering the amount of exercise he was getting with Zoe.

'Right children, can we at least try and act like professional adults? I do not need our patients seeing my staff messing about when we've been under so much pressure, surely you at least would know that Dr Hanna?' Max and Zoe turned to see Connie with her hands on her hips, annoyed as usual.

'Sorry Mrs Beauchamp, it was my fault' Max apologised.

Zoe looked at Max 'we've got nothing to apologise for, we aren't in work time and we're outside the hospital. We have enough stress when we get inside and we are run ragged, cut us some slack Connie, we are entitled to have fun!'

'Not on my watch, which we now are' Connie snapped before heading inside.

'That woman! She's unbearable! Just when you think she may start to be human, she's not!' Zoe was getting angry.

'Hey, calm down. Don't let her annoy you already, you've got a full shift to do' Max pulled Zoe into him 'come on, let's get to work' He kissed her before they went their opposite ways.

'Love you' he said.

'Love you too' Zoe replied, 'let me know how it goes with Robyn asap' in amongst all the antics Zoe had forgotten about the house!

'I'll go find her now, she should be in'

Max found Robyn in the staff room. 'Hey, if it's not my favourite sister!' Max approached her.

'I'm your only sister doofus, what do you want?' Robyn asked, knowing he was only charming when he wanted something, it couldn't be money, not now he was with Zoe.

'Well... You know the amazing Dr Hanna and I are properly together now?'

'Really Max, are you? I never would have known seeing as that's all you talk about!' Robyn didn't have time for this 'spit it out I need to get to work.'

'Well, we're kind of moving in together, hope that's ok!' Quick and painless, that's how Max would approach the subject

'What?!' Robyn looked at him in disbelief! 'So you're just going to abandon me and Lofty whilst you go shack up with your fancy new woman?'

Max looked shocked, he was expecting some kind of reaction but not this.

'But Robyn, you know how I feel about her...' Max started.

Robyn burst into laughter. 'Sorry Max, that was too funny! I'm very happy for you both and besides anything to get rid of you and your messiness, does Zoe know what she's getting herself into?!'

Max pretended to be hurt 'there I was thinking you'd miss me!' then laughed.

Robyn gave him a hug 'come here you muppet, I'm glad your settling down, our Max all grown up!'

'Thanks Rob, besides more room for you and Lofty to get all cosy!' Max teased his sister knowing she had a huge crush, Robyn went red 'shut up Max! Now go away before I give a list of your dirty habits to Zoe and she's sending you straight back!'

Zoe found Dylan reading through his patient notes, he looked up at her 'ah, the wanderer returns.' in his usual sarcastic tone.

'Very funny' Zoe said, 'look, about that.'

'You're moving in with the boy.' Dylan stated.

'What? How..?' Zoe questioned.

'Oh come on Zoe, you're away from the boat most nights wasting money on a hotel, why would you do that when you could just get your own place? It was only a matter of time, are you sure the boy is prepared?' Dylan asked.

'Dylan, you know his name, three letters, starts with M ends in X' Zoe said. Dylan rolled his eyes 'Yes, whatever, as long as he's off my boat and not finishing my crosswords, Dervla and I are happy for you'.

Zoe smiled, 'Thank you, and thanks for letting me stay with you for so long, you're a great friend'

'Oh stop there Zoe, I wouldn't want you getting all emotional on me' Zoe rolled her eyes this time, she would miss those sarcastic comments every day!

'Dr Hanna!' She heard call as she was on her way to her office.

She turned round to see Max beaming, 'I've spoken to Robyn and she's fine, what about Dylan?'

'Oh you know Dylan, nothing to say really, although he did say he was happy for us' Zoe laughed as she told Max.

'Dylan? Happy? No, you must have got that wrong!' Max was shocked.

'I know! Anyway I'm going to go and make the call, I'll let you know as soon as we hear anything' Zoe left, kissing Max on the cheek before she went upstairs.

She was about to go into her office when Connie caught up with her 'Zoe, where are you going now? We've got a full ED downstairs, I can't have you doing admin all day!'

'Look Connie, I'm not doing admin, I've got a quick call to make and then I'm all yours' Zoe was frustrated.

'Personal calls on work time, really Zoe?' Connie said.

'Yes Connie, one quick call! Not five calls a day checking up on my child who has been abandoned or calls that take over my work!' Zoe slammed her office door, she would regret that outburst but she couldn't let Connie get away with being so high and mighty.

Connie stormed away from Zoe's office, she had touched a nerve and she knew it. Was she being too hard on people when she'd let the whole Grace situation take over her working life?

Back in the ED, Ethan was looking for Zoe, 'has anyone seen Dr Hanna?'

'I think she's in her office' Lily offered.

'Can someone please go and get her, Molly Drover is in cubicles and won't see anyone else.'

'I'll go!' volunteered Max. He ran upstairs to Zoe's office, he saw her in there with Tess and knocked on the door, 'erm, Dr Hanna, you're needed in cubicles.'

'I told Connie I'd be there when I'd finished! What is her problem?' She looked at Tess who shrugged, 'I'd better go.'

'Well it's not actually Connie, Molly is in again, she won't see anyone else.' Max said to Zoe.

'Oh no! Not again! I thought she was doing ok! I'd better get down there!'

Zoe hurried downstairs with Max in tow, she turned to him as he was walking off 'oh by the way, better start packing!'

Max replied 'does that mean...?'

'Yep, the house is ours! John accepted our offer straight away! I've just got to sign the contract!' Zoe told him.

'I can't believe it, we're gonna be so happy Zo!' Max was excited, he was going to live with the woman of his dreams and nothing could ruin this day.

'Listen I've got to go see Molly but I'll meet you for a break in an hour' Zoe headed towards her patient. She looked at Ethan who pointed out the cubicle and she pulled back the curtain.

'Molly!' She exclaimed, 'what have you done to yourself?'

Suprisingly, she wasn't drunk, she'd been clean for six months now, largely due to Zoe helping her.

'Oh Dr Hanna! I fell down the stairs and put my shoulder out! Can you believe it? All those times I was drunk I never once fell, now I'm sober, I end up here again!'

Zoe had to laugh, 'what are you like? You know any of the other doctors can treat you though?'

'They don't know me like you do, I only trust you' Molly explained.

Zoe examined Molly, she was in a lot of pain, 'ok, I don't think it's broken but I'd like to do an X-ray anyway, if it's dislocated I'll have to put it back in, I'll get someone to take you down to X-ray and then I'll be back for the results. Behave in the meantime!'

Molly was taken to X-ray and Zoe was updating her notes at the nurses station.

'Everything ok Zoe?' Charlie had come up next to her.

'Hi Charlie, yeah it's fine, Molly's back! Sober though, it's great to see her like that, she's turned her life around.'

'That's all thanks to you Zoe, you did a great job with her, she's happy now, you can tell.' Charlie rested his hand on her shoulder.

'Thank you Charlie, it's good to make a difference.'

Half an hour later and Molly was back from X-ray, Zoe took her back into the cubicle and looked at the results. 'Right Molly, no fracture but I will have to put your shoulder back in the socket I'm afraid. It will hurt but I'm going to give you some entonox to help with the pain.'

'Ok get it over with!' Molly looked scared. Zoe looked around her, 'Robyn can you come and help please? I just need you to sit with Molly and calm her.'

Robyn came over and smiled at Molly. 'Ok Molly remember to breathe!' She said as she passed her the pain relief. 'So, has Dr Hanna told you about her new house? All loved up now!'

Zoe winked at Robyn thanking her for the distraction, 'right Molly, on three, one...two...three!' Molly yelled in pain as Zoe put the shoulder back.

'Jesus, Dr Hanna!'

'Sorry, all done now! I'll prescribe you some painkillers and then you'll be able to leave'

Robyn got up to leave, 'See you later Molly!'

'Thanks Robyn, good work' Zoe said as she left the room.

'So, this house eh?' Molly said to Zoe 'who's the lucky fella? Oh I do hope it's that handsome porter I've seen you outside with before! He's quite a dish!'

Zoe had to laugh, she'd forgotten Max had helped her convince Molly to get help just before she'd left. 'Well, as it happens, yes, that's him' Zoe said.

Connie walked over to them, 'how are you Molly? Are we all done here? I'm going to need the bed I'm afraid?'

Zoe rolled her eyes, 'yes, we're done, Molly are you ok to wait in reception for your pain killers?'

'No worries, good luck with your house, promise me you'll full it with children?' Molly looked at Zoe, it was the one thing she wished she could have had.

Max was approaching to help Molly to reception, Connie turned to Zoe 'I guess she doesn't know that you can't have children then?' Zoe was shocked at the comment, she froze when she turned to see Max stood behind her...