Chapter 4-Good Times (Part 2)
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Lyrics in bold aren't mine.
Reviews welcome,
Laura xxx
"You look gorgeous." Max complimented Zoe as they made their way into Albie's. The consultant had got changed into her glittery gold top, black jeans, black boots, and a black cardi.
"Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself." Zoe grinned, kissing her husband. Max had got changed into a shirt and tie, and a pair of smart blue jeans.
"I love you." Max informed his wife. "So much."
"I love you too, to the moon and back a million times." The consultant replied, opening the door to the pub.
"Zosia, Ollie." Max said, spotting the happy couple. "Congratulations!"
"Thank you." Smiled Zosia.
"Yes, thank you." Ollie smiled. "We didn't know that Mo was planning this- we were just going to have a quiet drink."
"You surely didn't believe that we'd let you get away with that, surely?" Zoe chuckled, giving Zosia a hug. "Congratulations." She beamed.
"Thank you." Smiled Zosia.
Zoe handed Ollie a card, and the four chatted for a while longer.
"Anyway, we'd better sit down." Max said.
Zoe looked around for available seats. "How about the table where Essie and Mo are sitting?"
"Yeah, okay. What're you having to drink?"
"A glass of non alcoholic red, please. And a packet of salted kettle chips." Zoe requested.
"All right, m'dear. I'll see you in a bit."
"Are these seats taken?" Zoe asked Essie.
"Nope, you're very welcome to them." Said Essie, standing up to give Zoe a hug."How are you?" She asked as the consultant sat down.
"Okay, thank you. Max is just getting us drinks." Zoe said.
"Good good. Mo was just saying that it doesn't seem five minutes since you two renewed your vows." Essie replied.
"I know, I can't believe that it was over a year ago!" Zoe said, making herself comfy. "So, how are you both?"
The three women caught up on each other's news, chattering away, each happy in the other two's company. The three of them had formed a tight friendship, an made a fantastic team at work as well.
"Ladies." Said Max, handing Zoe her drink.
"Evening." Zoe smiled, scooting over the sofa slightly to make room for her husband.
Max sat down next to Zoe and handed her a packet of kettle chips. "So, how have you two been?" he asked the surgeon and the nurse.
A while later, Mo was halfway through telling her friends about a patient who had managed to get on Jac Naylor's nerves big time when she was interrupted by Ollie.
The doctor made a short speech, thanking everyone for coming and so on before announcing that a buffet had been set up in the snug.
"Right, I'm off." Said Mo after Oliver had finished. "I've got to get back before 8, Lauren needs her bath." She said, referring to her 6 month old daughter. Essie and Zoe had set Mo and Mr T up on a blind date a year and a half ago, and the couple had married just after Lucy was born.
"Okey doke, see you soon and don't forget to text myself and Zoe about a trip to the beach soon with the kids."
"Yes Essie!" Mo chuckled. She said her goodbyes and left.
A while later...
The party was in full swing. Music blasting, people dancing, and the odd terrible medical joke being cracked.
"Max, it's our song! Let's dance!" Zoe said excitedly when the acoustic version of Ella Eyre's "Together" was announced by the DJ- the consultant had requested it.
"It is." Max said, standing up. "May I have this dance, Mrs Walker?"
"You certainly can." Zoe said, taking his hand, letting him to the dancefloor.
They joined hands and began to dance. Their song wasn't the best to dance to, but nevertheless they did. It was the song that they'd had playing when Zoe walked down the aisle at the renewal of their vows, the song that they never turned off, the song that one would hum or sing to the other when they argued- all in all, it meant a great deal to the husband and wife.
The song began to play, Max held his wife close in his arms and kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too." She whispered.
So many times has it all been said and done
But in the end it's the fight that's just begun
Understand that it's days like these, when the world is so hard to please,
In you my heart has found a home
Cause it's not about me, it's not about who I wanna be,
It's not about you, you know that we're better off as two,
Cause we are, we are, we are more, together.
Zoe snuggled into Max, letting the words wash over her. She whispered along to the song that meant so much to her and her husband.
Play a game that will always end the same
Cause neither you or I will take the blame
Sometimes we go too far, but I like the way we are
Right here, I give your heart a home
The final chorus played and then the song was over.
Zoe and Max made their way back to their table. Essie was getting her coat on.
"Me, Dom, Morven, Arthur and a few others are off clubbing- d'you two fancy it?"
"Okay, as long as you promise not to get me too drunk, I'm on the afternoon shift tomorrow. Plus I don't want a hangover." Max said.
"Deal. Are you coming Zoe?"
"Yeah, why not?" Zoe said.
