Zoe met Nick for lunch and as Linda felt better she tagged along too. They went to burger king as they were already sure of what they wanted if they went there. Linda found the table and Nick offered to pay for everyone. Zoe sat next to Linda as she just looked at Zoe.
"What", Zoe asked.
"You know I'm not that keen on Nick", Linda said.
"Yeah I know you and him never got on but he gave you paracetamol", Zoe replied.
"Dunno why he didn't like me", Linda replied.
"People just weren't used to you when you came, everybody wanted Tess in the job which I honestly didn't really think was fair as theirs nothing wrong with having a go", Zoe replied.
"When you took over Nick no one complained", Linda replied.
Zoe didn't know what to say, she knew Linda was right and obviously Linda didn't understand why people were picking on her when she first came to Holby ED. Zoe looked for Nick and the queue was massive so she couldn't see him but she knew he was round about the middle near the front of it.
"How's your new job", Zoe asked.
"I quit", Linda replied.
"Why", Zoe asked.
"Everyone kept bullying me, they called me names, some would even hit me for no reason", Linda replied.
Zoe was left speechless, how a place of work could treat an employee like that. No way would anyone get away with that in her ED. Nick came over with the food and wasn't used to both Linda and Zoe being silent. Nick sat down opposite them and looked at them both.
"What's wrong", Nick asked.
"Linda was treated badly at her new job", Zoe replied.
Nick just sat there, it made him realise how unfairly he had treated Linda while he was clinical lead as he did sort of make it clear that he didn't like her. Nick gave Zoe her cheese burger, Linda her double bacon cheese burger and he left the whopper for himself. They started eating as Nick looked at Zoe and then thought now would be the time to apologise for the way Linda was treated while he was clinical lead.
"Linda", Nick said.
"Yeah", Linda replied.
"I'm sorry about the way you were treated when you first came to Holby ED that's not how we usually treat people", Nick said.
"The only people who liked me were Zoe, Adam, Tess, Big Mac and Noel", Linda replied.
"I'm sorry", Nick replied.
Nick felt bad as Linda is only human and everyone basically isolated her from themselves. Only a few people liked her and once they got used to her they had realised how nice she is. Nick smiled at looked at Zoe.
"Imagine if Linda had never given clinical manager up and I'd had you as clinical lead I'm not sure how many meetings we'd miss", Nick said.
Zoe giggled as Linda didn't really get it but that's what made Nick and Zoe such a great couple as they would often laugh together.