A six month pregnant Zoe was stressed.
Her husband had been called onto an emergency night shift to cover another doctor, her daughter was at yet another sleepover and best of all she had been landed with her step daughter. She struggled to get off of the couch as her mobile rang. "Hello?" She answered breathlessly, wondering why Nick was calling her on shift.
"Hi, sweetheart. I'm really sorry, but I need you to come in" he told her down the phone, clearly in a rush.
"Oh but Nick, I…" She argued, before she was interrupted.
"Please Zoe, Adam said he can get here for Midnight" he begged her "I'll make it worth your while" he replied, in a much quieter tone.
Zoe smiled into the handset "Yes ok" she sighed, looking at the clock she could manage three hours "New shoes, that's my price" she added.
"Any pair you want" nick replied "see you soon"
Zoe headed upstairs to get changed, she poked her head around Sarah's door; they had been getting on a little better. It they still weren't friends. Zoe was sure the miscarriage had scared her into behaving "Hi, I need to go into work for a few hours, do you want me to drop you back at your mums?" She asked looking at Sarah.
"No, it's fine" she replied in her usual huffy manner "I'm going to be anyway"
"Night then" Zoe smiled "I'll see you in the morning"
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"Where do you want me?" Zoe asked as she walked into resus.
"Cubicles please" Nick smiled, kissing her forehead.
It didn't take long for Zoe to wheedle the drunks out of cubicles, transfer the relevant patients to the wards and pass over the new admissions to Adam when he arrived. She looked at her watch and sighed, she liked to be in bed by ten thirty otherwise she was in a terrible mood the next day; it was now almost midnight and Zoe just wanted to go to sleep.
She went to find Nick, in his office as normal. "I'm going to head home now" she sighed, moving around his desk to sit on his knee and wrap an arm around his neck.
"I think you should stay for a while" Nick whispered in her ear, kissing down her neck. "Stay and I'll show you how grateful I am"
"Come home with me" Zoe replied, raising an eyebrow at him "Im too big to be having it off on your desk" she replied with a slight chuckle. "Come on, Adam's here and it's not busy anymore "I'll make it work your while" she suggested.
"Go on then" Nick replied, slapping lightly her on the bum and ushering her from his office.
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Their journey home was full of caresses and suggestive glances, the promise of what was to come hung in the air. As the neared their house they saw groups of people on the street, it was unusual; they lived in such a quiet neighbour hood. It wasn't until they turned their corned that they realised the source of commotion was their house. There was quite clearly a party going on inside.
"Oh my" Zoe whispered, as she watched two lip locked youths tumble from their front door and onto the lawn. She could hear the thumping bass line from her position in the car, there were empty bottles and cans all over her front garden, a teenage couple having sex against her car, currently parked in the driveway and her living room curtain had been ripped down. She took a deep breath and turned to her husband "this isn't on" she fumed, she knew it was all Sarah's doing "I trusted her, Nick, in our home. We need to stop this before someone calls the police" she urged getting out of the car and heading into her house.
Nick was fuming, whatever his daughter done he always made her excuses but she really was taking her rebelling too far. He got out of the car, separating the couple leaning against his wife's car before following her inside.
Zoe found the source of the music and ripped the plug from the wall, ignoring the groans of the party goers in her house. She surveyed the damage briefly; sick on her carpet, smashed pictures, empty cans. "I need you all to leave" she called, pointing them towards the doorway. She moved upstairs, her stomach sinking as she noticed one if her bras laying on the floor, people had been in her room; she was going to kill that spiteful little bitch. She dreaded what state she would find her bedroom in, disgusted when she noticed the couple engaged in an intimate embrace on her bed. She could hear Nick approaching behind her, as she grasped the boys shoulder and pulled him back.
He fought her, his arms flailing "get off me' he grumbled, his arm catching her off guard and sending Zoe crashing to the floor.
Nick looked at the boy who seemed to realise what he'd done "Get out" he demanded, pointing towards the door. He knelt down beside Zoe "you ok?" He asked pulling her to her feet and resting his hands in her bump, delighted to feel a flurry of kicks beneath his hands.
"Yeah I'm…" Zoe trailed off, looking towards the bed as she realised who the other participant was "Rebecca?!" She cried in absolute horror, she felt physically sick and took a seat on the arm chair in her room, her face pale "I think we need a chat, young lady" she growled at her.