sorry it's short but it kind of fits as a chapter. Also sorry I meant to update last night but my dog gave birth to nine puppies. Xx
"Hi Sarah, are you feeling better?" Zoe asked Alice's mum, once she'd located her in CDU.
"Yeah, but I'm already bored from not being able to stand up." Sarah replied, "how's Alice?"
"We think she's got something called septic shock, it's quite a serious infection, but we caught it early and so we think she'll be completely fine," Zoe answered, "however, it did highlight that she's suffering from anaemia."
"Anaemia?" Sarah said, "but she has a perfect diet."
"Well sometimes it can be unrelated to diet, sometimes it can be caused by a condition called pernicious anaemia when the body can't absorb the vitamin properly, once she's better she'll be able to have tests to find the reason for her anaemia but right now we're focusing on getting rid of her infection." Zoe replied, trying to keep Sarah calm.
"Can I see her." Sarah asked.
"Yep, I'll get a porter to take you over before she goes to intensive care." Zoe answered.
"Did I hear that somebody needed a porter?" Max asked, poking his head round the curtain.
"Have you been following me or something?" Zoe said, smiling at him.
"I was hypnotised by your earrings." Max joked.
"Well, Mrs Gornall here wants to see her daughter in resus. So, I suggest you take your eyes off the earrings." Zoe flirted, Max simply grinned at her. He then took off the brakes and wheeled the bed to resus.
"Why has she got a tube in her mouth?" Sarah asked, once they reached Alice's bed in resus.
"She's been intubated so her body can get plenty of oxygen without much effort." Zoe replied. They wheeled her closer to Alice so their beds were next to each other, Sarah took Alice's hand in hers and simply lay there for a while.
"I'll leave you to it, call if you need anything." Zoe announced, walking out of resus with Max.
"Only twenty minutes left before the end of the shift." Max told Zoe, he could hardly wait for his shift to end so he could do what he really wanted to do.
"Got something in mind then?" Zoe flirted.
"Yeah, you could say that." He replied, smiling to himself, then they walked their separate ways.
Max walked over to Zoe's car and found her sitting in the passenger side. She handed him the keys and they drove back to Dylan's, but once they reached Holby harbour, Max carried on driving into the centre of Holby.
"Max, where are we going?" Zoe asked, curious to what they were doing.
"I'm taking you to dinner." He announced, pulling up outside Holby's poshest restaurant.
"Max, this is the most expensive place in Holby." Zoe said to him.
"Well, you're worth a million pounds, if not more." He flirted back. They both stepped out the car and walked into the Michelin star restaurant.
"Hi, I have a reservation in the name of Walker." Max told the waiter.
"Yes, please follow me." He replied, in a very posh sounding accent. They followed him through the restaurant until they reached a small, intimate table. They sat down and were handed the menus.
"You can have whatever you want." Max told his girlfriend, she looked even more beautiful in candlelight.
"I'll have the red mullet for the starter and the venison for the main." Zoe told him, touched by what he'd done for her.
"That's just what I'm having." He said to her, smiling at their similar tastes. Zoe picked up the wine list.
"They have Cloudy Bay, it's the nicest wine I've ever had, it's quite pricey though." She said.
"Don't worry about the price." Max told her, smiling.
"Are you ready to order?" The waiter asked.
"Yes, we are, please could we have a bottle of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc," Max announced.
"Yes, and for starters?" The waiter asked.
"Two red mullets." Max replied. "And for the main we'll have town venisons."
"Thank you, you're food should be around ten minutes." The waiter told them, before walking to the other side of the restaurant.
"Zoe, you know those presents I've been getting you, they weren't just presents, they were part of something bigger." Max told her, Zoe nodding.
"First I got you something old, then something new, then something borrowed." He said.
"And next it's something blue." She finished, her mouth dropping open as Max kneeled down on the floor.
"Zoe Hanna, will you make me the happiest man alive by agreeing to marry me?" He asked, holding out a silver engagement ring, with a sapphire glinting away at the centre.
"Of course I will Max, you make me feel alive again, more alive than ever, and you make me laugh." She replied, allowing him to slide the ring onto her finger.
"I love you." He said to her.
"I love you too." She replied.