"Nick we need you in resus, there's a climbing accident coming in I can't handle it on my own and Dr Winter's had been advised to stay in cubicles. We need you, I need you" Zoe garbled down the phone.
"Not the first time you've told me that" Nick chucked down the line, "Don't worry I'll be there in two minutes. Ok, love you" Nick sighed as he hung up the phone, he had a mountain of paper work to be done but he could never tell Zoe no. He headed down to the ED just in time to see Zoe's bum disappearing through into resus. "Ok, Dix. What have we got?" Nick rushed to meet Jeff and Dixie with their incoming casualty.
"Alright, Mr J?" Dixie questioned – it wasn't often he took handovers anymore. "This is Daisy; she's twenty four, queried fracture radius, definitely fractured Tib and Fib. BP and reps normal, she's had five of morphine"
"Thanks guys" Nick walked with the trolley into resus and immediately took control "Ok, I need FBC's, Glucose, Clotting and get her another five of morphine. I need the Orthopod's down here stat" he looked over at Zoe and winked. "I'm back" he mouthed to her.
Zoe wandered over to Nick, having just sent her patient to neurosurgery. "if there's anything you need, Mr Jordan?" she asked, sliding passed him and deliberately rubbing her body against him "I'm always happy to help..." she winked at him grasping his hand softly with hers "Nice to have you back" she smiled "We make a good team."
Nick smiled "Yes, Mrs Jordan we do make a good team" he looked at his watch "Were the hell is the Orthopod?!" he ranted, feeling for a pulse on the patients foot "Is he crawling down here?"
"Not even metaphorically..." came the slow, arrogant drawl from the doors of resus.
Zoe whipped around in shock. "What the hell are you doing here?" Zoe asked, trying not to panic at the sight of her husband and ex-lover in the same room. Nick arrived at Holby after Zoe had ended her affair; he had no clue about the two of them.
"Ah lovely to see you too, Dr Hanna" Sean Anderson drawled "Looking lovely as always."
Nick looked between the pair "Do you two know each other?" he asked, slightly confused by the exchange.
"Dr Hanna and I are old friends" Sean replied, he turned to Zoe and winked "Aren't we Zoe?"
Two more orthopaedic surgeons arrived to deal with the trauma cases in resus as Sean turned to Zoe and whispered "How about a catch up, later. For old times' sake?"
Zoe looked at Sean "I don't think so, Dr Anderson. I'm a married woman now"
Nick walked over to the pair and took Zoe's hand; glad to have a break now resus was clear "Is there a problem here?" he questioned Zoe and Sean.
"Oh no, no problems. Dr Anderson was just leaving"
Zoe had told Sean to go before – many times. At one time in her life she thought she might have been in love with him, even though she was married. He treated her like a princess, bought her expensive presents and took her on luxury weekends away. It broker her when she found out he was married to Jessica...
"Just get out, Sean!" Zoe screamed throwing a nearby photo frame in his direction. She felt the tears streaming down her face "You should have told me you were married to HER, not just some woman I'd never meet. She's my best friend and I'm sleeping with her bloody husband. No scratch that, I'm in love with her husband..."
"Would it have made it better if I told you?" Sean asked, crossing the room and taking Zoe in his arms "We both know you wouldn't have ended it... I can give you what you want Zoe" he tried to placate her. "Come on" he kissed her, moving his hands over her body "We're good together"
Zoe shrugged him off, ignoring his advances. Her tears were drying up now she'd seen what kind of man he was; he only wanted her for one thing. In essence he was buying her gifts in exchange for sex. She was his whore. Well that wasn't on. She turned to him and hissed "Get the hell out of my flat, I never want to see you again"
"Zo, you ok?" Nicks words interrupted her daydream.
"Mmm, I'm fine. Just thinking" she replied turning around to kiss him "I never thought I'd see that man again. He's Jessica's ex-husband. I was sleeping with him behind her back. I hate him, I hate him so much" the tears were beginning to flow again.
"Hey, come on. There's no need for these tears. I'm here, you've got me." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close "Me and you Zo, against the world. Come on, let's go home" He took her and and together they left the ED.
"Forever and always" Zoe whispered.
"Forever and always" Nick echoed, kissing her again.