"Nick!" Linda shouted storming into his office.
"What?" He said back.
"Why?" Linda asked. "Why do that to Zoe!"
"She lied to me!" Nick said, putting his head in his hands, leaning on his desk. "Why did she lie to me?"
"She knew you wanted children." Linda said, and Nick looked up at her.
"But she can't have them, Linda." Nick said.
"But she tried!" Linda replied. "Thats when she continued to take the pills! She knew they were making her sick, but she did it for you."
"She made herself sick to give me a child?" Nick whispered. "Why?"
"Frankly, I don't know." Linda said, eyes filling with tears. "Because the way you've been acting, I don't know why she wants you to go back."
Linda looked at him, and she could see on his face that he knew he was in the wrong here. His girlfriend, that he loves, made herself sick for him. Just for him. She put her life at risk, and he just left her when all she was trying to do was help him. A tear slipped down Linda's face.
"How can you just sit there, knowing your girlfriend could have died to give you something you so desperately wanted?" She said, seeing Nicks face drop.
"I need to go an see her." He stood up, and walked over to Linda.
"Yeah you do." Linda spat. "And if you hurt my best friend again, ever, I'll have something to say about it."
Linda was surprised that the sentence had actually come out of her mouth. She just threatened her boss. What she was even more surprised about was that he just carried on walking, didn't stop to comment.
She walked out of his office, and bumped into Lenny as she stepped out the door. She wiped her face to get rid of her tears, and looked Lenny in the eye.
"I just threatened my boss." She said with a confused look on her face.
"You what?" Lenny grinned, like he couldn't believe it. "What did you say!"
"I said 'You ever hurt my best friend again, i'll have something to say about it'." She told him, and rubbed her head as she had a headache.
"Wow. I never knew you would be the first to threaten Mr Jordan." He smiled. He saw her rubbing her head. "Whats wrong?"
"Headache." She said, sighing.
"Staff room." He said, and they walked over together.
Entering the room, Lenny made Linda sit on the sofa, and he gave her a glass of water.
"Remember to take it easy today." He said. "Remember what happened earlier?"
"How can I forget?" She whispered, and took a sip of her water.
"Please rest." He asked. "You've been running around all day and its not going to help."
"Im fine, Lenny." Linda said.
"No you're not." He shook his head. "You have a huge cut on your arm and a headache. Thats not fine."
"I know, but can start working again!" She argued.
"No." Lenny said. "You need to rest for a little while."
"But-"
"Please." Lenny said. "I don't like seeing you ill."
"Fine." Linda said. "I will rest. But only because its you asking."
"Good." Lenny said, making Linda lay down. Linda suddenly didn't feel right. Her headache made her very nausious.
"Oh my god." She said, gagging. She only just made it to the sink. She heard Lenny sigh. He took hold of her hair so that it didn't get in the way, and waited until she was finished. "I swear something didn't agree with me at the restaurant."
"Sorry." Lenny said. "I didn't mean to make you sick.
"Its not your fault." She said, wiping her mouth on a tissue that Lenny handed to her. She felt all dizzy all of a sudden. "I need to lay down."
Lenny lead her over to the sofa and helped her lay down.
"Better?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said, as she felt the dizziness disappear. "Everything seems to be happening to me."
"I know." Lenny said. He couldn't deny it. "But it will get better. I promise."
"How do you know though?" Linda asked.
"I don't." He said. "But good things happen to good people."
"But i'm not a good person!" Linda cried. "I self harm, I kept drugs for my sister."
"You didn't really have a choice though. It wasn't your fault." Lenny said.
"Yeah it was." Linda said, crying.
"Look. Now don't get yourself worked up. You will feel better after you rest." Lenny said, using his thumb to take hold of her face and wipe away the tear that fell over the side of her face. He saw her relax, so he kept his hand there, and stayed with her until she fell asleep.
She was soon asleep, so Lenny put a bucket by the sofa just in case she needed it when she woke up. He left the room, and went to go and see Zoe.
"Hey." Lenny said, walking up to her.
"Hey. Is Linda alright?" She asked. "Nick told me what she said."
"Did he tell you she threatened him?" Lenny laughed at the memory.
"Yeah." She said. "It made him feel bad."
"That was her intention, I think." Lenny said.
"So, is she okay?" She asked again.
"Oh. Well, apart from the cut on her arm, her headache and the fact she has food poisoning, she is fine." Lenny said.
"Food poisoning aswell?" Zoe was shocked. "Bless her."
"Im looking after her, don't worry." Lenny smiled, as he raised Zoe's bed so she wasn't laying flat.
"Make sure you do Doctor Lyons." Zoe smirked, and she sighed at being able to sit up. "Thats better."
"I will look after her." Lenny said. "How are you feeling?"
"Better." She replied.
"Okay. I will get Tess to check you over again." Lenny said, before leaving the room.
He found Tess looking in the staffroom window and looking sadly at Linda.
"Whats wrong with her?" Tess asked.
"Food poisoning." He said.
"Oh."
"By the way, Zoe is feeling better." He told her. "Can you check her over?"
"Sure." Tess said, before walking away. She turned around. "Oh, and Lenny?"
"Yeah?"
"Take the rest of the say off." Tess told him. "Take Linda home, and both of you get some rest."
"Are you sure?" Lenny asked.
"Yes." She said. "We aren't busy today. We can manage without the two of you."
"Okay. Thanks Tess!" Lenny said, and he went to wake up Linda. He didn't want to, but the sooner he got her home, the better.
"Hey, sleepy head." He said, waking her up. She groaned, and paled. "Bucket?" She answered with a nod. "Im taking you home."
"What?" Linda asked after she had finished.
"Tess let me and you have the day off." He smiled, and began helping her up.
"I love Tess." She mumbled, and Lenny smiled as he took hold of her hand.
They walked out of the ED together, and Linda just wanted to sleep. She got into the passenger seat and leaned her head back. Lenny started up the car, and they headed for the motorway.
"You can sleep if you want." Lenny suggested as they went round a roundabout.
"Nah. I will have to wake up to get out." Linda said.
"Okay." He replied, and picked up the speed. They were going fast, but it wasn't over the Limit.
Further down the road, the pair were talking. Lenny was too busy talking to miss a red light. Linda noticed though, but it was too late.
"Lenny!" She said, looking out the windscreen.
"Oh my god." He said, as he sped down the road. He slammed on the brakes, and they heard a screech of a horn. Linda screamed, seeing a lorry side on. It smashed into the back left side of the car.