Thanks everyone for your lovely kind reviews, they made my day :) Here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy. All mistakes are mine, Anna x
Nick picks up the telephone on his desk and rings main reception.
"Hello, Holby City ED. How may I help you" Noel speaks down the phone.
"Noel it's Mr Jordan. Do you know where Zoe is?"
"Emmm..." Noel stutters down the phone.
"Noel, where is she. She's not in any trouble and neither will you if you just tell me where she is."
"I think she's outside having a smoke."
"Thank you" Nick says as he slams the phone down into the receiver. He gets up off his chair and marches out to the front entrance of the ED to find Zoe. Zoe stood with her back against the wall enjoying her cigarette.
"Zoe" Nick whispers as he walks towards Zoe.
Surprised to hear her name Zoe turns round to face Nick who looks exhausted and stressed. Zoe drops her cigarette to the ground and stands on it with her purple heels. Zoe moves from the wall and begins to move towards Nick but doesn't stop and goes to walk past him back towards the ED entrance. Nick puts out his arm to stop her and pulls her in front of him.
"Zoe" he says barely auditable.
"Nick, if Yvonne catches us together" Zoe stops as she doesn't know what else to say. Finally some more words enter her brain "well she won't be best pleased will she. I have to go, patients to see."
Nick finally manages to find some words other than Zoe. "No don't go. I need to talk to you." Nick holds out his hand to her and Zoe takes it apprehensively. Nick walks them to his car and opens it. They both get in and Nick drives away from the ED. They both sit in silence until Nick pulls up beside a burger van at the side of the road. Nick gets out and walks towards the passenger seat to open the door and let Zoe out.
Zoe smiles at him appreciatively to thank him for opening the door but still no one speaks. They walk towards the burger van and Nick orders them both a hot dog. Standing at the end of the van Zoe speaks first.
"You never even asked if I wanted one."
"Well do you" Nick asks.
"Yes, I'm hungry but that's not the point. The point is what are we doing here?" Zoe says as she turns around to look at the familiar burger van.
"Like I said we need to talk. Or I need to talk to you."
"Go ahead" Zoe says very abruptly.
"Linda told me everything and now it makes so much more sense."
"What makes more sense?" Zoe asks confused.
"You today, with your attitude and you constantly trying to avoid me. Did Yvonne really ask that of you?"
"Yes but I thought she spoke to you also?"
"Spoke to me about what?"
"About not being friends with me once you're married. I understand you'll be more busy and spend all your time with her it's just a lot to take in" Zoe mutters taking a bite of her hotdog.
Nick inhales taking a huge lungful of air and then exhales loudly. "You think that's what I want. To lose contact with you personally after all we've been through. You mean so much to me, you know that? I'll talk to her."
"You still want to marry her after this?" Zoe exclaims.
"Well yes, I think I love her!"
"You think. Remind me when I fall in love or get married do I think I love the person." Zoe walks off leaving Nick standing there stunned. A few minutes' later Nick heads in the direction Zoe ran off towards to try to find her. Along the road Nick spots Zoe sitting at a picnic bench. He sits on the bench opposite her.
"Maybe Yvonne's right. Maybe we shouldn't be friends if you can't be happy for us."
"That's fine. Tell Yvonne sorry but I can't be her bridesmaid for obvious reasons. Goodbye Nick." Zoe says as she walks away and decides to hitch a lift from a white van man back to the hospital.
"Thanks again Nathan" Zoe smiles at the man who drove her back to the hospital and she reaches over to kiss his cheek. "I'll call you later" as she waves a piece of paper in her hand and gets out of the van to walk back into the hospital waggling her bum the whole way there that prompts Nathan to toot his horn at her. Nick had also just arrived back at the hospital and had witnessed Zoe getting out of the van. Nick gets out of his jag and walks past Nathan and glares in to give him an evil death stare.
Nick storms into the ED and marches back to his office. He grabs all the necessary paperwork and files that he requires and then storms back to the main reception. "Noel, I'm heading home early. Wedding preparations and all that so if I'm needed page me, but make sure it's the last resort, ok?"
"Yes, no problem Mr J. Have fun" Noel says as he announces a patients name over the intercom.
Nick walks out to his jag and heads home to see Yvonne.
"Hello love" Yvonne says as she walks over to kiss Nick on the cheek. "You're home early" she murmurs.
"Yes, well we need to talk and I figured we need to finalise everything for Thursday" Nick smiles.
"Yes we do. I've only a deposit on the honeymoon so it needs paid in full and then we need final numbers of guests so that the caters know how many meals to cook and."
Nick put his finger over Yvonne lips mid sentence to shut her up. "Before all that I think we need to discuss what happened between you and Zoe last night."
"Oh" Yvonne responds looking guilty.
"Yes oh" Nick replies not looking best pleased with her.
Sorry it's so short I want to watch the Olympics opening ceremony or else I would have continued. I'll hopefully update tomorrow or else the next day.