Authors Notes: thank you all for your wonderful comments that I always receive and love getting and your comments really do make me smile . I am glad that you liked the last chapter and I thought it would be good to stir things up a bit and Sean will be in this chapter just a warning for those who hate him which I hate Sean too he's horrid. All mistakes are my own and I am sorry there are several mistakes but when I got through the whole thing I don't see the mistakes until I have posted the whole thing.

Everyone was rather well gone and feelings where running high tonight. Everyone started to feel emotional and did not mean what they were saying.

"Nick what the hell did you do that for?" Zoe said as she looked down at the unconscious body of Sean who she had a quick fling with years ago before she started dating Nick and having his children.

"I couldn't stand him touching you like that" Nick said as he looked at his bleeding hand.

"I can dance with whoever I want , you can't tell me who I can and can't dance with" Zoe demanded.

"Let me look at that" Lenny said as he grabbed Nick's swollen hand. Nick winced as Lenny grabbed his hand and tried to look at it but his vision was blurry and double so he couldn't tell whether he had one or two hands in his hands.

"I love the fact that you got jealous but there was no need to knock him out" Zoe said as she bent down and checked Sean to make sure he is alright and then just about made it back up without falling to the floor as her balance had gone.

"What is the problem with him, why are you standing up for him, it's not like you are still seeing him or care about him" Nick said getting angry that Zoe was sticking up for creepy Sean.

"Of course I am not seeing him still and I still sort of care about him" Zoe said quietly

"WHAT?YOU CLEARLY STILL HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM THEN AND I AM SORRY YOU HAVE BEEN WASTING YOUR TIME BEING WITH ME" Nick shouted as he took one last look at Zoe who was now crying her eyes trying to walk over to Nick but was being held back by Linda and lenny. Zoe stormed into the ladies toilets followed closely by Linda.

Zoe walked in to a cubical and slammed the door shut and cried her eyes out.

"Zoe, come on come out it's me Linda" Linda said as she leant against the door

"Why is he being like this, he knows I am not seeing Sean and why did he say things like that" Zoe whimpered and wiped her eyes.

"He's drunk Ignore him and so are you Honey and your tired which doesn't help, let him calm down" Linda said as she walked away from the toilet door and walked over to the mirrors and checked her make-up and her hair to make sure she looked good. Linda heard the toilet door unlock to reveal a tear stained Zoe.

"Oh come here Zo" Linda said as she hugged her best friend and tried to comfort Zoe the best she could.

Mean while the party was still in full swing. Sean had finally woken up but was still a bit spaced out after being hit so hard. Charlie checked Sean over and told him to sit down and rest and handed him a large glass of water and a napkin to nurse his bleeding nose and lip. Nick was at the bar thinking about what Zoe had said and the look on her face when she looked at Sean's unconscious body.

"Zoe will be alright Mr J, and you will make up at some point but just let her calm down and we are all rather drunk "Big Mac said as he took a seat next to Nick who smiled as he knew Big Mac was right .

Back in the Ladies toilet Zoe had dried her eyes and reapplied a fresh coat of make-up and was looking like the usual Zoe except she was rather drunk and couldn't really walk straight.

"Ready, to go back out there?" Linda said as she grabbed the door handle of the ladies toilets.

Zoe nodded and forced a smile on her face and walked out of the ladies toilets. Zoe looked round the room and her eyes met Sean's but she was shocked to see that he was nursing a couple of wounds. Zoe looked away from Sean and scanned the room for Nick who was sitting at the bar with his back to the party looking sorry for himself as he held his face in his hands with Big Mac next to him talking away.

"Come on let's just carry on where we left off which was Dancing " Linda said cheerfully as she grabbed Zoe and pulled her to the dance floor where they carried on dancing but Zoe's mind was elsewhere. Zoe kept glancing at Nick wanting to talk to him , wanting him to wrap his arms around her and make her feel safe and loved like he always did well does.

Midnight came round rather quickly for the party goers as the Dj said that it was the last dance of the evening which was take that's million love songs. Zoe felt rather uncomfortable as couples took to the dance floor and wrapped their arms around their wives, lovers and husbands. Lenny wrapped his arms round Linda as they swayed to the music smiling. Nick spun round on his stool as he heard the change in the music and scanned the room for Zoe who was sitting down watching the dancers move slowly to the music. Nick's eye met Zoe's but Zoe looked away.

Once the slow song was finished it was time to leave as everyone grabbed their shoes if they took them off, some grabbed their coats and bags. Linda and Lenny said their goodbyes to Charlie and the rest of the gang.

"Please make up you 2 you look lost without each other" Linda whispered to Zoe as she hugged her goodbye.

"I don't think we will be making up anytime soon" Zoe said as she let go of Linda and said goodbye to Lenny. Nick grabbed his coat and walked over to Zoe who was ready and waiting to go but nothing was passed between the 2 as they left the pub. Zoe began to shiver as she didn't have a coat so Nick took of his coat and placed round Zoe who smiled weakly.

I got her to smile at least Nick said to himself as they waited for the taxi to arrive. 5 minutes or so later the taxi arrived Nick opened the door for Zoe to climb into the taxi and she said a polite thank you and sat and looked out the window whilst Nick climbed in next to Zoe and told the driver their address. Zoe watched the drunken girls fall off their high heels as the high street flashed by. The ride home was silent as not one word was passed between them both. When they arrived home they went to bed in silence. That night Zoe laid in bed wide awake feeling guilty and wanting to fall asleep in his arms like she did every night.

"Are you a wake Nick?" Zoe whispered and she never got a reply.

"I love you Nick and I am sorry and that's just the way it is" Zoe whispered as she felt the tears fall down her cheeks but little did she know Nick was wide awake.

Once Nick thought Zoe had fallen asleep he whispered " I love you too Zoe and my heart has and always will belong to you" Zoe heard Nick say as he said those loving words but she laid still making Nick think she was fast asleep. They both laid in bed that night with their backs to each other wanting to hold each other unaware that they both felt the same.

I hope you liked that I just thought I would change it otherwise it would be very similar to Tess's birthday party that I wrote.