"Are you sure you're going to be OK?" Nick asked, bending down over the sofa to give Zoe a kiss goodbye. He had demanded that she stayed home today after her recent fall in work yesterday and wasn't going to take any risks having her back on shift today.

Zoe was lying on the sofa still in her pajamas, she was quite liking the idea of a lazy day at home, although she would love to be going into work, she knew that would never happen in a million years if Nick had anything to do with it. She lay her head back on the cushion and chuckled,"Nick just go, I'm a big girl I can cope without you for a few hours" She continued to try and reassure him.

"Just ring me if you need anything and I'll be straight back" Nick said. It was very rare that Zoe missed a shift so going in without her was going to be strange for him.

Zoe sighed, he just couldn't help himself, he worried over the slightest thing, "Yes, now go" She said, pushing him away from the sofa hoping that he would finally leave her to some peace and quiet.

Nick chuckled as she rolled her eyes at him, "I'm going promise" He said as he left the room.

The kids were already waiting for him in the car and he had managed to get them all ready by himself in the space of less than a new hour, which was a record for all of them. He drove them all to school and then headed straight over to the ED.

Nick and the kids had not even left the house an hour ago but Zoe was already bored, she had already flicked through every channel on the TV and read all of the magazines that she had. She picked up her phone and decided to give Nick a text.

Hope the ED is still holding up without it's best doctor xxx She typed and sent the message to Nick. They rarely text each other as they were never apart long enough to find the need too but she though this might make him laugh.. if he knew how to reply that is. She put the phone back down on the coffee table and lay back down and waited for a reply.

Nick chuckled as his phone vibrated and her message popped up, he was only doing admin work all morning so a message from Zoe was just the cheer me up he needed. He picked up his phone and decided to instantly write a message back.

ED is in the best hands with the best doctor running it. Your boss misses you though x He typed, sending his reply back to Zoe. He did really miss her, they were never apart. They had worked in the ED together for over 10 years so walking around the department to not see Zoe was really strange for him.

She was quite shocked when her phone instantly vibrated, she wasn't expecting a reply anytime soon. She picked up her phone and typed back a reply Maybe my boss will let me come and work now then? xx she knew that she was pushing her luck but it was still worth a try.

Nick shook his head as he read her reply and typed back, Can't help yourself can you, no can do x He replied. He knew how much she was itching to come back to work but one day of rest may just do her good and he didn't want to risk it this early.

Zoe sighed, she knew that would be his reply anyway, Rubbish answer boss. See you tonight, love you xx She replied.

Nick never had chance to reply as he was called into resus with an emergency but her message had put him in a good mood all day anyway.

After texting Nick in the first hour of the morning, Zoe's day had since flown by. She had slept for most of it and couldn't believe when she next awoke at 10 to 5. Nick and the kids were going to be back in 10 minutes and she hadn't done a single thing all day. Since waking up she had suddenly felt ill again, her head was pounding and she was feeling nauseous once again. She put it all down to her pregnancy, it was the only explanation it could be. She felt like this almost everyday just lately. Her last pregnancy with Phoebe had gone smoothly with no problems what so ever. This was a whole new experience for her and what ever it was she didn't like it.

She heard the front door bang open and knew that they had arrived home. Her peace and quiet was suddenly interrupted as all the three children came bouncing into the house shouting and screaming, "Hi Mum" They all shouted, as they raced into the kitchen. Their main priority was to get food, they were always hungry after school.

"Hi darling" Nick said, as he came into the front room to see Zoe still lying on the sofa in her pajamas in the exact same position that he had left her.

"Hi" Zoe weakly smiled, holding her hand to her head as her head pounded.

"Have you even moved all day?" Nick asked, noticing that everything was exactly how he left it.

"I feel awful Nick" Zoe admitted. She would rarely give in and admit that she was feeling unwell to anyone.

Nick moved forward and felt her head, "You are really warm" He said.

"Why can't it just stop" Zoe groaned as she pulled a blanket up over her.

"You stay here and rest and I'll go and make us some tea" Nick said, leaning over and kissing her forward as he went to cook them all some dinner.

Sorry it's a bit of a boring chapter but I wanted to get across how ill Zoe is in this pregnancy for future chapters :) will try and update again tonight. Please review if you get the chance and thank you to all of those who have reviewed the past chapters! x