Nick sat at his desk, reflecting back on the conversation he had just had with Zoe. Surely he had heard her wrong, she couldn't be sick, not his Zoe. Nick tried to call her but it went straight to voice mail, he then text her and paged her. No answer. Nick considered going to her apartment but then decided against it as he was in the wrong and she deserved some privacy. He decided he would wait till tomorrow to talk to her.

...

Zoe walked into work wearing sunglasses ,she was obviously hungover. She thought to herself how could she be ? She had only had one glass. She then came to the conclusion that it must of been a mixture of her medication and the alcohol.

"Goodnight last night Doctor Hanna" Noel and Dylan were standing behind the reception desk watching her and smiling.

"Noel, do you have one of those fizzy vitamin things" he handed her a pack of berocca. She grabbed a bottle of water from her bag and dropped two of the orange tablets in.

"Only you could get away with this one doc"

"Why thank you Noel "

Zoe then left and put her stuff away, ready to start work. She felt her phone ring in her pocket.

"Hello...Doctor Hanna, I have that medication we spoke about, I have time to drop it down if you want... No, no its ok I don't start work for another 40 minutes so I will come to you... Ok, I'm in my office... See you in a few minutes... Bye"

Zoe quickly left the staffroom and walked through reception hoping not to be noticed.

"Doctor Hanna can you have a look at my patient in cubicle two"

"Dylan, you are a perfectly qualified doctor, besides my shift doesn't start for another half an hour"

Zoe then got into the lift and proceeded to make her way up to the office. She knocked on the door and walked in.

"Nice to see you, how have you been feeling"

"Not too bad, thank you Sarah" Sarah handed Zoe the pack of tablets and large box. Zoe looked at her with a puzzled face, she had no idea what the large box contained.

"Ok, one in the morning and one in the evening, they will increase the nausea but that's what those injections are for, if you feel sick or have been sick use one, but never use more that three a day"

"Ok thank you Sarah, I better get back"

"OK I will see Friday Morning, remember don't overwork your self"

"Easier said than done" And with that Zoe left and returned to the ED.

…...

Zoe was treating a patient in resus when she suddenly had that warm feeling in the back of her throat and then a wave of nausea crashed over her, she felt herself rushing towards the ladies toilets. Zoe ran into the cublicle and renched into the toilet. When she lifted her head up she felt a hand rubbing her back. Zoe turned her head around to see Tess standing there.

"I'm sorry , I shouldn't have left like that"

"Oh forget that, are you ok"

"Yea im fine" And with that Zoe grabbed a piece of tissue paper and emerged from the cubicle to see Tess looking at her with a knowing look.

"Its probably just a bug"

"Are you sure there isn't any chance you could be pregnant?"

"No, I'm not" Tess shot Zoe a sympathetic look.

"Maybe you should do a test?"

"I'm sure, Tess. As much as I wish I was I'm not"

"Ok then, well take it easy and let me know if you feel worse"

Tess left the toilets, she was sure there was more to it then a bug and Zoe wasn't that hungover. She found her self waling up to nick office. Even though him and zoe weren't together she knew he still cared. Tess knocked on the door once and walked in.

"Ah, Tess what can I do for you?…. Actually I have been meaning to ask have you seen Doctor Hanna"

"Actually, I came to talk to you about Zoe" Nicks face dropped when he heard this, was he about to hear some terrible news? " She left resus earlier and I found her getting sick in the toilet, she says it's a bug but she hasn't been the same all week, she insists shes not pregnant. Look, I know your both not together anymore but maybe you could have a word?"

"Yes, of course, thank you for telling me"

…...

Zoe returned back to the staffroom and grabbed one of the anti-sickness injections she had been given earlier. She walked over to the sofa and sat down. She read the instructions and then prepared the injection.

She pulled her top up slightly and wiped her skin to prepare for the injection. And at that moment Nick walked in.

"Zoe, what do you thing you are doing"

"Oh, here he comes again, this is none of your business, so stay out of it" Nick walked over and sat next to her and grabbed the injection.

"I tried to call you" His voice was calm and gentle, he didn't want to anger her.

"I know"

"Well it was late I guess"

"No, I just didn't want to speak to you"

"You never were one to jump the bullet, so are you going to tell me whats going on now" Nick placed his hand under her chin and tilted her head so he could see her eyes.

"I have stage three ovarian cancer but its treatable and its looking good" Zoe looked away when she said those words. Her voice was professional, she didn't want to give too much away. She stood up and began to walk away. Nick tried to call her back but she kept walking. She left the staff room and walked back into resus and got stuck into treating her patients.

Nick followered her out, he considered calling her back into his office but then realised he had no right. Zoe was no longer his, they were no longer attached. All they had left was a simple boss employee relationship.

I'm sorry it took so long, but my internet was gone for the last few days. Is anyone else so disappointed that bbc never showed casualty on Saturday, I'm in Ireland so I can't get iplayer!