Authors Notes: I am glad that you liked the last chapter and the whole gun shooting thing which I got from another TV show. I hope that you will like this chapter as I am not sure what to do next after my big gun shooting. All mistakes are my own and I hope you will like this chapter . Well enjoy .

Zoe walked slowly down the long corridors from ICU ward where she left Nick and continued to think about him and how much she was already missing him . Finally after passing several corridors and stairs that all looked the same she arrived back in the ED where she entered the staffroom to see that both girls were waiting for her and ready to go.

"HI girls" Zoe said as she entered the staffroom. "Mum, is dad alright?" Ella asked as soon as she saw Zoe enter the staffroom.

"Yes your father is fine" Zoe said as she kissed Ella on the top of her head. Savannah on the other hand was rather quiet and did not say anything.

"Savannah, what's the matter baby" Zoe bent down to Savannah's level.

"She's been like it since well you know what happened mum" Ella said as she watched Zoe trying to get anything out of Savannah.

"Savannah come here" Zoe opened her arms where Savannah rushed into her arms and held on to her mother tight as if she was going to disappear.

Zoe held on to Savannah tight and kissed her on the cheek and soothed her. Ella stood there with her arms folded and rolled her eyes.

"Can we go home now mum" Ella asked

"Yes , come lets go home and we will see dad tomorrow alright" Zoe said hoping it would make Savannah better knowing her father was alright and not killed in the hands of the gun man hours before.

Savannah placed her hands in Zoe's with Ella following closely behind as they left the hospital looking back to how it should. Once outside Zoe and the girls stopped and turned to look up at the building they grew up in. While their parents were on rounds, they learned to read in the O.R. gallery. They played in the morgue. They coloured with crayons on old E.R. charts. A hospital was their safe place, their sanctuary. They love it here. Correction, they loved it here.

Zoe, Ella and Savannah walked away and got in to Zoe's car and headed home where they cuddled up on the sofa in Zoe's arms.

"Is dad going to be alright on his own mum?" Savannah whispered

"He is going to be fine and nurses and doctors will be looking after him" Zoe kissed Savannah on the top of her head. It was at that moment that Zoe thanked God for not taking Nick away from her and the girls.

"Mum, is daddy aloud his phone with him at hospital" Savannah asked

"Not really, why"

"Well can you text him and tell him goodnight and that I love him" Savannah smiled weakly at Zoe who nodded.

"I will, how about going to bed and then in the morning I will take you to see him" Savannah nodded and jumped up and kissed her mother goodnight and Cuddled Ella who was also heading to bed.

Once the girls were tucked up in bed it was then that Zoe missed Nick more as she climbed into the large empty bed and just stared at the ceiling think of Nick and the day's events. Zoe couldn't stare at the ceiling any longer so she reached for her mobile and began typing a message.

HI baby, I miss you and the girls wanted to say goodnight and that they love you and I love you too and I miss you . Z xxxx.

Once Zoe sent the text she settled down the go to sleep as she didn't expect Nick to reply as she knew he wasn't a loud his phone. But Zoe's phone made a ping noise saying she had a text so she turned over and reached out for her phone and opened the message from Nick which read.

Hi Zo, I am so bored and I miss you like crazy and tell the girls I love them too and I love you so much Zoe and I wish I could hold you in my arms but I have a something that's taking your place at the moment which is your cardigan and it has your perfume, I know it's not the real thing but it will do for now Love you night. N xxxx

Zoe smiled as she read Nick's text and she felt a tear slip down her cheek as she placed her phone back on her night stand and moved over to Nick's side of the bed and she could still smell his aftershave which made Zoe cry as she missed Nick and they hadn't been apart from each other since the girls were born until the other day when they argued but knowing he was ill made her worry. Zoe slipped into an uneasy sleep that night.

Meanwhile in Savannah's bedroom she began to shift in her sleep as she was replaying yesterday's events. Savannah woke up with a start covered in sweat and began to cry. Savannah quietly left her room and crept in to Ella's room.

"Ella, are you awake" Savannah whispered

"Yeah" Ella whispered back as she sat up in bed and saw that Savannah was crying

"Come here" Ella patted the side of the bed for Savannah to come and sit with her. Savannah climbed under the covers where Ella wrapped her arms around her and tried to comfort her.

"It's alright, we are safe now and dad is alright "Ella said as she held on to her sister.

Meanwhile back in the hospital Nick laid in bed but found it hard to sleep as he missed Zoe who he usually held at Nick. Nick remembered that Zoe left her cardigan on his bedside table so he grabbed it and smelt it and it smelt like Zoe ad the girls which made him smile so he placed the cardigan next to him so he could smell it as he drifted off to sleep which seem to work as she fell asleep instantly with a smile on his face knowing that he will have the real Zoe to kiss and cuddle tomorrow.

I hope you liked that as I wasn't sure where to go from the last chapter and sorry it wasn't that long either but hopefully the next chapter will be longer and more interesting.