A/N thanks to my two reviewers who keep reviewing me It makes me want to write and post every day (or hour but that's just impossible). One of my reviewers asked me if this chapter would be the last. HA, NO! of course not! Wait till you see what happens ;)

Previously:

When she was laying in bed she couldn't help but notice how similar to a date, dinner had been. They talked about small stuff, had a good time, he picked her up and brought her home and he walked her to her door. The only thing missing was a kiss. 'No, I can't think like that. He's my boss, we're just becoming friends. It would be totally inappropriate.' She thought to herself. Little did she know, Greg was laying in bed having similar thoughts.

…

She woke up at seven, put on some sweatpants and grabbed her iPod. She loved those morning runs, especially on her days off. She used to do them every day but she soon stopped, her work gave her enough off a workout most days. The runs always gave her time to think. And she had a lot of thinking to do.

The barbecue was today, she was planning on taking a cab. She was going to put an offer in for the loft she went to see yesterday with Greg. And if she had some time between putting the offer in and going to the barbecue she was going to stop by a car dealer and/or a furniture store. There was a lot she needed to do before she could move into her –if she got it- house. But damn, did she want to move in.. Her birthday was coming up, she could do the housewarming and birthday celebration in one day. At least then she would only have to clean the mess up once. Besides, she didn´t like celebrating her birthday, she hoped no one would even know it was coming up. And what about Greg, what was going on with that? She had so much fun yesterday, more then she had in a long time. She really wanted to ask him to come to the car dealership or furniture store with her. She knew jack about cars. But she thought that would be too much, asking your boss/almost friend to come pick out a car with you. Or furniture..

She never thought of where she was going when she ran, she just ran without caring where she would end up. So it didn't surprised her when she stopped to catch her breath and noticed she'd been running for the better part of an hour. She looked around, she'd never been here before and she had no idea where she was. She shrugged and continued running, she could always take a cab back if she really lost her way. Another half hour past when she literally ran into someone.

"Hey, watch out where you're.. Zoë?"

"Ed, what are you doing here?"

"I live just around the corner and was just headed home, what are you doing here?"

"I was running, and I got lost. Do you know a place where I can get some breakfast before I run back?"

"Yeah, just around the corner. Sophie will be glad to see you. She keeps asking if you're still on the team. Because apparently she thought the cream cheese was kind of mean."

"Ed, I.. Barbecue and.."

"Come on, my wife makes killer pancakes. And you ran what, 10, 15 miles? You've got to be hungry by now." She nodded.

"Yeah, I am. Thanks ed."

They ran back to his place.

"Honey, I hope you don't mind. I found someone on the street who was really hungry." Sophie came walking to the front door.

"Thanks for making me sound like a homeless person.."

"Zoë! " Sophie hugged her, the best she could being over 7 months pregnant. "How are you doing? Has my husband been treating you right?" Sophie was a very outgoing person. And in the twenty minutes she chatted with Zoë at HQ she liked her immediately.

"He's been treating me just fine, Sophie." She looked around. "You have a very nice house, I'm sorry to disturb the morning peace."

"Oh no, it's fine! I was just about to wake Clark. Go sit down, the pancakes are almost ready." Zoë smiled. Sophie walked up the stairs to wake Clark up and Zoë and Ed walked into the kitchen. He walked towards the fridge, grabbed two bottles of water and threw Zoë one.

"Thanks, how's Clark been doing?"

"He's good, he had some trouble with going to school at first. But he's good now." Zoë nodded.

"So, barbecue tonight." Ed nodded. "Looking forward to it, haven't been to a barbecue in ages." He smiled.

"I'm sure it hasn't been that long."

"Last time was with my parents, so.."

"You haven't see your parents since you moved here?" He didn't know her parents died?

"They're dead."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"It's been a while, no big deal." He wanted to ask her how long it's been but Clark walked in.

"Hey Clark, it's nice to see you again."

"Yeah you to." He turned to his dad. "Mom made the pancakes already?" He didn't wait for an answer and walked away from them to the stove to check.

"I'm sorry he's been rude since he hit puberty."

"It's fine, I was way worse."

"I can't imagine."

"Just think of it like this, you've got 13 years to prepare yourself for your next kid."

Sophie came down and made the pancakes, they all sat down together and finished them all.

"Zoë, would you mind coming to the store with me today? I need to buy some things for the barbecue." She looked towards Ed. "Ed cancelled on me. Apparently Greg needs his help and it can't wait until tonight.." Zoë smiled.

"Sure, I just need to go back and change. I can meet you there?" Sophie smiled.

"I'm no longer able to drive my car. Do you mind picking me up?"

"I wouldn't, but the thing is. I don't have a car yet." Ed looked at her.

"How do you come to work every day?"

"Cab."

"We can take my car, you can drive home in it, change and come pick me up. You do have a drivers licence right?" Zoë smiled.

"Yes, I've still got my Dutch drivers licence. It's valid here."

"That's settled then."

They said goodbye, Zoë took the second car and promised she would be back in an hour or so. When she got back at the hotel she called the real estate agent and put in an offer on the house. She grabbed her gun, she always carried it with her even when she was running, and left the room to pick Sophie up.

"It must suck, not being able to do a lot of things yourself." She said once they were in the car.

"You get used to it, it doesn't just appear one day." It was silent for a few minutes. "Do you ever think about kids?"

"Not really, I would like to have them in the future. But I'm only 24 so plenty of time."

"Your career comes first?"

"Not really, I just have to meet the right guy. I definitely want to be married first, get everything in order." Sophie smiled, Zoë reminded her of herself when she was younger.

"You're very mature for a 24 year old."

"I've just been through a lot, I guess I had to age quickly."

"You've been through a lot?" Zoë couldn't help it. She felt so comfortable with Sophie.

"Yeah, my parents were murdered when I was 13. It was a guy from my school, I was there when he did it." Sophie definitely didn't see that one coming. She was silent for a while. "Just, don't tell anyone. No one here knows. Not even.." Sophie nodded.

"Yeah, of course."

…

The shopping went down smoothly, she just needed the steaks the guys liked, she couldn't get those at her supermarket and some charcoal. Zoë was carrying the heavy bags through the shopping mall when she saw a man, he was acting strangely. It all happened very fast after that. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Sophie. Zoë dropped the bags she was carrying and pulled out her gun. She identified herself as a cop but it didn't help. The man pulled the trigger, the bullet was speeding towards Sophie. Zoë jumped in front of Sophie, taking the bullet and firing a couple of shots at the same time. Her bullets barely missed the guy. Luckily he didn't stay to finish the job but ran away. Zoë hit the ground with a loud thud.

"Zoë! Oh my god!" Sophie kneeled next to her. "You got shot!"

"Sophie listen to me." Zoë changed her gun to her left hand. "See that drugstore?" She didn't wait for an answer. "I need you to get me bandages, scissors and tape. It's just my shoulder, I'll be fine. But I can't move until I've got those on my shoulder, ok?" Sophie nodded and ran to the store as fast as she could. Zoë grabbed her phone from her pocket and dialled SRU-HQ.

"Police Strategic Response Unit, Winnie speaking, how can I help you?"

"Winnie, it's Zoë. Shooter in Toronto centre." She could hear Winnie's reaction.

"Hot call, Toronto Centre. Team 3 gear up."

"It's a black male, 25 to 30. He had a single semi-automatic gun. I don't know who many bullets. I'm shot. But I'm okay, tell team 3 I'm going after him in a little bit and they can reach me on this number okay?"

"Will do."

She hang the phone up and noticed a man walking towards her with bandages, gauze and tape in his hand.

"Your friend is in my store she is fine. She wanted me to bring these to you." She nodded.

"You need to patch me up. Just put the gauze on my bullet wound and press hard. Then I need you to wrap the bandages round it. But not too tight, I need the circulation in my arm." The man nodded and did as he was asked. Zoë tried not to scream out of pain as he put everything in place, this could bring the man's attention back to her. The bleeding didn't stop but it was getting less. The bandages would do for now. She was lucky it was just her shoulder. "Help me up." The man did as he was asked. "I need you to get back into your store and close it. Go behind the counter. Don't let anyone in except police, ok?" He nodded. "Thank you." She grabbed her gun again and started walking. The pain was bad, but she wouldn't let it stop her from getting this SOB. She put her Bluetooth earpiece in and dialled Ed. She knew she would freak him out be he would kill her if she didn't call him.

"Zoë, is my wife okay?"

"Yeah she is fine. But I need you to come to Toronto Centre."

"Why?"

"There's a shooter, team 3 has been dispatched but they're not here yet. She's in a drugstore behind the counter with a guy."

"How do you know there's a shooter?" For a second he thought this was payback for the hazing.

"Cause he shot me. I gotta go." She hang up.

..

"Ed, what's that about a shooter?"

"There's a shooter at the Toronto Centre mall. Zoë and Sophie are inside. Zoë got shot." They quickly ran to Greg's car and went to the Centre. Greg was sure he would get speeding tickets.

..

She heard multiple shots, they were getting louder. She saw the same man that shot her through the glass floor, he was on the floor above her. Her phone went off, it was team 3. Letting her know they were on the scene and about to enter the building. She let them know where the shooter was. Donna, the team leader, told her to stand down. She looked to her left and saw them entering. She ran towards them.

"Donna. Sophie, Ed's pregnant wife, she's here with me. I need to get her out of here." Donna nodded and looked at Zoë's shoulder. It was bleeding pretty bad again.

"You get Sophie and get out of here. Greg and Ed just arrived. If you don't get there quick they'll come in." Zoë nodded.

She ran towards the drugstore and pounded on the door. She saw the man looking from behind the counter and moving to let her in.

"Is anyone else here?" He shook his head.

"Just us two."

"Ok, go get her. We're going out of here." The man went back to Sophie and helped her up.

"Zoë, you're bleeding pretty bad." Sophie said while they were walking to the exit. The blood was coming through her bandage and she left a trail of drops on the floor.

"Not that bad, Ed's outside. Let's go."

They made it outside just as Ed was about to barge in. A couple of uniforms were holding him back. Sophie walked towards Ed, who helped her into an ambulance. And Greg walked towards Zoë.

"Are you okay?" Zoë was very lightheaded.

"No, I'm" She didn't get to finish her sentence as she fainted. Greg quickly caught her before she hit the ground. He got her into an ambulance and got in with her. Both ambulances arrived at the hospital at the same time. Zoë was quickly put into an trauma room and Sophie was wheeled off as well. Ed was able to go with Sophie. But the doctor wouldn't let Greg come with Zoë.

Doctor Hunt walked towards the table Zoë was lying on. He looked at her face and he recognized her immediately.

"Name is," a nurse started.

"Zoë Washburn" Hunt finished for her. "Let's fix her up, she didn't survive the sandbox to die because of a shooting in a mall."

Zoë's wound turned out to be pretty easy, it didn't hit any major arteries or nerves and they were able to repair all the damage in a trauma room. They bandaged her shoulder and put her arm in a sling. They wheeled her off to a room where she woke up about 10 minutes later. She opened her eyes and noticed Greg, Ed and Sophie sitting next to her. Greg noticed she was awake first.

"Welcome back." Greg smiled at her.

A/N she has a lot of bad luck, doesn't she? Finished the next and the chapter after that yesterday. So expect to see another tomorrow.