"Daddy" Phoebe whispered as she crept into Nick and Zoe's room. She went over to Nick's side of the bed and tapped him on the arm for him to wake up. It was 1 o'clock in the morning but she couldn't sleep with her pain.
Nick began to open his eyes wondering what was happening as he was still half asleep, but he soon realised that Phoebe was standing by his bed, "What's the matter Phoebe?" He whispered, not wanting to wake Zoe.
"I can't sleep, my arm really hurts and I feel sick" She told him in a hushed voice.
Nick sat up in bed and picked her up for a cuddle, "Do you want me to come and sleep with you?" He asked her.
"Yeah" Phoebe nodded as she wrapped her arm around Nick's neck as he carried her back to her bed.
"Will you stay with me till morning dad?" Phoebe asked and Nick nodded, climbing into bed with Phoebe and holding her tight until she fell asleep.
As Zoe began to awake the following morning, she immediately realised that Nick was no longer there, but she knew exactly where he would be. She climbed out of bed, picking up her dressing gown and wrapped it around her and headed to Phoebe's bedroom. As she peeped her head around the door, she could see that they were both still fast asleep, Phoebe tightly holding onto her dad. She stood there for many a while just watching the two of them as they slept, smiling to herself at how good of a dad Nick actually was.
As she began to shut the bedroom door, she heard Nick mutter her name. He slowly began to open his eyes, so she headed over to him and crouched down beside the bed.
"How is she?" Zoe whispered.
"She couldn't sleep so I stayed with her" Nick replied, keeping his voice low.
Zoe grinned, "she's definitely a daddy's girl, I didn't even hear her come in"
As they continued to talk to one and other, Phoebe began to awake,"my arms sore" She mumbled as she rubbed her eyes.
"It will be for a while, I've got you some medicine for it" Zoe told her as she reached for the bottle of medicine which she had placed on Phoebe's bedside table and poured her a spoonful to take.
"are we going to the hospital today?" Phoebe asked, looking at them both.
"or you can go and stay at your nans house?" Zoe suggested, knowing that the answer would most definitely be yes, she wouldn't want to spend another day in the hospital while Nick and Zoe worked.
"Can i?" Phoebe asked, sitting up.
"Of course you can" Zoe told her, "Now quickly get dressed and we will take you round" She smiled.
Once all 3 of them were finally ready after rushing around to get ready in the short space of time they had, they first headed to Marie's house to drop off Phoebe and then Nick and Zoe made their way to work for the long and busy day ahead.
"Ooh Mr Jordan" Noel called over as he saw Nick and Zoe enter the ED together ready to begin their shift.
"Yes Noel?" He asked, as he walked over to the reception desk closely followed by Zoe.
"You've had a phone call" He informed him.
"Already?" Nick asked, wondering who would be asking for him before his shift even started.
"Yeah, a Mrs Roberts from Smallwood Secondary School?" Noel said.
"Maisie" Nick and Zoe said in unison as they turned to look at each other, sighing in disappointment.
"She wants to see you at the end of school" Noel passed on her message.
Zoe sighed, "I thought we'd sorted all this?" She turned to Nick, shaking her head.
"Apparently not" He said walking off to his office in anger and annoyance.