Chapter 35:
After a long drive Zoe and Max were now in Liverpool but Max was blissfully unaware of this as he had been asleep for most of the journey. Zoe continued to drive and for once she felt a weight ease off of her shoulders being away from Holby and the ED. Zoe decided to take a quick detour and started driving down the streets where she grew up, reminiscing about all of the good times that she had. Her eyes suddenly fixated on a particular house as she drove past and then suddenly slammed her foot on the breaks and reversed into a parking space right outside of the house.
"Woah, Zoe is everything okay?" Max said suddenly alert from his sleep.
"I'm so sorry to wake you, I just thought I'd take a quick detour and here we are."
"Where are we exactly?" Max questioned.
"My parent's house." Zoe replied hesitantly.
"Wow, we must be getting serious if I'm at the meeting the parents stage." Max said causing Zoe to laugh and hit him.
"I haven't seen them in ages and then I show up with you... Somehow I don't think so." Zoe joked but she could tell by the look on Max's face that he felt hurt by this.
"No, I understand. I mean I'm no Nick Jordan, I'm merely a porter who would never live up to your parents expectations."
"Don't start Max. There is no need to bring Nick in to this. It was meant to be our weekend."
"This hardly feels like our weekend if you are ashamed to be with me." Max argued back, causing Zoe to get out of the car, slamming the car door with force to highlight her anger. Max thought about how petty the argument was and decided to get out of the car. He walked around to the other side where Zoe was leaning against the car with her head in her hands and decided to stand next to her. They stood in silence for a while staring at the house and Max turned his body to face Zoe's and pulled her in to a hug.
"Sorry." Max said causing Zoe to pull away slightly.
"Max Walker apologising... Now this really is a first." Zoe said cheekily causing Max to playfully pick her up and spin her around like they were teenagers. When he put her down both of them started laughing meaning that they didn't realise the front door of the house open.
"Zoe? Is that you?"
Thank you for the continued support and reviews. The next few chapters will be purely Zax and the Liverpool game but I won't focus too much on the football. I hope that sounds okay for everyone. Please continue to R&R and I will update when I get to 127 reviews :)