I was going to wait until Saturday to upload this, but because I had it ready, I thought I would post it early.
May contain spoilers for Zoe's last episode. Includes some Jessica and Zoe friendship as I liked that.
No idea how the interview process for a new job works, even though I have attended plenty, so I kind of made it up.
sweet - as honey: Thank you for the reviews. I feel Ethan would be the obsessive one, it was sad to write, but I do have a feeling that Ethan isn't really the one with the gene, I do think Cal accidentally got the results mixed up, I wanted too write a chapter where Cal tried to be strong, but couldn't manage it.
sweet - as - honey: In a way, I needed Cal to be depressed to save Jessica, and to make him depressed, I had to give him the disease. I actually really like writing Cal and Jess together, in a romantic way and non - romantic way. A bit like Cal and Ricky.
sweet - as - honey: Poor Ethan indeed. I liked his and Louise's scene on Saturday. Cal's line cracked me up and I also really liked Ethan's line as he danced with Louise as well.
sweet - as - honey: I love it when Cal teases Ethan.
The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 167.
Zoe was sad, to be leaving the ED, the ED was her home, but she had to move on. Nick had responded to her email, saying that there was a vacancy at the hospital where he worked. She had been offered an interview and after giving it some thought she had decided to sell her apartment and Nick said she could stay at his house for a while, Zoe was grateful.
She spent the next few days packing and was informed through her solicitor that someone had wanted to view her apartment.
After the viwers said they liked her apartment, Zoe's solicitor had drawn up the contracts and Zoe found herself signing the deeds to the house.
Good luck. M. x"
It was nice that Max was wishing her luck, she found herself selecting a new text and replaying.
"Thanks. x"
Soon after, Nick's driver, who Nick had asked to pick Zoe up, announced that they were at his place. She raked a hand through her hair, pulled her compact out of her bag and ran a hand through her hair, pouting to herself. She opened the door, paid the driver, who refused to take her money as he knew she was an old friend. She thanked him and grabbed her luggage. She wheeled the Gucci case, up the steps and rang the doorbell, she took a step back, waiting for the door to be answered.
"Nick, it's lovely to see you again " She was jetlagged after her flight and had almost fallen asleep in her hire car, but a ping on her phone, woke her. She went to her messages and read it, biting her lip.
"You too, Zo " He replied, it had been 5 - years since she'd last seen him and he looked exactly the same as she remembered: with just a few more wrinkles, his hair a bit more greyish and he now walked with a stick.
Zo. Only Max had called her that and it stirred up feelings in her that she had she had let ago of a long time ago, but she wasn't here, to reunite with Nick, she was here to make a fresh start.
Zoe walked in and looked around Nick's luxurious flat: He had soft as butter carpets, a spiral banister was heading up the stairs.
In the living room was a flat screen TV, two white plush sofas.
Zoe looked at her appearance in her bedroom mirror: she was wearing a black skirt, black tights, white shirt and boyfriend blazer and she had had heels on. It was her confidence outfit. She picked up her bag and left the flat.
Zoe drove to where her interview was and was desperate for a cigarette to calm her nerves, but she knew she wouldn't make the best impression if she turned up late, smelling of tobacco. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Your late " The interviewer told her.
"I know, I'm so sorry " She inwardly sighed.
The interviewer tutted, but let her in.
"Tell me a bit about yourself " The interviewer asked her.
"My name's Zoe Hanna, I'm 41 and up until recently I was Clinical Lead at Holby City Hospital "
"You applied for the role of consultant of emergency medicine?" The interviewer asked. "Why is that?"
Zoe thought about her answer for a moment, before answering. "In my previous job, I was clinical lead. "
The interviewer nodded. "It says here, that you resigned. "
Zoe nodded. "I realised I needed a fresh start "
"Thank you for your time " The interviewer said, Zoe nodded. She shook the interviewers hand and then left the room.
She was on her day off, she had recently resigned from the ED, but she had decided not to start looking for a new job, not until she knew about the interview. She had her feet curled up underneath her and she had "Loose Women" on. Her phone was on the coffee table as well as her laptop.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Miss Hanna?"
"Yep, that's me "
"I'm pleased to tell you that you were successful for the role. Congratulations "
She wanted a glass of wine to celebrate the fact that she was free, free from her demons at Holby.
"Jess, what are you doing here?" She asked. It was her first day and she was nervous, it was like being back at school.
Jessica laughed as she hugged her old friend. "I work here "
"Since when?" Zoe asked.
"Since I left Adam that night " Jess's tone was sad for a moment as she briefly recalled walking out on her husband after finding Harry's spoon in Adam's house, her memories still too raw to stay with him.
Zoe hugged her. She knew that loosing Harry had broken her heart.
Zoe and Jessica were sat in the staffroom, catching up on their lives over the past few years.
"I cheated on Max, " Zoe confided.
"Whose Max?" Jessica's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"My husband, "
Jessica's eyes widened. "Oh"
Zoe took a sip of her drink as a doctor come in. "Incoming RTC "
"What have we got?" Zoe asked.
"This is Max Walker, 33, broken leg, dislocated wrist. BP 120/ 80. "
Zoe went silent.
"Zoe?" Jessica questioned.
"This is my husband. "
"Zoe, you know the rules, you can't treat family " Said, Doctor Thompson, another new doctor.
Zoe nodded, after all, she had used them words herself when dealing with patients in Holby. She headed in to the staff room and waited for news on Max, she was dissopointed that he had came all this way, but she knew their love was going to last, she had wanted to move on.
"Max, you should be in bed" she cringed as she said this, remembering how they first met, she had just been offered clinical lead and being the cheeky porter he was, he'd asked her for a ciggie.
"I still love you Zoe "
Zoe nodded. "I know you do, Max "
Really enjoyed writing this. Thanks for reading.
I'm going to miss Sunetra, it'll be strange not seeing her on - screen every Saturday night.
Just a random chapter I wrote as I read that Zoe was leaving for America and Jess went to America with her kids, so this was my interpretation of Zoe and Jessica potentially meeting up again.
