ONLY THE LONELY

Rita walks into the staff room with Cal. They high five each other, and Rita smiles. 

"Good teamwork today. Want to go for a pint?" Rita asks Cal. 

"Er, I think I'll pass for tonight thanks, but well done on today, we did well." Cal replies to Rita as he searches through his locker. 

"There's always another day. Looking for something?" Rita asks Cal. 

"Er, my keys, oh wait, got them." Cal says. He chucks his keys up and catches them again. He then begins whistling and walks out of the staff room. As Cal walks out, Zoe walks with Max following closely behind. 

"Right then, let's go for a drink." Max says excitedly. Zoe laughs a little and grabs her coat and bag. Max holds his hand out for her and she grabs it and holds it tightly. They begin walking out and down the corridor and through to the main area. Max lifts up Zoe's hand and smiles. 

"Do you wanna skip a drink and just come straight back to mine?" Max asks. 

"Go on then. But only if there's a glass of red ready and waiting for me." Zoe replies cheerfully. 

They prepare to walk out the automatic sliding doors, but as they are just about to, Zoe's face drops from a smile. She stares at a figure who goes to pass her.  It's a male and he's wearing a long, black coat. Zoe and Max stop. Zoe follows the man as he walks past with her head. She keeps watching and following with her eyes. 

Then, she shouts...

"Nick? Nick Jordan?" 

And the figure stops in his tracks. He turns around, and stares. 

"Zoe. Zoe Hanna. Who'd have thought I'd see you again?" Nick replies.