Down to earth with a bump
By Black.haired.angel
flashback
AN- author note
AN- I don't own anything. Home and away does!! On with the show!!
Chapter one
Bump, Bump
"I'm away to work love. See you later" Macca spoke lovingly to Cassie as he kissed her on the cheek. Macca only spoke lovingly to his wife when he had hurt her or had an amazing night with her. Sadly that day it had been that Mecca had hurt her. Cassie slowly got out of her bed with a bruise under her left eye. She put on a brave smile as she began to get dressed.
Over the past month or so she had noticed her normally toned stomach became a little bit rounded and she had been unable to get her stomach behind almost all of her favorite jeans. For at least ten minutes she had wrestled to try and get her jeans to fit her. Some wouldn't go over her stomach. Others would but the zipper would fail to close. She threw most away and settled for some sweatpants.
She also notice her normally flat chest had some what grown into a very massive chest. The kind that many woman paid thousands upon thousands of dollars to obtain cosmetically. For Cassie it meant she couldn't put on her bra without at least one of her breasts falling out of it. Today she was determined. She managed today to fit on her bra and clip it on. Once the clip had went on the inevitable happened. Both breasts fell out. She pushed them into her bra and they seamed to stay until she put on her t-shirt and both feel out again. She united her bra and angrily decided to got bra less
"Great! Underwear shopping for the..." she muttered to herself. She was interrupted by a nauseating feeling. She felt the acidic vomit at the back of her throat. She ran as fast as she could to the bathroom. Another common feature in her life recently. She had began to vomit every morning on call. She wiped her mouth and began to brush her teeth.
She went back to her bedroom and lay on her bed. Her tears fell and the salty water began to soak Cassie's hair.
"I'm a fat, useless woman" she silently cried. She sat up and looked towards her calender. She noticed there was no red dots. Cassie looked frightened. No red dots meant no periods. No periods plus vomiting, breasts enlarging and stomach becoming rounder equaled...no it couldn't be. Could it?
She placed her hand on her stomach. Her thoughts drifted back to two months ago when Macca was away working. The night she cheated on Macca.
"Why are you with him?" frantically screamed Lucas while they were in his bedroom. Cassie sat on the bed and cried.
"I'm too scared to leave!" she cried. Lucas sat beside her and stroked her long brown hair.
"Maybe it's who I'm supposed to be with" cried Cassie. She covered her face . Lucas toke her hands and stared at her tear stained face. To Lucas it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
"Cassie you deserve better. I'm not just saying that. You are a beautiful, intelligent and caring young woman." said Lucas. He kissed his cheek and before they knew it they were kissing on the lips. The first kiss that Cassie had that actually felt like love and compassion.
Cassie grabbed her handbag and went out to the drugstore. She entered in sheepishly. Carefully she placed the pregnancy test into the basket among with other items such as shampoo and makeup. The cashier toke a look at the pregnancy test first. Her eyes fell on Cassie.
"It might come to nothing" said the cashier and she scanned the rest of the items. Cassie smiled shyly and paid for everything.
She went back to the flat and frantically opened the box containing the pregnancy test. She carefully read the instructions. She toke at the white stick and followed the instructions through.
"Wait three minutes. Single blue line means not pregnant. Double blue line means pregnant" whispered Cassie. She left the stick on the bathroom counter. She wandered back to her bed room and lay on her bed. She stared at her stomach which was almost impossible thanks to her breasts. She place her hand on her stomach.
'if there is a baby in there...I'm going to be a mum at twenty. I can barely cope being a wife. Now this...what will Macca say? More importantly what will Lucas say? What will my son/daughter think of me? A slapper who cheated on her husband' thought Cassie. She sat up. The nauseating feeling came back and she ran to the bathroom and vomited. She looked to the counter. Two blue lines. Pregnant.
Cassie began to cry. Her worse suspicion came true. She began to phone the doctors for an appointment.
"Hello summer bay surgery" spoke the receptionist
"Hello may I book an appointment with Doctor Hynde?" sheepishly asked Cassie.
"I have an appointment for 4 o'clock this afternoon and..."spoke the receptionist
"I'll take four o'clock this afternoon" hurriedly spoke Cassie.
"ok your name please?" asked the receptionist.
"Cassandra MacKenzie" said Cassie as she winced of the sound of her name. Particularly her surname. For the first six months when she was first married it was nice to caller her self "MacKenzie" now it made her sick.
"ok Mrs MacKenzie. See you at four o'clock" said the receptionist. Cassie looked towards her apartment clock.
"12:00" it read. Cassie grabbed her handbag and went for a walk.
She toke a long stroll along the beach. She silently let the waves crash into the rocks.
"What job can you get Cas? You're stupid! After all you left before completing you HSC! What idiot does that" Macca's voice screamed through her ears as she let tears roll down her face.
She picked up a stone and through it into the sea.
"Hey Cass! What are you doing here?" Spoke a friendly voice. Cassie turned around. It was her best friend Matilda. Both of them had changed a lot but still remained close friends. Matilda had got married, like Cassie, But unlike her Ric was an absolutely perfect husband, despite the occasional row, it was evident they both loved each other.
Cassie noticed something different about Matilda. Her stomach was quiet rounded. She either had put on a bit, correction a lot, of weight or...no way
"Clearing my head. How was Paris?" asked Cassie.
"Amazing! I have something to tell you! I just found out today and Ric doesn't know I'm telling him tonight!!" beamed Matilda. Cassie forced a smile for her friend.
"What is it?" smiled Cassie.
"I'm pregnant! Three months! well slightly longer! Fifteen weeks to be accurate! While Ric and I were away I was feeling like the morning sickness but I thought it was the food! But Ric noticed about like you know.." laughed Matilda as she pointed to her chest. Now Matilda had not been what anyone would call a small chested girl but her chest did look slightly bigger.
"Men" Laughed Cassie.
"Yeah! Also I missed two/three time of the months and I was gaining a bit of weight and was really worried so Ric encouraged me to go to the doctors. I'm so happy I did! I'm going to be a mum" smiled Matilda. Cassie found it a relief that Matilda was smiling. She had been through a rough time when they were at high school. Between her bulimia and her mother dying Matilda found a great source of comfort in Ric. Now her marriage was going stronger and she was going to be starting a new family. She felt bad for wanting to cry in front of Matilda.
"Cassie you ok? You seam a little down!" asked Matilda. Cassie began to sob. Matilda put her arm around Cassie and they sat on a set of rocks.
"I'm a crap wife!" cried Cassie. Matilda looked shocked.
"Hey! You're not! Macca..." started Matilda.
"No Mattie! I'm a crap wife. I cheated on my husband while he was away and now I might be pregnant!" cried Cassie. Matilda looked shocked. She knew her and Macca were having problems but she didn't think it was enough to make Cassie cheat. Unless...no it couldn't have been. Could it?
"Is that why you're out? To clear your head before the doctors?" asked Matilda. Cassie nodded.
"Do you want me to come with you?" asked Matilda. Cassie nodded. Both made there way to the doctor's surgery.
The doctor's sugery was the longest wait for Cassie. Matilda was beside her trying to reassure her friend that not matter what happened she was going to be ok.
"Cassandra MacKenzie" Shouted the doctor. Both Cassie and Matilda went towards the doctor's consulting room.
"What can I do you for Cassie?" asked the doctor.
"Rachel I think i might be pregnant. I'm getting sick in the morning , my stomach is more rounded and also my breast have gotten on the big side like they have grown heaps" explained Cassie.
"Ok Cassie I'll do an ultra sound scan. How long have you had the symptoms?" Asked Rachel
"Two months" said Cassie.
"Man around the same time was young Mattie here!" smiled Rachel. Cassie put on a fake smile.
"Ok Cassie can you pop yourself onto the bed here!" asked Rachel. Cassie did as she was told.
"Ok I'm going to put this cold gel on and we're going to do an ultrasound scan. It'll will show if you are pregnant and how the baby is doing ok?" said Rachel. Cassie nodded. Rachel placed the gel on her stomach and began to scan Cassie's stomach. Cassie looked towards the monitor. She saw two mini skeletons. Her worse fears were confirmed. Not only was she pregnant. She was pregnant with twins!!
"Congratulations Cassie! You're pregnant and with twins!" said Rachel.
"No! What will I do?" Cried Cassie.
How will Cassie cope? How will Macca take the news?
Will Cassie tell Lucas? Will Matilda found out Macca is still hurting Cassie?
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