Hi all, sorry for the delay in writing something else, I've been busy doing up my new garden. Anyway, this story was inspired by some of the girls on the digital spy Luc and Eddie forum and is dedicated to them.
Chapter one:
Sacha sat at the nurses station, his mind swirling with toughts of Rachel, Chrissie and Daniel and of what a mess he had made of the whole bone marrow transplant saga. If only he had been honest with Chrissie, he thought to himself.
His thoughts were interrupted by Marie-Claire.
"Sacha, there's someone coming in who I think you'll want to see" Marie-Claire said with a smirk on her face.
"What? Who?" Sacha asked waking up from his daydream.
"You'll have to wait and see" Marie-Claire teased. "The porters from ED are bringing the mystery patient over now" she continued.
"Who is it? Tell me " demanded Sacha.
Marie-Claire just nodded her head. Just then the door buzzed and a trolley came hurling towards the nurses station. Sacha got up from his seat and made his way to the other side of the desk.
When he saw the trolley's occupant he let out a gasp "Oh my god, Eddie" he exclaimed.
Eddie gave him a weak smile while clutching a bandage to her head. She looked pale as a ghost but still looked like his old friend. The nurse who had come over from the ED with Eddie started spouting out her vital statistics and telling Sacha what was wrong with Eddie. When she had finished, Sacha took the notes from her hand and politely told her he'd take it from here.
"Boy am I glad to see you!" Eddie exclaimed. "Those idiots in the ED dont know their arses from their elbows".
"I'll take that as a compliment, shall I" replied Sacha with a smile.
How he had missed Eddie's sarcastic wit. Sacha read through the notes.
"So you were involved in a car crash and banged you head on the car ceiling and have bruising to the shoulder and stomach and they want me to check that the baby is ok" Sacha said as he read out the notes. As he read the last bit he looked down at Eddie's stomach, she was heavily pregnant.
"Ok, Marie-Claire, can you help me move Eddie into the room behind the nurses-station, it's free isnt it?" asked Sacha.
"Yes" replied Marie-Claire.
They settled Eddie into the room and Sacha asked Marie-Claire to chase up Eddie's blood tests that the ED had taken.
While Marie-Claire was out of the room Sacha had a chance to speak to Eddie.
"So what have you been up to since I saw you last?" Sacha asked with a smirk while looking down at Eddie's stomach. He started to attach monitors to her.
Eddie sighed, "Well you know that I went to India right?" Sacha nodded.
"Well, a few months after I arrived there Luc showed up at the hospital I was working at and we got back together. He started working at the hospital too but in a different ward. We were living together and getting on really well. But the time came when my contract with the hospital was finishing up. So we decided to travel to another part of India. We had everything packed up in his campervan the night before we were due to leave Kerala. We went out for dinner for our last night in Kerala and I told him I was pregnant. He was shocked of course, so was I. But he seemed happy when we went to bed that night. Anyway, the next morning I woke up and he was gone, the campervan and everything. I stayed in Kerala for a few days but he didnt come back so I headed to Dehli with what bits of belongings I had left. I checked with the police before leaving Kerala to make sure nothing had happened to him but they didnt know anything. I went to Dehli and worked in a private hospital there for about 4 months to earn enough money to come back to Britain. I came back here about 2 weeks ago. I had been staying with my mum and Liam in Leeds for the last few weeks but my mum was starting to drive me crazy so I headed back here. I was on my way back to my flat here when that moron rear-ended me on the motorway."
"Wow, you've certainly been having some adventures" replied Sacha. "So you've had no word from Luc in the last 4 months?" asked Sacha.
"No, and I dont want to either. I'm going to raise this baby on my own. I dont need his help" Eddie replied angrily.
"Has anyone heard from him at all? Is he still in India do you think?" asked Sacha.
"I dont know and I dont care" replied Eddie, her eyes starting to well up.
"Ok, maybe we should change the subject. You getting all upset isn't good for you or the baby" Sacha said. "How's your head?" he asked changing the subject.
"I think it's stopped bleeding now" Eddie replied calming down. Sacha walked around the other side of the bed and lifted up the bandage.
"Yes, it's stopped bleeding but it will need a couple of stitches. I'll get Marie-Claire to get me a suture kit. The fetal monitor shows that the baby's heart rate is normal but I'd still like to check the little one is ok so I'll organize an ultrasound. How are you feeling otherwise?" Sacha asked.
"My shoulder is killing me. It must be from the seatbelt." replied Eddie.
"No nausea or dizziness?" asked Sacha.
"Yes to the nausea but I've been feeling that throughout the pregancy so there's nothing new there. No dizziness" Eddie replied.
"Good" replied Sacha. "Let me know immediately if you do. I'll go organize that ultrasound and will send in Marie-Claire to keep an eye on you" he continued.
"Oh please, not her, she's a nosy cow. I thought I saw Melanie out there, cant you send her in instead" begged Eddie.
"Oh, ok!" replied Sacha with a smile. He had to agree with her, Marie-Claire was very nosy.
Sacha left the room and made his way to the doctor's office, he needed some privacy to make a phone call. He called the maternity ward and asked for a midwife to be sent down to check on Eddie. He put the phone down and then took it up again, hesitating as he wasnt sure he was doing the right thing. He dialed Luc's english mobile number, hoping he would get an answer.
The phone rang, three, four times and Sacha was about to hang up when he heard "Hello, hello, yes I'm hear" from the other end of the line.
"Luc, is that you?" Sacha asked.
"Yes, it's me" Luc replied groggily.
"Hi Luc, it's Sacha" Sacha replied.
"Sacha, Sacha" Luc repeated before he finally recognised the name.
"Oh, hello Sacha. Sorry for not recognising you at first but you woke me up. I only arrived back from India last night and was sleeping off the jet lag" Luc replied in explanation. "How are you? And what can I do for you?" asked Luc.
"I'm fine. I think it might be a case of what I can do for you" replied Sacha.
"Oh yes, how come?" asked Luc.
"Ok, I'm not sure if you want to know this but Eddie is here in Holby and she's been in an accident" Sacha replied.
"Oh, my god. Is she ok? asked Luc panicing.
"Just a few cuts and bruises we think" replied Sacha.
"And the baby?" asked Luc.
"Yes, its got a strong heartbeat but we're going to give Eddie an ultrasound shortly" replied Sacha.
"Good. I'll be there in about 2 hours. I'm staying at a friend's place in London" Luc replied.
"Luc, the thing is, I dont think she wants to see you. She told me you deserted her in India after you found out about the baby" replied Sacha. "But I couldnt believe you'd do that to her so I had to find out for myself" Sacha continued.
"Sacha, I didnt leave her deliberately. In fact I've been looking for her for the last few months. I only found out that she'd left Dehli and was back in England 2 days ago and got the first flight here. I was planning on heading to Leeds later today to find her. Listen, I'm going to hop on a train to Holby as soon as I can and I'll see you in about 2 hours. Dont tell her I'm coming. I dont want her running off on me again now that I'm so close. I'll explain everything when I see you" replied Luc desperately.
"Ok" replied Sacha reluctantly.
"Please Sacha, dont let anything happen to them. You have no idea what I've been through over the last four months and how much I want to see Eddie again" replied Luc.
"Ok, I'll see you in few hours" replied Sacha.
"Ok. See you soon" replied Luc and then the phone went dead.
Chapter2:
Sacha returned to Eddie's room with the ultrasound machine. His conversation with Luc still swirling around in his head. He was in two minds whether to tell Eddie that Luc had been looking for her but eventually he decided not to tell her. He got Melanie to give him a report on Eddie's condition.
"Ok. Which do you want first, the head stitched or the ultrasound?" Sacha asked Eddie.
"Sacha, are you going as stupid as that crowd in the ED? The ultrasound of course" replied Eddie. "Please Sacha, tell me the baby's ok" Eddie begged.
"Ok, the ultrasound it is then" replied Sacha. Sacha wheeled the machine over to the bedside and helped Eddie pull up her t-shirt. He applied the gel to her bump. He started the ultrasound, checking the baby and looking to make sure the placenta looked ok.
"Ok. Everything looks ok to me but I'll get the midwife to double check everything when she gets here. Do you want to know if its a boy or a girl?" he asked. He wasnt sure whether Eddie would have had the chance to have an ultrasound scan done in India or since she got home.
"No, I want it to be a surprise. Thanks for asking though" Eddie replied. Sacha could see the relief in her face.
"Ok, then its time for stitches" Sacha replied as he took up some swabs and started cleaning up Eddie's head wound.
"Dont you have some junior doctor you could pawn that off to?" Eddie asked.
"Do you think I'd let some half trained junior doctor near our favourite former senior nurse?" replied Sacha. "Not on your life. In fact I would have called in Michael Spence to do it only I know for a fact that he's on holiday at the moment" continued Sacha.
"How is Michael?" asked Eddie.
"He's good. I dont get to work with him much these days as he's now working on Keller and Ric is working with us here in AAU" replied Sacha.
"Wow, Ric working on AAU. I bet that's fun!" replied Eddie sarcastically.
"It's not that bad. Ric's a good guy and he knows everything. It's like working with an encyclopedia" replied Sacha.
"Poor Sacha, you dont half get the best workmates, first encyclopedia Hemingway and then encylopedia Griffin" replied Eddie laughing.
"Ok. That's your head sorted out. I'll go and check where the midwife has got to. In the meantime, try to get some rest and I'll talk to you later" Sacha said before leaving the room.
He checked on the midwife, they had a number of emergencies on their hands in maternity so wouldnt be able to send anyone down to AAU for about an hour. Sacha asked Melanie to take half hourly obs on Eddie and told her to try to get Eddie to rest.
Sacha looked at the clock, Luc would be there in about an hour or so. He needed to make sure Eddie was still here when he arrived so didnt harass the maternity ward about sending down the midwife.