This is based on the episode on 6th January 2014, when Michelle thought she was pregnant - I have changed the outcome of the rest. I hope that you enjoy this, and would love it if you leave a review. If I get enough reviews I might add another chapter. Aby x
The pub was quite full as it was the lunch rush, but Michelle was sat at the table in the backroom with Steve and Liz stood anxiously before her. Earlier that say Michelle had told Liz that she thought she was pregnant and told her not to tell anyone, but Liz being Liz went and told Steve.
'You wanted to see us?' Liz asked.
'Yep' Michelle replied bluntly.
Steve and Liz shared a glance and sat at the table opposite Michelle, they knew thought they knew what was coming. Michelle brought her hand from under the table and placed a pregnancy test on the table.
'Is that what I think it is?' Steve asked acting oblivious.
'and you can drop the act Steve cause I know she told you' Michelle interrupted referring to earlier events of seeing Liz tell Steve what Michelle had told her in secret.
'I'm sorry, it just sorta slipped out' Liz said trying to save herself 'he can be very persuasive'
There was a short and awkward silence as the three of them just looked at each other and kept taking glances at the test.
'So…what's the score then?' Steve asks as his future could be about to change for the better.
'See for yourself' Michelle said letting Steve see the result of the test on his own.
Steve goes to pick up the test then he stops.
'You have washed it haven't you?' Steve asks his girlfriend.
'Do 'ya know what, I'll save you the bother. I'm pregnant' Michelle revealed
'What?!' Steve shouted
'I'm pregnant' Michelle repeated
'Oh my god' Liz said excitedly
'Are you okay?' Michelle asked Steve who had frozen 'Steve'
'I'm perfect. This is the best thing ever babe, I can't believe we are having a baby together. We're finally going to be a family'
'We we're always a family' Michelle said
'This is amazing guys, I'm going to leave you alone' Liz said getting up and leaving the room
'Liz!' Michelle shouted after her 'Don't tell anyone yet please, I want to wait till I've had my scan'
'I won't' Liz left the room
Steve and Michelle spent the night together celebrating. Steve had got all excited about the news and had made a list of what he needed to buy. Michelle had told him to wait for a bit but he was that excited he had already ordered some cute white clothes.
The next morning Michelle woke up to find that Steve wasn't in the bed, she went downstairs to find him.
'Liz, where's Steve?' Michelle asked her future mother-in-law
'Was he not in bed with you?'
'Nope, I'll go and phone him'
'Steve where are you babe, ring me when you get this' Michelle said down the phone to Steve's voicemail
'Michelle!' Liz shouted
'Yeah?'
Liz pointed towards the door where Steve was stood with a few bags
'Babe, what have you bought?' Michelle asked him
'Just some clothes'
'Clothes for who?' Liz asked
'The baby' Steve stuttered
'Babe, what did we agree last night? We said we wouldn't buy anything else until we were certain about the baby' Michelle told him
'I'm sorry, I just got really excited'
'Fine. But don't buy anything else please. For me'
'I won't, I promise babe' The pair shared a quick kiss and Steve went to take the bags through to the back. He put them in the cupboard in the living room and went to join his girlfriend and mother in the pub
'Oh, while you were gone I booked us in for the first scan' Michelle told Steve
'When?'
'They said they can fit us in tomorrow at 1'
'Yeah that's fine with me'
'Good' Michelle said stepping up onto her toes and giving Steve a kiss
'Right I'm needed at the cab office, see you in a bit babe' Steve said
'See you later'
'Liz I'm going having a lie down, had a rubbish sleep last night' Michelle told Liz
'Yea that's fine'
As Michelle went upstairs Carla walked into the pub. As she walked in she was stunned by the smile on Liz's face
'Why are you so happy Liz?' Carla asked her
'Michelle's just told us some amazing news' Liz blurted out
'What's the news?' Carla asked as it concerned her best friend
'I'm not supposed to tell anyone'
'Come on Liz. You Can tell me; I won't say anything' Carla convinced her
'Okay. But you can't tell anyone' Carla nodded
'Michelle's pregnant' Liz said to Carla not realising that Kirk had just walked passed and overheard. Beth immediately left the pub and went to the salon to find Maria to see if she knew that Michelle was pregnant. Now that some people knew it would be around the street within days. Michelle spent the day in her bedroom as she was feeling crap, Liz had popped in on her every other hour to check on her and Steve had a full day shift at the cab office.
Steve had finished his shift at the cab office and came back into the pub through the back door.
'How you feeling babe?' Steve asked Michelle as he walked into their bedroom.
'A bit better, managed to get some sleep'
'I hope you feel better tomorrow, don't want you feeling like this all the time' Steve said joining Michelle on the bed. He sat beside her and let her cuddle into his side.
'I will do, still really tired though'
'Why don't you get some sleep then; shall I leave you to it?'
'Will you stay with me?' Michelle asked her boyfriend
'Sure hun'
Steve stayed in the room with Michelle and let her fall asleep on him, he felt sorry for her having to feel like this while she carried their baby. It didn't take Michelle long to fall asleep, Steve looked down at her. She looked really comfortable, she only had one of his shirts on and a pair of his socks. He didn't want to move her so he just stayed there and shortly fell asleep after her.
Steve woke up first the next morning and forgot to turn off his alarm so at 9:00 it went off waking Michelle up. She stirred for a minute then leant up to see the time.
'You should have woken me'
'You looked so peaceful, didn't want to. How are you feeling?'
'Better. Will be feeling loads better later on when we see our little prince or princess' Michelle said grabbing Steve's hand and putting them on her stomach, resting hers on top.
'I can't wait babe'
'I've got to work this morning for a bit Chelle, but I will be back here for 12:45 to pick you up' Steve told Michelle
'Yea that's fine, I'll help your mum in the pub for a bit then'
'Well don't go doing too much'
'I won't'
Steve and Michelle both got up out of bed and got dressed. Steve left the pub and went over to street cars to work on the switch while Lloyd was out on a job. Michelle had gone downstairs and was helping Liz set up the pub for the lunch rush.
'What time's your appointment today?' Liz asked her as she cleaned a glass
'1' Michelle said wiping over the tables 'I've asked Eva to cover my shift, we shouldn't be long anyway'
'Okay, that's fine then. Good phone me when you leave the doctors then and tell me what they said'
'Steve's really excited about this baby' Michelle giggled 'Was he like this when he was expecting Amy?'
'Not really no, but probably because he knew it wasn't going to be a proper family'
'Well we are. We're going to be a family all 5 of us'
'5?' Liz asked confused
'Yea. Me and Steve, Amy, the baby and you Liz. You'll always be close family'
'Aww thanks Chelle'
'You're also one of my best friends' Michelle said
'I love you Chelle, you're like a daughter to me. I'm so glad you and Steve got back together, he's never been happier'
'Thanks Liz, that means a lot coming from you'
By the time 12:45 came, Michelle and Liz had cleaned all the glasses and tables and restocked all the fridges. Steve had just pulled up outside the pub and beeped his horn. Michelle came out the pub and got in the car, Steve drove the pair of them to doctors and managed to get them there for 12:55.
'We're still early Steve' Michelle moaned
'Well better early than late…or whatever the saying is' Steve laughed
'Let's just go and check in' Michelle said shaking her head at Steve
They walked into the doctors and went over to reception
'Hi, Michelle Connor'
'Yep, if you could just take a seat. You doctor will be ready in a minute
'Thanks'
Just as they sat down, Michelle was called over the tanoy.
'Hi, Michelle. I'll be your gynaecologist Alex. Would you like to pop yourself on the bed and get comfortable? I will put the jelly on, it will be cold ill warn you'
Michelle got up on the bed and Alex checked the baby and did the tests she needed to.
'I'll just go and collect the results'
'Thank you' Steve said as Alex left the room 'I hope everything's alright'
'It will be Steve'
They waited for a few minutes, then the gynaecologist returned looking concerned
'Is everything alright?' Michelle asked after seeing Alex's face
'I'm sorry to tell you but you're not pregnant' Alex gave them the terrible news
'What?' Steve asked shocked
'But the test said I was' Michelle started to cry
'Pregnancy tests are not always accurate; they can give the wrong result sometimes' Alex looked at the couple who looked distraught 'I'll leave you alone a minute'
'Steve…I'm so sorry' Michelle cried
'It's not your fault babe, it could have happened to anyone' Steve said comforting his girlfriend.
'Can we just go home please?' Michelle cried
'Yes'
Michelle cleaned herself up and they left the doctors. The drive home was silent as neither of them wanted to say anything after the news they had just been given. When they got back to the pub Michelle went to walk into the pub but Steve stopped her.
'Steve…just let me go in please' Michelle moaned
'Just let me say this please. We don't have to tell anyone about this if you don't want to, but we need to tell my mum before she says anything' Steve told her
'Yeah. Okay, let's just go in'
As they walked into the pub, they were greeted by the shouts of their friends.
'Congratulations' Their friends shouted
Michelle just froze at the door, broke down into tears and ran through the pub to the back room.
'Michelle!' Liz shouted after her
'Mum, leave it'
'What's wrong with her?'
'We found out that she's not pregnant. The test gave off a false read' Steve told his mother
'Oh, I'm so sorry. Shall I tell everyone?'
'Please. I'm going to find Chelle' Steve waked into the back room to see Michelle sat on the couch crying her eyes out
'Babe' Steve said as he walked over to her and sat down beside her
'Don't just leave it please. I don't want to talk about it'
'That's fine, but we know that we can keep trying for a baby'
'Not yet. I don't want to yet'
'Okay, we'll wait till you're ready'
'I'm going upstairs, I just want to be alone' Michelle said leaving the backroom and went upstairs
Steve sat still for a few minutes, then went over to the cupboard where he put all the baby stuff he bought knowing he had to get rid of it all to protect Michelle. As he opened the door he grabbed all the bags and threw them into the bin outside. He returned and noticed he left one teddy behind, he had bought a little giraffe teddy, he just started to cry. He wanted this baby as much as Michelle did, he couldn't bear to throw it away so he put it in his bag to take it to the cab office, where he could look at it every day but it wouldn't hurt Michelle.
The next few days had been the hardest for Michelle, she was excited about having this baby. Liz had given her a few days off to get herself together and so she could avoid all the gossip about her. She had been ignoring calls from her closest friends like Carla, Maria and Sean and wasn't answering texts.
She was sat in the backroom just staring at the TV, when she heard the phone ring. She wasn't going to answer it, so she waited for someone else to.
'Hello…no it's not…I can put her on' Michelle heard through the door
'Chelle, it's for you' Liz said
'I don't want to speak to anyone'
'It's Alex, your gynaecologist'
'What does she want?'
'I don't know' Liz handed the phone to Michelle and left her alone
'Hello…it is…sure…when...that fine'
Michelle hung the phone up and went to put it back on its stand. As she left the back room Steve came in from the bar.
'Who was on the phone babe?' He asked her
'Alex, she wants us to come back in'
'When?'
'She just said as soon as possible'
'Shall we go now?' Steve asked her
'Yes. But what could it be about?' Michelle wondered
'I don't have a clue. Let's just get going' They got into Steve's car and he drove them to the doctors. They did this drive only 4 days ago to hear the worst news they could ever dream of.
'Hi, I was asked to come in ASAP' Michelle said to the receptionist
'Name please'
'Michelle Connor'
'Take a seat and you will be seen shortly'
'I'm scared Steve' Michelle confided in the man she loved as they sat down
'It's alright babe. Everything is going to be fine' Steve said putting his arm around her
'But what could be so urgent that we needed to come back. What if they found something wrong?'
'Stop getting yourself worked up. There's nothing wrong'
'Michelle Connor' Alex said coming out of her examining room
'Everything will be fine' Steve said to Michelle as they went to join Alex in the room
'Hi' Alex said as the couple sat before her at the desk 'When you came for your first scan a few days ago, we thought that you weren't pregnant. However, after you had left and I was sorting out my files it seems as though your file got mixed up with another woman's file'
'So what does that mean?' Steve asked
'I read over your file and it turns out that you are actually pregnant' Alex revealed
'Really' Michelle said stunned
'You are pregnant Michelle. Congratulations'
'Oh my god' Michelle cried and hugged Steve
'There is another thing as well' Alex said
'What?' Steve asked
'You're pregnant with twins'
'Oh my god. Are you serious?' Steve asked
'Yep'
'This is the best thing ever. Thank you Alex' Michelle said
'You will have to come back in a few weeks for another scan and we will be able to determine the sex of the babies'
'Yeah that's fine' Michelle said still excited about the news
'When would you like us to come back?' Steve asked
'2 weeks today would be great'
'Thanks. See you then' Michele said getting up along with Steve leaving the room
Last time they got into the car here they were leaving after receiving the worst news but this time they were leaving with the best news
'I told you everything would be alright hun' Steve said
'This is great Steve. I can't believe I am actually pregnant'
'I know babe, this is the best ever' Steve said leaning over and giving Michelle a kiss 'Let's go home'
'Come on' They drove home holding hands, as Steve was a qualified driver he managed to do it well
They got home and Steve parked up outside the pub.
'Are we telling people babe?' Steve asked
'Yeah I think we should. Everybody is going to be giving their sympathy, I don't want that anymore' Michelle said still grinning
'Come on' Steve said
They walked into the pub holding hands still both with huge smiles on their faces. As they walked in Liz, Carla and Sean were stood at the bar, they looked directly at each other. Their faces were of sympathy, the couple walked over.
'I'm so sorry guys' Sean said
'Liz filled us in' Carla said
'Don't say sorry' Michelle said
'But we are Chelle' Liz said
'Don't say sorry, cause you need to say congratulations' Steve said
'What?' Liz asked
'I'm pregnant' Michelle said
'But I thought you weren't' Sean said
'They got the wrong results, and gave us somebody else's' Steve told them
'Aww that's great guys' Carla congratulated them
'There's something else' Steve teased
'We're having twins' Michelle announced
'Oh my god. That's amazing' Liz screamed
The five of them spent the night in the pub talking about the future and their lives. Michelle had an idea of baby names and godparents. She had started thinking about it when she thought she was pregnant before. Steve had to get the bags out of the bin, which thankfully hadn't been taken yet, and was excited to buy even more things. Liz had finally found a man that was treating her perfectly, she had checked his past first after some of the men she had been with. Carla was excited to meet her little nieces or nephews as she was still technically Michelle's sister-in-law. Sean was still single but he preferred it like that.
Steve and Michelle have a perfect future ahead of them. In 9 months they were going to have 2 beautiful babies, and they were going to be a family. Steve had been looking at flats around the street so Liz could move out and they could live altogether as a family. Michelle was going to ask Carla to be the godmother and Sean to be the godfather of the babies, they were the only 2 people who had stuck by them through everything. They had had their ups and downs but they were her closest friends.
Will Michelle's pregnancy be a smooth one or will there be some obstacles to overcome?