Connie stared into the mirror in the bathroom and smiled to herself. She couldn't remember the last time she ha debentures this happy with a man. She couldn't quite figure out why Jacob had this effect on her he just did. She dried her hands, touched up her hair and left the bathroom. As she walked out her smile widened as Jacob walked towards her.
"Hey sweet cheeks" Jacob said as he approached Connie.
"Staff nurse masters" She said happily.
"So I was thinking, it's Valentine's Day what say you and me go out for a nice romantic meal" Jacob said to her as they walked downstairs.
Connie's smile faded a little and Jacob noticed.
"What, do you not want too?" Jacob asked.
"It's not that, don't take it personally I just don't do Valentine's Day that's all" Connie told him.
"Okay I get what you mean, but don't hate on me if I'm struggling to understand why" Jacob answered
Connie looked at him.
"I mean don't tell me that Connie Beauchamp was ever a lonely heart?"
"I've had plenty of tokens in the past I just throw them in the bin that's all" Connie told him as she picked up some files to look at them.
Jacob thought for a moment
"Well it's just as well you don't feel that way cause I actually don't do Valentine's Day either" he said trying to pretend he wasn't bothered.
He walked up to her and whispered something in her ear and she smiled.
Jacob walked away and Connie followed. They talked a bit more.
"Cmon girl Valentine's Day or not you know I always give you something special" Jacob said and Connie laughed just as her phone started ringing.
"Oh it's grace" Connie said as she took her phone out her pocket.
"Hi sweetheart" Connie said as she answered it.
"Mum" Grace answered her and Connie looked concerned as she heard her daughters tone.
"What's wrong darling" Connie said concerned.
"Me and Anna we don't know what to do" Grace told her mum
"We're her with daddy's girlfriend she can't get up, she says her tummy hurts really badly"
"Alright sweetheart what you need to do is put the phone down and dial 911" Connie said.
"But we're not in America we're in a hotel in holby" Grace told Connie.
Connie looked up from the floor surprised and Jacob looked at her confused.
"Which hotel?" Connie asked
"The Harlow room 819" Grace told her.
Connie looked at Jacob as she walked out of her office and over to Robyn.
"What's wrong" Jacob asked but Connie ignored him.
"Robyn can you call control and tell them to send an ambulance to the Harlow Hotel room 819, Female possible collapse, abdominal pain" Connie said and Robyn nodded and went to call control.
"All right sweetheart someone's on their way"
"Em" she heard Grace shout on the phone
"Mum please hurry, she looks really bad" Grace said sounding scared
"Alright sweetheart they're coming now" Connie said softly
"I should go to the hotel" Connie said turning round to Jacob.
"No keep her on the line, let her here your voice" Jacob said and Connie nodded.
"Alright sweetheart I need you to put your sister on the phone for me okay" Connie said
"Okay" Grace said passing the phone to her sister.
"Mum I don't know what's wrong with her, how long will the ambulance be" Anna said to her mum.
"Listen it's on it's way, I need you to do something for me though" Connie said calmly.
"What" Anna asked
" I need you to try and calm her down okay darling"
"Okay I can do that" Anna said trying to be calm
"Okay sweetheart I promise they won't be long" Connie said.
Anna put the phone down and began to try and calm Emma down.
"What did mum say?" Grace asked
"She told me to try and calm Emma down, anyway listen to me I promise it will all be fine grace" Anna said also trying to calm her sister as she knew she was scared.
Grace nodded as someone knocked on the door.
"That will be them, go answer it quickly" Anna said and Grace ran to the door.
The journey to the ambulance was relatively quick Anna sat with her arm round her little sister the whole time.
Connie saw the ambulance approach as she walked outside with Jacob.
" I mean my own daughters with a stranger in a hotel, and I didn't know, I didn't even know they were in the country" Connie said to Jacob as the ambulance doors opened.
"Connie right, I've seen your picture" said Emma as she was wheeled out of the ambulance.
Connie looked at her
"How are you feeling?" Connie asked being professional.
"Better, whatever these guys gave me" Emma said.
"Okay well let's get her through to HDC please" Connie told the ambulance men
Connie then turned back to the ambulance and saw her daughters.
"Hey sweethearts how are your" but Grace cut her off.
"Just help Emma!l" Grace said before running to catch up with ambulance men.
Connie looked to Anna who just gave her a look back before following Grace.
Connie sighed and looked at Jacob.
"They're just scared con" he said as he put his arm around her and they walked inside.
Jacob and Connie joined the girls and Emma and a ward on HDC and Connie began to examine her.
"Has anything like this ever happened before?" Connie asked Emma.
"Em I have IBS but this feels different hurts in my back as well"
Connie nodded
"Right let's have a gram of paracetamol Iv, I want bloods, FBCs U's and E's please" Connie told Jacob and Lofty and they both nodded.
"What's wrong with me" Emma asked and the girls all looked at Connie.
"It's probably just the IBS but I'd like to rule out anything else" said Connie and Emma nodded.
"I'm going to need you to wait outside for a minute please darlings I need to speak to Emma" Connie said looking at the girls
The girls looked at each other then turned to Emma.
"We want to stay with you" Anna said.
"Please Em" Grace said.
Emma smiled and turned to look at Connie.
"It's okay" Emma said and the girls both smiled.
Connie tried to not let the hurt cross her face as she saw her daughters admiring Emma.
"Okay, when was your last period" Connie asked.
Emma looked a little uncomfortable at the question.
"Em my cycles always been all over the place, but I don't think I'm pregnant, I mean Sam and I are careful " Emma said
Connie looked at Jacob.
"Right well I want to do a pregnancy test just in case" said Connie before walking over to the soap dispenser.
"Am I going to have a little brother or sister?" Grace asked Emma and Connie head spun to look at Grace
"Oh I don't think so honey" Emma told Grace.
"But your going to be okay?" Anna asked
"We're gonna be just fine" Emma said as the girls squeezed her hand.
Connie looked over from the door sadness in her eyes. Her daughters had found someone to replace her, someone they seemed to prefer.
Anna looked over at the door and caught sight of the sadness in her mums eyes, they're eyes met for a split second before Connie looked away and walked out the room.
Anna felt bad for her mum. Before she left for New York she had always been at war with Connie and they never got along, she didn't hate her mum she had just wanted her to notice her and actually want her and Grace around. She also felt she was to blame that Grace had so much anger towards Connie as she always told Grace Connie didn't care for them and Anna's anger towards Connie had obviously rubbed off on Grace. However since Anna had went to New York she had missed Connie deeply and just wanted to be with her mum. Sam wasn't Anna's dad and although she was grateful that he had taken care of here like Grace, she felt she didn't fit in and although her mum hadn't had time for her she just wanted to be with Connie.
Anna had matured a lot since she had been away and had realised Connie's job may take a lot of time up but it was important and just because Connie worked it didn't mean she didn't love her daughters, all she wanted was to provide a good life them.
Anna was determined that before she went back to New York that her mum knew that Anna didn't hate her and that she really did love her mum. She was determined to make things right between not only her and her mum but her mum and Grace.
So this is the first chapter, let me know what you think by reviewing. I hope you enjoy it.