Steve and Michelle had spent the morning preparing for the scan that they had later that day. They had been talking about what gender they wanted the babies to be, Steve wants one of each but Michelle isn't bothered as long as they are both healthy. They had just got to the doctors and Michelle was about to check in.
'Michelle Connor' Michelle said to the receptionist
'Take a seat and Alex will be out soon'
They were about to sit down when Alex called them from her room. The pair made their way to the room and greeted Alex.
'Would you like to get comfy on the bed and we will have a look at these babies'
Alex did the normal procedure and move the scanner around Michelle's stomach.
'Okay then. So it seems you're having…a boy and a girl' Alex told them
Michelle looked at Steve who was smiling and then back to Alex who was also smiling.
'I'm still going to be outnumbered' Steve said
'You'll be fine babe. We will be kind to you'
They had left the doctors and were driving home, they were talking about the babies.
'So who you think for being godparents?' Steve asked
'I think they should have the same. I want Carla if that's alright with you'
'Yea that's fine. Who do you think for godfather?'
'Well there's Andy, Sean or Lloyd. Up to you babe' Michelle suggested
'Lloyd. I think we should have Lloyd'
'Sounds good. When do you want to ask them?'
'How about at your birthday party?'
'What party?' Michelle smiled
'I may or may not have planned a birthday party for you tomorrow'
'Steve…you didn't have to'
'Well I thought after everything you have been through you deserved a good night. But I don't think we should tell people about the baby yet'
'Yea I agree. Thanks baby' Michelle gave Steve a kiss on the cheek
Steve and Michelle eventually got home, and had agreed that they would only tell Liz tonight. They made sure that Liz promised not to tell anyone. Steve had gone out to pick up Amy from her mates while Michelle was in the bath. Once Steve had got home, him and Michelle sat down to organise her party for tomorrow.
'Who do you want to invite?' Steve asked Michelle
'Close family, Carla, Sean, Lloyd, Andrea. To be honest everyone'
'Even Tracy?' Steve asked knowing how Michelle felt about her
'As long as she keeps quiet and doesn't cause any trouble'
'Okay. Food?'
'Just do what we usually do for parties'
'Okie dokie, that's everything sorted then isn't it? Food, Music we have the juke box, people, I've got your present and wrote a speech'
'Aww Steve you haven't. You're gonna make me cry if you make a speech, and you shouldn't have bought me a present, we need to save money for the babies'
'Honestly babe you will love this present, and we have ages to save up for the babies'
'If you say so babe' Michelle yawned 'I'm going up to bed, you coming?'
'I'll be up in a minute'
'Night then' Michelle left the room, and Steve got his phone out to text their friends about the party.
The following morning Michelle woke up alone in their bedroom, she rushed to the toilet to throw up. She loved this pregnancy but was hating this morning sickness. After she cleaned herself up she went downstairs, into the back room to be greeted by Steve, Liz and Amy all sat around the table.
'Happy Birthday' They all shouted
'Aww thanks guys' Michelle joined them at the table
'This is for you' Amy said passing Michelle a wrapped up present. Michelle opened it to see it was a bottle of her favourite perfume.
'Thanks darling, this is my fave'
Liz pushed over another wrapped up present, which was a photo album for the new babies
'Liz, this is really cute. Thanks'
'My turn' Steve said 'The past year has been hard for us, especially you. With some of the stupid things I've been doing, but I'm glad that we're back on track. Since we have made up I have never been happier. I know you are going to a great mum to our babies and you have been like a mum to Amy and I am so grateful for that. You're the most loving, caring and gorgeous person I have ever set my eyes on, and you're mine. So Michelle Connor, will you marry me?' Steve got down on one knee as he opened a velvet box with a diamond ring inside.
'Yes! Yes of course' Michelle said with tears in her eyes. Steve placed the ring on Michelle's finger and they shared a kiss
'Congratulations guys' Liz said as they sat back down
'Can I be a bridesmaid?' Amy blurted out
'Give us time Amy' Michelle laughed at Amy's eagerness 'But yes you will be'
'Yay'
The four of them had breakfast together and then went their separate ways before the party. Michelle and Amy had gone to the salon to get their hair and nails done, which Steve organised, for the party, Steve went making sure everybody knew about it, Liz went buying food for the guests.
By the time Amy and Michelle went back to the pub, there was music playing. When they walked in Michelle was greeted by all her friends and close family. She made sure she said hello to everyone and thanked them all for coming. She had sent Steve to go and find Lloyd and she went to get Carla so they could ask about being godparents.
'What's going on? Steve said it was urgent' Lloyd said joining Carla and Michelle
'We were wondering if you two would be godparents to the babies?' Steve asked
'I'd be honoured mate' Lloyd said shaking Steve's hand
'Carla?' Michelle said
'Are you sure you want me? With the life I have, you really want me?'
'Of course babe. I wouldn't want anyone else' Michelle said
'Then yeah, I'd love to be' Carla gave Michelle a hug.
'Thanks you guys. These babies are going to be so lucky' Michelle put her hands on her stomach
'Right, I've got something to do' Steve said walking towards the stage Sean had put up for his speech
'Can I have everyone's attention please' Steve said making sure everyone was listening 'I just wanted to say happy birthday to my gorgeous fiancé, I hope that you have the most amazing birthday. I am so glad that you want to spend the rest of your life with me and I know that you are going to be the best mother to our babies. So to end this speech, happy birthday baby and I love you'
Steve looked at Michelle who was crying, she walked up to Steve on the stage and they shared a kiss.
'I love you too baby'
They left the stage and went to get a drink from the bar. Michelle made her way around talking to all the guests. She was making her way to Carla to talk about Steve's proposal, when Tracy walked into the pub. She told Steve she would be alright coming as long as she didn't cause any trouble, but knowing who Tracy was she knew that wouldn't happen.
'Happy birthday Michelle' Tracy said 'I haven't got you anything so let me buy you a drink'
'Thanks, just make sure it's not alcoholic'
'Why it's your birthday'
'I just don't want to' Michelle didn't want to tell Tracy about the pregnancy
'Fine then' Tracy walked off to the bar. Purposely she ordered Michelle a vodka and coke, she wanted everything to go her way. She gave Michelle the coke and walked off. Michelle drank some of it but couldn't taste the vodka in it.
It took Michelle about 20 minutes to drink that drink, when she finished she put the glass on the bar and went talking to Maria.
'Since when were you and Steve engaged?' Maria asked half way through the conversation
'This morning, he proposed over breakfast'
'Let's see the ring' Michelle held her hand up to show her sister-in-law the ring
'Aww babe it's gorgeous' Maria cried
'I know it is' Michelle felt a sharp pain in her stomach 'I'm just nipping to the toilet'
'Okay'
Michelle went into the toilet and went into the cubicle. She had never felt a pain like this when she was pregnant with Ryan. She made sure that she wasn't bleeding and came out the cubicle. She looked at herself in the mirror to see she was looking really ill. She splashed some water on her face, then collapsed onto the floor
'Carla' Steve shouted over the pub 'Carla'
'Yes Steve'
'Have you seen Michelle? Maria said she went to the toilet about 5 minutes ago'
'I'll go and check the bathroom' Carla said walking off. She went into the toilets to see Michelle lay on the floor
'Michelle!' Carla shouted 'Michelle, can you hear me' Carla placed Michelle's head on her lap
'Steve!' Carla screamed
Steve ran into the toilets; he was shocked by what he saw
'Carla ring 999, then get everyone out the pub we need to move her into more room'
Carla ran out the toilets to ask everyone to leave the pub. While Steve was talking to Michelle, trying to wake her up. Carla popped her head around the door to tell Steve that everyone had gone, so Steve picked her up and moved her into the pub where there was more room. He lay her down along a few chair and knelt beside her.
'Steve' Michelle murmured
'Michelle, lie still baby. Everything's going to be okay'
'What happened?'
'I don't know. Carla found you unconscious on the toilet floor'
'The babies. What if I've lost…'Michelle cried
'You haven't lost them darling. The ambulance is on its way and we will see our healthy babies again'
'Where's Carla?'
'Waiting outside for the ambulance'
Steve could hear the sirens outside, then Carla came running in with two paramedics.
'Is this Michelle Connor?' One of the paramedics asked
'Yea' Steve panicked
'Michelle can you hear me?' Michelle nodded
'Where's the pain?'
'In my stomach' Michelle cried
'She's pregnant' Carla inputted
'Okay. We need to take her to the hospital and do some tests' The paramedics places Michelle on the gurney and rolled her to the ambulance. 'Only one of you can come'
'You go Steve; I'll follow up with Liz'
Steve climbed into the ambulance after Michelle had been lifted in, and the paramedic drove them to Weatherfield General. Carla went to get Liz from Erica's and drove them to meet Steve. They went straight to reception to visit Michelle; they were directed to her room where Michelle was lay on the bed with Steve sat beside her. They were hand in hand clearly worrying about their babies.
'Can we come in?' Liz asked knocking quietly at the door
'Yea come in' Michelle replied
'Any news?' Carla asked perching on the bed
'No not yet. They've done some tests, and will do a scan when the results come back'
'Everything's going to be fine Michelle' Liz said
'How do you know?' Michelle sniped
'Hey babe. These two little babies are going to be fine, when the results come back then we will get to see them again. We are going to see these two babies, our babies Michelle. They are going to be strong and stubborn just like you okay' Steve told her knowing how worried and scared she was
A tear rolled down Michelle's face so Steve gently rubbed it away.
'Hello, is now a good time?' The doctor asked walking in
'Yeah' Steve said
'I've got the results from the tests. We ran a few tests, we found some traces of alcohol in your blood' As these words sunk into Michelle's body she began to cry
'How?'
'Michelle. How?' Steve asked her shocked that she had alcohol even though she is pregnant
'I don't know. I was drinking orange juice all night. Nobody bought me a drink' Michelle explained herself.
'We are going to put you on a drip to flush the alcohol out of your body then take you for a scan' The doctor explained
'That's fine' Steve said
The doctor prepared the drip and set it up. While doing this Steve was talking to Carla outside the room and had decided that he was going to go and talk to get Michelle some clean clothes for her. Before leaving Carla told him that he saw Tracy buy Michelle a drink and that she smirked when giving it to her. The same smirk she does when she is planning something. Steve drove back to Coronation Street and went to find Tracy who was in the pub, Steve was going to use this to his advantage to humiliate her.
'Tracy' Steve said storming in 'What the hell do you think you are doing?'
'I don't know what you are talking about' Tracy said acting oblivious to the situation
'Yes you do. You purposely spiked Michelle's drink'
'It was only one drink. She must be pathetic to only be able to hold a vodka and coke' Tracy sneered
'She asked you not to Tracy! Michelle is pregnant'
'Ah well'
'If anything has happened to them babies I swear to god I will make your life a misery. Why? Why would you do that to her?'
'Because of you' Tracy screamed back
'What?'
'Because of you. I just want to make sure that Amy has the best life possible and the only way to do that is it me and you are together' Tracy revealed 'I still want you Steve'
Everybody in the pub was now looking at the pair as they argued.
'So you thought trying to hurt my babies and fiancé would make me get back with you'
'I thought if Michelle lost the babies then you two would split up, then you could come back to me'
'Tracy that will never happen!' Steve shouted at her 'Get out of mu pub'
'What?'
'Get out my pub Tracy, you're barred'
Tracy looked around at all the residents of the street who were smiling that somebody had finally stood up to Tracy and told her what to do. Tracy had pulled some stupid stunts in her time but this was the worst. Steve poured himself a scotch, downed it and went upstairs to get Michelle some things. Then he made his way back to the hospital.
Whilst Steve had been at the pub, all the alcohol in Michelle's body had been flushed out and they were waiting to have another scan. Michelle had refused to do it without Steve.
'What took you so long babe?' Michelle asked at Steve walked into the room
'Lots of traffic' Steve lied, he looked at Carla and they both shared a glare
'Well we've got the scan in a minute'
'Are you ready for the scan Michelle?' The doctor asked walking in
'We'll wait here' Liz said
'Good luck guys' Carla said
'Thanks' Steve said.
Steve and Michelle followed the doctor to the gynaecologists room. They got prepared and the scan went ahead. Back in Michelle's room Liz and Carla were talking.
'What's Steve hiding from Michelle?' Liz asked Carla
'What do you mean?'
'I saw the way that you too looked at each other when he got back'
'If I tell you then, you have to promise not to tell Michelle'
'Go on' Liz said
'When Steve went before he went to confront Tracy. She bought Michelle an alcoholic drink, that's the reason that Michelle had alcohol in her system' Carla told her
'You have to tell Michelle. She's blaming herself' Liz wanted to protect her future daughter-in-law
'I know we do'
The pair of them continued to talk then Steve and Michelle returned to the room. Michelle climbed back onto the bed and Steve sat beside her.
'Well…' Carla said
'The babies are fine!' Michelle cried happy that nothing had happened to them
'I told you they would be' Carla said
'Congrats guys' Liz said
'I am so sorry Steve. For everything, I never wanted to hurt our babies' Michelle told Steve
Liz looked at the pain in Michelle's eyes and couldn't take it no more
'Tell her' Liz said
'What?' Steve asked
'Tell Michelle what happened' Liz explained
'Steve?' Michelle asked
'Right, when I was going getting you some things Carla told me that the only person to buy you a drink all night was Tracy'
'I remember her giving me a drink, it was coke'
'It had vodka in it. I wanted to know why she did it so I asked her and she said it's because she wants me and her to be together so that Amy has a good future. I told her that that will never happen, and she's barred from the pub' Steve told Michelle
Michelle just looked at Steve in the eyes and began to cry
'Babe, I am so sorry. I never wanted my past to hurt you'
'We're gonna get going' Carla said as her and Liz left the room
'Alright see you later' Steve said
Michelle rolled over on the bed facing the window away from Steve
'Babe, are you okay?' Steve asked her, Michelle didn't answer
'I've said I'm sorry Michelle'
'Steve I just want to be alone' Michelle said quietly
'Okay, I'll be back in the morning then'
Steve left the room clearly upset that Michelle didn't want to speak to him. He went back to the pub and sat in the back room staring at the baby scan photo. Michelle lay still in the bed crying, thinking how Steve's past had come in between them once again. Could Michelle really carry on living like this, with Tracy living next door causing trouble with every chance she gets?
Will Steve and Michelle be okay, or has Tracy Barlow ruined another set of lives?
