Chapter 2:
Serena walks over to the bed and looks down at the baby and Cara explains everything to Serena about how she came to find this baby.
"Right from looking at the baby I would say she is about four to five days old or even less" Serena explains to Cara and Morven. Cara is now in her nursing scrubs and has been assigned to the little baby girl she found.
"Okay so what can I do now?" Cara questions
"Come with me Nurse Martinez and you Dr Shreve" Serena calls and both Cara and Morven follow Serena like naughty school children to the babies side.
They all look down at the tiny baby lying on the bed luckily now in some warm baby clothes Morven had found when looking through lost property. "Scrub top off now please Nurse Martinez" Serena says as she pulls the curtain around the bed again.
Cara stares at Serena as if she has gone mad "You what" Cara stutters.
"You heard me" Serena starts "If it makes you feel more comfortable Nurse Martinez I and Dr Shreve shall turn around for you" Serena smiles, "What's there to be afraid of Nurse Martinez we are all girls in here... oh or do you have an embarrassing tattoo or is it a portrait of me tattooed onto your back or breast?" Serena adds with a cheeky grin on her face
Morven looks at Serena completely stunned to what she has just said "I'm joking Cara" Serena laughs as she notices how red the staff nurse has gone. Cara rolls her eyes and pulls her scrub top off revealing her bright pink lace bra.
"Can I ask what this is all in aid of?" Cara questions curiously as she folds her arms and looks at Serena who is undressing the baby.
"You are going to be acting mother until I find who this little one belongs to" Serena announces and Cara's mouth drops open.
Morven gives a little sigh of relief although she does feel a little awkward around a half naked Cara.
"No, No, No, No!" Cara says as she backs up into the curtain knocking something metal off a table which is behind the curtain.
Everyone on the ward falls silent for a moment as the crash on a metal kidney dish hits the floor and then everyone carries on as usual. "On the bed now Cara" Serena demands and Cara looks at junior doctor for assistance who is still looking at Serena in shock.
"Yes Ma'am" Cara says sarcastically as she pulls herself onto the bed and lies back on to the bed.
"Less of the sarcasm Nurse Martinez" Serena smiles and she lifts the tiny little girl and lies her on Cara's chest as if Cara had just given birth to the little girl "This is the position most new born babies are placed in after birth so they can begin the bonding process with the mother" Serena informs and Cara just nods along as she knows all about it anyway.
"Yes but I'm not her mother" Cara replies and Serena shrugs her shoulders and leaves Cara with the little tiny girl on her chest.
"Yes but your acting as Mother now" Serena says as she leaves Cara sitting on the bed with the tiny little girl on her chest.
Later on Cara was still lying on the bed with the little girl on her chest, Morven had been to check on the baby but all they could agree on was that the little girl was getting warmer. "Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?" Cara questions as she grabs a magazine and fans herself down.
Morven looks up from her notes and replies "Well it's a little warm in here but Cara your sweating you look like you've actually just given birth" Morven gives a little giggle before pulling back the curtain totally forgetting about Cara's privacy.
Cara gives a gasp as she notices everyone looking at her including a few of the patients, "Cara here you go" Serena says as she hands Cara a bottle of warm baby milk to feed to the little girl.
"So how is acting Mummy doing?" Raf questions as he comes over to Cara to see the little girl guzzling down the milk.
She smiles and replies to Raf "I wish you would stop calling me that and I'm good thanks."
"I've spoken to social services about this little on and they have no record of this baby what so ever so they are going to put up a few advertisements or flyers hoping that the mother will come forward, they are going to give it a few weeks then if no luck they will start to find potential foster parents for this one here" Raf informs Cara as he watches Cara who is looking down at the little girl and stroking her thumb over the little girls blonde thin hair.
Raf looks down at his notes and adds "All her tests have come back normal she's a perfectly healthy baby girl all she needed was a bit of love, warmth and food and she's fine."
"Well that's good news, so who is going to looking after her for these few weeks?" Cara questions and Raf just looks at her.
He takes a deep breath in and begins "Okay, we've found a nurse who will look after her for the week just to put your mind at rest"
"They want Essie to look after her until they find her a permanent placement with an adoptive family" Raf replies and Cara looks at Raf in shock.
She stutters and splutters but finally speaks "Ah that's great Essie is so lovely though that little girl will have a wonderful time" Cara announces but both Raf and Serena look at each other and decided to tell her the low down on what's going to happen.
"Okay Cara we've done a bit of digging and well..." Raf begins but Serena finishes.
"The staff who have children of their own have brought in a few things that can help with a baby especially a new born who needs love and attention" Serena gushes.
Cara's face fills with complete and utter fear "Essie will have such a surprise though when she realises what everyone has done for her!" Cara breaths.
Later on Cara has sat with Morven and gone through loads of baby clothes while Morven was on her break and Cara made a pile of things that she didn't like or aren't the little girls size.
"Cara?" Morven questions curiously as she takes a sip of her coffee.
"Hmm?"
"I know this may sound a little stupid but have you thought of a name for her because you can't keep calling her 'It, baby, her' etcetera" Morven proves a point.
Cara looks at Morven and smiles "If you was a man right now I would totally snog you for that point" Cara giggles.
Morven laughs "Steady on" she jokes.
They both sit thinking about a name for this little girl they needed something that sounded cute but also it had to be temporary as this little baby could already have a name.
"What about Rosie?" Morven questions.
Cara thinks for a moment and looks at the little baby fast asleep in the hospital cot "Nope it reminds me of Rosie and Jim but anyway isn't Essie meant to choose her name?" Cara laughs and Morven starts to giggle too.
"Well Essie said she couldn't make her mind up so she's asked you, what about Sophie?" Morven says as she starts to become a little more productive.
"My Grandma was called Sophie" Cara smiles as she thinks about the name, "Can we put that as a maybe please" Cara smiles.
"Okay then, what about Genevieve?" Morven says as she flicks through a baby naming book she had picked up when she went up to Mr T about this baby.
She starts to laugh "No way!" she snorts as she doubles over in laughter, Morven stands there looking at her completely stunned and confused to why she is laughing. "It's a very old fashioned name" Cara explains.
They continue to think of names a little unsure on what to call her, some names really stood out but others sounded weird or as Morven says 'This one won't go with Essie's last name' even though Cara had clearly put it across as temporary.
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