Margaret and Tony also walked round and looked at her; she was so tiny and adorable but looked just like her mom.
"Can we see Becca now?" Jake asked.
"Yes but I would suggest only you and your daughter go in first; we don't want her getting excited as soon as she wakes up. I'll take you to her." The doctor replied.
Jake turned back to his newborn daughter as they all headed to the ICU; before he headed into the room after the doctor had left, he stopped and moved the blanket from over his daughter's mouth.
"She is so adorable, just like her mom; I can't believe I'm finally a dad."
"She's beautiful Jake; are you gonna take her in with you?" Nancy agreed.
"I think the first thing Becca is gonna wanna see when she wakes up is her baby; I know I would."
"Have you thought of any names?" Nancy asked.
"I thought I'd leave that one to Becca or you; she hasn't been able to look forward to this pregnancy and this will be one thing that will make her happy."
"Yeah; at least when she gets better, she can get her life back."
"Yeah; listen Becca is gonna be asleep for a while so why don't you and your mom go back to the flat and get some stuff for her…and maybe get the carry seat from my mom's?" he suggested.
"Course I will; I'll bring the camera too so I can get some pictures of the baby for everyone to see."
"Thanks Nance."
"I'll give you a lift." Tony offered.
"Say hi to Becs for me?" Nancy hinted.
"Yeah; see you later."
As Nancy, Margaret and Tony left; Jake carried his sleeping daughter into the side room and sat at the side of Becca. He sat and watched his daughter sleeping before constantly checking on Becca; a while later, she slowly started to stir, still groggy and sore and unable to move. She moved her head to face Jake and moved the mask from her mouth as she noticed the baby in his arms; she was sure she was dreaming or something until Jake carefully put the rail down and sat on the bed next to her so she could see her daughter properly.
"Meet your daughter."
"Eh? My…daughter?"
"Yeah, they had to perform a C-Section while you were in theatre; she looks just like you Becs."
"I'm sorry, I'm just still tired…" she whispered.
"That's okay, you just go back to sleep."
She slowly dozed off again as Jake moved from the bed and walked around while watching his sleeping daughter, wondering what to call her; he looked up as the door opened and he saw an unexpected Mandy standing in the doorway. She walked over and hugged Jake tearfully before looking at the baby.
"Mande, I didn't expect to see you again." He said, shocked by the blonde's reappearance.
"Tony called me on the way here; despite how I left everything, I thought she could do with friend…even if I didn't turn up at the trial."
"Hey, I don't think Becca's gonna worry about that right now; she's got a baby daughter to think of now."
"She's adorable Jake; can I hold her?"
"Sure."
He gently put her in Mandy's arms and watched as Mandy moved the blanket away from the baby's face; Becca slowly awoke again as the baby started crying. Jake went and sat back on the edge of the bed next to her before Mandy gave him his daughter back; now Becca was sure she was seeing things.
"I have to be dreaming…"
"No, I'm here all right." Mandy smiled.
"I don't want you here; I don't wanna see or hear from you ever again…" Becca said, trying to stay calm.
"Becs..." Jake tried to reassure her.
"It's okay Jake; Becs, I know I hurt you when I left and mainly because of how I left but I needed to get away, I couldn't stay. Been around the village, there were too many memories of Grace and I couldn't cope; I and Tony were obviously finished…" Mandy tried to explain.
"You just left me Mande; I needed a friend. Do you know what I did when you left me that day?"
Mandy shook her head as Jake calmed his daughter.
"I tried to kill myself; I thought ending it was better for everyone…but then I realised that there was still a chance that this baby could be Jake's and I didn't want to take that away from him as well. All the times I was there for you and the one time I really needed a friend, I had no one; okay so I was in self-pity mode for a while but you ask Nancy and she'll tell you that I was okay a couple of days after. Is it any wonder that I don't want to see you?"
"Becs, come on…you must realise how hard it was for her to just leave? But now she's back and she wants to make amends; and you are not to get wound up, you have to stay calm." Jake said.
"Jake, its fine; I just…when Tony told me that you had been on trial and you were found not guilty and in here, I wanted to make it up to you." Mandy explained, or tried to.
"So you can ease your conscience? Well forget it; as far as I'm concerned, our friendship is over."
"Fine; if you change your mind, I'll be at Max's." Mandy replied, trying not to cry.
"I won't." Becca retorted harshly.
As Mandy left, Becca turned her head away from Jake as he calmed their daughter; once she was sleeping; Jake walked round to the other side of Becca and stroked the side of her face as he noticed the tears falling down her cheeks.
"I was so horrible to her and she was only trying to apologise; what kind of person does that make me?" Becca sobbed.
"Hey! She knows that you've been through a lot the last couple of days and you're tired and still groggy from the operation; she understands. Anyway, you've got to get better for our beautiful daughter."
"What happened after I was stabbed? All I remember is been in the ambulance and coming here, then everything went black."
"They had to take you straight to theatre; you lost a lot of blood and your blood pressure was extremely high. To repair the bleed from the stabbing, they had to deliver the baby first; I know you wanted a natural birth but there was nothing they could do. You have to stay in for a couple of days but our daughter can go home tonight if you want me to take her? She's adorable Becs."
"Can I hold her?"
"Sure, she's yours and no one can her away from you."
Becca slowly sat up before Jake put the baby in her arms; she wiped away the tears single handed as she looked down at her new-born daughter and moved the blanket to look at her sleeping face.
