Lindsey glanced around the maternity ward that she was on, looking back and forth around at the mums and their newborn babies. It still hadn't sunk in that she was going to be a mum, she was going to have a baby that depended on her, a baby to love and care for.
"Doctor Butterfield?" One of the nurses asked, placing a hand on Lindsey's shoulder causing her to jump.
"Hmm?" She mumbled, jumping as she turned around to face her.
"Are you okay? You seem a bit…dazed." She added, looking at her caringly.
"I'm sorry, I just. I can't be here." She whispered sadly, glancing around the ward.
"It's okay, I don't know what's happened but do you want me to tell Dr Grey you need to go home? You look a bit peaky."
"Yes, yes please." She nodded slightly, glancing around again.
"Alright, I'll go tell her. I hope you're okay?" She said before smiling softly at Lindsey and walking off.
Lindsey sighed and headed towards the changing rooms, quickly wiping her eyes as she took a deep breath. She rummaged through her bag and grabbed her phone, dialling the only person she knew she could.
'Hey, Linds. What's wrong?' Freddie said after answering the call.
'Hey, are you busy?' She replied sadly.
'I'm just finishing a job at the garage. Are you alright?' He added, hearing the sadness in her voice.
'Don't worry then, I don't want to disturb your work.' She said quietly.
'I know you Lindsey Butterfield and I know when something is wrong. This work can wait; just tell me what's wrong?'
'I've just had to get my colleague to tell my boss that I'm ill because I can't stand it in here and I could really do with someone to talk to, I just wanted to hear your voice.' She spoke, her voice breaking as she did.
'Grab your things and wait outside the hospital, alright? I'll come and get you.' He said, hanging up the phone.
"You didn't have to come and get me you know? That was um, really sweet of you." Lindsey said as her and Freddie walked beside each other into college coffee.
"Linds, it's fine. I wanted to, you didn't sound great on the phone so." Freddie replied, shrugging lightly as they both ordered their drinks.
"Yeah but still, you had work to do and you didn't have to drop that for me" She added, glancing up at him.
"Don't think anything of it, yeah? Zig can finish the car I was working on, it's fine. He understood." He paid for their drinks before taking his and making his way outside, Lindsey walking beside him.
"How are the boys? Still mad with us?" She sighed, taking a seat on one of the outside benches, Freddie sitting opposite.
"No, well, Rob isn't great but he'll get used it eventually. Zig and Jase are just trying to get their heads around it, that's all. But, enough about them, how come you had to leave work?" He asked, looking over at her.
"I was put on the postnatal ward at the hospital to go and see one of my patients and there were so many mums with their tiny, newborn babies and I just froze, it was really daunting." She said sadly, taking a sip of her drink as she looked down.
"Linds, you need to take it easy, maybe take a day off? You found out you were pregnant and you've thrown yourself back into work, you're bound to not feel on top of the world." He mumbled, sipping his coffee.
"I know, I just thought work would take my mind off it all but turns out it doesn't." She shrugged, twisting the cup around in her hands.
"Look, why don't you take the day off work tomorrow? We can do what we used to do, spend the day just lazing around and talking for hours on end like old times? Maybe that's what you need."
"Haven't you got work to do though? You can't bunk off just for me…"
"I'm sure Zig'll cope without me for a day, don't question it, alright?"
"If you're sure" Lindsey added, nodding and smiling gently over at him.
Later on that day, Freddie and Lindsey made their way back to the Roscoe house after spending the afternoon together. Lindsey pulled open the door to the house, stepping it in as Freddie stepped in behind her, closing the door firmly.
"That's because you're an idiot." Lindsey said, chuckling as she joked about something that Freddie had said.
"Be quiet, that's just mean." Freddie retorted, chuckling with her.
"Hey look, thank you for a great afternoon. It was ten times better than being stuck in work all day." She added, smiling as she leant up and hugged Freddie gently.
"No problem, I had to do something to cheer you up, I hate seeing you down." He sighed, hugging her back gently.
"I'll be fine, I just feel like things are happening so quickly and I'm not prepared for everything to change. I just need some time and I'll be fine." She looked up at him as her lips curved into a smile, turning to head into the kitchen when she saw and all too familiar face standing in front of her.
"Hey, Linds. Fred." Joe said, smiling at Lindsey before glancing over and nodding at Freddie.
Lindsey stared up at Joe in complete shock, glancing back at Freddie who was also stood in shock. Lindsey couldn't even find the words to say anything, she just froze on the spot and looked up at her ex-fiancé.