Getting used to changes chapter 4
Here is the next chapter, a bit longer this time
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Previously
Frank saw Gabrielle run off and immediately followed her
"What's going on?" he asked her as soon as she came out of the staff toilets
"Nothing" she lied to him looking down
"Yes there is, now out with it" he told her bluntly...
"I can't tell you, Frank" Gabby replied
"Why not!" he asked her confused
"Because, I just can't" she replied trying to walk away from him
"You know I am going to figure it out in the end, so you can just tell me now, so we don't waste all this time" he told her
"I'd rather waste the time" she replied back walking away
"Damit Gabby, I wish you weren't so bloody stubborn" he yelled out to her as she walked away...
... "What was that all about?" Steve asked Gabrielle
"What was what all about?" she asked him, trying to avoid the question
"What were you and Frank talking about?" he asked for specifically
"Oh...um...Just stuff" she replied
"Just stuff?" he asked with an arched eye brow
"Yep, just stuff" she replied looking away from him
"Come on Gabby we've know each other for years, you think I can't tell by now when you are lying, what's going on?" he asked her suddenly very concerned
"He was just complaining about admin and wanted me to do a job for him that they had asked him to do" she lied
"Oh, ok" he replied even though he could see straight through her lie "But if there was something wrong, you'd tell me right?" he asked
"Yeah of course" she told him "I've got a patient" she said awkwardly, walking off
"Frank?" Steve asked walking in to his and Gabby's office
"Yep, what do you want Taylor?" he asked
"Um...I was wondering if you knew what was wrong with Gabby, she's just been a bit off today, and I noticed her talking to you about something earlier" he replied
"No, sorry Taylor, she wouldn't tell me, something's going on though, I can tell" he told him
"Yeah, I asked her earlier on and she seemed really awkward and distant around me" Steve replied with a slight frown on his face
"I don't know, maybe it's just her time of the month" Frank said
"Maybe, oh well, ok I got to get back to my patients" Steve replied walking out of the office
"Hi, I am Gabrielle" Gabby said to the young woman in about her twenties lying on the bed
"I'm Alice" the young woman replied shyly
"What's the problem?" Gabrielle asked her
"I having really bad pains in my stomach, it feels like something's crushing it and I am pregnant, so I just wanted to check and make sure that everything is ok" the woman told Gabby
"Ok, well I'll be back in a minute with a doctor" Gabrielle replied smiling...
... "Charlotte, there is a girl in her twenties, Alice, who needs and ultrasound, there is a possible miscarriage" Gabby told Charlotte
"Ok, I'll be there in a second" Charlotte replied...
... "Hi Alice, I am doctor Beaumont" Charlotte told the young woman "Gabrielle tells me that you think you might of had a miscarriage and you want an ultra sound"
"Yeah, I am just being cautious I am sure there is nothing to worry about" she said smiling politely
"Ok, well I'll be back in a couple of minutes, Gabrielle can you get her into a gown?" Charlotte asked
"Yeah sure" Gabby said closing the curtain
"Are you okay?" Gabrielle asked seeing the change in the young woman's face
"Yeah, I am fine" Alice said uneasily fiddling with the ring on her finger
"You know if there is something wrong you can tell me" Gabby said looking at the woman sincerely
Suddenly the woman started crying and Gabby sat on the edge of the bed and tried to calm down the woman "Hey, its okay, everything will be okay" Gabby told her "Would you like me to call the baby's father?" she asked
Alice shook her head "The baby's father is dead" she replied still crying
"Oh, I am so sorry" Gabby replied
"He died about 4 months ago in a car crash" Alice told Gabby "This baby is the only thing I have left of him"
Gabby was left speech less, she didn't know what to say, she just sat there staring at the woman
"I never got to even tell him he was going to be a father, I only found out after he died that I was pregnant" Alice said tears streaming down her face
"I am so sorry" Gabrielle said "I wish I could do something"
"We weren't even together when he died, he is my one true love and I never told him that, and I regret that to this day, that's why this baby means so much to me" Alice told Gabby tears subsiding a bit now
"You know I'm pregnant to" Gabrielle said smiling
"Really? Are you married" Alice asked
"Yeah I am 10 weeks, no I am not married, haven't told the father yet either" Gabrielle told Alice
"I recommend telling the father, after my experiences" Alice said whipping her eyes dry
"Yeah well I don't think it is the best time at the moment" Gabby told her
"Do you still love him?" Alice asked
Gabrielle looked away from Alice and nodded her head, she didn't know why she was telling Alice these things it just all sort of come out, without her thinking about it
"Then tell him you love him, it will be one of the best decisions you will have ever made, if you tell him you still love him; believe me I know, I would of loved to tell the father of my baby that I still loved him" Alice advised Gabby
"I'll think about it, ok" Gabrielle said standing up because Charlotte was back
"I thought I asked you to get her into a gown Gabrielle" Charlotte said
"Yeah, I am sorry we kind of got side tracked" Gabrielle told Charlotte going to grab a gown for Alice...
... "Okay this is going to be a little cold" Charlotte said squeezing gel onto Alice's stomach
"Okay I'm just looking for the heartbeat" Charlotte told Alice as Gabrielle stood and watched
After a few minutes of not finding anything, it started to feel very tense around them, and Alice got a worried expression on her face
A few more silent moments, they all knew they weren't going to find a heartbeat "I am so sorry" Charlotte said looking at Alice with a sad expression
"No...no" Alice said in disbelief "No...No...No...This can't be happening...God no" she said as she started crying
"I am so sorry Alice" Gabrielle said walking over towards her and putting a hand on her shoulder
"NO! don't touch me, go away, leave me alone" she yelled turning over and burring her head in the pillow
"I am sorry" Gabby said backing off
"Can you call the baby's father Gabrielle" Charlotte said as they walked away from Alice
"Um...the baby's father is dead" Gabby said uneasily rubbing the back of her neck
"Oh ok, then maybe you should call a family member or something" Charlotte told Gabrielle
"Yep, I'll go look in her file for her Mum or Dad's number" Gabby said smiling slightly...
... "Hi, is this Mrs Field" Gabrielle said to the woman on the phone
"Yes, may I ask who is calling?" the woman asked
"Hi I am Gabrielle Jaeger a nurse in the ED at All saints hospital" Gabrielle told the woman "I am calling about your daughter"
"Why? What happened?" the woman asked
"I am not obliged to tell you that, but I think it would be good if you came here to see your daughter, she could use some support right now" Gabrielle told her
"Okay, sure I will be right there" the woman said hanging up the phone
"Alice?" Gabrielle asked closing the curtain
"What?" Alice replied a bit too harshly than she had intended to
"I called your Mum she's coming in" Gabrielle told Alice
"What! Why the hell would you do that, my mother and I haven't talked in the past 3 years" Alice told Gabby
"I am sorry I didn't know, but now maybe you can patch up your relationship with your Mum" Gabby said
"You don't get it do you, the reason my mother and I stopped talking was disapproved of mine and Daniels relationship; the father of my now dead child's, if she found out that I got pregnant and had a miscarriage she would completely flip, and just keep saying I told you so" Alice yelled at Gabrielle angrily
"Just be glad you have a bloody mother" Gabrielle yelled back frustrated, before walking out...
... "Hey are you okay?" Steve asked Gabrielle at the main desk
"Yeah I am fine, I feel really bad though, I lost it at her" Gabrielle said sighing
"Hey don't feel Gabby, you know how it feels to lose a Mum, you were just trying to help out" Steve replied
"Thanks Steve, you always know what to say" she said smiling and hugging him
"Hi, I am Rene Field, I am looking for Gabrielle Jaeger, she said my daughter was here" a woman said who looked to be in her early 50's with long brown hair and a fair complexion
"That would be me" Gabrielle said standing up "Follow me" she said walking towards where Alice was
"So what's wrong with my daughter" Rene asked before they got to Alice
"She had a miscarriage" Gabrielle told her
"What? I didn't even know she was pregnant" Rene said in disbelief
"I kind of gathered that, when Alice yelled at me for calling you" Gabby said
"She always was a drama queen" Rene said smiling slightly
"Alice your Mum's here" Gabrielle said
Alice lifted her head of the pillow and looked up at her mother with her tear stained face "Hi" she said quietly
"Hi" Rene replied walking over to where Alice was, and sitting on the bed "It's been awhile" she said
"Yeah it has been" Alice said
"I'll leave you two to talk" Gabrielle said smiling and then walking back to the main desk
"How's Alice?" Charlotte asked Gabrielle when she was at the main desk
"Yeah she's doing better, I managed to get hold of her mother and she's here now" Gabrielle replied looking over to Alice and Rene talking, she felt a pang of jealousy as she watched the two, wishing her mother was still alive
"That's great, I am heading off now, I'll see you tomorrow" Charlotte told Gabrielle
"Okay, see you" Gabrielle replied sitting down
"Hi Garielle" Alice said
"Hi how are you feeling now?" Gabby asked her
"Yeah better, I am going home now, I want to thank you" Alice said "Because of you my Mum and I are fine now, and I realised how much I missed having her in my life"
"I am glad I could help" Gabrielle said smiling
"Bye" Alice said walking out the doors of the ED
"What are you thinking about?" Steve asked Gabrielle sitting down next to her
"My Mum" Gabrielle told him bluntly "And about how much I miss her"
"She was a good woman" Steve replied wistfully having known her mother when they were first going out "She would have been proud of you being a nurse"
"Yeah, but I still wish she was here" Gabrielle said miserably, tears starting to form in her eyes
"Hey, don't cry" Steve told her, hugging, it wasn't often you saw Gabrielle Jaeger in such a vulnerable state "You've got me now instead, I'll always be here for you Gabby" he told her hugging her tightly
"Thank you Steve" she said whipping her eyes dry
"Look I've got to go, but I'll see you tomorrow" Steve said
"Yeah sure" she replied
"Okay see you then" he told her walking away and having one last look tonight of the woman he was in love with
"Frank" Gabrielle said standing in the doorway of their office
"What do you want Jaeger?" Frank asked
"I need to talk to you about something" she replied
"Okay I am listening, go ahead" he said leaning back in his chair and looking at her
"I am pregnant" she told him "And it's Steve's"
Frank just sat there with his mouth wide open, shocked by the news his colleague had just told him.
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