Lola felt groggy when she woke up. She was surprised to see Brax and her mum sat at her bedside. It wasn't until Lola opened her eyes that she remembered where she was. She was in hospital. As soon as her eyes opened Cheryl rushed to her side "Oh Lola what have you been doing to yourself aye" she whispered as she pulled her daughter into a hug.
Their hug was interrupted by Sid entering the room. Both Cheryl and Lola looked up at him, Cheryl perched on the edge of Lola's bed and Brax pulled his chair closer. Lola was unnerved by the grim expression on Sid's face. They all sat up to listen to what Sid had to say "I'm very sorry but I'm afraid Lola has what we call Stage 2 Cirrhosis of the liver" All three Braxton's just stared at him with a blank expression.
"Ok, well the damage is irreversible and as I said before the only thing we can do is slow down the process" Sid explained to a stunned Brax and Cheryl.
"What process?" Cheryl asked nervously. Lola already knew what Sid meant; the tears in her eyes confirmed that.
"How long have I got?" Lola asked calmly. Both Brax and Cheryl looked at Lola with their mouths wide.
"If the treatment works and you stay clean then about 5-10 years before you need to think about other options" Sid explained.
"What options?" Brax interrupted, he was still trying to take in what Sid was telling them.
"Lola will eventually need a liver transplant" Lola was now leaning forwards on her bed and biting her nails, Cheryl put her arms around her daughter.
"What about the kidney damage?" Lola finally managed. Sid looked even grimmer than he did when he walked in.
"I'm afraid your kidneys are not functioning as they should, that is why you have been experiencing the symptoms we discussed" Sid explained "I'm afraid the only way forward now would be a Kidney transplant" Lola put her head in her hands and sobbed "I'm so sorry mum" she cried as the realisation of what she had done to herself hit her.
Brax stood quickly and wrapped his arms around both women. "I'll leave you alone, but I'll be back later to talk about where we go from here" Sid said as he left the room.
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Heath had been told by Brax to get some of Lola's things. As he looked through her bag he was shocked to see how little she had to show for her life. In the bag were a few pairs of denim shorts, a small make-up bag, some hair scrunchies, shampoo, soap and a notepad. As heath opened the notepad he noticed some words scribbled, as he read them he realised they were song lyrics Lola had been working on. As Heath continued to flick through the pages he was shocked when a few photos fell out.
As he picked them up he was furious. They were pictures of Lola with a guy he recognised. They looked as thought they were very much together in the pictures. There was one of them hugging and laughing, a close up of them kissing, and then another one of them singing together. When Heath turned the photos over he noticed a date written on the back of each of them. Heath suddenly realised these dates fell around the time Lola got pregnant.
The familiar face Heath was looking at must have been the man who got Lola pregnant, Heath thought to himself furiously as he stuffed the photos into his back pocket and rushed out of the house.
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Angelo's was extremely busy when Heath arrived, but that didn't put him off. Heath was furious and didn't even notice the restaurant full of people. His eyes were only fixed on one man. Heath marched to the bar and punched the guy clean in his face knocking him back into the spirits shelf. The man stood quickly Heath punched him again. A familiar voice screamed "Oh my god Heath what are you doing?" it screeched. The voice was Bianca she rushed and helped the man up.
"Did you know?" Heath yelled, to a clueless man "Did you know you got her pregnant?" he screamed as he threw the photos at the man. Bianca looked at the photos. She looked confused.
"Liam what's going on?" Bianca questioned her boyfriend. Liam looked stunned; he had no idea why Heath was so angry. He was about to find out though.
"She's my sister you bastard, she's my little sister" Heath launched himself at Liam again, but this time he was stopped by an arm grabbing him. It was Brax "What are you doing?" he asked. Brax arrived just after Heath's revelation.
"He's the one who got Lola pregnant" Heath spat struggling to break free.
"Liam?" Brax exclaimed in disbelief, he had no idea what to do but for now he had his hands full trying to stop Heath from upsetting anymore of his customers.
Please let me know what you think, and if my medical details are incorrect then I am sorry. I tried to research them as much as I could to get them as accurate as possible. Please Review.
Next time-
How does Bianca deal with the news?
Lola makes a breakthrough in Rehab!
Charlie and Brax take a break from it all!
