This chapter is slightly darker than the rest, but nothing too serious :) Please please please review? X
A week after the end of term, Dynasty received another letter, one that made her blood run cold. Steve-O had been released on bail. The letter said that part of his bail conditions meant that he couldn't go near Dynasty, but she was still terrified that he'd find a way to hurt her. The same day, she also received a letter from the hospital, confirming an appointment to check on the baby. Kevin couldn't be more excited about this. Their appointment was on the following Saturday, and Connor had invited both of them to stay over that night, so they decided to go straight from the hospital to Connor's.
Dynasty woke early that Saturday morning, nervous, if something was wrong with the baby – no, she couldn't afford to think like that. Kevin was very excited on the way to the hospital, asking Dynasty one hundred questions that she didn't know the answer to. Dynasty felt sorry for the poor midwife, she was on the receiving end of his questions while she was waiting to be examined. When she saw her baby for the first time, she was surprised at the tears forming in her eyes. Here was a child, so tiny, so innocent. She made a promise, there and then, to her child, to never let anything bad happen to him/her. It was a promise she fully intended to keep.
The hospital was only a ten minute stroll from Connor's, so the two teenagers decided to walk. As they rang the doorbell, Dynasty turned, and gasped. She saw Steve-O! Nudging Kevin's arm and motioning over to where he was standing, Dynasty gasped again, he was gone! Deciding she was being paranoid, she brushed it off. Christine smiled, and made small talk with them both. They then retreated into Connor's room, to play video games. About an hour later, Dynasty was hit with the morning-sickness-that-seemed-to-last-all-day. Running to the bathroom, she didn't even have time to shut the door as she was violently sick. She jumped when she felt someone press a damp cloth to her head, and rub her back.
"It's alright, you're ok." Christine said soothingly.
Dynasty stayed crouched down on the floor until she was sure she was going to be ok. Then she stood up, dizzy for a moment. Christine put one arm around her, and guided her to the kitchen table.
"Would you like a glass of water?" Christine asked softly.
Dynasty nodded. "Thanks miss."
"Please, outside school, call me Christine."
"Thanks Christine". Dynasty amended.
Christine poured out a glass of water, set it on the table, and sat down next to Dynasty. Up close, she could see the dark circles under the younger girl's eyes. "How've you been?"
Dynasty fought the tears that threatened to spill. "Not great. I've been having nightmares, and I got a letter last week telling me Steve-O's out on bail. I keep thinking I see him, but it's just my imagination."
Christine nodded. Just then, Connor and Kevin came into the kitchen. "Dynasty we're going to the cinema to meet Imogen, do you fancy it?" Connor asked her.
Kevin looked hopeful. "I'm not feeling too well." Dynasty confessed.
When she saw the disappointed look on Kevin's face, she added, "You go though! Seriously, I'll be fine."
Kevin looked at her. "I don't want you alone in the flat with Steve-O out."
Christine quickly offered, "You can wait here, I'm not going anywhere." She smiled.
Dynasty looked at her. "Are you sure mi- Christine? I don't want to bother you or anything."
Christine just smiled and said "It's no bother."
So off the boys went to the cinema, leaving Christine and Dynasty alone. They sat on the couch in the living room, Dynasty asking her teacher for advice about everything from her nightmares, to her morning sickness. Having gone through the same thing, Christine was able to adequately answer her. Half an hour after the boys left, Dynasty's stomach gave a rumble. "Sorry," Dynasty apologised, her cheeks flaming. "I was so nervous before my appointment, I couldn't eat."
Christine stood up and went to a cabinet in the corner. Rummaging through a draw for a moment, she held out two menus to Dynasty.
"Chinese or Indian?" she smiled.
They decided to order a Chinese, and get it delivered to the house. When the doorbell rang, Christine got up to answer it, assuming it was their food. When she returned however, Dynasty screamed. Christine wasn't alone, and Steve-O was pressing a gun to her head.
"Hiya babe, did'ya miss me?" he spat.
Dynasty could see that Christine was trembling, and she was very pale. "Let her go Steve-O, it's me you want." she said, standing up.
He looked her up and down, his eyes concentrating on her tiny bump. "Ah, so it's true then?" he said, more to himself. "Sitting room, now. Go!"
Dynasty led the way back into the living room. Steve-O flung Christine onto the couch, and motioned for Dynasty to join her. He kept his gun focused on both of them. Dynasty felt strangely calm, adrenaline she supposed, but Christine was very shaken up. Putting one arm around her teacher, Dynasty spat, "What do you want?"
"I just wanted to see you babe, convince you that you still love me."
"I will never love you Steve-O, you raped me!" Dynasty said, her voice rising. She stood up. "And I suggest you get out of here, right now!"
Christine stood up too, not trembling as much as she was. "Get out of my house." she said, looking at him like he was dirt under her shoe.
"I'm not going anywhere, sweetheart." Steve-O said.
He then grabbed Christine and kissed her, Christine struggling to get out of his grasp. Dynasty was trying to pull Steve-O off her. "Let her go!" she screamed.
Surprisingly he did so, and Christine collapsed into a heap on the couch, her eyes closed, Dynasty hoped the older woman was ok. Keeping his gun pointed at Christine Steve-O turned to Dynasty and said "You're going to do exactly as I tell you, otherwise she will die, do you understand?"
Dynasty nodded, unable to speak. Christine had opened her eyes again, and was staring, horrified, at what was happening. Steve-O then started to kiss her, rubbing his hands up and down her back. She began to struggle when he moved his hands to her bump. "No." she shouted. "No, stop!"
He pushed her onto the floor. She landed on her bump, and began to moan in pain. "What've you done?" Christine shouted.
Steve-O looked shocked. Suddenly, he bolted out the back door. Christine crouched down on the floor next to Dynasty, pulled out her mobile, and rang the ambulance. Dynasty was sobbing, and wincing with the pain. Christine cradled the distressed girl in her arms, and tried to reassure her, that everything was going to be ok.
In the ambulance, Christine called Connor. As he was in the cinema, his phone was switched off. "Connor ring me as soon as you get this." She didn't want to explain over the phone.
As soon as they got to the hospital, they tried to whisk Dynasty away, but she demanded that Christine went with her. Christine held her hand as they examined her, and put her on a drip. "Have I lost the baby?" Dynasty asked quietly.
"No," the doctor replied. "No you haven't, but I want to keep you in overnight, for observation."
Dynasty was moved to a private room. "Will you stay a while?" she asked Christine.
"Of course I will, I'm here for as long as you need me." said Christine, taking Dynasty's hand.
Dynasty nodded gratefully, then after a while she said, "I can't believe he came back".
Christine agreed. "It was a very stupid move on his part; he will surely get a longer sentence at court now."
Dynasty thought for a moment. "Christine?" she asked. "Are you alright? I'm sorry for what he did to you."
"It's not your fault Dynasty; it just brought back some painful memories." Christine smiled wearily. "I'm going to get a cuppa, would you like one?"
Dynasty nodded. "Yes please."
As they sat drinking their tea, Christine said, "We will have to be interviewed by the police tomorrow, they are coming here in the morning." Seeing the frightened look on Dynasty's face, she added "Don't worry, I will be with you, it'll be alright."
Dynasty smiled and said "I don't know what I'd do without you."
Next Chapter: Court day.
