Caleb and I had returned back to Holby late into the night and went to sleep at some ungodly hour in the morning, our bodies had been sleep deprived after a long weekend away and any large sound or noise had me wanting to bang my head against the wall to make it stop. I couldn't wait to get out of the ED as my bed was calling for me and to head home to our cosy bed and snuggle up next to Cal, entering cubicles sleepily I bumped into Ethan at the desk as I reached for some patients folders to sign off
'Enjoy your weekend away Alicia'
'Yeah it was great we've got you some rock for you just take it whenever from my room Ethan. We had a lot of fun until I met one of his ex-girlfriends'
'No which one? I know there was a redhead and a brunette in Bournemouth he dated for a while, possibly a purple one as well I can't remember'
'It was none of them Ethan it was a blonde'
'I don't think there was a blonde that he dated at all down there, describe her for me'
'I can only say she's really stunning beautiful even, she is like sex on heels and guys just fall for her in an instant because she's out of most people's league '
'Any chance her name could be Sophie'
'Got it in one Ethan' I replied, sighing heavily. 'Do you think Cal is still attracted to me, judging by Sophie he must have a certain type of girl he goes for and that's stunning'
'Don't ever think like that Alicia you're just as stunning as she is and besides Caleb is crazy about you'
'Really'
'Yes and weirdly enough you're the longest girlfriend he has ever been out with so he must love you a whole lot, so out of all the past girlfriends Caleb's been with you're out of their league' he smiled
'Thanks Ethan'
My eyes had dropped closed and I couldn't open them as much as I tried as my mind had stopped thinking from the lack of sleep and everything just swerved to the right then my body jerked left to balance itself out from falling to the ground, I gripped hard onto the desk as I finally opened my eyes and Ethan came up me from behind just in case I did lose my hold and fell again
'You alright Alicia, almost lost you there for a second'
'Yeah just feeling a bit exhausted from last night that's all'
'You sure that's all and nothing else'
'Yeah I'm sure Ethan'
Ethan sighed heavily and moved away once he was sure I wasn't going to fall flat on my face, I knew he wasn't just going to let this past at all under exhaustion, he looked deep into my eyes and he knew something might be wrong before he spoke again
'Let' just runs some test to be on the safe side'
'I'm fine honestly I am'
'I'd feel a lot better if we ran some test Alicia, better safe than sorry' he exclaimed. 'It won't take long I promise just a few obs and blood tests'
'Fine but you can't say anything to Cal I don't want him worrying'
'I promise I won't say anything it will be our secret'
I'd followed Ethan to one of the empty cubicles and pulled the curtains closed when the coast was clear from any unsuspecting eyes, I laid down on the cubicle bed as Ethan drew up a new observation sheet and started with the tests….
Caleb's P.O.V
I had tried to find Alicia all day and everywhere I turned in the hospital and asked it lead to no avail where I looked, after giving up searching for her I returned to where Alicia said she'd be for the day in cubicles, still no sign of her I only found Nibbles alone looking at some test results on the desk and conveying with his notes he'd taken from a patient.
'Nibbles you aint seen Alicia anywhere around here I can't seem to find her at all'
'I can't say that I have Caleb. You sure you have checked everywhere'
'Pretty much'
'Is there a message I could pass onto her if I see her'
'Just tell Alicia I wanted to make sure we were still on for date night this evening'
'I'll pass it on when I see her' he informed, gathering up all the laid out notes and placing them into a folder
'Got any interesting cases down here Nibbles?' I asked, picking up a folder out of his hands
'Those are private Cal give them back' Ethan proclaimed, trying to grab the folder back from me
'Hush little brother just having a quick look that's all'
'Private confidentiality Caleb surely you can respect that now' he snatched, gripping the folder tightly in his hands
'Yes of course'
Ethan had waited for me to leave cubicles before declaring it safe again to open the folder in confidentiality, I decided to try my luck again in resus to find Alicia…..
Alicia's P.O.V
I'd been lying on the bed in cubicles for two hours now waiting to hear anything back from Ethan while he had fast tracked my test results through to the lab, god I felt so useless being in here when I should be out there helping and treating patients instead of being one myself. Ethan returned to my cubicle a short while after with Duffy in tow, closing the curtain after them for some privacy
'I've got the test results back and everything seems to be normal Alicia…'
'But?' I questioned, raising a brow
'Something on the test did come back as positive but I'm not sure if you're fully aware yourself what's going on'
'I have no idea what you're going on about Ethan at all'
'You're pregnant Alicia' he informed
I couldn't wrap my head around what Ethan was telling me at all as I zoned out, this had to be some sick joke or some sort of mistake made during the test because I couldn't be pregnant, Cal and I both made sure we took precautions, make sure we were safe
'What' I exclaimed
'Judging by the test results I'd say you're about eight weeks into the pregnancy'
'Eight weeks already'
'Yes Alicia and we've had a chat with Ms Beauchamp and she's given you the rest of the day off but I'd like to keep you in for a while longer for more observation, Duffy will happily answer any questions you may have'
'Thanks Ethan'
Ethan had left to check up on his other patients while Duffy had gone to get the doppler machine from the maternity ward while I was left alone with my thoughts, god what is Caleb going to say about the baby when he knows about it, we aint ready at all to start a family together just yet
'I'm just going to do some checks on the baby to see if anything is alright'
'Ok Duffy'
I lay back on the bed and rolled up my green overalls to reveal my small eight week bump, taking deeps breaths to calm my nerves I watched Duffy pour some cold gel on my stomach and ran the doppler transducer over it to check everything was alright…
'Everything seem to be fine Alicia your baby is doing well, would you like to hear your baby'
'Yes I'd love too but isn't it too early to hear the baby Duffy'
'It's not uncommon to hear the baby this early in the pregnancy but we can try to find a heartbeat if you like Alicia'
'Ok let's give it a try'
Duffy ran the doppler transducer again against my stomach, the wait had been agonising and I was ok if she didn't find a heartbeat after all being it was really early to hear one in the pregnancy. Duffy smiled and turned up the volume on the speaker as a small heartbeat came through, a strong beating rhythm as my smile grew enormously as it finally felt real that I was pregnant
'There you are Alicia baby fm, I could listen to this all day'
'It's so amazing thank you so much'
'You're welcome'
The curtains flew open quickly and caught me off guard expecting it to be Ethan to check how thing were going but it was Cal who was stood on the other side, he froze in shock while his gaze travelled down my body to my small bump as he heard the strong heartbeat of our baby, Caleb shook his head in disbelief and left immediately out of cubicles
'Cal' I shouted after him so we could talk about our baby's future…..
