A/N I promised this sooner to loads of people but I've been so busy that I have literally had no time to write! Hope you enjoy the chapter anyway (even though it is a little bit late!)! :-D

Thanks to sarah4steve, perpetualpathology, waterlooroadfan2012, lilangel1 and Minxheart for reviewing! They were really nice and made me smile! :-D

Btw, really random thing here, but has anyone else noticed that Sam (aka Sam Nicholls!) is in the new Casualty music?! She's not even in the programme anymore! Never mind, it makes me smile (as I miss them and Casualty's not nearly as good anymore)! :-D

As Sam and Tom made they're way back down to the ED they had beaming smiles on their faces. Now that they knew that the baby was a girl they could start discussing names, and Sam couldn't wait. Usually she wouldn't be the sort of person for that kind of thing, but she was looking forward to when they got to go home so they could just sit on the sofa and decide what they're little girl was going to be called.

"Earth to Sam." Tom's voice broke through her thoughts. He looked at her as she snapped back into reality. "Are you OK?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, I was just thinking about what we might call the baby," said Sam. "Can we talk about it tonight?"

"Of course we can," replied Tom, sensing the excitement in Sam's voice. "We'll finish here in a few hours, then we can go home for a night of movies and baby names!"

"Yay!" said Sam, dancing in happiness slightly, but stopped when she saw Tom smiling at her. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just that it's out of character for you," said Tom, laughing.

"Blame the hormones!" said Sam, and they both laughed as they walked the final few steps back into the ED reception.

When they got there is was just as busy as it had been before, and Sam's eyes darted around nervously looking for Sarah Stevenson.

"She's not here, it's alright," said Tom, gently placing his hand on Sam's shoulder. Sam looked at him and smiled gratefully, before walking forwards into the crowd of people.

They went to the staffroom to quickly sort themselves out before they had to get back to work.

"Sam," said Tom when they got to the staffroom. "Do you want me to ask Zoe if you can go home?"

"No, because she won't let me so it's pointless asking," said Sam, taking her scrub top off. She was just about to get a new one from her locker when she heard Tom gasp.

"What?" she asked.

"Are you alright?" Tom asked, coming towards her. "You're abdomen's turning purple!"

Tom put his hand on one of the bruises and Sam winced in pain.

"Do you want some pain killers?" he asked.

"Yes please," Sam replied, pulling her scrub top over her head.

Tom opened his locker and brought out a packet of paracetamol. He got two tablets out and handed them to Sam. He then went to get a glass of water for her.

"Thanks," said Sam, putting the tablets into her mouth and then swallowing them with the water. She then handed the glass to Tom who put it on the side. "We'd better go."

"Yeah," said Tom reluctantly. "But Sam, if you feel unwell or tired or something's wrong, come and find me, OK? Even if I can't get you the day off I can still make sure you're alright."

"OK, I will," said Sam. "Thanks." She then turned to walk out of the door, but as she did so her legs gave way.

"Whoa!" said Tom, rushing over to her and grabbing her before she hit the floor. He then gently lowered them both to the floor. "Are you OK?"

"I'm fine, but my stupid legs keep collapsing," said Sam.

"This is the third time," said Tom. "I think we should get you checked out."

"It's the fourth actually, because they gave way earlier when you weren't around," said Sam. "And no, because it's just because I'm so tired. I'll be alright in a minute."

"You shouldn't be working if you've collapsed four times," said Tom. "I'm telling Zoe."

"No, please don't," Sam said quickly before Tom had a chance to get up. "I'll be fine."

"OK," said Tom. "Just don't get up for a minute."

"OK," said Sam, and rested her head on Tom's chest as he held her close.

A couple of minutes later Sam was about to get up when the staffroom door opened to reveal Zoe.

"Why are you sitting on the floor again?" she asked, a bit of anger showing in her voice. "There are lots of patients out there that need treating and you think it's OK to just sit on the floor and let them die!"

Tom felt the anger boiling inside him. He got up and faced Zoe, despite the protests from Sam.

"Do you think we're sitting on the floor by choice?!" he began, looking angrily at Zoe as he shouted.. "If we had a choice we would be out there treating patients right now! But when Sam went to treat those patients that you're talking about, even though she's so tired that she keeps falling asleep, when she went to treat those patients her legs collapsed and she nearly hit the floor! I then caught her and sat her on the floor so that we wouldn't have another casualty to deal with! Obviously she couldn't then stand up straight away, so we were just sitting on the floor for a couple of minutes until her legs were strong enough to support her weight again! In my opinion she should have gone home hours ago but you are too selfish to let her!"

"Do you really expect me to believe that?!" said Zoe, her voice rising. "Sam isn't ill, and is perfectly capable of working!"

"Then why did she collapse?!" Tom shouted.

"She didn't, that's the point!" Zoe shouted back.

"Well she did, and she's going home right this minute!" shouted Tom. He then turned to Sam and lowered his voice. "Come on, Sam, let's go home."

"You take her home and neither of you work here again!" shouted Zoe.

Sam POV

I didn't know what to do. Go with Tom and lose my job, or stay here and risk collapsing again, possibly in resus where it could have dangerous consequences. I looked between Tom and Zoe, both of whom were still telling me to follow their plan.

"I-I-I-I-I-I," I started, but I couldn't say any more. Instead I curled up small, feeling my little girl kick softly in rhythm with my heartbeat.

Normal POV

"Now look what you've done!" shouted Tom, gesturing over to where Sam was curled up into a ball.

"Me?!" Zoe shouted in shock. "You're the one that tried to make her go home and confused her."

"And you're the one stopping her!" shouted Tom. "If you had have let her go home when I first asked she'd be fine!"

"She was fine anyway!" shouted Zoe.

"No she wasn't!" shouted Tom. "She's been exhausted all day, and you don't care!"

"Well maybe if she'd tried to get some sleep she wouldn't be!" shouted Zoe.

"She would have done, but she didn't want to have a nightmare!" shouted Tom. "You know how horrible they are!"

"Well if she hadn't have been stupid enough to join the army in the first place then she'd be alright wouldn't she?!" shouted Zoe.

Tom POV

Sam, stupid?! Did Zoe just call Sam stupid?! I felt the anger rise inside me and then before I knew what I was doing I slapped Zoe across the face.

Zoe just stood there in shock before she eventually spoke. "What the hell was that for?!"

"For calling Sam stupid," I said calmly, hiding my anger.

"That was no reason to slap me!" shouted Zoe.

"You had no reason to call Sam stupid, so I think we're equal don't you?" said Tom.

"Right, that's it, go home now!" shouted Zoe, pointing towards the staffroom door.

Sam POV

What?! Zoe can't just send Tom home! I need him here. I need him to make sure I'm alright, to give me a hug when I'm upset, to help me if I collapse again. He can't go home!

"No!" I shouted. Tom and Zoe turned to me, stunned that I had joined in the conversation. "You can't send him home!"

"I can and I am," said Zoe. "He slapped me across the face for God's sake!"

"Please, Zoe," I said. "I need him."

"Well he should have controlled his temper then shouldn't he?!" said Zoe. "Tom, go home, now!"

"No, Zoe!" I said. "No!"

My breathing began to speed up, and I began to curl up in a ball on the floor. Immediately Tom rushed to my side and took me into a hug.

"Shh, Sam, it's alright," said Tom, holding me close. "It's OK, you're alright."

"Don't... go..." I said between rapid breaths.

"I'm not going anywhere," said Tom, rubbing my back comfortingly. "Just try and take some deep breaths for me."

"I... can't..." I said.

"Yes you can," said Tom. "Breathe in, and then out. In, then out."

I tried, but it wasn't working: my breath was still coming out in short gasps.

"Sam, please, just try and breathe," said Tom.

"I... am..." I said, still breathing quickly and shallowly.

"OK, OK, it's alright," said Tom. "You'll be OK in a minute."

"Not... if... I... can't... breathe..." I said between rapid breaths.

"Zoe?" asked Tom, looking behind him. "Can you go and get some oxygen?"

"OK," she said. She turned to leave but then came back in. "When this is finished you're going straight home Tom."

"I know, just get the oxygen will you?!" said Tom, obviously annoyed that Zoe still cared about the fact that he had slapped her more than she did me.

"OK," said Zoe, before quickly leaving the room. She came back a minute later with an oxygen mask, which she put over my face.

"Is that better?" Tom asked gently.

I nodded, even though my breathing hadn't slowed down that much.

"Try and take some deep breaths into the oxygen," Tom instructed.

I did as I was told, and eventually my breathing slowed down to it's normal speed.

Tom smiled at me. "Are you alright now?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said, taking the mask off my face. I found it a bit hard to breathe, so I put it back on.

"Are you OK?" Tom asked, seeing me put the mask back onto my face.

"I just found it a bit hard to breathe, so I put it back on," I explained, and the worried look on Tom's face disappeared.

Zoe coughed. "Tom, you have to go home now," she said.

Tom was about to protest but the look on Zoe's face stopped him. He whispered in my ear. "I'll see you later Sam. If you need me give me a ring and I'll help you. OK?"

"OK," I said, although it wasn't really OK.

"Bye, Sam," said Tom as he walked out of the staffroom. Zoe followed him as I lay on the floor and cried.

A/N Sorry, this is way later than expected! I also kind of forgot to include the other family members (oops!), but I'll do that next chapter as I want to get this up now. Please read and review! :-D