"Constance…long time no speak" Sam smirked down the phone "Before you say anything Grace isn't here…she's at her friend's house…"
Cal gulped "ermm…this isn't Connie…this is her boyfriend…Cal…don't hang up…I need to talk to you…"
Sam rolled his eyes "What could you possibly want to talk to me about"
Cal gulped "Ermmm…Connie…she was in a car accident 3 weeks ago" he began
Sam sat down "…and?"
Cal sighed "She's been in a coma ever since…and she wont wake up…and its more important than normal that she does…"
Sam gulped "Oh god…"
Cal nodded "We're having a baby…she's 12 weeks pregnant and in a coma…" he laughed slightly
Sam gulped "I'm sorry to hear that…Congratulations on the baby…"
Cal nodded "thanks…another doctor here thinks that a good enough trigger would wake her up"
Sam nodded "I know where you're going with this…We will be on the next flight over…what do you want me to tell her?"
"Don't tell her about the baby…I want Connie to do that" Cal nodded looking at her
Sam nodded "Okay…we will probably see you tomorrow evening…I'm presuming she's at Holby?"
Cal nodded "Give me a ring when you arrive and I'll tell you where she is"
Sam nodded "Okay…thanks for letting me know"
Cal hung up and looked at Zoe "He's gonna bring her"
Zoe nodded and gently stroked Connie's hair "Hear that? Your little girl is coming to see you"
Cal sighed "Shame its under these circumstances"
Zoe nodded
THE NEXT EVENING
Cal paced around the room, jumping as Connie's phone went off "It's him…
They're here" he gulped looking at Zoe
Zoe grinned, "Answer it…"
Cal answered and spoke to Sam telling him where they were. Minutes later the door opened and a very upset Grace walked in followed by Sam.
Grace ran to Zoe and burst into fresh floods of tears.
Sam greeted Cal and gulped.
Zoe scooped Grace up and held her close "Shush sweetheart it's okay…"
Cal gulped
Grace sobbed "What if she doesn't wake up…"
Zoe rubbed her back "She will…you need to be a big girl for me…I need you to dry your eyes…and go and tell your mummy how much you love her and give her a big kiss"
Cal gulped
Grace sniffled and nodded kissing Zoe's cheek
Zoe smiled and put her down
Grace went to Connie and took her hand "Mummy…" she said her voice cracking "I love you…so much…and I'm sorry I went to America…please wake up" she said kissing her forehead
Cal, Zoe and Sam watched
Grace started crying again and looked round to them "Why isn't she awake?"
Zoe watched "it can take a while…just stay with her"
Grace sat in the chair next to the bed and sobbed
Zoe watched and smiled as she saw Connie's arm move "Cal…Cal look"
Cal sniffled and watched as different parts of Connie's body twitched "Go and get the doctors"
Zoe ran out and got them in before scooping Grace up "`you did good darling" She said as they started working on her
Eventually Connie's eyes opened slowly and her heart rate went up "Grace" She croaked, her throat dry.
Cal beamed as he burst into tears
Grace ran to her "mummy…mummy" she cried jumping on her
Zoe grinned tears streaming down her face
The doctors smiled "Go careful young lady…It's nice to have you back with us Mrs Beauchamp"
Connie held Grace close and looked to Cal and Zoe tears welling in her eyes
The doctor checked her over and sat her up "Remarkable…the power of love eh"
Sam smiled
Cal went to her side and kissed her deeply "I've missed you so much"
Connie kissed him back as deeply and cuddled into him "I've missed you too"
After a few hours of tests Connie was allowed home. Sam took Grace with them.
"Oh it's so good to be home!" she beamed walking through the door
Cal helped her in "We need to sit and talk" he said helping her to the sofa
Sam took the hint "C'mon Gracie lets go to the park"
Connie watched them go and nodded to Cal
"So I don't know what it is exactly you know…" he began
"I know I'm pregnant Cal I've been in a coma not gone deaf" she said cutting him off
Cal nodded "I know we haven't been together long…so we need to talk about what's gonna happen"
Connie nodded "We have got serious very quickly…" she said "Well by the time the baby comes we will have been together round abouts a year…"
Cal nodded "I know…but we need to make the best of it…and a year…well that's not too bad"
Connie nodded "But that's still not long…"
Cal nodded "So what do you propose we do? Okay that was a bad word choice…not that yet…what do you think we should do"
Connie smirked at him as she thought "Why don't we try living together?" she said finally "In a place on our own…without Ethan…not that I have anything against him…I can sort my place out and you can come and move in there just me and you…see how we get on…"
Cal nodded "okay yeah that's a good idea…and what happens when the baby comes? Your house is big but it's not big enough for another child"
Connie looked at him "If we have managed to live together without murdering each other…when I'm 7 months gone we can start going to look at houses together…"
Cal nodded "Okay…so we have 4 months…do you think we will work? Officially living together? I mean you staying at mine is different from actually moving in together…"
Connie nodded "we can give it a shot...but we also have the issue of the staff at work…hardly any of them know we are even together let alone having a baby…how are we going to handle that?"
Cal shrugged "So Ethan knows…Zoe and Max know…"
"Charlie and Tess know…" Connie nodded "I'm sorry but they were sitting in the front garden and saw me sneaking home from your house…Tess lives over the road from me and Charlie is round hers 24/7…I couldn't lie to them…"
Cal nodded "So the only people that don't are Robyn, Lily, Rita, Lofty and Dylan?"
She nodded "And the paramedics…so how do we get it out in the open for them…"
Cal smirked "We could do a Zax?"
Connie raised an eyebrow "Zax? What's a Zax?"
Cal chuckled "God woman you need to come out of your office more…Zax is the cute little nickname for Zoe and Max…anyway you know what happened there you saw it"
Connie chuckled "So what are we? Cannie" She laughed "No sorry I'll be serious…yes I was there when that happened…and we can't copy them…"
Cal shrugged "Why don't we just put a picture of the next scan up in the staffroom with writing underneath explaining and get it done like that?"
Connie nodded "Sounds like a plan"