Hello! Here is another update to the Wedding, set before all the drama as Sophia left with Callum. The last chapter got me up to 100 reviews which amazed me haha, thank you all for the reviews you have been leaving they mean a lot. Please let me know the thoughts on this chapter, thanks, Kayxxx :)
Chapter Twenty five – The wedding: The bride's perspective
"Remind me again why we have to be outside for you to talk to me? It's freezing!" Sophia spoke with a shiver.
"Here" Callum smiled as he placed his jacket around her shoulders.
"Thanks" she smiled awkwardly.
"I just wanted to talk to you properly, without shouting over the music in there" he explained.
"Listen Soph, when I said I got help I was telling the truth-" he cut him off.
"Oh Callum I don't want to hear this, nothing is ever going to happen between us, I'm married now!" She replied holding up her wedding ring in his face.
"I know...that's not what I'm trying to say" he replied with a sigh as he wondered down a path beside a small pond, Sophia followed behind, he turned around and took her hands in his.
"Look, I know nothing is ever going to happen between us and to be honest, I wouldn't want it to. You and Ethan are perfectly made for each other and your little family is so precious I wouldn't want to come in between that again." He spoke as he looked deep into her eyes. This was the first time in over a year she was able to look into his eyes and not see anger or feel any fear from it.
"And I know I've said it before but this time it's the truth" he spoke as he walked down into the trees.
"Looking back on how I treated you, it wasn't fair and it disgusts me thinking I actually caused you and Thomas that much upset, you have every right to hate me for the rest of your life but after tonight you'll never see me again" he leaned back against a tree that had fallen on its side.
"What do you mean?" Sophia asked as she took a seat next to him.
"I'm leaving Holby tonight, I'm moving down to London. I've been transferred to a hospital as a paramedic down there so I have a job and I've already got a flat to rent, which will be ready to move into when I get there, I'm starting a fresh" he replied as he looked at her.
She looked at him in shock, "oh, well that's good, a fresh start will do you good" she nodded in approval.
"I just wanted to say thank you" he whispered as he looked back up through the trees at the beautiful castle-like building the reception party was being held in.
"For what?" She asked.
"For giving me a home, if it wasn't for you I would've frozen to death on a park bench now" he admitted, "but that would probably be for the best I'm sure you think" he joked.
"No, I'd never wish death on anyone Callum, I'm just glad you're getting yourself sorted" she smiled as she placed her hand on his back in comfort.
Suddenly the sound of a siren ripped through the air.
"What's that?!" Callum jumped with fright, "the police?" He spoke frantically as he stood up and hid behind a tree, "they've called the police on me, that little brat of yours he saw us leave" he spat out as he held his head in his hands.
"He's not a brat, his name is Thomas" she spoke defensively.
"And why would they call the police on you?" She asked confused.
"Because I'm with you, they all hate me in there, they think I'm going to hurt you, we've been here a while just go back" he replied turning away from her.
"Well you haven't hurt me have you?" She spoke bluntly, "Callum they won't have called the police, they would've come looking for me first at least" she reassured him.
The vehicle where the sirens were coming from suddenly appeared.
"An ambulance?" Sophia spoke in surprise as she watched through the trees at it pulling up outside the building.
"Arghh!" Callum shouted angrily as he punched a tree in front of him, startling Sophia.
"I thought they were all meant to be doctors in there" he spat out.
"What?" She asked confused, "Callum why is there an ambulance?" She spoke slowly, becoming more concerned.
"It's for Ethan I'm guessing" he replied.
"What?!" She called in worry.
"I gave him something to drink so I could buy us some time to talk, there's no way he would've let me talk to you" he explained.
"You've drugged my husband?!" She yelled in anger.
"He'll be fine, it's only enough to send him into a deep sleep, I thought the doctors in there would see that, he'll be fine, if not better, once he sleeps it off, Jesus he doesn't need an ambulance!" He shook his head angrily.
"Oh my God Ethan" she cried in worry as she turned to head back.
"Where are you going?!" Callum called as he stepped in her way.
"Ethan needs me" she shouted back desperately.
"No you can't leave, they'll know it's me who's done it, they'll call the police on me Sophia please don't" he begged.
"What am I supposed to do?" She asked.
"I don't know!" He yelled, "Just stay here until I think of something"
She shook her head; "No I need to be with Ethan and Thomas" she turned to run away but her grabbed her by the arm.
"Cal will kill me knowing I've done that to his brother" he swallowed hard.
"Yeah and just think what he'll do knowing you've kidnapped his brother's wife too" she warned as she watched all her guests rush outside.
"Callum let me get back to them, I'll just say I went for a walk, I'll say I haven't even seen you, I promise" she pleaded.
"Promises mean nothing" he shook his head.
"Yeah like you always promised you'd never lay a finger on me again" she scoffed.
"Or how my wife promised me she'd stay by my side until death do us part, or how she promised to always let me see my kids but she didn't, she ran away and she took them with her, they were my life Sophia" he spat out as tears brimmed in his eyes, "I don't believe in promises" he whispered as he sat back down on the fallen tree, undone his tie from around his neck and unbuttoned a few top buttons.
"You can go when it's all settled down, please, just not now" he sighed.
"Sophia!" They heard everyone calling her from a distance.
"Callum please let me go now, something bad might have happened to Ethan" she spoke frantically.
"Nothing bad will have happened he'll be over it within the hour" he shook his head.
"Sophia!" She heard Cal call, he sounded close.
"Cal!" She screamed.
"Shh what are you doing?!" Callum whispered as he stood up and held her from behind putting his hand over her mouth, "if I go to jail, I'll never be able to see my kids again, there's no way" he whispered in her ear.
She watched in horror as she saw Cal, he ran straight towards them stopping just before them, Looking deep into the trees "Cal just leave it" Zoe spoke as she reached him.
"I thought I heard something" Cal replied as he looked, it felt as though he were looking right at them. Sophia attempted to scream but Callum just held her mouth shut even tighter, tears trickled from her eyes as she watched Cal just hoping he'd notice them within the trees, he was so close.
"We'll call the police, they can deal with it okay? You need to be with Ethan" Zoe replied putting a comforting hand on his shoulder.
He looked down, "What if we never find her Zoe? What about Ethan? What about Thomas?" he shook his head in dread.
"Please Cal, please" Sophiacried in her own head.
"Of course we'll find her, she's a smart girl, she's probably just gone for a walk somewhere, it'll be okay" Zoe spoke softly as she pulled him in for a hug.
"No, I'm here! I'm right here" She was practically screaming in her head.
"Come on, let's go to the hospital, we'll call the police on the way" Zoe suggested as she put her arm around Cal and lead him back up to the building, he gave the trees one last suspicious glance before he left.
"God that was a close one" Callum sighed as he let go of Sophia, but she flopped to the floor gasping for air.
"Soph?" He called as he kneeled down beside her, "you're asthmatic!" He called in realisation. She nodded frantically as she struggled to breathe. He had held his tight grasp over her mouth for too long, she hadn't been able to take a breath, "it's okay Soph, it's going to be okay, I'm so sorry" he whimpered, "I'll go and get your inhalers" he spoke frantically as he stood up.
"No" she managed to speak, "there's...no...time..." she coughed; he pulled off her wedding veil from her hair and tilted her head back in attempt to open her airway.
He looked up quickly to find the ambulance was just leaving, he looked back down at Sophia who wheezed and desperately thought of something to help, tapping into his paramedic side.
"Theophylline!" He called in realisation, "Sophia listen, you're a doctor right? Theophylline helps with asthma symptoms, the drink I made that I gave to Ethan has it in, it works with relaxing the muscles along with loads of other stuff I put in there but it's safe, 100% safe, it's worth a try right?" He asked unaware of whether to use it or not.
She nodded her head frantically as she tugged on his shirt in desperation, "it'll send you asleep though Sophia" he protested.
"I-don't-care" she managed to whisper as she cried.
He nodded and pulled a bottle out of his jacket that he had placed around her. He gently sat her up and helped pour the drink into her mouth, slowly her breathing eased as she became increasingly drowsy. She laid her head against Callum's chest as the drink kicked in, he put his arm around her in comfort, "it's going to be okay" he whispered, he sat on the muddy ground resting back against the fallen tree with her in his arms.
"I want Ethan" she mumbled.
"I'll take you to him as soon as you wake up" he spoke sadly.
"I'd ask you if you promise but you don't believe in promises" she slurred as she closed her eyes.
He smiled sadly at her words, "Cross my heart and hope to die" he whispered as she dozed off.