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Baby Blues

Leanne could barely be bothered to get up. Her mouth was dry and her throat ached from all the throwing up she'd been doing all morning. Despite being just six weeks pregnant, Leanne was shocked at how ill she actually felt. Her stomach growled loudly as she tried to climb out of bed to get something to eat. After all, the baby couldn't help making her have morning sickness. She could just blame Nick instead.

Nick. She closed her eyes to stop the tears from flowing. It still hurt, even a day after, hearing what he had said and being so un supportive. Not like Nick didn't have a part in her pregnancy. The thought of it all made her feel dizzy again so she headed into the kitchen to get some breakfast. She didn't feel like eating much, so she settled on some chocolate biscuits; nibbling on the biscuit, she checked her phone.

Nick had left her 16 messages and she had six missed calls from him. Ironic really, she thought. 16 years since Nick last put her in the position of being pregnant with a child he didn't want. And six was the number of weeks that the pregnancy test had told her she was pregnant.

Each message he had left her was more grovelling and apologetic than the last.

Nick:

I'm sorry, please answer my calls. Xxx


Lea, please answer my calls. Please. Xxxx


Leanne, I am so sorry. I want to know you are alright. Xxxx


Leanne, you know I didn't mean it at all. I want to be with you so please, please pick up the phone. I need to know you are okay. Xxxxxxx


You know I am an idiot and I need you Lea. Please just ring me back and put me out of my misery. I am going out of my mind worrying about you. Xxxxx


Please Leanne, please just pick up the phone. I need to talk to you and I really didn't mean to upset you last night. I'm a fool without you. I love you and I need you. Xxxx


Leanne felt a rather large lump in her throat as she read the final text message that he had sent her just an hour ago. He loved her. If only it wasn't as complicated with her being pregnant. Why did her life seem to do that? Just before she even could say yes to Nick, she dropped one of the biggest things on him. It didn't help that she wanted to get back together with him again and would have agreed there and then had she not told him she was expecting his baby. If only things weren't as messy. If only.

Leanne wasn't the only person feeling and thinking the same way. Over at flat eight in Victoria Court, Nick sat on the couch, checking his phone constantly. Why was she not picking up? Had something happened? No. It can't have, he thought. If it had he would have found out by now as someone like Norris or Carla would have had great pleasure in telling him something awful had happened to the woman carrying his child.

The very thought of something as awful as that made his stomach churn, just like his ex-wife, who darted into the bathroom at her own flat to throw up. Nick put his hand to his head and sighed as he looked around his rather empty, rather miserable flat. The clinical and perfect way the pictures and furniture was organised made him sigh again. God he missed her and he needed her. He couldn't even sort out his flat without her. But then the baby came into his head as he focused on the wallpaper. What if he did decide to step up and become a father to his and Leanne's son or daughter? He had plenty of experience with Bethany, Max, Lily and Simon. Oh god. He'd forgotten all about Simon and Lea having to tell him about her pregnancy. He had seen Simon's reaction to Tracy and Ken punishing him so how would he feel now Leanne was having a child that was her own flesh and blood?

Nick's mind was all over the place. It hadn't helped that he had spent the entire night ringing and texting Leanne in whatever way he could. He knew it was desperate and that Eva may not have known about their night together or even the baby but maybe he needed to go to the flat. Perhaps he had to force himself on Leanne to get her to speak to him. Then again, she was pretty upset and she never got up late, so he assumed she had already seen her phone and the endless messages he had sent.

The fantasies of the next eight months whizzed before his eyes. He and Leanne cooing over scans of a child so small they could lose sight of the baby in the blink of an eye. The two of them becoming closer and Nick finding the perfect time to ask her for another chance. The first kick the baby would make from inside of her swollen stomach, letting Mummy and Daddy know that he or she was just as important as the rest of their dysfunctional family. All the trips to buy cots, baby clothes and even getting a buggy. Nick couldn't hide the smile it brought to his face. Then there would be the major scan telling them if it would be a baby boy or a girl and reaching the half way point of the journey. He could imagine taking Simon out again. Nick, Leanne and Simon all walking together on a holiday somewhere or even enjoying a family meal together. Then the final few weeks swirled around his head. Leanne becoming so big she couldn't stand behind the bar of the Bistro or even sit properly at a table. He raised a smile at the thought of the frantic rush to Weatherfield General and Leanne shouting the odds at him, blaming him for the pain she was going through as labour kicked in. Grinning like the Cheshire Cat, Nick imagined the first time he would hold his daughter, or son in his safe, loving arms where their own mother had sought love and comfort. He and Leanne would love their baby so much and give them all they could. He had to be there at four. He knew it.


Back at Leanne and Eva's flat, Leanne had managed to stop being sick and actually felt hungry. Eva entered the living room, dressed in skinny jeans and a pink embellished top.

"Morning Mummy!" She squealed, patting Leanne on the arm as she lay on the couch.

"Morning," Leanne grunted back. Her head spun and her tummy longed for food. More than anything she wanted toast, a chocolate muffin and a coffee. Usually she turned her nose up at coffee and would drink a milky tea instead. Great she thought. Say goodbye to a tiny waist and a small stomach.

"How are you feeling today?" Eva asked as she filled up the kettle.

"Dreadful. I didn't realise I would feel this bad," Leanne said.

Eva tilted her head in sympathy and looked at her sister. "Well, what do you want to eat? You must be hungry hun! How about a fritata?"

Leanne turned green slightly at the mention of Eva's usual superfood breakfast. "Oh god no! Not after yesterday. If throwing up was an Olympic sport I'd have a gold medal by now."

Eva laughed and suggested, "How about we go to Roys then? I bet there would be something in there you would fancy eating."

Leanne nodded and said, l'd love a coffee and some toast. Actually, I could kill for them right now!"

Eva patted Leanne's knee and replied, "Right then! Let's go to Roys and feed the baby!"

"Er, and me Eva!" Leanne laughed as Eva paused, then caught on to the joke.


At Nick's flat, the waiting around for Leanne to call him or text was too much to cope with. He grabbed his coat and put it on before heading down Victoria Street to Leanne and Eva's flat in the hopes she would be there. She wasn't, as Nick found out when he rung the buzzer.

The continuous buzzing meant that both sisters had gone out so Nick began to wonder where Leanne had got to. She couldn't have been at the Bistro as it was her day off. He knew she wouldn't have been with Simon either so where had she got too? Nick sighed and trudged on to Roys to get a coffee for himself and to find a way to get Leanne to talk to him.

He opened the door of the small cafe and was greeted by Anna, behind the till.

"Morning Nick, what can I get you?" She asked smiling, just as he heard whispers over in the corner by the window. It was Eva. Eva and Leanne.

"Oh god. Leanne, it's Nick." Eva whispered but not very well as Nick still heard.

"Well just pretend you didn't seem him!" Leanne angrily grumbled back.

"I'll have a coffee please Anna. Actually, make it two."

Anna nodded and headed back behind the counter to make Nick's two coffees. Maybe the way to get her to talk to him was through high levels of caffeine.

He walked over to Leanne and Eva's table. Eva offered a smile but Leanne didn't lift her head up from her breakfast of a muffin and toast. Nick glanced at Eva who pulled a face.

"Well, er... I need to get to work Leanne. So I'll see you later hun," Eva smiled, grabbing her jacket and handbag before standing up so Nick could take her seat. She couldn't wait to get away from the awkwardness of the conversation that would soon happen between Nick and Leanne.

Leanne looked at Eva and said, "Bye, 'ave a nice day. See you later." Eva returned the smile and nodded before mouthing, "Good luck." With that, Eva darted out of the door of Roys.

Leanne continued to chomp on her unhealthy breakfast as Nick watched her.

"How are you feeling?" Nick asked, sounding genuinely concerned, which he was. It all made sense as to why she had been feeling so ill.

"Fine." Leanne replied flatly, not even glancing up to meet his gaze.

Nick reached across the table and placed his hand on hers. "I want to talk to you about...about the baby," he whispered, ensuring nobody sat near them could hear. After all, it was still early days in the pregnancy and things could go wrong.

Leanne's eyes flicked up and met Nick's. "Oh alright. Shall we discuss you completely washing your hands of the whole situation or the fact that you don't want to be involved?"

Leanne tried to pull her hand out from Nick's but his grip tightened, pulling her closer. "I want to talk about yesterday, all of it. Everything I said, my feelings for you and our baby." Our baby, god he couldn't hide the smile at the corners of his mouth as he said it.

If she hadn't of been sat in the busy cafe at eight thirty, she would have melted into him there and then. "It's not that simple," She began, moving closer to the safety of Nick.

"It is, if we love each-other. I was wrong yesterday and I want to be in the baby's life. I was just in shock and I didn't expect you to be pregnant, especially now. I assumed you were lying and trying to hurt me because of mine and Erica's baby."

"Two coffees!" Anna grinned, placing the coffees down between the two expecting parents.

Leanne didn't take her eyes off Nick as she was seething. Why on earth would she have lied to him about being pregnant? Did he not know her at all? That was the final straw to a long list of stupid things he had managed to say to her in under twenty-four hours.

"Thanks Anna," Nick said, looking awkwardly.

"Right well, no problem." She frowned at Leanne before walking back behind the counter of Roys.

"Anyway, what I was going to say was...," Nick started, just as Leanne interrupted. The smoke looked as though it was erupting from her ears.

"You thought I was lying to you!? Unbelievable! That's right Nick, after the hellish few weeks, in fact years I've had I thought I would lie to you about carrying our child! That's right, Leanne flamin' Battersby, baby liar!"

Nick didn't want to back down, especially when he knew what his heart wanted, her. "It's Leanne flamin' Tilsley and I was pretty stunned at the time!"

Leanne pulled the face where her tongue stuck out from the inside of her cheek. Nick could tell she would lash out and tell him where to go fairly soon.

"Oh, just. Just get stuffed!" Leanne barked as she grabbed her bag and stormed out of the cafe. Nick threw a five pound note down on the table and gestured to Anna to collect it, which she did. Nick chased after Leanne, who was heading towards her flat.

"Leanne!" Nick said, grabbing her hand in attempt to make her turn around and talk to him.

"What?!" She screamed back, gaining attention from David and Kylie who were heading to work.

"Ooh 'eck!" Kylie said. "Must be about yesterday when she turned him down."

David watched on, trying to hide his uneasiness as he knew why Nick was arguing with Leanne. "Yeah, must be that," David lied, ushering his wife into Audrey's.

Kylie pulled a face, annoyed that she was missing out on some of the gossip to tell Audrey. "What David?" She protested.

"Come on, leave them alone. They're going though issues..."

"More than Vogue by the looks of it." Kylie joked as David replied.

"I'll go and check he's alright."

"Nick, just leave me alone!" Leanne tearfully pleaded, unlocking the door and trying to go into the flat without him following her. He was not going to be there at four for certain.

"Please Lea," he pushed on the door as she sat behind it on the inside and put the latch on the door before sliding down the door, hysterically crying.

David walked over to his brother, who was stood by the door of the flat, waiting for Leanne to finally give in and open the door.

"Nick?" David asked.

Nick glanced at his younger brother, then back at the unopened door.

"Leanne, please," Nick sounded exasperated as he attempted one last time. Leanne refused, silently sobbing against the door. She wished she could switch her feelings on and off for Nick because then it all wouldn't hurt as much. The same, monotonous speech that he would always pull out for her. There felt as though there was no meaning and he was going through the motions with his apologies. The tears soon fell quicker and the crying was beyond stopping. The floodgates had opened and Leanne slowly made her way upstairs and got back into the bed to sleep, in the hope of making her feel better. But also to block out the never-ending heartache of her life.

At that point she wanted Simon to bring her one of his handmade creations he would make on a Saturday morning for her and tell her, "You're the best Mummy ever." After crying into her pillow for what felt like hours, Leanne settled into a sleep.


Over at Nick's flat, David was talking to his brother.

"What do you mean you upset her?!" David looked bewildered and baffled at how stupid Nick had been.

"It's not how it sounds David! I said I thought that she was lying at first and that she was doing it to upset me about Erica losing the baby."

David smacked his face in his hands. "You absolute wazzock! What were you playin' at? She's pregnant you fool, there hormones are like an umbrella in this country! There up one minute and down the next!"

"Well I know that now!" Nick frowned, taking the same position that his brother had, hitting his face with his hand in frustration at his foolishness.

"What are you going to do then?" David asked.

"I don't know. I want to go but I don't think she'll want me there."

David wasn't sure how to repair the situation as he didn't exactly know what had happened between them and what had been said. Still, he offered his brother valuable advice.

"Go, just go and show her how you feel."

"But..." Nick began but David raised a finger.

"No, no but. Do you love her?"

"What are we three?" Nick asked. He didn't feel that comfortable telling the man who killed his second marriage and nearly Nick himself.

"Seriously. Do you still love her?"

"Fine. I love her just as much as I did when we were together."

David took that as encouragement to continue his motivational talk. "Right. Then be at Weatherfield General at four and tell her that. You love her and she loves you. What could go wrong?"

Nick smiled but deep down he knew it could all go wrong and so very quickly.


Waking up at three thirty, Leanne realised she had managed to sleep through almost all of the day. She couldn't believe how much better she felt. But then the "Oh crap" kicked in. She had less than half an hour to get sorted and get down to ths hospital.

After frantically getting showered, Leanne then put on a pair of black skinny jeans, a white top, her beige coat and some black high heels. The bruises had faded on her body and she felt better in general. Sleep always provided that. An escape from the issues in her life but the escape never lasted long. No matter how many hours she slept, the problems were still present, if not worse when she awoke.

Grabbing her black handbag, Leanne left the flat and hopped into a taxi from Streetcars. Thank god it wasn't Steve or Michael. Luckily Lloyd had left the Street a few weeks earlier, so Leanne didn't mind too much that the driver was a complete stranger.

She arrived at Weatherfield General with ten minutes to spare and even she was impressed with how early she was. The Maternity Department of the hospital was large and much like the rest of Weatherfield General; it was very clinical and all too familiar to Leanne. She approached the nurse on the reception desk of the department.

"Hiya, how can I help?" The friendly female in her late forties asked.

"I'm Leanne Tilsley," she said, reading the names the nurse was looking through for her name.

"Oh yep, okay Leanne, take a seat please," she gestured to the seats in the main waiting area of the department.

Leanne took a seat and wished she had been up from her nap sooner so she could have brought a decent magazine. 'Gardening Guide' and 'Mum and Baby: The story' didn't seem like Leanne's cup of tea. Instead, she took in all the things going on around her.

Over to her left, there was a married couple the same age as her and Nick. Well, she assumed they were anyway. The wife had a huge baby bump and her husband had his arm protectively around her and kissed her with so much love. Leanne couldn't help but feel envious of the happy, almost complete family beside her and she also felt very alone.

She looked over at the door and still there was no sight of the man who she longed to have next to her the most.

On her right was another young couple, the woman sat crying over her baby and the life her and her boyfriend could have had together with their little baby. Leanne felt so empty and alone, despite their being a tiny human being living inside of her.

Another look over at the door and Nick had still not appeared. Leanne felt defeated and was almost certain he wouldn't turn up.

"Leanne Tilsley?" A nurse called, entering the waiting room. Leanne stood up and forgot to speak.

The nurse did all the talking for her, which was nice. "This way then Leanne," She smiled as Leanne glanced one last time at the door and headed into the room, alone...


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