I know it's been absolute ages, since I last updated this, but massive writers block and loads of stories to write and complete on both accounts.

This was a Tam prompt, prompted by x snow-pony x and the prompt was: Something happens to Sam, at work, but what, will she tell Tom, will she be OK?

If people reading this, have any prompts that they would like me to have a go at, feel free to PM me or leave your pairing/ idea in a review. The reason I ask is, I have three prompts left and after that I'm finished and I don't want to finish this yet, unless anybody has any prompts for me, then I will close this story. I will only write for characters that I know.

This is a bit rusty, I admit, I think it's because I haven't written for this in a while.


The Secret Life Of Casualty

Chapter 65

Sam was awoken by her 1 - year old daughter Lily, who was teething, she looked over to Tom's side of the bed, and was expecting to find him, he wasn't there. She sat up, yawned and stretched. She swung her legs out of bed and walked over to her daughters cot.

"Mama " The little girl continued. Sam held Lily close as she rocked her. The 1- year old babbled as Sam made her way downstairs, she was alone Tom had.

Sam decided to cycle to work, she hadn't done in a while, she put on her helmet and climbed on to her bike. She started to peddle off on the roads, she never had a problem on the road, so she wasn't worried about today, she plugged in her iPod and started the ride to work.

She was 10 minutes from reaching the ED when she hit something, or someone. She stopped and to her horror she realized it was Tom.

"Can you hear me?" She asked, willing him to give her an answer.

Tom didn't respond. Sam called an ambulance.

She didn't hear the ambulance arrive. All, she did, was hold Tom's hand and pray that he was going to be alright.

The familiar blue sirens went off in the distance and paramedics got out, ready to attend to the patient.

"Sam, princess?" Jeff asked, kneeling down beside her and assessing Tom's injuries. "What happened?"

Sam froze, not being able to find the words to answer Jeff.

They slipped the spinal board under his beck and then Dixie attached a collar to his head and then they loaded him on to the trolley as Jeff shut the back doors, Dixie drove while Sam sat in the back, watching Tom.

The ambulance pulled in to the Ambulance Bay and Jeff unloaded Tom and wheeled him towards the entrance.

"What have we got?" Zoe asked.

"This is Thomas Kent, 31, involved in an RTC. Sustained a head injury, and possible dislocated leg. BP 90/ 60. GSC 3. "

"What happened?" Zoe asked as she helped them. She didn't receive an answer. Sam couldn't believe that she'd hit her own husband.

Zoe looked at the CT scan, it wasn't good news. He had a hematoma. It would require an operation. Zoe sent Fletch to update Sam and he found her outside of RESUS.

Sam nodded as Fletch explained to her. Sam stood up and walked out of RESUS.

Zoe took another CT, it was still the same.

Zoe looked at Sam, who wasn't crying, she thought that made her look weak, but Zoe knew that she would want her to keep going. A long, beep came out from the heart monitor. Sam shut her eyes as Zoe did CPR. She stopped for a pulse check, she found none, she kept going on and Tom eventually lost his life.

Sam couldn't forgive herself. She wondered down to the chapel of rest where Tom had been taken and held Tom's hand. She looked at her husband, his leg was in his plaster and his hair had been washed. She gently kissed his forehead as a lone tear slid down her cheek, she was going to miss this man.

Fletch and Zoe were both concerned for the widow. Sam had fled to the staff toilets and, once in there she sat on the toilet seat and sobbed. She hoped people would understand that it was an accident.

She was now a mother to two toddlers and she knew Fletch and Zoe would help her cope. She was close to them to. Fletch was her best friend and Zoe was also a close friend.


She went home numbly, refusing Zoe's offer to let her drive her and let herself in. The house seemed dark and empty without Tom and Sam felt sad. She walked in to the living room where Lily was sitting on the rug. She held her arms out to her mum. Sam held her.

"Dadda " Lily said, Sam smiled, it was her first word, but as she and Ben grew older, Sam realized they would ask questions and she didn't know how to answer them. She walked in to the kitchen and opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle to feed Lily, the child-minder, Holly, Tom had hired, was feeding Ben and Sam was grateful. She rocked her and watched as Lily closed her eyes. Sam took her up to bed and tucked her in, and did the same with Ben.

Once, they were asleep, Sam headed to her room, opened a draw and found one of Tom's sweaters, she wrapped it around her, it was like Tom was holding her. She got on the bed and pulled the covers back as she got in and lay on the her side of the bed, Tom was never going to join her.


Next chapter: Tess finds out she's pregnant following her ill - fated affair with Fletch. Prompted by Guest.