There is a drug mentioned in this chapter and I knew nothing about the drug, before I started writing this chapter, so I researched, sorry if any of it is incorrect.
Sweet- as - honey: Thank you for the review. I love making things dramatic and complicated for Ricky. Taylor does have a plan and I am looking forward to revealing her plan chapters, I won't say who she targets, though. She loves him and I don't think that's ever going to go away. I feel sorry for her as well. No matter how hard Cal tries he always seems to mess up. Still, I'm sure Ethan would try to help his brother out.
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The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 238.
"Mate, you can't make her choose like that, " Brax said, even though him and Ricky were split, he was still protective of her. He knew it was because she had birthed him a child.
"This has nothing to do with you, " Cal retorted.
"She's the mother of my son, it has everything to do with me. " Brax snapped, folding his arms.
"Stop it!" Ricky shouted, shutting the two guys in to silence. She sat down on the couch and took several deep breathes, in truth she had a headache, she was feeling cold and she felt sick and her ankles were swollen and the arguing was just stressing her out. "Cal, " She turned to face him. "I can't have you two arguing all the time. "
"Sorry Ricky. " He looked up at Brax. "You can stay if you want. "
"I can't, " Brax shook his head. "I need to go. "
Standing up Cal left them alone, so they could share a few moments together.
"I'll keep your secret, " Ricky whispered.
"Come here" Brax told her, hugging her. "I'll always love you, you know?"
Ricky smiled. "I know. "
Releasing the hug he watched as her expression changed from a small smile to a look of horror, pain is she collapsed in to her estranged partners arms.
"Rick, what's wrong?" Brax asked.
"I don't know." She whispered, Brax could hear the fear in her voice.
"Doc. " He shouted.
"What happened?" Cal asked, as he looked to Ricky's pale face to Brax's frantic expression.
"Something's really wrong. " Ricky whispered, she remembered the pain, the fear, from her first miscarriage.
"Shush. " Brax soothed.
Cal called Ethan.
"Hello. "
"Hey, bro. "
"Cal, what do you want?"
Cal looked at Ricky, who was lying in Brax's arms, beads of sweat on her face, face screwed up as she tried to cope with the pain.
"Brax. " Ricky moaned.
"I'm here, " Brax pushed her hair back off her face.
"It's Ricky, I think there something wrong with the baby. "
"On my way. " Ethan told him.
"Cheers bro. " Cal closed his phone. "Ethan's on his way. Is there anything I can get you?"
"C..Can y-you check on Case?" Ricky asked.
Cal nodded and went to check on Casey, he was chewing his teddy's ear.
Cal answered the door.
Ethan set down his medical bag and started asking questions as he got down next to Ricky.
"Do you have-" Ethan was struggling as a small blush come to his cheeks, to get his words out.
"What Ethan means is, " Cal started. "Do you have trouble going the toilet?"
Ricky nodded. "A little bit. "
"Why didn't you say?" Brax asked, concerned.
"I didn't want to worry you " Ricky replied.
Cal and Ethan looked at each other as Ethan spoke.
"You have a urinary tract infection. "
"Is that serious?" Brax asked.
"We'll be prescribing her a course of antibiotic's once we get to the ED. " Cal told him.
"Right" Brax nodded, lifting her in to his arms.
Ricky buried her face in to Brax's chest.
Cal unlocked the car doors as Brax settled his estranged partner in.
Cal and Ethan sat in the front as Cal started the engine.
Zoe saw to the two doctors that were usually on shift.
Brax lay Ricky on to the bed as she took some deep breathes.
"What happened?" Zoe asked.
"She collapsed. " Brax told her.
Zoƫ nodded.
"Dr. Hanna?" Ethan whispered. "Ricky mentions she finds going to the toilet difficult"
"It's most likely a urine tract. "
Cal smirked.
"I'll prescribe you a course of antibiotics called ciprofloxacin " Zoe informed her.
"Will the antibiotics harm the baby?" Ricky asked.
Zoe shook her head. "No, just take them for 7 days and I'll test your urine again once you've finished the antibiotics. "
"Sure. " Ricky nodded as Zoe went to the pharchimist and showed the prescription that she had written up, the pharmacist woman took the prescription paper and found the correct box, she checked the address.
Zoe thanked her and went back down to the ED. She entered the cubicle.
"Here are your antibiotics. " Zoe told her, handing them to her.
"Thanks doc "
Cal and Ethan returned home, Cal flopped on to the couch, he can't believe he's made a mess of things, but that's what he did, he messed up and then struggled to find a way to make things better.
Brax drove Ricky back home.
Pouring her a glass of water, he handed her the glass and watched as she took the tablet out of the packet and popped it in to her mouth.
She looks up at her estranged partner again. She repeats her earlier question.
"Stay Brax, "
"You know I can't. " He told her and kissing her once more, he grabbed his bag and left her flat.
As she heard the door shut, realising he'd left her again, she burst in too tears.
Which set Casey off.
"Coming mate, " She whispered. She got up and headed in to the room and picked him off, rocking him. "Your daddy loves you, mate"
She stayed with him for a while, until he drifted off to sleep. Pulling the covers over him, she kissed his forehead.
"Sweet dreams, little man. "
Cal wondered what to do, he didn't want to lose the baby or the woman that he loved.
Ethan walked in to the room.
"Thanks for today. "
He replies, just as Taylor walks in to the room, her expression is unreadable.
"Where have you been?" She asks.
"At the hospital. "
"Why?"
"Ricky had some pain and I thought she might be losing the baby. "
"Is the baby ok?" Taylor asked.
"Our baby's going to be fine. " Cal said.
It was hitting Cal that in a few short months him and Taylor were going to be parents to a little boy or girl and he couldn't be more excited, he was going to teach it how to play football, how to ride a bike, how to annoy it's "Uncle Nibbles " or if it was a girl, he was going to treat her like a princess, buy her everything she wanted.
Next chapter: Taylor and Cal start getting things for the baby.
