OK so I decided to do part three even though I only got two reviews! Oh well. I just love this fic at the mo lol.
Family Problems 3-The Big News!
"Morning Sleepyhead!' Jo cried as she walked into Ray's bedroom.
Ray groaned and rolled over.
"Come on time to get out of bed." Jo walked over and opened the curtains.
"Ah turn it off!' She cried.
"I can't just turn the sun off." Jo replied with a laugh. "Now come on up you get. We've got a big day ahead of us remember?" Jo smiled as she watched Ray sit up and rub her eyes.
"What's the time?" Ray asked.
"About 9." Jo replied.
"Ugh it's too early."
"If you think 9 in the morning is early you just wait until you have to start getting out of bed at 6."
She groaned again. "No thanks."
"Come on. Get up!' Jo pulled the blanket off her.
"Hey that's mine!'
"Not anymore!" Jo laughed.
"Ok, Ok I'm up!" Ray replied. She moved her legs across to the edge of the bed and used her arms to push herself up.
"Great. Now go have a shower and put some good clothes on. You want to look respectable when we go and visit Peter don't you?"
"That's today?" Ray cried. Jo laughed as she watched Ray jump out of bed and scramble out of the bedroom into the bathroom. Whilst Ray was in the shower Jo took the liberty of picking out a nice outfit for Ray to wear. Then she went and finished getting herself ready.
Three hours later Jo and Ray were standing outside the St David's lock up.
"Ready?" JO asked.
"This place looks so horrible. I don't know if I want to go in."
"Hey I'm right here with you. Nothing is going to happen ok."
"Ok." Ray took a deep breath, grabbed Jo's hand tightly and the pair of them walked into the prison.
"Can I help you?" The officer at reception asked.
"Ah Senior Constable Joanna Parrish Mt Thomas Police." Jo held up her badge. "We're here to see Peter Reynolds."
"Sorry no minors allowed." He said referring to Ray.
"Excuse me but I am 18!" Ray snapped.
"Sorry. I just assumed…"
"Well you assumed wrong." Jo said to him.
"Sorry Mam. Right this way." He led the two of them through a long corridor. Ray gripped Jo even tighter as they walked past the prisoner's cells.
"It's ok." Jo assured her. "I'm right here."
Ray nodded and looked around as they walked through several security gates to a small room.
"Here you are." The officer opened the locked door and led them through. "Take a seat there the prisoner will be with you in just a moment."
"Thankyou." Jo nodded as the officer left the room.
"I'm scared." Ray said quietly.
"It's ok. There's nothing to be scared about. Just pretend you're somewhere else." Jo smiled.
"Ok."
A few seconds later a handcuffed man about 5 1/2 foot tall with shabby black hair and droopy eyes walked into the room with two guards.
"Peter?" Ray asked with a shocked look on her face.
"Ray I told you not to come."
"I had to come!" Ray ran over to him. She was about to hug him when she remembered what Jo had said about physical contact. "I really needed to see you. I wanted to see the look on your face when I told you that…"
"I told you not to come. I didn't want you to see me like this."
"I don't care what you look like Peter. All that matters is that I'm here, I can see you and tell you that I love you and…"
"I love you too Ray but you have to leave. You know that you're not supposed to be here."
"I know but I just had to see you. There is something really important that I have to tell you and I wanted to do it face to face."
"I'm sorry but your time is up. I'm going to have to ask you to leave." One of the guards said to Jo.
"Come on Ray."
"Can I please just have a few more minutes?" Ray asked with tears forming in here eyes.
"Sorry Ray time's up." Jo told her little sister even though she hated to make her sister unhappy.
"Can I at least give him one last hug? I may never see him again."
Jo looked at the guards. "Surely one little goodbye hug wont hurt will it?" She asked. "Please they love each other so much and if this is the last time they'll ever see each other…" Jo pleaded to the guards.
They looked at each other.
"One little hug." One of the guards said. "Then you really have to leave."
"Thankyou." Ray jumped into Peter's arms and placed her head on his shoulder.
"I'm pregnant." She whispered and then the guards pulled her away.
"Ok that's enough. Time to go." They took Peter and dragged him out of the room as he looked longingly into Ray's eyes. Once he was out of sight Ray burst into tears.
"Hey Shhh." Jo put her arms around Ray. "Come on let's go home."
"It's not fair." Ray cried. "Why did this have to happen to us? What did we ever do wrong?" Ray cried into Jo's shoulder.
When they were home Ray was still crying as she walked in and sat on the couch.
"Shhh." Jo hushed her. "Everything's going to turn out ok." She put her hand on Ray's shoulder.
"You say that now. What about when the baby is born huh? What then?" Ray stood up.
"What Baby?" Jo asked. Then she thought for a minute. "What?" She shouted. "When were you planning on telling me that you were pregnant?"
"I wasn't Ok!" Ray replied. "I wasn't going to tell anyone." Ray started crying once more.
"Were you planning on telling your parents this? What the hell do you think your Mum will say when she finds out?"
"She's not going to find out. And neither is anyone else."
"Well how do you plan on hiding it?"
"I don't know. I'll move to Jamie's place. Unlike the rest of the world he actually give a crap about what's happened to me. He was the first person I went to when I found out about the pregnancy. He told me to come to you so you could help me. Fat lot of good that was seeing as you don't even care about me."
"How dare you!" Jo cried. "How dare you say that I don't care? Look at me Rayleigh. Does it look like I don't care? Would I have risked my career for you if I didn't care about you? I don't think so." Jo took a deep breath and looked at Rayleigh. Her face was white and she was shivering.
"Ray?" Jo asked. Rayleigh looked up at Jo with glazed eyes and then suddenly fell to the floor.
"Ray!" Jo cried and she wan over to her limp body. "Ray please wake up!" Jo cried. She grabbed her phone out of her pocket.
"This is Senior Constable Parrish I need an ambulance quick."
What did you think? I know it's short hut hey it's something. I got to go cause my lunch break just finished!
Feedback please!
Jess
