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"What's happening?" Ryan asked walking quickly up to Sandy. He was pacing around outside Trauma 1, where Kirsten had just gone in and Georgia stood beside him. They rode in the ambulance together while Seth and Ryan took the car.

"Do you know anything yet?" Seth asked quickly.

"No, no she just went in." Sandy said.

"We called Julie." Ryan said. Kirsten would've had to call anyway to say she wasn't coming in for work; Ryan just filled her in, briefly, with the details.

Sandy nodded. "Good, good."

Georgia looked at Seth who was, for once, silent; just staring into space. "Seth? Are you ok?" She asked sensitively.

He sat down. "I've never seen mum sick. Mum's never sick. I'm really worried about her."

Georgia looked at him with warm eyes like her mother's. "Me too."

"Your mum will be fine." Ryan said. "Kirsten's strong."

"Yeah, Scorpios are stubborn. She wouldn't let a sore tummy hold her back." Georgia said half-smiling but not inappropriately.

Just then, a doctor walked out of trauma 1. "Mr Cohen, it appears your wife has appendicitis. Now no real need to worry; we're getting her ready for surgery and we will remove the appendix and she should make a full recovery." He said, ending with a smile. A doctor's one. The kind that you know they fake by the end of every day.

Sandy sighed relieved. "Thank you doctor." He said shaking his hand.

"How long will she be in surgery?" Georgia asked.

"It will last around half-an-hour but I'm afraid you can't see her until then."

Georgia smiled. "Thank you."

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An hour after Kirsten's surgery finished, she started to slowly come to. In her room Sandy sat by her side. Kirsten moaned and frowned as she woke up from her slumber and felt the tinge of pain in her side.

"Hey." Sandy said softly, smiling as her eyes fluttering assured him everything was ok. Kirsten turned her head to Sandy and opened her heavy eyes. She smiled when she saw Sandy's face, realising all the drama was finally over. It was blurry to Kirsten exactly what happened, all she remembered was the pain she felt. "Hey." She said hoarsely.

He rubbed her hand with his. "How are you feeling?"

"Mmm…A little better."

He placed his other hand behind her hand and ran his fingers through her hair. "Good. You gave us all quite a scare."

"I don't uh…" Kirsten frowned. "I don't remember much. My mouth tastes horrible!"

"Yeah," It would, Sandy thought. "You coughed up a little blood."

"I did?" Kirsten was worried about what was wrong with her. Did she have cancer? She didn't think she could let Sandy and the boys go through what she had to with her mum.

"You had to get your appendix removed."

Kirsten smiled widely relieved. No need to be worrying over nothing. "Does that mean I get ice cream?" Sandy laughed.

Georgia walked in and smiled. "You're awake! I thought I heard voices."

"Hi sweetie." Kirsten said. Georgia treasured how she always had that loving tone in her voice, no matter what. Georgia walked over to the empty side of the bed and kissed her cheek and hugged her as she jumped up onto the bed. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine now."

"Good." Georgia said and displayed a happy grin. "Seth and Ryan have gone to get you some clothes aaaaand Julie is on her way."

Kirsten nodded "Wow. Everyone's here to see me over a little appendicitis."

"We were all worried." Sandy told her again.

"Well it's good to know that I'll be missed." They all smirked. Of course you will Sandy and Georgia thought very much so.

Kirsten pouted. "Sandy, do you have your Berkeley fleece? I'm cold."

"Really?" Georgia said surprised. "I'm pure toasting!"

Sandy laughed quietly. "I think I left it in the café. I'll go get it." He said standing up. He leaned over, whispering in her ear. "Love you."

"I love you too." She whispered back. Georgia heard them and smiled.

The door shut. "I'm glad you're ok mum."

Kirsten was glad she was ok too. She could her Georgia's version of 'mum' resound to her.

Kirsten raised her eyebrows at her deviously. "Wanna see something cool?" She lifted up her hospital garment to her stomach. "I have a scar!"

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"Euch!" Seth shivered as he and Ryan walked into Sandy and Kirsten's bedroom. "I hate the atmosphere of this room."

Ryan grabbed a sports bag. "It's just your parent's bedroom."

"Yes exactly! A room that revolves around the bed. A room that revolves around what goes on in the bed."

Ryan yelled out from Kirsten's walk-in cupboard as he queried about what t-shirt to pack. "Ok not so comfortable standing here now." Kirsten had so many shirts; gym and sweat t-shirts, work shirts, t-shirts, hoodies, elegant shirts, camisoles and some sexy tops which Ryan pushed past rather quickly.

Seth bent down at Kristen's dresser, opening one of the drawers to take out her sweat-trousers. "And to think I used to come in here after I had a nightmare."

"Yeah well this conversation is starting to be my nightmare." Ryan said walking into the bathroom.

Seth couldn't find Kirsten's sweats and was about to open the bottom drawer. Please don't be sex clothes. Please don't be sex clothes. Please don't be sex clothes. He thought to himself as he slowly opened the drawer. He looked down. "Ah!" He saw her sweats. "No sex clothes!"

"What?" Ryan yelled through, filling up a wash bag for Kirsten with everything in it. He didn't know what women used but it must be a lot because it sure as hell took them a long time to get ready in the morning.

"N-nothing!" Seth yelled back. As he stood back up he bumped his head on the dresser. "Ow!" He said rubbing the back of his head. A brown bag fell on the floor. "Oops." Seth picked up the bag. He peeked in. Woooo a receipt! "Sweeteners…" Seth read aloud what was on the receipt. "Evian…Condoms EW! Aspirin…moisturizer…OH MY GOD!" Seth yelled.

Ryan walked over to Seth, casually, predicting he was probably overreacting about nothing. Again. "What? What is it?" He asked unenthusiastically.

Seth shoved the receipt under Ryan's nose. "Item number 6!"

Ryan looked at the paper, confused. "Clear blue?"

"Pregnancy test, Ryan. A pregnancy test!"

Ryan smirked he wanted to make Seth's mind squirm. "Guess the room does revolve around the bed."

"No! No! No humour! It doesn't revolve!" Seth screamed shaking his head. Ryan laughed quietly to himself. "They can't do that! They're parents. They are obliged not to have sex."

"It's not like they're 60" Ryan said, not encouraging it of course.

"As a once only child Ryan I am telling you; parents aren't allowed to have sex. There's this legal binding form they sign when we are born."

"But you aren't an only child…you have Georgia…how do you think she came about?"

"Don't even-Ugh! - too late, already there." Seth shrieked running out.

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Kirsten had fallen asleep deeply so Sandy told the boys just to stay home and come back the next morning.

"Ok," Seth said as he and Ryan walked back down the hospital corridor. "You take her the bag, I'll pee and then we'll just ask her." Ryan nodded before Seth ran off.

"Hey" Ryan said to Kirsten as he walked in her room. She was alone. "I brought you some clothes."

"Great!" Kirsten smiled, getting up. "Thanks sweetie." She flinched slightly when she stood up and Ryan walked up to her but hesitant to touch her. "Sh-should you be getting up?"

Kirsten stood up straight, took the bag from Ryan's hand and smiled. "I'm fine." She cupped his face and kissed his cheek before going to change in the en-suite. Ryan stood quietly in the room feeling awkward as he waited for Kirsten to change. He was relieved when she came out. She sighed and smiled. "All better."

Kirsten walked up to her son, sensing his anxiousness. "You ok sweetie?" Ryan showed reluctance to answer. "Is there something you want to ask me?"

Ryan shook his head. "No. I'm just glad you're ok."

"I'm sorry I frightened you. I hate being the scary parent. It doesn't suit my ego." They both laughed.

Kirsten stood silently for a moment in front of Ryan. "Are you just going to stand there or are you going to give me a hug?" She joked.

"I uh don't want to-"

"- You won't hurt me." Ryan heard her and hugged Kirsten. Loosely at first but as she tightened her grip on him, he did the same.

Seth was snooping through the gaps in the window Venetian blinds. He stormed in. "I knew it!" He said strongly.

"What?" Kristen asked him coming out of her hug with Ryan.

"Seth…" Ryan warned him.

"Mum, I was gonna ask you but apparently Ryan had his own routine planned."

"Seth…" Ryan tried again.

"Mum we know you're pregnant."

"Seth. I didn't ask her."

Seth's eyes grew wide and he stuttered. "Ah-well-ahhh, er…This is now a new confrontation that was not planned."

"Wait you guys think," Sandy walked in, "I'm pregnant."

"You're pregnant!" Sandy yelled.

"I can't believe it either dad!" Seth dramatized.

"Congratulations." Ryan said.

"I'm not pregnant." Kirsten said grinning.

"Yes-you-are!" Seth yelled.

"No-I'm-not!" Kirsten shouted.

"Well then how do you explain the pregnancy test we found in your bedroom?" Seth asked mockingly.

Kirsten's smile dropped. "You were snooping around our bedroom!"

"You took a pregnancy test?" Sandy asked very confused.

Kirsten turned to Sandy. "No and I don't need to. I'm not pregnant!"

Everyone paused. "Well then…who's was the test?" Ryan asked.

Kirsten sighed. "It's not important; someone just came and asked me for help. She was scared."

Well that explains the contradiction of buying condoms and a pregnancy test Ryan thought.

Kirsten kept her eyes off Seth's glare which made him puzzled. "Was it Summer?" He asked.

Kirsten paused. "Yes."

"What!" Seth freaked out.

Sandy turned into the typical dad. "Did you use protection?"

"Ugh don't do it like this." Seth shook his head.

"Well didn't you?"

"No I-I mean yes. We-we did."

"Is she on the pill?" He asked

"I don't know!"

"So then you used-"

"-Yes we used that!" Seth shouted, begging Sandy to stop.

Kirsten apologised. "Seth I'm sorry I-"

Seth cut her off. Shouting and pointing at her. "You should have me! How could you not tell me my own girlfriend was pregnant with my child!"

"I was just doing what Summer asked. I was trying to protect her, to protect you."

"Yeah well don't do me any favours!" He screamed. "I hate you!"

"Seth…" Kirsten said softly.

"If there's a person in the world I don't want my child to turn out like, it's you!"

Sandy barged in front of Seth. "Hey that's enough!" He screamed, really angry. "Don't you ever talk to your mother like that again! Now apologise!"

Seth mumbled. "Sorry…" He said irreverently.

"Excuse me!" Sandy yelled.

"Sorry…"Seth said quietly without looking at Kirsten.

Kirsten, to everyone, was obviously upset. She muttered. "Um I uh, need to get-" She started to leave when Sandy pulled her back gently. "No honey." He stopped her. "Seth. Outside." Seth rolled his eyes as Sandy dragged him out.

Ryan was alone in the room with Kirsten again. She looked like she was about to cry and he didn't know what to do. He wasn't very good with these situations. He felt very awkward. "I don't hate you." Was all he could come out with. He thought it sounded so lame and stupid and childish but was a little happier to see Kirsten chuckling. "Thank you." She smiled warmly.

"He didn't mean it. I promise." Ryan assured her but Kirsten wasn't convinced. "Coffee?" She asked.

Sandy had hauled Seth further away from Kirsten's room and closer to the exit of the hospital. "There was no need for that!" Sandy started up at Seth again. "What was that about?"

"I don't know dad!" Seth said frustratedly "All I know is now, I gotta talk to Summer." He said running away before Sandy could stop him.

"Seth. Seth get back here. I'm not down with you yet!" But Sandy's words just rang out.

Julie Cooper walked back down the hospital corridor to the exit, where she just came from. She didn't even make it inside Kirsten's room before her phone rang. She saw Ryan leaving and went to turn the door knob and then, what do ya know? Brendon Trevors from accounting thinks he may have 'undervalued' one of the model homes.

She saw Sandy coming her way as she made her way out.

"Sanford." She said without stopping.

"Cruella." He greeted. "Is Kirsten?" He yelled back.

"In her room."

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"Hey Mark it's me…"Georgia said down the payphone. "No I haven't told them yet…Well I was going to tell them yesters but there was the whole appendicitis and Kirsten gagging and vomiting at the same time! She was gag-omitting!...I know the flight back is in 5 days…" Georgia sighed. "I'll tell them later, tonight even…"

As Sandy came through the door Kirsten passed him, as she took the wash bag Ryan gave her from the bathroom over to the bed. "Hey." She said putting on a brave face.

"Are you alright?" Sandy asked her cautiously. He was worried about her. He knew Seth's words knifed her. He stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I'm fine." She said trying to shake it off but her son's harsh words were too strong and she began to get teary. "No I'm not." She said turning and cuddling into Sandy's chest in front of her. Kirsten always tried to put on a strong front but sometimes, and usually when she was with Sandy, she let her emotions take over.

"Oh honey." He said understandingly "What Seth said was unacceptable. He didn't mean it."

Kirsten started to sniffle; a silent tear fell from her eye. "He hates me."

"No he doesn't." He assured her, swaying her in his arms. "He shouldn't have said it He didn't mean it."

She roomed out a little so she could look up at Sandy. "I was just trying to…" She trailed off slowly.

"You did nothing wrong." Sandy said shaking his head. He looked down at Kirsten and a few tears welled up in her eyes again. Sandy brushed her hair. "Oh baby." He hugged her tightly, "It's going to be ok."

She slipped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "I love you." She whispered as she stopped crying.

"I love you too."

Georgia walked in and saw her mum tightly huddled into her husbands arms. As Kirsten turned around she wiped her face but still looked like she had been crying. Georgia felt guilty for walking in. She thought that the best thing a father can do for his children is to love and take care of their mother.

"Oh sorry." Georgia stuttered. She saw Kirsten's miserable face and became more solemn. "Is everything ok?"

Kirsten faked a half-smile but was too choked up to answer so Sandy did for her. "Everything's fine." He said with a convincing smile but Georgia wasn't so sure.

Kirsten swallowed hard. "Actually Sandy, could you get me come water, my chest's a little tight."

"So you ready to leave this hell hole?" Sandy asked, tiding things over and putting a spring on things. Kirsten was free to leave any minute now. Kirsten rubbed her hand across her collarbone. "Yes."

Sandy handed her the water and kissed her cheek. "Me too." Kirsten smiled a little. "I'm just going to talk to the doctor 'kay?"

Kirsten nodded, feeling a little strained. After Sandy left, she took a slow drink of water.

"Are you sure everything's alright?" Georgia asked.

Kirsten started to nod but coughed, coking on her water. Georgia sat her down on one of the chairs behind the indoor window. "Hey you ok?"

But Kirsten still coughed, finding it hard to catch her breath. "Here," Georgia said taking the water out of Kirsten's hands and placing it on the floor. Georgia crouched down beside Kirsten and rubbed her back. "C'mon mum, you're ok, you're ok." Kirsten finally slowed down coughing.

Georgia smiled goofily. "Went down the wrong way huh?"

Kirsten smirked inbetween short, panting breaths.

Seeing she was going to be ok Georgia stood up. "So you got everything packed?" She started walking around the room looking for things Kirsten may have missed. "I always leave something behind. I'm scatty that way." As Georgia looked in the drawers, she didn't see Kirsten starting to really struggle to catch her breath even though she wasn't coughing anymore. Even as she went into the bathroom she didn't notice. "In the bathroom?" Georgia asked.

Kirsten was really deeply trying to catch her breath but couldn't. It came to the point where she was wheezing. Her eyes were watering up and her hand clutched tightly over her collarbone.

"I don't see anything in here" Georgia said over Kirsten trying to call her name but all that came out was quiet whispers.

Kirsten stood up but was wobbly. "Georgia…Georgia…" Kirsten tried but no words were heard.

Georgia started to come out of the bathroom. "Nope I think you're-" Out of the bathroom Georgia saw Kirsten, very pale, "good to…" Kirsten's eyes all of a sudden rolled up to the ceiling and she started to fall to the side and her arms flopped to her side.

"Mum?" Georgia said before stepping forward to catch her as she fell. She caught her as she fell to the ground with her. She landed on her knees and her arms held Kirsten up under her back. "Mum?"

Kirsten gasped for air. "I…" She panted again "Can't breathe." She said very faintly but looking up at Georgia.

Inside Georgia was panicking but she tried to stay calm and Kirsten thought she was being very calm. "Ok, it's ok." She said. "You're going to be ok." She laid Kirsten's head down gently on the floor and crawled over to the door, opening it. "Help me! I need a doctor!" Georgia didn't wait; she rushed back over to Kirsten and held her hand. "You're going to be alright mum." She ran her fingers through her hair. "You'll be ok. You'll be fine."

Kirsten eyes kept jolting from side-to-side but she could hear her daughter clearly. She flopped her head to the side so she could see Georgia and she managed to maintain eye contact with her. She said very faintly; "Tell Sandy…"

Georgia shook her head. "No don't, please don't say goodbye." Her eyes tearing up.

Finally 2 doctors and 3 nurses rushed in. Kirsten squeezed Georgia's hand. The two doctors were male. The tanned Italian looking doctor, who was maybe 28ish, scooped Kirsten up and laid her on the bed. "What's wrong?" He asked Georgia.

"She can't breathe. Georgia answered following him to her mother's side. The nurses ripped off Kirsten's shirt and pulled monitors over to the side of the bed. One of the nurses, a Chinese lady, asked Georgia to step back as she moved around her.

"Breathing's slow." The Italian doctor confirmed, using his stethoscope to hear Kirsten breathing. "Laboured," He carried on listening. "Crackling." He said lastly, flinging the stethoscope around his neck.

The second doctor –who looked very Jewish and maybe 30 something- pushed Kirsten's shirt off her shoulders and he held up Kirsten's limp arm, speaking to the other doctor. "Cecilio" Her arm was covered in blue rashes. "Looks like septicaemia." He said.

"What?" Georgia asked. "What's that?" But she was ignored.

"That wouldn't slow her breathing down, John." Cecilio observed.

"ARDS?" John suggested.

"Right!" Cecilio agreed.

"What's that! What's happening?" Georgia shouted petrified.

"John, apply a cardiac monitor." Cecilio turned to one of the nurses, a large black African woman. "Niamh, apply a pulse-oximeter!" The second nurse was a light blonde, younger, maybe just 20 something. "Ally, apply a time cycled non-invasive BP cuff!" Those two nurses and Dr John did so. "Chan," DR Cecilio said to the third Chinese med student "How's her BP?"

"Very low." She answered.

Sandy stormed in. "When he saw everything that was going on and all the people and monitors huddled around his wife, he was shocked. "What happened?"

"Then start an IV line and administer fluids" Cecilio carried on.

"What's wrong with my wife?" Sandy screamed out.

"She stopped breathing." Georgia said quietly, down by his side.

Sandy looked around him at all the doctors and nurses. "What is this? An ethnic minority group?"

"Stats are dropping!" Nurse Ally said as the monitor started bleeping fast.

"Why isn't she breathing? She was fine this morning!" Sandy said agitated.

"Stand-by crash cart!" Dr John called out.

"Niamh, get me Drotrecogin Alfa for Sepsis." Cecilio ordered and she left.

"What's wrong with her?" Georgia asked panicking and getting very teary.

The monitor started to bleep faster. "We're losing her!"

"Oxygen saturation dropping." Dr John said.

"Get me ventilators!" Cecilio shouted.

"What!" Georgia and Sandy both screamed together. Nurse Chan wheeled over the ventilators.

The monitor made a continuous beep. "No pulse!" Ally called out.

Sandy started to nervously ran his hands through his hair, very scared. "C'mon Kirsten, breathe baby, breathe."

"John, perform endotracheal intubation" John went over to Kirsten's head and started putting tubes in her throat.

Georgia turned away quickly hiding her face in Sandy's chest, clinging to his shirt and crying very strongly. Sandy gulped and watched in disbelief.

Nurse Chan passed John different objects unknown to Sandy. Niamh came back with medication and Cecilio took the needle, pushing it into Kirsten's arm. "Injecting Drotrecogin Alfa." He called out.

"I'm in!" John said standing up, successfully getting the tubes down Kirsten's throat and clearing her airway.

"Pulse is rising!" Nurse Chan said and the bleeps on the monitor reappeared and started beeping at a normal pace. At the sound of this Georgia slowly turned around, still very frightened and hanging on to Sandy.

Dr John and Dr Cecilio pulled off their surgical gloves. "What's happening?" Georgia asked quietly.

"Ally keep her on a sufficient oxygen supplement; saturation 90" Dr Cecilio ordered her. Georgia couldn't help but feel ignored.

"Chan, the ventilator settings aim to maintain oxygenation and ventilation but we want to minimize barotraumas of her lungs so use tidal volumes." Dr John said then turned to Niamh. "You got her chart?" Niamh passed him Kirsten's chart.

Georgia watched the doctors and nurses figuring out what to do, hoping to hear some answers or try to understand what they were going to do. "6-7 of 48 kg." He said. Chan agreed. "Reassess volume stats continually, I'll be back later." Dr Cecilio said finally turning to Georgia and Sandy.

"What's happening? Why are those tubes in her?" Georgia asked shaking.

"Well your mother is suffering from something called ARDS which is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome." Dr John answered considerately.

"It's likely she got it from the Septicaemia" Dr Cecilio confirmed.

"A blood disease." Dr John added.

"But Kirsten never had that." Sandy said frowning.

"Sir, septicaemia goes unnoticed because it develops so quickly." Dr John said.

"As does ARDS." Cecilio added. These doctors were like a married couple; finishing each others sentences.

"But why is she hooked up like that?" Georgia asked shakily.

"I'm afraid your mum can't breathe by herself at the moment." Dr John said with sympathy.

"ARDS is an inflammation of the lungs," Dr Cecilio started to explain, "in which a lot of fluid builds up and makes it harder to take in oxygen. Right now your mum's lungs are so inflamed, she can barely take in any oxygen by herself."

"So what's going to happen to her?" Sandy asked and both he and Georgia listened intently.

"We'll supply her with oxygen to help her breathe and medication to lower her blood pressure and reduce the swelling of her lungs."

"Is she going to be ok?" Sandy asked the crucial question.

The should-be-a-couple doctors exchanged glances. Dr John sighed. "Only time can tell sir."

Sandy gulped and froze, staring off the doctors' glances. Georgia slid her right hand up to Sandy's left and gripped it tightly. She would be there for him. He gripped back firmly. As he would be for her.

"You should tell the rest of her family." Dr John said calmly.

Georgia nodded to them. "Just a minute then." She said.

"Sorry." The doctors said as they left.

Sandy turned and looked at Kirsten. Ally was injecting medication in Kirsten's arm through a tube. Chan was putting Kirsten in a hospital robe, tying the laces behind Kirsten's neck. She then took Kirsten's other clothes and put them in a box that she placed in the corner of the room before leaving. Ally followed her out but Niamh stayed, recording her stats on a chart.

Georgia turned around and stood side-by-side with Sandy. They both looked at their mum and wife. "I'll go tell Ryan and Seth." Georgia said.

"No, I should do it. They should hear it from me." Sandy said huskily.

How could a father tell his two sons their mother could be dying? "Are you sure?" She asked.

Sandy nodded. "Yes."

"Kay." Georgia said. "I'm just gonna uh…stay for a minute." Sandy nodded and took one last painful look at Kirsten before leaving.

Georgia turned to face her mum after watching Sandy leave. She could hear the air being pumped into her. Her beautiful face was massacred with masses of tubes covering her and shoved in her mouth. Not only did she have a ventilator impaled in her mouth, there were supplies of oxygen pushed through her nose with smaller, split and clear tubes.

Acknowledging all the fluids and meds she was hooked up to, litres and litres of different drugs forced to flow around her body, Georgia walked over to her side. Niamh pulled up the bars on the side of the bed. Georgia observed Kirsten's whole body. Her eyes filled up in tears as she couldn't believe this was happening. She couldn't believe it was Kirsten lying in front of her. Taking a step forward, she picked up her cold hand and pushed her hair back off her face making it neater, the way Kirsten would wear it.

Loosening her grip on her hand Georgia leant forward and laid a soft kiss on her mum's forehead. She breathed in as she stood back. It barely smelt like her mum. It was as if she was slipping away, bit by bit.

Unbeknownst to Georgia, Niamh had been watching her. "You obviously love your mum very much." The middle-aged lady spoke softly.

Coming out to Newport, Georgia never imagined she could love Kirsten as much as she did then. Even a week ago she didn't know she loved her that much. But it's not until you nearly lose someone that makes you realise how much you would miss them.

"I do." With out looking at Niamh she replied softly. Niamh moved a little closer to Georgia, studying her. "It must be hard for you to see your mum like this. You must have been close to her all your life."

Georgia looked up. She shoke her head slightly. "Not really."

Niamh was extremely surprised. "It looks like you were."

Georgia looked at Niamh directly. "Maybe I was meant to."

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LOL been laughing at the reviews cos I did just what I said I would, create suspense which is cool. And what do I do next to torture you guys? More suspense. I'm sowy! U'll have to wait to find out what happens to Kirsten. I don't know how long, maybe not until next week. I hope you guys can last that long ;) !