Ali and Leon had decided to keep things to themselves for the time being, although they knew the guys were suspicious and probably had worked it out anyway.
It was three days since Leon's birthday and all the guys, Letty and Ali had arrived at the garage as normal to start work. Ali was working on a Subaru when she suddenly got the urge to be sick, again.
She ran off the garage floor and into the bathroom just in time. There was a knock on the door and she turned to open it.
"You ok girl?" Letty was standing in the doorway.
"Yeh I'm fine I just can't shift this sickness all the time."
"Are you pregnant?"
Ali just looked at her as bit taken and shocked that she asked. She hadn't even thought about it. Then her brain started working overtime. It had been 6 weeks and she hadn't even noticed.
No way she couldn't be? Could she?
Suddenly she felt very dizzy and then everything went black.
"Someone help" Letty shouted into the garage to the guys.
Dom ran over followed by the rest of them.
"What happened?"
"She just collapsed."
"OK Leon give me a hand to lift her over the sofa."
Leon stepped over and help Dom move her from the bathroom floor to the sofa at the side of the workshop. Letty went and got a glass of water while the guys tried to wake her up.
Ali woke up a couple of minutes later with everyone staring at her in a circle.
"What happened?"
"You just blacked out for a minute? Are you ok? Maybe we should get you to a doctor?"
"No no I'm fine honestly. I'm just not feeling the best."
"Ok well take the day off. Just go home and get some rest."
"I'll go with her. We can stop off at the chemists on the way home." Letty looked over at Ali.
"OK no problem. I'll see you later. Ring me if you need anything ok?" Dom kissed her on the forehead.
"Yeh we'll be fine."
Letty went over to the sofa to help her up.
"I'm fine honestly Letty."
"Ok come on then I'll drive."
They left the garage and headed straight for the chemist. Letty could see how concerned she looked.
"Look don't worry bout it. We'll get a test and you never know we could just be completely overreacting. It could just be alcohol poisoning or something. But wouldn't you rather know than sit about for the next few days worrying about it?"
"Yeh but what if it is what you think? I don't know what I would do. I'd have to back home – back to that mess. I'm happy now. I don't want anything to change that."
"Look let's just wait and see. Stranger things have happened. It could be a blessing in disguise either way but just wait until you know for sure before you start to worry about things."
They stopped off at the chemist and were back at the house about half an hour later.
As soon as they got into the house Ali went into the bathroom and did the test. Letty was waiting on the sofa.
Ali stood in the bathroom for what seemed an eternity and waited for the result. She looked at the test a couple of minutes later. She couldn't believe it, she was pregnant. What was she going to do now?
She stayed in the bathroom for a couple of hours before heading down the stairs.
"Well?" Letty looked up at her.
"Please don't tell anyone Letty."
"Oh shit."
"Letty I really just need to get away for a bit. Can I borrow your car? I just need to drive."
"Mmmm . . . . . ok but be careful. You can leave me back at the garage on your way. You won't do anything stupid will you?"
"Of course not. How stupid do you think I am? I just need to clear my head, think about things."
They left the house and headed back towards the garage in silence. Ali was clearly in a state of shock.
Letty got out of the car and Ali drove off. She didn't know exactly where she was going.
