Bolton threw away the note away and went to his room, Paul watched and carried on looking for her., Bolton looked around the room, The wardrobe was opened and had half of Rachels clothes in and the other half of her clothes was gone. Bolton punched the wall paul had came back and heard and came up to the room and went to him, He sat against the wall, Paul pulled him into a hug, He put his head on his shoulder
"Why did she run away for?"
"because of that prick"
Bolton sighed "im going out"
"Im sure in a few hours she will come back"
bolton got up and went to the door
"ill stay here incase she comes back?"
Bolt looked at him "You'll be waiting for a while"
"She'll be back soon"
Bolton headed downstairs, Paul followed him, he headed out,Paul went after him, he headed down the road.
*Rachel in Cardiff*
Rach had now arrived in Cardiff, she got off the train at Cardiff Central, she picked up her bags and walked off the train, she looked around the station hoping she would recognise someone but she didnt, she walked around, she didnt really know cardiff that well, she used to come for a little holiday with her family but she never came back after she had walked out on them.
Rach had but a few of her bags on her back and a few on her her shoulder Sighing to herself she made her way to the B&B she had booked for herself. Arriving there she checked in and was taken to a room. It wasn't all that - a bed, bathroom and small kitchen.
Rachel had found herself thinking about Bolton. Had he moved on. Did he still love her like she loved him. Would he ever forgive her for leaving. All the thoughts rushing round made Rachel dizzy so she sat down for a while.
After settling into the B&B, Rachel decided to have some dinner. She made her way to a cafe around the corner from the B&B. While she was eating she thought she saw someone she recognised, she put it down to bad lighting.
Rach was playing with her food, she wasn't hungry enough to eat, she knew she was in the wrong by running away like that but was hoping that Bolton would understand why she had Ran away. Rach kept looking over at the woman, Who started to keep looking at Rach.
Kathy who was Rachel's Mum was looking at her and thinking,
"Is that Rachel? It looks like Rachel"
Rachel looked exactly like her mum Kathy, they had the same facial features, the same eye colour. You could mistake Kathy for being Rachel and you could mistake Rachel for being Kathy.
she didnt know if she wanted her to go over to her, as they havent spoken to each other since the day Rachel walked out, but she wanted to see her daughter and tell her that she was sorry for making her walk out.
Kathy got up, and headed over to the table where rachel was, Rachel didnt notice as she was looking down at her baby bump and at her phone, looking though all her pictures of her and Bolton and all the other kids that she was close to. a few tears rolled down her cheek while she looked at them, she didnt even feel the older woman put her hand on her shoulder
"Amanda?" the old woman spoke softly
Rach didnt hear hear at fist but then looked up at her and jumped a little
"Mum?" she said as she wiped her eyes and put her phone away
"Hey, darling its me" she said with a little smile
She didnt say nothing and stood up so that Kathy could hug her, she had more tears in her eyes as she stood, her little bump was also on show.
Kathy could see that her daughter was upset, she hugged her tight but not too tight as she saw the small baby bump, she didnt know that Rach was trying to settle down into a relationship, she always saw Rachel's relationships as a fling and that one day it would end badly and that she would get her self pregnant and that she was going to the one looking after the baby
Rach didnt want to let go over her mum, she hadnt seen her in years and was the only person that she knew in Cardiff so she was feeling less scared, Rach cried into her silently
"Hey come on Rach, its okay" she said rubbing her back
"Its not i've let everyone down this time, Im hated"
"hey you dont know that baby"
"I do mum he's told everyone about my past, Bolt hates me and so do everyone else at that school"
Kathy sighed "Whos bolt?" she asked quitely
"Bolts a student we kinda had a fling, And now im expeting his kid" she didnt wanna tell her that she was in love with him
"Oh Rach what have i said about the flings, its gonna end badly"
Rach continued to cry into her, "I wanna keep it"
Kathy nodded "have you told this Bolton that you're expecting?"
"No i've left before i had the chance to.. i wanted to..."
Kathy just nodded and then spoke "Do you have anywhere to stay"
"No" she said as she shook her head
"come on get your stuff, your coming home with me"
rach nodded a little and gathered up her stuff.
*couple of months leading up the the birth of Dean*
12 Week Scan - Rach had to go for her 20 week scan that day and she despratley wanted to contact Bolton to let him know about the baby. While she was getting ready, she looked down at her small baby bump and smiled. In just a few months, she would have hers and Bolton's baby. She couldn't wait for it.
Once at the Hospital, Rachel sat in the waiting room. "Rachel Mason please?" Rachel stood and walked into the ultrasound room.
"Don't look so nervous. We have a lot of first time mum's come through here," the midwife told Rachel. Rachel faintly smiled.
Rach followed the midwife into the room, the room had a bed and a ultra scan.
"Please take a seat on the bed " the midwife said softly
Rach nodded and got comfy onto the bed lifting her top up so the midwife could put the special gel on her bump to use the ultra scan to find the baby. Rach laid there looking at the door hoping that Bolton would turn up, she knew that he wasn't going to, the midwife had put the gel on her and started to use the scanner to find the baby's heartbeat.
For a few minutes the midwife started to slowly panic as she couldn't find the baby's heartbeat , Rach looked over knowing something was wrong
"What's happened? Is it okay?"
"At the moment I can't find the baby's heartbeat"
Rach had tears as she started to think of the worst, that she had lost it, the midwife took her hand "hey we'll find it don't you worry" the midwife said with a little smile still looking for the baby's heartbeat, Rach just nodded hearing, she just wanted the baby o be okay.
After about five minutes of her looking for the baby's heartbeat she finally found it "there we go, I told you we could find it" she said with a smile, Rach looked at her and sighed with relief , the baby's heart beat was strong and healthy, she turned the screen around showing Rach the baby that she had inside of her.
*The birth of Dean*
Rachel was now 8 months pregnant, she was finding the pregnancy hard as it was making her miss Bolton more then she already did, Kathy wouldn't stop telling her to get a job, she already had the Job she wanted back in Rochdale. But her mum wanted her to get a Job here in Cardiff, the place she never knew.
Rach just wanted her mum to shut up but she wouldn't, Rach got up from the sofa and put her leather coat on and headed to the front door
"Where are you going?" Kathy asked
"Away from you" Rach replied as she was fed up, she walked out of the house and down the road when The baby started to kick her, she didn't know that stress would harm the baby.
She put her hand on her bump rubbing it gently, trying to make the pain stop but it wouldn't, Rach was getting a little scared, she didn't want to go through the labour alone, she wanted to go through it witth Bolton. But she hadn't made any contact with him since that day she Ran away, she was too scared to but she always kept thinking about him. Rachel's mum lived close to the hospital so it made it easier to get there if she was going to have it at home. Rach walked to the corner of the road where the shops was when her waters broke
"Shit" she said as she looked down seeing he puddle of water on the pavement. She didn't want to ring her mum she wanted to prove that she could do this on her own, but she was too scared and wanted her there.
Rach held the bump making her way to the hospital before she got the urge to push. She got there and went to the reception and asked for her midwife as she was the only mid wife Rachel trusted. Helen came over to her as she got the call and seen her at the reception
"Rachel what are you doing here?" she said before looking at her and where rach had her hand,Rach was holding her bump more tighter, her hand was wet with the burst of the water and was covered in blood, Rach had no idea that she was bleeding, she looked at her fighting back the tears. That's when Helen realised that she had gone into labour "Right Rach I need you stay calm, im just going to get you a wheel chair"
Rach just nodded as Helen spoke to her,Helen went and got her a wheelchair, she soon came back and Rach sat in the chair, Helen took her down to the maternity ward and helped her onto the bed, The pain was getting worse for Rach to handle so she started to breath thought it, it wasn't helping as much but it was what Helen was telling her to do.
"I want my mum!" she said as she opened her legs to start pushing, the contractions was about a minute apart now "I need to push!" Helen took her and rubbed it and gave her the nod to start pushing. As rach started to push Helen knew that there was something wrong because of the amount of blood Rachel was loosing. Rach was pushing the hardest that she could, Helen looked to see how far the baby was when she saw that the baby was coming out feet first, Helen was worried as the baby was Breeched she didnt want to tell rachel as it was going to upset her, she called for help and asked for someone to call kathy.
Kathy was sat at home when she heard the phone go and went to answer it
"Hello?"
"Hello is this Kathy goodwin?
"Yes it is, can i ask who's calling?"
"Its Zoe from Cardiff Royal infirmity, It's Rachel, she's gone into labour"
kathy was shocked and had a feeling that it was her fault that the baby was coming early "Right ill be right there" she said and put the phone down making her way over to the hospital, she got there and went down to the where Rachel was, she looked through the window before she was about to come in when Helen saw her and came out to her to tell her that the baby was breeched, kathy looked at Helen with tears
"Will the baby make it?"
"Its hard to tell at this moment in time, all you need to be there for rach"
kathy nodded and went in taking rachels hand, "Hey sweetheart im here"
rach looked at her with tears streaming down her face "It hurts"
" I know honey" she learned over her and kissed her head "Come on baby push"
"I can't"
"Hey you can, "
"I can't Boltons not here"
"shush i know but we can call him when it's all over"
Rach nodded again and started pushing again, she started to go pale as she was losing to much blood. "I dont feel to good"
helen noticed "Hey just a few more big pushes and then you can rest"
kathy kept rubbing her hand as rach pushed some more, she would squeeze her mums hand when she pushed, the baby was almost out
"Just two more pushes"
"I cant"
"Hey bolton and everyone else at that school of ours would be so proud of you, Now push"
Rach pushed and screamed for the last two pushes, the baby came out but wasnt crying, rach was bleeding more heavily "I want to call him Dean" she said before going unconscious, Helen gave Dean to Zoe to try and get him to cry, Zoe rubbed his back hoping that he was going to breath, she was doing this for a few mintutes before he started to cough, he's breathing wasnt quite strong enough so he would have to be put on life support.
"we need to get rach to the operating room"
kathy just nodded she was scared that she was going to lose her daughter, they rushed rach down to the operating room and started to operate on her, she had internal bleeding just by her womb, kathy stayed with dean watching him as he was in the Incubator where he was then wired up with tubes to help him breath
A few hours later rach was back on the ward, she was sleeping, the nurses had managed to stop the bleeding and saved her live, Kathy was holding her hand to let her know that she was there. rach started to wake up looking around seeing her mum "Hey"
"Hey sweetheart"
"What happened"
"You fell unconscious after giving birth to Dean"
"is he okay?"
"He's fine but he's having trouble breathing on his own so hes on life support"
*A couple of months after the birth*
not much had happened since them being at the hospital, Dean was a couple of months old and was at home with Rach, she still hadn't told Bolton about him, she wanted to tell him face to face. Rachel was finding it hard to cope as all dean would do was cry, she didn't know what sleep meant any more as she was always waking up in the middle of the night to crying, Kathy was there to help out when she needed it, rach had managed to get a job in the local cafe cleaning tables, she prefer being head teacher but she now realised that she needed money to feed Dean.
as the months went on Dean was getting big and was about to celebrate his first Christmas Rach had brought him loads of presents , she knew what he know what was going on as he was still young to take any noticed, he mainly slept though the day, this gave Rach time to relax on the sofa,
*Two Years later*
Dean was now two years old, he was learning how to do more things like how to draw and paint, Rachel was proud of him, she was still working at the cafe, she was enjoying it but not enough as being the head of Waterloo Road. During the two years Dean had celebrated his second birthday and his second Christmas, he was starting to understand it more
*Three Years later*
Dean was now three years old, Dean was growing up quick and started to look more like Bolton, rach felt like it was time for her to go back to Rochdale to face everyone, she knew that she had to explain why she ran away. During the three years Dean had turned three and had celebrated his Third birthday,Rach was planning on going back to Rochdale a month after Deans third birthday. she already had most of her and Dean's stuff packed.