Doctors and nurses quickly rushed in and asked everyone to leave; I begged for Evie and Belle to stay with me. If I couldn't have Ben with me I needed them; there was no way that I could do this on my own. After Adam, Carlos and Jay left to go and wait in the waiting room the staff stood outside the cubicle as Evie and Belle helped me out of my wedding dress and into a hospital gown. This probably took a little while longer than it should have done; due to the pain that I was in. But when I slid back onto the bed I couldn't help but sigh in relief at the fact that I felt more free in my hospital gown.

Evie and Belle then took a step back in the cubicle as the doctors and nurses returned and they quickly took all of my observations. They stated that all of my observations were currently raised but they thought that this was down to the pressure and stress of the situation that I was currently in. A new ultrasound was ordered with some paracetamol; I simply nodded at this. I hated that we were in this mess in the first place; but if I lost our baby without Ben being by my side it was going to be even harder! How on Auradon was I going to explain that to Ben?


It was explained to me, Evie and Belle that the doctor wanted the paracetamol to kick in before they attempted the ultrasound scan; so they advised that the sonographer was going to come and see me in just under an hour. Even though I understood why they wanted to do this I couldn't escape the fact that something could be happening to my baby while we were waiting around; but I trusted them - as I was trying to keep my worrying down as much as I could at the moment, which was very difficult.


Thankfully, before I knew it the hour was up and a blonde haired, green eyes, slim woman entered my cubicle wheeling her equipment in after her. Belle and Evie asked if I wanted them to stay; I nodded at them. If anything was wrong with the baby then I was going to need their support; I couldn't do this on my own. But on the other hand if nothing was wrong with mine and Ben's baby then they could meet them for the first time - I knew that neither me nor Ben was going to have a problem with that.

Minutes painfully passed as the sonographer stared at the screen as she ran the probe over my stomach before she turned and looked over to me. It felt like time stood still for a few seconds before she smiled at me and told me that mine and Ben's baby was perfectly fine; me, Evie and Belle all took a sigh in relief before the sonographer turned the screen so we could see for ourselves. The room went silent as the three of us looked at mine and Ben's baby in awe; I loved them so much already. And I couldn't stop the tears from flowing down my cheeks at the fact they were safe; and they hadn't been harmed in any way.

When I finally tore my eyes away from the screen and I looked at Evie and Belle I saw tears were flowing down their cheeks; when I questioned why they were crying they both simply told me that it was amazing and they couldn't wait to meet them. I chuckled at this before looking back at the screen; I couldn't wait to meet them either - my special little guy or girl.


After watching our baby for a few more minutes the sonographer left to go and see the Doctor who was currently looking after me, but thankfully they left the screen on with me holding the probe so we could watch my baby wiggle slightly in my stomach. Moments later the Doctor came in and confirmed what he said before - the bleeding and pain was due to the stress of the situation. He also advised that some spotting at the start of the pregnancy is normal due to the changes happening in my body; but it should always be checked. He finally told me that he wanted me to stay in hospital for observation again; which again I agreed to - there was no way I was leaving without Ben anyway!


When the Doctor left, Belle left with him to go and get Adam, Jay and Carlos from the family room; and it didn't take long for three of them to quickly run back into the cubicle. They quickly asked if me and the baby were ok; and I quickly put them out of their misery and told them that we were both ok. I watched as they all sighed in relief; but we all froze in shock when Doctor Cameron quickly entered my cubicle.

Doctor Cameron then walked up to me and told me to hold my hand out; I did as he asked and he dropped a bloody bullet into my hand. I slowly looked up at him in shock and he smiled at me. He told me that the surgery had been an absolute success; and Ben was now in recovery as the anaesthetic was wearing off. I asked when could we see him; and Doctor Cameron stated that he was arranged for me and Ben to be moved into a side ward. He then advised that we were going to move me into it first of all; then around half an hour to forty five minutes they were going to bring Ben into the side ward. I started to feel relieved at the fact that I roughly knew when I was going to be back with my husband - which thankfully was closer than I expected.

Minutes later a porter and health care assistant entered my cubicle to take me to the side ward that Doctor Cameron had arranged for me and Ben. I climbed down from my bed and sat in the wheelchair that the porter had brought with him. As I was wheeled out of the cubicle I couldn't think of anything apart from the fact that I was going to be reunited with Ben soon, which couldn't come quick enough!


When my eyes landed on the side ward that had been assigned for me and Ben I couldn't help but smile; on the left hand side of the room there were two bays. The bed furthest away from the door wasn't in the room, and I put this down to the fact that the bed had been sent down to recovery to go and collect Ben - which made me very happy. In the right hand side of the room closest to the door was a door which looked like it went to the bathroom. Finally in the right hand side of the room in the top corner there were couches which I imagined was for our family to sit on as they stayed with us.

After being wheeled up to what was going to be my bed I slowly and carefully climbed onto the bed and pulled the covers back. I then watched as my family went to get the fold up chairs from the corner so they could put them around my bed and around Ben's when he was brought into the room.

When I thought about how differently today had ended I was in disbelief; around this time Ben should have announced my pregnancy by now. But no, instead I was waiting for him to come out of recovery after being shot. I really couldn't believe that this had happened to us, to Ben! I put my head against my pillow and looked up at the ceiling - thankfully it wouldn't be long before Ben joined us all.


After a tortured eternity which ended up being forty five minutes the side door opened and Doctor Cameron was helping two porters push Ben into the room; the room went silent as we all looked over to Ben, who looked like he was sleeping peacefully. He was lying on his back topless, with the blanket wrapped around his waist; I noted that one porter had his wedding suit in a see through bag. My eyes landed on his left shoulder and I saw there were bandages, probably to keep his stitches in place.

Doctor Cameron then slid down the right hand side slider of Ben's bed and they pushed the bed against mine; when I looked over to him he winked at me. He knew me and Ben well enough to know that we would want to be close to each other after everything that had just happened. They quickly left the room to give us time together, I slid my left hand into his right and gave it a squeeze.

"I'm here Benny" I told him as I rolled onto my left side. "I love you" I muttered before pressing a kiss against the back of his hand. I then snuggled into his hand and I stared at him; I didn't know how long I was lying staring at him before my eyes started to roll into sleep. But before I let myself succumb to sleep I couldn't help but note how glad I was that me, Ben and our baby were in fact ok - which meant a great deal to me.