As the sun shone through the curtain the next morning Steve frowned a little as he moved his head a little out of the way of the sunlight before he let his eyes flutter open. Looking down to Sam who was still sleeping beside him he gave her bump a gentle rub before he yawned a little and snuggled into her more pressing a soft kiss to her shoulder. Last night had seemed like a dream he'd rather forget about but the more he thought about it he knew it was a reality. Reaching to grab his phone he then flicked through it before he thought to himself. He didn't even know where to even start looking for Catherine. Shaking the thought out of his head for now he then looked down to Sam as she started to move around next to him. "Morning…" He whispered down to her.
Rolling onto her back Sam rubbed her eyes a little before looking up to him and smiling a little. "Morning." She whispered back to him.
"You sleep okay?" Steve asked popping his phone back down on the side before he looked down to her once more.
Sam nodded a little. "Yeah…only woke up once I think." She mumbled looking to him.
Moving some hair out of her face he looked to her. "I'm going to get this thing with Catherine sorted today okay? I don't want you stressing about it. It's nearly our wedding day. You should be relaxed and happy." He whispered as he pressed a kiss to her forehead. "I'll sort it I promise."
Sam nodded a little and sighed. "I know. I'm sorry for over reacting."
"Don't be sorry. You're tired; emotional…she just fuelled the fire." He looked to her. "I'm going to pick up Danny and Grace. Grace'll stay here with you while we're gone."
"I don't need a babysitter." Sighed Sam looking to him.
"I'm not saying you do." He told her looking to her. "But it would just put my mind at ease if I knew someone was here with you." He tapped her nose before he moved and got out of the bed and stretched before he headed to the bathroom. Sam could argue with him all she wanted but he wanted someone here with her. Coming out of the bathroom after having a quick wash and toothbrush hanging out his mouth. "You need anything while I'm out?" He asked as he looked to her.
As Steve got out of the bed Sam stretched out and yawned a little before she then looked to Steve as he spoke and thought for a minute before shaking her head. "Don't think so. Maybe a bar of chocolate. Got a feeling I'll be finishing that one in the fridge for breakfast." She beamed to him before she then yawned a little before sitting up and looking to him. "You know…I was thinking." She began before looking to him. "You always pictured Catherine as this lovely woman who was loyal, career driven…and understanding."
"That's because she was. Well I thought she was. Guess I really never gave it any thought what her reaction would be when I found someone else. We were together a long time."
"But that's not the woman I saw last night…"
Steve frowned a little. "What are you saying?"
Sam shrugged as she looked to him. "She's been gone a long time. You don't know where she's been or what she's been through…maybe she went through something that was quite…traumatic and she's blocking that part of her life out…maybe she came back here thinking she's only been gone a few weeks…not a few years." She shrugged and looked to him. "It's just something to think about. You said even though you were broken by her departure you finished on somewhat good terms. I just think maybe there's more than meets the eye and you should consider that if you're going to confront her."
Listening to her he then nodded a little. "Okay I'll consider it." He looked to her. "You think she's suffering PTSD?"
"Possibly." She looked to him and sighed. "It just needs to get sorted before she's shouting 'I object' at our wedding."
Heading back into the bathroom he popped his toothbrush back before going into the bedroom and leaning down and stealing a kiss off her. "You're very level headed you know that?"
Sam smiled kissing him back. "I try."
Steve laughed. "Well it's not every day your fiancé's ex-girlfriend turns up and you're showing concerns for her wellbeing."
Sam looked to him and smiled a little. "No one deserves to be hurting…"
Steve smiled to her. "I shouldn't be too long." He told her before he lent down and stole another kiss off her before heading downstairs. Grabbing his keys he text Danny to tell him he was on his way as he got into the truck and headed over. Beeping the horn as he got outside he smiled to Grace as she got in the car. "Hey Grace, hope you don't mind hanging with your aunt for a while."
Grace smiled. "Course not."
Looking to Danny as he got in Steve frowned at him. "Jesus Danny did you get any sleep? You look like death."
Danny looked to him. "Why thank you. I'll have you know when I got home I was up trying to trace Catherine's cell phone."
"Did you find her?" Steve asked looking to him.
Danny nodded. "I think so."
Steve nodded. "Okay we will drop Grace off then go and find her." He mumbled as he headed back to his place. Waiting for Grace to jump out he then drove off. "So where to?" He asked as he glanced to Danny before looking back to the road.
"Well she's still on the mainland. Her last location I could get signal from was about a mile away from Kamekona's shrimp truck…the signal was bouncing all over the place but seemed to be in that area."
"We will head there first then. See if Kamekona has spotted her."
Danny nodded before he then looked to him. "How's Sam this morning?"
"Better. Though she wants us to consider that maybe Catherine is suffering PTSD…"
"What makes her think that?"
"Because when I've spoke of Catherine in the past didn't seem like the Catherine she saw last night."
"Why she always got to defend people." Danny grumbled before he looked out of his window. "Stop!" He called out.
Slamming on the breaks Steve looked to him. "What?"
"There." He pointed over towards the small bakery shop on the corner as Catherine immerged from there.
Seeing her come out, Steve cut the engine and stormed out of the truck as he made his way over to her, hands in his pockets as he looked to her. She looked pretty normal. "Catherine." He called before she could get away.
Seeing someone call her name Catherine frowned and looked before her face lit up as she saw Steve. "Steve…" She whispered with a grin as she made her way over to him. "I was going to come by at work to surprise you later…"
Steve looked to her. "Well you wouldn't have found me…" He paused as he looked to her. "We need to talk Catherine."
Catherine looked to him. "I know…look I came by the house last night and there was some girl there…"
"I know." Steve cut in as he looked to her. "Catherine that was my fiancé."
Catherine looked to him. "You're lying…I thought we…"
"Catherine I told you I wasn't going to wait for you. You knew that when you left me and you shouldn't have come into my house like that, you really upset Sam." He told her looking to her. "I met someone else and I love her…I'm marrying her and I'm going to be a dad…I'm not going to throw all of that away because you've decided to come back." He told her firmly. "I'm sorry but I don't love you anymore. I've moved on."
Catherine looked to him. "And who is this girl exactly? What do you really know about her?"
"She's my sister." Came Danny's voice as he came and stood next to his friend. "And he knows plenty about her. Mainly where she's been for the last two years…unlike you."
Catherine looked to Danny. "Where I been is none of your business."
"No but it should have been Steve's if you wanted to rekindle your romance."
"It's classified."
"Classified? Isn't that normally a government term?" Danny questioned with a shake of his head. He remembered the last conversation he had with her. Don't hurt Steve he told her. She promised she wouldn't. Yet she took off.
"Still none of your business Danny."
"It is when it involves my friend and then you show up and scare my sister half to death. In case you didn't notice she's pregnant. So last thing she needed was you turning up claiming to be Steve's girlfriend when you're clearly not."
"Enough fighting you two." Sighed Steve before he looked to Catherine. "I want that key back Catherine." Steve told her. "You were supposed to have left that when you left me."
Looking to the pair of them she looked to Steve. "You really love her?"
"Of course I do…" Steve replied. "Look Catherine…I don't know what you are going through…or what you went through when you was away…but you can't just come back and expect to be part of my life." He told her with a slight shrug. It might have come across as heartless but he couldn't just beat around the bush with her. She had to know where she stood and right now she stood no place in his life. Yes they could be friends but he didn't love her. He couldn't be with her. "If you need help I'll help you but that's as far as it goes…"
As the tears filled in her eyes she looked to Steve. "I just always thought we were a forever deal…"
"Maybe once upon a time Catherine, but not now. I'm perfectly happy with Sam." He told her with a soft sigh. "I'm sorry you had to find out like this…" He looked to her. "I need that key…."
As his phone went off Danny moved away from the two while Steve took the key as it was handed to him. "Thank you. I'm not saying we can't be friends Catherine…but if you want romance…then I'm sorry you won't get it from me…"
Catherine looked to him and sighed. "It's hard to accept…" She admitted running her fingers through her hair a little another sigh passing her lips. As Danny rushed over she frowned a little. "Everything okay?"
Looking to Catherine as she spoke Danny looked to Steve. "We have to go…"
Steve frowned and looked to him. "Why that's wrong?"
"That was Grace; she's just had to call an ambulance because Sam has gone into a lot of pain…"
Hearing that Sam was in pain, that was it for Steve. Rushing back over to the truck he got into the driver's side and started the engine back up. "She in labour?" Steve asked Danny as he got in the passenger seat and sped off.
Danny sighed. "I don't think so. From what Grace said the pain isn't going so it's not a contraction… she didn't know what to do so she called an ambulance in case it is labour." He looked to him. "You think Catherine will just leave you alone now?"
"I hope so. I have better things to worry about." Steve mumbled as he headed back to his house. As they arrived and the ambulance was already there, Steve pulled up before he rushed inside. Seeing her on the sofa with an oxygen mask on and a monitor around her stomach as well as her own heart monitor as she clung onto Grace's hand he felt his heart sink. She looked like she was in a lot of pain. "What's going on?" He demanded as he headed over to Sam's other side and took her hand. "Hey I'm here…" He whispered kissing her head before he looked to the paramedic. "What's going on?" He asked.
The paramedic looked to Steve and smiled. "Nothing to worry about I promise." He reassured him before he then looked back to Sam and moved his hands on her bump. "Nearly there Sam I promise…"
"What do you mean?" Steve demanded looking to him.
The paramedic looked to Steve. "The baby was breech…but decided to turn today but seems to have got a bit stuck…hence why Sam is in a lot of pain, normally when the baby turns it's a quick process and mother would feel a little pain but it would pass straight away but because baby has gotten a bit stuck during the turn and resting on a nerve it's causing more pain than it should." He explained before feeling Sam's bump once more and looking to her. "Nearly finished…" Looking to the monitors to check both mother and baby's heart rates he looked to Sam. "Breathe…" He told her. "I'm going to help okay…it might hurt..."
Sam nodded a little before she clung onto Steve's hand before looking to Grace and moving the mask from her mouth. "You don't have to be here Gracie…" She whispered. "Ow!" She shouted as she looked to the paramedic.
"All done." The paramedic smiled as he looked to the monitors to make sure both heart rates went back down to normal. Looking to Sam he smiled. "Baby's head will probably engage in the next few days now that it's turned." He told her taking off the monitors off her bump and off Sam's chest.
Rubbing her forehead Sam sighed. "God help me when I'm labour. That was horrific."
"It's not the nicest pain when the baby wants to turn because space is so limited now in the womb. You should be fine during your labour, it's only because baby got stuck and was probably resting on a nerve that it caused a great deal of pain. Honestly try not to worry too much about it. Try and keep relaxed the next few days, any problems or concerns go straight to your midwife okay?" He told her looking to her.
Sam nodded a little before she then looked to Grace. "Thank you for looking after me."
Grace smiled as she hugged her aunt. "Anytime."
Seeing the paramedic out Steve closed the front door before he then rubbed his forehead and looked to them. "So who wants a hot drink?" He asked heading to the kitchen.
"Me. Please." Sighed Danny as he moved and sat next to Sam and looked to her. "If you go into labour before this wedding there is going to be trouble."
Sam rolled her eyes as she glanced at her brother. "I'm not going into labour yet." She grumbled with a sigh as she rubbed her bump and pouted a little. "That really did hurt." She grumbled relaxing back on the sofa. "I could so do with a nap."
Danny looked to her. "You always need a nap." He rolled his eyes and looked to Grace. "You hungry kiddo? You wanna see Uncle Steve sweat over a hot oven or shall we go and grab a McDonalds?"
"McDonalds." Sam quickly replied looking to him.
"I was asking Grace." Frowned Danny as he looked to her before looking to Grace. "What you say?"
"McDonalds is cool with me." Grace replied. "Double cheese burger with a large fries and banana milkshake. Ooo and a smartie McFlurry."
"Large Big Mac, double cheese burger, Strawberry milkshake, mozzarella sticks and a Galaxy McFlurry." Beamed Sam looking to him.
"Jesus you want the whole menu?" Danny asked shaking his head as he got up. from his seat. "Steve what you want from McDonald's?"
"Large Big Mac, double cheese burger, no gherkins, a coke, mozzarella sticks and a Galaxy McFlurry."
"Wow could you and my sister be anymore similar?" He shook his head and got up. Having a quick sip of his coffee as Steve made it he then headed out of the door to go and grab them all some food. It had been an eventful couple of days to say the least! Hopefully the Catherine situation was sorted and the baby would hold off until after the wedding but drama seemed to follow Steve like flies, he had a feeling this wasn't the end.
I apologise for the major delay in updating this story, work has been so manic lately!
I'm off this week so hopefully i will get this story done and completed for you :)
K x