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Chapter 13
Her heart pounded to the beat of her feet racing over the hard ground. She stared at the pavement. The delicious rush of wind passing her face thrilled her as she ran alongside the sea. Muscles stretched, she pushed harder as she climbed the hill, leading to a block of flats. Nikki's pace evened out and her legs almost flew above the pavement. Warmth seeped into her muscles, the mild burning of lactic acid, the rush of the wind, the feeling she got when she fell into pace and the run made her feel so much better- crash!
Nikki stumbled to the floor. "N-Nikki?" A familiar voice spoke. Utterly confused, no it couldn't be, Nikki turned around. It was her. Nikki couldn't believe it. "Lorraine?" Nikki asked, whilst rubbing her head. Noticing Nikki had blood on her hand Lorraine quickly sprung to her feet, "Oh my God! I'm so sorry, Nik. Here, let me have a look." The blonde beckoned Nikki closer and moved Nikki's hair out of her face to look more closely at the wound. 'Ouch.' Lorraine thought, realising it would almost definitely need stitches. Nikki got a whoosh of warmth through her entire body from Lo's touch and Lorraine moved her gaze away from the gash on Nikki's forehead and realised how close Nikki's flawless face was. Nikki's breathing faltered and her mouth opened slightly. Lorraine slowly lifted her hand up to cup Nikki's cheek, "I've missed you." Lorraine whispered, her soft lips less than an inch away from Nikki's. "Me too." The brunette whispered before the blonde closed the gap by skirting her lips gently over Nikki's. This caused Nikki to whimper softly so Lo continued with the kiss by carefully nibbling on the older woman's as the brunette ran her arms down Lorraine's sides and wrapping them around her petite waist which made the blonde give out a little, low moan of desire. Smiling and out of breath, they broke apart, Lorraine quickly grabbed hold of the other woman's hand before she had chance for second thoughts, like she would. "Come back to Sonya's, it's where I'm staying at the moment while I'm visiting her?" Lorraine explained. "Okay." Nikki smiled as both women walked hand in hand across the road and to the lift where Sonya's flat was.
Lorraine smiled lovingly at Nikki as she led her through the door, "That was quick. Did you get the washing up liquid?" Sonya shouted from behind the kitchen counter. "No but look who I ran into, literally!" Lorraine spoke, excitement clearly visible in her voice. Sonya stood up from looking in the cupboard. "Oh hi Nikki," Sonya smiled brightly, "Oh gosh! Are you alright?" She asked concerned, noticing Nikki's head. "Oh I'll be fine." Nikki reassured.
"Sit down Nik." Lorraine spoke kindly whilst also sitting down on the sofa. "Does it hurt anywhere else?" Lorraine asked.
"Not really, erm. Just my stomach." The brunette said whilst rubbing her sore stomach.
Sonya picked up on this, obviously she knew that Nikki might be pregnant, "I think you should go to hospital, Nikki. Check you're alright, you know. And I'm pretty sure your head will need stitches." She said in a concerned voice whilst passing her a drink of water.
"Yeah I agree. I'll take you?" Lorraine asked, rubbing her hand on Nikki's knee. Nodding, Nikki finished her water quickly before standing up and taking Lo's hand, smiling. Nikki lead her to her car, still a red Ferrari, Nikki noted. "So apart from this, how have you been?" Lorraine asked making conversation. "Erm. Not too good really. I-I can never seem to do anything right without you." Nikki sighed. Lorraine smiled sadly, "I know what you mean. I've pushed everyone away, Sonya especially, bless her." Nikki laughed, "Sonya's strong, she knows how you're feeling, you know?" Nikki reassured whilst rubbing the blonde's arm reassuringly. "Well we're here." Lorraine replied, pulling up in the hospital car park. They got out of the car and walked up to reception, surprisingly, there was no queue. A receptionist called Noel greeted them, "So what's the problem?" He asked a little too enthusiastically. "I've cut my head open." Nikki said. "And she's got stomach pains." Lorraine added, rubbing the woman's fingers in her hand. Noel looked at Nikki, questioning if this was right. She nodded weakly. "Well you can go straight through cubicles as we're not very busy at the moment and a doctor will see you." He informed.
"Thank you" both women said to the receptionist. Nikki sat down on the bed whilst Lorraine sat down on a chair beside her. "At-least we didn't have to wait ages." Lorraine said quietly, trying to break the uneasy silence. Nikki sat there fiddling with the thread on the tacky blue bed sheets. Lorraine was about to ask her if she was okay when the doctor walked up to Nikki's bed. "Good afternoon. I'm Doctor Hanna, I'll be treating you. But you can call me Zoe. Right. Let's have a look at your head." Zoe said in full on doctor mode. "Are you feeling sick or dizzy or anything different to normal at all?" Nikki shook het head, "Well no more than usual" she smiled. The doctor nodded. "Look into the light please. Then can you follow my finger?" Nikki did this. "Great, well you don't have concussion and there's no foreign objects in the wound." Nikki and Lorraine both smiled in relief, Nikki didn't want to stay overnight or anything. "Can I have a quick feel of your stomach?" The doctor asked. Nikki nodded pulling her vest top up. She tensed when Zoe pressed down on the left side of her abdomen. "So you're a bit tender. Did this happen before or during the fall?" The doctor asked. "When I fell" Nikki answered. "Well I'm gonna book you in for a CT, just to be on the safe side. I just need you to fill in this questionnaire before the CT" "Okay" Nikki winced. 'Do you have a heart condition- no','Do you have or have had any infectious diseases in the last year-no','Have you ever had any major surgery such as transplants or joint replacements-no', 'are you or could you be pregnant-yes' Nikki wrote hoping Lorraine didn't look at the sheet, she didn't want her to find out about anything this way. Nikki was pretty certain Sonya hadn't told her about Hector from the way they were both acting. "Are you alright Nikki, you look a bit spaced out?" Lorraine asked, concerned. "Erm I-" the doctor came into the cubicle again, she'd clearly been flirting with the porter. "You filled it in?" She asked the brunette, still smirking, her thoughts obviously still on the porter. Nikki nodded passing the doctor the sheet. Zoe scanned the sheet. "There isn't anything in your notes about this. Have you only just found out?" Zoe asked the brunette smiling.
Nikki looked down nervously. She really didn't want her Lo to find out like this. "Erm. Kind of. I'm not sure if I am." Nikki explained. "Oh okay. We'll do a blood test to find out exactly what's going on. I'll get a nurse to suture that cut on your head and sort out some pain relief you can have. Are you in any pain anywhere else?" Nikki smiled gratefully and shook her head. "Any questions at all?" Zoe asked as she stuck the needle in Nikki's arm to take a blood sample. Nikki shook her head again whilst gritting her teeth. "Okay. Well I'll leave you to it for a few minutes while I rush these bloods through. If you need help, just ask any member of staff." She said before departing the cubicle with the bloods in her hand. A rather big ginger nurse practically skipped in and sorted out Nikki's cut. "Right, take one of these now and one before bed. Then stick to half the dose it says on the packet if you feel like you still need them. Make sure you don't take two though because it can be bad for erm. You." The nurse told Nikki, handing her a box of tablets, before smiling warmly and leaving the cubicle, "Oh and good luck with everything!" Nikki smiled in response.
Lorraine had no idea what was going on, "Are you okay?" Lorraine asked, noticing Nikki was still being very quiet. "Erm. I don't know yet. But I need to tell you something erm i-important."
"Oh, sure. Nik, you know you can tell me anything, right?" Nikki looked like a rabbit caught in headlights but tried to smile. Lorraine took hold of her hand. "Just hear me out but erm I might be, well I'm quite sure, I'm p-pregnant." Nikki stuttered holding onto Lorraine's hand so tightly it hurt her, never-mind Lorraine. Nikki couldn't lose her again and she knew, as hard as it might be now, it would be easier for them both in the long run if she was completely honest from the start. There was a long silence. Neither woman had a clue what to say. Nikki was about to ask Lorraine to say something but couldn't get the words out. "Erm. Nikki I-I love you but I don't see how it'll work if you are." She sighed.
"You've never told me you love me before." Nikki smiled whilst twirling the blonde's hair between her fingers lovingly. Lorraine smiled shyly, looking at her knees. "It's true. I knew I did when you first asked me for that drink. I just didn't know if you felt the same way," the blonde confided, "I still don't actually." She flirted. Nikki pulled her into a sweet kiss before whispering those important three little words onto the blonde's lips.