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Chapter 26
Nikki felt her foot suddenly slip and turn outward, before she knew it, she was on her back, slipping down the stony staircase. Nikki took a deep breathe in as she closed her eyes and heard the thudding of her body hitting the stairs. When the rolling stopped, Nikki heard her name being called before her sight went fuzzy and eventually dark as the darkness took over her.
Christine had been walking brusquely down the staff corridor, having heard the loud bang from her office. She knew it had come from upstairs so she would go in that direction, Christine thought. That was when she saw Nikki crashing down the stairs. Her heart sank, Nikki was in trouble, she could lose he baby. Panicking, Christine didn't know what to do. Had Nikki told Hector? Should she get him? Christine couldn't think straight. Should she move Nikki into the recovery position or not? All these thoughts were getting jumbled in her head. Hector would know what to do, Christine thought. She stepped over Nikki and ran up the stairs to Hector's office whilst taking her phone out of her pocket and ringing an ambulance.
Meanwhile, Hector had finally got the students to move along the corridor to their next lessons. He ventured back into his office and slumped back onto his chair, deep in thought. What had Nikki wanted to talk to him about? Was she okay? Hector's mind was a mess. Nikki was all he really ever thought about. She was his perfect woman, the only trouble was that she wasn't his, not anymore. She never was really, he supposed. Was she just about to tell him that she felt the same way? He wondered. He just didn't know. He heard his door being pushed open rather abruptly and presumed it was Nikki again, back from telling off Barry. He turned around smiling but was taken aback when he noticed Christine's red face, tear stains down it. "Come quick," Christine shouted, panic evident in her voice as she pulled Hector up off his seat, "It's Nikki. She. Needs h- help. She needs. You." Christine gasped trying desperately to get her words out. Hector didn't ask her for any information, he could see that Christine wasn't in the right frame of mind at the moment, he just ran down the corridor in front of Christine once he'd realised the direction she was going. He had to get to her. He had to help her because. He. Loved. Her.
Noticing someone laying hap-hazardously at the bottom of the stairs, Hector slowed down. Then he saw Nikki's face, eyes loosely shut. Horror flooded through his veins, 'she has to be okay' Hector thought as he leant down on his knees and pushed the silky, brown hair out of her face and shouted Nikki's name, trying desperately to wake her up. She needed to wake up. He quickly noted that she was breathing and had a pulse, she was just unconscious. This caused some relief but Hector was still worried; she hadn't woken up yet. "How far up was she when she fell?" Hector asked as he placed his shaking hand around Nikki's still, delicate one. "I-I don't know. I d-didn't s-see." Sobbed Christine who leant down next to Nikki too. "Have you called an ambulance?" He asked her, trying to act calm and professional. Feeling a little more useful, Christine told him she had. "We just need to wait for her to wake up then, we shouldn't move her." Hector explained as he stroked Nikki's cheek. "At least she didn't land on her stomach." Christine tried to reassure herself.
"Why? What's wrong with her stomach?" Hector panicked thinking that Nikki had a serious health condition. "Erm. Oh. Err. I-it d-doesn't matter." Christine sighed sheepishly looking at Nikki worriedly. "She should wake up soon right?" Christine asked trying to make Hector forget about her previous comment. "Christine, please, just tell me what you meant." Hector whispered as a tear fell out of his eye. Christine looked between Nikki and Hector wide-eyed. What had she just said?! Christine asked herself. "Look, she was going to tell you today, I swear." Christine tried to explain, she didn't want him to react badly to the news. She couldn't really hide it from him now, he would find out from the paramedics after all- they'd have to know. "T-tell me what?" Hector asked, mentally preparing himself for the worst.
But what he heard wasn't what he'd been expecting...