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Chapter 27
Sighing in defeat, "Nikki's pregnant." Hector sat there in silence, his grip on Nikki's hand loosening in shock. "W-what?" Hector whispered unable to take in what Christine had told him. "Hector, Nikki's going to have a baby in a few months. She was going to tell you today so you could go to the scan with her if you wanted." Christine tried to explain whilst rubbing up and down his arm. Hector quickly stood up and paced up and down the space next to where Nikki was laying. Rubbing his face in shock, he glanced down at Nikki's stomach. On further inspection, it was slightly bigger than usual. He couldn't believe a baby was growing in there.
Christine heard the ambulance arrive, leaving Hector with Nikki whilst she greeted the paramedics and informed them of the situation. Hector leant down beside Nikki again and taking his hand in his he whispered, "Please wake up Nikki." Whilst slowly skating his other hand over her abdomen. He jumped when he began to feel some pressure on his hand. Feeling groggy, Nikki opened her eyes, everything was so bright. That's when she noticed the throbbing in her head and the ache in her side. "Uurrrgghh" Nikki winced, slowly moving her hand to her head, "Hey. You gave me and Christine a bit of a fright." He smiled down at her, taking his hand off her abdomen and moving Nikki's hand off her head, "Try not to touch it, sweetheart." Hector soothed. Nikki gasped when she felt him move his hand off her stomach. Did he know? She wasn't sure. How could he have found out? She wasn't showing that much surely? "H-hector. D-do you know?" She asked him, still a little groggy after being unconscious for a few minutes, she'd realised. Hector just nodded, understanding what she meant. He placed his hand back on her stomach; now wasn't the time for arguing about it. Neither of them were in the right frame of mind and the baby was already under enough stress from the fall and everything.
Hearing footsteps, they both turned their heads. The paramedics, along with Christine, had arrived. Sighing in relief when she'd realised Nikki was conscious again, Christine pulled Hector up so the paramedics could have better access. "Hello, my name's Dixie. I'm a paramedic. Can you tell me your name?" The paramedic asked whilst looking at the gash on her head. Obviously she already knew all the necessary information from Christine, she just needed to check for concussion. "N-nikki." She stuttered. "That's good," Dixie smiled, "tell me where it hurts?" In which Nikki told her about her head and her hip. Dixie nodded in understanding and shouted for Jeff to bring the spinal board just as a precaution.
Now safely strapped in the ambulance, Nikki came round properly and quickly became anxious. The big yellow thing around her head meant she couldn't see anything apart from the ceiling and she could feel blood on her head. She wanted Lorraine. She was about to ask Christine, who'd come in the ambulance with her with Hector following behind on his motorbike, but then thought better of it. She might just need a bandage and nothing else yet; it would be a bit of a waste making Lorraine leave her business trip for that, she didn't need to worry her. Besides, it would be unlikely that she'd be able to get back any quicker than when she was supposed to get back which was tomorrow. No, Nikki thought, I won't worry her. Instinctively, she placed her hand over her stomach, shielding the baby from anymore harm. She hoped the baby was alright, she was kind of looking forward to it now. "Is the baby okay?" Nikki asked, panicking slightly. "We can't find out here but, as far as we know, you're not miscarrying. What the baby needs now, is for you to stay as calm as you can." Dixie, who was sat in the back and constantly checking on her obs, explained. Nikki felt a little more relieved and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
After what felt like hours of toucher every time they went over a bump in the road or turned a corner, Nikki thought, they made it to the hospital. Nikki was taken to a cubicle and seen straight away. "You seem to have a habit of cutting your head open, don't you." The doctor laughed when she recognised Nikki as the same patient she'd seen over a month ago. Nikki laughed and smiled in recognition at the doctor. "Well I'm Doctor Hanna, or Zoe, but you knew that." She smiled. "So can you move your toes." In which Nikki did, "and can you feel this?" Zoe asked as she poked Nikki's feet and several points on her legs. Nikki nodded every time. "Excellent. We can take you off the spinal board now and I'll sort you an ultrasound out, just to check on baby but I'm sure there'll be nothing to worry about." She smiled as she unstrapped Nikki's head and walked off flirting with the porter yet again.
Meanwhile, outside the hospital, Christine had decided to wait for Hector to arrive. Noticing him pulling up on his bike, she ran over to him. "Hector, I'll show you where she is and leave you two to talk." She said. "Sure. And thanks, Christine. For telling me." He tried to smile at her. Truthfully, he was so nervous. He didn't know what to say to Nikki or anything. He just hoped that she would make the first move.