To all my fantastic readers I am so sorry for my lack of reviews, but unfortunately I have been in hospital for a few weeks with a kidney infection. I really hope ow things have finally sorted themselves.

I am currently working on chapters for all of my stories and am hoping to have updated them all by the weekend. So please bear with me if I haven't updated you favourite story today I will be doing in the next few days.

Casey had been pacing the corridor frantically for what seemed like hours, it couldn't have been more than 20 minutes though.

Brax had arrived at the hospital shortly after receiving a desperate phone call from Charlie "How is she?" Brax gasped as he approached Charlie.

"I don't know no-one is telling us anything" Charlie replied.

Suddenly the doctor came into the corridor wearing blue scrubs "What's the story doc?" Casey said quickly as he rushed towards the doctor.

"Its good news we have managed to stop the bleeding and Aaliyah condition is stabilized" the doctor explained.

"Oh thank god" Casey exclaimed as he threw his hands behind his head. Brax noticed the doctor seemed to be holding something back.

"Is there something else Doc?" Brax asked curiously.

"Yes we seemed to have picked up on something we missed the last time we operated on Aaliyah" The doctor frowned "I can only apologise we didn't pick up on it sooner but it would seem Aaliyah is pregnant" the doctor added.

"Pregnant" Casey repeated with a stunned expression on his face.

"I'm afraid so, probably just a few weeks about 3 or 4" the doctor added causing Casey to just stare at him "You'll be pleased to know the wounds haven't affected the pregnancy as far As we can tell but we won't know for sure until we have given Aaliyah a scan"

Casey's head was spinning as he tried to take in the information, how could she be pregnant again so quickly? It wasn't until Casey looked up and saw a familiar face walking towards him that the truth hit him. As Casey watched Aden walking towards them he suddenly thought back to what had happened between him and Aaliyah a few weeks before.

Casey took a deep breath as Aden approached "Is she ok?" Aden asked frantically "What happened?"

"She was bleeding internally" Charlie filled Aden in on what was happening Aden nodded and listened to what the doctor was saying to Casey.

"She is in recovery at the moment but as soon as she wakes up, we will give her and ultrasound so we can find out what's going on" The doctor said before walking away.

Aden frowned at the mention of an ultrasound "Casey why does she need an ultrasound?" Aden asked as he pulled Casey to one side.

"Because she's pregnant" Casey replied harshly "About 3 or 4 weeks apparently" he added before walking back to Brax and Charlie.

Aden just slumped in the chair as he thought about what Casey had told him. If Casey was right and Aaliyah was this far into a pregnancy then Aden realised there was a good chance the baby was his.

X-x-x

As soon as Johnny walked through Aaliyah's front door he realised it was no place for Riley to be so soon after his illness, the lounge was still black from all the smoke and everywhere was wet from the water, it was a complete wreck. Johnny simply turned around and got back in his car "Where are we going Dad?" Riley wondered.

"We're going to stay in a hotel tonight mate" Johnny replied "Is there anything you want me to get you from the house before we go?" Riley just shook his head.

Johnny could tell his son was worried about Aaliyah "She'll be ok mate, your mum's strong"

x-x-x

Casey had gone outside for some air, finding out the woman he had just gotten engaged to might be carrying another mans child was a little hard for him to take in. Brax came outside and sat next to his brother "You ok Case?" he asked.

"I can't believe this is happening" Casey replied "How are we supposed to get past this now?"

"You will Casey" Brax sighed.

"Was you not just in there? Did you not just hear what the doctor said?" Casey exclaimed "She's pregnant with another man's kid Brax"

"You don't know that" Brax tried to reassure Casey.

"Don't I? Brax we weren't even sleeping together around that time" Casey frowned "The baby's Aden's it has to be" As Casey said the words he quickly stood up and started to walk away.

"Casey where are you going?" Brax called after him.

"I'm going to fetch Kyle then I'm getting out of here for a while" Casey called back "I can't be here when she wakes up, I'm not ready to deal with this yet"

"Casey stop" Brax tired again but Casey was gone, he wanted to go after him but he realised he would have to go back and explain what had just happened to Francesca.

x-x-x

Aden had already gone in to sit with Aaliyah when Brax got back "You don't waste any time do you?" Brax spat angrily as he walked into Aaliyah's room.

"Well I thought someone should be here when she wakes up" Aden frowned "Francesca has gone to call Johnny and Charlie is calling Bianca"

"And you just had to step in" Brax said sarcastically "Tell me why is it always you that comes to her rescue?"

"Because your brother always seems to fail her, she needs at least one reliable man in her life" Aden replied quickly causing Brax to move forwards.

"You need to back off" Brax warned.

"Why should I" Aden shrugged but didn't move an inch "If that's my kid I've got every right to be here for her, especially now Casey has gone AWOL again"

"You do know that no matter how much you try and be her knight in shining armour, she will never feel the same way for you" Brax grinned callously "Aaliyah loves Casey, and nothing you do will change that" Brax added before turning and walking away.

Aden knew deep down Brax was right, he realised the feelings he had for Aaliyah could on ever be one sided. But Aden also realised something the Braxton's didn't the only reason he knew Aaliyah's feelings were one sided wasn't because of Casey…

Aden had been in the room when Johnny was talking to Aaliyah and in all the time Aden had known Aaliyah, he had never seen her look at any man the way she was looking at Johnny while she was talking to him.

x-x-x

It wasn't long after Francesca's call to Johnny that he arrived at the hospital "How is she, what happened?" Johnny exclaimed as he approached Francesca.

"She's in recovery, don't worry she'll be fine" Francesca smiled "Where's Riley?"

"He's in the car, I wasn't sure if I should bring him in or not just in case" Johnny replied.

"Ok well I'll go and fetch Riley you should go and see her" Francesca said as she put her hand on Johnny's shoulder.

"Isn't Casey in there with her?" Johnny was confused.

"No Casey bolted about 30 minutes ago" Francesca seemed annoyed with Casey.

"What" Johnny was gob smacked "Why?"

"I don't know, but I'm asking you to hold off signing the divorce papers for now" Francesca said softly "Casey's a good kid, but when it comes to the hard times that's all he seems to be. It isn't the first time he's done a runner when the goings got tough"

Johnny just stared at this woman in shock; he was astounded Francesca of all people was asking this of him. She used to hate Johnny once upon a time and now here she was asking him to hold of signing the divorce papers. Johnny didn't speak; he couldn't so he just replied with a gentle nod.

"Alright, Ill give it a few more weeks before I finalize anything" Johnny finally managed before turning and walking into Aaliyah's room.

Ok thoughts please, Much love Nikki x x