The end of the shift finally came around and Rita went to find Connie, who was studiously pouring over several cases.

"Hello..?" Rita knocked on the open doorframe, Connie looking up to see it was Rita.

"Hi." She smiled, beckoning Rita over to stand by her. "How was your day?" Connie asked, taking hold of Rita's hand, as Rita shrugged her shoulders.

"Not so bad, although I am never letting my paperwork get that bad ever again!" Rita swore, but Connie just shook her head.

"You say that every week." Connie teased, folding up the files and grabbing her coat.

The drive to the baby shower was quick, and they sat in a comfortable silence, Connie trying to generate a few 'small talk' topics to help her try and get herself through the evening.

She looked over at Rita who was humming along to the radio, one hand rested on her stomach, a pinkish glow in her skin, indicating her pregnancy was healthy and she was enjoying every second of it.

They entered the hall together, Connie's hand interlinked with Rita's.

A huge smile was plastered on Rita's face as loads of the ED staff came up to her.

Her hand was pulled from Connie's as everyone hugged her, snapping hundreds of photos, a happy chatter filling the hall as Connie slunk backwards to get herself a soft drink.

Charlie appeared beside her as she started to sip on her 7up.

"How are you?" He asked, knowing everyone, including Connie, had been constantly asking Rita if she was ok, Connie had kind of slipped into the background.

"I'm fine." She assured him. "I just don't really enjoy these kind of things…" Connie admitted, Charlie nodding his head.

"I know, but you're here to make Rita happy, and she really appreciates that." Charlie told Connie who nodded.

"I know, she is so amazing." Connie managed a smile, watching Rita who was still being bombarded by hugs and kisses from everyone at the ED.

It was eventually the time to open the presents, Rita called Connie over to sit next to her, Connie excusing herself from Charlie's presence and sitting down next to her girlfriend.

"OK, since my present is the best, you can open mine first!" Dixie had made her way to the front of the group, handing Rita three small packages.

"Here Con, you open one." Rita handed Connie a package, Rita tearing into the first one.

Both Rita's and Connie's eyes both lit up as they saw what was contained in the small packages.

Dixie had given them a baby sized pair of Doctor scrubs, Nurse scrubs and a paramedic jumpsuit. A smile was plastered on Connie's face as she looked up at Dixie's expectant face.

"They're gorgeous." Connie said, Rita nodding as she folded them back up and placed them next to her.

The two women enjoyed the next hour opening many packages of clothes, toys, books, blankets and so much more than they really needed.

"And now, for the best presents of all!" Robyn shouted above everyone, the whole room falling silent as Big Mac, Cal, Ethan and Ash carried two large parcels through.

"You can't have a baby shower without a cot and changing table!" Dixie smiled, Rita standing up and hugging Dixie.

"Thank you so much, thank you everyone." Rita smiled at everyone, before hugging Dixie again. Connie also stood up, standing next to Rita.

"You have all been very generous." Connie nodded, taking hold of Rita's hand as Rita let go of Dixie.

Connie's small sports car wouldn't fit the 2 large parcels in, so Dixie offered to put them in her car and follow behind the couple, to drop it off.

"We can start painting the spare room." Rita smiled, as Connie pulled off the car park, making sure Dixie was following behind them. "We should paint it a neutral colour, then it won't matter if it's a boy or girl…"

Rita stopped rambling as she saw Connie was only half listening, she seemed to be in a world of her own.

"Con, are you ok?" Rita asked, her girlfriend was usually just as excited as her when they talked about the baby, but Connie seemed withdrawn and almost upset.

"Can we not do this now?" Connie asked, looking over at Rita who furrowed her brows, but nodded anyway.

"Ok, I love you." Rita smiled at Connie, who moved her hand from the gear stick to Rita's leg.

"I love you too." Connie nodded, removing her hand and continuing the rest of the journey in silence.

Dixie quickly unloaded her car at Connie's house, Rita hugging her again and thanking her for such a lovey evening.

Rita finally made it inside, where Connie had already made herself and Rita a cup of tea.

But Rita walked past the cup of tea and walked into Connie's arms. Connie had taken off her heels, so her and Rita were a very similar height.

Connie held her tightly in her arms.

"Please tell me why you're upset?" Rita asked, Connie shook her head.

"I don't want to ruin the evening." Connie said.

"You being sad is ruining my evening." Rita said, taking Connie's hand and leading her into the longue.

They sat down on the sofa, sitting opposite one another so they could talk.

After they got together, one of the first ground rules they established was to be completely open to one another about everything.

They saw how devastating bundling up emotions had been, it had almost landed Connie in prison on a murder charge for goodness sake.

They had decided that talking about everything seemed to keep their relationship healthy, which was especially vital now they were having this baby together.

"You have to tell me what's bothering you sweetheart." Rita looked at Connie who was biting her lip.

"I'm just jealous, of you…" She sighed, Rita shaking her head disbelievingly.

"I share everything I have with you, what are you jealous of?" Knowing it wasn't a simple object which Connie was jealous of, it was probably something much deeper.

"Everyone loves you, I mean everyone." Connie took Rita's hand. "And that is so amazing, everyone gives you so much love, and so much support. But when I was pregnant with Grace I didn't have anything like this. I can't help but think if I did, maybe I would've done a better job at bringing her up… I mean this baby is already so loved, and it's not even born yet." Connie's voice caught in her throat as she talked about her daughter.

"You did an amazing job at bringing up Grace, of course things would have been different, but regardless of that Grace is still an amazing young girl, and that is all thanks to you." Rita told Connie who shook her head.

"It's just not fair sometimes. I miss Grace." Connie started to cry, Rita wriggling closer to her and kissing her cheeks.

"You know Grace is coming to visit in a few months, and I know that seems ages away. Please don't cry?" Rita started to cry as well.

She felt like she was partly to blame for Connie's sadness.

She was the reason they hadn't invited Grace over sooner.

Rita had wanted to have the baby before Grace came back over, she felt like when she was more heavily pregnant it would be less fun for Grace to come and stay, as she would become grumpier and Connie would be too busy worrying over her, rather than having fun with Grace.

"I'm sorry sweetheart, I love you so much." Rita rubbed Connie's back.

"Don't be sorry, it's not your fault." Connie pulled back, placing a hand on Rita's face. "I am so excited for this baby, I just wish you were there when Gracie was born."

"Me too." Rita nodded.