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Chapter 6

The two weeks till my scan passed and I was starting to come to terms with everything that was happening, or at least most of it. I was getting to grips with the morning sickness that plagued me not only in the morning but right through the day. My mum and I were getting on better too - it seemed that she too was coming to terms with the idea of me having a baby – and she hadn't completely blown a gasket when Nate and I told her that he was the father; I made her promise that she wouldn't take her anger out on him at work, unlike a certain Sergeant. I'd spoken to my tutor at college and she was really good about the baby. We agreed that I should go part time to college instead of full time as the work load would be easier to deal with and I'd be able to deal with all the baby stuff too. Even my dad was making more of an effort. We spoke every other day, and he had been home one weekend too. I was glad that my dad was going to try and be around more; I wanted this baby to be surrounded by people who would live it.

The guys at the station were really good too. My mum spoke to Jack and he said that as long as I stayed out of the way of custody I was still ok to come into the station when I wanted to. Smithy was a great help, he was always there to talk to me when I needed a friendly face, and I even told him about what happened with Nate and Callum. He said he wouldn't speak to Callum about it but when I was walking the corridors later that day I saw them arguing in Callum's office. I was feeling sick at the time so I didn't get involved; I just walked back the way I'd come.

Hollie was a big help to me too. She gave me all her old baby and pregnancy books. She said that it would help me prepare for things to come. It all sounded very ominous. I'd started reading one of the books, one of the pregnancy ones. It was all about what you should expect in each week of your pregnancy. I have to admit that some of it seemed a bit freaky.

Every morning I'd stand in front of the mirror and appraise my belly from every possible angle. I had noticed that my belly had grown marginally. But I didn't know if that was due to the all the food I was shoving down my throat or whether it was in fact the makings of a baby bump.

Nate had offered to drive us to the hospital for my scan and I was grateful. I didn't feel like going on the bus. My mum was going to come with me to the appointment too but she couldn't get the morning off work. She and Jack had a meeting with some big top brass important person that she just couldn't get out of. I was nervous for the scan. What if something was wrong with the baby? Then what would I do? I sat in the living room, tapping my foot on the coffee table. I channel surfed on the television for a little while till I heard a car horn beeping outside. I looked out of the window. It was Nate. I grabbed my handbag, locked the front door and jogged out to the car. I jumped into the passenger seat and clicked my seat belt.

"Ready?" Nate asked me.

I grinned nervously at him.

"Yep; let's go" I laughed.

We drove to St Hughes hospital and parked up. The price of parking there was extortionate. Maybe next time we would get the bus. A nurse directed us to the maternity wing of the hospital and after a little bit of searching we finally found it. We didn't have to wait long before the midwife called us through to her office.

"Hi, I'm Rosetta Hargrove but you can call me Rose, I'm going to be your midwife right though till your baby is born, then you'll get a home visiting midwife" Rose introduced herself.

She had caramel coloured skin, was average in height and had long black hair that she had swept back into a bobble. She looked quite young, maybe twenty two, twenty three perhaps.

"Casey Jones and this is the baby's father Nate Roberts" I replied.

"Ok, I just need to take down a few of your details before you go for you sonogram" Rose smiled, reaching some documents and a pen with a big purple feather sticking out the top of it.

The questions were relatively easy and straightforward and soon we were being led along the corridor to a sonogram room by Rose. She smiled kindly to me before leaving us with the lady inside.

"Rebecca Davies" she said, sticking her hand forward for me to shake.

"Casey" I smiled nervously.

"Ok, Casey, if you can just pop yourself on here please" Rebecca instructed, gesturing to the examination chair in front of her.

Nate took my coat and my bag and I sat down on the chair. It rotated backwards so that I was almost lying down.

"Can you lift your top for me please?" Rebecca asked me.

I rolled up my top so that my stomach was on view.

"Ok this will be a bit cold" Rebecca smiled.

Rebecca squirted a blue gel onto my stomach. She was right, it was cold. Nate came to stand beside me. Rebecca picked up the little device next to the screen and began rolling it over my belly. We both watched the screen intently. A shape began to form on the screen and a little "thump, thump" sound began pattering in the air.

"Ok, you hear that? Well that's your baby's heartbeat, and I have to say it sounds very healthy. Now, see this shape on here" Rebecca grinned, using her finger she outlined a shape on the monitor, "this is the head right here, and this is it's little body"

I leaned up on my elbows so I could get a better look at the screen. My heart seemed to catch in my throat.

"That's my baby" I whispered, a few tears escaping.

"Our baby" Nate corrected playfully, nudging me a little.

I laughed.

"Ok, that's our baby" I grinned.

"Do you want a few print outs?" Rebecca asked me.

"Oh yes please" I said enthusiastically.

Rebecca laughed and printed me out five copies of the scan photo. Nate put them in my bag for me. I wiped the cool gel off of my belly with a piece of tissue Rebecca gave me, and we were ushered back out to reception to make an appointment for my next scan, where if we wanted we'd be able to find out the gender of the baby. That was done quickly and soon we were back in Nate's car.

"Do you want me to drop you back home?" Nate asked me as we pulled out of the hospital car park.

"No, I promised mum and Hollie that I'd go to the station to show them the scan photos and to give them all the details" I said with a roll of my eyes.

"The station it is then" he said.

We drove quietly to the station. I couldn't get the image of my baby out of my head. It was amazing. I looked down at my belly. I really had a living life form inside of me, a real baby human growing inside of my body. How strange is that? I giggled to myself. Nate raised an eyebrow but soon started laughing along with me. This was really strange and amazing for him too.

When we got to the station I rushed inside to find Hollie, Nate was hot on my heels. I found her outside Smithy's office, chattering away to him. I grinned and pulled both of them into a hug.

"What was that for" Smithy asked when I'd let go of the two of them.

I whipped out a scan photo to show them. I pointed to my baby's head.

"Look" I shrieked "that's our baby's head!"

I pulled Nate next to me and we both grinned like proud parents. Smithy and Hollie, who were soon joined by Roger, Mel and Sally, cooed and aahhed over the scan photo before handing it back to me. I was well and truly on a natural high.

"I've got to get changed, my shift starts in five" Nate said "I'll see you soon?"

"Yeah, see you later" I said, giving him a quick hug.

Things weren't so awkward with us two anymore. We both knew where we stood with the other. Neither of us were interested in starting a romantic relationship, but we were really good friends. We both wanted what was best for the baby, and really we just enjoyed the other's company.

Grinning to myself happily I set off down the corridor to see if Jack and my mum had finished their meeting. I walked past Callum's office. As I passed he followed me.

"Casey!" he called.

I turned around, my heart beating too fast.

"Yes?" I asked haughtily, or at least what I hoped was haughtily.

"Can we talk?" he asked me, he looked guilty and a little embarrassed.

"Sure" I sighed and he led me into his office.

"How was your scan?"

"It was good, we heard the heart beating. It was amazing" I smiled.

"I'm sorry I went off on one" he apologised "I had no right to behave the way I did. I should never have laid into Nate or shouted at you"

"Why'd you do it, Callum? Hmm? Because really, what did Nate ever do to you?" I asked him.

I didn't say it angrily. I just wanted to get to the bottom of it all. Callum sighed and sat down in his chair. He looked away from me for a moment. And then after a pause he spoke.

"I was just angry that he'd gotten you pregnant, I mean you're young, you've got your whole life ahead of you. I was angry that he jeopardised that for you" he said.

I have to admit that I was disappointed. I wanted him to say that he hit Nate because he was jealous; that he liked me the way I liked him. It was stupid of me even to think it.

"My life hasn't been thrown away, Callum" I sighed, sitting down, "I didn't want a baby this young but I am and now I'm so happy about it. I wouldn't want it any other way. I love this baby already, Callum. Yes my life is going to be ridiculously hard from now on but it will be worth it, I know it will be"

"I know, Casey, I'm sorry"

"It's cool" I grinned "I'm too happy to hate you. You're forgiven"

He stood up from his chair and I did too. He hugged me tight and it was great. It was just a pity that it was purely platonic. But right now, with my baby growing inside of me, I was happy, I was so happy.