April was walking along the beach alone. Heath and Brax were gone to visit their mother and she still wasn't talking to Casey after what he told Bianca so that ruled hanging out with him and Ruby out. She felt lonely when Heath wasn't around because April didn't have anyone else anymore. She and Bianca still weren't on speaking terms and she still felt like she had to hide her pregnancy from everyone. April knew that she needed to get everything sorted out as it had been a record of fifteen days since she last spoke to her older sister and she missed her a lot. Suddenly April was drawn from her thoughts by someone's voice. "April! Wait up!" Dex called from behind.
April thought about pretending she didn't hear her ex boyfriend for a moment but then decided against it. She couldn't completely burn her bridges with everyone.
It surprised Dex that she actually acknowledged him. "Hi. For a moment there I thought you weren't going to stop." he said awkwardly.
"For a moment there, so did I." she admitted. "What's up?"
Dex shrugged. "We haven't spoken since the night of the formal. Look, I'm really sorry about Dallas. She was just trying to help me." April sighed. That was so insignificant it didn't even cross her mind since. "It's not about Dallas Dex. It's not even about you. Don't take it personally, I've been pretty much distant with everyone lately."
Dex smiled. "That's good. Not that it's good that you're being distant but it's good that you're not being distant with me... I guess what I'm trying to say is I miss you April." April frowned. This wasn't what she needed at the moment. She felt nauseous and light-headed. "Dex... please don't..." "I want us to get back together April-"
April's head began spinning. "Dex-"
"-And I know I messed up by letting Dallas kiss me-" Dex continued but he was quickly stopped by the sight of his ex girlfriend collapsing on front of him. He dropped to his knees beside April on the sand. "April! April!" Dex called but she wouldn't come around.
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"April? April can you hear me?" April awoke again to the sound of Dr Walker's voice. She immediately knew where she was. April slowy opened her eyes much to the relief of Sid and Dex. "April, you're in the hospital. Can you remember what happened?"
April nodded slowly. "I fainted on the beach. How long have I been out for?" she wondered, still a slight bit drowsy.
"About fifteen minutes. The ambulance just brought you here. We're going to run some tests but have you any idea why you collapsed?" Dr Walker wondered, checking her pupil reaction.
April hesitated for a moment. She looked from the doctor to Dex and back. "Can we have some privacy?" she wondered embarrassedly.
Dr Walker nodded. "Of course. Dex can you give us a minute?"
Dex reluctantly nodded and left the room. "So can you tell me what caused this lapse of conciousness?" the doctor wondered concernedly.
April nodded timidly. "I do. It was morning sickness." That shocked Sid. "Excuse me?"
"It was morning sickness." she repeated.
Dr Walker nodded. He had to put aside the fact that April was his son's ex girlfriend. "How far along are you?" She had to think about that. "About two and a half months." "Okay. So it's most likely, like you said, morning sickness but we'll need to do an ultrasound to make sure that the baby is okay. Have you been experiencing stress lately?"
April nodded. "That's an understatement. Could stress have caused me to feint?" Dr walker nodded. "It's a possibilty. You really need to watch your stress levels because when you're stressed, your baby is too. I'll be back with the ultrasound machine in a minute." he said and excited the room.
After the doctor left, Bianca, Liam and Heath walked in. Heath made his way to April's bedside immediately. "What happened babe?" he wondered, extremely concerned for his girlfriend and baby.
"I feinted. Because of the morning sickness." April informed him.
Heath frowned. "I should have been with you. What if there was no-one there?" "It's fine Heath. Don't blame yourself. You can't be with me every minute of everyday. How did you find out?" she wondered.
"Dex called me and I called Heath." Bianca said quietly. "I thought he had a right to know." Heath squeezed April's hand. "Is our baby okay?" April sighed. "I honestly don't know. Sid is going to do an ulttasound soon. I'm scared Heath. What if something happened to it?" Heath kissed her forehead. "I'm sure the doctor is just doing it as a precaution. There's no need to worry." he told April and she nodded.
Bianca just stood there taking in the scene. She was actually surprised by how Heath was with April. He actually seemed to love her. The Heath Bianca was seeing now on front of her was not the Heath she once knew. Or thought she knew. Bianca was beginning to think that her sister was right. Her train of thought was interrupted by Sid re-entering the room. He set up the ultrasound aparatus and April lifted up her shirt to reveal her noticeably rounder stomach. Bianca felt her heart beating faster as the doctor squeezed the jelly on her sister's abdomen and placed the scanner on it. It took a moment, but Sid finally found the baby and it's heartbeat was clearly audiable.
Dr Walker smiled. "There it is." He pointed to a small, white, coin-sized blob on the screen. "You've got nothing to worry about. Your baby is fine." he told them and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Dr Walker looked at the door and saw Dex looking confusedly at April and Heath holding hands. He knew that it would take a while for his son to get his head around this. April looked up from the screen showing the picture of her unborn baby and noticed Dex staring heartbroken at her. The minute she caught his gaze, he turned and walked away. Heath looked at his girlfriend and frowned. "What's wrong babe?" he wondered. April shook her head. "Nothing.". She felt really bad about Dex finding out about her and Heath and the baby this way but also felt relieved that she didn't have to tell him herself. Either way, she knew he would be devastated and had serious doubts as to whether their friendship could survive this.