"How long are they gonna be like?" Smithy asked Graham, getting VERY impatient.

Dale, Graham and Susan had been sitting in the family room, waiting for Kerry to come out of intensive care for nearly three hours, and they hadn't heard a thing.

Graham looked at Smithy sympathetically and replied:

"Don't worry Dale, they are just making sure that Kerry and the baby are okay".

So, Smithy shut up, and the three of them continued to sit there.

Inside Intensive Care

"Miss Young, how are you feeling?" asked a tall brown haired hunky doctor.

Kerry looked up, looking pale and weak, but replying:

"I'm feeling okay thanks".

The doctor replied:

"Good good. Well we have had your test results and ultra sound back. Kerry, your baby is in a harmful position but is quite small so we will have to proceed quickly if we want the baby to be safe and sound. Also, we are a bit worried about you giving birth naturally because of your mum's history, so we will have to give you a caesarean".

Kerry stared at the doctor for a few seconds before telling them that she didn't want a caesarean. The doctors told her that it wasn't safe for her or her baby if she give birth naturally, but she was still adamant that she was NOT having a caesarean. The doctor was worried and knew that a caesarean was the only way for Kerry's baby to be born, so he decided to go and have a quick word with Kerry's dad Graham, to see if he could change his daughters mind.

In The Waiting Room

"Hello, Mr Young?"the same hunky doctor asked them.

Smithy shot up like a bomb:

"Please tell me, are Kerry and the baby okay?"

"Um, sorry sir but I need to speak to Mr Young in private if I may" the doctor stated

Graham stood up, saying:

"Young man, if it's about my daughter, then these two can hear as well".

So the doctor explained to them that the baby was dangerously small and because of Mrs Young's history, the baby needed to be born immediately, meaning that they had to perform a 'C' section. The doctor continued:

"I have informed your daughter of this but she is adamant that she wants to have a natural birth. I'm worried for both her and her baby's sake so I was wondering if you would have a word with her please".

Graham agreed and followed the doctor into intensive care, leaving Smithy and Susan waiting in the waiting room for him to return.

Inside Intensive Care

Graham walked into intensive care, followed by the doctor. He went straight over to Kerry and sat on the chair next to her bed. He held her hand, looked into her eyes and spoke to her, saying:

"Kerry, when I was first dating your mum, I was happy. I was more than happy, I was delighted with my life! I had a roof over my head, a tidy job and a lovely girlfriend. However, things changed when she told me one night, out of the blue that she was four months pregnant and carrying my baby. I was shocked. In fact, I ran away to Brighton and stayed in a B&B by the west pier for a couple of weeks and didn't have any contact with her. Then one day, while I was walking across the west pier, watching all the couples lying on the beach and having fun together, I realised that…" he took a deep breath and tried to hold back his tears "I loved her!"

Kerry looked up to her dad and saw tears streaming down his eyes. All of a sudden, Kerry's grip of her dads hand got tighter and she too fought to hold back tears.

Graham continued:

"I went speeding back home and went straight to your mum, telling her how much I loved her and that I would always be there for her. After that, and after I marched her down the aisle, our lives were great. After I finished work every day, we would go into town and buy different things for our baby. Cots, prams, clothes, toys and everything else a young child needs. We even decorated a baby's room, together. Life was , believe it or not, perfect. Until the night that you were born! Your mum had a sudden outburst of anger which made us argue for the first time in 5 months, which ended in me storming out to the pub and leaving your mum in the house. At 9pm that night, I had a phone call from hospital saying that your mum had been rushed into hospital and had to have an emergency caesarean but she was adamant she weren't having it. All the doctors and nurses were trying to get her off the idea of having a natural birth and even when I got there, I tried but she weren't having any of it. So, the doctors had to take the risk of letting your mum give birth naturally, even though there was a risk that we could have lost the two of you. But we didn't. We just lost your mum.
However, even though I was grieving for her, I know that I had to look after you and that it was my duty as a husband and a brand new father. So, that is exactly what I did. I'm not being big headed or anything, but I think I did a bloody good job! I must have done, because I got such a wonderful, top daughter. I got you!"

Both Kerry and Graham were streaming tears down their eyes, but Graham hadn't finished yet. He carried on.

"So that was how you were born and your mum died. Because she was so adamant and she had to do the thing she thought was right, not what was right! Darling, please, I am begging you please. I nearly lost you once; I don't want to lose you again. Not many people get a second chance at life. You did. You nearly died because your mum had to have her own way. Darling, not sounding nasty or anything but, don't think about yourself, think about your baby and that handsome man out there who blinking well loves you!"

With that, he walked out and back to the waiting room. All he had to do now was wait. Wait to see his daughter and granddaughter, or wait to be a grieving old man.

In The Waiting Room an hour later

The tall, dark haired doctor walked in, accompanied by a blonde haired, blue eyed young female nurse.

'Mr Young, Mr Smith, Mrs Smith? I have some news..."