Amy had been home from Uni for Christmas for a few days and she was loving being at home again. As much as she was enjoying Uni, she really was glad to be home for Christmas.

Rachel had been running around for her ever since she got back and she was getting used to living at home again and loving it!

After having a nice lie in Amy decided to get up and have a shower. She was the only one in the house because everyone else was at school and work.

Once Amy was ready she went down and had some breakfast before getting on with the baking she needed to do.

It was Ruby's Christmas party at school tomorrow and Amy had told Rachel she'd make some Christmas buns for her to take in.

Amy had a lot on her mind at the minute so it was nice to have something to try and distract her.

Once the buns were out of the oven Amy went and caught up on some TV whilst they were cooling down.

She decided to put Coronation Street on as she was quite far behind and wanted to be able to watch all the soaps over Christmas.

While Amy sat there though she couldn't help but worry about thing that was constantly playing on her mind at the moment.

It had been nearly two months since Amy's last period and so now she couldn't help but worry that she was pregnant.

This was something that had been putting playing on her mind for about a month now but she just kept brushing it aside.

Amy had had a couple of one night stands whilst being at Uni, and although she had been careful both times she still couldn't help but worry because she knew it was still possible to get pregnant.

Amy was beginning to think maybe she should just go out and buy a test to find out, but she was so scared of what the result was going to be. She couldn't even begin to imagine what she would do if she actually was pregnant.

She hadn't told anyone about this, not even any of her friends as that would make it seem even more real. Amy hadn't been expecting to be in the situation of having a pregnancy scare at University.

Once Amy had eaten her lunch, well half of it anyway she really was struggling to eat at the minute, she realised she needed to find out once and for all.

Her friends were meant to be coming over tonight and they were going to have a few drinks, and Amy realised that if she was pregnant she really need to stop drinking because she wouldn't want to harm the baby.

Amy quickly put on some makeup and tied her hair up before nipping to Tesco, she really hoped she wouldn't see anyone she knew!

After picking up some pizzas so that she could hide the test under them, she went to the isle and quickly bought a test. Luckily it was quite quiet and there was no-one else in the isle at the time so she picked it up as quickly as she could and hid it.

Amy did the self-service as there was no way she could face a shop assistant seeing what she was buying.

All the way back in the car Amy was planning on doing the test as soon as she got in, but once she was in her bathroom she couldn't bring herself to do it so just put it away in her cupboard.

Amy sighed before going downstairs and decorating the buns for Ruby.

The more she thought about it, the more she was convincing herself she really was pregnant which was making it harder for her to take the test because she just couldn't face seeing a positive result.

By the time Rachel had returned home with the kids Amy still hadn't taken the test.

"Go and get changed out of your school uniform, and then I'll get it straight in the wash" Rachel told them all as they all had a non-school uniform day tomorrow because it was the last day of term.

Rachel made her way into the kitchen where Amy was unpacking the dishwasher.

"Hi love, how's your day been?"

"Good thanks" Amy replied smiling at her Mum

"The buns look really good darling, thanks for doing that for me"

"That's ok"

"You okay Aims? You seem a bit down"

"I'm not feeling too well actually"

"Oh really that's not good"

"No I'm thinking about telling my friends not to come over tonight I'm going to see how I'm feeling in an hour or so" Amy said as she really didn't feel like entertaining her friends when she had all of this on her mind

"That's a shame, you've been really looking forward to having the girls over"

"I know but there's no point if I'm not feeling right"

"I suppose not" Rachel said but she wasn't sure she was getting the whole truth from Amy, normally Amy would have to be extremely ill to stop her doing something and she didn't seem that poorly

Rachel went upstairs to get changed out of her work clothes and then she went into Amy's room to put away some toiletries and things as she'd picked her up some bits from Tesco today.

When Rachel opened up Amy's bathroom cupboard she was extremely shocked when she noticed a pregnancy test in there and called her daughter through immediately.

"What are you shouting for Mum?" Amy asked as she came into her bedroom

Rachel held out the pregnancy test for Amy to see and her face dropped.

"Care to explain?"

Amy didn't say anything but just burst into tears.

Rachel closed Amy's bedroom door before sitting her daughter down on the bed.

"Do you think you could be pregnant?"

Amy nodded her head.

"You stupid girl, how many times have we talked about being safe and careful?"

"I was Mum but my periods nearly two months late"

Rachel took a deep breath to try and calm herself down, realising Amy was 18 now and if she had been careful she really didn't deserve to be yelled at.

"So I take it you've had sex since being at Uni then?"

"Yes"

"How many times?"

"Twice"

"And you used contraception both times?"

"Yes I promise I did Mum, please believe me"

"I believe you darling, I'm sorry for shouting I was just shocked that's all"

"I'm scared Mum"

"I can imagine how you must be feeling" Rachel said going and sitting down next to Amy to try and comfort her "but come on you'd just as well get it over with. At least then we'll know one way or another"

"But what if I am pregnant Mum?"

"We don't even need to think about that until we know that you definitely are pregnant. Go on, do the test sweetheart"

Amy picked up the test and went into her en suite. She took it before bringing it back out to her Mum.

Once the time was up she couldn't bring herself to look at it, so she passed it to Rachel.

Rachel took a deep breath before turning the test over to reveal a negative result.

"It's negative" Rachel said letting out a huge sigh of relief

"Seriously?" Amy asked taking the test out of her Mum's hand

Relief flooded through Amy, she had absolutely convinced herself she was pregnant. She was so happy not to be pregnant.

"I wish I'd done a test sooner now, rather than spending all this time worrying about it"

"You should've talked to me about it sooner love, rather than bottling up for all this time"

"I didn't want to disappoint you"

"You haven't disappointed me although I can't say I'm particularly keen on you sleeping around"

"I'm hardly sleeping around Mum, I've had two one night stands at Uni it's hardly uncommon"

"I know but still it's not a particularly nice thing to do is hmm?"

"No I felt horrible after it both times, but at the time I was drunk and well you know sometimes these things just happen"

"I know they do, I have been there. I'm not lecturing you I just don't want you doing things you're going to regret"

"It had happened for ages now"

"Good, but Amy please remember that even though you've moved out to go to University now you're always going to be my little girl and I'm always going to be here for you so you can always come to me with a problem"

"I will next time"

"Good girl"

"Thanks love, anyway I take it your friends will still be coming over now then?"

"Yeah, I bought some pizzas when I was in Tesco so we'll have them"

"Ok love, I picked you up some prosecco in Tesco"

"Thanks Mum"

Rachel stayed and chatted to Amy for a bit before going to get the school uniform.

When she walked into Ruby's room she found her fast asleep on her bed. She was only half changed too.

Rachel decided to get her straight into her pyjamas so got her a clean pair out of her drawer.

When Rachel was putting them on Ruby she stated to stir.

"Did I fall asleep?"

"Yes love I think you did, how come you're so tired?"

"I don't know"

"You're not feeling poorly are you?" Rachel asked and Ruby shook her head

Rachel thought it was probably just because it was the end of term, they'd had a lot going on in the last few weeks with the build up to Christmas as well.

Once Ruby was in her pyjamas Rachel gave her a little cuddle and fell back to sleep again.

Normally Rachel would've woken her because else it would be hard to get her off in the evening but she decided to let her sleep for half an hour today considering she was so tired.

Once Rachel had got everyone's school uniform together she put a load of washing on before putting the jacket potatoes that they were having for tea in the oven.

Amy was feeling so relieved knowing she wasn't pregnant and was now really looking forward to a night in with her friends.

Amy's best friend was coming over a bit earlier so Amy was still getting ready when she came.

Amy had missed Molly so much whilst she'd been away and since they'd both got back from Uni they'd been spending so much time together.

Once Amy had finished her makeup the two of them went down into the kitchen.

Everyone else was just finishing their tea.

"We'll be out of your hair in a minute girls"

"It's okay" Amy said

Once everyone had finished Rachel and Chris cleared away and then Rachel sat and talked with Amy and Molly for a bit.

Molly used to be over their house all the time so she knew the girl quite well, so it was nice catching up on how she was getting on at Uni.

"How long before everyone else is coming?" Rachel asked

"Not long now, ten minutes or so"

"Do you want me to put your pizzas in then?"

"Yes please if you don't mind"

It wasn't long before the rest of Amy's friends arrived so Rachel poured them all a glass of prosecco.

Rachel stayed in the kitchen for a bit longer but once she'd taken the pizzas out and cut them she decided to leave them to it and went to put Ruby to bed.

"Shall we just leave your bath for tonight love? Get you straight into bed"

Rachel thought this was the best idea as Ruby had been really tired all evening and hadn't woken up properly after her little nap.

Normally Ruby loved her bath but she didn't put up any protest tonight and just brushed her teeth and went to the loo before getting straight into bed.

Rachel sat with her for a bit once she was in bed but Ruby fell asleep pretty much straight away.

Ellie and Chloe had a Christmas film on in the playroom so Rachel sat with them for a bit before going back downstairs to get a glass of wine for her and Chris.

When she went in it was obvious the girls were getting quite tipsy.

The girls insisted she stayed and talked to them for a bit longer so she did before going into the lounge and watching some TV with Chris.

It made Rachel smile hearing Amy sound so happy with all of her friends.

Rachel went out to the kitchen an hour later to top up their wine glasses and when she went out there Molly was in floods of tears.

"Is she okay?" Rachel asked

"She's just had too much to drink" Amy told her Mum

"I can see" Rachel said laughing "why's she crying?"

"Because apparently she misses us too much at Uni so she doesn't want to go back next term"

"I just wish we were still doing A levels, I know they were horrible but I liked being with all of you and I liked coming here"

Molly really was in quite a state so Rachel went over.

"I miss you as well Rachel, I used to love coming here"

"I miss you too Mols"

"You're the best Mum ever, when I have children I want to be exactly the type of Mum that you are because you're the best" Molly sobbed

"Thank you Molly. I'm sure you're going to make an amazing Mum"

"I just miss everyone so much, the people at Uni are nice but they're just not special. They're never going to beat all of my friends here"

"But you still have a good time at Uni"

"But it's not the same"

"Oh Molly" Rachel said before coming around and giving her a hug "once you get back there it will all be okay, and then before you know it you'll all be back here for Easter and then the summer"

Luckily after Rachel stayed there for a bit longer Molly did calm down and was laughing in the end so the girls could enjoy the rest of the evening and have a good time together.

Once Rachel and Chris wen up to bed the girls moved into the lounge and continued to chat. They were still quite tipsy, well Molly was still very drunk, but they'd stopped drinking now.

Once Rachel had taken her makeup off and changed into her pyjamas she went into check on Ruby who was sat up in bed but looking very confused.

"You okay love?"

"Is it time to go to school now?"

"No not yet it's the middle of the night still"

"But you told me to get changed into my school uniform"

"No I didn't sweetheart"

"Yes you did"

"I think you must have been dreaming, anyway lie back down and go to sleep again"

Ruby did just that so Rachel came over and started to stroke her hair.

"Auntie Rachel I'm not tired anymore"

"I'm sure you must be, you've been absolutely shattered all night and you've only been to sleep for a few hours so you still need more"

"But I can't get to sleep now"

"Just try"

Rachel sat with her for a bit longer but then went to get up.

"Don't go" Ruby mumbled

"I want to get to bed myself Ruby, you'll be asleep in a minute"

"Just stay for a bit longer"

"Okay, five more minutes but I want you to try really hard to go to sleep for me okay?"

"I'll try"

Rachel ended up staying for another ten minutes but Ruby still hadn't gone back to sleep.

"I'll see you in the morning Ruby" Rachel said, she knew she was still awake as Ruby had tried to stop her leaving again when she got up

"But I can't sleep"

"I'm sure if you try really hard, you'll be able to once I've gone but I'm really tired so I do want to go to sleep"

"Okay, night Auntie Rachel"

Rachel left to get into bed and fell asleep quite quickly for her.

Ruby stayed lying in bed but she really didn't seem to be able to sleep.

Tears started forming in her eyes because she hated it when everyone else was in bed and she couldn't get to sleep.

She wanted to get Rachel but didn't want her to be annoyed, because Rachel had told her to go to sleep but she hasn't.

In the end Ruby decided to go in and see her Auntie.

Ruby tiptoed in until she was next to Rachel.

"Auntie Rachel"

"Oh Ruby why on earth aren't you asleep?" Rachel said as she stirred, she hadn't meant to sound so harsh but she was just really tired

"It doesn't matter I'll go back to bed" Ruby said before running back to her bedroom with tears rolling down her face

Rachel felt bad so got out of bed immediately and followed her in.

When she did she found Ruby crying.

"Oh love don't cry, I didn't mean to make you upset"

"I've tried really hard but I still can't get to sleep"

"Okay I'll lie with you for a bit longer, just try not to think about it and you'll drop off eventually"

After Rachel lying with her for a bit longer Ruby did drop off to sleep so Rachel carefully climbed out of bed and went back to her own before falling asleep again.

Molly woke up the next morning and started to remember bits of last night.

"I'm so sorry about last night guys" Molly said once the others were all awake

"It's fine Molly, you were really funny"

"I dread to think what your Mum must be thinking of me now"

"She won't care, she's seen me in a much worse state than what you were. She'll probably find it funny more than anything"

In the end they all had a good laugh about it so Molly wasn't feeling quite so bad.