"Nicola Boston please" an irish nurse said as she came out and took them through "I'm marie-claire, your midwife"
"Hi, Nikki, my erm…boyfriend tom and my daughter Gemma"
"Fabulous, family event" She smiled going into a room "Right first things first, we should be getting your results from the tests you did the other day they are due very soon" She smiled "So if you want to pop yourself on the bed we can go from there"
Nikki did so undoing her trousers and lifting her top.
"Okay this might be a bit cold" she said squeezing the gel onto her tummy as she winced "Okay then" she smiled starting the scan. "right there we go, healthy baby and heart beat"
Nikki looked at the screen and smiled
"would you like a print out?"
"yes please" Nikki smiled
"Sorry to disturb the results" a male nurse came in passing her them.
"Thankyou" She said sending the scan to print and looking at the results "okay…I need to get a second opinion"
"Why whats wrong?" Nikki asked
"Not to worry" She smiled walking out to get a second opinion, she came back with a doctor.
"Right I'd like to speak to Nikki on her own for a moment" The doctor said
Tom and Gemma nodded and left.
"doctor whats happening?"
"your tests have shown an infection, we need to do a few more tests and scans"
"What sort of infection?"
The doctor looked down "a lump of some sort in your body"
Nikki nodded looking down "its there…" Nikki said a hand over her right breast "I found it this morning in the shower" Nikki whispered "Will it harm the baby"
"look lets admit you, do a few more tests" The doctor said
"Please don't say anything to my boyfriend or daughter I beg you"
"we wont patient confidentiality, marie do you want to take her upto the ward"
"sure"
"Ill let your boyfriend and daughter know your being admitted for further tests"
Nikki nodded. The doctor walked out.
"you must be nikki's boyfriend and daughter" the doctor smiled
"I'm tom and this is Gemma" Tom said shaking his hand
"Nikki's going to admitted to hospital I cant tell you why she wants confidentiality, eventhough your family I have to respect her wishes."
"Is it serious?" Tom asked
"I can't say im sorry, I would love too but I cant, your have to ask her"
Nikki was settled by the time tom and gemma came upstairs.
"Whats going on?" Gemma asked
"Its just a precautionary measure you know for the baby, blood pressures quite high" Nikki lied
"Ah I see" Gemma smiled
Tom nodded "you feeling okay?"
"as well as can be I suppose" Nikki said not looking at him "Im still not in a talking mood"
"Nikki you may have upset me and I may have upset but I still love you and our unborn baby"
"just spare it tom, I cant be bothered" Nikki sighed
"why?"
"because, whats happened will happen again and again and we will never live normally together tom"
"your breaking up with me?"
"we never got back together…" Nikki said
"mum don't…" Gemma said "toms a keeper"
"Just leave me alone the pair of you please" Nikki sighed looking away