Bianca couldn't believe what she had let Liam had talk her into doing. "Sex in the outdoors is exciting". She could remember him saying.
Liam took her hand as they drove up the road beside Reefton Lakes. "I can't believe you've talked me into this" Bianca laughed.
Liam slowly parked up in a little pull in by the side of the road. As he took off his seat belt and moved to kiss Bianca he could see something out of her window. "Oh my god what is that?" he gasped before hurrying out of the car. Bianca not far behind him. As she looked over to see what Liam was looking at, she noticed a familiar looking bracelet on the hand of a badly beaten woman. Bianca stumbled closer "Oh my God, AALIYAH!" she screamed as she ran to her falling beside her.
Liam frantically called an ambulance. Bianca moved the hair that was stuck to Aaliyah's face with blood and checked for a pulse. "Is she breathing" Liam asked as he gave the guy on the phone the details. Bianca put her ear to Aaliyah's mouth "Yeah, but only just" Bianca was beside herself, this couldn't be happening.
They watched helplessly as the paramedics loaded Aaliyah's lifeless body into the ambulance. "Do you wanna go with her?" the paramedic asked a now sobbing Bianca. She replied with a nod before climbing up into the back of the ambulance and sitting beside her friend. Liam followed the ambulance in the car.
The paramedics were met in the corridor by a group of doctors and nurses. They took the bed -with Aaliyah on it- off the paramedics and continued up the corridor and into the operating theatre.
It was 10.30pm. Liam had left Bianca at the hospital; he was now stood at the door of the Braxton's house. He knocked gently. Casey answered the door "Oh hey Liam what's up?" he asked curiously. Liam looked past Casey and saw Brax and Heath sat around the table playing poker "There's been and accident" Liam's words caused both Brax and Heath to look up. "What kind of accident?" Casey replied ushering Liam into the lounge closing the door behind him. Brax and Heath were now both stood next to Casey in the lounge; waiting for Liam's response "It's Aaliyah" he spoke softly and shakily. "We found her by the side of the road near Reefton Lakes, she's been badly beaten" Heath and Brax's eye widened. Casey just stared; he couldn't take it in. "Is she alright" Brax finally spoke. Liam looked at him grimly "She's in a really bad way, she was barely alive when we found her" he explained.
"Where is she now?" Casey snapped heading towards the door. "She's at the hospital…" Liam didn't get chance to finish his sentence before Casey rushed out of the door.
Bianca was sat in the waiting area, time was dragging by. She had witnessed several different doctors' rush in and out of theatre. As Bianca saw a young doctor appearing finally, she couldn't help but hope he was coming to tell her something. She was right "How is she?" Bianca shot up from her chair as Casey rushed around the corner; both were now standing in front of the doctor waiting to hear the news. "We've managed to stabilize her, Aaliyah has had a blow to the head, she has some broken ribs and a fractured wrist, but it seems the majority of the blows were to her abdomen, causing severe internal bleeding. We're prepping her for surgery now, although we are a little worried that her condition could cause some complications…" the doctor explained with a grim expression on his face. "What complications?" Bianca interrupted. "Aaliyah's pregnant" Both Casey and Bianca shared the same shocked expression. Bianca quickly sat on a chair looking up at the young doctor "I promise we will do everything we can to save your friend" he said before heading back into the operating theatre. Casey looked at Bianca briefly before rushing off.
As Casey got outside into the car park he felt the sudden urge to be sick, he rushed round the corner and hurled. As he wiped his mouth he felt tears stream down his face. This couldn't be happening, why didn't she the him she was pregnant. Did she even know? He thought to himself as he slid down the wall, and sat on the floor he let it all out.
Heath and Brax tried desperately to track down Johnny, after almost and hour of ringing around they finally pin pointed him to an old shed in National Park. Neither of them liked the idea of being the ones to break the news, but they thought he had a right to know. Brax had drawn the short straw, he would tell Johnny about Aaliyah while Heath sat with Riley. He knocked on the shed door before pushing it open, Johnny wasn't there. Just as Brax turned to leave he heard a familiar voice shout him from behind. As Brax turned to face him Johnny couldn't help but notice the grave look on his face "Hey what's up" Johnny asked curiously. "There's no easy way to say this mate but its Aaliyah…" Brax started before being interrupted "What, what's happened, where is she?" Johnny's tone had gone from curious to frantic. "She's been attacked, she's in hospital and it's bad" Brax hated having to say these words, he couldn't imagine the pain this man must be going through. Little did he realise, his youngest brother was also in turmoil.
Johnny rushed towards his car before being stopped by Brax. "What are you doing, if the police catch ya they'll lock you up and throw away the key" He yelled grabbing hold of Johnny. "I don't care; the only thing I care about is laid in a hospital bed fighting for her life. She's my wife, nothings keeping me away from her!" Johnny yelled before getting in the car and speeding off towards the hospital. Brax threw his hands behind his head in despair as he watched Johnny speed off. He finally got back in his car and headed towards the hospital himself. He had forgotten to give Johnny a vital piece of information. As he skidded into the car park he saw Johnny, he just about to go inside the hospital. Brax shot out of the car and ran towards him. "Mate, there's something else you need to now. Before she was attacked Scott told her that you called and said you wanted to meet them" Brax explained hoping this information would direct Johnny away from the hospital. However he wasn't prepared for Johnny's reaction. Johnny knew he hadn't made such arrangements. He couldn't believe Scott had betrayed him. Johnny could feel his hands shaking. "What are you going to do?" Brax asked breaking the silence. "I'm going to find the bastard, and I'm going to kill him…I'm gonna kill all of them" Johnny spat before disappearing back to his car, with that same fire he had in his eye 6 years ago. The fire that still scared Aaliyah even to this day.
Sorry it's not as long as usual but I wanted to write this while it was fresh in my memory. As usual please R &R
Coming up-
Casey is struggling, will anyone notice? Will they be able to help him?
Will Johnny get his revenge, or will his reaction just make things worse?
How will Riley cope if he has to face losing his mum?
