"Riley Henderson-Cooper" a nurse called, Aaliyah and Riley stood up and followed the nurse into the room, and Aaliyah helped Riley into the bed before sitting beside him. "Dr Walker will be with you shortly" the nurse said before closing the curtain around them.

After a few moments Sid appeared "Hello Aaliyah" he smiled "What seems to be the problem?"

"Er…it's Riley he has these bruises and says they don't hurt" Aaliyah explained.

"Ok, do you want to show me where they are?" Sid said as he moved closer to Riley. Aaliyah lifted Riley's shirt and showed Sid the marks on his shoulder, before lifting his shorts and showing him the ones on his leg.

"Ok so when did they appear?" Sid said as he looked at the bruises closely.

"I noticed the ones on his shoulder last night, and his teacher pointed out the ones on his leg this afternoon" Aaliyah told Sid.

"Ok and you told the nurse he doesn't know how he did them" Sid asked.

"No, he says they don't hurt either" Aaliyah replied.

"Have you noticed any other symptoms? Does he seem to be sleeping more or being poorly more often?" Sid questioned, Aaliyah thought for a moment before answering Sid's question.

"Er…he does seem to be picking up one thing after another just lately" Aaliyah remembered, Sid nodded.

"Ok I think it's probably best if we did some blood tests and find out what's going on" Aaliyah was a little concerned as to why Riley would need blood tests.

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After the tests Aaliyah took Riley home, Casey was waiting for her when she got in "Hey baby where have you been, I was worried about you" he said as he stood up, Aaliyah put Kyle's baby car seat down before hugging Casey.

"I'm sorry I was at the hospital with Riley" Aaliyah said as she pulled away and made her way into the kitchen.

"Why, what's happened is he ok?" Casey was worried.

"Yeh I think so, its just he has some bruises that he can't explain" Aaliyah explained

"So what did the doctor say?" Casey wondered as he stood behind her near the kitchen side.

"Just did some tests, we should get the results in a few days" Aaliyah seemed anxious, Casey could sense this.

"Hey don't worry I'm sure it'll be fine" Casey said trying to reassure her "Ali?"

"I'm sorry, it's just I've got a really bad feeling about this Case" Casey turned Aaliyah round and pulled her into another tight hug.

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It was the first time since Aaliyah delivered Bianca's baby, that she had been round to see her. Aaliyah had dropped Riley off at school on the way to Irene's house.

Aaliyah knocked gently on the door, Liam came to answer it. Aaliyah's heart melted as she saw the tiny little girl in Liam's arms "Ooh look your date is here" Liam smiled as he looked at Kyle, who asleep in his baby seat "Come in"

Aaliyah followed Liam into the lounge, Bianca was sat on the sofa "Hey sweetie" Aaliyah whispered as she put the car seat on the floor and sat on the sofa beside Bianca, before giving her a hug.

"Did you want to hold her?" Liam wondered.

"Too right I do" Aaliyah grinned as she put her arms out and reached up for the tiny baby, Liam handed her the little girl "So have you chose a name for her yet?" Aaliyah wondered as she cradled the little bundle.

Liam and Bianca both smiled at eachother "Yes, her name is Allie-Rose Murphy" Bianca said softly.

Aaliyah's head shot up and looked at the both "Allie, as in?" she couldn't speak her eyes had filled with tears.

"As in Aaliyah, Yeh" Bianca nodded.

"We thought under the circumstances she came into this world it was only fair we gave you some gratitude" Liam added.

"A card would have been fine" Aaliyah was overwhelmed; she noticed the confused look on Bianca's face.

"Don't you like it?" she asked with an annoyed tone.

"Oh my god I'm sorry. Yes I think its beautiful, thank you so much" Aaliyah had a few tears trickling down her face.

"Come here" Bianca cried as she wrapped her arms around Aaliyah when she noticed the tears.

Bianca and Aaliyah spent the rest of the afternoon talking about nappies and breast feeding. Liam managed to escape all the baby talk; he had a shift at Angelo's.

As Aaliyah and Bianca were deep in conversation, Aaliyah jumped as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She quickly reached inside and took out her phone "Hello" she said as she held the phone to her ear.

"Yes this is Aaliyah Cooper" she replied to the person the other end of the phone. Bianca watched Aaliyah curiously; she noticed her friend seemed worried.

"Right ok, yes I can be there in ten minutes" she sad before hanging up. Bianca was desperate to know who was on the other end of the phone. Who was the person who had got Aaliyah in such a state?

"Listen honey I'm really sorry but I have got to go. I need to go to hospital. Sid has got Riley's test results" Aaliyah cried as she flapped around gathering Kyle's things and putting them into his changing bag.

"What tests" Bianca wondered.

"Oh sorry I haven't got time to explain right now but I promise I will call you when I get home ok" Aaliyah called as she rushed out of the door grabbing Kyle on the way. Bianca didn't get chance to reply, Aaliyah had gone.

As Aaliyah arrived at the hospital she was happy to see Casey waiting for her "Hey calm down" he said as he grabbed her arms to steady her "It'll be fine" Casey had noticed the state Aaliyah was now in. They both spotted Sid and headed towards him.

"Sid what is it?" Aaliyah exclaimed out of breath.

"Ok if you want to follow me" Sid said. Aaliyah saw the grim expression on Sid's face "Take a seat" he added as he pointed to two chairs on the opposite side of his desk.

"What is it?" Aaliyah snapped, Casey grabbed her hand and squeezed it "SID"

"I'm afraid I have some bad news" Sid started; Aaliyah took a deep breath in. She put her hand up to her mouth. "We have detected some abnormalities of the red blood cells in Riley's blood. And coupled together with his other symptoms then I'm very sorry but I suspect Riley may have Leukaemia"

Aaliyah just shook her head frantically "No, no you've got it wrong" she sobbed "It must be a mistake, please Sid tell me it's a mistake" she cried. Casey pulled her towards him wrapping his arms around her tightly as she cried into his chest.

"So what happens now?" Casey asked as he looked towards Sid. Aaliyah pulled her head away from Casey a little so she could hear what he said.

"Ok well firstly Riley will need a test called a Lumbar Puncture so we can determine what type of Leukaemia it is, then we can work out the best way to treat it" Sid explained. Aaliyah just stared at him with a blank expression on her face. Sid wasn't sure if Aaliyah had taken it in or not but he knew Casey was listening.

"Aaliyah I want you to bring Riley in first thing tomorrow morning" Sid said turning his attention to the frightened young mum. Aaliyah finally snapped out of her trance and nodded.

"Ok" she replied. Aaliyah didn't say anything else she just stood up and walked out of the room. Casey stood up quickly grabbed Kyle's car seat and followed her "Thanks Sid" he said as he closed the door.

Ok so please let me know what you think reviews would be appreciated.

Also sorry to all the people who I sent a sneak peek of my next chapter too, I wasn't entirely happy with it so I have had to rewrite it. I will send you all a clip of the next chapter to compensate. Hope that is ok for you all. Much love Nikki xx

Next time-

Aaliyah faces the awful truth, can she cope?

Aaliyah makes a shocking discovery after she goes for some tests of her own!

Coming soon

Can Casey hold it together as Aaliyah's world is torn apart?

What could possibly happen to pull this couple apart, can they save their relationship, or is it the beginning of the end for Aaliyah and Casey?