So, well. Rebeccah´s turn then. In the episode "the babysitter" she confesses that she has a brother named Jake. I think that´s the fifteenth episode in series five. I´m not sure, and I´m on the bus, so I can´t check without any internet.
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Rebeccah Chalmers
Fourteen year old Rebbecah Chalmers was in the kitchen, cooking dinner for her, and her one- year old brother Jake. Her dad, Todd, and his girlfriend Molly were out partying. Like they did every Friday, and Saturday, and Sunday…. And Wednesday.. and Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Rebeccah sighed, and started preparing Jake´s food so he could eat it.
"Hi Jake." She came into the living room, with her plate in one hand, and Jake´s bowl with soup in the other. But when she came through the door, and saw Jake. She dropped both the plate and the bowl. She rushed to Jake, who sat on the floor, struggling to breathe. With a disassembled toy car lying on the floor next to him. She lifted him up, and looked into his mouth, to see if she could reach, whatever he swallowed. But she didn´t see anything. So she rushed to the kitchen, and grabbed the phone from the table. And called 999.
"Rescue services yes?" she heard from the other.
"My brother can´t breathe, I think he´s been swallowing something. Please help… please help."
"Can you tell me your address?"
"Yes, yes. Rose road, number three… please help… he can´t breathe."
"I need you to be a good girl now, sweetheart." Rebbecah heard from the woman on the phone. "And I need you to keep calm."
"Ok, ok. I am calm, just please tell me what to do."
"Yes, I want you to open his mouth and look if you can see if he´s got something you can reach in his mouth."
"I´ve already checked, but I couldn´t see anything. Oh no Jake, JAKE." Rebeccah shook her brother. "He´s stopped breathing now, what should I do? Please I can´t let him die"
"He won´t die sweetheart. We´ve got an ambulance in your area, and they will be at yours anytime now. Now I want you to sit down on a chair, and lay Jake down, on his stomach on your legs." Rebeccah did as she was told. "Now I want you to, hit your brother´s back lightly five times ok?" Rebeccah did that, and on the fifth time, Jake coughed, and a wheel from the broken toy car fell out of his mouth. And he started screaming.
" He screams now." Rebeccah said.
"That´s good, it means that he´s breathing fine. I´m sure you did good sweetheart, now, is the door unlocked?"
"No, I´ll go unlock it." Rebeccah saw that the ambulance had arrived through the window, so she hung up, took her shoes and walked outside.
"Is this our patient." One of the paramedics asked. Rebeccah nodded.
"He´s breathing now, but maybe you could check that everything´s alright. Just in case."
"Of course we will. Now if you would just follow us into the ambulance, it will help this young man to feel safe." Rebeccah nodded and climbed into the car, with Jake on her hip.
"Where are your parents?" The paramedic asked. Rebeccah looked down on her feet.
"Partying," she mumbled.
"Well, you don´t need to be ashamed. Loads of adults party on Friday nights." She stopped talking when she saw big tears streaming down Rebeccah´s cheeks. Jake had fallen asleep in Rebeccah´s arms.
"What´s wrong sweetheart?" the paramedic patted Rebeccah´s shoulder. "You know you can talk to me, I have obligation to observe silence."
"I can´t do this anymore." Rebeccah began. "I´m so stressed out right now. I have taken care of Jake since he was born. Because dad and his stupid girlfriend are out partying every night. I can´t sleep, I have panic attacks… I can´t take this..."Rebeccah started hyperventilating.
"Sch, sch, sch. Calm down." The paramedic tried. "Now, if you wouldn´t mind, I´ll call social services, so you can move anywhere where you don´t have to take of your brother on yourself. Does that sound good sweetheart?" Rebbecah looked up on the woman, with tear- filled eyes.
And then… slowly… she nodded.
Next up…. Millie Heeriot (Yes I made her surname myself.)