Carla and Lisa

Part 90

Lisa's heart stopped. "Carla..." she whispered. Everything went silent. Only ringing in her ears. Until she hear her phone again. "Mrs swain?" Sam the nurse questioned again.

"I... I will be with you in 20" she simply said and put the phone down.

She ran into Betsy room and explained the phone call she had just received.

"I should come with you!" Betsy suggested.

"No stay here with Archie. I will call you as soon as I know more. Can you call Roy. Ryan. Your auntie chelle and uncle Josh for me please baby?"

Betsy nodded understanding her mum's assignment. Lisa quickly got dressed into joggers and a hoodie. As she looked at her self in their bedroom mirror she realised. It was THE hoodie. The one her wife stole from her all those years ago.

Her wife. Her beautiful Carla. She needed to get to her and now.

She ran to her car and put it in gear. Driving to the hospital was a blur.

She walked into the reception of the Emergency department. "Hi I'm here for a Carla Swain" Lisa told the receptionist.

"Are you her next of kin?" The woman smiled.

"I'm her wife. Yes" Lisa said a little more sternly than anticipated. "Sorry" Lisa huffed.

"It's ok Mrs swain. Carla is in majors. Just around the corner and to the left you should be able to spot her" the woman smiled.

Lisa spotted her wife straight away. "Carla!" She calls as she runs over to her wife who was lay on the hospital trolly. "Baby I'm so sorry. I love you so much" she sobbed as she placed her hands on Carla's face and kissed her.

"I'm so sorry. I love you too" Carla sobbed. Kissing her wife back. Both crying.

"Are you ok. Are you injured" Lisa finally looked at the rest of her body and spotted her right foot.

"They want to X-ray my foot I'm pretty sure it's broken. But other than that I'm fine" Carla smiled to her wife.

"Oh baby" Lisa sobbed her forehead dropping against her wifes.

"Lise baby I'm fine. Just abit battered" Carla smiled.

"You're a dick!" Lisa shouted pulling away from her wife.

"What!" Carla replied.

"You left on a fight. We promised to never leave on a fight" Lisa sobbed again.

"I left to save our marriage" Carla replied.

"You could have died Carla. And our last words to each other would have been us fighting" Lisa wacked Carla's arm.

"Sorry" Carla looked into her hands at her wedding finger.

"I didn't know what to do with my self" Lisa continued to cry.

"Baby. I'm ok.  I think we need a talk. It seems we've slightly lost our way this week" Carla finally looked to her wife. Who nodded.

Carla scooted over to let her wife sit on the trolly so they could FaceTime their children.

Betsy answered straight away. "Mum!!! How's mumma?!" The girl questioned.

"Mummas fine she's here" Lisa turned the phone to her wife.

"Hey my babies"'Carla smiled.

"Mumma" Archie smiled.

"Your ok yeah!" Betsy questioned.

"Yeah I'm fine. I may have a broken ankle but other than that I'm fine bets" Carla smiled to her daughter.

"What mum!" Betsy huffed.

"Bets baby. Your mumma is ok. We are going to wait for an X-ray and we will be home as soon as possible. I've text Ryan let him know what's happening. He's gonna come over and help you with Archie." Lisa informed her daughter. Who nodded in reply.

"We will see you soon my babies" Carla smiled to their kids.

When the phone went blank the women just looked at each other smiling.

They had a moment of silence just the two of them. It was lovely. Time just the two of them. Maybe this is what they needed.

Time. Just the two of them.

They've been so caught up in work and life they forgot themselves. Their rocks. Their wife. The person that means most to them in the whole world.

"I'm so sorry" Lisa sobbed.

"Me to. I'm sorry darling. It seems we lost our way"

Lisa nodded in agreement.

"I didn't mean anything I said. It was all words. I'm just" Carla took a deep breath. "I'm so overwhelmed at the moment. I missed my wife."

"I've missed you so much darling" Lisa leant forward and placed a kiss to her wife's lips. Both of them melting into each other.

"I love you" lisa whispered against her lips.

"I love you to.... So much" Carla replied.

The women talked for hours whilst they waited for Carla to be fitted for a boot once it was confirmed broken. They discussed the crash. Their fight and finally getting back on track. They agreed they would both cut down on working late.

They discussed Lisa retirement from the police force. She was now reaching her mid 50s and it seemed right to retire soon to look after their family. They also discussed Carla halving her hours and letting Betsy run the factory.

The discussed their son and daughter. They discussed applying for local schools for Archie and the possibility of adding one more child to her family. Both liking the possibility of this happening.

They both enjoyed maternity leave a couple of years ago just existing together maybe this is what they needed.

Carla finally got a boot fitted for her confined broken ankle. And was given crutches before being discharged with an appointment in 6 weeks time.

Lisa helped her wife into the car placing a kiss to her temple when she sat down.

The drive home was quick. Carla placed her hand in her wife's thigh. She was quite high on pain meds so her hands wandered every so often.

When Lisa pulled onto the drive the door swung open with Betsy running out to them. Ryan had Archie in his arms who has refused to go to sleep until he knew mumma was ok.

That night Carla fell asleep with her wife daughter and son attached to her. Exactly where they should be. The argument long forgotten.