Flushed away: Love Story

Chapter 8: Together forever

This is the biggest moment ever for this last chapter! Roddy proposed to Rita to get married. Along with getting a new job and going on a Europe trip with her and her family just to get some distraction going after Rita's miscarriage, but will it turn out alright before their wedding comes around once they get back from their trip?
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Throughout the weeks, Roddy and Rita decided to keep this pregnancy a secret, although Rita's mom knew about it and was also really excited that she will become a grandma and would have a playdate with the twins for when they come around. Roddy would usually get all lovey dovey while talking to Rita's stomach, giving it a big kiss. Until one morning, on August 16th, when they made an appointment to see their baby for the first time in an ultrasound screen, but didn't see anything. Even while their nurse, Hannah, who has blonde hair and green eyes, was struggling to spot anything while moving the wand around on Rita's stomach that was covering in gel and showing their doctor, Doctor Limburgh, as well. Roddy and Rita looked at them, worriedly with Rita, grabbing onto Roddy's hand. After struggling through the screen, Hannah decided to remove the wand from Rita's stomach while the screen turned blank. "What happened? Where's the baby?" Rita asked.

Hannah looked at her in disappointment, dropping her head down, slowly shaking her head before turning back to Rita and Roddy. "There doesn't appear to be any fetus in the womb. I'm so sorry." She spoke quietly.

It hit Roddy and Rita really hard to hear those words. Rita, mostly. Later on, getting ready to check out, Roddy, walked up to Rita, who was sitting on her bench, with her head dropped down, looking depressed before he knelt to her, taking her hands. "Hey, Rita. I'm sorry this happened. I really am. Whenever you're ready, we can always try, again, okay?" He went, rubbing his thumbs on his girlfriend's hands.

Rita slowly looked at him. "I wanna go home, Roddy. Will you please take me home?" She replied before she burst out sobbing, hugging Roddy to cry on his shoulder as he held her close to him in comfort, also feeling discouraged himself.

"Okay, we will. We're gonna get checked out and we'll go home."

After they got checked out, they left the hospital, not saying another word on the boat ride home, and walked back in their apartment where Rita went into their room to lay down. Roddy decided to give her some alone time, sitting in the living room, silently sobbing into his hands, sinking down on the couch. He cried for a while until once he stopped, wiping his tears, he decided to call Rita's mom, telling her about what happened today. It was hard for him to explain it until he slowly spoke to her. "About that, sadly, we just lost the baby." He said, with his voice cracking, as more tears came down his face.

"Oh, dear, I'm so sorry. How's Rita doing right now?" Mrs. Malone spoke through the phone.

"She's not taking this well right now. She's laying down in our room right now."

"Oh, the poor thing. I'd never thought she'd had to deal with a miscarriage, too. It's happened to me a few times. I know that pain."

"Yeah, I feel weak. I don't know what to do about this." Roddy said.

"Be there for her. She needs you. Please take care of my daughter, Roddy. Please?" Mrs. Malone went, voice cracking.

Roddy nodded. "Yes, ma'am. I will."

"Okay, I'm gonna let you go now. Give you all the time you need. Again, I am so sorry for both of you. Give Rita a big hug for me, please."