trust doesn't always come back

Time For The Scan

Charlie's P.O.V

Today has finally arrived! I am so excited to see our baby, I stop myself there and reconsider that last sentence. The baby might not even be mine, I scratch the back of my neck, it's starting to feel sore there now from all this scratching. Ugh, this is horrible but also exciting. I mean I hope the dates add up so it's mine and not that bastards. It will change everything but I will still support Scarlett and the baby. I quite like Ebony and Ezra. I am so lost in thought I don't realise Scarlett is watching me and smiling. I look up and smile back, thinking of how lucky I am to have met her, even though it's not great circumstances but i love her.

"You ready to go day dreamer?" She grins.
"Yeah babe" I laugh and take her hand. We walk out together and greet officer.. wait? Where's he gone? We hear a cough from behind and turn around to see a completely new officer stood before us, looking uncomfortable, maybe first day on his job as never seen him before.
"Where's officer Layton?"
"He's gone home to rest. He's exhausted after all this lookout stuff"
That's when it hits me but I try to play it cool.

Scarlett's P.O.V

I see a weird expression on Charlie's face which scares me. I look at the new officer and don't understand why Charlie is so scared? The guy is clearly new and doesn't know how to act, give him a break! I roll my eyes and hold out my hand, he doesn't shake my hand, just holds eye contact, I look away, slightly awkward.

"Sooo.. what's your name?"
"Officer birdy" he says, and I try not to laugh.
"Well nice to meet you"
He nods back and begins to walk towards the car, Charlie squeezes my hand and looks at me, with a soft smile. He reaches for his phone but is forced to put it away as we climb into the car. We both climb into the back and we are immediately child locked in. A paranoid copper, who would of known..I thought. At least he's doing his job though.

"So where you guys off to?"
"To the maternity suite" I say, officer birdy looks confused then it clicks. He nods and starts the car. Clearly hasn't been given his orders properly then. I see Charlie getting his phone out of his pocket and writing a text to me. Weirdo, I think. He hands his phone to me and it reads 'something isn't right with this guy, we would of been notified if we had a change in officer'
I frown and write back.
'Your just paranoid, if he wanted to do something to us we wouldn't be pulling up at the hospital right now'
As he reads that he looks up to see the hospital approaching and breathes a sigh of relief. He puts his phone away and we say thanks as we can climb out. He follows slowly behind. We practically skip to the reception desk and behind the desk sits a little blonde girl, must be about 18 and caked in makeup which isn't necessary as you can see she's beautiful. She looks up as we approach and we can see she is chewing gum, she sighs and says 'great' under her breath which irks me.
"Hi, we've come for a scan?"
"Well done love, 99% of people come here for a scan, what type of scan is this? A dating scan? Sexing scan? Termination scan?" She blows a bubble and it pops in my face.
"Dating scan" I heavily breathe. Charlie notices my hand tightly squeezes his and whispers stay calm in my ear as he hugs me.
"Ok, what's your name?"
"Aaliyah Brokenhaven" she flicks through some files and finds mine at the bottom. She flicks through the pages and hands me them after signing something. I smile a sickly sweet smile and take a seat. She rolls her eyes at me and I notice a complaints sheet next to her. I stand up and grab one, her eyes go wide. I laugh to myself and sit down with a pen. After filling out the relevant bits I slip it into the box and little miss bitch is being nice to patients now haha! After about 20 minutes we are called through, officer birdy waits outside. We follow the sonographer into the room, it consists of a million machines, a few chairs, a computer and a bed.
"Please lay down and lift up your top, the gel may be a bit cold" I do as she says and I await the gel. She squirts it on and there's no cold like she mentioned. Feels nice and warm.
"I will take some measurements, make sure everything is okay, see how many babies there are and check for any problems with baby. Is that okay?" She asks. I nod and within a few minutes a little heartbeat fills the room. My eyes fill with tears at the lovely sound and I look up to Charlie who is feeling the same. Tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Everything seems fine, you are measuring at 7 weeks. Congratulations mummy and daddy"

Couldn't be more happier.