Assisting Love (Waterloo Road)

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Amelia stood in the bathroom and looked down at the test she had just took. She was scared, she was scared of being pregnant again. She loved Lillie-Mae but Amelia was only seventeen when she fell pregnant with her and Max ran off soon after she had Lillie, he wasn’t ready to be a father and it broke her heart. Even if max was married at the time, she loved him at the time. But now Amelia was twenty-one and now that Lillie was three and growing up quick and she had tom by her side. Amelia was scared, she was scared of having another baby Scared that she wouldn’t cope like she couldn’t when She had liillie-mae. Amelia looked down at the test in front of her and picked I up. She saw it was positive and sat on the toilet lid and looked to her. She felt terrified, completely and utterly terrified. There was a knock at the bathroom door which made Amelia jump "mummy I ned to go pee pee" Lillie- Mae said. Amelia placed the positive test in her pocket and sighed. She opened the door and saw Lillie who was standing in her frozen pjs and smiled to her "you hungry?" Amelia asked "yes" Lillie said as Amelia smiled ill make you something in a bit" Amelia said as she walked towards the bedroom.

Amelia walked to the bedroom to see tom who was barely awake "hey" he smiled to her. She looked to him slightly. She was terrified of telling him she was pregnancy "come here" tom said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the bed. She rested her head on his chest as he kissed her forehead "you okay?" He asked as she nodded. He wrapped his arms around her. She just wanted to be there for that moment in his arms as he held onto her. Amelia was trying to find the curious to tell him she was pregnant and tell him just how utterly terrified she was.

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Amelia sat in the hall at lilies nursery as max walked in. She looked to him "your cutting it fine" she said as he smiled "sorry, I was stuck in a meeting with your mother" he said as he walked over to her and smiled slightly. He could tell that there was something up with her "Are you okay?" He asked as she looked to him and smiled "tired" she said as he frowned "you forget how well I know you and besides Madison tells me everything" he said as Amelia looked to him and raised her eyebrow at him "everything?" She asked as max nodded "yes, your pregnant aren't you, you looked that pale with Lillie mae, I'm guessing you haven't told tom, its took you forever to tell me" max said as she smiled slightly "I'm scared" she said as max smiled "don't be...you and I have had our ups and downs and even if we couldn’t make it work for Lillie mae we are still her parents and happier with other people, i see the way you look at each other, he will be a great dad" Max said as Amelia smiled to him "miss mason?" The teacher called as Amelia sighed and looked to max "come on, let's see what trouble our daughter has been causing" Amelia said as max chuckled "she takes after you ""whatever" Amelia said smirking.

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Amelia walked into the school and sighed as she walked to the staffroom. She kicked off her heels and rubbed her feet as Rachel walked in "you look tired" Rachel said as Amelia sighed "I'm pregnant" she said as Rachel looked to her "does tom know?" Rachel asked as Lillie shock her head "no, I'm scared" Amelia said as Rachel walked over and took a seat opposite her "you’re a great mum, and you're not seventeen anymore, tom loves you and he loves Lillie as if she's his own. You will be fi e, when I had you I was eighteen and then you were about one and a half and I fell pregnant again. I did it on my own and you and Madison turned out okay, you’re a great mum but tom need to know" Rachel said as Amelia nodded. She knew she needed to tell tom. She hoped that things would be fine.