Sail Away With Me (Rory McCann)

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Holy shit

The ten minute wait for the result had felt like a lifetime to Tori, but when the word 'pregnant' appeared on the test there was no denying it.

"Well there's no point in crying over split milk. You dont have to do this alone though, you're apart of the family now and we will be here for you 100% percent of the way" Lena announced as Tori remained wordless.

"What's your first guy thought?" Emily asked her.

Tori didn't know, and if she did she wouldn't be able to speak as her mouth and throat and completely dried up.

"You have options hun. Just remember that" Lena tried to comfort her again as she gently stroked her back.

"Options? Would you really think about not keeping it?" Emily gasped.

"I've done it before" she finally spoke and turned her head up to look at her friends beside her.

"Oh hun" Lena sighed.

"You're going to speak to Rory though, right? I mean, he is the father, shouldn't he have a say in all of this?" Emily asked again.

"Its not Rory who will be carrying the thing for 9 months. It's not his life that will completely change after this".

"Its not a thing, it's a baby. An innocent baby and of course his life would change. He's a good guy, he would help" Emily snapped back.

"Please... can I just. I just need a minute to think without you two have a prolife debate in my ear" Tori groaned and threw the pregnancy test onto the coffee table.

Thankfully, they both quick stopped talking and looked nervously around the room. Another ten minutes passed in silence before Tori managed to speak again.

"The last time this happened, I was so young. I made my choice and decided to live with the after guilt, but there were complications. Complications which could also affect this time. I need to get to a doctors, speak to a professional before I make any decisions".

"And Rory?" Emily asked.

"I'll figure that out after the doctors. Is there somewhere we can go?" She ask and turned to Lena.

An hour later the three of them were sat in the waiting area of the general hospital not far from their hotel. When the nurse finally came to get them, she quickly reached out for the hands of both the women as they gently lead her into the room.

"You taken a test?" The nurse asked in broken English.

"Yeah, it cam back positive. I just need some advice. A few years ago I fell pregnant and had a... an abortion, but I was addicted to pain killers at the time and there were complications. It ended up not being just a routine treatment. I don't know what I plan to do this time, but I need to know if the baby or myself are in any danger".

The nurse nodded in understanding and motioned for her to lay down kn the bed. She quickly went about getting an ultra scan ready and eventually an appeared on the screen to her right. As she moved the nod around her stomach, suddenly the sound of a small heartbeat filled the room.

"Fuck" Tori sighed as Lena reached out for her hand.

"About 6 weeks. Everything looks fine though. A strong and healthy heartbeat and no problems from the scan. You need to return to your own doctor though".

"I'm current my here working. I'm only here for another two weeks, is it possible for me to wait that long?"

"Yes, no longer than 6 weeks though as a other scan will be needed to check on the health of both of you. If you have any trouble or worries in meantime you come back here, no problem".

The nurse printed a picture of the scan for Tori and then the three of them quickly left the hospital.

"They'll understand if you want to head back to the UK now" Lena spoke as they jumped into their taxi.

"No, I need the money and like she said, it will be fine".

"So what now?" Emily asked.

"I guess I have a phone call to make" she sighed.

Rory had just finished shooting for the day and was having a wash in his trailer when his phone rang.

"Yeah?" He answered after not recognising the number.

"Rory... it's... it's Tori".

Rory could instantly tell by her voice that something was wrong. Straight away his mind went to her ex, had he showed up again, hurt her in some way?

"What's going on? You okay?"

"Yeah, I think. I need to talk to you about something though, are you alone?"

"Aye, what's going on Tori?"

"Fuck, right" she coughed and then sighed heavily. "I've been feeling under the weather recently. I thought I was over worked or had eating something, but it's not that... Rory, I'm... I'm pregnant".

The word pregnant seemed to ring in his ears for a few minutes, not fully sinking in until he heard her voice again.

"You still there?"

"Aye... I... have you been to the hospital. I mean are you 100% sure?"

"Yeah, I just got back. Had a scan, heard the heartbeat and everything. I have to tell you some more though. Before I met Miguel, when I was pretty deep into my drug addiction I fell pregnant. I wasnt ready, i was a complete mess at the time, so I... I had an abortion, but there were complications. I got really sick and lost a lot of blood and was told the next time I fell pregnant there could be possible problems".

"Right, well you need to get onto your producer there, have them tell the executives and come back to the UK straight away".

"No" she interrupted. "I told the nurse at the hospital, she said I'd be fine to finish off my last weeks here, but I need to be back for the 12 week scan. So I'm going to stay here".

"Dont be fucking stupid".

"I'm not being anything Rory!" She snapped. "But I need to stay here, I need the money and I don't even know what I'm going to do yet".

"What do you mean you don't know what you're going to do. You're fucking pregnant, with my kid! Don't worry about money, I'll see you comfortable".

"Its not just money Rory. This will change our entire lifes. This isn't just straight forward. We fucked around for less than a month and we aren't together now. I need to think about what's best for all of us".

"You cant be actually thinking about having another abortion?!"

"Rory" she sighed and then suddenly the line went dead.

Nice little update for you all. I'm currently writing this in the middle of nowhere, got bored at home so went for a drive without the sat navs and I'm now somewhere in the Welsh country side lol. Dont forget to comment and vote. Happy reading :) x