I heard a scream and then the crashing sound of porcelain. Cola, who had been drying the dishes in the kitchen, was now doubled over in agony with remnants of the plate she had held in her hands scattered about her feet.
"Cola?" I said, alarmed. I went as quickly as possible to her side and took hold of her arm. She screamed again and moaned in pain.
"Nick! Car- Hospital!"

Nick drove- no, sped to the hospital, concentrating as much as possible on the road with screams in the backseat. I knew we all knew it- something was wrong with the baby.
Nick screeched to a halt in the driveway of the emergency ward, killing the enging and then helping Cola and myself out of the backseat. A male nurse had seen the car pull in with my screaming pregnant sister in the back and had plucked a wheelchair from inside. We lowered my sister into it and she was carted off, just as a doctor came out with a clipboard and an expressionless face.
"Are you relatives?" He asked, he was balding with a small mole on his chin and square rimless-glasses.
"Yes, I'm her sister. She was just in the kitchen and-"
"How far along in her pregnancy is she?" He asked, I saw his nametag, Dr. Kevin Granwal and noted in my histerics that he hadn't introduced himself.
"She's about seven and a half months. She was in the kitchen cleaning dishes and-" He solemnly cut me off again.
"Ok, we are going to check her for bleeding, and do an ultrasound; the works until we find something. It could also not be anything to do with the pregnancy- does she have any allergies or conditions that we should be aware of?"
My mind reeled, "Umm... she has mild asthma." I said, watching him click his pen and write on his form. "She was in the kitchen drying a plate and she suddenly started screaming. She was doubled over and clutching at her stomach..." I drifted off, the events of the past two hours seeming so surreal.
"Why don't you and your husband take a seat and we'll let you know how things go."
I gave Nick and increduous look, "How things go? I can't believe he just say that. I'm so worried Nick."
Nick put his arm around me, and kissed my hair, "Worrying wont do anything. Tell you what, you should go and ring Scarlet and tell her what's happened." I nodded and murmured agreement and then took the silver coins from my pocket and went to the payphone over near the door.
The tone rung twice and then Scarlet picked up.
"Oh Scarlet thank god you picked up. We're at the hospital, something is wrong with Cola. We think it's her baby."
There was a silence and then Scarlet spoke...

Holly~ })|({

Holly stammered the trrible news and I began to feel a little faint. I put my hand to my forehead and lowered myself on to the sofa.
"Is she going to be okay? Is the baby going to be okay?" I asked.
"I don't know. The doctor just said that he'll let us know what's going on. He cut Nick and I off right when we got to the hospital," she replied, sounding very distressed.
"I'll be right there," I replied and hung up.
I looked around for Jakob but he wasn't anywhere in the apartment or outside. The truck was gone. I growled. Where had he gone without telling me?
I shook off the thought and ran to Toby's apartment. When I told Lor and Toby what had happened they were more than happy to lend me their car so, within five minutes I was on the highway.
I got to the hospital about twenty minutes later and ran inside. Nick was sitting in the waiting room and Holly was pacing nervously.
I walked over and hugged her.
"How're you handling things?" I asked. She shook her head.
"I don't know quite what to think," she replied honestly. I nodded.
"I'll go see what I can find out about Cola, okay?" I told her. She smiled a little and nodded. I went to the emergency room reception desk. The lady there smiled at me and asked what she could do.
"We would like to know how Nicola Maxwell is doing please, she's in emergency and we haven't heard anything," I explained.
"Are you family?" she asked.
"No, I am a family friend," I said.
"Well we can't help you," she replied. I sighed and signalled for Holly to come over. Holly then asked the same question, stating that she was family. The lady looked around the room for a moment and then back at Holly.
"I am sorry I don't have that information," she replied with a smiled. Holly turned and went back to Nick. I grumbled in disgust and sat down beside them. I only hoped Nicola and the baby were okay.

-Scarlet

The sombre Dr. Granwal came up to us with his expressionless face and orthodox clipboard. I jumped up tailed by Nick and Scarlet. Nick took my hand.
"The patient-" he began.
"Nicola" I said firmly, he gave me a withering look and then continued.
"-is bleeding internally from the womb. It's not common because most miscarriages happen early in the pregnancy and not this far along. The ultrasounds show some kind of rupture, of which the origin is unknown. The baby is not extremely active, but that is because of the rupture. We are debating what to do at the moment."
I nearly fainted, "Can I see her?" I said in a vague, wobbling voice.
"I wouldn't advise that at the moment." Dr. Granwal said greasily, and then somehow faded away from the little gathering- or perhaps it was the fact that I probably wasn't totally aware of everything and was feeling more than slightly dizzy.
I backed into on of the plastic seats in the waiting room and raked my fingers through my hair shakily. I felt sick with worry.
"Oh my god. This can't be happening." I said. I looked searchingly at Nick and Scarlet. "Not to my little sister."

Holly~ })|({

I looked at Holly's worried, pale face and then at the floor. I turned to asked Dr. Granwal a question but he disappeared into the emergency ward. I sighed heavily, looking back at the white linoleum tiles on the floor. Poor Nicola. How could this have happened?
I looked up at Holly and Nick, speachless.
After a moment I said, "I guess all we can do is wait."
Nick nodded. Holly's eyes watered with tears of disbelief. I hugged her. "Let's go get something to eat okay? We'll come back here after and find out what the doctors plan to do. Does that sound good?"
Holly thought for a moment and replied, "..."

-Scarlet

I nodded, a vague and watery smile spread across my lips, "I'm always hungry now." I said, then Scarlet and Nick lead me to a cafe of some description and we sat down and had salad rolls that were average.
After about an hour or so we went back to the hospital, and Dr. Granwal came at our request for inquiry.
"Well, we naturally have decided to keep her overnight, and in this case- seeing as you are expecting a child, I think it would be best if you go home tonight. We have your details- we'll be in touch if anything happens." I guessed that was a kind of dismissal, as he turned heel and dissapeared into one of the corridors.
I opened my mouth to say something, then just hung my head defeatedly and went to the car, tears spilling onto my cheeks.
"They'll be in touch." I said, with teary spite, as I leaned on the car and scowled at the hospital, "I just hope my sis is ok."

Holly~ })|({