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A month had past and Bernie was still in Afghanistan, sereana couldn’t stop thinking about Bernie returning back into the UK in a body bag, she sighed and looked over at the Bernie’s empty desk before she got up and left the hospital due to it being the end of her shift, she didn’t know that Robbie , her ex was waiting outside for her,
Robbie had started to hang around the hospital knowing that Bernie had disappeared which meant it made it easier to win back Serena without getting in to a fight with Bernie.
Rob smirked and waited before he spotted Serena and went over to her “still not back then?” The male smirked
Serena looked over and looked confused before knowing what he was talking about, “no but she will be soon..she has to”
Robbie just nodded with a smirk “you look like you need a drink … I can buy you a few if you want”
“No your fine I’m able to buy my own thanks…”
He nodded “the offer is always there if you need it”
“I’ll be fine.. like I said Bernie will be back soon”
“Suit yourself..” Robbie spoke and left Serena to get home
Serena sighed and walked of home.
When Serena finally got home she went straight to her house phone to see Bernie had tried to get in contact, but there was nothing she sighed before going into the kitchen getting a bottle of Shiraz out and placed it on the table while she started to ring Bernie’s phone which went straight to her voicemail “hey it’s Bernie, I’m unable to take your call please leave a message after the beep and I’ll get back to you…” the brunette smiled a little while hearing Bernie’s voice even though it was a recording, when Serena heard the beep he began to record her message for Bernie
“Hey it’s me… your partner Serena, it’s beeen a month now and I haven’t heard back from you, I’m just checking to see if your okay and when your coming home, oh and Robbie tried to flirt with me into going to the pub with him… I miss you so much…” she spoke and put the phone down.
She head butted the kitchen counter knowing that Bernie didn’t want to bother with her now that she was back where she belonged out on the airfield.
A few months later there was still no update from Bernie so Serena decided to accept Robbie for the drink.
She met him at the bar and the pair had a few drinks , Serena checked her phone a few times but there wasn’t any new updates from Bernie, she gave a sigh , Robbie looked over at her “still no news? That tart has left you for good..” he said with a little smirk
“She wouldn’t just leave me like that…”
“But she has”
Serena sighed again before drinking more of her wine.
“Why don’t we go back to mine?”
Sernea nodded “I don’t see why not” she replied not thinking about Bernie in that moment in time, Robbie smirked again before leaning in to kiss her , Serena did the same and kissed him back more deeply.
When the pair got back to Robbie’s he took her up stairs and stripped her , before he started to have sex with her.
Bernie who was in Afghanistan had got into a bit of trouble, she had been kidnapped by the other in her second month , they took her to an abandoned house where they tied her up and tortured her for the next three months until Alex and some others came to find her.
Eve, Bernie’s cousin had been round every few months to make sure serena was okay, she was sat with Serena on the sofa knowing something wasn’t right with Serena as she hadn’t had a bottle of Shiraz in 7 months
Serena looked at eve “I’m pregnant and Bernie isn’t here...”
“You still need to tell her...” Eve said softly while she stroked Serena’s hair
“She doesn’t want to know me .. she’s left me...”
Since eve found out about Serena she had been staying over and getting close to her as she knew herself that Bernie was never going to return.
Another 6 months later , Bernie decided it was time to go back so she left the army and made her way back home, not knowing anything about her being replaced by Robbie and now her cousin Eve. She soon landed in the uk and headed to the Hospital , she still had some cuts on her face that sore but she didn’t care.
She walked into the office seeing Eve rubbing her partners shoulders and kissing her neck, she stood and watched for a few moments, Serena moaned out to Eves feeling not knowing Bernie had showed up until she looked up and across the room.
Bernie didn’t say anything until she found the right words “having fun are we?” She spoke folding her arms
Eve soon stopped after hearing Bernie’s voice “it’s not what it looks like...”
“Of course it is! You fucking replaced me!”
Serena sighed knowing it was a little true “no I haven’t...”
“Yes you have!”
“She’s just been looking after me... nothing has happened” Serena lied , eve looked over “maybe I should go..”
“No, your staying right there and your going to tell me everything!” The blonde raised her voice
Eve sighed “well you buggered off and left Serena here on her own!”
“I told you to look after her not fucking make a move on her! every time I get with someone I like you have to go and ruin it!”
“No bernie you ruined it yourself!” Eve argued back at her cousin before Bernie came over and Slapped her across the face.
Eve held her cheek and looked at serena who was holding her baby bump “are you going to tell her or am I?” She asked.
The older blonde looked confused “tell me what exactly?”
Serena slowly stood up “I’m...” she said mumbled and Bernie soon saw the baby bump and sighed “let me guess your back with the father to...”
“Bernie you need to let me explain...”
“No you don’t, I get it... you’ve replaced me....” she spoke before walking out the office and leaving the ward and sat on the steps that lead to the roof, soon Serena found her and sat by her
“I never wanted to replace you... I left you loads of voicemail... but you never answered...”
“I was...” she hesitated before changing the sentence “there wasn’t any signal..” the blonde lied and couldn’t look at her
“Bernie look at me I know something happened out there I can tell by the sound of your voice..”
“I can’t...”
Serena gently put her hands on her partners face and gently made her look at her seeing the cuts and bruises “what happened?”
Bernie hesitated again “I wasn’t ignoring your calls... I got...” she paused and closed her eyes as started to form and fall from her eyes “I got kidnapped.., tortured....but you think I didn’t wanna be with you anymore “
Serena gently wiped her partners eyes and pushed her head onto her chest “I’m sorry”
“I wanted you to come and save me... instead it was Alex..”
Serena nodded and stroked her hair “Hey it’s okay your safe...”
The blonde took some deep breathes before putting her hand on her partners baby bump, Serena put her hand on top of Bernie’s “it’s Robbies isn’t it?”
Serena just nodded “I’m sorry”
The blonde nodded taking it in “Eve was just looking out for you like I told her to?”
“Of course she was , she may look like you but she’s not you...”
As Bernie’s head was resting on her partners chest she closed her eyes again “I do love you...” she sniffed a little
“I know you do” Serena spoke with a little smile and kissed her head “we’re gonna be okay I promise you”
“I hope so” Bernie replied.