Lia's Final Fanfiction

 Just Like His Father

(Ula and Evans story from New Zealands' television soap opera Shortland Street)

Prologue

Ula is a 16 year old high school student who like other young girls falls in love for the first time with Tom. From this relationship she falls pregnant. Ula and her boyfriend Tom decide to tell her parents the news one evening, when the time comes Tom is MIA. Tom skips town and is nowhere to be found.

Ula is left alone with this dilemma of what she should do with the pregnancy. Still heart broken from Tom leaving her with no explanation she keeps her pregnancy on the down low and only ever confides in Evan. Evan belongs to Ula's small group of friends which consists of her, Jasmine (who is also Evans sister), Phoenix and Evan. All their parents work together at Shortland Street Hospital.
Evan announces that he is the father so that Ula's parents will back off with their decision of a termination. Evan steps up with the fatherly duties of providing for his new family by dropping out of school and getting a full-time job. This was a big responsibility for Evan to agree to, he is love with Ula and would do anything for her. The feelings between them are mutual and they begin the hardship of becoming young parents.

Cast

Ula

Evan

Jasmine - Evan's younger sister

Bella - Evan's older sister

Murray - Evan's father

Wendy - Evan's mother

Maxwell - Ula's father

Vasa - Ula's mother

Nicole - Maxwell's partner

I could hear my mothers voice in the distance telling me to push and all i could think was please don't let him come out looking like Tom.

Please don't let him come out looking like Tom.

Please don't let him come out looking like ...


"it's a healthy baby boy" Vasa uttered with tears streaming down her face.

Evan looked lovingly into Ula's eyes and whispered "you did it"

"no, we did it" Ula said as she reached out to touch Evans hand.

"who's cutting the cord? grandma or daddy?" Sarah smiled holding the small baby in her hands.

Confusion buzzed between Evan and Ula into who would be best to cut the umbilical cord.

"Daddy will" Ula uttered with a tired smile.

Evan bent forward to grab the scissors and began to snip away at the soft piece of meat connecting his newborn son to his mother.

"we'll just give bubbah a quick wipe down and then he's all yours mummy" Sarah stood up passing the baby to the nurse.



In Ula's hospital room after birth

The Coopers huddled around the tiny bundle their mother was holding.

"He's so adorable i just wanna eat him up" Bella squeaked while dabbling the baby on the nose.

"I cant believe he came from the makings of him" Jasmine smirked while looking at Evan

Ula swung her legs to the side of the bed and slowly slipped her feet into her slippers.

"I'm just going for a walk to try regain the feeling in my legs"

Evan rushed to Ula's side  "here I'll come with you"

"will you be ok with him?" Ula asked Wendy

"Yes hun, you go take a break we'll be fine with him. Won't we darling" Wendy insisted, looking down at the baby.

Ula staggered to her feet and slowly motioned out the door with Evan clinging to her side.


Outside in the hospital corridors

"Thanks for being here Evan, i really don't know how to thank you." 

"I told you i was going to be here and i won't be going anywhere"

"I'm scared..." Ula sighed

"The hard parts done for you, what are you worried about now?" Evan snugged a finger at Ula's chin

A dull look on Ula's face darkened the moment
"You can't just decide who the father of the baby is going to be, and then expect the child to come out looking like them"

"I know, we're just going to hope your genes are strong and he looks exactly like you."
Grabbing Ula's hand Evan nudged her playfully
"He can just be white like me, that's something me and Tom have in common"

Ula couldn't help but laugh in the moment, but in her mind the thought lingered.

-What if he begins to take on Toms resemblance, then we're screwed.

~2 weeks later~

Ula had taken off a few weeks from school to heal and recuperate. Her and Evan had decided on a name for their new edition, Maxwell Levi-Cooper. They had not yet decided which last name to take as Ula was afraid that taking Evan's last name might back fire on them later, if their little secret were to get out.

(Maxwell's house)

Ula stood there staring into baby Maxwell's bassinet. His facial features were starting to become dominant now.
 His hair was a light shade of brown, almost a dark shade of blonde when under the light. His eyes were of a solid grey shade and drooped at the tips like tear drops. One thing Ula knew for sure was that baby Maxwell definitely had her eyes.
She squinted at him from a distance as if to check that there was no resemblance of Tom in him.
A soft knocking at the door caught her attention and quickly brought her back to reality.

"That must be your grandparent's coming to have a look at how big you've gotten" Ula whispered as she headed towards the door.

"Hey" Evan said as he gave Ula a soft peck on the cheek.

Wendy stepped forward and headed towards the bassinet "how's our little prince doing".

"He's doing well, he's started eating almost double now" Ula motioned her hand to the rest of the Cooper clang to enter.

"And how's mummy doing" Wendy smiled as she placed a container on the kitchen bench. "Thought you might be hungry so I made you a nice hearty soup to keep your energy up"

"Thanks, that was nice of you. He's been asleep for a while, and due for a feed soon" Ula slowly picked up the baby with both arms and handed him over to Murray.

Wendy looked down at baby Maxwell in Murray's arms, "he's looking a bit different everyday now" she said in an uneasy tone.

Ula and Evan in shock stared at each other hoping they wouldn't notice that baby Maxwell hadn't taken any of Evans so called genes.

"That's it !" Wendy jumped.

"He does that cute little nose sniffle and scrunches his nose and eyes" Wendy pricked the babies nose.

Murray giggled as he turned to Ula and said "Just like his father".

Ula and Evan looked at each other once again, in relief they sighed "yeah, just like his father" Evan smirked.

To Be Continued. . .