Miranda – A New Beginning
This story is set after series 3.
Chapter 1
AT THE RESTAURANT
Mike proposed. Gary proposed. It was too much to take in. Miranda turned and ran. After a stunned two seconds, Gary ran after her.
AT THE FLAT
Gary – "Miranda!"
Miranda – "This is horrible Gary! I just don't want to deal with any of it!"
Gary – "Well, don't then. Let's go to Paris, get away from everyone and then you can decide what you want to do."
Gary wasn't going to take no for an answer and Miranda didn't have the energy to argue. She agreed and 15 minutes later, they were on their way to the Eurostar station in London.
Paris was wonderful. And Gary was wonderful. And Miranda returned to England with a warm fuzzy feeling of love that she knew would last forever.
AT THE SHOP
Stevie – "So…tell me all about it!"
Miranda – "No! Ok! Oh Stevie, it was fantastic!"
Clive comes running into the shop.
Clive – "Come quickly! Gary has fallen through the trapdoor into the cellar. The ambulance is coming!"
They all run out of the shop.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Miranda, Stevie and Clive are standing around Gary's bed. He has broken his arm and both legs and they are up in plaster.
Stevie and Clive leave. Miranda stays.
Miranda – "Oh Gary, you gave me such a fright!"
Gary takes her hand with his one uninjured hand and pulls her close to him.
Gary – "I love you."
Miranda smiles and kisses him.
Miranda – "I love you too."
Gary – "Paris was brilliant, wasn't it?"
Miranda – "It was the best holiday I've ever been on, including the time I accidentally went to Disney World for a month."
Gary – "What was your best bit?"
Miranda – "Um, I think it was looking at the view from the Eiffel Tower. How about you?"
Gary – "I think it was the Jacuzzi in the room actually!"
Miranda – "Gary!"
Gary – "Sorry! The Eiffel Tower was good too!"
Miranda – "The Jacuzzi was fun though!"
Two weeks later, Gary was on the mend and looking forward to being released from hospital in a few days time.
AT THE FLAT
Miranda comes out of the bathroom looking green.
"Hello! Do come in and make yourself comfortable. Don't mind me; I'm a bit off colour. Actually, I've been feeling sick and also really tired for a couple of days now. It's almost as if I were…Oh no! No! Quick, where is the calendar?"
Miranda cannot find her calendar so she runs downstairs to the shop to get one.
AT THE SHOP
Miranda – "Stevie! Help! I need a calendar!"
Stevie – "Ooh, planning a wedding, are we?"
Miranda – "No! Please just give me the calendar!"
Stevie – "Sure, it's here."
Miranda feverishly works backwards through the month.
Miranda – "Oh no!"
Stevie – "What's going on Miranda? Did you forget someone's birthday?"
Miranda – "If only. No. Oh Stevie…I'm late, very late. I think I might be…pregnant!"
Stevie – "Oh wow! Ooh, what will Gary say?"
Miranda – "It's worse than that Stevie! It might not be Gary!"
Stevie – "Miranda! Oh my goodness, how irresponsible are you?"
Miranda – "I know! But I'd only just broken up with Mike when I went to Paris with Gary! What am I going to do?"
Stevie – "Go and speak to Dr. Gail. Maybe he'll be able to work out how many weeks you might be and then you'll know!"
Miranda – "I can't tell Dr. Gail! What will he think of me?"
Stevie – "Who cares what he thinks! He's your doctor!"
Miranda – "Yes, fair point. But maybe I'm just late. You know, because of all the excitement recently."
Stevie – "Maybe. Or maybe you're just burying your head in the sand. That was you I could hear being sick this morning, don't deny it."
Miranda – "I might have eaten something that didn't agree with me?"
Stevie – "Everything agrees with you."
Miranda – "Very funny."
Stevie – "Well, just to be sure, why don't you get a pregnancy test and then you'll know one way or the other."
Miranda – "Yes! Great idea! I'll go now."
Miranda leaves the shop. Then comes straight back.
Miranda – "I'll just get dressed first."
