She drives up the long driveway in her small orange VW of a hot summer's morning as she breaths in the fresh country air she arrives at her destination after driving the long hours to finally come home from being away for such a long time. Her sister walks out of the shed as she hears a car pull up she starts to smile as her sister climbs out of her car

"Tess oh my god." She runs over to Tess giving her a long passionate hug.

Tess looks at Claire "I was only gone for 5 months!" Claire grins "5 months to long." They giggle as they break from the sisterly embrace

"I thought you said you wouldn't be back until January it's only June?" Tess looks at her feet then back at Claire

"Um yeah I guess I missed you guys." Claire nods although she knew something was wrong with her little sister. They make their way into the old Drovers kitchen where Tess was greeted by Jodi, Meg, Stevie, Kate and Alex. Tess smiles as they all hug her and ask many questions about the city all Tess could say was "It's good to be back!"

After lunch the girls went off to finish their chores around the farm and Meg went off to town to buy some supply's leaving Claire and Alex in peace as Tess went upstairs to unpack her bags. Alex looks at Claire

"Told her about Nick yet?"

Claire shakes her head "No not exactly well she hasn't asked where he is or what he's been up to."

Alex nods "Yeah, I thought she wasn't gonna be back until January and its only June?"

Claire shrugs "All she told me was she just missed this place to much."

Alex just gives her a cheeky grin and walks out. Tess sits on the old timber floor and opens her bright red suitcase up as she does the first thing she sees is the photo album with all her memory's that she has shared with her big combined family. She hesitates before opening it as she turns to the first page she stares down at the picture before her the man she loves smiling looking down at her into her eyes as she giggles about what he had said. She then closes it and sets her mind to un packing not looking through some silly old album. A few hours pass and Tess was finally unpacked she then hears a car pull up she walks out because she was curious on who it is at this hour. As she walks out she sees the red shiny Ute standing before her she can't help but smile as he gets out he smirks at her and nods she walks briskly over to him as he wraps his arms around her.

"Well hello stranger."

She giggles "It was only 5 months!"

"Yeah 5 months to long, I thought you weren't gonna be back until January what's the go it... Before Nick could say anything else.

Tess cuts in "its only June, I guess I just missed you guys and this place." Nick nods as they fall out of the embrace "Yeah sure there's something up and don't tell me there isn't." Tess knows she can never lie to Nick one he picks it up straight away because she's the worst liar in the world and well two she knows he will understand so what's the point.

"Well I'm here for a job I know I work on Drovers but for some back pay why I was in the city I decided to apply for a job a Nanny. Turns out I really enjoyed it and when I got that phone call to come out here I took off as quickly as I could. It gives me the chance to be with everyone."

Nick smiles "That's great your enjoying yourself and your happy. Who rang you to come all the way out here?"

Tess looks at him confused "You mean she didn't tell you it was your Mother."

Nick looks at the ground then back at Tess "Ah yeah that's for Sally and I."

She starts to shake and she starts to feel sick to her stomach "I wasn't gone that long was I?"

Nick shakes his head "Well no she came to Killarney a couple months after you left and told me she's pregnant and it's mine since then she never left."

Tess' heart starts to fill with fear and pain "Are you two together?"

Nick nods "Yes and yes I'm happy."

"I thought you said you would never go back there but!"

Nick sighs "Yeah well what was I supposed to do tell her to leave?"

"No it's just... Never mind."

Nick turns his head then back to her "It's just what Tess you're not happy for me because deep down you have never liked Sally you never have and you never WILL!"

Tess rolls her eyes "WHAT EVER I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE IN... In... In love with me." Tess' yelling turns into sobs as she walks away running once she was out of sight she makes it to the horse stables where her beautiful white stock horse stood she saddles up Oscar with fury cycling her brain and anger filled in her body

"Who does she think she is Oscar after everything Nick and I have been through she just rocks up I'm pregnant bam there together."

Tess' anger then turns into sobs as she climbs up onto Oscar. She races off leaving a cloud of dust behind her. Nick turns around and climbs back into his ute speeding off leaving a cloud of dust behind thoughts rush through his mind of him and Tess

Everything we've been through and it all comes to this Sally, Dave, Alex, Claire everybody else is always in the way and then if we try to take our relationship to the next level it'll be Mums fault why we don't and shell fill poor Tess' brain with thoughts "You're not good enough!" "You're a gold digger!" "If you really love Nick you'll just leave!" When I know she's none of them and she is perfectly great for me with her funny little ways her bright bubbly smile and cute little giggle that always makes me giggle her big heart that has room for everybody and her perfect body shape with her curves and then her cute little nose with her deep loving beautiful blue eyes that I have looked into so many times letting me know everything will be alright and I know she cares about me no matter how many times I hurt, love or care for her that spark will always be there and we can't just push it off to the side it's much harder then we think although we have both tried a number of times and then the way she makes me feel compared to every other woman bubbly, happy, bright, loved, an unexplained feeling that feels amazing.

Tess sits under the old oak tree and lets her mind tremble as it trembles she starts to think about the argument between those two although she knows they will get past it.

Maybe he's not really in love with Sally but he loves me because I know one things for sure I love him and his cute but funny nose and his caring green eyes and cheeky little smile and the many things he does for me I know he cares about me and maybe he will realise he loves me too but maybe we are never meant to be, but we are meant to be the way he makes me smile and giggle then he giggles and that makes me feel amazing because I know he's happy and his caring eyes looking into them makes my heart skip a beat and when he smiles to me I know I'm the only one who sees that smile at it brightest but then there's his Mother who always gets in the way but mow its Sally!

Tess stands up and starts to yell "SO YOU THINK I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH LIZ RYAN? I'LL SHOW YOU GOOD ENOUGH, I'M GOOD ENOUGH!" As the words eco out into the distance she starts to smile and feel relief she climbs back onto Oscar and rides back to Drovers.