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Jac Naylor smiled as she watched her partner fully engrossed in showing her three year old daughter there were absolutely no monsters under her bed. He had just returned home late from work. Jac knew how exhausted he must be feeling, his theatre schedule had over run, and yet here he was crawling underneath Emma's bed without any consideration for his expensive suit.

'Now then darling' Guy Self spoke patiently to the tiny red haired child as he stood up after inspecting the space Emma swore contained a monster who would gobble her up the instant she fell asleep 'didn't I promise you there no monsters hiding under your bed? See, there are none under here so I think you'll be very safe to sleep here tonight don't you?'

'But what if he moved out just as you were looking?' Emma's bottom lip trembled slightly.

'Then I should think now he knows we're looking for him he wouldn't dare to move back in' Guy managed to answer in a sensible voice. 'I promise I won't let anything in here hurt you.' This new nightmare of Emma's had started a week ago and Guy knew how exhausted Jac was becoming from being woken up periodically throughout the night to banish away the monsters that lived in various pieces of Emma's bedroom furniture.

'Ok' Emma sniffed.

'Ok then' Guy nodded as he turned down Emma's duvet to enable to child to get in. 'Now Mummy is going to read you a story and then you'll have sweet dreams all night.' He kissed the child's forehead as he tucked her in. She was the sweetest little girl he had ever met, just as stubborn and clever has her mother, but she was so willing to love the people in her life she made every moment he spent with her worth it. 'Night night darling' Guy smiled affectionately as Jac joined his side, a book clutched in her hand.

'Night night' Emma smiled back.

Guy looked over his shoulder as he watched Jac settling down on the edge of Emma's bed to read to her. She adored her daughter and it had been made plainly clear to Guy, as they rekindle their relationship, nothing would come before this little girl's happiness. Guy smiled as he lingered by the doorway, watching as mother and daughter shared in the story. He felt a surge of guilt as remembered the one night stand he'd weakened to six months ago whilst away on a conference. He had felt wretched with his regret instantly the morning after. It was this that made him realise he did love Jac, he hated the thought of what he done hurting her. She hadn't found out, thank goodness, and Guy had stuck to his vow to never cheat again. This beautiful woman was all he needed to be happy.

'Did Emmy take long to fall asleep?' Guy asked as he joined his partner in the living room.

'Hmm, what?' Jac mumbled as she came out her trance, looking up from her laptop as Guy sat next to her on the sofa.

'I was asking if Emma went to sleep ok' Guy frowned at her. 'Are you ok, you seem distracted?'

'Oh I'm fine' Jac smiled as she returned to the research she was doing her laptop. 'I could skin Jonny alive for letting her watch Monsters Inc though.'

'Part of me wonders if he didn't do that on purpose, knowing he wouldn't be having her sleep at his for two weeks whilst he's off enjoying bonny Scotland ' Guy grumbled.

'Hmmm' Jac murmured.

'I know he's Emma's father and you trust him and Emma clearly adores him but…' he stopped mid-sentence realising Jac clearly wasn't listening to him. 'Right, out with it' Guy chuckled taking the laptop off her 'you, Jacqueline Naylor have something on your mind.'

'Don't call me that' Jac glared at him, trying to take her laptop back.

'No you don't' Guy laughed at her annoyance, holding the laptop out of her reach. 'I want to know what has had you so distracted almost all week.'

'It's nothing, I'm fine' Jac arched her eyebrow at him, holding out her hand for her laptop.

'No, you've clearly been thinking about something' Guy set the computer down on the coffee table and took hold of Jac's hand. 'Please tell me?'

Jac considered him for a moment before asking 'you promise not to freak out?'

'Whatever it is I'm sure we can face it together' Guy suddenly felt uneasy.

'I was late, and I thought maybe I was pregnant' Jac confessed. 'I'm not' she spoke quickly, seeing the look of shock on Guys face 'but it got me thinking that would it be such a bad thing?'

'You want to have another baby?' Guy stuttered.

'Yes, I want to have another baby' Jac tutted, annoyed by his shock 'I want to have a baby with you.'

'Well, that is quite a big thing to consider' Guy spoke carefully.

'I'm aware of that' Jac rolled her eyes. 'Obviously you don't want one, so just forget I said anything' Jac pulled her hand out of Guy's grasp and got her feet. 'Do you want a cup of tea?'

'No' Guy laughed at her quickly changeable mood 'and I never said I didn't want us to have a baby. It's just, do you really want to go back to nappies and night feeds?'

'I managed with Emma' Jac shrugged 'plus I was on my own then. This time there'd be two of us.' Jac looked at him, considering his position. He was older than her, he had a grown up daughter himself and probably thought his days as the family man were far behind him. 'Look, I'm not expecting you to just agree and go along with this idea. To be honest I'm not even sure if it's the best idea either but holding Essie and Sacha's baby boy the other day…' she sighed. 'It's stupid, I know it's stupid. There's a good chance I wouldn't even be able to conceive again any way thanks to my defective womb but I just got this…sort of… feeling.'

'I think that's natural' Guy pondered 'and I don't think it's stupid, it's just not a decision we should rush.'

'So you're not saying no?' Jac queried.

'I'm saying we have to be sure would be the right decision for all of us. For you, me, Emma and the possible baby.'

'Seems sensible' Jac nodded, relieved she had finally unburdened herself of the nagging thought. 'So, did you want that tea?' she smiled as Guy nodded, turning towards the kitchen to make the brew that never failed to comfort her

'Marry me' Guy suddenly blurted out.

'You what?' Jac abruptly turned back around in shock.

Guy tentatively got off the sofa and knelt before her on one knee 'Jac Naylor, I love you. You and Emma have given so much more than I could have ever imagined. I'm happy when I'm with you, I feel whole. So I think you should marry me.'