I've decided to start another Reddie fic. Don't know how popular it will be so I may only write it for a bit. Its sort of series four based but Mel never got involved with Eddie, but Mel did leave so Philip is living with Rachel. Rachel's history is all the same in this one and Eddie does know about it. There's no Michael or Stephen but Eddie does have an 11 year old daughter called Taylor. Taylor is the daughter of Allison but Allison died tragically shortly after giving birth to Taylor.

Chapter 1

Rachel Mason was sat in her office trying to get through her mountain of paper work. She couldn't concentrate though because she had something else on her mind. Somehow she'd managed to get herself into a situation that she really didn't want to be in and right now she didn't know what to do.

The bell went signalling the end of break and Rachel knew that she had to find out once and for all. Her period was late and she thought that she might be pregnant. Rachel picked up her keys and coat and left to go and buy a pregnancy test. Luckily Eddie was teaching so she wouldn't have to make up an excuse as to why she was leaving school.

Rachel rushed into Tesco and quickly bought a test before going back to school. She really wanted to do it at home, but she couldn't leave school for too long during the middle of the day and she also knew that she wasn't going to get anything done until she knew whether or not she was pregnant.

After driving back to school in her Audi TT and parking in her usual space Rachel quickly made her way to the staff toilets. She smiled at one of the teachers as she walked out, leaving Rachel alone. She went into a cubicle locking the door behind her. She sat down and removed the pregnancy test from her bag and carried it out.

After a very very long three minutes two blue lines showed up on the test telling Rachel that she was indeed pregnant. Rachel had very mixed emotions about this and she found her eyes welling up with tears.

She was unsure about whether she was happy or not. Part of her did want a baby and after all she wasn't getting any younger. But she and Eddie had only been dating for about 6 weeks. Not to mention Eddie's daughter. Eddie hadn't even told Taylor that they were together yet. The plan was to tell her at the weekend and Eddie had invited Rachel over for dinner on Saturday to introduce the two.

Rachel went back to her office and sat with her head in her hands. She thought back to the night of Philip's party when her and Eddie had had unprotected sex. She felt a bit hypocritical about always going on at the kids about the dangers of unprotected sex.

It was the middle of fourth period and Rachel decided that it would be best to tell Eddie strait away. She went down to his classroom to find him marking as he had a free period.

"Ah, Miss Mason. What can I do for you?" Eddie asked flirtatiously

"There's something I need to talk to you about" Rachel said with a more serious tone as she closed the door behind her and came and perched on Eddie's desk.

"What is it Rach?" Eddie asked concerned

"Well, I'm pregnant"

Eddie was shocked. He was worried about how his daughter was going to react about Rachel as she had never had to share her Dad with another woman. But now he also had to tell Taylor that Rachel was pregnant. But on the other hand Eddie was over the moon that Rachel was having his baby. Even though they'd only been together officially for 6 weeks, they'd both loved one another for a lot longer but had both just been too scared to admit it. Eddie was brought out of his thoughts by Rachel's voice.

"Eddie, say something. I know it's not ideal, but I'm sure that we can get through this together"

Eddie took Rachel's hand and squeezed it supportively.

"It's brilliant Rach. You're right, it's not ideal timing wise. But I'm sure Taylor will be happy once she gets used to the idea, she's always wanted another brother or sister. I'm going to be with you every step of the way Rach, I promise"

Rachel was relieved to hear these words. She was sure that Eddie would be willing to support her but of course there was still doubt at the back of her mind.

"I love you Miss Mason and this baby is only going to make me love you even more" Eddie whispered into Rachel's ear sending shivers down Rachel's spine.

Rachel and Eddie quickly pulled apart as someone walked past Eddie's room. They hadn't told the staff yet as they didn't think it fair until Taylor knew. Philip was aware of the situation but only because he guessed.

I know this chapter is quite short, but it's just an introduction. Please review, do you think I should continue or not?