Carrie and Jack.

It all started on a stormy London morning. Carrie was in bed, wrapped up in blankets and feeling quite cosy indeed. Her alarm was chiming above the sound of the rolling thunder and she reached an arm out of her blankets and felt around and turned it off. She stretched a little under her blankets and groaned as she rolled over to look out of the window. The sky was an ominous black, and rain was pounding down on her window. She looked into the distance and saw lightning and felt a little bit frightened. She sighed and flopped back onto her back and stared at the white ceiling. She was not ready to face the day at all. With horrific weather, cold temperatures and a hard task ahead, it was no wonder she didn't want to leave her bed.

Today was the day she had to tell Jack.

After an encounter a few weeks ago involving a lot of wine, Sopio and more wine, Carrie ended up sleeping with Jack. She left the next day in shame, before Jack woke up, with a sore head and an even sorer ego. As she stumbled back to her house in the cold air, she realized the consequences of her actions but she was hoping for the best. But the best was not what she got. 3 weeks after her night with Jack, she found out that she was pregnant. She didn't tell him straight away obviously, but she realized now that she's better tell him sooner rather than later.

Carrie got out of bed and suddenly felt nauseous. She ran into her en suite and crumpled down on the floor in front of the toilet. She was glad that there was no one home to her hear throwing up, for she knew that they would ask questions. She leant against the wall and sighed loudly, dreading having to get up. She pulled herself together and showered and got dressed. As she was walking out of the door she stared at the picture on the wall of her and Jack. He was her best friend, how could we have ended up like this? She thought to herself. As she stepped out onto the street, a blast of cold air hit her and she pulled her coat tighter around herself.
It's going to be a long walk. She thought.

With every step she took, Carrie became more and more nervous. Although the day was fining up nicely and she could see the blue sky with white fluffy clouds scattered around it. This put her in a better mood even though she was thinking, How am I even going to tell him? She thought about how this would affect Jack. It would turn his whole world upside down. He was used to being a bachelor, not having any responsibilities except for his YouTube channel, and that wasn't really even a responsibility, it was more of a hobby. Carrie finally turned the corner that lead to Jack's house and she climbed the steps of his house quietly and carefully. She took a deep breath and knocked on his door.
Jack opened the door and said "Carriekins! What are you doing here?"
Carrie said nothing and stood on the steps, looking deep into Jack's eyes.
"What's going on?" he said, confused.
"Jack. I'm pregnant."

Dan and Phil.

Phil as rudely awoken by a loud crack of thunder right above the apartment. He sat up and looked out the window, just as a bright flash of lightning lit up the skies of London. I don't like this thunder one bit. He thought to himself. He wriggled over in the bed and clung onto Dan for dear life. Dan was quite content in listening to the thunder and rain, but he knew his wonderful boyfriend was not so tolerable of the storm season. Dan pulled Phil closer and started stroking his midnight-black hair. Dan felt Phil relax into him and they both slowly drifted back to sleep.

In the morning, Dan woke before Phil. He got up and left Phil in bed, hoping that the storm wouldn't wake him again now that he was alone. Dan shuffled to the kitchen, still half asleep. He poured himself a bowl of Shreddies and thought of the time when Phil bought a 1 kilogram pack of it. We're not a family of ten Phil... He thought to himself. Not a family... he repeated. He'd been thinking about it a lot lately, since he and Phil had been together for nearly 5 years, he thought that maybe... just maybe, it was time to start a family. He hadn't said anything to Phil yet, how would they even go about adopting? He pushed all of these thoughts out of his head as he sat down with his breakfast at the table and switched on the TV.

Phil woke up and immediately reached for the space next to him. When all he felt was the sheets of the bed, he realized that Dan had probably already gotten up. As he rubbed his eyes and woke up a bit more, he heard the sound of the shower. He smiled as he thought of the day he and Dan had planned, they we're going to have a picnic and then going to the cinema to see The Hobbit. He jumped out of bed and walked to the kitchen to get some breakfast. After having cereal and coffee, showering and packing the picnic basket, Dan and Phil set off for their picnic.

They walked to the local park and set down the blanket and all their food. Dan layed down on the blanket and Phil smiled down at him. They intertwined their fingers and stared up at the sky, telling each other what they saw in the snow-white clouds. It was an unusually nice day, after the terrible storm last night. They sat in silence together for a while, until Dan decided to finally ask Phil about what he was pondering during breakfast.
"Phil," Dan said. "Do you think this would be nicer with more people?"
"What? Do you mean with our friends?" Phil asked, confused.
"Well, no..." Dan said, hesitantly.
"What then?" Phil said, smiling at Dan.
"I mean, like, with...a child." Dan said quietly.
Phil was quiet for a moment and Dan thought, Shit, I shouldn't have said that. This is going to be weird, oh god...
"I think that would be nice." Phil said after a moment of contemplation.
"Really?!" Dan said excitedly, sitting up.
"Well, I thought about it a lot a while ago." Phil said, "But I didn't want to bring it up, incase you might have thought it was weird." He added nervously.
"Oh Phil, I would love to! You have no idea how long I've been thinking about it." Dan said, hugging him.
Phil hugged Dan back harder, and kissed him lovingly on his head.
"We're going to have a family." Phil whispered into Dan's shoulder.
Dan grinned at Phil and they broke out into a fit of laughter and happy tears, as they hugged together on the picnic rug.
They both layed back in the sun, feeding each other strawberries and kissing each other lightly, savouring the amazing moments that they had together.