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Chapter 4:
Lucas was sound asleep so Luc and Eddie went back into the kitchen to have their dinner. Luc began to tell Eddie all that had happened to him since she had left, which was not much really. He had thrown himself into his research work and had finally been getting somewhere, that was until Lucas had arrived and turned his whole world upside down. He'd have to get back to his research work soon. He told her about all of the changes that had happended at the hospital since she left, Hansen leaving and the new boss taking over. She appeared to be listening but her could tell there was something on her mind. "Are you ok? You seem to be miles away. What's wrong?" he asked. "Sorry, i'm just thinking about what's going to happen next?" she said. "How do you mean?" he asked. "Well, at the moment I'm practically broke, I dont have a job, and i have a son to look after" she replied. "Eddie, dont worry about that. At the moment you cant work because of your leg anyway. I'll look after you for now" he assured her. "Luc, that's fine but you know I like to look after myself. I dont want to live off charity" she protested. "I dont want you to feel obliged to look after me" she siad. "Eddie, I don't look on it as charity. If it means that much to you I'll start you a tab, that'll be 20 for dinner please!" he joked. "Luc, I'm being serious!" she pleaded. "Yes, i know. Dont worry about it, we'll work something out, ok" he assured seemed to make her feel a bit better.
Luc decided to change the subject and asked her about how her drug treatment had gone. She told him that the treatment program had been very tough, all of the sickness from coming off the drugs had masked the fact that she was pregnant with Lucas. She hadn't found out that she was pregnant until she was over 6 months pregnant when she had collapsed in the street in London one afternoon. She had been brought to hospital for some tests after her collapse and they had told her then. She explained how her friend from nursing college Lucy who she was staying with at the time had laughed at her for not realising she was pregnant. Lucy had been really good to her and had been there with her for Lucas' birth. However, she hadnt been able to stay with Lucy after Lucas came along because Lucy's place was too small so she gotten a bedsit down the road from Lucy's place. She still had the bedsit now, some of her stuff was still there. Luc asked if she wanted to go to London the following day to get her clothes and things as he wasnt working. They decided to head down in the campervan the next day.
Luc noticed that Eddie was looking sleepy at this stage. "I suppose we'd better go to bed, its almost one and Lucas will be awake at around 4 for a feed and a nappy change. You take my bed and I'll sleep on the couch" he said. "No, I cant take your bed, you've been working all day, you're exhausted" she insisted. "Eddie, please take the bed" he asserted. "Ok, how about a compromise, we'll both sleep in the bed" she said. "ok, no funny business, scout's honour!" Luc smiled. "Dont lie, you were never in the scouts" she joked. They got into bed together but were so exhausted that they both fell asleep almost immediately. A few hours later Luc was woken by Eddie screaming in her sleep, she was having a nightmare and had tears streaming down her face. "Eddie, Eddie, wake up, you're having a nightmare!" he said gently. She woke up but was still crying. "I dreamt that someone was taking Lucas away from me and i couldn't stop them and no matter how fast i ran after them i couldnt catch them" she cried. Luc pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her. "That's not going to happen, I promise " he assured her. He was still holding on to her tight a few minutes later when Lucas started crying. "Sorry sweetheart, i'll have to go sort out the little one, are you ok for a few minutes" he said. "Yes, I'll be ok" she replied. Luc went off to Lucas and changed his nappy and put his bottle on to heat up. He brought Lucas in to Eddie in the bed. "Here, you stay with mummy while i get your bottle ready" he said to Lucas while handing him to Eddie. Lucas pulled a funny face at Eddie causing her to laugh out loud. "Who's a funny baby!" she exclaimed. With that Luc came back in. "what are you laughing at?" he asked Eddie. "Lucas pulled that face you do when you've no idea what's going on around you, he's definately your son alright!" she exclaimed. "We're a pair of comedians us two!" joked Luc. He got under the bed covers but sat up in the bed so that he could take Lucas off Eddie to feed him. Eddie, who had been sitting up moved over beside him lying her head against Luc's shoulder while holding Lucas' hand. Lucas was propped up against Luc's knees facing toward them both enjoying his bottle. Luc kissed Eddie on the forehead. "What was that for?" she asked. "I dont know, it just felt like the right thing to do" he answered.
Secretly he wished that they could stay like this forever.