His expression changed from confusion through realisation to his eyes lighting up and him grinning; she was more than happy with that.

"Is this for real?" He picked up the test and examined it more closely as if he thought it would change if he looked at it from another angle, in another light. "Rita?" She still hadn't spoken.

She allowed a small smile to emerge on her face and gently nodded at him. That was all the confirmation he needed; he threw himself at her ecstatically, engulfing her small frame in his arms; squeezing her tightly. He quickly detached himself though, realising that in his elation he had forgotten to consider how she was feeling about it all.

"Hang on" he held her at arm's length, "how are you feeling about this?" He considered her with extreme concern; making sure he completely understood everything that she was feeling.

"I mean it's not ideal is it, we've not been together long, this wasn't the plan of this relationship was it?" Iain felt his face fall, his shoulders drooped. Rita continued. "But I am happy" Iain allowed his spirits to lift again; Rita laughed at the range of emotions he had experienced in such a short time. "I wasn't sure before I came here, but yeah I'm definitely happy about this."

Iain sat beside her still clutching the test, turning it over in his hands. He really couldn't believe it; he was going to be a father, to an actual child, with Rita being the mother. If you'd told the Iain that he was a few years previous, what was going to happen in his life, he would've never believed you. Since everything that had happened in Afghanistan and with Sam he thought his entire life was falling apart and that he would never feel happiness again; all he could think was that he was glad he stuck around, carried on, otherwise he would have missed out on all this. Everything was working out and he could not be any more content. They continued sitting in a comfortable silence for a few moments both contemplating the situation.

"Right, I better be getting back before they start getting suspicious." Rita leant forward getting ready to leave but Iain held onto her arm and pulled her back.

"No, wait" His eyes roamed her face pondering what his next move was going to be. "If I don't do this now you'll just think it was because of this." He waved the test at her; he couldn't believe that he was going to do this right here in the ambulance station; he would never have planned something quite like it.

"What do you mean?" She felt herself start to panic about what he was going to do.

Iain reached into his pocket and pulled out a small black box placing it with the test on the table. "I've been carrying this about for, like, the past week trying to come up with the perfect moment to do this." Rita was stunned; she was just staring at the box. "Like you said, I know that it really hasn't been long but it feels right doesn't it, yeah? And it's not like we didn't know each other before. If I don't do this now you'll just think it's out of obligation for the baby but it's not, I love you Rita and well" Iain's words were tumbling out in a mess.

"Iain." Her voice was warning him not to continue; she was scared about where he was going with this although she could make a pretty good guess; but more than that she was scared about what her response was going to be.

"I know that this really isn't the perfect moment, and you deserve so much more than a half-assed attempt but" he opened up the box to reveal a small, but perfect for Rita, ring.