CHAPTER 3

So finally (I know) here is chapter 3, I hope you guys enjoy, some cute and emotional moments here and there, please leave a review if you enjoyed it and maybe share it with other Neighbours lovers! xo

"So you are gonna go?" Debby asked trying to hide the disappointment in her voice as she pulled off her baseball hat and wiped the sweat from her face with the back of her hand. She and Charlene were working in the garage again and it was a particular hot day. The electric fan was the only thing that cooled them down but even that was not enough to be comfortable as their overalls clung to their sweaty bodies.

Charlene sat up and joined her friend by standing next to her directly in the cool breeze of the fan as they looked at Debby's old Chevy they had been tinkering on with love. The heat for Charlene was even more unbearable as not only she was sweating she was also still nauseous because of the pregnancy and it became her a bit too much so she unclasped her overalls and let the garment rest on her hips. She wore a simple tank top underneath her overalls which was a promotional shirt for Lassiter's that Paul once send her after he forgot to buy her a proper Christmas gift.

"Don't worry Deb, I know Scott's work allows him to go everywhere, but I can't, I mean I have the garage, responsibilities here…" she said and sighed. Charlene did really wanna go home and have the love and support of her family and old friends and especially her mother Madge but there was just no way of leaving her business which Scott didn't find as much of a problem as her and it created yet another argument between them.

Charlene stretched her body with her arms up in the air after feeling stiff from working on the car all morning and let out a deep sigh.

"You don't look pregnant-" Debby said with a grin as she looked at her friend still slim figure and took a sip from her water bottle.

Charlene let her arms down and laughed, "Yeah well there is not much to see yet-"

Debby frowned, as she kept looking at her friend "I can't even imagine you pregnant you are so tiny-"

Charlene faintly smiled, she was used to people calling her small or tiny or a 'midget' like her husband loved to call her, and put her hands on her still very flat stomach but quickly moved them to her dirty overalls and wiped her hands clean on the fabric "well there is still a chance I am not" she laughed

"What?" Debby responded shocked, "What do you mean?"

Charlene faintly smiled and shook her head "well I am getting the final results from my blood test today at the doctors" and paused, as she just looked at the puzzled expression on her friend's face "-but I am pretty sure I am after those six home pregnancy tests and the nausea that I am"

Debby smirked "well I am glad you look more at ease and ready for this-"

Charlene sighed "at ease, yeah maybe a little more… but ready? It's just-" as she kept silent for a bit, thinking if she should even tell her friend.

"It's just what?" Debby asked curious

"Well Scott just seems so much more ready than I am and I keep wondering if there is something wrong with me?" Charlene answered her friend as she started to fidget with the buckles of her overalls, like she'd always do.

Debby smiled and put her arm around her friend's waist and gave a quick assuring hug "Lenny, honestly of course Scott is more ready, that is a no-brainer!"

Charlene raised her eyebrows "what, why?" she answered confused

Debby laughed, "Because he is a man! He doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting we girls do, he can just fantasize about the baby, but you have to do all the hard work and most of the worrying, the fact that you are this concerned and worried only makes you a better mum, I think…"

Charlene smiled, as she felt like a weight has lifted off of her shoulders, just by talking to a friend "how can I even leave this place and not have you around" she said to her friend as they swung their water bottles against each other as if they were beer bottles "cheers to that" Debby answered and took a sip from her water.


Charlene looked at herself in the mirror. She had showered and got into some clean clothes readying herself before her appointment at the hospital. She had half her outfit on but paused as she was buttoning her shirt. She thought about the remarks of her friend that morning and as she looked at her reflection, she couldn't imagine herself having a huge baby bump either and absent-mindedly placed her hand on her lower abdomen, forcing herself to imagine what it would look like.

"You ready?" Scott asked hastily walking through the hallway making sure she was ready to go as they were already a little late for their very important doctor's appointment, but stopped at the doorway and smiled as he had caught his wife staring at herself in the mirror, she had a frown on her face just before he interrupted her thoughts. Charlene felt a little embarrassed and quickly buttoned her shirt trying to act as normal as possible.

"What were you thinking about?" Scott asked sweetly as he had walked over to her and stood behind her, embracing her by putting his arms around her waist. The same way he always did, which he knew she loved.

Charlene faintly smiled and closed her eyes for a second, she loved the way he held her, she could just disappear in his arms as he rested his chin on her shoulder "nothing" she whispered as she was enjoying his embrace. She was so sick of their constant arguing that having his strong arms around her felt like they could just be the two of them for a minute with nothing on their minds.

Scott hugged her even closer to his chest as he enjoyed her scent, which was a combination of her shampoo and faintly that of the garage, but that didn't bother him, he loved that about her "I don't believe you" he answered.

Charlene loosened his arms and turned around so she was facing him "let's just go alright?" she said with a faint smile.

Scott knew something was up but they had been arguing so much lately that he just let it go, at least for now. "Ok let's go" he answered and quickly kissed her and looked at his watch "oh we really do have to go, we're so late!"

"You'd think we would get at least some sort of special treatment as we know the doctor" Charlene said grumpy, even though they were late for their appointment they had been waiting for 15 minutes.

"Just relax ok, I bet Clive is busy, look how many people are waiting" Scott answered her who knew she hated waiting as her young rebellious side would show up, which was that same side of hers that had socked him in the face as they met in Ramsay Street.

Charlene sighed "I know, I know… can you imagine if the blood test is negative and we have been worried for all this time for nothing" she laughed, making a few people look up at her that were in the waiting room with them.

"Hmm… that would be pretty disappointing wouldn't it" he answered her, feeling a bit awkward.

Charlene looked at her husband, she immediately felt guilty for saying that "I didn't mean it like that, you know I want this now, it came out wrong" she said and grabbed his hand that was resting on his lap and gently squeezed it "I'm sorry" she whispered and rested her head against his shoulder "you know how much I hate waiting" and smiled.

Scott sighed and rested his head against hers "I know, I know" he answered her.

They kept being in that position until finally her name was being called "Mrs. Robinson?" a friendly looking nurse called out and looked through the room.

Charlene practically jumped up, followed by Scott who suddenly felt a little anxious. She grabbed his hand again and almost dragged him as they followed the nurse to one of the examining rooms.


"Mr. and Mrs. Robinson" Clive said with a big smile as the couple walked in "oh wow you haven't grown a bit" he joked as Charlene hugged him that required him to bend down significantly.

"Funny" she answered with a mock frown on her face as Scott greeted their old friend too who they hadn't seen since before their wedding "and I see that you got rid of the mullet?" he joked.

Scott awkwardly went with his hand through his hair "yeah" and smiled back at him.

"Sit down, sit down" the red haired doctor said still with a big smile on his face as he pointed at the two chairs in front of his desk as he himself took a seat. He stared at the couple for a few seconds "I am really glad you guys are still together, not that I had any doubts of course…"

Charlene and Scott looked at each other "sure, sure I know everyone doubted our decision to marry young but look we are still here!" Scott answered Clive who was leaned back in his chair.

Clive just kept staring at the couple, he felt as if he was transported back at the time he still lived in Ramsay Street. Sure the couple in front of him had changed, not that drastically except for maybe the hair-do's…

"Um Clive?" Charlene asked carefully as she saw their doctor was in deep thoughts, making them wait for their results.

"Oh yes, yes…!" Clive answered and sat up immediately, grabbing the files that were placed next to his computer as he quickly looked into them.

Scott grabbed his wife's hand and squeezed it and shared a quick look with her, just to make sure if she was ok. But Charlene had a smile on her face although he didn't know if it was because she wanted to hear the results or just simply because they were reunited with a good mate.

Clive smiled and put the papers down "well congratulations!" as he looked at the couple "the blood test was positive, which means you guys are gonna be parents!"

Charlene immediately sat up straight in her chair, surprised at how relieved she was actually feeling and she looked at Scott with a smile on her face, expecting he would be staring back at her but he was in deep thought.

Scott sat back in his chair, as his mouth had dried. It finally hit him… he was going to be a parent, a father, he tried to make sense of it as he felt his wife looking at him.

"Scott?" Charlene carefully asked, confused how suddenly Scott didn't seem as happy as she thought he would be "are you alright?"

Scott looked at her and forced a smile "yes… yes!" he answered, feeling like he was becoming himself again and took a deep breath "I don't know, it just hit me…"

Clive picked up the file again and started reading again, giving the couple a few seconds to 'recover' from the happy news, which didn't take long and they focused themselves again on their doctor.

"So Charlene, we can't do an ultrasound just yet, like the nurse probably already explained when you came in to do the blood test earlier this week" Clive said, with a more professional tone this time.

Charlene nodded as she had put her chair closer to her husband, holding his hand in her hands that were resting on her lap "yeah, she said we have to calculate how far along I am from the last day of my period…"

"Right, which is now…" as he looked back at the paper "seven weeks ago" Clive answered her, looking for a confirmation in his patient

Charlene swallowed "yes…" as that number baffled her a little "seven weeks, that is almost two months…"

Clive smiled "and how are you feeling? Good? Nauseous probably?"

"Yes, all of that… but when are you able to do an ultrasound?" as she suddenly felt a little worried "I mean if there was something wrong, I would wanna know as soon as possible…"

Clive could hear the panic in her voice "Charlene, you really don't need to worry. You guys are young, healthy, happy if you just keep eating healthy, not strain yourself too much then there isn't really anything that could go wrong"

Charlene was still not happy with that answer and looked at her husband for some support.

"It's ok Charlene, Clive is probably right…" he answered her, trying to comfort a little as he was slowly becoming from the shock "the only thing I am scared of is that we will be having triplets just like Paul and Gail" Scott joked to lighten up the room.

Charlene smiled, feeling a little more at ease now. "I would not be able to handle that" she laughed.

Clive shook his head "I heard about that, triplets are so unusual…" as Clive again got lost in his thoughts but quickly realized his patient has asked him something "-but to answer your question, we'll make an appointment for when you are around 14 weeks pregnant, so we have a clear view and we'll even be able to hear the heartbeat and more importantly to make sure it is not triplets" he joked.

Charlene took a deep breath "well alright, that is around the same time this nausea will stop right?" as she longed for a day that she didn't feel like throwing up all the time.

Clive nodded "I promise you, you'll feel much better when you enter your second trimester"


Charlene looked outside of her car window, it had started raining which was rare for this time of the year but she figured it fitted her mood. She didn't let Scott drive a lot because she loved to do it herself so much but now she didn't really care.

"Are you ok?" Scott asked carefully, putting his hand on her leg as they had stopped before a red sign.

Charlene looked up and forced a smile "yeah, yeah sure" she answered and looked outside again.

Scott sighed, as he wasn't convinced "are you sure?" he tried again.

Charlene grunted "yeah Scott, just leave me ok" and immediately felt kind of guilty as she didn't want to sound as mean but she couldn't just be nice and nod, she needed some space.

Scott pulled his hand back and concentrated on the road again "alright" he answered her softly, feeling slightly confused. She was so happy at the doctor's but now it looked like she pulled a 360' as they continued driving in an awkward silence until they finally arrived home.

Charlene really had it bad when it came to mood swings that were caused by her pregnancy hormones and as she got out of the car it was almost impossible to keep herself from crying. Scott hadn't noticed as it was still raining and she was glad he didn't as she quickly walked to the front door and looked through her bag to find the keys.

"I have them" said as he walked up to her bungling the set of keys in his hands, shielding himself from the rain with his arm.

Charlene turned away from him, making sure he couldn't see her face that was covered in tears that had mixed with the raindrops. But her weird body language made Scott suspicious and as he opened the door he quickly stopped her in the hallway, they both were dripping wet as pools of water formed at their feet.

"Charlene, are you ok?" he asked concerned, holding her upper arms so she was forced to look at him.

Charlene tried to wipe off her tears with her hands as she cursed the hormones that were rushing through her body; making her unable to control her emotions "I'm fine" she answered him with a broken voice.

Scott was shocked by how emotional she suddenly was and he pulled up her chin "you're not fine, what's wrong I thought you were happy?" as he was clearly confused at how his wife was behaving.

Charlene just shook her head "I just- I just…" as she wiped off her wet face with the back of her hand "I just really wish I could tell Mum, talk to her, I miss her and everyone so much…" she answered him as she finally looked in his bright blue eyes "I feel like… I caused this, I wanted to move here so we have our own place and now we can't move back either because of me!" she finally let out not caring how her hair stuck to her face.

Scott felt his heart break and immediately pulled her in his arms, not caring how wet they both were as he caressed her hair that because of the rain had formed into soft curls "it's not your fault, we both made the decision to come here! and I get you can't just leave, I get it. I am sorry…" Scott answered her as he slowly rocked her in his arms "and you know you can just call Mum…" he answered softly, wishing he could make her sadness disappear.

"It's not the same" Charlene answered defeated as she let Scott's comforting arms hug her closer, just the way she liked it. "I wish we could just go back to Erinsborough, leave everything but I can't- I can't" she kept repeating as her tears kept streaming down her face.

Scott was relieved she finally showed her true feelings even though they were clouded by her hormones as he slowly let go of her and got down on his knees, making Charlene only a little taller than he was "I promise you, we will go back, even if it is just until the birth of this baby, we will find a way ok, I promise"

Charlene cupped his face in her hands and smiled "you promise?" feeling his chin stubbles tickle her hands.

Scott stood up again "I promise, you're my wife, I love you, let's just find a solution instead of just arguing about it, which I know is more our style of handling things" he joked to lighten the mood as he finally took off his soaked coat and pulled the zipper down from his wife's jacket too and leaned over, going with his fingers through his blonde dripping wet locks and just hovered right before their lips met, their cold noses touching each other "I love you, I can't believe we are gonna be a family soon" he almost whispered with a smile

Charlene swallowed "I know…" she whispered back, feeling so much more happy than she had in weeks "I love you too" she answered before going in for the kiss.


Debby was backed up against the door that connected the Robinson's house and the garage. She had been waiting for her friend to come home, wanting to know how the doctor's appointment went.

Debby had heard the car coming into the driveway so like a puppy she hurried herself to the connecting door but as soon as she heard her friends argue she knew she had to stay out.

She really didn't want to listen in but she couldn't help it as she heard her best friend break down and cry. Immediately she felt guilty, she didn't know Charlene really wanted to go back that bad and she felt partly responsible for the fact that her friend felt like she couldn't leave.

Debby felt like she needed to do something, she knew it was the time to not be selfish and help her friend out and walked down the steps as silent as possible and picked up the garage phone that was hung up on the wall next to the tools and searched through the rough looking address book that was put under it and dialed one of the numbers.

The phone rang a few times before she heard someone pick up

"Hello?" the voice said, Debby didn't know how to answer

"Hello?" he repeated not hearing a voice on the other end

Debby took a deep breath "Hi, it's me Debby" she answered the phone, feeling nervous but determined

"Debby?" the stunned male voice answered her

"I need a favor… It's about Scott and Charlene" she answered and took a deep breath "you owe me that much Shane"

Ok guys I PROMISE Scott and Charlene are moving back to Ramsay Street next chapter, which will be up SOON! Again, please leave a review because those really motivate to write more! thank you! xo