A/N: Okay, I know it's been awhile but I've been super busy. This is more of a filler chapter, but it starts getting better in the next chapter; that's where all the drama begins! :) I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Home and Away

Romeo's POV:

I walked into the door of the caravan park, slamming it shut behind me. I threw my bag on the floor and kicked the first thing in sight, one of the dining room chairs. It clattered across the room, making more noise than I had intended, but I didn't care. My life was a wreck and I wasn't sure how much longer I could keep it all together.

"Whoa, whoa, what's going on out here?" Ruby came rushing out of the bedroom. She took one look at the chair and then at my face.

"Romeo, what's wrong?" she asked immediately, walking over to me. I shook my head, rubbing my forehead with one hand.

"Not now Rubs, please," I groaned, walking over to the couch. I sat down, but then stood back up and started pacing. As I walked by a bare wall I suddenly couldn't take it anymore. I spun around and punched the wall with all my might, leaving a large dent. A wave of pain shot through my fist and I gasped in surprise, but the painful tingling strangely enough felt good.

"Romeo! Oh my god, okay, that does it, you're telling me now!" She exclaimed, coming up behind me. She placed her hand on my shoulder but I shook it off roughly.

"Romeo, what's the matter with you?" She asked incredulously, sounding a bit hurt. Then I snapped.

"RUBY, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shouted, spinning around and going up the stairs to my old bedroom. I went inside and slammed the door shut. I sat down on my bed and reality began to set in. Indi had slept with someone else. I was going to kill Logan if I ever saw him again. That miserable, no-good….

I knew I had been horrible to Ruby; she had just been trying to help. I would apologize, but not until I had calmed down sufficiently. I laid back on the bed and shut my eyes. My head was killing me; it was all too much, and so fast. I stopped thinking and just lay there, I was mentally exhausted and it wasn't long before I fell into a troubled and restless sleep.

It was about and hour later when I finally woke up. I wasn't as angry as I had been before, but my head still ached. I got up slowly and dragged myself out the door and into the bathroom, looking for some aspirin. I rummaged in the medicine cabinet, but no luck. I groaned in frustration, and then finally stumbled down the stairs and into the kitchen. Ruby was sitting at the table with her laptop flipped open.

"Hey Rubs," I said nervously, "Do you know where the aspirin is?" She looked up right away.

"I think it's in the kitchen, is everything alright? She asked concerned, getting up and stepping into the next room.

"No," I moaned as I leaned against the counter, "I have a headache," A few seconds later she handed me the pills and a glass of water. I swallowed them gratefully.

"Thanks," I mumbled groggily, still half asleep.

"No problem, " she sad slowly, looking at me strangely.

"And I'm really sorry for blowing up at you earlier," I apologized, "I was just loosing it and…"

"No, it's fine," she assured me, "It's no big deal,"

I sighed, 'Yes it is, I had no right to freak out on you like that," I insisted.

She shrugged, "what's important now though, is are you okay now." I shook my head, "Not really," I said.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She said cautiously.

"Kind of," I said, maybe talking would help me sort out my feelings. Ruby sat down on the couch and I followed.

"Does this have anything to do with Indi?' She said. I glanced at her.

"Yeah but how did you know?" I asked in surprise.

"Lucky guess,' She smiled half-heartedly. "Now, tell me what's going on."

"Indi slept with Logan," I blurted out. "I said that I never wanted to see her again and I just left."

She stared at me, her mouth hanging open. "Oh gosh are you serious?" she gasped. "Oh Romeo I'm so sorry." She said, rubbing my arm comfortingly. I smiled sarcastically.

"You know, I thought we could fix things." I choked. "We could have, but she…I…" I didn't let myself finish. I didn't want too.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. Maybe you can still work things out." I shook my head.

"I don't think so. Even if I could forgive her, I don't think she ever could forgive me for the things I said." I clenched my fists. "I was just so angry, at Logan mostly, but at Indi too, I mean, I gave up everything for her, I gave up school, my friends, my family almost, sometimes even surfing just to make her happy." I sighed. "And then what do I get? The minute I turn my back she sleeps with the first guy that comes along."

Ruby nodded understandingly. "Romeo, I know your upset, but you need to remember that everyone makes mistakes. None of us are perfect, not Indi, and not you either."

I nodded. "I know, it's just that I just feel so hurt. If she was really feeling so upset about me and you, then why didn't she just try and talk to me? I would have listened – ""

" –When you were home," Ruby cut in. "Romeo, your marriage was in a crucial spot, and maybe it wasn't the best idea ever to go off somewhere, leaving your wife behind to wait for you. Maybe later on it would have worked fine, but I think now was too soon."

I groaned. "I know, Ruby, god, I know. I've been screaming at myself ever since I found out. It really is my fault, and it wasn't fair for me to take it out on Indi."

"No, Romeo, I didn't mean that at all. It's NOT completely your fault; there are certainly other ways that Indi could have taken out her frustration that weren't as drastic as sleeping with someone else. The point isn't whose fault it was, the point is, how are you going to fix it?"

"I don't think I can." I said quietly. "It's too late now. She found someone else, and even when she said that she still loved me, I said I didn't believe her…and…then I just left and I don't think she's going to want me back. I wouldn't if I was her."

Ruby didn't say anything.

"I just wanted everything to be perfect for us. We loved each other. We got married, but I don't think either of us realized how much responsibility comes with marriage. We jumped in too fast and got in over our heads."

"I know things seem hopeless right now, and maybe you're right about being in over your head," Ruby began. "But Romeo, promise me something."

"What?" I whispered.

"Don't ever give up hope of making it to the surface." She said. "If you and Indi were meant to be together, it'll all work out in the end. I can promise you that."

I smiled half-heartedly. "Thanks Rubes," I said, turning to face her. "I needed that."

She smiled, "Anytime."

I stood up and walked into the kitchen to refill my water glass. I didn't see the longing look in Ruby's eyes as they followed me across the room. If I had, I would have recognized it, because it was the same look that settled in mine whenever thoughts of Indi came into my mind. But I didn't see; if I had, maybe I could have avoided all the trouble that was to come.

Indi's POV:

(Three days later)

I was in our living room, studying for my macroeconomics test that's tomorrow. Honestly, I would be grateful to do ANYTHING just to get my mind of off Romeo. It's been three days since he left and I hadn't spoken or even seen him in all that time. I got up to make myself a tea when my phone rang. I jumped and ran to my purse, grabbing the phone and switching it on. My face fell when I saw that it wasn't Romeo, but the doctor's office. I felt like just pressing the ignore button, but I knew that it could be important, so I picked up.

'Hello?"

"Hello, may I please speak to Indigo Walker-Smith?"

"Speaking," I said slowly, sitting down.

"Mrs. Smith, we have a small change to be made in the results from your ultrasound on the 6th"

My heart skipped a beat, "what kind of a change?" I said nervously.

"It's just that we believe that you are further along than we first though, you're over six weeks definitely, it's just that the baby is a bit smaller than normal at this stage, but there seems to be nothing seriously wrong. We'd like you to come in for another check-up this week if possible."

I couldn't believe it. Six weeks. Six weeks ago Romeo had still been home. I'd only been with Logan for a little over three weeks. The baby wasn't Logan's; it was Romeo's. My thoughts were interrupted by the lady on the other side of the phone.

"Mrs. Smith, is tomorrow afternoon at 4 alright? It should be a fairly short appointment."

I shook my head and brought myself back to reality. "Yes, that's fine, I'll be there, but please, are you sure about this? Am I really more than six weeks?"

"Definitely, there's no mistake this time." Was the beautiful reply I heard.

"Thank you so much" I said shakily, "At four tomorrow, right?"

"Yes, that's correct, and you're welcome Mrs. Smith. Congratulations, I'm sure you and your husband must be very happy."

I felt my throat tighten at the word "husband". "Yes we are," I said shortly, "thanks again."

I hung up the phone and dropped it on the table. The baby was Romeo's. I was having a baby with Romeo. Then a thought struck me.

Romeo didn't know that I was pregnant. He had walked out because he knew I'd slept with Logan. It wouldn't make any difference if the baby were his or not. He obviously didn't care. Why should this change anything? It didn't, and I was still back to square one, no husband and a baby, but at least I felt a little better about the situation. I made up my mind that Romeo would never find out. He would see me with a baby and would think that it was Logan's; he had no reason to suspect otherwise, and it's not like he was going to count the weeks. He left me; he didn't deserve to know about his child. I didn't need him; I would be fine on my own. I stood up and went to put the kettle on the stove, I had plenty of studying to do and baby or no baby I still had a test in the morning.

I studied for another hour and then I couldn't take it anymore. I would probably fail the test, but at this point, I didn't really care anymore. I was stacking my textbooks when Sasha came through the door, followed by dad.

"Hey, Indi how are you feeling,' he asked. He knew I was pregnant, but he, like everybody else, thought it was Logan's baby.

"Just leave me alone!" I snapped, stalking into my room and slamming the door behind me.

I sat down on my bed and tears filled my eyes. "Stupid hormones,' I snapped to nobody in particular, swiping angrily at my eyes. There was a knock at my door.

"Go away!" I called, not wanting anybody to see me like this.

"To bad," came the reply, and before I could say anything else, Sasha barged into the room.

"Hey, can I borrow your – " She stopped suddenly and stepped a little closer.

'Wait, are you crying?" She asked curiously.

I shook my head vigorously, "No, of course, not, why would I be crying?" I got up and pretended to be busy putting away my textbooks.

"Indi, seriously? You were crying, and don't even try to convince me otherwise."

I was silent.

Sasha sighed, "You realize that you can tell me, right? It's about Romeo isn't it?"

I nodded, afraid that I would break down if I spoke.

She came over to me, "What did he do?' She asked softly. I shook my head.

'It's not what he did, well I guess it technically is, but he doesn't know he did it, I just found out, but I don't want to tell him and I…" my voice trailed off and I started sobbing. Sasha held out her arms to me and I gratefully accepted her hug. I pulled myself together after a few seconds and she looked at me seriously.

"Indi, what's going on?" She asked concerned.

I sniffed, "Sash, the baby is Romeo's, not Logan's." I whispered. She didn't say anything.

"You mean…ROMEO is the father?" I nodded. She looked surprised.

'"But, isn't that a good thing? I mean, he won't be mad at you if he knows that the baby is his, right?" I didn't answer. She gasped.

"Indi, does he know about the baby AT ALL?" She asked quickly.

I shook my head. "He left because he was angry that I had slept with someone else. I never got a chance to tell him about the baby."

"But you are going to tell him now, right?" She said expectantly.

I shook my head again. "It won't make a difference; he didn't know when he left me and I don't want him back because of guilt. If he comes back, it needs to be because he loves me."

"Indi, I think you should tell him, maybe – "

I cut her off, "No, I'm not telling him, and neither are you." I said sternly. "Promise me."

She was silent.

"Sasha…" I said warningly, "Please, I need you to do this for me. You can't tell anyone; not dad, not Dex, and especially not Romeo." She looked at me and nodded reluctantly.

"I promise."

A/N: What did you think? So Romeo's gonna be a daddy! Awww! Unfortunately, he doesn't know it and if Indi has her way, he never will. There will be plenty of Romeo/Ruby friends in this story, but no romance, or at least I don't think so. But then again, you never know….

Anyway, thanks for reading! :)

Ella :)