Hello all! Apologies for the slow update. I was at the Perth Telethon all weekend. Had a great time, and we had Hugh Sheridan (Ben), George Houvardas (Carbo) and Rebecca Gibney (Julie) all over as well. So all in all, it was a great 26 hours and more than 9 million dollars was raised.

Then straight after the closing of Telethon, I had to jump on a flight to Sydney. A slightly star-studded flight I should add, given most of the Channel 7 personalities were heading back from Telethon. And that's where I am now!

Ben and Carbo were outside of their own house, Carbo working on his car and Ben hitting the punching bag. Both men looked up as they heard a horn beep, and a car pull into the Rafter driveway next door. Carbo looked to Ben, as if questioning who it was.

"I don't know," Ben shrugged his shoulders at his friend, answering the silent question. He used his teeth to undo his boxing gloves and walked slowly towards the gate.

"Isn't that Rachel?" Carbo asked, watching as the driver's door opened.

"So, what do you think?" asked Rachel, stepping out of the driver's side door of the little gold-silver coloured Holden Astra.

"What happened to the Bug?" Ben asked as he and Carbo came around through the gate to the Rafter's property. Jake by this stage was stepping out of the passenger side door.

"Gone," Jake answered for his partner.

"What?" Ben barely got out. "You parted with the Bug?" he asked in disbelief. "You couldn't have. Not you."

"That's what I said," Jake said with a laugh at Ben's reaction.

"Needed a new car, suitable for Sienna," Rachel told them, ignoring their digs at her, before opening the back door and leaning in to unbuckle Sienna.

"It's happened," Ben said, nodding to himself. Jake shut the door and eyed him curiously, as did Rachel who had reappeared holding Sienna to her chest.

"What's happened?" she asked, confused, reaching with one hand awkwardly to close the back door.

"You've gone all mumsy," Ben told her teasingly as Dave made his way up from the side of the house.

"Shut up, I have not!" Rachel replied defiantly.

"Where'd this come from?" Dave asked as he stopped next to Rachel.

"A car dealership somewhere," Rachel told him. "What do you think Dad?"

"Not bad," Dave replied, nodding. "Do I get to take it for a spin?"

"It's not a burnout car Dad," Rachel pointed out.

"It's nice," Carbo piped up, glancing up from where he'd been looking through the passenger window of the Astra.

"How much did it set you back?" Ben asked, taking his own look inside.

"Ten grand," Rachel replied, moving Sienna from her own arms into Dave's arms, who wanted a cuddle with his granddaughter. "We got a good deal."

"Ten grand? That's not a good deal," Ben exclaimed.

"Oh, says he with the yellow bomb parked next door?" retorted Rachel.

"What year is it?" Carbo interrupted the sibling argument, the car-sensible person clearly.

"2005 Holden Astra sedan, champagne colour," Rachel replied proudly, already quite fond of her new little car.

"The ever important details, right?" Jake said teasingly, coming up behind Rachel to wrap his arms around her.

"Engine size, fuel consumption, not a bad car," Carbo reported, nodding.

"Yeah, now you've lost me," Rachel replied, her face scrunched up with confusion.

"I still can't believe you gave up the Beetle," Dave spoke up, looking up from Sienna. Rachel turned to face him with a 'look'.

"Oh jeez…" Rachel gave up and headed inside the house, the others following behind her.

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Later that evening, Rachel was sitting on the lounge chair, Sienna cradled in her arms asleep. Julie came over, having just checked on Ruby and came to sit down next to her daughter and granddaughter. Rachel looked up at her mother, just as Julie leant over to get a good look at Sienna's sleeping face.

"She looks like you when you were a newborn," Julie told Rachel. "Except her hair; your hair was a little lighter in colour."

"She's got Jake's hair," Rachel replied, reaching out to stroke the downy hair adorning Sienna's head. "Do you want a hold?"

"Of course I would," Julie replied, immediately moving her arms to accommodate the baby. Rachel moved her over gently, slipping her hand out from under Sienna's head. "Goodness, it's hard to believe you were this little once. In fact, it's hard to believe any of you were this little."

"She is tiny," Rachel agreed, looking over lovingly at her daughter. "Not because she was prem. Just because she's a little person."

"I know," said Julie. "You were once my little person. And now my little person has her own little person."

"Don't go getting all mushy on me Mum," Rachel laughed, rearranging herself and settling into the couch further. "Ben's already accusing me of getting all, how did he put it? Mumsy."

"A baby will do that to you," Julie said to Rachel. "To some degree, you'll get like that."

"Better than being a hormonal wreck like when you're pregnant," Rachel continued. "That's some sad moments there."

"We all get them. You saw me with Ruby," Julie reassured her daughter. "And some are worse than others."

"And you saw me with Sienna; I was a nightmare!" Rachel could admit. "Jake's teased me about it enough times. Jeez, how do men deal with it?"

"They learn to be quiet and, deal with it," Julie said, stroking Sienna's cheek as she spoke. "They know you don't really mean the things you say."

"I couldn't believe Jake though," said Rachel. "I mean, we'd been fighting so much before it, and my mood swings should have been a sure thing to drive him away."

"But that didn't happen," was Julie's reply to Rachel's comment. "Because he loves you." Rachel looked back at her mother and smiled.

"And I love him too," Rachel added. She paused for a moment before continuing. "And you know what? Sienna wasn't planned. She was a surprise, a happy one, but a surprise none the less. And the timing wasn't perfect. But I wouldn't change it for the world."

"I know you wouldn't," Julie nodded. "It's such a special thing to have a baby."

"Like magic, or a miracle, you used to call it," Rachel told her Mum. "You told us about it so many times and I don't think I ever quite understood it until I held Sienna for the first time. Jake and I spoke about it when we were in hospital the night she was born."

"That instant connection. I think you only realise it completely when you hold your baby," Julie agreed.

"And now, I know she's barely a week old, but I couldn't imagine life without her," Rachel continued. It was all true. Sienna was everything to her.

"And that's the way it's supposed to be," Julie added. Julie and Rachel looked up as they heard the front door open. Nathan walked in.

"Is someone here? There's a car out the front..." he began, half looking back to emphasize his point before Julie interrupted.

"Is your sister's new car." Nathan looked back, slightly shocked.

"What, you sold the Beetle? No way!" was Nathan's reaction. Rachel merely rolled her eyes, muttering to herself as she stood up to get a drink.

"Oh for god's sake, is it really that big a deal?" she said as she moved away. Nathan and Julie watched her disappear to the sink, whilst Nathan went to sit next to his mother and niece.

So a fairly pointless chapter. It was more because this story is the changes in life after a baby. Crazy, I know. And the car, simply because it is almost identical to my own, except mine is dark blue!

Anyway, thank you very much to my reviewers. Let me know what you think again.