"But what if she doesn't like me? I don't really get on with my in-laws; they always think I've corrupted their sons." Alex complained as Smithy drove their car round to his Mums house.

Smithy laughed at how melodramatic Alex was being. "Don't be daft, she will love you. And even if she doesn't then it's her problem not ours." He replied and patted her thigh affectionately.

"Have you told her about our engagement or the baby yet?" Alex asked nervously.

"No not yet. I thought we could tell her tonight." Smithy said, pulling into his mothers' driveway.

"Great." Alex said under her breath.

Smithys' Mum stood in the kitchen cooking their meal when she heard the door closing.

"Hello Mum, it's only us." Smithy shouted through to her, unsure as to where she was.

"Hello darlin'." She said as she walked out to the hall to greet them.

Smithy was helping Alex take her jacket off when he saw his mum. After he hugged and greeted her, he introduced her to Alex.

"Mum this is Alex MacDonald; Alex this is my Mum Pauline." Smithy said.

"It's very nice to meet you Alex. Dale has told me a lot about you." Pauline said.

"It's very nice to meet you too Mrs Smith. I hope it was all good things you heard." Alex said, blushing slightly that Smithy had spoken about her.

"Absolutely, you sound like the right girl for my son. Oh, and it's Pauline please." Pauline commented politely.

Alex smiled and nodded in response.

After their meal Alex helped Pauline with the dishes. She felt a lot more relaxed now than she had before.

"Dale tells me that you have three daughters." Pauline said.

"Yes that's right. I was married, but my husband past away at the beginning of the year." Alex explained.

"I am sorry. That can't be easy for you. How old are they?" She asked.

"My eldest Cara is 13, Molly is 5 and baby Gina is 9 months old." Alex replied proudly.

"You'll have to bring them round sometime for me to meet them." Pauline said.

Alex felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She took it out and saw Ginas number appear on the screen.

"Sorry Pauline, could you excuse me for a minute, it's my Mum calling." Alex said as she excused herself.

"Hi Mum, what's the problem?" Alex said as she answered her phone.

"Hey, sorry I had to phone you, I hope I've not caught you at a bad moment." Gina said apologetically.

"No that's fine Mum. Is everything alright?" Alex said.

"Yeah everything is fine except I can't find Humphrey." Gina said.

Humphrey was baby Ginas' toy elephant. She hated to be without it and Alex knew how much she created without it.

"Oh, is she being difficult?" Alex asked.

"No, she's not too bad just now but she is starting to get a little cranky." Gina explained.

"Right, I'll have a look in the car and see if she dropped him in there." Alex said, making her way out of the house.

"So what do you think?" Smithy asked his Mum.

"She seems like a really nice girl." She replied.

"Well I'm glad you approve Mum, because we have something we'd like to tell you." Smithy said when he saw Alex walk back into the kitchen.

She walked beside him and prepared herself.

"We've just found out that Alex is about six weeks pregnant." Smithy said.

Pauline looked pleasantly surprised. "That's fantastic." Pauline said.

"She's also agreed to marry me." Smithy added proudly.

Pauline hugged her son and her future daughter-in-law.

"Finally someone's going to make an honest man out of my son." Pauline joked.

Alex smiled and hugged Smithy. The start of her year hadn't started so well but towards the end, everything was shaping up nicely.

"Pauline, what are you doing for Christmas day?" Alex asked. With only three weeks left to go, everyone was preparing for the festivities.

"I haven't got anything planned really." Pauline answered.

"Well that settles it then. How would you like to come and spend it with us? Then you can meet my daughters, my Mum and my Mother." Alex said.

Pauline looked confused at Alexs' last statement. Smithy and Alex looked at each other and smiled, knowing why Pauline looked confused.

"I'm adopted so I have two Mums." Alex explained.

"Oh right, that explains it." Pauline said.

As the night came to a close, Alex was feeling ready to head home. She had thoroughly enjoyed meeting Pauline and it had gone better than she thought it would. They said there goodbyes and then Smithy drove Alex home.

As he pulled the car up outside Alexs' house, she looked at him expectantly.

"Are you coming?" She asked.

"Nah, I think I'll just head home." He replied.

"You are home. I spoke to Cara the other day and she agrees that you should move in ASAP. You might as well start now since you're here." Alex said.

"Are you sure about that?" He said.

"Course; I want you to be apart of the family. In fact in a few months we will have another member, so you should make your self at home sooner rather than later." Alex said.

Smithy looked at Alex and placed his hand on her stomach. "Can't wait to be a Dad. And I can't believe there's a little person growing inside you." He said.

Alex laughed. "You can be a soppy git when you want to be. Come on before we freeze to death out here." Alex said opening the car door and walking into the house.

Smithy parked the car in the drive and followed after her.