That evening, Adam invited everyone-down the pub for some-drinks that were all on him. The usual-crowd went:
Adam & Jess. Jay (who had managed to persuade Ruth to come-along.)
Zoe, Noel, Big-Mac, Tess & Charlie, and of-course Jeff & Dixie.
Adam and Jess were sat at a table with Zoe who was doing-well at cheering-Adam-up after a long and difficult-day.
"Are you alright now Ad? You really didn't look to good earlier." Zoe asked, checking-up on her friend.
"I'm just-fine, thanks Zo, it's been a difficult few-days, but I think I've come-out at the other-end. Only thanks to this-one though." He said as nudged Jess.
"Hey someone had to be there for-you, especially with the state of that eye..." Jess teased.
"Heyyy it's worse than it looks alright..." Adam replied-back with a laugh.
"Yeah he really did thump you there didn't he Adam?" Zoe teased as herself and Jess ganged-up on him a bit.
"Oy, his wife had just come-out of surgery, you can hardly blame-him..." Adam said, beginning as a joke, but then realising the situation-now for the poor-family. He looked-down sadly.
Jess spotted this straight-away. "Hey come-on chin-up sweetheart." She said as she rubbed his arm then touched the bottom of his chin to lift-it-up.
"Sorry..." Adam paused. "Sorry..." He repeated before he stood-up and headed towards the door.
But he didn't get very-far, Sean arrived at the door with Amelia and Lucas. Adam hadn't seen Sean since the Christmas-Party, before he had split with Jess, and was planning-on moving-to Saudi Arabia with her,
and there was still a tense-air between the two-fathers. Adam and Sean spent a couple-of-seconds looking each-other in the eyes, as if a fight was about to break-out, but neither of them dared do anything out-of-order, not with the kids around.
Jess watched as Sean entered the pub. "SEAN. What are you doing with my children, you know you aren't to go anywhere near-them without my permission!" Jess snapped at-him as she rose to her feet and charged over to him. Adam was still lurking-around him, watching he didn't do anything stupid. He didn't trust him one little-bit.
"What ARE you on about Jessica? The Baby-Sitter had her hands-full with Harry so I thought I'd help her-out a bit, besides I came-straight here didn't I?"
"Yeah, to cause trouble..." Adam took-over. "Now if you don't mind. Sean. We'd quite-like-it if you left the kids with-us and left this place before I do something I regret." Adam threatened.
"Adam leave-him." Zoe called-over as she approached them.
"Ah at-least someone's on my side." Sean said spitefully as Jess ushered Lucas and Amelia over to Tess.
"Hah, on your side? I don't think so somehow Sean." Zoe said before she put a hand on Adam's upper-arm, stopping-him from doing anything silly. "Adam, let Jess deal with this one eh?" She suggested softly.
"No, sorry Zo, but I'm not just gonna drop-this, he shouldn't even be in the country, let-alone Holby, and especially not in this Pub." He said angrily as he shrugged Zoe's hand-away.
Jess took Adam's hand. "Adam. Listen to Zoe, don't get involved in this." She warned-him.
"Yeah Adam..." Sean said with a smirk.
And with that, Adam punched-Sean in the jaw. Usually, he would've held back, but today, Adam just couldn't deal with this. "Get Out Sean." Adam threatened as he grabbed Sean's shirt then held him-up against the wall.
"Adam get-off-him! You're not helping!" Jess snapped, she had tried to tell-him calmly, but that obviously wasn't going to work today. Jeff ran-over to help Jess out.
"Come-On Pal, lets go and get another-drink ey?" Jeff suggested.
"Not until Sean goes." Adam said angrily as he talked directly into Sean's face.
"No. Now." Jeff insisted before he grabbed Adam around the stomach from behind and lifted-him away from Sean. He turned-around then put Adam-down. Adam tried to charge back at Sean, but Jeff stopped-him.
"ADAM. He's not worth-it." Jeff told-him firmly.
Zoe followed them to the other-side. "Jeff's right Ad, don't let him get to you."
Adam took a deep-breath in and out as he tried to calm-himself down.
Eventually, Jess managed to convince Sean to go-away and leave-them-be. She had now gone-over to calm-Adam down. She gently rested a hand against Adam's cheek. This wasn't the day to get angry with-him. Jess sighed as a small-cheeky smile grew-onto her face.
"Oh Adam, what are we gonna do with-you ey?"
Adam wrapped-his-arms around Jess' waist. "Ohhh I dunno, kiss-me?" He joked, sweetly, now that he had calmed-down slightly.
"That's not a bad-idea." Jess returned the joke before she leaned-in and gave-him a peck on the lips. "How's the eye?" She asked as her fingers trailed-up to the bruise.
Adam moved-his head away as her fingers connected with the bruise. "Painful." Adam said with a small-laugh. "How're the kids?" He asked.
"They'll be okay. I don't think they quite-understand why we hate their Daddy so much, but that'll just take-time." Jess told-Adam.
"Yeah it will..." Adam trailed-off.
"Now what about you? Are you gonna be okay working-tomorrow? It's been a tough-old day..." Jess questioned.
"Yeah I'll be fine, as-long as Sean stays well-clear of the hospital...I can't guaruntee that I won't thump him again if he comes into my reaching-distance..."
"Well he deserves everything he gets, but let someone else do the thumping-ey? I can't be doing with you being put in prison for assualt." Jess told-him softly.
"I'll try my best."
"Well I guess I can't ask for anymore than that now can I?" Jess teased with a sweet-smile.
Adam returned the smile. "Lets go home ey? Have an early-night in with the kids, watch a film or something. Anything to have a cuddle with you." He said as he rested his head against her forehead.
"Lets Go Then." She whispered.
Adam and Jess then said their goodbyes before they headed-home together with Amelia and Lucas running-on ahead of them.
It didn't take-long for them to get-home. They paid the baby-sitter, put Harry to bed then put a film on for the kids to watch in their-room. Adam and Jess sat themselves on the sofa and snuggled up to each-other.
"Tough-Week Ey?" Jess said as she rested her head on the front of Adam's shoulder then placed her hand across his chest.
Adam put an arm around Jess' shoulders as he replied. "I know." He said with a sigh. "But we'll be okay, won't we?" Adam asked.
"Of-Course we will be, we always have-been. And you're gonna be okay too, aren't you?" Jess said as she gently played with his t-shirt.
"Yeah, I'll be fine, as-long as I have-you..." Adam began as he toyed with the ends of Jess' hair.
"Well you have nothing to worry-about, because I'm not going anywhere Mister..." Jess told-him sweetly.
"Good. Because I couldn't live without you Jess. I Love You. I've always loved-you, you know that. No-one else can make me as happy as you can, the only people who could do that were my family, but they're gone-now. You're my family now Jess. You, Lucas, Amelia, and Harry...and Sean if needs be..." Adam told her calmly, but happily.
Jess smiled-sweetly into Adam's eyes. "Thank-You." She spoke.
"What for?" Adam asked.
"For...just...being you? I guess...and I Love you too, by the way, no-matter what happens with Sean, I'll always love-you, I don't know why I didn't leave Sean the minute I met you...you're the one I loved all-along Adam."
"Yeah but you had your kids to think about." Adam told-her softly.
"I know, but they loved-you, they still do. You're brilliant with-them Adam, Amelia still has that toy-horse you bought-her that night..."
"Really? Well I'm glad...because that was the last-one in the shop, it would've been a waste of my time and money if she'd have thrown-it away...Nah, jokes aside, Lucas and Amelia are great-kids, and I'd do anything for them...and that includes getting-along with Sean..." Adam revealed.
"Do you really mean-that Adam?" Jess asked curiously.
"Of-Course I do...when I was Amelia's age, my parents weren't around anymore. Alex and I were left to do the majority of growing-up by ourselves, our carers tried their best, but they couldn't take the place of our Mother and Father. How lucky are they to technically have 3 Parents? Yeah, I understand that they are truly and biologically Yours and Sean's, but I'm gonna be taking the role of their step-father. I don't expect them to call-me Daddy, but I want-them to know that I'll love them as much as if I was their real-Dad. And as for Harry, well, he really IS mine, so I'll love him more than anything in the world. And I'll give him the up-bringing that I've also-longed for, a happy and pain-free one."
Jess smiled as Adam spoke. His mini-speech had brought a tear to her eye. It made her feel that things were finally going to be settled between herself, Sean, and Adam, and that her three-kids were going to enjoy their childhood like there's nothing-better to be than a child. Which wasn't far from the truth.
"I'm so lucky I've got-you Adam." She told-him as she reached-up to place her hand gently onto his cheek then leaned-up and kissed-him on the lips.
As the kids went to sleep, the rest of that night was soon spent in the bedroom for Adam and Jess. They cuddled and kissed for endless-hours before eventually settling-down, snuggling into each-others embrace as the tiredness running-through each-of-them suddenly came to the surface. As Adam fell into a peaceful-sleep, Jess lay-awake, as she cuddled Adam, and watched-over-him. She gently stroked his bare-chest with her tender-fingers as his breathing-slowed into a steady-rhythm. She smiled at him sleeping before she began to drift-off herself. "I Love You Adam." She whispered before she kissed his cheek, then rested her head against his chest, as his steady-breathing gradually sent her off into a deep-sleep. Perfection.
Yeah I just had to make the most of those cute-moments between Adam and Jess. :).
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