"Congrats Mr. Temple-Noble!" The Nurse smiled as she handed over the child, "You're a father!"

Shaun looked down at the bundle in his hand. He still couldn't understand how this had happened, this child looked nothing like him.

"She has your eyes." Donna pointed out, having noticed Shaun's hesitation, "Dear, I know what you're thinking. I swear to you she is your daughter, if you want we can test the DNA, I would never-"

"I know," Shaun planted a kiss on Donna's forhead, "She's beautiful. What are we going to call her?"

"Oh I dunno…" Donna leaned back, "What about Ella after your sister?"

"Ella is a nutter. Maybe we shouldn't curse our child with a future of drinking problems and one night stands. How about Sylvia after your mum?"

"I thought you said we weren't going to curse her!"

"Right sorry." Shaun laughed.

"I've decided!" Donna held her arms out for the baby, "We'll call her Emma. Emma Temple-Noble."

For the longest time Donna had this irrational fear that if she looked away from her daughter, even for a second, Emma would cease to exist. Shaun pointed out to her that this was crazy, and Emma wasn't going to just up and disappear, but Donna refused to listen. Most nights she would stay up and just watch Emma sleep in her crib until fatigue finally took hold and she'd wake up the next morning in a panic.

One morning Donna woke up and ran over to the crib only to find that Emma was in fact not in there. Fearing the worst Donna screamed and ran out of the room, searching every corner of the house for her missing child. Finally after about half an hour Donna collapsed on the couch, sobbing. That was when Shaun walked in with Emma balanced on his shoulders.

"Donna sweetheart what's wrong?" Shaun rushed over.

"Shaun!" Donna continued to sob, not looking up, "I can't find Emma, she's disappeared. I told you she would… she… she…"

Emma giggled, and made a grab for Donna's hair.

"Oh Shaun! You found her!" Donna cried gratefully scooping her daughter into her arms.

"She never disappeared. I told you she had a doctor's appointment today."

Still, it was another few months before Donna was finally convinced that her child was not going to disappear and could be left in a playpen or a crib unattended for short increments of time.

"Donna!" Shaun slammed the door behind him, "Donna I think you forgot something!"

"Really?" Donna looked up from her spot on the couch, "I don't think I- oh!"

"Oh?" Shaun repeated angrily, setting baby Jack down in his playpen, "You forget your child and husband as the park and all you have to say is 'oh'? Where is Emma?"

"Right here daddy." Emma came tripping into the room, "Mummy got one of her headaches so I was making her some tea."

"You were letting Emma, and five year old, use the stove?"

"Was I?" Donna frowned, "I didn't mean to."

" I've had about enough of this. Come on Emma, we're going."

"Where?"

"I dunno, to get icecream." Shaun picked up Jack and headed for the door.

"What about mummy's tea?"

"If she wants tea she can make it herself."

"No Shaun I've told you," Donna sighed exasperated, "the doctors can't find any reason for my headaches. "

"Oh I have a reason." Shaun pulled a pile of shirts out of his dresser and stuffed them into a bag, "You're bonkers. You forget everything, you spend your days with your head in the clouds. You've been neglecting the kids. Emma needs special attention which you have failed to give her. You're not you anymore Donna. I've had just about enough of this."

"Shaun! Shaun please!"

"Look, you're not the woman I fell in love with. The court date is set for next Friday. Don't forget." Shaun grabbed his bag and hurried out the room, "Emma grab your brother! We're leaving!"

"We're truly sorry." The coroner said, "It was a brain aneurism. There's no way we could have known. Is there anyone you and your brother can go to?"

Emma frowned biting back the urge to tell the coroner that there were in fact several ways they could have caught a brain aneurism, they were just too stupid to know how. "Umm… well there is our mother, she's back in England though."

"Plus also she's-Ow!" Jack glared at Emma, who had just kicked his shin.

"We'll arrange something with her immediately." Emma put on her most winning smile, "Thank you."

The coroner nodded, "I'm sorry for your loss."

Emma watched him leave then rounded on Jack. "Are you a moron!?" She hissed.

"Compared to you, everyone's a moron."

"If you had told him that mom was a nutter then he would have sent us off to an orphanage! Or worse he could have sent us to live with Grandpa and Grandma in Florida!"

"You'd rather live with a crazy person than some old people?"

"Some old people that smell like moth balls and decay. And yes."

AN: Okay so here's the thing. I got this message saying that Ten-Too was obviously Emma's dad and I should go more into detail over how Donna and Shaun broke up, and how Shaun died. To me that was as good as a request gets. I just wanted to clear a few things up. Ten-too will never be in this fic because he is with Rose where he belongs and beside Donna is too good a person to cheat on Shaun.

As always thanks so much for reading guys! It really means a lot!