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Hey. I just want to say a massive thank you to all my reviewers and readers so far :D it means a lot to me :D. I hope I continue to reach your standards with this story. Although, I must say I am running out of funny ideas for Emma and Allan :D:D.

'Mummy, why you cry.' Aiden asked as he pointed at Marian's watery eyes.

'Oh mummy wasn't cry, she just hurt her eye.' Marina smiled trying to shrug it off.

Aiden leaned forward and kissed her just under her eyes. 'All better.' He smiled.

Marian laughed as he copied what she would do to him when he was hurt, but kisses didn't make the pain go away.

'You ready for school?' Marian asked sniffing.

Aiden nodded so Marian got up and headed for the front door with Aiden following. She carried his Action Man school bad in her hands as Aiden walked a little in front of her playing with his toy watch that he had gotten out of a magazine. She kept her head down, the sun hurting her eyes, but it was also to block out the sights that she didn't want to see. The sights of the young teenage lovers as they kissed and held hands on the way to school. The couples that walked their partners to work, or even the parents that sat in the park smiling as they watched their children together. That was a life she had walked away from, twice now. Robin had never wanted the relationship to end those three and a half years ago, but she had the one that had insisted that it was not working between them. So he had gone, but never left. He had waited these past few years to see if she was ready to accept him back into her life as not just Aiden's father, but as her partner. And twice she had sent him away. But now he was not here. He had not left Aiden, but in the case of Marian, he had abandoned all hope. In which she could not blame him for. How could she? He was the best father to Aiden and he needed no contact with Marian at all, she had chosen this, and it was this that she had to live with.

'Daddy.'

Aiden's voice made Marian's head raise quickly at the word he had happily called out, not knowing the fear and heartbreak it gave his mother. She winced slightly and put her head lower as she saw Robin cross the street to come to Aiden.

'Hey little man.' Robin smiled as he liften Aiden into his arms. 'Where are you going?'

'School.' Aiden said as he pointed to his school jumper.

'Well i'm not doing anthing so i'll take you.' Robin smiled as Aiden clapped happily.

Robin took his school bag from Marian and walked hand in hand with Aiden down the road.

Marian smiled and waved to Aiden when he turned back to wave goodbye to her. Robin had not even looked at her. She was surprised he even knew that she was there. But then she remembered her decision. This was what she would now have to live with.

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'Allan do you think we should start decorating the nursary?' Emma asked as she sat in Allan's embrace.

'Hmm, yeah we could get it over and done with.' Allan nodded in agreement.

'Well come on then we have to go buy all the stuff.' Emma smiled as she stood and got her jacket.

'You know Emma I've been thinking.' Allan stated.

'Oh god. Allan I spent an hour last night telling you this. They can't change the sex of the baby.' Emma sighed.

'No no.' Allan said. 'I don't think that having a girl will be that bad.' Allan smiled.

'No?' Emma asked cautiously.

'No, cause then she can become a model and introduce me to all her model friends.' Allan smriked.

'Allan be careful.' Emma warned as they made their way to the car.

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Marian could not study in her classes so she had decided to come home. Where she sat in one of Robin's old jumpers that he had left, it still smelled of him, and as disgusting as it may be she refused to wash it incase that scent disappeared. She had the tissues ready as she sat ready to watch all her weepy romance films. And what better one to start with than gone with the wind. She had so much in common with Scarlet O'Hara. She loved a man, but by the time that she had realised her love for him it had been to late. She had lost the man she loved forever, just because she could not accept her feelings. She dimed the lights and settled down to watch the film.

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Emma walked through the shop browsing at the many push chairs that covered the floor.

'I like this one.' She heard Allan comment from behind her and turned to see which one he was indicating to. She gasped and her face was one of shock when she saw Allan squished sitting in one of the push chairs, his knees almost hitting his head.

'Allan.' Emma hissed. 'Get out of there.'

'What? I'm just seeing if its comfortable. No daughter of mine is sitting on a rock.' Allan stated as he tried to prise his butt out of the chair as shop workers approached them.

'I'm sorry but I am afraid we are going to have to ask you to leave the store.' The woman clerk said to them.

'Allan.' Emma moaned annoyed at his behaviour.

'Jeez what's your problem I was just checking that it was comfortable.' Allan moaned as he was escorted from the pram shop. 'Idiots.' He hissed once they had been abandoned outside.

'I cannot believe you Allan.' Emma shouted outraged before walking off with Allan quickly following.

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Marian jumped awake when the door bell repeatedly rang. She moaned as she paused the film that had replayed and headed to the front door. She wiped her eyes trying to remove the sleep and tears that had crusted over her skin. She opened it and quickly closed her eyes as the sun attacked them.

'Marian.' She heard Robin's annoyed tone.

She put her hand on her forehead to block the sun as she took in the sight of Robin standing on the door step holding Aiden's hand.

'Robin.' Marian mumbled sleepily.

'The school called me. Aiden was left on his own, you never went to pick him up.' Robin bit.

'Oh god. Babes i'm so sorry I fell asleep.' Marian said kneeling and looking Aiden in the eyes.

Aiden smiled and ran up to his room as Robin walked past Marian and into the living room. She sighed as she stood and closed the door and walked into the living room awaiting what ever arguemt was about to come.

'Drinking?' Robin asked annoyed as he raised his eyebrows and indicated at the bottle of red wine that was half empty.

'That's none of your buisness Robin.' Marian stated.

'It is when my son lives under this roof.' Robin snapped.

'It was an accident I fell asleep, it won't happen again.' Marian stated.

'No it had better not.'

'How dare you.' Marian shouted anger filling her. 'I am always here with him. I take him to school every morning, I pick him up every afternoon. And then one day I make a mistake and you talk to me as though I am the worst mother in the world!'

'You left our child at school! Robin yelled.

'It wasn't like I abandoned him alone in a park somewhere. There were adults there, he was safe.' Marian implied.

'I tell you something Marian. You really are becoming an untrustworthy mother.' Robin stated.

'Whats that suppose to mean?' Marian asked annoyed.

'Well first you drown him and then you abandon him.' Robin shrugged.

Marian walked across the room to him and raised her hand connecting it hard with his face. 'Get out.' She whispered.

'I'll come by tomorrow to take Aiden to school. Incase you let him cross the road on his own.' Robin stated as he walked past Marian, he closed the living room door and then the front door could be heared banging shut.

Marian stood her body boiling in anger. Shaking as rage shot through her. She turned picking up the wine glass and launching at towards the living room door, where he had stood but seconds ago. She cried and fell to the floor as it smashed into pieces. Aiden sat at the top of the stairs crying after hearing his parents shouting and his mother smashing the glass. He sobbed into his barney teddy wishing things could get better.

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Emma had gone to 'Boots' to get some of the toiletries and creams that she would need. She rolled her eyes as Allan looked through the many items that a women would use daily in utter confusion. She carried the basket which was slowly filling with things that she would probably never use. After being thrown out of the pram store she had refused to talk to him for almost an hour before he had softened her by buying her a hot chocolate and pringles, not together obviously.

'Hey Emma.' Allan whispered.

Emma sighed wondering what he could possibly have found now to ask her a hundred questions on. But when she turned she could not control the laughter that escaped her body. Allan was standing in the middle of the aisle wearing fake milking breast for fathers to wear to feed their babies. She could not control herself as she saw his manly physique standing proud with two protruding pairs of breasts.

'Allan take them off before you get us thrown out of here.' Emma giggled. She moved the basket up her arm trying to take the weight from her arm.

'Here give me it.' Allan said quickly grabbing the basket from her. Emma smiled as she linked her arm around his and continued walking around the shop.

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'He really said that to you?' Djaq asked in shock.

'Yeah he said I was a bad mother.' Marian sobbed.

'Oh honey your not that.' Djaq tried to comfort her friend.

'I'm not so sure Djaq. He almost drowned when he was with me, he fell down the stairs too.' Marian stated.

'You are a great mother, Aiden loves you.' Djaq smiled.

'Just because he loves me doesn't mean that I am caring for him properly.' Marian insisted.

'No, but I have seen you with Aiden. You are a good mother, tell Robin to go run up a tree the next time he says something like that.' Djaq instructed.

Marian smiled through the tears that were blinding her. 'I really don't want to let him down.'

'You won't.' Djaq smiled pulling her into a hug.

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'What film you want to watch?' Allan asked Emma who was sat curled in his arms that night.

'Whatever you want to. I'm tired so i'll probably fall asleep soon.' Emma smiled.

'Can't believe what Robin did.' Allan scoffed.

'What did Robin do?' Emma asked frowning from Allan's chest.

'He asked Stephanie to marry him.' Allan said as though it meant nothing.

'He what!?' Emma shouted as she sat properly on the couch looking at Allan.

'Yes asked her to marry him and she said yes.' Allan stated.

'But I thought that he loved Marian?' Emma gasped.

'To be honest I thought that they two would get back together, but looks like he moved on.' Allan shrugged. 'Idiot asking someone to marry him.'

'Why's he an idiot?' Emma asked.

'Who would want to get married?' Allan scoffed.

Emma looked down at her hands. 'Is marriage so bad?'

'No but that is just to far a level of commitment.' Allan stated.

'So you would never get married?' Emma asked sadly, which Allan failed to notice.

'Heck no. I am a bachelor, now and forever.' Allan smirked.

'Yeah...of course.' Emma whispered quietly as she looked down at her wedding finger. Guess that would forever be bare. She thought to herself. Why was he so against marriage. She thought that it was a wonderful idea, commiting yourself to one person, showing everyone how much you love them. Did he not love her. Her thoughts were stopped by the noise of the door bell.

'I'll get it.' Allan sighed as he jumped from the couch and walked over to the door opening it.

'Lauren.' He said shocked.

Emma frowned and turned to see a woman standing smiling at Allan. She had shoulder length dark brown hair. She was skinny and had a nice tan. But who was she?