Here's chapter 12! Lots of pinkwald + Ellie cuteness in this one, enjoyy ;) x

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Ellie ran into Danny and Clara's room and woke them up suddenly. Clara sighed and rolled over to see her more clearly. Danny looked at the clock to see that the time was 6:30, far to early.

"Are you both okay now?" She pulled a sad face as she crawled on to the bed and into the middle of them. The duvet moved into the middle leaving Danny and Clara half covered.

"What do you mean? Why wouldn't we be okay?" Danny pulled Ellie closer to give her a hug of reassurance.

"Because you were shouting and being not very nice to each other last night." She looked down and snuggled into his chest. Clara gave Danny a look, they were going to have to tell her now. She needed to know what they were arguing about.

"Don't worry about that, we're okay now, it was just a little argument. Sorry if we scared you." Clara sighed as she stroked Ellie's hair. "But there is something that you need to know. Things are going to change around here quite soon..." Ellie sat up, alert and ready to hear what was going to be said.

"Is mummy poorly? Or daddy?" As she said it she looked at both of them seeking comfort.

"No! Mummy and daddy are fine! Why would we be poorly?"

"Because last time when mummy was poorly we had to go to the hospital and things changed lots and lots." Clara was surprised that Ellie remembered any of that. She was only young and it all happened in a state of panic.

"No, no don't worry, that's not happening again. It's something good... Mummy is having a baby! You're going to be a big sister! How does that sound?" The biggest smile appeared on her face.

"Really!" She was speechless, bless her.

"Yeah, and you can help with everything! It will be fun!" Suddenly she started to look around as though she was trying to find something. Danny looked at her, confused.

"Hey, hey, what are you looking for?" Him and Clara laughed as she continued to examine the room like a lost puppy.

"Where is it? I can't see any baby's!" She threw her hands out to the side of her to show that she didn't understand. They all laughed again.

"It's not here yet, the baby is in mummy's tummy! It needs to grow bigger before you can see it." She moved to sit on her knees so that she was closer to Clara. Then the pointed at her tummy and gently placed her hand on it. She was in complete awe at the idea of the baby being inside Clara. She didn't quite understand how. They found it hilarious to watch.

"It's in there? Is there a baby in my tummy too?" She moved her hand so that she could point to her own stomach. Clara laughed and kissed her head.

"No darling, you don't have a baby! Only mummy has one." She stared at Clara, clearly confused at the idea.

"Why?" Clara looked at Danny, the question that they didn't want to come up had arisen. She didn't know what to say. After a pause, she mustered up an answer.

"Because mummy is very special and is old enough to be a mummy. You're too little!" She tickled Ellie's podgy tummy which made her squirm and wriggle. She had got to the age now where she was getting taller and more like a toddler but she still had her baby fat. It kept her looking like a tiny little girl. Clara didn't want her to grow up, she wanted her to stay little forever. She knew that could never happen though.

"Will it be a boy baby or a girl baby?"

"We don't know yet, we have to wait until it gets a bit bigger to find out."

"Oh okay. I want it to be a girl so we can play together and I can do her hair like you do my hair." Clara and Danny laughed.

"Well it might be a girl! But it could be a boy. We will have to wait and see." She screwed up her face in disgust. "What's that face for!?"

"I don't want it to be a boy, boys are smelly." They all giggled and Danny pretended to be upset. Ellie crawled over to him and hugged him tightly whist laughing to herself. "Smelly daddy!" Danny tickled her and then Clara joined in. In that moment all of them forgot everything, every worry, every thought. They could have stayed there all day.

3 months later

Clara was now clearly pregnant. She had got to the annoying stage now where everyday activities were becoming harder to do. Ellie wasn't being as helpful as she could be as she seemed to want to do everything when she wanted. That meant that she kept shouting for Clara to do things when the time was really not appropriate.

"Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!" Clara sighed. She had just started to do the washing up when Ellie shouted for her again.

"What is it Ellie?"

"Can you help me get my toy down from the shelf?" She was shouting from the living room and Clara couldn't clearly hear what she was saying.

"You'll have to wait for a minute, I'm doing the washing up." It went silent for a second and then the sound of little feet entered the room. Ellie started to tug on Clara dress in attempt to get her attention.

"Mummy, mummy, mummy!" She was gradually getting louder and more whiny as she kept shouting for Clara.

"Ellie! Wait! I'm busy!"

"But MUMMY!" That was it, Clara had been putting off telling her off for doing this. It wasn't going to work anymore. She had to learn to wait for things rather than getting them as soon as she wanted. Clara pulled her hands out of the water and dried them on the nearest towel. She then knelt down so that she was at Ellie's height.

"Look, you can see that mummy is busy so you have to wait!"

"But I want my toy." She began to whine and cry.

"I know you want your toy but you have to wait until I can come and get it. You can't always get everything when you want it, sometimes you have to be patient. I'll get you your toy in a few minutes but not until I have finished what I am doing. Why don't you go and draw a picture for grandad? And then I'll get your toy for you." Ellie stopped crying and looked up. She still looked upset but it seemed like what Clara had said made sense to her. "I don't want to keep telling you off but sometimes you have to be a good girl and help mummy a bit, yeah?" Ellie nodded and went back into the living room. Clara sighed, she had finally told her to stop. It wasn't that she didn't realise that she had to tell her, or that she didn't want to, it was that her mind had been pretty preoccupied lately. She just hadn't got round to it.

A few minutes later Clara walked into the other room and got the toy off of the shelf.

"There you go, see if you wait you still get what you want, it just takes a little bit longer." Ellie smiled and jumped to hug Clara. Her knee dug into her stomach making her wince slightly. "Hey, hey, careful! Be gentle! You might hurt baby!"

"Sorry mummy and baby, I'll start being good now!" Ellie smiled again. It wasn't a normal smile though, it was a mischievous smile.

"Oh really? Will you? Are you absolutely sure about that?" Clara began to tickle Ellie and she wriggled around just like she always did.

"Yes! Mummy! Stop it!" She giggled and tried to talk at the same time which made her make the funniest of noises. Once they had stopped laughing Ellie asked to watch frozen again. Clara reluctantly put it on knowing that it made her happy. Suddenly Ellie went all floppy in her arms and relaxed to stare at the TV.

"You tired honey?" Clara knew what the answer would be as laying still in her arms only happened when she had no energy left. It was a definite sign of tiredness.

"Mmhmm." She flopped her head down again and Clara adjusted to make herself more comfortable. They sat cuddling each other until the movie finished.

When the title sequence began to play Danny walked in the door. He had been out with a friend all day and was about to tell Clara all about it when she told him to shush. He stopped himself from speaking or making too much noise when he saw Ellie asleep on Clara's lap.

"Can you move her?" Clara whispered to him realising that moving her herself would be a bit difficult. Danny gently lifted her and placed her on the sofa with a blanket over her. He then grabbed Clara's hands and helped her up. They walked over to the window to look over at the park across the road.

"So how was it? Did you have a nice day?" Danny kissed her head gently before relying.

"Yeah it was really nice, we had a good catch up. It wasn't until we met and got talking that we realised how long we had lost touch for. So much has happened since college."

"Time flies, eh?"

"It does, sometimes too fast... We got talking about the 'old times' when we were teens. It was funny remembering all of the people and the teachers. I'd forgotten most of it until Jack mentioned it." Clara chuckled thinking about what she was going to say next.

"Well you can remember more than me, I was drunk for most of it, I have no idea what happened." Danny laughed, trying to imagine a permanently drunk Clara.

"Those were the days." They both sighed. Danny placed his hands on Clara's stomach. He stroked it gently, speaking to the baby.

"And we're gonna find out whether you are a boy or a girl tomorrow!" Clara smiled, he was such a good dad, how did she deserve him? Sometimes she really wondered.

"I'm excited. It will be good to know so that we can get some planning done. It will also give Ellie something else to keep mentioning. All I've been hearing for the last two weeks is "is it a boy or a girl mummy!?"" Danny smiled again looking over to Ellie who was fast asleep on the sofa beside them.

"Bless her, she's buzzing. She's going to be an amazing big sister."

"She is indeed. A very protective one too."

"Definitely. Well at least we can rely on her to chase away the bullies." Clara laughed.

"So what's your bet on? Ten pounds. Who ever guesses the right gender gets the money?"

"Oh really!? So our child's sex has come down to a bet has it? Right then, I'm thinking girl. Another little princess." Clara smiled sweetly at him, he sure did know how to spoil a girl.

"Alright then, I'll go for boy. May the best man win!" They both grinned and continued to look out of the window. Clara leant on Danny and he put his arms around her torso. They stood watching the world pass by and listening to the birds sing.

The next morning Ellie was buzzing. She ran backwards and forwards in the living room chanting the same thing over and over again. Clara and Danny didn't even mind, they were glad that she was so happy.

"Baby scan! Baby scan!" She repeated what Clara and Danny had told her about. She had been counting down the days until she could finally say whether she was getting a little brother or a little sister. Clara smiled down at Ellie as she walked over to the door to put on her coat.

"Come on then, let's get your coat and shoes on!" Ellie screamed yay as she ran to the shoe cupboard.

When they got to the hospital Ellie got a little bit quieter. It was obvious that she was uneasy about hospitals. After what had happened to Clara before and from various injections and check ups she had grown to dislike the place.

"Daddy, hospitals are scary. I don't like them." She teared up as Danny got her out of the car.

"Hey don't worry! Me and mummy are here to keep you safe and this time we are here for a good reason! It's all going to be okay." He picked her up and hugged her gently. He held her in one arm and held Clara's hand on the other side. They walked in happily to be directed to a small waiting room. It had a few sofas, a coffee table, a water machine and some toys in the corner. Ellie wriggled to be put down and she ran straight to the toys. Typical three year old, Danny thought to himself. Clara headed for the sofa to sit down and Danny soon joined her. The wait seemed like forever but soon enough a nurse walked in and asked for them.

"Miss Clara Oswald?" She looked like a friendly person which reassured Clara a bit more. She had her hair in a tight bun on the back of her head and was holding a clipboard that seemed to have lots of names on it. Danny picked up Ellie and carried her out of the door. She seemed fascinated by the nurses clipboard. She kept trying to reach for it which made Danny laugh. The woman suddenly stopped to take them into a room which shocked Ellie. She pulled her hand back suddenly and tightly hugged Danny's neck. He kissed her on the head to reassure her.

When they entered the room she directed Clara to lay on the bed and then welcomed Danny to sit on the chair beside it.

"So how is everyone today then? Excited?" She smiled at Ellie who was quietly grinning at her.

"Yes very much so! Especially this little one!" Danny spoke to her happily as they engaged in conversation. After having a short chat she got to work. Danny grabbed Clara's hand as she looked at him, seeking comfort.

"Okay this will be a little bit cold." She applied the gel and began to fiddle with the machine. They all waited intently. Eventually she moved the head of the machine on to Clara's stomach and moved it sideways. Everyone looked at the screen to see a little bit of movement. The baby soon came into focus and they could make out its features. The woman pointed to everything and explained the routine things that they had to go through.

"Look Ellie! There's the baby!" Clara helped her on to the edge of the bed so that she could see the screen better. Her eyes widened and she couldn't quite believe that that was her baby brother or sister.

"Baby!" She smiled and stared again in complete awe. "Is it a baby girl or a baby boy?" She asked Clara who then looked at the nurse.

"Would you like to know the gender? Or-" She was interrupted by Ellie shouting.

"Yes!" They all laughed.

"Yes please." Clara confirmed Ellie's answer.

"Okay, it's a girl." Ellie's smile widened even more.

"Wow Ellie! You're going to have a baby sister!" Clara laughed and smiled across at Danny. Ellie kept smiling but didn't say anything, they could tell that she was happy but she had gotten a bit shy since the nurse spoke to her directly. Danny picked her up off the bed and took her back on to the chair. The nurse finished everything up and signalled to Clara that it was okay for her to sit up. After a long conversation about safety and precautions they left the room. As they walked past the reception they picked up the sonograms. There was one for them and one for another family member. Danny handed one to Ellie to look at in the car and Clara put the other one in her bag.

Ellie chattered the whole way home. She was the most excited they had ever seen her be.

"Will baby look like this when she's born?" Danny laughed and whispered to Clara.

"God, I hope not." They both laughed before answering to Ellie.

"No darling, she will look a bit more like you! That's just what she looks like now as she's growing." For the first time in about ten minutes Ellie went quiet for a few seconds, until she thought of something else to say.

"Can I choose her name?" Clara turned and smiled.

"Well, you can choose some ideas and help me and daddy decide?" She nodded her head and smiled.

"What about Elsa? Or Anna?" Clara and Danny burst out laughing. The thought of them naming their daughter after a Frozen princess was rather funny.

"Well I don't think we will choose those ones but nice ideas Ellie, keep thinking! Why don't you give your little mouth a rest and have a think now?" Ellie reluctantly stopped asking questions and looked out of the window. Before long she was fast asleep. All of the excitement had worn her out.

"Ahh peace at last! God she can talk!" Clara had to admit that she agreed with Danny. As much as they loved hearing her mad ideas and her cute little voice, it did start to get tiring when she kept asking questions. Especially when she wanted to name her baby sister Elsa...

When they got home Danny placed Ellie on the sofa and let her sleep for a little bit longer. He then walked into the kitchen to join Clara who had leant herself against the worktop.

"So, you happy?" She leant forwards to kiss his nose.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be?" He grinned.

"Because you lost the bet." She had to think about what he had said for a moment to remember what he was on about. It made her laugh that he thought to bring that up now, of all things.

"Mr Pink, you are just too competitive." She reached into her purse and took out the ten pound note. She waved it in front of his face and he tried to grab it with his hand. She started to wave it faster and she laughed at Danny chasing it around. Finally he grabbed it. She sighed and pulled a sad face.

"Aww poor Miss Oswald lost the game, what a shame!" He mocked her jokingly. Then he kissed her softly with his hands resting on her hips. She started to laugh playfully as he looked into her eyes and stroked her hair.

"So umm, since I lost the bet... Does that mean I get the other privilege? You got the ten pounds so I get to choose the baby's name?" His mouth opened wide in surprise making her laugh again.

"Not a chance! That's way more important than a ten pound note! Not a fair deal, not a fair deal." She smiled and tried to think of a compromise. Eventually she gave in and settled the bet.

"Okay, we will just have to decide together then won't we?"

"Certainly." They walked back into the living room and switched on the TV. Ellie moved up and snuggled down on Clara to go back to sleep. They all sat happily reflecting on what a great day they had had.

So this chapter was a bit of a domestic one, not too much happened but you will see why in the next few chapters. It was kind of like a break in the action as the next ones are going to be pretty action packed ;) thank you for reading, I love you all x