"is that who i think it is?" paddy asked chas as he stood at the bar
"i thought i was seeing things" chas said almost like she had seen a ghost victoria walked into the bar rubbing her burgeoning stomach
"that isn't her is it?" she asked shocked
"seemingly yeah" paddy said taking a swig of his beer
"she looks so old" chas said and victoria laughed
"don't we all" victoria added as she grabbed a bottle of water
"does aaron know?" vic asked and chas shook her head and before she could do anything the doors swung open, willow and teddy ran in squealing and making noises followed by aaron, adam, robert and andy all discussing different things laughing and joking teddy ran to his mum
"hello mum hello baby brother" he exclaimed to his mum's stomach she laughed
"hiya teddy, who won the football?" she asked ruffling his hair
"Willow did but uncle robert was awful so really it was uncle aaron and willow playing against me daddy and uncle andy" he laughed and all the men stood there shocked at the little boy andy let out a large laugh
"that's it no cake for you" robert laughed and noticed aaron wasn't joining in he stood staring at a woman who was drinking a glass of wine
"hun what's wrong?" robert asked putting his arm around his waist
"that's hazel" he exclaimed shocked and robert was equally surprised and chas smiled at him
"hazel as in jacksons mum hazel?" he asked as willow grabbed his hand
"yeah that hazel" he said surprised as willow began to tug at her father's hands
"what's wrong will?" aaron asked his anxiety rising up in stomach
"can me and teddy go and play in the garden?" she asked batting her eyelashes
"yeah dinner is at 5:00 me and dad will come and get you just before 4:50 okay?" robert told her she smiled
"plus we need an early night so we can beat teddy,uncle adam and uncle andy tomorrow" aaron laughed and she let out the loudest giggles ever as she ran past her grandmother
"urm willow you're forgetting something" chas exclaimed and willow ran back and launched herself at her grandmother
"sorry nana love you" she smiled and kissed her on the cheek and ran off to find teddy chas went over to aaron
"are you going to go and say something?" chas asked
"what do i say?" aaron asked confused and robert laughed
"hi it's nice to see you" robert suggested adam laughed and chas handed him a pint
"go and talk to her ask her how she is?" paddy suggested and aaron grabbed the pint and went to sit down next to her
"hi" aaron started the conversation and hazel smiled at her
"hello you, how have you been?" she asked and he laughed
"yeah great thank you how are you?" he asked back
" I'm not too bad getting older and not so much wiser" she laughed and he to a sip of his pint she spotted his ring glinting.
"who's the lucky man then?" she smiled to him and he looked at his ring remembering the chaos of choosing a ring he smiled at the memory
"see the blonde sat by the bar laughing with paddy? that's him" aaron smiled proudly
"how long have you been married?" she asked interested
"10 years nearly, we have a little girl as well her name is willow" he said
"was she that little girl running about earlier?" she asked smiling at him
"yeah shes a hand full but i guess that means she is a true dingle-sugden, how about you what have you been up to all these years?" he asked
"i got remarried" she laughed and he looked at her hand and also saw a ring
"that's great where is he then?" he added
"he is in the B&B unpacking, we came to see jackson it's his anniversary soon" she smiled a sad smile and then robert headed over to aaron
"sorry to interrupt but i wanted to know if you two wanted another drink?" he asked and they both accepted and when he returned hazel began to talk to robert
"i hear your aarons husband? your a lucky man" she smiled to robert who nodded and placed his hand gently on aaron's shoulder
"oh trust me i know i'm the luckiest" he laughed and so did hazel
"i hope you don't mind the flowers at the moment, willow picked them she's got an obsession with sunflowers and daffodils at the moment" robert smiled a gentle smile
"oh i hadn't been to see him yet, thank you i didn't expect anything to be there" she said
"yeah we make sure that we get some whenever we are at the farmers market" robert added as willow ran in squealing and laughing followed by teddy who ran off in a different direction to his father
"daddy teddy is trying to get me with his bogey" She begged and ran into aaron's arms
"don't worry we shall get him back tomorrow" he laughed and willow giggled
"want to meet someone important?" aaron asked and willow nodded to him
"this is jacksons mum" he smiled and she went over to hazel and held her hand out and hazel shook it
"nice to meet you hazel" she said and ran off to find teddy.