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Love Rhyleigh xoxox

PS: Boot camp tonight... but we were told he was going to work us until we spewed. I don't doubt that.


"You okay, mate?" Ben wanted to know, sticking the keys into the ignition.

Melissa turned around to face her brother in law. "Nathan?"

"You lied to me". His voice was flat. "You let me think, for FOUR YEARS, that my wife was in London! You let me believe that she was on the other side of the world! And not just that, she had a daughter! I have a daughter! You kept the fact that Sammy and I have a FOUR YEAR OLD daughter together! Why didn't you say anything?"

Ben and Melissa didn't know what to say. So they just kept driving, while Nathan pouted in the backseat, trying to comprehend everything he had just been told.

"We'll pick up Logan and then we'll pick up pizza and popcorn?" Melissa checked.

Ben nodded, trying to forget the little outburst his baby brother had just had.


"Pizza's here!" Ben called, carrying his son and the pizza boxes into the house.

"Hey mate!" Carbo greeted him, lifting Logan into his arms. "How was the road trip? Where did you go? Who did you see? What did you see?"

"I'm going upstairs". Nathan bypassed his housemates, heading into the room that had been dubbed his four years earlier.

"Who did you see?" Carbo asked eagerly.

"Sammy". Ben looked grim, as he set the pizza on the bench.

Carbo nearly dropped Logan.

"As in his Sammy? Sammy Sammy?"

"Yes, Sammy Sammy". Melissa confirmed. "Come on, let's eat".

But that didn't stop her glancing worriedly at the stairs.


"Nathan, pizza?" Melissa suggested, offering her brother in law the plate of leftover pizza, while Ben microwaved popcorn. He had been holed upstairs for almost three hours, not saying anything or moving.

Nathan shook his head. "Nope".

"Are you okay?"

"Yep".

Squealing, Logan held his hands out to his uncle, and Nathan scooped him up, ruffling his messy mop of hair.

"I'm going to Mum and Dad's".

Setting Logan on the mat covered in car tracks, he left the house in silence.

"He's so not okay". Ben couldn't help but feel slightly guilty.


"Mum, can I talk to you?" Nathan asked, knocking on his little sister's bedroom door (the room that he and Sammy used to share, before they went separate ways). "Sorry, Rubes".

"Sure, darling, just give me five minutes". Julie smiled at her youngest son before turning the page in the book she was reading her daughter.

"Hi Nathan", Ruby said sleepily, smiling at her older brother.

Nathan watched the scene, a smile growing on his face. Ever since Sammy had left, Nathan had wondered how their marriage would have panned out if she hadn't. At the beginning, when they first moved into Nathan's childhood home, they had talked about having kids. The thought had been there their entire marriage, but had left after Sammy had. Ruby was born the day that his wife left him, and Nathan had always wondered if Ruby would have another little niece or nephew to play with.

Bailey was the niece or nephew that Ruby could play with- aside from the fact that no one in his family knew about her. He had only learned he had a daughter that day!

Seeing his mother read to his little sister made Nathan smile- did Sammy read to Bailey like Julie read to Ruby? Did Bailey bounce on her mother's bed in the morning, much like Ruby did to Dave and Julie? Did the two have any special rituals- such as Sunday morning pancakes with the whole family? He wanted to know his daughter- he had missed out on so much of her little life so far. He wanted to get back together with Sammy- then they could be 'Nathan and Sammy' instead of just 'Nathan Rafter' and 'Sammy Rafter'.

"What's the matter, darling?" Julie asked, flicking off the glow that illuminated Ruby's bedroom. Nathan took one look at the little girl, who lay so peacefully in her bed, in the room that he had decorated. It had been his bedroom, the one he had grown up in and the one he had shared with Sammy. He had put so much effort into redecorating (it had always been the 'baby's room'), as a way to keep his mind off Sammy. It had done the trick- for approximately ten seconds. The mother son duo made their way into the kitchen, where Julie opened the cupboard to rummage around for teabags.

"Sammy's back in town", he blurted out.

Julie almost dropped the mug she was holding in shock.

"Before you can say anything, yes, I have seen her and it's not just some rumour Rachel's friend Libby told them", he said quickly. Libby happened to know all the goss of the town, and all the goss was quickly passed onto Rachel and Jake- who, of course, told the entire Rafter clan. "Melissa saw her in the shop the other day. Mel told her that she wouldn't say anything- not until she was ready. But I saw her today; Mel and Ben took me to see her. I was in shock, Mum!"

Julie had hated the fact that Sammy left Nathan- but she could never hate Sammy. She was an only child as well, and she knew how the younger woman felt. She and Dave had accepted Sammy into the family as one of their own, and loved her and Melissa (and Jake) just as much as they loved their own four children.

"How is she?" Julie said finally.

"She's really good, Mum. But, um... she wasn't alone".

Nathan had never moved on from Sammy, and Julie and Dave doubted that he ever would. So it came as a bit of a shock to Julie, when her son told her that. In her eyes, Sammy and Nathan were made from each other.

"Mum, it's not like that. Sammy has a daughter". Then he cleared his throat. "Mum, Sammy and I have a daughter".

The mug fell from Julie's hand, shattering on the tiled kitchen floor. Nathan could barely believe his eyes- scenes like were only supposed to happen in the movies.

Julie had long forgiven Sammy for leaving- in fact, she amended it. She would never admit it, but she agreed. There was only so much one could take, and Sammy had had enough. She would always love her daughter in law- they had a bond that was closer to a mother daughter bond than anything else.

But Nathan ploughed on, stopping Julie from talking. "Mum, its okay. I forgave Sammy a long time ago. It was my fault. If I were here, I probably would too. Her name's Bailey, she's absolutely gorgeous. Sure, I wanted to know I had a daughter, but I don't blame her from keeping it from me. She didn't want contact, and we left it. It's over, Mum, there's nothing more".

The sparks that had always been there were there that day, they had always had an unexplainable chemistry. No one could deny that- which was what Nathan was currently doing.

"Invite her over", Julie said finally. "I want to see her. We all want to see her- we miss her, darling. We've missed her for a long time".

"She wants to see you and Dad, too", Nathan nodded. "She told me. But, Mum..." he broke down, tears running down his face. Julie embraced her son, arms out wide. Sobbing like he had as a child, he told his mother his true feelings. "I just miss her, Mum!"

"Oh, darling", Julie murmured, suddenly unable to find the words to console her son.