When Sky awoke the following morning, he was surprised to find himself alone in the bed, only a patch of cooling ruffled sheets beside him. He sat up slowly, rubbing his eyes as he adjusted to the light flooding the bedroom through the open window. "Soph" He said softly as he spotted his wife sitting at her dressing table, seemingly lost in thought as she stared at her own reflection. "Sophie, what are you doing up? It's still early, and you had a busy day yesterday, come back to bed"

Sophie turned to look at him, a caring smile sitting happily on her lips. She gave a soft sigh, standing up and coming back to the bed, sitting beside him. "I'm alright" she said, running her hand through his hair lovingly "Just doing some thinking"

He smiled, kissing her gently "You and your thinking, sometimes I wish I knew what was going on in that beautiful mind of yours" He said "Talk to me baby, don't keep it all locked away"

"How did you do it?" She asked

"Do what?" He replied, gently bringing the blankets back up to cover them as they sat back into bed together.

"Get Grandma to come here" Sophie said "I couldn't even get her to reply to a letter about the death of her own daughter"

Sky thought for a moment, wondering how he was going to explain it. "I was in the right place at the right time. She happened to come to the hotel I was working at for that course. It was luck for than anything" he said

"But surely" Sophie started "You must have talked to her, somehow convinced her to come"

He nodded "I did, but I am not going to pretend that I had some great plan. I just told her the truth. I told her what she was missing out on, missing out on knowing you and getting to be involved in the most wonderful family. I told her that life was too short for grudges and somehow it all worked"

"Well, thank you honey" Sophie smiled "I never thought that I would get to meet her, let alone get to know her"

"Did you get to speak to her much last night?" Sky asked "I know that there was a lot going on, what with the party and our baby news"

Sophie had to smile. She could see the excitement in his eyes at the mere mention of their child. She put her hand on her stomach. "I spoke to her a little bit, but then the baby news sort of took over everything" She said with a giggle.

"It's the best thing that could have happened to us" Sky said, carefully putting his hand on Sophie's atop her stomach. "It doesn't feel real yet"

"I know" Sophie smiled. "It's strange, there is nothing to see yet but somehow I can feel it. Our baby"

"It's just amazing" Sky said kissing her head. "You're amazing"

It may have been a number of years since they first got together, but a subtle blush still came to Sophie's cheek whenever he complimented her. She kissed him. "Thank you Sky" She said "For everything. For getting Grandma to come here at long last, for coming home, for giving me our child, a child to make our family even better"

"No need to thank me, I would do anything for you as long as you are happy" He said absentmindedly playing with her hair "Everything is finally falling into place"

Sophie nodded. "We are going to make everything work Sky. I'm going to speak to Grandma today, get everything out in the open and wipe all of the slates clean. We have a lot to talk about, but I am sure they we can make it work"

"I think she really wants to make things up to you" Sky replied "She knows that she messed everything up with Donna, and now she has a chance to fix things as much as she can. I think that deep down, there has always been some love there for you"

"I really hope so" She said "I want her to be involved. I never spoke to mom about her because I knew how much she had hurt her, but secretively I always wanted to know about her. She's family after all. And now with our baby on the way, family is vital. Our child deserves as much family as they can get"

Sky nodded, kissing Sophie's forehead. "Just talk it out with her Soph" He said "It will be a change to start again"

Later that day

Ruby sat on the patio, looking over the hotel's courtyards and down across the island. It was strange how at home she felt already. The last 24 hours had been a blur of events, twisting around together to create something wonderful. She had arrived on this paradise and found herself feeling safe and secure almost instantly. She had spent the last 26 years hidden away in Las Vegas, building her own world around her. She focussed on her career and pretended that everything was fine. Sometimes she had thought about Donna, but she had always brushed the thoughts away and moved on. Now, looking back she regretted it. She could have made it better all those years ago, but she was too self centred and stubborn to even consider it then. Now, she had to start again. It was time to accept that she was a grandmother and that she was soon to be a great grandmother.

She had agreed to meet Sophie here on the patio, to spend some time with her and really talk to her. Ruby was nervous slightly, but mostly happy in the thought that she could finally get to know her granddaughter. When Sophie was first born, Ruby had received a simple note from her daughter. All it said was 'The baby is here, she's healthy and beautiful. Her name is Sophie and I love her with all my heart. You don't deserve her'. She had shoved the note into a drawer, pretending that it wasn't there, pretending that it all hadn't happened. Back then, she didn't want to know the truth. But every now and again, the name Sophie popped into her mind and she would wonder what was happening with the little girl hidden away somewhere. Now, that note was folded in her pocket, tucked away safely.

"Grandma" she heard a voice say, and she turned to see Sophie stood behind her, a large book in her arms. There she was, that little girl. With her long golden hair and blue eyes, she was the spitting image of her mother. Whilst Ruby felt a dull ache in her heart at the resemblance, she smiled. It was too late for her and Donna, but for her and Sophie, it was only just beginning.

"Hello sweetheart" She said with a soft smile. "What have you got there?"

Sophie looked to the book in her arms, tattered around the edges with various coloured papers sticking out from the pages. "Mom's photo album" She said "I thought you would like to see some pictures"

Ruby smiled, her heart swelling with love for the young girl. "I would really like that Soph, we can look at them together and talk"

"Yeah, we can talk" Sophie agreed, taking a seat with her at the table. She didn't really know where to start, for they had so much to talk about. She needed to know the truth but didn't want to argue.

Ruby could tell that her granddaughter was nervous, fiddling with her hair as she set the book down on the table. "Sophie, I'll tell you everything you want to know. I want to start this all with a clean slate"

"I guess I better start with the hardest question, then we can move on" Sophie said with a sigh. "Why? I need to know why Grandma. Why did you tell mom not to come home when you found out that she was expecting me?"

Ruby sighed, she should have been expecting that. The last thing she wanted to do was upset Sophie, but she knew that she would not like the answer, especially now that she was expecting her own child "I know this sounds bad, but it's the truth. I was incredibly selfish. I was at a point in my career where everything was going so well. I didn't need the drama. I couldn't handle the idea of the press finding out that my young daughter had gotten herself pregnant and didn't know who the father was. They ridiculed me enough for being a single mother in the first place. I couldn't have all of that ruining what I had, so I pushed her away"

Sophie looked down at the ground, biting her lip. She was both sad and angry. She put her hand on her stomach. "So, you pushed mom away, and in turn pushed me away, just because you wanted to protect yourself?"

"Like I said, it sounds terrible. And it was terrible, and I should never have done it. But I did, and Donna moved on. She was like that, wasn't she? She could take a problem and move on, making something better out of it" Ruby said "And I can see that is exactly what she did. She stayed here, in this wonderful place, and she had you"

"She was incredibly strong" Sophie said, looking back at Ruby. "But it really did hurt her Grandma"

"I know, I was a horrible person then and I have spent the last 25 years trying not to think about it. But she sent me this note, telling me about you in a few short sentences" Ruby said showing her the note.

Sophie carefully opened the aging paper and staring at the words of the page. Her mother's scrawling handwriting, a few short sentences just as Ruby had said, but Sophie could feel the love on the page. She hadn't realised that Donna had told her mother about her when she was first born. She thought that she had completely moved on following that phone call, pretending simply that her mother did not exist. But there had been some contact there. "I can see that she told you quite bluntly that you did not deserve me" She said "But if you knew about me, why didn't you ever try to get in contact?"