Alice had asked for five minutes before the family were allowed in to see her. Despite the fact Danny was in coma, and in her mind it seemed ridiculous that he would hear her, she felt she should tell him first of all. She may not get one bit of a response but that didn't matter to Alice. It was the principal.

"Danny." Alice said quietly from where she was lying. She wasn't overly impressed at the idea of being confined to this bed for at least four days. "I know you probably won't hear this but..." Alice took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant."

Alice waited for a few moments before continuing. She wanted Danny to wake up more than ever. She was scared, she needed him by her side for support. The thought of having this child on her own petrified her, she hadn't even been on her during Charlotte's birth, her university friend Beth had been there.

"We were going to have twins." Alice wiped her eyes, she could feel the tears welling up. Maybe she could blame pregnancy now for all this! "But one miscarried, but hey Danny, we're still gonna have a baby." Alice's voice had fallen to a whisper as she looked up at the ceiling.

X

"Is Alice okay?" Evan asked standing up quickly along with Charlotte as the doctor arrived in the waiting room.

"She's fine." The doctor smiled. The whole room let out a small sigh of relief.

"Thank god." Dupe added, squeezing Caroline's shoulder.

"So what happened?" Rosie asked, she'd arrived not long ago with Max.

"The amount of stress, lack of nutrition and worry has caused what happened to happen. Alice does have some news for you all." The doctor smiled. "She's in the same room as Danny... can you ever prise the two apart?"

The whole room chuckled slightly at the doctor's observation of the pair.

"Never!" Caroline and Rowan laughed.

"Anyway, you can all go up now." The doctor grinned leaving the room and allowing the family to see their own way to the room.

X

Danny was doing the usual, sitting around and doing nothing. It wasn't that he wanted to sit around all day, it was the fact he had no choice. He just had to wait, wait until some freak of a ghost or spirit came and showed him some heartbreaking stuff. He sighed, this was not fun.

"Dan."

Danny looked up but he didn't see her, just her voice.

"Miranda, what is it?" Danny asked anticipation in his voice. He was eager to get out of this mess!

"Some news on your precious Alice." Miranda spat.

"What... what is wrong with Alice?" Danny asked leaping to his feet.

"Sit down, there's nothing you of all people can do to help." Miranda sighed, boredom evident in her voice.

"Cut to the chase Miranda, what's happened?" Danny was almost growling by this point.

"You knew she was pregnant?" Miranda asked softly.

"Yes."

"Well you were both meant to be having twins, one miscarried, the other survived." Miranda told him.

Danny gasped. Twins? Miscarriage? One still alive?

Danny roared almost in pain but also anger with himself.

"I should have been there! She must have been through hell!" Danny cried."Get me out of this mess, please!"

"You are not ready Danny." Miranda whispered. "Later."

"No now!" Danny shouted, but he got no response. He was left alone once more, Miranda had gone.

Danny sat down and punched the ground he sat upon angrily. He had to snap out of this! He needed to! He wondered how Alice was feeling. Despite the bad news, this was incredible. He was going to be a dad again! He smiled proudly to himself. He knew Alice would be feeling the same way. They'd both love this child unconditionally.

X

The family all rushed into the room at once. Alice laughed at them all as they all tried to fit through the narrow door.

"I feel famous almost!" Alice chuckled.

"Not lost the sense of humour then?" Olivia laughed as she watched Charlotte run up to her mum. The pair hugged happily.

"I was so scared mum." Charlotte whispered to her, confiding in her mother. "But I'm glad you're okay."

"I'll be fine." Alice smiled as Charlotte moved away for Evan, Olivia and Rosie to make their way forward.

"Rosie!" Alice laughed. "What are you doing here it's..."

"You are family!" Rosie intercepted. Alice's heart leaped slightly, sometimes she still found it hard to comprehend that she did have a family now, that she finally fitted in.

"Right, well I guess you want to know what's going on?" Alice sighed running a hand through her hair.

Everyone nodded awaiting her reply.

"I'm pregnant." Alice said in a quiet voice, he eyes had diverted to Danny who was still in his sleeping state.

"That's brilliant! Congratulations!" Rosie exclaimed hugging Alice.

"But the babies okay yeh?" Olivia asked. "I mean, what caused you to collapse?"

Alice winced slightly, but the whole family noticed. She sighed before looking towards Rosie and Max. She took a deep breath.

"One baby is... I was carrying twins." Alice explained, "but one miscarriage. Hence the you know..."

The whole room was silent. Shocked slightly by what they heard. It was Rowan who spoke up first.

"God, Alice, I'm so sorry..." He whispered, giving his sister a hug, Alice smiled at him. "At least one is okay yeh?"

"Yeh." Alice grinned. "I just hope Danny wakes up soon." Her eyes diverting to Danny once more.

"He will." Caroline said, "He has plenty to wake up for!"

Everyone in the room chuckled. It was true really. He had a family, Alice, and an unborn child to look forward to! He had to wake up!

"Listen, we're gonna grab some food, is anyone else coming?" Rosie asked everyone.

"I'll come." Evan admitted as Olivia nodded.

"We'll come too." Dupe added, as Nomsa also decided to go.

"You okay on your own Alice?" Rowan asked softly.

"Yeh of course!" Alice laughed.

"I'm not hungry, I'll stay." Charlotte smiled, holding Alice's hand.

"Okay, see you later then."

As everyone walked off to fill their empty stomachs, Alice let out a slight sigh before looking to her daughter. She smiled softly, words couldn't describe how much Charlotte meant to Alice, and to Danny too.

"I love you Charlotte." Alice whispered.

"I love you too mum." Charlotte grinned. The pair hugged tightly, lingering the position for a while. As they pulled away Alice kept hold of Charlotte's hand.

"Mum?" Charlotte asked, Alice looked at her, inviting her with her eyes to carry on. "When will I gain a new brother or sister?"

"Erm... oh god, me and maths." Alice laughed as Charlotte also chuckled. "About...March time."

"Cool!" Charlotte grinned as she and Alice began to chat happily... but there was just one thing missing... Danny. He might be there in body but Alice wanted him there in mind too.

A/N – The secret is out!

A bit of a filler, and as usual, I had to add some angst and put a downer on it in the last sentence hehe!

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