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MIDDLE-SEPTEMBER 2014
"So is Jackson still up there then?"
Chas asked this as she made breakfast for little Jack. Aaron was listening to his messages, "Yeah...Sarah's still not good, they aren't discharging her anytime soon..."
Jack looked up from the breakfast table, " Is Mummy sick? Is that why shes in the hospital"
Aaron pocketed his mobile and sat with him, " What have we said to you about being Mr. nosey? Your nose'll drop off..."
Jack stomped off, " Nobody tells me NOTHING, me!"
Chas sat down and sighed, " He was like this all day yesterday, love, you REALLY are gonna have to come up with something to tell him"
Aaron shot a glare at her, " and what's that gonna be; sorry Jack, but your mother might die and maybe your little brother or sister too"
"I NEVER said that!"
"I know..." sighed Aaron, " It's just that 'all this life having to carry on' shite, and there's Jackson up in Stockport worried sick"
Chas put her hand on his, " It'll be ok, kid, I'm SURE Sarah will be okay and that baby too. The docs are just being cautious, that's all"
She stood up, " Right I'm gonna have to go, are you gonna be ok with Jack and that...i'm sure Lisa could be around to help out" she suggested.
Aaron nodded, " No...I'm okay...anyway Jerry said he could have him all day tomorrow, so I can go up to Stockport to see Jackson...him and Mike in the same room...it's not good"
Chas gave him a knowing smile, " I can amagine..it must be a bit wierd having the two dads up there waiting for news"
"JACKSON'S that babys dad, not Mike, end of"
"Alright! You didn't have to go biting me head off, I was only just saying...anyway...I THOUGHT this was all about giving that pair a child...not for you two going interfering every five minutes"
Aaron had no energy to fight no more, he just sat down with his head held in his hands, Chas placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, " Something like this was NEVER going to end smoothly, was it? You must've known that things could turn out like this..."
Aaron blew out a laugh, " It's all so easy in the beginning...", he looked up, "...but I'm backing Jackson all the way, mum, if he wants this new baby to be apart of ours lives, just like Jack is, then I'm there..."
Chas raised her browe, "and Mike...?"
"Stuff him...There's YOU saying that we should have known there might be all this aggro at the end of it...that goes for HIM in all!"
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At the clinic in Stockport, Sarah was all ready and packed. Mike was shaking his head at her disaprovingly, " You can't just go! The docs have said you need to rest!"
Sarah dismissed him with a wave of the hand, " I've stopped in here for 3 nights now, I've had enough, yes I NEED bedrest...but I'd be much more comfortable at home"
"What's this...?", Jackson came in with the coffees.
Mike glanced at him and pointed at his wife, " Will you TELL HER that she can't discharge herself...she's too fragile"
Jackson sniffed back, considered her for a minute, and then asked her, " Do you feel well enough to travel?"
Sarah smiled at him, because unlike her husband, he was listening to her," I am...I feel fine...the 3 days rest here as done me the world of good...but I just want to go home...I want my Mum around me"
Jackson shifted his glance to Mike, " well there's your answer mate, she seems okay to me"
Mike was biting his tongue, " But SHE''S not YOUR wife..."
Jackson shook his head, " Nor would I want her to be, but she's carrying MY child" he retalitated.
Sarah rose her hand to get them to stop, " NO! That's enough, all this flipping fighting, you can DO THAT later...can you just get me home, please"
Jackson pulled out his van keys, " Ready when you are, vans out front as we speak..." he said kindly to her, then with more of a dig at Mike, "...and I'll try and not hit any crash carriers with some dodgy driving while i'm at it..."
Mike was shaking his head in disapproval, how dare he judge him, he wasn't there when some loon overtook them too sharply, but he kept his mouth buttoned.
Dumping the tray of coffees on the side, he ushered his hand towards the exit, "After you..."
Sarah left her bag for Mike to carry and was hot on the builders tail, sighing in frustration, Mike dawdled behind them.
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At the garage, Aaron had his phone to his ear and a mug of tea in his hand, " nice one! So you'll be home with me tonight? Top! Jack's really missed yah...yeah...I have too!"
Cain glared at him, tapping his watch.
"OI! Soft lad, am I gonna be getting any work out of you today?!"
Aaron threw him a glare back, "I've gotta go...yep, see you in a bit, bye", Cain shook his head, "At bloody last, now that bloke from this morning is coming to pick up that motor in an hour, it better be done by then"
Aaron pulled up his overalls and set back to work, he felt happier now, Jackson was coming back. He hated to be without him, and he was dying to tell him what had come back to him. He could recall his first meeting with little Jack. He was so small back then, peering shyly through his dads legs at him dow eyed.
But he supposed that the new baby would be on the builders mind now.
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Sarah was tucked into bed by her mother.
"Mum! I'm okay, I don't need the doctor" she whined.
Sheila wasn't having it, " I've called her anyway, she's going to call around after her surgery has finished, there's nothing wrong with just being cautious"
Mike stood over her and took her hand, " She's right, it was quite a trek back with all that traffic...is it still kicking?"
Sarah shook her head, " yes...it hasn't stopped, Jackson reckons it's GOT to be a boy! And it's gonna be a footballer" she laughed.
There was some dig in Mike's reply, " Lets just hope he doesn't take after him and twists is ankle"
Sheila wasn't easy with it, " I think you were silly to have discharged yourself...and I CAN'T believe they let you"
Mike looked up, " She felt alright"
Sarah looked around her, "Where's Jackson gone?"
Sheila sat on the bed and smiled at her, " He left about 5 minutes ago, said he'd call later to see how you both are...you and the BABY that is..."
Mike knew that was coming.
When he managed to give Sheila the heave ho with the begging for a nice brew, Mike came to stroke Sarah's forehead, " As soon as this is all sorted the better...i'm sick of Jackson trying to be the one in charge all the time...DID YOU hear him earlier about this kid being his...HIS blood nothing more"
Sarah looked at him like she was having second thoughts about this stupid idea.
"OH no you don't! This is happening...Jackson 'I think I know it all' Walsh is not to be on that birth certificate, do you hear me?"
She nodded, " I do, but...what if he fights it? Do you REALLY think I'm up to all that aggro after the babys born, do yah? I'll just be too tired to fight"
"You won't have to do anything, the plan was for ME to be the babys father, and it'll be MY name on that birth certificate...he can fight it, go to court, have a paternity test all he likes...BRING-IT-ON...because I can afford better lawyers than he can...you know, them in THEIR position, not knowing whether their house is theirs or not, AND they're short of cash at the moment..."
"You've already done it, haven't you? You've seen your solicitor?
Mike nodded, "I saw him last week. If Jackson wants to fight it, then he can, but, if he wants a paternity test, HE needs your permission...as far as I'm concerned, he's totally screwed"
Sarah didn't like it, she rolled over smiling in agreement, but it faded when he wasn't looking. She dreaded this baby being born. The accident COULD have brought on an early Birth, and THAT really scared her more than anything, because all the fighting would have started.
But it was going to come. Whether she liked it or not...
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Jackson was at home hugging Aaron, "so you HAVE missed me"
"You know I have...I hate being without yah"
Jackson removed his jacket and they went and sat in the living room, " So, hows things? Sarah at Sh-hitlers is she?"
Jackson nodded, " Yeah, she needs a few days in bed, blimey Aaron my heart was doing somersaults, I can tell you...I was SOOO worried...", he looked at him, " ...and I'm sorry for that...I know you never wanted me to get too close"
Aaron sat forward and put his hands together, " deep down,I knew this was gonna happen...you were ALWAYS gonna get too close..."
Jackson sprang up and knelt down in front of Aaron, hands on the machanics kneecaps, he stared into his eyes, "I WILL turn me back on the baby if it makes you happy. Its US that makes me happy, you me and Jack, I've lost that in the past and don't wanna lose it again, ever..."
Aaron shook his head," No Jackson...if YOU want to be apart of this new babys life, then do it...I'll stand by you..."
Jackson was choked up, " But it's gonna cause allsorts of shite...", he began.
Aaron shrugged that off, " Bring it on...we've survived through a lot worse with Frank and my accident and that...It's only Sarah, and I think deep down, she can never say no to you..."
"And Mike...?"
"Stuff him...it's not his kid is it? I'll bet he'll kick up a right fuss him, but nothings been set in stone, has it Jackson?...That baby has a Mum and a Dad...you and Sarah...just like it is with Jack...like it should be...at the end of the day, the way I see it, that baby deserves a dad like you...and ME of course"
He smirked.
Jackson smirked too, and they kissed and hugged eachother again, both well aware that the dramas in their lives were far from over...
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MORE SOON...WHERE LITTLE JACK IS MIFFED WHEN THE BABY IS BORN ON HIS BIRTHDAY...THERE IS NEWS OF 'FRANK'...AND CRAFTY CRAIG MAKES AMENDS WITH AARON OVER HIS PART BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT, AND THEN BEDS A PARALETIC JACKSON ANYWAY!
