A/N - Chapter 7 here we come!

~*Nina*~

P.S I'm on study leave now so this will either be updated really quickly or really slowly, depending on when I have exams and when I have to revise. OK? Good! Lol
They walked further down the street before stopping. Five minutes later they walked further. And then stopped. They had been doing this all morning. Neither of them wanted to have to face the reality. No matter how many time they told themselves they were going to be welcomed back they both knew it was unlikely. Their father hated them. He wished they would both just crawl under a rock and die. Eventually they reached the house. It was almost three o'clock now. Belle and Clare would just be excitedly telling Monica about the pictures they had drawn and the games they had played. Chandler would be sitting in the kitchen, pretending to work when all he really wanted was to play with his girls. When they finished telling Monica she would bring them into the kitchen. There Chandler would talk to them and teach them all the jokes he knew while Monica made a snack for them all. Then they'd sit down and just enjoy being a family.

And up until two weeks ago they would wait for David and Eloise to come in. To tell them about the test they had got and 'A' in. Or to ask for extra help because they only got 'C'. Then they'd all sit down to dinner before doing their homework or watching a movie. Everyone had always told them they had the perfect life. And David and Eloise would do anything to just feel loved again.

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As they reached the house David took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Even though they both had keys they felt it would be better to knock. It was Monica who opened the door.

"Oh my God!" she yelled as she pulled Eloise into a tight hug. "Your back. Your both back" she whispered tears streaming down her face, "I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry!"

In response David hugged his mother, feeling strange that they were the ones without a home and yet they were consoling her. The three remained locked in the hug until the voice they had been dreading appeared.

"Mon? Whose there?. . . . . " The rest of the sentence remained lost as he took in the site before him. His smile turned into a snarl as he barked "Oh. It's you" The next few moments passed in a blur as Chandler pulled Monica away from his children and told them coldly "Get out now. I do not want to see either of you again"

David watched as Eloise's face crumpled as the tears she had held in escaped. He looked to his father, hoping, praying, that he would see what he was doing to them. But there was nothing. All he did was wrap his arms protectively around Monica, as though protecting her from her own children, before he shut the door in their face. As they both stared at the closed door they both knew they would never go in there again. Their lives were going to change and the two people who were meant to help them and support them through this were the ones that were making them go through this. David pulled Eloise towards him and held on to her, fearing that if he let go the world would end and he wouldn't be able to cope. He blinked back his tears as he guided them out of the porch and onto the cold streets outside. This was going to be their home now.

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Monica watched from the window as her children walked across the road, towards the town. She couldn't believe things had come this far. She loved her kids more than she could say and she hated herself for not standing up for them. They needed her right now and she had let them be thrown out and forced to live God knows where without even making a sound. With the tears streaming silently down her face she closed the curtains and walked towards the sitting room. She needed to tell Annabella and Clare where their brother and sister had gone.

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"I'm back" David called as he walked down the deserted alley. The deserted alley that was no his home. He remembered how his dad had once told him not to be shocked when he saw his first place, cos he said "It was gonna be a helluva lot different to what you're used to!" David smiled bitterly at the irony. The alley was different, but at least he and Eloise were together and David would rather be here with her, than in a mansion without her.

"Hey!" He heard her call out as he walked further down. "I missed you!"

"I know, I'm sorry I didn't wake you but you just looked so peaceful"

Eloise smiled at him, love radiating out from her eyes. As she looked down at the package by his feet her smile widened. She reached into the bag and began greedily pulling out items. "What did you get?"

David laughed, he had always wondered how such a small girl could have such a huge appetite. "Slow down there!" he replied laughing as she sat back, a guilty expression on her face. "I just got the essentials, although I managed to get some expired stuff for free"

Eloise looked confused, she'd checked the dates on most of the things and they were all in date. She stared again at a cold tin off soup, "What's the date today?" She asked dreading the answer.

"The 15th. Why?"

Eloise took a deep breath before she looked at David, the tears already easing themselves out of her eyes. "Because I think I'm pregnant"