Author's Note: Well, here it is. The end...sorry I kept you hanging a bit after the last chapter! lol! I really hope you've all enjoyed reading this (and of course I'd love to know that in a review!) as much as I've enjoyed writing it. I found it really fun to write. :-D I'll upload the next chapter of "Babylon" soon, although I'm not sure how many people are reading that. But anyway, hope you like how I've decided to end it! And thanks for reading. Jo xx

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"I'm bored Mummy."

"Oh yeah? Well, dinner will be ready in just a minute," Abby replied as she tipped the water from the saucepan of potatoes down the sink.

"Can I watch Aladdin, please?"

"No sweetie, not when we're about to have dinner."

"But I want to watch Aladdin!" the four year old protested angrily, stamping her foot.

"Miriam, I said no, and my answer stands. Don't have a tantrum at me." Miriam rolled her eyes at her mother. "And don't do that either. It's very rude."

"Sorry." She pulled herself onto a seat at the kitchen table, and sat there quietly, watching her mother carry on with making the dinner.

"Miri, do you want to put some cutlery on the table for me?" she asked, taking advantage of her daughter's love of helping with anything around the house.

"Yeah!" She jumped down from the chair excitedly and rushed towards the drawer where she knew the cutlery was kept.

"Be careful with the knives," Abby warned as Miriam lifted them out of the drawer and carefully put them down on the table.

"What's that?" Miriam asked suddenly, hearing screams coming from the living room. Abby shrugged in response. "Sounds like Daddy's trying to kill her!"

"What did you say?" Abby demanded, putting the saucepan down and whirling round to stare angrily at her daughter.

"I said it sounds like Daddy's trying to kill Nessa."

"Don't ever let me hear you say something like that again!" she shouted. All she could see in her mind was her baby, lying in the middle of a gurney, vulnerable and alone.

"It was a joke, Mummy."

"Go and wash your hands for dinner." Miriam nodded nervously, and ran off to the bathroom. Abby took a moment to compose herself, before going into the living room where she saw John tickling Vanessa, who was screaming hysterically with laughter.

"Mummy!" Vanessa shouted when she spotted her. "Help me! Daddy won't stop tickling me!"

"Put her down, John," she ordered, and Vanessa was immediately placed on the floor, still giggling to herself. "Go and wash your hands Nessa. Make sure Miriam is using the soap." Vanessa ran off after where her sister had gone a few minutes earlier.

"What was that about Abby? We were just playing."

"I'm sorry," she sighed. "It's just something Miriam said. I'm overreacting."

"What did she say?"

"She said it sounded like you were trying to kill Nessa." She took a deep, calming breath. "All I could think of was her lying on that gurney, with all those tubes..."

"Oh Abby, I didn't even think!" He pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly. "Miriam didn't mean any harm, she doesn't know what happened."

"I know that. It's just so hard. The thought of anything happening to either of them is too much."

"Yeah, I feel the same. But they're both fine. They're happy, healthy little girls."

"That's what we thought before what happened when Nessa was a baby though."

"It still hurts, I know that. I still think about it all the time. But it was six years ago. We have to forget about that, and be grateful for our beautiful daughters who are both absolutely fine."

"Yeah. Why are you always right?" He laughed.

"Daddy's intuition," he responded, before leaning down and kissing her.

"Eww! Look Miriam, Mummy and Daddy are kissing!"

"Yuck!" They pulled apart to see their daughters standing in the doorway staring at them in disgust. "That's yucky Mummy."

"No it's not," she responded, reaching up for another quick kiss.

"Stop it!" both girls cried in unison.

"Okay, okay! Go and sit down for dinner then. We've got sausages tonight."

"Sausages!" Vanessa exclaimed, grinning, before running off to the kitchen. Miriam took a moment to smile at her parents, before following her big sister.

"I love you," John whispered in her ear, and she grinned, allowing him to pull her closer to his body.

"I love you too." He leant down and began to kiss her. He always knew just the right way to make her feel better.

"Mummy! Daddy! We're hungry!" a shout came from the kitchen. They both laughed as they pulled apart and made a move to leave the room.

"So much for a quiet moment together," John remarked.

"Yeah, well I'm sure we can arrange for them to have to be in bed a little early tonight," Abby replied, winking at him, before raising her voice for Miriam and Vanessa to hear. "We're just coming!"

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Abby watched as her husband and son kicked a soccer ball around in the park. She couldn't help grinning as she watched them, seeing them chasing after each other, and hearing their laughter. It was so much fun to watch them playing together, laughing. She preferred sitting on this bench, watching, than joining in. It gave her a chance to watch father and son properly. Seeing how they interacted, she couldn't believe it had ever been any other way.

"Mummy!" Danny shouted, waving at her. She waved back, smiling, and he ran over to her. "Are you having fun Mummy?"

"Yes, I am thank you."

"What were you doing?"

"I was watching you and Daddy playing soccer."

"Do you want to join in?" he asked, taking her hand and trying to pull her up.

"Oh I don't think so. Soccer's for Daddy's.

"Well what are Mummy's for then?"

"Making you wash your hands!" she teased, winking at him.

"You make Mummy's sound really boring. You're not boring."

"Well, I do fun things too, don't I?" He nodded. "And some Mummy's play football. Just not this one."

"Whatever would I do if I didn't have a Daddy?" he asked, laughing.

"I have no idea." She pulled him up onto her lap and hugged him.

"Hey, you're squishing me Mummy!"

"Sorry." She loosened her arms, and placed a quick kiss on his head.

"Mum! Kissing's icky."

"Oh yeah, I forgot." She ruffled his hair playfully, before he jumped off her lap.

"What were you thinking about while you were watching us play?"

"What?"

"Daddy said you looked like you were thinking."

"Did he really?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "Well, I was thinking about when you were a little tiny baby."

"I was never a little tiny baby. I'm a big boy!" he protested, sticking out his bottom lip in a pretend sulk.

"You are now. But once upon a time you were a baby. Everyone was a baby once. Even Mummy and Daddy." She got up from the bench and held out a hand to him.

"What are you doing?"

"Well, do you want me to play soccer with you or not?"

"Yay!" He jumped up and down excitedly, before rushing her over to where Carter was stood with the soccer ball. "Daddy, Mummy said she would play with us."

"Well, that's good."

"Yeah, but I was wondering something first."

"Go ahead kiddo."

"Just now Mummy was thinking about when I was a baby. So I wondered what it was like when I was born."

"Well, erm..." Carter stuttered, looking to Abby for help.

"Don't you remember, Daddy? I thought it was meant to be the best day of your life when you got me."

"Well it was," Abby provided. "But Daddy was a bit scared."

"Scared? Why?"

"Because you were such a monster!" she exclaimed, laughing as Carter lifted Danny into his arms and tickled him. When he was put back on the floor, Danny laughed breathlessly.

"Wouldn't it be so strange if I didn't have a Mummy or I didn't have a Daddy?" he asked. His parents exchanged a look, and Abby looked slightly guilty.

"It would be very strange, sweetie."

"I can't imagine what it would be like if I didn't have a Mummy and a Daddy, and if you guys didn't love each other." Carter took the opportunity to kiss Abby, causing their son to screw his face up in disgust. "Eww! I wouldn't mind if you kissed less though."

"Kissing's nice," Carter protested, earning himself a glare from Danny.

"It's yucky," he announced as he began to walk away from them. "I'm going to go right to the other end of the field, and then I'll run back at you really really fast, okay?"

"Sure." As Danny made his way across the field, Carter turned to Abby. "Nice save."

"Yeah. He seemed satisfied with the answer."

"He's going to want to know one day," he noted, wrapping an arm around her waist. "He'll wonder why all his early baby photos don't have Daddy in."

"I know. I wish we didn't have to tell him."

"Well, we have nothing to hide." He kissed the tip of her nose playfully. "After all, we're in love now, and we were in love then. We were both just a little stupid."

"I was the stupid one, John."

"Abby, we've..."

"Mummy! Daddy!" He was interrupted by Danny shouting at them from the other end of the field. "Are you ready?"

"Sure thing!" he shouted back, and they turned to watch their son who came charging towards them.

"Look at me! I'm going so fast! I must be the fastest little boy ever!" Just as he exclaimed this, Danny tripped over his feet and went flying on the floor. Abby could tell by his body language that he was about to cry, and she sighed.

"I should have known this would end in tears."

"Never fear, Daddy's here!" Carter winked at her, before running off to Danny. She watched as he picked him up, and began kissing various spots on his arms and knees. After a few moments she could hear Danny's laughter as Carter tickled him.

"Mummy!" Danny laughed as Carter jogged back over to her with him. "I hurt my elbow and my knee. But Daddy kissed them all better." He smiled proudly. "Did you see how fast I was going?"

"Yeah, you were very fast. I don't think I've ever seen anyone run that fast."

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Wow!" He reached over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I thought kisses were yucky?"

He shrugged. "I love you Mummy."

"Thank you sweetie. I love you too."

"And I love you too, Daddy," he added, wrapping his arms around Carter's neck.

"And I love you."

"We all love each other," Danny announced, proud with himself for working this out. "Do you know what I think?"

"What do you think?"

"I think we must be the best family ever!"

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