It's been a very long time so I'm sorry! If anyone knows, remembers or even cares about this anymore then it will continue…I'm sorry for the excessive time lapse between updates and so I'm going to give you a quick recap of the last few chapters if you've forgotten… here you go!

Jasper and Amelia got married, Nick bought a house and asked Abby to move in with him, she said yes and she Imogen and Nick just moved in. She also said that she would marry him if he asked – This sounds like the lamest story ever when I put it like this!

But anyway here is the next instalment, Abby, Nick and Imogen are all at the new house…let me know what you think if you have the time xxxK

Nick lay in bed watching Abby's still sleeping form, one arm bent up under her pillow, her head resting over the top of it, her left arm curled around Imogen, she had her back curled into Abby's chest, her head tucked under Abby's chin, resting on a piece of pillow she'd procured for herself. The covers were resting around Abby's waist as Imogen had them snuggling around her body, Abby's arm was bent slightly at the elbow, her palm splayed across Imogen's chest as it gently rose and fell, Imogen's arm was lying over Abby's her fingers clasped around Abby's thumb as 'Alice the Elephant', 'Daisy the cow's' replacement was held to her chest by both Abby's and her own arm. It was the first morning all three of them had woken up in the new house.

Nick pushed himself out of bed quietly, careful not to wake either of them, he ran his hand up over his hair, stretching slightly as he padded quietly out of the room, there were packing boxes lining the hallway, they'd managed to set some stuff up yesterday, but there was still an awful lot in boxes, he made his way down the stairs and towards the still furniture-less living room, he headed straight for a box labelled 'Nick's stuff' and rummaged through it for a second before pulling out a small box. It was the only thing he knew for sure where it was, he clasped it tightly in his hand as he made his way back up the stairs. He'd been trying to plan some kind of innovative proposal for almost two weeks, he'd almost got one as well but having seen what he just saw it didn't seem to matter that much any more. He headed back along the hall towards the bedroom cursing under his breath as he hit his toe on a box; he hopped in a small silent circle, still trying not to make too much noise as he reached down for his foot and a quiet 'fuck me' escaped his lips as grimaced holding his foot and continued to hop. Shaking off the momentary pain he made his way back into the bedroom, hobbling slightly. Abby and Imogen were both still fast asleep, their positions unchanged, he watched them for a second. Imogen looked like she truly belonged, the way she lay now was an astonishing contrast to the last time he'd seen her lying in bed with them, as her steady breathing was mirrored in Abby's arm as her chest rose and fell rhythmically. Nick took in the sight of the pair of them sleeping, he wasn't exactly a sentimental guy, or a sickly sweet guy but something about this gave him a warm feeling, like if he could freeze time he'd freeze it right now, he'd freeze it and watch them, just here, right now. It looked as though Imogen had everything she'd ever said she wanted, she had Abby. A part of him knew that Abby had it as well, something that he was beginning to allow himself to believe she wanted, something she could call her own, she had two peoples hearts that belonged, in part to her and she looked at peace with it as she slept. God, these two women were his life, and each other's by the looks of things. He could have felt left out, he hadn't even realised that Imogen had appeared; presumably she'd entered at some point during the night, he liked the fact that she'd gone to Abby and not come over to his side of the bed to wake him up, he liked that Abby was as comfortable with her now as she was with Abby, if that hadn't been the case she would have been passed to him instead, but she hadn't been and it spoke volumes. He brushed Imogen's loose hair out of her face and gently whispered.

"Immo, hey Imm." He said quietly, his voice nothing more than a whisper, she shifted slightly and let a little indiscriminate but objecting nose as he tried to wake her up. "Immo, wake up." He whispered again, leaning his head sideways as he looked into her face and she squeezed her eyes shut as he tried to wake her.

Abby shifted as Nick's really quite unsubtle whispering erupted and Imogen began to squirm.

"Mumph." Imogen emitted as she pushed Nick's arm away and turned into Abby's side, a disapproving frown crossing her face as she turned and Abby moved onto her back. Imogen moved with 'Alice the elephant' still clutched to her body turning away from her father and Abby squinted, opening her eyes as Imogen's shuffling increased. Abby frowned up for a second, assessing where she was momentarily, moving her arm up over her face in an attempt to block out some of the early morning sunshine glaring through the un-curtained windows, she moved her free arm down kneading between her shoulder blades for a second as she took a deep breath turning towards Nick, her eyes still narrow and confused with sleep as she surveyed him looking at Imogen who was still nuzzled into her.

"Imm." Nick hissed again, he was still trying to be vaguely subtle.

"Wh…" Abby coughed, clearing her sleepy throat. "What time is it?" She croaked still squinting as Imogen shuffled further into her side.

"Ten to nine." Nick said, meeting her eyes with a slight smile, he actually had absolutely no idea what the time was but experience had taught him that around nine ish was okay with Abby, and generally Imogen could be woken up at any point and she usually mustered a smile. Abby pulled the covers back and off her, slipping her arm from under Imogen's body, climbing out of bed, yawning, rubbing her eyes as she headed for the bathroom.

"Immo." Nick whispered as Abby shut the door to the bathroom and Imogen pouted still half asleep having lost her warmth, she shuffled trying to find Abby's body again, Nick took hold of her, gently waking her up properly as she shuffled into him, one warm body was as good as another at the moment. "Immo, we need to do something." Nick whispered to her as she snuggled towards him and said nothing.

Abby emerged after a couple of minutes with another yawn to see the bed empty and the French windows open, a breeze cooling the room, she headed out of the room and for the stairs. Ten minutes later she emerged on the balcony with a mug in her hand to find Nick and Imogen sitting side by side, Imogen's feet protruded just over the edge of the bench, her pyjama top discarded, thrown by Nick's feet as the sun cascaded onto the balcony. Imogen had one arm still holding Alice and the other bent, her thumb sitting contentedly in her mouth, both she and Nick looked up and over as Abby emerged. Imogen smiled at her through a mouthful of thumb as Abby took a seat beside her. The three of them sat in silence for a second. Abby looked over and down at Imogen as she felt her eyes burning into her skin. She smiled as she saw Imogen grinning up at her as best she could with her thumb still stuck resolutely in her mouth.

"What?" Abby asked laughing lightly as Imogen's eyes remained on her.

Imogen paused for a second before offering Abby the box Nick had procured earlier. She held it out unassumingly as her thumb remained in her mouth and Alice dropped to her lap. Abby frowned laughing slightly again as she watched the object waving in front of her body held by Imogen's little hand. She scratched her forehead for a second and let out a half chuckle as she looked at Nick who raised his eyebrows and tipped his head, he looked self depreciating as his eyes diverted to Imogen along with hers, she was still looking up at Abby her eyes wide.

Abby pulled Imogen up onto her lap after a seconds pause, Imogen's shoulder rested against Abby's body as she faced her father, Abby picked 'Alice' up as Imogen held the little box.

"You want to switch?" Abby asked smiling slightly, offering Imogen her greatest companion after Lauren. Imogen nodded, her thumb not moving from her mouth as Abby handed her 'Alice' and she gave Abby the box.

"I had a thing planned." Nick said smiling slightly at her, "It was actually going to be quite cool." He said with a slight shrug, and a trace of an apologetic smile, "But…" He shook his head by way of explanation, as he looked at her and Imogen, his eyes focussed on them.

"You're such a liar, you just couldn't think of anything so you had to go down the 'I just couldn't hold off road.' Didn't you?" She said smiling at him as she held Imogen in her lap.

"No, I had a huge thing planned that I'm sure you would have hated so I chose to go down the I just couldn't hold off road." He said shrugging at her, his eyes twinkling. "That and the fact I actually couldn't hold off." He smiled.

A small smile crept onto Abby's lips as she watched him, she bit her lip slightly, looking away for a second, her eyes genuinely sparkling, she'd had her proposal-off planned and she wasn't about to let him out do her just yet, she looked back over at him and then bent to look at Imogen.

"D'you want to give this back to Daddy to give to me?" She asked, her head bent round to Imogen's face, Imogen nodded, pulling her thumb from her mouth to take the box. Abby bent to Imogen's ear and whispered. "Ask Daddy if he'll marry me." Imogen looked up at her and nodded grinning as she took the box and stood up on the bench, heading all of a step away. She crouched down leaning towards Nick's ear, he lent towards her as she cupped her hand up to his ear, one of Alice's feet hanging from her hand as she steadied herself on his leg with her box holding hand.

"Daddy, will you marry Abby?" Imogen whispered to him, Nick smiled over at Abby as Imogen whispered.

Nick put his arm around Imogen and pulled her into his lap, a smile still on his face as she sat down, the box still clutched in her hand.

"What d'you think Imm?" He asked smiling at Abby before looking down to Imogen who had her thumb back in her mouth, "You think Abby will marry me?" He asked looking between his daughter and the woman who really was already his fiancé. Imogen nodded up at him her thumb still in her mouth as she met his eyes. "Should I ask?" He asked his eyes never leaving Imogen's; she nodded again, her eyes wide, excited and honest. He took the box from Imogen and opened it, with a smile on his face, picking out what he knew was there, Abby hadn't seen it yet, that much he knew for sure and he hid it as he removed it.

"Marry me."

His words were as simple as they could be, but they were all they needed to be as his face remained serious for almost a whole second and she only just stopped herself from laughing as she smiled into his eyes.

"What d'you think Imm?" Abby asked as she diverted her eyes from Nick's and looked down at Imogen sitting contentedly in her fathers lap. Abby knew what her answer was, Nick knew what her answer was, but there was a five year old who had more rights to the man she was about to agree to marry than she did, she knew what Imogen's answer was, they both knew what it would be, but she wanted her to be involved. Imogen looked away for a second and them frowned considering the question and then pulled her thumb from her mouth as she looked up at Abby.

"I think yes." She said decisively before putting her thumb back in her mouth.

"I think yes too." Abby smiled at her for a second before looking up to Nick who had a subtle, satisfied smile on his face as his eyes remained on Abby's and she bent towards him, there lips met for a long second before they both looked down at Imogen grinning like idiots.

"Can we go swimming now?" Imogen mumbled through a mouthful of thumb as she looked hopefully up at Nick.