The Spin off 2 - Part 10
Archie opened the front door to his house as he quickly climbed up the stairs. The phone started ringing as he put down his work things. He hesitated at answering the phone, but he looked at the number calling and it was Glenbogle. He decided to take the call, he reached across the bed and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He answered hurriedly
"Archie dear are you ok?" Molly asked from the other end
"Mother hello, no I'm not really, I'm now on my way to the hospital"
"The hospital?"
"It's Ellie, suspected meningitis"
"Oh Archie, that's terrible, well I'll let you go, please ring me when you hear some more news, I hope she's ok"
"Mother I'm so worried, I just hope its not meningitis, I'll call you later"
"Ok take care"
"Bye"
Archie put the phone back down and quickly went back down the stairs and out the door. "Morning Archie" Emma called as she walked with Brandon.
"Morning" he called back quickly, unlocking the car.
"Where's Lexie today?" Emma asked
"At the hospital, It's Ellie, she's ill" He answered getting in the car.
"Oh no, I hope she's ok" Emma replied looking worried
"Me too, see you later" Archie called back as he shut the door
Duncan sat in the quiet corrider of the hospital, Kyla sat on his lap, staring up at him with her bright blue eyes, blinking every so often. He sighed as he looked up at the clock; time seemed to be going so slowly.
Suddenly he looked up as he saw Archie walking down the corrider. Duncan stepped up, quickly alarming Kyla. She held her arms out and whimpered as she saw her dad coming towards them. He took her off Duncan and cuddled her kissing her head.
"Where are they?" Archie asked
"Through there" Duncan pointed to the door.
"Thanks" Archie replied
"Arch" Duncan called
"Yeh?" Archie asked
"You can't take her in there" Duncan explained nodding towards Kyla.
"Oh right…ok, you don't mind watching her do you?" he asked
"No…she's fine" Duncan replied, taking Kyla off Archie, as she clung onto him crying.
"Hey Duncan, why don't you take the keys to the car, and take her home?" Archie questioned, handing Duncan the keys.
"Ok Arch, give me a call when you need too" Duncan replied
"Thanks" Archie said as he opened the door and went in.
Duncan arrived back at the house and lifted a sleeping Kyla out of the car. He was getting quite used to looking after Kyla now. He opened the front door and took her upstairs and laid her down to sleep.
Duncan sat down on the sofa. He stared into space as he thought of back home in Glenbogle. He had just left, hadn't told anyone he was going, yet they would of all been able to guess why. He couldn't stop thinking about Jess. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box. He had used all his saved up wages to buy it, yet he hadn't had a chance to ask her. He reached across to the phone, should he call her? Maybe not… or maybe…
Suddenly the phone rang, and Duncan jumped. "Hello?" He asked worried
"Dunc, its Arch"
"Any news?"
"Not yet, look we might have to stay overnight, We've rang Emma from next door, she's going to come over and get Kyla ok? Then she's going to take her back to hers."
"I don't mind looking after her"
"No Dunc its ok, you've done a lot for us today, you need a break"
"Ok if you say so, thanks Arch"
"Ok see you tomorrow, bye"
"Bye"
The Spin off 2 - Part 11There was a knock at the door and Duncan got up to go answer it. "Hello" Emma announced smiling at Duncan.
"Oh you must be Emma" Duncan smiled back welcoming her in.
"Thanks and yes I'm Emma" she replied laughing
"Kyla is asleep upstairs, do you want a tea or coffee or anything?"
"Oh that would be great thanks"
"Ok then, well be right back"
Duncan went through to the kitchen, he couldn't help them thoughts crossing his mind, she was a pretty girl, she was nice, and he couldn't help being nice back. Plus he wanted her to think he was a good guest, and friend of Archie and Lexie's.
"So…have you known Arch and Lex long?" Emma called through to the kitchen
"Well me and Lex go way back, and yeh I've known Arch a pretty long time as well"
"Cool, they seem like really nice people"
"They are, it's a shame they had to leave the big house really"
"The big house?"
"Um…I mean…had to leave Scotland"
"Oh…yeh" Emma agreed "My boss is Scottish"
"Is he?"
"She"
"Oh right"
"Yeh…I look after her little boy Brandon"
"Awww…wait a minute…her wee boy?"
"Yeh…what did you think he was mine?" Emma laughed
"Well yeh…"
"Don't be stupid, course he's not"
"Sorry…" Duncan apologised handing Emma her cup of tea.
"Thanks"
Later on in the evening and Emma was still round, they had got on really well and Duncan didn't mind having the extra company.
"…And that one where he said to the man…" Emma held her stomach laughing as Duncan put on an accent and completed the sentence.
"Duncan your so funny" Emma commented
"Really? Thanks…it seems the only thing I do best" he replied
"Aww I'm sure you good at a lot of things" Emma mentioned
"Nope, well I can't even make my girlfriend happy"
"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well…I work for an estate in Scotland, and well so does Jess, and since Arch and Lex left, there's been a lot of work to do, and well it kind of got us both stressed, we would shout and fall out. Yet it was always all right in the end."
"Archie and Lexie used to work for them as well?"
"Um…well Lexie did…then she married Archie…"
"Err…ok, Carry on"
"Well then things got a lot better, and well I felt the time was right so I was going to…"
"Ask her to marry you?" Emma guessed
"Yeh…yeh I was" Duncan blushed
"Well what did she say?"
"I didn't get that far, I was leading up to it and then well she said she didn't think the relationship was going anywhere"
"Ok now I'm confused…"
"Sorry, it is pretty confusing"
"So what is she still back at the house?"
"Yeh" Duncan nodded
Suddenly there was a big clap of thunder and the lighting lit the sky outside.
"Woah, that's quite a storm" Emma commented
"Yeh, think I'll just go check on Kyla" Duncan mentioned
"Ok"
Duncan walked up the stairs, and opened the bedroom door. Kyla sat up in her cot, eyes looking scared. Duncan smiled "Come here" he said offering his arms out over the cot. Kyla got up and held on to him tight.
As Duncan walked down the stairs with Kyla, he looked at the front door, there was a blonde woman standing in the pouring rain looking right back at Emma. Emma looked confused and was talking to the woman.
"It was stupid of me coming here, I cant believe I thought…I thought that maybe…"
Duncan suddenly realised who it was, racing down the last bit of the stairs and handing Kyla to Emma he ran out after the woman. "JESS! JESS WAIT!" Duncan shouted, trying to see outside in the dark.
"No Duncan, that's it, I've had enough" a weary voice came from down beside the road. "No Jess, you don't understand, I LOVE YOU" Duncan blurted out
Jess shook her head and started turning round. "JESS WATCH OUT!" Duncan screamed running down the path, as Jess stepped out onto the road.
There was a shriek of brakes and then some rather rude language as the man in the car cursed at Jess in the road. Still shocked Jess stood there in front of the car still in the road. Duncan ran over and took her hand and led her on to the path.
"Jess you scared me to death" Duncan spoke softly hugging her. She still didn't say anything, she couldn't get over the shock of things. "Come inside" Duncan ushered Jess up the path.
Emma stood in the doorway she looked slightly upset. In fact she felt a bit stupid; she had liked Duncan, yet now his girlfriend had turned up. She decided now was the time to go. She took Kyla and just called out to Duncan "I'm gonna take her back now" Duncan quickly reappeared
"Emma, I'm sorry. Thanks for taking Kyla" Duncan said giving her and Kyla a quick hug. Emma gave a half-hearted smile and left.
The Spin Off 2 – Part 12"Hello" Lexie called through the hallway. It was mid-day and they had just come home from the hospital. "Duncan?" she called again. Archie went into the lounge, "Duncan? Jess?" he announced.
"What?" Lexie asked, coming into the lounge carrying Ellie.
Duncan and Jess were asleep on the sofa, where they had been last night. "Aww, they look so sweet" Lexie whispered.
"Morning" Archie announced as Duncan woke up.
"Ah!" Duncan yelled as he fell off the sofa, waking up Jess.
"Shh!" Lexie whispered.
"Your back then" Duncan whispered
"Yeh, the tests were negative!" Lexie yelled as quietly as she could.
"Yey!" Duncan whispered back.
"Hi" Jess whispered shyly from the blanket on the sofa.
"So…when did you arrive?" Archie asked her.
"Last night…I hope that's ok…I'm going back today" Jess mentioned.
"Oh no that's fine, don't worry about it" Lexie replied giving Duncan a wink.
"Are you going with her Dunc?" Archie asked
Duncan looked at Jess, and she nodded and smiled. "Yeh I am, thanks for letting me stay" Duncan said.
"No problem…right I'm going to go get my other princess" Archie said kissing Lexie and Ellie and going out the door.
Archie walked over too next door and knocked on the door.
"He…llo" Katrina said opening the door, then going into complete silence. Archie too stood there in silence, gobsmacked.
"Wha…what are you doing here?" Katrina asked after a while.
"I've come to get my daughter…what are you doing?" Archie replied
"Your daughter…What Kyla…the twins…there yours…I live here"
"Yeh…they're my girls…you live here with Emma?"
"Emma is my nanny, she looks after my son Brandon"
"Your son? Emma's the nanny?"
"Yeh…"
"Oh no…"
"Oh hi Archie" Emma said as she came up behind Katrina. She looked at them both "Hey Kat…isn't Archie the one in your pictures? Hey do you know each other?"
"Shut up Emma" Katrina hissed back.
"Sorry…Any ways Arch I'll just get Kyla for you" Emma replied
Archie and Katrina stood staring at each other; not really believing this was true.
"Hello Princess" Archie said as Emma handed Kyla to Archie. He kissed her on her head and she cuddled him.
"How's Ellie doing?" Emma asked.
"Oh the tests came back negative" Archie replied
"Thank god for that" Emma answered.
"Well thanks again Emma, Lex will properly give you a ring later," Archie said leaving the doorway.
Archie had decided he wasn't going to tell Lexie, that was the last thing she needed to know just after Ellie being ill.
"Hello my sweetheart" Lexie said taking Kyla from Archie.
"You ok Arch you look a bit pale" Jess said as Archie came and sat down.
"Huh…no I'm fine" Archie replied.
"Hope you're not ill as well" Lexie said as she sat down next to him.
"No I'm fine… really I'm ok" Archie answered laying his head back on the sofa.
Lexie looked at her husband, she hated when she didn't know what was wrong with him, and he never confined in her, which made her more upset, but she knew this was something he had inherited from his father Hector, A problem with expressing his true feelings and thoughts.
Lexie collected the box of chocolates she had bought for Emma for helping to look after Kyla. "Just popping next door" Lexie called back to Archie.
"Ok" Archie replied then froze…no hang on Katrina would be at work. It would be ok.