One week later, Riley Clarke and Shane Helms got married. It was small, with just his parents present. Afterwards there was no party or celebration, they just went home. Shane immediatly went upstairs to get change and Riley glumly made her way into the garden. It was a hot day, but she didn't care. She sat down on a stone steps that lead down to another part of the garden. Riley pulled at the skirt of her while dress . Her life had changed so quickly, not so longe ago she was struggling along with nothing. Now, she was married and having a baby, but it hadn't happened how she'd always imagined. Shane hadn't spoken to her properly since she arrived and she felt like a prisioner. He never said she couldn't leave the house, but he gave her no reason too. She really didn't want to be there. Shane was watching her from an upstairs window. She looked so unhappy, but at least they'd done the right thing. His parent's hadn't been happy, but they where proud, his dad said he was being a 'real man.' Riley got up and Shane watched her fold her arms and walk around the garden. So, there was the women he'd be spending the rest of his life with. He kept telling himself that he would make an effort with her, that she'd start to get to know her. But as of yet he hadn't done anything. He'd have to soon, she was his wife, wheter she wanted to be or not. Later, he vowed. He'd do it later.
That night, Shane found Riley sitting on the floor of the bedroom clutching the phone in one hand and wiping her eyes with the other. She looked up at him when he entered the room, but didn't move or try to explain. At first he wasn't sure what to do, and eventually he sat next to her.

"Is everything alright?'' he asked.

"It's fine."

"Then why are you crying?"

She held up the phone. "I'm just a big huge disappointment aren't I?"

"Who said that?"

"My mom."

"You're not a disappointment Riley." Shane said, trying to sound comforting.

She laughed. "How would you know?"

"Out of all the women I've had to marry because I've got them pregnant you're the nicest."

For a minute, Riley just looked at him and he wasn't sure wheter she was going to hit him. Luckily she laughed again, only this time it was sincere.

"Thanks, that really means a lot."

:So it should, because there have been a lot of women."

"And I'm honoured to be one of them."

Shane stood up and pulled Riley up with him. "Just so you know, there are rules. Like making my meals, doing my washing."

"It's pretty obvious you don't know me because I don't do any of those things for anyone. You should be doing it for me, I'm pregnant."

Riley wiped her eyes again and set about getting changed. Shane had given her the oppotunity to sleep in the spare room when she arrived. Then I had gone through a phase of 'whatever you decide', until Shnae had made a decision that they should share a room. They might as well act married.

"You know, this won't be such a horrible thing Riley." He said as she looked around her a T-shirt to wear. "I know, it's just going to take me some time to get use to it. That's all."

She climbed into bed and looked at him expectantly. He climbed in next to her, still fully clothed.

"Anyway, if you're Mrs. Helms now, you should really tell me some other things about you."