A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the lateness.. and sorry but this is rather a short chapter. I would have added more, but I really can't as it all fits together in the conclusion of it all... yes, that's right, one chapter left after this one and it's finished, yaaaay!

Eeek.. umm nice noose... (tugs at collar nervously).

Knew you guys would hate me for that one...

Let's see if I can redeem myself:

(btw this chapter has coarse language)

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"It's not yours," she said firmly, "Josh and I... weren't as careful"

And that was it. She walked out before he could argue, leaving him standing there alone to contemplate what she had just said. The baby wasn't his...

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At home, Tess got out the DVDs and ice cream again, ready for another miserable night alone. She had no idea exactly when Josh would be back, but he was likely to be late as on most occasions he was. Just not tonight...

The door opened and in came Josh, lugging a very large suitcase behind him. "Hey Tess, mind helping me?" he asked abruptly, not even noticing her tears. When she stayed on the couch and didn't help though, he eventually came to her side.

"What is it?" he asked, only just noticing all the DVDs, the tub of ice cream, and her tear-stained face. He was leaning over the couch, peering over her lying figure, making her feel very small and insignificant.

Tess sat herself up, and forced herself to meet her husband's eyes. They were not nearly as full of concern as Evan's had been. Pushing this thought aside, she hesitantly braced herself, ready to tell him the news of the baby...

"Josh, I took a pregnancy test today..." she started with caution, scared of how her husband might react. As she had expected, his facial expression suddenly turned grim and sour. "And?" he replied with a hint of vehemence in his voice.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm her shaky nerves and answered, "Positive".

Suddenly the end of the world arrived.

Josh's expression changed again, and now he looked at her with absolute disgust.

"How can you be pregnant?", he exploded, "I can't have a child now, not with my career on the roll! How could you let this happen?"

Tess had suspected he'd be upset, but she hadn't thought he'd be so harsh as to take it all out on her.

"How could I, let this happen?" she yelled even more ferociously back, "You're as much responsible as I am Josh, so don't kid yourself! And I've got a career too you know, I didn't have this planned any more than you did!"

The tension in the room now was so thick that you couldn't cut it with a butcher's knife. Josh had turned a dark shade of purple and seemed likely to explode at any moment.

"It doesn't friking matter anyway, 'cause you're definitely not going to keep it!" he added bitterly with a venomous glare, just daring her to challenge him.

She was completely stunned; Josh was a doctor, someone who fought to preserve and treasure life, not destroy it.

"I can't do that Josh, I can't murder it!" she replied, losing the nasty tone, "I'm keeping it".

"Fine! If you keep it, I'll divorce you; it's your choice".

Tess stared blankly back at him, almost ready to shed more tears. She was devastated that he was taking this line with her. There was only one choice she could possibly make though...

"I.. I'm sorry Josh," she said exasperatedly, focusing hard on holding her eye contact with him, "I can't give it up".

"Fine," he replied melancholy, without any trace of remorse, "I'm moving out. Hope you're happy with yourself".

He dragged his suitcase back outside, slammed the door and left her...

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A/N: Josh ain't a happy bloke, is he? Hehe. Hoped you didn't like him, I made him out to be a bit of a bastard here... but he needed to go for Jonesy's sake yeah? Well I think so anyway. Please review – It's your second last chance!