Chapter number 3. I'm pregnant.

Jack walked down the path to the beach after his morning shift at the station and was very pleased to see Martha sitting there. He smiled and walked over to her "Hey how was your morning?" He asked sitting down next to her, but then he saw all the tears that were running down her face "What's wrong?"

Martha didn't reply, she just buried her head in his chest and began to cry even more. About ten minutes passed before Martha had settled down properly. "So are you going to tell me whats wrong?"

"Yeah, but there's something else I have to tell you first". Martha paused for a moment "Jack, I'm pregnant".

"Wow" Jack said in amazement. "I'm gonna be a dad. So what's this got to do with you being upset?"

"Well granddad found the test results next to my bed and he's trying to convince me to have an abortion" Martha exclaimed bursting into tears again.

"That's horrible. I'm not gonna let that happen, alright Martha" Jack comforted her, holding her close in his arms.

"Ok" Martha sniffed.

"How about we go get some lunch".

"Yeah that sounds like a good idea, I'm starving" Martha said letting Jack help he to her feet.

"Well we can't have you go hungry now that your eating for two".

After they had eaten Jack and Martha left the dinner to go for a walk. As they were walking along they came across Alf. Alf didn't say anything to them, he just gave Jack a angry look, he obviously hadn't gotten over the face that his granddaughter was pregnant.

"I'm guessing things aren't to good at home?" Jack said to her when Alf was out of sight.

"How did you guess" Martha sighed. "I don't know how I'm gonna cope still living with him".

"How about you come and stay with me" Jack suggested "well at least until we can get a place of our own".

"Really, you sure?"

"Yeah, of course I am. Anyway stress isn't good for the baby" Jack told her.

Martha giggled slightly "Your starting to sound like a dad already. Are you sure your dad's gonna be ok with an extra person in the house".

"Yeah, it's only temporary. But I'll ask him anyway, how about you go and pack while I tell him and then I'll come and get you".

"Yeah that sounds good" Martha replied.

When Martha got back to her apartment she looked around to see if her grandfather was there, he wasn't, it was probably a good thing though, like Jack said stress wasn't good for the baby.

"Hey dad" Jack said as he came through the door of the Holden's house.

"Hey, where have you been?" Tony asked from where he was sitting on the couch in the living room.

"Oh, just down at the dinner. Dad do you think I could talk to you for a minute?"

"Yeah sure mate, what's up?"

"Well, Martha's pregnant" Jack told him.

Tony's face almost turned to stone "Well that was quick" he said in shock.

"Yeah, I know. I'm worried though, ever since Alf found out he hasn't been really cranky with both of us and Martha was really upset about it, and you know how stress isn't good for babies".

"Yeah, it courses miscarriages, the first time your mum got pregnant she had to much stress, you would have had an older sister if she had survived".

"Yeah, I know. Anyway I was wondering if Martha could come stay here until we can get a place of our own".

"Yeah, of course she can. Martha's always well come in this house, you know that don't you".

"Yeah I know, I though I should ask anyway though".

Back at Martha's apartment she had packed a few things she needed, granddad wasn't home yet so she wrote him a note to explain everything.

Dear granddad,

I know that your still having trouble coming to terms with me being pregnant, but I'm not going to change my mind. I want this baby and there's nothing you can do to change that.

I'm going to go and stay with Jack for a while until we can find our own house. I can only hope that you'll come to realize that this baby isn't just bad news, it would mean a lot to me if you were there to support this baby as it's great grandfather.

I'll talk to you later.

Lots of love

Martha

xxx

Martha left the piece of paper on the kitchen bench and grabbed her bags to leave.

"You ready to go?" Jack asked from the front door.

"Yeap".

Next time:

Martha settles into the Holden house, will it be all happiness?

What will Alf's reaction be when he finds out that Martha's moved out?

Will the stress pile up on Martha?