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Mel was sitting on a plane on it's way to Alabama, she had managed to get an earlier flight than planned, Jamie was asleep in the seat next to her, he looked more and more like Jake every day now.
Mel had thought that going to New York would clear her head and she would be able to work out what she really wanted, but it had confused her even more. Mel felt like her life in Alabama with Jake was becoming to much like her mothers, she stayed at home all day looked after Jamie, cooked, cleaned. Jake went to work all day and when he eventually came home he thought that she had nothing better to do than run around after him before he went to the bar, and she couldn't go with him because she hadn't time to arrange a babysitter. But in New York as soon as she walked into her offices there she was immediately the most important person in the room and she had people running after her, she had designed 3 outfits and had taken Jamie to the park everyday while she was there, but she had to admit they had both missed Jake a lot.
When the plane landed Melanie had managed to get their bags and find her car in the airports massive car park without waking Jamie. When she was in her car Melanie called Lirlyn and asked her if she knew where Jake was because she wanted to surprise him. Lirlyn told her that Jake was at work he wasn't expecting them until tonight. It was only 15 minutes away from the airport so Melanie decided to go and see Jake right away.
Jamie had woken up just as Melanie pulled up, he recognized the place instantly, Melanie told him that they were going to see Jake. Jamie got so excited he adored his daddy and he hadn't seen him in a whole week. Melanie lifted him out of the car and carried him inside they headed straight for Jake's office.
Melanie stood outside his office and she saw him talking on the phone pacing inside.
"Honey we have to be quiet when we go in daddy's on the phone okay" whispered Melanie to Jamie
"Okay" Jamie whispered back
Melanie and Jamie snuck into Jake's office without him noticing he had his back to the door.
"Look just fix it okay I can't be in two places at once" ranted Jake, then he turned round and saw his wife and son "I'll uh call you back"
"Can we talk now" Jamie whispered to his mother
"Yes" whispered Melanie back
"Hey little guy come over here and give your daddy a hug"
Melanie put Jamie down and he ran towards Jake and hugged him. Jake spent a few minutes with his son and then he gave him a toy he had bought for him as a welcome back gift, as Jamie was playing with it Jake let Melanie into the corridor.
"I thought you weren't coming back until tonight" he said
"I got an earlier flight at the last minute Jamie missed you"
"I missed him too. I missed both of you. What about us?"
"I dunno I thought that going away would have helped, but it hasn't. Jake we've got some major problems and I don't know how to fix them."
"Alright so where do we go from here?" asked Jake not sure if he wanted to know the answer
"Well we're staying at Bobby Ray's he's got 2 spare rooms so it makes sense and then we have to see if we want to sort out our problems because I do I really want to sort them out." said Melanie almost in tears.
Jake then took her into his arms and said soothingly " shhhh it's okay we'll work this out together. I let you go once I'm not gonna make that same mistake again"
"Thanks" said Melanie as she pulled away from him and wiped her tears from her face, "I'm going to the house to get a few things"
"Okay but I'll keep Jamie here and I'll bring him back with me at 4pm" said Jake, "I really missed him"
"4 you don't usually come back until 8"
"I know but I made my manager full time now so I'm mostly in the way here now"
"Okay I'll see you later"
When Melanie got back to her car she wondered if she had done the right thing by not telling Jake that she was pregnant. She had found out in New York but she didn't want to tell Jake because she wanted them to get back together because they both wanted to not just because she was pregnant.
