They walked in silence for a while, he glanced at her occasionally and she smiled back, a little hesitantly he thought. It was only to be expected after seeing Nancy, that relationship had never been easy and even less so since their father died and the whole weekend away thing. "A penny for them?" "What?" she asked coming back from miles away "Are you happy?" she countered "What!" he replied staggered by the question. "Are you? Happy I mean?" She stopped walking and turned to look at him, anxious and upset. He frowned "What's brought this on? Has Nancy upset you? Tell me Becca!" She shrugged "Not directly, she was talking about her plans, about going travelling with her boyfriend, seeing the world. It's made me realise there's so much we've missed out on, so many things we could have done if..." "If Lissa hadn't arrived so soon" he finished. "Becca I've never regretted a single moment" "Never?" she broke in "Never wondered what you might be doing now if we hadn't run away that night, if I hadn't got pregnant, if you'd stayed here with your family and finished school?" They resumed walking and the silence spoke volumes, his mind was racing with all the possibilities she'd raised, what would he have done? He hadn't taken account of the direction they were heading but suddenly realised they were approaching the Dog. He didn't fancy a repeat of yesterday so he slowed and tugged at her hand "Let's go back to the hotel shall we?" He was startled to see silent tears running down her face, "Becca! What's wrong? Why the tears?" "If it hadn't been for me marrying Jake none of this would've happened!" There, it was the second time he'd thought about Jake in two days, ghosts again. "Becca now you're being ridiculous! What's Jake got to do with this?" "If I hadn't have gone ahead and married Jake, I'd never have got involved with you. You could be Nancy now, off on some great adventure with a girlfriend in tow, instead you're stuck in suburbia with a wife and two kids!" her voice tailed off into sobs. He stood and looked at her the anger rising, "What the hell way is that to sum up the last eight years" he yelled, a couple passing looked askance but carried on walking past. He stalked off, now heading in the direction of the pub, Becca trailing in his wake. He pulled open the pub door viciously only to be met with his arch nemesis. "What the hell...? Burton!" exclaimed Jake.