Jane was amused as she sat watching Frankie at her desk on Wednesday morning staring dreamily into the distance, there was only one thing the woman could be thinking of "Earth to Frankie... Hello... Frankie... Frankie...FRANCHESCA"
Hearing her Christian name being yelled at her, Frankie startled and looked to the owner of the voice, seeing the smirk on Janes lips, she knew she had been caught out.
"Are you planning on doing any work today? or are you just going to sit at your desk like a love sick puppy?" Jane laughed, feigning shock when Frankie's middle finger was pointed at her.
Their jokes were interrupted by the office mail man as he entered their large cubicle and handed out the mail to the four women who occupied the space before leaving.
Frankie flicked through the mail, checking the reverses of the envelopes for 'sent from' stamps, organising her mail into piles of which to open first, and which were suspected junk mail. She stopped when she reached the last envelope addressed to Miss Francesca Emily Doyle, all of her mail was addressed to Miss Doyle, or if they needed to use a name, they always used Frankie. She flipped the envelope over in her hands, her stomach jumping into her mouth when she saw the stamp which belonged to the bar exam board.
"What have you got Franks... looks like you've just been told your dog's dead" Jane grinned as she watched the dreamy smirk disappear from her friends face as it paled.
"I think its my exam results" Frankie murmured, she felt sick with nerves as to the contents of the envelope.
"Well come on, open it up and see what it says" Maria called from beside Jane, the four women had been working together for months now and they all had a good report going.
"I cant... I'm too nervous" Frankie admitted and frowned when the other three women laughed softly, each knowing the feeling from when they received their own results.
"Come on Frankie... its just a letter... you're a big hard ex crim, you cant be scared of a little piece of paper" Jane grinned, knowing if she teased Frankie a little she would toughen up, and it worked. She watched as Frankie began to slowly open the envelope, grabbing her phone she quickly set it to record and positioned it to record Frankie without her noticing.
"Well, what does it say?" Maria asked.
"Holy shit" Frankie grimaced.
"Shit did you not pass?" Maria asked, jumping up from her desk to comfort Frankie.
"No I actually passed... I did it, I passed" Frankie grinned as Maria wrapped her arms around her, Jane and Julie cheering their approval.
"I never doubted that you would... what was your score?" Jane asked as she watched Julie hug the brunette happily as Maria picked up the letter to scan it for the score.
"Holy fucking shit... she got a 99.9% pass score" Maria grinned as she pointed to the score on the paper to show Frankie and Julie before running to show Jane that she wasn't joking.
"Jesus Christ... do you know how many people actually get more than 96% and that is seen as the highest of ranking scores... holy shit Frankie" Jane grinned as she moved the phone to record the score on the page. She looked up to Frankie who was sat stunned in her chair, not quite believing this moment.
"Frankie, call Bridge and give her the good news" Jane said as she stopped the video and let it save, wanting Frankie to tell her partner so that she could send her the video, knowing Bridget would love to see the moment Frankie found out she had passed.
"come on ring her..." Julie grinned as she went back to her desk and started locking her computer, motioning for Jane and Maria to do the same so they could take Frankie out for a celebration lunch, complete with champagne. "The sooner you ring her, the sooner we can leave to celebrate, so hurry up" Jane jokingly scolded her.
Frankie picked up her mobile with trembling hands and called Bridget, surprised when she answered after just one ring.
"Baby, I'm in the middle of a session , can I give you a call back later?" Bridget asked, the apology evident in her voice.
"Sure thing... wait are you with Red?... you only answer your phone mid session if your with Red" Frankie asked and smiled when Bridget laughed and confessed she was right.
"Ok well, tell her to piss off and wait while I give you my news" Frankie grinned cheekily.
"Ok but make it quick, Bea is looking pissed off that your interrupting our gossip time" Bridget joked.
"How would you like to go out with a hot lawyer for dinner tonight" Frankie asked cheekily.
"Oh do you have a work thing on?" Bridget asked, the air of confusion in her voice.
"Nope... just the two of us" Frankie grinned, knowing that Bridget had no idea what she was talking about, she listened to the silence on the other end of the phone as Bridget's cogs turned in her head.
"Wait... did you get your results back? Did you pass?" Bridget asked excitedly.
"99.9%" Frankie beamed.
"Oh my god, that's fantastic, wait what's the pass mark?" Bridget asked.
"90%… 96% is considered a high pass" Frankie informed her proudly.
"Holy shit babe, that's fantastic, I knew you could do it... she passed Bea, she fucking rocked the exam, she only needed 90% but got 99.9%, 96 is considered a high pass, she's a bloody genius" Bridget spoke excitedly as she passed on the good news, not even realising that she had sworn in front of a client, something she tried her best not to do.
Frankie grinned as she heard Bea call her congratulations down the phone. "I'm really proud of you baby, we will go out tonight to celebrate, I'll book a nice restaurant and everything" Bridget started making plans, laughing as Bea told her off for talking about eating nice food when she would be stuck with prison slop.
"That sounds awesome baby, you pick the place and I will be there, I'm just going out with the girls for lunch to celebrate now, but wanted to call you first and let you know"
"Ok babe, have a fantastic lunch, I'm so proud of you, I told you that you didn't need to worry" Bridget grinned as they said their goodbyes and hung up, a few moments later her phone vibrated again, with an apologetic glance to Bea she checked to make sure that it wasn't Frankie again, but saw that it was a video from Jane, opening it up she saw Frankie in the screen opening an envelope. She turned the volume up and moved the screen around so Bea was able to watch it too, the watched as the colour drained from Frankie's face as the shock hit her.
"Reckon your up to bending a few rules tomorrow? You mentioned Frankie had the afternoon off for her evening meet up, i was thinking maybe we could surprise her with a little celebration" Bea asked with a mischievous smile.
"I reckon that can be arranged, leave it with me and I will get back to you about what I can do, I will swing by your unit before I leave to finalise plans" Bridget grinned before returning to their earlier conversation about Bea's timeline and her memories.
Frankie woke up feeling a little tender from all the champagne she had drunk the day before, but her frown quickly turned into a smile when she felt the naked body wrapped around her, without opening her eyes she snuggled closer to Bridget and lay contently, breathing in her scent.
"Good morning genius" Bridget grinned after Frankie's lips placing butterfly kisses over her jaw and neck finally woke her up.
"Good morning spunky" Frankie beamed brightly.
"Your in a good mood this morning" Bridget announced, she felt pretty great herself, normally she wasn't a morning person, but how could you wake up grouchy when your naked girlfriend woke you up with kisses as she was wrapped around your body.
"Yeah well, it's a good day. I have the woman I love, an amazing house, I spent the whole night having amazing sex, and I get to go to work today knowing I scored higher than every other person in the firm... how can I complain?" Frankie grinned cheekily.
"I see" Bridget drawled as she ran her fingers in soothing teasing circles over Frankie's sleeve tattoo. "I need you to swing by my office after you finish early, about 1pm is that ok?" Bridget asked as she watched Frankie close her eyes and relax back into her pillow, basking in the feelings Bridget was giving her.
"Sure, anything serious?" Frankie asked distractedly.
"Nothing too serious, I just need your help with something and it would be easier to do at work, just tell the guard on reception to buzz me when you arrive and i will come and meet you ok?" Bridget asked as she rolled on top of Frankie and began kissing her neck.
"If you keep doing that I will do absolutely anything you tell me to" Frankie grinned suggestively.
"Oh really... and what if I do this, what will you do then?" Bridget asked with a teasing smile as her hand slid down Frankie's body.
"Your late" Vera smirked as Bridget rushed into her office thirty minutes late for work, she was supposed to be in Vera's office first thing for a meeting.
"Sorry I slept in" Bridget lied easily, but failed to control the slight blush rising into her cheeks.
"Slept in, right, is that why your smirking like a naughty child?" Vera snorted as Bridget's blushed deepened.
"Sorry" Bridget confessed.
"Don't be, the amount of free overtime you put in, I'm sure I can turn a blind eye to you staying in bed with your girlfriend and forgetting all about the rest of the world, every now and then" Vera grinned.
"Best boss ever" Bridget joked as she helped herself to a coffee from Vera's machine, making one for her friend too.
"So everything is in place, Bea and the girls are just finishing breakfast then they are going to be getting ready for the morning, I gave them the day off work detail so they could prepare" Vera announced as she took the offered coffee with a smile.
"Frankie Doyle is at the entrance for you Miss Westfall" The guard announced as he called Bridget.
"Thankyou, I will be there in just a moment to collect her" Bridget told him, hanging up the phone and calling Vera to announce Frankie's arrival.
Bridget walked slowly down the corridor, taking as much time as she could get away with before calling into the entrance to collect Frankie who looked at her with annoyance.
"What took so long? Were you walking here from China?" Frankie frowned.
"Nah, just taking my time, it's a lovely day for a stroll" Bridget grinned as she motioned for Frankie to join her and they started walking the corridors, after a few moments, Frankie realised they weren't heading to Bridget's office and looked at her questioningly.
"Where the hell are you taking me Gidge?" Frankie asked in confusion.
"I told you, I need your help with something" Bridget smiled as she nodded her head, telling Frankie to keep following her. They approached the visitors room and Frankie realised that they had walked a circular route around the prison, she glanced at Bridget in confusion, who motioned for Frankie to enter the room.
Rolling her eyes, Frankie did as she was told and entered the visitors centre from the inmates entrance, jumping in shock when she was met with a chorus of "SURPRISE" from several voices, she glanced around the room to see the usual suspects in the room, grinning at her. Vera, Will and Linda Miles were there too, grinning proudly at her.
"What's all this?" Frankie asked, looking between the group before then turning to Bridget.
"Don't ask me, all I had to do was get you here" Bridget smirked as she ran her hand softly down Frankie's back and pushed her forward gently into the room.
"We heard the good news and wanted to celebrate with ya" Boomer announced as she pounced on Frankie, literally knocking Bridget out of the way.
"Jesus Booms, careful" Frankie grinned as she looked behind her to check Bridget was ok and was surprised to find her laughing at Boomer from her spot on the floor.
"Alright Booms let me go before I suffocate" Frankie told her, trying to pull away but instead was pulled tighter into her embrace.
"So Frankie, now your officially a stuck up lawyer... will you be my Lawyer, I'll pay you and everything" Boomer grinned.
"I thought you already were paying me Booms, I'd better rip up those invoices when I get back to the office" Frankie laughed when Boomer finally released her, the other women all coming to take their turns in giving Frankie hugs.
"Jesus you guys, way to make a girl feel loved, your going to make me cry if your not careful" Frankie laughed as she blinked back the tears threatening to make an appearance.
"Nah way man, Franky Doyle doesn't cry, she just goes boonta" Boomer laughed as she punched Frankie playfully on the shoulder.
"So, what is this anyway?" Frankie asked, motioning around her at the balloons and banners decorating the area.
"It's a celebration... and Miss Bennett has even organised for some food and some drinks" Bea announced.
"Do I have you to thank for this Red?" Frankie asked as she pulled the older woman into a hug and kissed her head lovingly, a greeting that had quickly become a standard for them.
"We all had our parts to play, we just wanted to show you how proud we all are of you, and we are... proud that is... we couldn't be prouder" Bea stated into the hug, feeling her body relax at the safety she found there.
"Thanks Red" Frankie whispered into her hair as she forced herself to blink back the tears again.
"Foods up" Vera announced as a prison guard Frankie didn't know entered the room with several boxes of Dominoes pizza and a pissed off expression, but all Frankie could do was grin at the cheer that erupted from her friends. Clearly they hadn't known about the food Vera had ordered. She looked for the woman in question, frowning when she saw her returning from the monitoring room with a cardboard box.
"Who's for a glass of champagne" Vera announced to the women who spun around in shock then began cheering when they saw the bottle in Vera's hand and realised she was serious.
"Ahh not for me Governor... I wont be drinking alcohol for a while" Boomer grinned cheekily, knowing she was skating on thin ice with the governor who was still not happy about her pregnancy announcement.
"I have coke for you Booms" Vera grinned as she pulled a two litre bottle of coke from the box, laughing as Boomer charged at her and encased her in a tight hug, something she had never experienced before or expected.
"Your alright you, ya know" Boomer confessed as she pulled away.
"Not quite the stuck up bitch you expected?" Vera asked with a raised eyebrow which quickly turned into a grin when she heard Frankie snort in amusement as Boomers eyes widened in horror.
"What did you tell her that for Frankie" Boomer glared as she returned to her seat.
"She pried it out of me" Frankie laughed as she held both hands up in defence as she walked to join the women, smiling when the four prison workers joined them at the large table and began passing around glasses of champagne, and a coke for Boomer, before sitting down to enjoy their lunch together. There was an awkward silence for a few moments as the prison officials began sharing out the pizzas and began tucking in to the slices they had served themselves.
"Well come on then... eat up" Will Jackson grinned as he saw the shock registering on the inmates faces.
"I'm pretty sure if you guys don't want this pizza, the other women would take it off your hands" Vera announced as she winked at Boomer, who stood up quickly and started serving some pizza onto her plate before Vera had an opportunity to follow through on her threat, the other women looked on in amusement for a few moments before following Boomers lead.
Frankie glanced around the table at her friends, some old and some new, but each of them deserving of a space at this special table. She watched as her friends wearing uniforms talked easily with her friends in teal as if it were a regular occurrence. She glanced to Bridget and noticed her girlfriend watching her with a playful smirk, clearly reading her mind, it drove Frankie crazy sometimes at Bridget's ability to do that. She threw her girlfriend a wink from the opposite side of the table, loving that they were so connected they could communicate without words, Bridget nodded her understanding of Frankie's thanks.
"Come on Frankie, give us a speech" Bea announced once they had all filled themselves with the pizza, and Bridget had gone around and topped up everyone's glasses.
"Oh come on, we don't need to go that far" Frankie blushed, causing a round of laughter before Boomer began a chant of 'Frankie, Frankie, Frankie', the woman in question could only roll her eyes in embarrassment as the rest of the group joined in, upping their pressure as they began banging their hands on the table in excitement. She could hardly say no now.
Frankie stood up from her seat and looked at the faces around her once again, a lump forming in her throat as she thought of how important each of them had been in her life at some point or another. Clearing her throat, she thought for a few seconds about what she could say, but coming up short, she decided to just speak.
"Look you all know I'm not a person of many words" Frankie started, and threw a glare at Liz who laughed loudly and muttered something under her breath about that being utter bullshit which caused the others to laugh.
"Alright Liz... as you all know I'm a person of too many words, most of them flirtatious or sexual" Frankie grinned when Boomer cheered. "I just wanted to say, seriously, and from the bottom of my heart, just how much this means to me. As I look at all of you, my friends, my allies, my peers and my pain in the arse ex jailers... it really brings a lump to my throat to see you all, sat here... no divides between you, despite which side of the bars you stand on... despite any scores from the past... each of you, in some way have impacted my life and helped me get to the place I am at today, and all I can really say... i guess... is thankyou, truly thankyou. If it wasn't for all of you, I would still be wearing teal, and lets face it, teal was never my colour... so thankyou, and thankyou for organising this, I know it must have taken a lot of effort from you all, and I'm guessing a lot of strings were pulled to sort it out, it means the world to me that you all did this for me" Frankie grinned as she wiped a tear and sat back down, each of her friends sitting quietly in shock as they listened to Frankie's honest admission. Vera stood up to say something, but was silenced when Frankie stood back up and motioned to Vera that she had something else to say.
"Today is actually a really special day for me" Frankie admitted as she began speaking again, she rubbed her hands on her skinny black jeans in hope to remove the clamminess that was building in her palms.
"I was going to save this for tonight... but what the hell, we are here, and I have all my friends and family around us, so I guess there is no time like the present right?" Frankie asked, more to herself than to her captive audience who were watching her intently and trying to work out what the hell had gotten into Frankie to make her such a nervous wreck.
Frankie walked around the table till she was stood next to Bridget, she smiled nervously at her before her hand made it's way into her jacket pocket, nervously making sure that the item she needed was still sat there, she had picked it up earlier and was keeping it on her person until the time was right.
"Gidge...:" Frankie smiled at her girlfriend again, she couldn't believe how nervous she felt. "Bridget... shit I have planned so many times what I was going to say right now, but I've completely fucking forgotten" Frankie grumbled to herself before throwing a huge smile on her face.
"Bridget, my entire life I have been surrounded by people, my family, then the foster homes, then my dickhead mates, and then in Wentworth, but I had always felt completely alone but then you walked into my life, life this breath of fresh air. You told me that I was worth something when even I didn't believe it, and you made me believe it, and you made me live it. You have helped me grow into this respectful and responsible person, you helped me get my shit together, and you didn't take any of my shit whilst you did it... not once did you ever ask for anything in return, you did it because you saw something in me that nobody else could see, and there is nothing that I could ever say or do that would be able to repay you for everything you have done for me. You didn't just love me, you taught me to love myself... and by doing that, I couldn't help but fall for you, for your kind heart, your strength and your morals, you never crossed a line, that would have been so easy to cross, regardless of how much you wanted to , and how much I pushed you to cross it, because that's who you are, this beautiful and amazing woman who is so strong and incredible..." Frankie paused to take a few deep breaths as she tightened her hand around the box in her pocket, she threw a nervous smile to her girlfriend before lowering herself down on one knee in front of Bridget, taking her left hand in her own.
"Holy shit, she's gonna..." Boomer began to call excitedly before Maxine leant closer and clasped her hand over the larger woman's mouth, throwing her a glare telling her to shut up and just watch.
"Gidge, you're the love of my life, and I swear I will spend every single day striving to be the person that is worthy of your heart, I promise that I will never do anything to hurt you and will only continue growing into this life we have started to carve out for ourselves. Gidge, I love you, so much... Bridget, will you make me the happiest person alive again, and be my wife?" Frankie asked, the tears rolling slowly down her face as she poured her heart out to the woman of her dreams in front of the people she considered family. Her brown eyes, searching in Bridget's for any sign of refusal.
"If you don't say yes, I fucking will" Boomer called as she pulled Maxine's hand away from her mouth, tears streaming down her face as she watched her oldest friend, the woman she loved as a sister, so something she never thought she would see.
"Do you even have to ask that question Frankie?" Bridget grinned as she leant forward, her right hand snaking behind Frankie's neck and pulling her into a desperate, love filled kiss. They broke apart when their friends began cheering.
"Doe's that mean yes?" Frankie asked, her trademark smirk washing over her face.
"Yes Frankie, yes I will marry you, and yes I will be your wife" Bridget grinned, barely believing that this was happening.
"Shit... I forgot the ring bit..." Frankie growled as she pulled the box out of her pocket, her hand trembling with excitement as she tried to open it.
"It was perfect baby" Bridget grinned as Frankie guided the ring onto her finger, she glanced down at it and gasped at how beautiful the ring was, she recognised it instantly and burst into tears as she jumped forward and pulled Frankie into her arms.
"Jesus Miss Westfall... I know you've just agreed to put up with Frankie for the rest of your life, but there's no need to cry about it, you could have just said no" Boomer grinned as she received playful slaps from Maxine, Bea and Liz.
"You remembered" Bridget gasped.
"How could I forget" Frankie grinned as she kissed Bridget's nose lovingly.
"Ok, you've had your moment, show us the ring" Allie called as she jumped up and rushed towards Bridget in excitement.
"Holy shit, its beautiful" Allie grinned as Bridget held her hand out proudly, showing first Allie and then the others as they all crowded in to congratulate the couple.
"Bloody hell Frankie... you've got some taste" Will grinned as he looked at the ring.
"It's her family heirloom ring, it had been passed down from generation... how many times Gidge?" Frankie asked, deciding to fill her friends in on the importance of the ring.
"seven, each mother handed it down to her eldest daughters prospective fiancée to use" Bridget announced proudly.
"But some bloody criminal stole it from her mothers house when she was robbed" Frankie grinned cheekily at her criminal joke.
"Baby, it must have cost you a fortune to have it replicated" Bridged grinned as she cuddled closer to her betrothed.
"Wait... what... Gidge, do you think I had this made?" Frankie asked confused.
"Of course, how else did you get a replication if you didn't take my photo in and have the jeweller replicate it?" Bridget asked with a smirk, proud that her girl had gone to such a thoughtful effort for her.
"Gidge, I didn't have it made... this is your family heirloom ring, I tracked it down, found it in some pawnbrokers in Sydney... its not a replication baby" Frankie grinned as the realisation hit Bridget who broke down again and pounced into Frankie's arms as she cried.
"God, wait till my mum finds out that this ring is back in the family, do you know how happy she will be? How the hell did you find it?" Bridget asked as she pulled back, forgetting all about where they were.
"I wont lie, it wasn't easy... and I now owe A LOT of favours out, but I tracked it down... I am a genius after all, just in case you didn't know" Frankie grinned cheekily.
"Oh and your mum... she was ecstatic when I told her" Frankie laughed.
"Mum already knows? How? Did you tell her or did she help you find it?" Bridget asked, a little sad that she wouldn't get to be the one to share the news and see the excitement on her mothers face.
"Gidge... you really do misjudge me sometimes, do you honestly think I would ask you to marry me without asking for your parents permission first?" Frankie laughed, Bridget's parents were a lovely couple, although her father was quite strict, pretty standard for a man who had enrolled in the Armed Services at 16 and built his way through the ranks until his retirement five years ago.
"Oh my god, you didn't?" Bridget gasped in horror, she could not imagine how well that had gone down.
"I did, twice in fact... the first time he told me very politely.. Well actually he just told me to fuck off and get off his property" Frankie laughed at Bridget's blush. "So how did you get him to agree?" Bridget wondered, her relationship with her father had been somewhat strained ever since she had come out, he didn't approve, and Bridget didn't care. Eventually her mother had forced him to apologise and make things right with their only daughter, and as any good husband does, he did as he was told, Bridget accepted his apology, knowing that it wasn't from the heart, and from that day forward she kept her private life and her family life separate, that is of course until the day she took Frankie home for dinner, the first person Bridget had ever introduced to her parents, and Frankie had not made the best impression when she made a comment to Bridget's mother in front of her father about her being able to see where Bridget got her 'hotness' from.
"Remember that weekend I went away for work a few weeks back... " Frankie admitted bashfully, she had arrived at the Westfall family home on Friday night after work, and after being told to leave by Bridget's father, she had messaged Bridget to tell her she had been roped into going away for a case and wasn't sure how long she would be away, in fact she had been away for four days. When Bridget nodded that she remembered, Frankie took a deep breath, knowing her confession would cause a lifetime of ribbing, especially from Boomer.
"Well I refused to leave until your father heard me out... he told me I would be waiting for a while, and I promised him that I would wait as long as it took... I sat at the bottom of their drive for three days... three bloody days Gidge... your mum took pity on me thank god and brought me some food out... and lets just say that if your mum ever comments on why her rose bushes look so wonderful, we will never speak of how they were fertilised... well finally after four days, your dad comes marching down the drive with his hunting rifle... FYI, your dad is scary as shit with a gun... he nearly blew a hole through my foot" Frankie laughed at the memory.
"Holy shit, he shot at you?" Allie asked as she hung off of every word in Frankie's tale.
"Yep, three times actually, I have no idea how he bloody missed. Anyway, I stood my ground, told him he would have to aim a bit better if he wanted me to leave, and he just stood there glaring at me, like he was about to throttle me, and I seriously don't doubt that he could have... and eventually he asked me why I was doing this to him, and I explained, and he told me to fuck off again, and I sat back down in the same spot as before, he asked me what I was doing, and I told him again that I wasn't leaving until he had agreed to let me ask you... we said a few choice things to each other that I couldn't possibly repeat to a lady, and we came to an agreement that he would let me ask you, if I agreed to leave his drive... as you can see I left his drive" Frankie laughed.
"I cant believe he shot at you" Boomer cackled.
"Oh it doesn't end there Booms" Frankie winked. "The next morning I knocked on their door again, and he opens the door, and I swear he was in the middle of turning to grab his gun again when I asked him again if I could ask Gidge to marry me, he asked if I was demented because he already gave me his blessing, and I looked him straight in the eye and I said 'Mr Westfall, yesterday you said I could ask your daughter to marry me if I left your drive, today I'm asking you to let me ask her because she is your daughter, and you love her, and she is your world and she is my world too and all I want to do is love her and make her happy and keep her safe but I couldn't do that without his blessing and if he didn't give me his blessing, not only would he be crushing me, but he would be ruining Bridget's chance to marry the person she had spent her whole life looking for" Frankie smiled proudly.
"What did he say to that" Vera asked dreamily.
"He stepped towards me, and he thrust he hand out towards me, and I swear, I thought he was going to go boonta on my arse... but he just stood there... his hand extended out to me, waiting for me to shake his hand, and as I was shitting myself under his stare, I reached out and took his hand, and said "Thankyou sir, you have no idea how much this means to me" and you know what he did next?" Frankie asked, smirking to herself at each face watching her intently. A loud laugh escaping her lips as each person said "What" practically as a collective.
"He pulled me into this hug, and he told me to make sure I make his little girl happy, and then he took me inside and poured me a glass of whisky from his special bottle" Frankie grinned.
"Wait my dad hugged you?" Bridget asked and frowned when Frankie nodded. "You do realise my dad hasn't hugged me since I was like 10... what the hell!" Bridget pouted.
"Ahhh... Me and Derek, were just really close Gidge, we're kindred spirits" Frankie winked.
"So anyway, then your mum came in and gave me a hug... and one of her heavenly Bakewell tarts... which by the way she gave me the family recipe to... and asked me how I planned to do it, and I admitted that I hadn't worked that out yet, but I pulled the ring out to show her and explained how I had tracked it down and she pulled me into another hug and cried into my shoulder... and I was like 'Hey there Sally, there's no need to cry, the ring is back in the family now and I promise that Gidge will look after it until we pass it down to our daughter to wear" Frankie laughed at the shock on Bridget's face.
"You did not say that to my mother" Bridget cringed.
"Oh yeah, I did... and just so you now, your mum says that her friends son is very handsome and if we want him to be our donor, she will speak to him... some Mark guy" Frankie announced proudly.
"Hang on... how does my mother know about sperm donors?" Bridget asked, her mother had always been very prim and proper, born and raised a catholic and strongly believed in gods natural path.
"Well Gidge, we sat and had a lovely conversation all about the different ways that we could give her a grandchild, and she thinks that the egg transplant and donor is definitely the way forward for us" Frankie laughed as Bridget groaned and hung her head in embarrassment as her friends laughed at Frankie's experience.