There's been a little bit of a time jump between the last chapter and this one, Jack's now 5 and Iain has moved in with Rita and Jack. I hope you like it!

"My friend Oli's got a new baby brother" Jack told Rita and Iain on the way home from school, swinging their hands as he walked between them.

"Has he?" Rita smiled, "that's nice, do you know what his brother's called?"

"Sam" Jack said simply before asking "Why haven't I got a baby brother or sister?"

Rita looked at Iain who bit his lip and smirked slightly as he too waited for her answer, "well… you need a Mummy and a Daddy to make a baby" she tried to explain, "and it was just me and you for a long time wasn't it?"

"Yes but you've got Iain now and if he's going to be my Daddy then he can be the baby's Daddy too can't you?" he looked up at Iain.

"I erm…"

"Let me guess" Jack sighed dramatically as they neared home, "you need to talk to Mummy, after I'm in bed…"

"Yeah" Iain nodded, lifting Jack up to his hip as Rita opened the front door, "giving you a baby brother or a sister is a big step mate, it would mean a lot of things changing 'round here so me and Mummy will talk about it when you're in bed and then we'll talk about it with you tomorrow yeah?"

"Promise?" Jack asked.

Iain nodded, "I promise. We always talk to you about big things don't we, me and Mummy talk about it and then we talk to you."

Rita smiled as she always did when she saw Iain with Jack, Iain knew just how much Jack meant to Rita and he was right, anything that might affect Jack was talked about, first by her and Iain and then by all three of them, they'd spoken about Iain having 'sleepovers' at Rita's house, they'd talked about Jack starting to call Iain Daddy, something which was becoming more common, even though he still called him Iain occasionally, and Jack had been over the moon when they'd sat down to talk about Iain moving in for good, this would be no different.

Iain had taken of both his and Jack's shoes and jackets whilst she'd been lost in her thoughts, "you alright?"

Rita smiled and nodded, "yeah" she said, pecking his cheek as she hung up her jacket and kicked off her shoes, "do you want to do your homework with me or Daddy?" Rita asked, a small smile gracing her face as the word Daddy slipped from her lips.

Jack looked up at Iain, "will you help me with my homework?" he asked before looking at Rita, "and you read my school book with me at bedtime before my real story?"

"That sounds good to me" Rita smiled, "I've left you some clothes on your bed, you run upstairs and get changed and I'll make you a snack before you do your homework."

"Can I have an apple and some grapes?" Jack asked.

Rita nodded, "yeah of course, remember to put your uniform in the wash basket yeah?"

"I will" Jack grinned as he bounded upstairs.

"So" Iain wrapped his arms around Rita and kissed her lips softly, "Jack wants us to have another baby."

"I know."

"And how do you feel about that?" he asked softly.

"I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it" she admitted, "would you want a baby?"

"Only if my baby was your baby too" he said before kissing her lips, "now, let's go and get Jack his apple and grapes, we can talk about it properly when he's in bed, I don't want you worrying though, Jack talking about babies isn't going to scare me off Love, you're stuck with me, I'm not going anywhere."

Iain made him and Rita a mug of tea each whilst she cut up some fruit for Jack. She loved days like this, days when she and Iain were both off work. They'd taken Jack to school together before coming home and getting straight back into bed where they'd spent most of the day cuddled up together, watching films and looking at holidays having already decided they wanted to take Jack abroad in the summer.

Rita put Jack's Thomas the Tank Engine school bag on the table next to his bowl of fruit and glass of juice, "let's see what you've got tonight" she told Iain as she looked through the bag for any letters school had sent home and the worksheets Jack had been sent for the weekend, "colouring in" Rita smiled as she pulled out Jack's maths homework, showing Iain the pages of pictures, each with a number at the top and instructions for Jack to colour in the right number of items to correspond with the number on each page, "and learning to write the alphabet" she passed him the sheets printed with faint letters for Jack to trace over, "are you sure you'll be able to manage?" she teased

Iain laughed, "maybe, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it with Jack's help."

Rita smiled, "just do those with him, we can test him on his words later" she said, placing the small plastic envelope of word cards on the table, "unless he wants to do them."

"Okay" Iain nodded, taking the opportunity to kiss Rita softly before Jack bounded down the stairs, "alright Mate?" Iain asked.

"Yep" Jack grinned as he climbed into his chair, "thanks for my snack Mummy."

"It's okay Darling" Rita smiled, "did you put your uniform away?"

"Yep, it's in the wash basket like you said."

"Good boy."

The three of them sat at the table as Jack ate his snack, just like they always did when they were all home after school, Rita and Iain with a cup of tea, Jack eating his fruit as he told them both everything about his day before settling down to do his homework so it was out of the way and he could play after dinner.

Rita loved it, she loved sitting about the table, watching her son chatting happily about the things he'd learnt, the games he'd played with his friends, the silly things he, and the other 5 year olds in his class had said and done. She loved feeling like she had a family, she loved being able to share Jack and the joy he seemed to bring to every moment with Iain, and she loved that Jack and Iain both adored each other, she loved that Iain made her and Jack so happy, that she didn't have to do things on her own any more. She couldn't help but hope that one day there'd be another addition to this scene, that she'd be sat here listening to Jack as she fed her baby, her and Iain's baby, Iain bouncing the infant on his knee as he helped Jack do his homework.

"I'm done Mummy" Jack disturbed her from her thoughts, "thank you."

"You're welcome sweetheart" Rita ruffled his hair as she picked up the empty bowl and passed Jack a box of pencils and crayons that was left on the side, "you and Iain get your homework done and when it's finished I'll ring for pizza."

"Pizza?" Jack's face lit up, junk food was a rare treat for him, Rita preferring he ate healthy, home cooked food.

"Pizza" she smiled, "and then we'll get some of your games out and have a games night yeah?"

"Yeah" Jack grinned excitedly, "you're the best Mummy, isn't she Iain?"

"Yeah" Iain winked cheekily at Rita, "she certainly is."